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Number of Buildings | ||||||||
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Rank |
City |
Country |
Population Source: United Nations |
Area Source: United Nations |
Density |
150m+ |
200m+ |
300m+ |
1 |
3,478,300 |
4,114 M km² 1,588 M mi² |
845 people per km² 2,190 people per mi² |
265 |
129 |
33 |
||
2 |
12,356,820 |
1,748 M km² 675 M mi² |
7,069 people per km² 18,309 people per mi² |
441 |
183 |
21 |
||
3 |
8,804,194 |
778 M km² 300 M mi² |
11,316 people per km² 29,310 people per mi² |
319 |
98 |
17 |
||
4 |
16,096,724 |
3,843 M km² 1,484 M mi² |
4,189 people per km² 10,848 people per mi² |
203 |
64 |
11 |
||
5 |
2,747,231 |
590 M km² 228 M mi² |
4,656 people per km² 12,060 people per mi² |
138 |
38 |
7 |
||
6 |
8,847,372 |
6,598 M km² 2,547 M mi² |
1,341 people per km² 3,473 people per mi² |
79 |
37 |
7 |
||
7 |
27,058,480 |
6,341 M km² 2,448 M mi² |
4,267 people per km² 11,052 people per mi² |
195 |
70 |
7 |
||
8 |
10,392,693 |
1,528 M km² 590 M mi² |
6,802 people per km² 17,616 people per mi² |
188 |
67 |
7 |
||
9 |
4,577,723 |
2,154 M km² 832 M mi² |
2,125 people per km² 5,504 people per mi² |
85 |
46 |
6 |
||
10 |
7,547,652 |
1,104 M km² 426 M mi² |
6,837 people per km² 17,707 people per mi² |
564 |
99 |
6 |
||
11 |
1,982,112 |
243 M km² 94 M mi² |
8,157 people per km² 21,126 people per mi² |
185 |
66 |
6 |
||
12 |
10,381,222 |
2,511 M km² 969 M mi² |
4,134 people per km² 10,708 people per mi² |
52 |
22 |
6 |
||
13 |
3,859,608 |
6,559 M km² 2,532 M mi² |
588 people per km² 1,524 people per mi² |
93 |
36 |
6 |
||
14 |
15,872,179 |
5,473 M km² 2,113 M mi² |
2,900 people per km² 7,511 people per mi² |
145 |
58 |
5 |
||
15 |
1,807,000 |
— |
— |
44 |
23 |
4 |
||
16 |
3,678,555 |
767 M km² 296 M mi² |
4,796 people per km² 12,422 people per mi² |
77 |
25 |
4 |
||
17 |
3,298,000 |
— |
— |
18 |
10 |
4 |
||
18 |
4,205,961 |
— |
— |
28 |
15 |
4 |
||
19 |
— |
— |
— |
30 |
15 |
4 |
||
20 |
10,539,415 |
1,569 M km² 606 M mi² |
6,717 people per km² 17,398 people per mi² |
123 |
30 |
3 |
||
21 |
641,380 |
189 M km² 73 M mi² |
3,394 people per km² 8,789 people per mi² |
55 |
30 |
3 |
||
22 |
— |
— |
— |
36 |
26 |
3 |
||
23 |
— |
— |
— |
41 |
16 |
3 |
||
24 |
3,855,346 |
— |
— |
32 |
18 |
3 |
||
25 |
7,220,104 |
3,658 M km² 1,412 M mi² |
1,974 people per km² 5,112 people per mi² |
101 |
30 |
3 |
||
26 |
13,589,078 |
11,300 M km² 4,363 M mi² |
1,203 people per km² 3,115 people per mi² |
76 |
34 |
3 |
||
27 |
1,759,378 |
1,724 M km² 666 M mi² |
1,021 people per km² 2,643 people per mi² |
60 |
22 |
3 |
||
28 |
20,462,610 |
1,368 M km² 528 M mi² |
14,958 people per km² 38,741 people per mi² |
70 |
27 |
2 |
||
29 |
5,617,849 |
5,766 M km² 2,226 M mi² |
974 people per km² 2,523 people per mi² |
59 |
30 |
2 |
||
30 |
9,236,032 |
8,260 M km² 3,189 M mi² |
1,118 people per km² 2,896 people per mi² |
88 |
33 |
2 |
||
31 |
2,195,914 |
628 M km² 242 M mi² |
3,497 people per km² 9,056 people per mi² |
41 |
16 |
2 |
||
32 |
10,770,487 |
642 M km² 248 M mi² |
16,776 people per km² 43,451 people per mi² |
116 |
50 |
2 |
||
33 |
3,898,747 |
— |
— |
30 |
13 |
2 |
||
34 |
2,357,839 |
— |
— |
38 |
23 |
2 |
||
35 |
10,349,312 |
605 M km² 234 M mi² |
17,106 people per km² 44,305 people per mi² |
86 |
21 |
2 |
||
36 |
— |
— |
— |
46 |
21 |
2 |
||
37 |
2,650,000 |
— |
— |
9 |
5 |
2 |
||
38 |
1,136,008 |
797 M km² 308 M mi² |
1,425 people per km² 3,692 people per mi² |
8 |
1 |
1 |
||
39 |
499,127 |
— |
— |
17 |
10 |
1 |
||
40 |
9,606,916 |
— |
— |
1 |
1 |
1 |
||
41 |
— |
— |
— |
22 |
13 |
1 |
||
42 |
— |
— |
— |
19 |
9 |
1 |
||
43 |
640,778 |
— |
— |
11 |
4 |
1 |
||
44 |
8,053,663 |
— |
— |
13 |
5 |
1 |
||
45 |
8,993,082 |
— |
— |
24 |
4 |
1 |
||
46 |
2,954,955 |
1,032 M km² 398 M mi² |
2,863 people per km² 7,416 people per mi² |
50 |
8 |
1 |
||
47 |
15,190,336 |
1,539 M km² 594 M mi² |
9,870 people per km² 25,564 people per mi² |
57 |
12 |
1 |
||
48 |
1,519,711 |
— |
— |
9 |
3 |
1 |
||
49 |
3,000,000 |
— |
— |
19 |
10 |
1 |
||
50 |
1,436,599 |
— |
— |
24 |
8 |
1 |
||
51 |
8,982,000 |
1,572 M km² 607 M mi² |
5,714 people per km² 14,799 people per mi² |
40 |
12 |
1 |
||
52 |
1,578,722 |
— |
— |
7 |
7 |
1 |
||
53 |
4,967,733 |
2,881 M km² 1,112 M mi² |
1,724 people per km² 4,466 people per mi² |
77 |
29 |
1 |
||
54 |
1,142,194 |
— |
— |
6 |
2 |
1 |
||
55 |
20,411,274 |
603 M km² 233 M mi² |
33,850 people per km² 87,670 people per mi² |
106 |
45 |
1 |
||
56 |
3,731,203 |
— |
— |
32 |
8 |
1 |
||
57 |
2,753,862 |
223 M km² 86 M mi² |
12,349 people per km² 31,984 people per mi² |
46 |
5 |
1 |
||
58 |
5,441,567 |
1,800 M km² 695 M mi² |
3,023 people per km² 7,830 people per mi² |
17 |
7 |
1 |
||
59 |
7,172,451 |
— |
— |
40 |
17 |
1 |
||
60 |
825,111 |
232 M km² 90 M mi² |
3,557 people per km² 9,211 people per mi² |
26 |
5 |
1 |
||
61 |
6,950,952 |
— |
— |
2 |
1 |
1 |
||
62 |
5,600,000 |
— |
— |
1 |
1 |
1 |
||
63 |
7,871,900 |
— |
— |
15 |
6 |
1 |
||
64 |
9,733,276 |
628 M km² 242 M mi² |
15,499 people per km² 40,142 people per mi² |
176 |
38 |
1 |
||
65 |
1,702,139 |
— |
— |
11 |
4 |
1 |
||
66 |
— |
— |
— |
26 |
14 |
1 |
||
67 |
2,834,508 |
— |
— |
6 |
3 |
1 |
||
68 |
— |
— |
— |
5 |
3 |
1 |
||
69 |
— |
— |
— |
9 |
6 |
1 |
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