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Most densely populated cities

Published cities ranked by official population density using one people-per-square-kilometre metric.

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Levallois-Perret, France is first in the current published ranking at 28,387 people/km²; compare its source date and geographic grain before using the result.

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30
Countries represented
9
Last checked
2026-08-03

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

Showing all 30 rows

Original rankCity or placePublished valueSource and scope
1Levallois-Perret, France28,387 people/km²2026-07-14
Source Scope: place · Period: 2022-01-01
2Vincennes, France25,324 people/km²2026-07-14
Source Scope: place · Period: 2022-01-01
3양천구, South Korea24,755 people/km²2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
4Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, France23,904 people/km²2026-07-14
Source Scope: place · Period: 2022-01-01
5Guttenberg, United States23,824 people/km²2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
6동대문구, South Korea23,821 people/km²2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
7Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium23,266 people/km²2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
8Saint-Mandé, France23,068 people/km²2026-07-14
Source Scope: place · Period: 2022-01-01
9동작구, South Korea22,985 people/km²2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
10豊島区, Japan22,648 people/km²2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024
11Montrouge, France22,354 people/km²2026-07-14
Source Scope: place · Period: 2022-01-01
12Nakano, Japan22,122 people/km²2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
13中野区, Japan21,894 people/km²2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024
14荒川区, Japan21,878 people/km²2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024
15台東区, Japan21,373 people/km²2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024
16West New York, United States20,678 people/km²2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
17중랑구, South Korea20,501 people/km²2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
18Union City, United States19,997 people/km²2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
19광진구, South Korea19,459 people/km²2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
20Saint-Gilles, Belgium19,242 people/km²2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
21Koekelberg, Belgium19,103 people/km²2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
22Hoboken, United States18,229 people/km²2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
23Sliema, Malta18,186 people/km²2026-07-18
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
24Barcelona, Spain16,890 people/km²2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-01-01
25Athens, Greece16,501 people/km²2026-07-18
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024
26Schaerbeek, Belgium16,362 people/km²2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
27Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium16,359 people/km²2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
28Thessaloniki, Greece16,052 people/km²2026-07-18
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024
29Kaser, United States13,779 people/km²2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
30Genève, Switzerland13,099 people/km²2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31

What the numbers say

  • Levallois-Perret, France leads at 28,387 people/km².
  • Genève, Switzerland sits at the other end with 13,099 people/km².
  • The middle of this ranking is 21,373 people/km², across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 15,288 people/km².

What this measures

Every row is a published population density observation, ranked highest first. The values were observed between 2020 and 2026. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
2 grains: place, city
Observation period
2020-12-31 to 2026-01-01
Last checked
2026-08-03
With an official source link
30 of 30

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Most densely populated cities [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/most-densely-populated-cities/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_most-densely-populated-cities_9fda73bb9239,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Most densely populated cities},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
  version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/most-densely-populated-cities/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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Sources

  1. A-ccepted source for city area and derived population densitywww.insee.fr · Checked 2026-07-14
  2. Exact si-gun-gu density derived from archived official MOIS/KOSIS resident population and exact official KOSIS area row.KOSIS / Ministry of the Interior and Safety; MOIS resident registration denominator · Checked 2026-07-15
  3. Census Reporter / U.S. Census BureauCensus Reporter / U.S. Census Bureau · Checked 2026-08-03
  4. Official resident population by Belgian municipality on 1 January 2026; Total column.Statbel / Statistics Belgium · Checked 2026-07-15
  5. Exact e-Stat municipality row B1101: 総面積（北方地域及び竹島を除く）, converted from ha to km2.Statistics Bureau of Japan via e-Stat · Checked 2026-07-15
  6. 総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表)総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表) · Checked 2026-08-03
  7. Census Reporter / U.S. Census BureauCensus Reporter / U.S. Census Bureau · Checked 2026-08-03
  8. Census Reporter / U.S. Census BureauCensus Reporter / U.S. Census Bureau · Checked 2026-08-03
  9. MT official material for population_density_per_km2Malta National Statistics Office and official public authorities · Checked 2026-07-18
  10. Official INE 2024 municipality population divided by official INE 2024 municipality area.INE · Checked 2026-07-15
  11. Eurostat GISCO LAU 2024 datasetEurostat GISCO · Checked 2026-07-18
  12. Census Reporter / U.S. Census BureauCensus Reporter / U.S. Census Bureau · Checked 2026-08-03