Metropolitan Area	Geographical Area	Year	Current Data	Area (Square Miles)	Area (Square Kilometers)	Population	Population per Square Mile	Population per Square Kilometer	Notes
Hong Kong	Kowloon Walled City	1990	N	0.01	0.03	50,000	4,984,615	1,924,563	Estimated, demolished 1992. See http://www.flex.co.jp/kowloon/data/history_e.html
New York	One Block in 11th Ward, Lower East side	1900	N				1,212,160	467,654	Battle for the Slum," Jacob Riis, 1,894 to the acre
New York	Lower East Side	1905	N				440,640	170,131	Small areas estimated at 1,700 per hectare in Peter Hall (Cities & Civilization)
Hong Kong	Kowloon: Mong Kok	1990s					427,680	165,000	Small area estimate
Mumbai (Bombay)	Marine Lines Ward	1981	N	0.68	1.77	270,706	396,118	152,941
Cairo	Bab-El Sharia	1966	N				352,512	136,000	www.unu.edu
Mumbai (Bombay)	Marine Lines	1991	Y	0.68	1.77	197,228	288,598	111,428
Cairo	Most dense district	1994					282,528	109,000	www.unu.edu
Paris	Les Halles & St. Honore	Mid 1800s	N				259,200	100,077	Small areas estimated at 1,000 per hectare in Peter Hall (Cities & Civilization)
Hong Kong	Kowloon 1986 Boundaries	1981	N	4.05	10.48	799,123	197,493	76,252	South of Boundary Road
Mumbai (Bombay)	Parel	1991	Y	2.43	6.29	417,134	171,761	66,317
Mumbai (Bombay)	Dadar/Plaza	1991	Y	2.85	7.37	482,477	169,554	65,465
Mumbai (Bombay)	Byculla	1991	Y	2.62	6.79	410,822	156,705	60,504
Hong Kong	Kowloon 1986 Boundaries	1999	Y	4.05	10.48	621,200	153,522	59,275	South of Boundary Road, West Kowloon Reclamation Excluded
Shanghai	Nanshi	1998	Y	3.04	7.87	446,900	147,187	56,785
Mumbai (Bombay)	Grant Road	1991	Y	2.78	7.21	401,547	144,245	55,693
Hong Kong	Kwun Tong DBD: Kowloon	1999	Y	4.27	11.05	608,600	142,649	55,077
Shanghai	Huangpu	1998	Y	1.75	4.54	249,100	142,218	54,868
Guangzhou	Yuexiu	1996	Y	8.90	3.43	453,800	132,163	50,989
Mumbai (Bombay)	Bombay 1958 Boundaries	1981	Y	25.25	65.41	3,285,042	130,076	50,222
Mumbai (Bombay)	Elphinstone	1991	Y	4.05	10.48	521,097	128,782	49,723
Mumbai (Bombay)	Bandra	1991	Y	2.54	6.58	322,775	127,050	49,054
Shanghai	Jing'an	1998	Y	2.94	7.62	373,100	126,912	48,963
Mumbai (Bombay)	Pre-1958 City	1991	Y	25.25	65.41	3,173,569	125,662	48,518
Mumbai (Bombay)	Sanhurst Road	1991	Y	0.94	2.44	117,723	124,960	48,247
Seoul	Kwanak-gu	1998	Y	4.35	11.28	526,742	121,047	46,700	Urbanized portion
Hong Kong	Wong Tai Sin: DBD Kowloon	1999	Y	3.61	9.36	434,400	120,202	46,410
Mumbai (Bombay)	Kurla	1991	Y	5.14	13.30	616,588	120,072	46,360
Shanghai	Luwan	1998	Y	3.11	8.05	368,000	118,491	45,714
Hong Kong	Kowloon	1999	Y	18.03	46.71	2,124,100	117,778	45,474	Includes New Kowloon & West Kowloon Reclamation
Hong Kong	Yau Tsim Mong DBD: Kowloon	1999	Y	2.64	6.85	310,600	117,438	45,343
Tianjin	Heping	1999	Y	3.86	10.00	449,400	116,484	44,940
Guangzhou	Liwan	1996	Y	11.80	4.55	527,100	115,783	44,669
Manila	City	2000	Y	14.70	38.00	1,673,000	113,810	43,908
Seoul	Chungnang-gu	1998	Y	4.16	10.79	467,538	112,263	43,311	Urbanized portion
Calcutta	City	1991	Y	40.75	105.53	4,400,819	108,005	41,701
Seoul	Tobong-gu	1998	Y	3.54	9.18	381,602	107,746	41,569	Urbanized portion
New York	Manhattan Community District #8	1990	Y	1.98	5.13	210,880	106,505	41,090
Paris	Arrondissement #XI	1999	Y	1.41	3.67	149,102	105,421	40,672
Hong Kong	Kowloon City: DBD Kowloon	1999	Y	3.85	9.97	403,700	104,873	40,491
Seoul	Nowon-gu	1998	Y	5.90	15.28	595,891	101,080	38,997	Urbanized portion
Hong Kong	Sham Shui Po DBD: Kowloon	1999	Y	3.66	9.48	366,800	100,212	38,692
New York	Manhattan Community District #7	1990	Y	2.11	5.47	210,993	99,997	38,579
Seoul	Kangbuk-gu	1998	Y	3.62	9.39	361,424	99,792	38,500	Urbanized portion
New York	Manhattan Community District #6	1990	Y	1.37	3.55	133,748	97,626	37,664
Seoul	Yangchon-gu	1998	Y	5.06	13.11	484,907	95,854	36,981	Urbanized portion
Hong Kong	Kowloon and Former Victoria	1999	Y	34.00	88.06	3,243,800	95,406	36,836
Mumbai (Bombay)	Khar/Santacruz	1991	Y	5.01	12.98	475,951	94,970	36,668
Seoul	Unpyong-gu	1998	Y	5.18	13.42	480,974	92,864	35,827	Urbanized portion
New York	Manhattan Community District #3	1990	Y	1.76	4.56	161,617	91,828	35,427
Seoul	Kwangjin-gu	1998	Y	4.34	11.26	397,325	91,487	35,296	Urbanized portion
Hong Kong	Eastern DBD: Hong Kong Island	1999	Y	18.81	48.72	643,700	88,633	34,221
Mumbai (Bombay)	Matunga	1991	Y	4.86	12.60	430,693	88,531	34,182
Shanghai	Hongkou	1998	Y	9.06	23.48	799,700	88,281	34,059
Guangzhou	Dongshan	1996	Y	17.20	6.64	576,600	86,892	33,523
Paris	Ville de Paris	1921	N	33.54	86.94	2,906,472	86,657	33,458	Excludes peripheral parks
New York	Bronx Community District #5	1990	Y	1.37	3.55	118,435	86,449	33,352
Istanbul	City	1997	Y	98.00	254.02	8,260,000	84,286	32,518
New York	Manhattan	1910	Y	28.00	72.52	2,332,000	83,286	32,157
Cairo	City	1996	Y	82.63	214.00	6,849,000	82,893	32,005
Paris	Arrondissement #X	1999	Y	1.12	2.89	89,612	80,316	30,986
Paris	Arrondissement #XVIII	1999	Y	2.32	6.01	184,586	79,675	30,739
Paris	Arrondissement #XX	1999	Y