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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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양천구, South Korea is first in the current Population Density Per Km2 ranking at 24,754.5089 people/km2.

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30
Scope
multi-country cities
Last checked
2026-07-15

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Question or countryVerified answerChecked
양천구, South Korea24,754.5089 people/km22026-07-15
Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, France23,904.2857 people/km22026-07-14
동대문구, South Korea23,821.0267 people/km22026-07-15
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium23,266.2536 people/km22026-07-15
Saint-Mandé, France23,068.4783 people/km22026-07-14
동작구, South Korea22,984.6483 people/km22026-07-15
豊島区, Japan22,647.5 people/km22026-07-15
中野区, Japan21,893.6 people/km22026-07-15
荒川区, Japan21,877.8 people/km22026-07-15
台東区, Japan21,373.3 people/km22026-07-15
大阪市西区, Japan21,271.8 people/km22026-07-15
墨田区, Japan20,864.3 people/km22026-07-15
文京区, Japan20,845.4 people/km22026-07-15
중랑구, South Korea20,501.2973 people/km22026-07-15
大阪市城東区, Japan20,309.9 people/km22026-07-15
광진구, South Korea19,458.558 people/km22026-07-15
강동구, South Korea19,395.7706 people/km22026-07-15
新宿区, Japan19,358.8 people/km22026-07-15
구로구, South Korea19,292.6938 people/km22026-07-15
Saint-Gilles, Belgium19,242.2752 people/km22026-07-15
송파구, South Korea19,194.2722 people/km22026-07-15
目黒区, Japan19,182 people/km22026-07-15
大阪市東成区, Japan19,141.4 people/km22026-07-15
Koekelberg, Belgium19,102.7349 people/km22026-07-15
Asnières-sur-Seine, France18,974.4813 people/km22026-07-14
大阪市阿倍野区, Japan18,832.3 people/km22026-07-15
Les Lilas, France18,461.9048 people/km22026-07-14
中央区, Japan18,354.9 people/km22026-07-15
Vanves, France18,273.7179 people/km22026-07-14
品川区, Japan18,065 people/km22026-07-15

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Sources

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 2026-07-15A-grade accepted source for city area and derived population densityfr_insee_comparator_2026 · Checked 2026-07-14Official resident population by Belgian municipality on 1 January 2026; Total column.Statbel / Statistics Belgium · Checked 2026-07-15Exact 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

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