Try looking at Manhattan to Paris for a better comparison Manhattan - 33.58 mi2 (87km2) - 72,918/mi2 (28,154/km2) Paris - 40.7 mi2 (105.4km2) Meanwhile the

Try looking at Manhattan to Paris for a better comparison Manhattan - 33.58 mi2 (87km2) - 72,918/mi2 (28,154/km2) Paris - 40.7 mi2 (105.4km2) Meanwhile the five boroughs are 468.484 mi2 (1213.7km2), so literally an order of magnitude larger than Paris as a whole.