The most densely populated cities in the world: the top 12 of the most densely populated megacities, a city with the highest population density

Do you think there are too many residents in your city? Let's compare it with the most densely populated cities in the world.

The rating of cities with the highest density of settlement was prepared by the Forbes magazine. These figures cannot be called 100%accurate, since, determining the density of the settlement of urban territories by residents, the official number of population, excluding tourists, was taken into account.

The most densely populated cities in the world: TOP-12 of the most densely populated megacities

It is quite difficult to determine the specific sizes of cities, due to the fact that megacities have no clear boundaries, the territory of the suburbs is often added to their limits.

12. Lima

The city is in 12th place, which is the capital of Peru. The composition of its population is a little more than 7.5 million people, with the density of residents - 11 thousand 750 people per km². The capital of the Russian Federation, for example, has the same number of living, but the population density is only 9 thousand 682 residents per km².

11. Bogota

The capital of a neighboring state, Colombia Over 7 million citizens were populated, the density of settlement here is 13.5 thousand inhabitants per km².

10. Chennai

The next city in the ranking was Chennai (former Maras, India), whose population is relatively small - about 6 million citizens, but they settled quite tightly - 14 thousand 350 inhabitants per city km².

9. Taibay

Taibay's capital city, that in Taiwani, equates the digital equivalent of citizens with 5 million 700 thousand, with the density of settlement - 15 thousand 200 women, men and children per km².

8. Seoul

On the eighth line of our rating is located the capital of South Korea. He has an awesome number of inhabitants - 17 million 500 thousand representatives of both sexes. On one square kilometer, 16 thousand 700 people live.

7. Shenzhen

At number seven, we can see one of the cities of China - Shenzhen. With a population of 8 million, the number of people living on one square kilometer is 17 thousand 150 men, women and children.

6. Lagos

This city-port city in African Nigeria, 13 million inhabitants were populated, with the density of their residence-18 thousand 150 people per 1 km².

5. Shanghai

One of the most densely populated megacities is considered to be Shanghai, on the fifth line of the rating. The density of settlement here is 18 thousand 630 inhabitants per km², with the total number of citizens - about 24 million.

4. Karachi

One of the cities of Pakistan, Karachi fell into the top three leaders. Its population calculates 21 million inhabitants distributed by 1 km² of area of \u200b\u200b18 thousand, 900 citizens.

3. Dakka

The bronze "winner" of this rating managed to become the capital of Bangladesh. And, although the figure living on its territory is not even equated with 10 million inhabitants, but the density of the settlement of people is too high - 23 thousand .029 citizens per km² of square.

2. Calcutta

Indian city Calcutta took second place in the list. The number of residents here largely exceeds 14 million, and the density of settlement by citizens is 23 thousand 900 people per km².

1. Mumbai

And the top of our rating occupies the next the city of India, former bombing. The number of living on its territory has approximately 14 million, and 1 km² of area was populated by the 28th thousandth 515 inhabitants. In general, almost every person living here is located on a piece of territory, 35 cm² in size. And this is not even the dimensions of the living space, but the territorial area of \u200b\u200bthe whole city, designed for one citizen.

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