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Tokyo: Wards (Ku) Ranked by Density

Rank Ku (Ward) Land Area in Square Miles Population 1995 Population 1990 Population per Square Mile: 1995 Population per Square Kilometer: 1995
1 Nakano-ku 6.0 306,581 319,151 50,972 19,665
2 Toshima-ku 5.0 246,252 261,027 49,061 18,928
3 Arakawa-ku 3.9 176,886 184,492 44,950 17,342
4 Meguro-ku 5.7 243,100 250,879 42,865 16,537
5 Kita-ku 7.9 334,127 353,506 42,062 16,228
6 Itabashi-ku 12.4 511,415 519,086 41,206 15,897
7 Sumida-ku 5.3 215,681 222,798 40,658 15,686
8 Shinjuku-ku 7.0 279,048 295,791 39,676 15,307
9 Taito-ku 3.9 153,918 162,537 39,579 15,270
10 Bunkyo-ku 4.4 172,474 180,925 39,527 15,250
11 Suginami-ku 13.1 515,803 529,214 39,299 15,162
12 Shinagawa-ku 8.8 325,377 343,598 37,120 14,321
13 Setagaya-ku 22.4 781,104 788,915 34,859 13,449
14 Nerima-ku 18.6 635,746 617,945 34,216 13,201
15 Shibuya-ku 5.8 188,472 204,115 32,331 12,473
16 Katsushika-ku 13.4 424,478 424,902 31,580 12,184
17 Edogawa-ku 19.2 589,414 565,248 30,641 11,821
18 Adachi-ku 20.5 622,270 630,982 30,318 11,697
19 Ota-ku 22.9 636,276 647,729 27,737 10,701
20 koto-ku 15.2 365,604 384,250 24,028 9,270
21 Minato-ku 7.8 144,885 157,345 18,463 7,123
22 Chuo-ku 3.9 63,923 67,822 16,324 6,298
23 Chiyoda-ku 4.5 34,780 38,919 7,745 2,988
Note: The 23 wards are the city of Tokyo as it existed before it was merged with the Prefecture of Tokyo during World War II.
Data from Japan Statistics Bureau and Tokyo Prefecture    

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T="Fixed;2"> 20.52 631,105 622,270 617,123 -2.2% 11,600 30,067 19 Ota-ku 59.46 22.94 647,939 636,276 650,331 0.4% 10,937 28,349 20 Koto-ku 39.44 15.22 385,252 365,604 376,840 -2.2% 9,555 24,766 21 Minato-ku 20.34 7.85 158,518 144,885 159,398 0.6% 7,837 20,313 22 Chuo-ku 10.15 3.92 68,076 63,923 72,526 6.5% 7,145 18,521 23 Chiyoda-ku 11.64 4.49 39,478 34,780 36,035 -8.7% 3,096 8,024                     15 Ku Area 616.50 237.85 8,164,517 7,967,614 8,134,688 -0.4% 13,195 34,201                     Data from Japan Statistics Bureau and Statistics Center        

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