Demographia

Hyper Densities in European and North American Cities
(Over 50,000 per Square Mile or
19,300 per Square Kilometer)

Highlight: 73% of hyper-dense areas are in New York, Paris, Barcelona and Madrid      
     
AREA, POPULATION AND DENSITY OF HYPER-DENSE AREAS      
Location City Square Miles Population Population per Square Mile Square Kilometers Population per Square Kilometer Year
United States New York 51.85 4,300,168 82,937 134.29 32,022 2000
Europe Paris 29.16 1,981,384 67,946 75.53 26,234 1999
Europe Barcelona 11.85 1,033,103 87,195 30.69 33,666 1991
Europe Madrid 14.48 953,773 65,874 37.50 25,434 1991
Europe Milano 5.51 351,686 63,782 14.28 24,626 1991
Europe Roima 6.14 336,326 54,809 15.89 21,162 1991
Europe Valencia 4.28 279,217 65,208 11.09 25,177 1991
Europe Napoli 3.17 230,935 72,764 8.22 28,094 1991
Europe Torino 3.45 220,918 64,116 8.92 24,755 1991
Europe Zaragoza 2.74 216,919 79,300 7.08 30,618 1991
Europe Marseille 3.21 178,264 55,451 8.33 21,410 1990
Europe Wien 3.09 174,978 56,668 8.00 21,879 1991
Canada Toronto 1.83 126,074 69,034 4.73 26,654 2001
Europe Lisboa 1.90 116,070 61,242 4.91 23,646 1991
United States Los Angeles 1.74 115,796 66,549 4.51 25,695 2000
United States Chicago 1.33 85,587 64,351 3.44 24,846 1990
Europe Lyon 1.25 82,076 65,658 3.24 25,350 1990
Europe Genova 1.12 73,322 65,371 2.90 25,240 1991
United States San Francisco 1.04 72,348 69,565 2.69 26,859 1990
Europe Palermo 1.03 70,589 68,822 2.66 26,572 1991
Europe Amsterdam 1.20 67,447 56,259 3.11 21,722 1990
Europe Munchen 1.03 64,556 62,458 2.68 24,115 1991
Canada Montreal 0.62 40,737 65,310 1.62 25,216 2001
Europe London 0.74 37,796 50,985 1.92 19,685 1991
Europe Toulouse 0.37 24,468 67,020 0.95 25,876 1990
Canada Vancouver 0.37 23,132 62,880 0.95 24,278 2001
Europe Brussels 0.42 21,640 50,953 1.10 19,673 1996
United States Boston 0.28 18,638 66,564 0.73 25,700 1990
Europe Nice 0.18 14,676 81,212 0.47 31,356 1990
United States Washington 0.18 10,210 56,722 0.47 21,900 1990
Europe Stuttgart 0.17 8,816 53,318 0.43 20,586 1991
United States Baltimore 0.03 5,446 181,533 0.08 70,090 1990
Europe Bari 0 0 0     1991
Europe Berlin 0 0 0     1991
Europe Birmingham 0 0 0     1991
Europe Bordeaux 0 0 0     1990
Europe Bradford 0 0 0     1991
United States Cleveland 0 0 0     1990
Europe Dublin 0 0 0     1991
Europe Edinburgh 0 0 0     1991
Europe Essen 0 0 0     1991
Europe Frankfurt 0 0 0     1991
Europe Glasgow 0 0 0     1991
Europe Goteborg 0 0 0     1991
Europe Graz 0 0 0     1991
Europe Hamburg 0 0 0     1991
Europe Helsinki 0 0 0     1991
Europe Kobenhavn 0 0 0     1991
Europe Leeds 0 0 0     1991
Europe Lille 0 0 0     1990
Europe Liverpool 0 0 0     1991
Europe Manchester 0 0 0     1991
United States Miami 0 0 0     1990
Europe Oporto 0 0 0     1991
United States Philadelphia 0 0 0     1990
United States Pittsburgh 0 0 0     1990
United States Portland 0 0 0     1990
Europe Rotterdam 0 0 0     1991
Europe Sevilla 0 0 0     1991
Europe Stockholm 0 0 0     1991
Europe Strasbourg 0 0 0     1990
Includes all cities in the EC Interregio database, and all major cities in Canada and the United States.
Not all cities with no hyper dense areas listed.          
Paris is calculated at the arrondissement level. All others calculated at the local area or census tract level. It is possible that at the census tract level the Paris figures would be somewhat higher.

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