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Now I wonder what would be the most densely populated square kilometer in the world instead. I would imagine something like in Hong Kong.
by GaggiX 2y ago
Now I wonder what would be the most densely populated square kilometer in the world instead. I would imagine something like in Hong Kong.
- Duanemclemore 2y agoI think so - or Singapore. Maybe Mumbai. Once upon a time called last year maybe a sqkm of Gaza would sneak in.
- HPsquared 2y agoKowloon Walled City will forever hold the record, I think. Density of 1.9M per square km. (Before it was demolished of course)
- arethuza 2y agoWasn't that just because it was tiny (0.026 square kilometre) and a population of 35,000? I think for a discussion about "most densely populated square kilometres" we should actually be talking about square kilometres?
- HPsquared 2y agoFair enough. That 0.026 sq.km. has more people living in it than the most densely populated full sq.km. in the UK though, which must count for something. I wonder what the population of the square kilometre centred on KWC is/was.
- Georgelemental 2y agoBut the city was much smaller than 1km², so doesn't qualify
- snicky 2y agoOnce I've heard that Mong Kok area was the most densely populated neighbourhood in the world.
- pydry 2y agoProbably lalbagh in dhaka. ~170,000 per sq km.
- fragmede 2y agoNo need to guess, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_proper_by_population_density https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_proper_by_popul... puts Manilla at the top of the list.
- GaggiX 2y agoI asked for the most densely populated square kilometer, not the most densely populated city. A city's population can be spread out evenly or concentrated in a few areas.
- Tade0 2y agoA linked article says it's somewhere in Dhaka, Bangladesh, at "close to 200k per sq km". https://theconversation.com/think-your-country-is-crowded-these-maps-reveal-the-truth-about-population-density-across-europe-90345 https://theconversation.com/think-your-country-is-crowded-th...
- GaggiX 2y agoI missed that, thank you.