Selected International Urban Areas and
Components Ranked by Density and Area

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	Lower East Side	1905	N				440,640	170,131	Small areas estimated at 1,700 per hectare in Peter Hall (Cities & Civilization)
Hong Kong	Tsuen Wan Centre Constituency Area	2001	Y	0.01	0.03	13,062	1,127,686	435,400	25 other constituency areas over 500,000.
Mumbai	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	Marine Lines Ward	1991	Y	0.68	1.77	197,228	288,598	111,428
Mumbai	Parel Ward	1991	Y	2.43	6.29	417,134	171,761	66,317
Mumbai	Dadar/Plaza Ward	1991	Y	2.85	7.37	482,477	169,554	65,465
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	7.87	3.04	446,900	147,187	56,785
Guangzhou	Yuexiu	1996	Y	8.90	3.43	453,800	132,163	50,989
Mumbai	Bombay 1958 Boundaries	1981	Y	25.25	65.41	3,285,042	130,076	50,222
Mumbai	Bombay 1958 Boundaries	1991	Y	25.25	65.41	3,173,569	125,662	48,518
Calcutta	City	1991	Y	40.75	105.53	4,400,819	108,005	41,701
Cairo	Cairo	1994	Y	82.63	214.00	6,849,000	82,893	32,005	www.unu.edu
Seoul	Urbanized Portion	1998	Y	136.10	352.90	10,323,494	75,825	29,253
Manila	Federal District	2000p	Y	146.00	378.14	10,492,000	71,863	27,746
Calcutta	Metropolitan District	1991	Y	178.80	463.09	11,022,000	61,644	23,801
Mumbai	City	1991	Y	165.98	429.89	9,924,562	59,793	23,086