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Number of Buildings | ||||||||
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Rank |
Country |
Population Source: United Nations |
Area Source: United Nations |
150m+ |
200m+ |
300m+ |
Tallest City Based on Aggregate Building Height (150m+) |
|
1 |
1,353,821,000 |
9,706,961 M km² 3,747,861 M mi² |
139 people per km² 361 people per mi² |
3,287 |
1,148 |
117 |
||
2 |
5,473,972 |
83,600 M km² 32,278 M mi² |
65 people per km² 170 people per mi² |
336 |
156 |
35 |
||
3 |
317,518,000 |
9,833,517 M km² 3,796,725 M mi² |
32 people per km² 84 people per mi² |
895 |
243 |
31 |
||
4 |
141,927,297 |
17,098,240 M km² 6,601,637 M mi² |
8 people per km² 21 people per mi² |
54 |
22 |
7 |
||
5 |
50,219,669 |
100,339 M km² 38,741 M mi² |
500 people per km² 1,296 people per mi² |
276 |
79 |
7 |
||
6 |
30,073,353 |
328,550 M km² 126,853 M mi² |
92 people per km² 237 people per mi² |
293 |
67 |
6 |
||
7 |
29,195,895 |
2,206,714 M km² 852,013 M mi² |
13 people per km² 34 people per mi² |
44 |
26 |
5 |
||
8 |
3,051,000 |
17,818 M km² 6,880 M mi² |
171 people per km² 443 people per mi² |
18 |
10 |
4 |
||
9 |
1,696,563 |
11,627 M km² 4,489 M mi² |
146 people per km² 378 people per mi² |
52 |
30 |
3 |
||
10 |
67,070,000 |
510,890 M km² 197,255 M mi² |
131 people per km² 340 people per mi² |
131 |
29 |
3 |
||
11 |
23,836,540 |
7,692,024 M km² 2,969,893 M mi² |
3 people per km² 8 people per mi² |
154 |
58 |
2 |
||
12 |
237,556,363 |
1,910,931 M km² 737,811 M mi² |
124 people per km² 322 people per mi² |
136 |
50 |
2 |
||
13 |
127,103,388 |
364,500 M km² 140,734 M mi² |
349 people per km² 903 people per mi² |
280 |
52 |
2 |
||
14 |
93,421,835 |
310,070 M km² 119,718 M mi² |
301 people per km² 780 people per mi² |
40 |
8 |
2 |
||
15 |
17,363,894 |
743,532 M km² 287,078 M mi² |
23 people per km² 60 people per mi² |
2 |
1 |
1 |
||
16 |
1,192,280,000 |
3,287,263 M km² 1,269,214 M mi² |
363 people per km² 939 people per mi² |
121 |
42 |
1 |
||
17 |
16,396,000 |
2,724,900 M km² 1,052,085 M mi² |
6 people per km² 16 people per mi² |
9 |
1 |
1 |
||
18 |
112,322,757 |
1,964,375 M km² 758,446 M mi² |
57 people per km² 148 people per mi² |
53 |
13 |
1 |
||
19 |
38,092,000 |
312,685 M km² 120,728 M mi² |
122 people per km² 316 people per mi² |
13 |
5 |
1 |
||
20 |
63,181,775 |
242,495 M km² 93,627 M mi² |
261 people per km² 675 people per mi² |
43 |
12 |
1 |
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