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The population density of the cities listed is based on the average number of people living per square kilometer or per square mile. ... 2: 14,438: 37,394 Japan: 2023 ...
Population density (people per km 2) by country. This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by population density, sorted by inhabitants per square kilometre or square mile. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.
Population density is defined as the population divided by land area. Data are from the US Census unless otherwise specified. Population data are for the year 2023 [2] and area data are for the year 2010. [3] Some population estimates for territories are from the United Nations Commission on Population and Development. [4]
The following is a list of incorporated places in the United States with a population density of over 10,000 people per square mile. As defined by the United States Census Bureau, an incorporated place is a place that has a self-governing local government and as such has been "incorporated" by the state it is in.
The 2000 United States census had shown the population density of the city itself was 12,750.3 people per square mile (4,923.0/km 2), making it one of the nation's most densely populated cities. There were 1,152,868 housing units at an average density of 5,075.8 per square mile (1,959.8/km 2).
In comparison, based on a world population of 8 billion, the world's inhabitants, if conceptualized as a loose crowd occupying just under 1 m 2 (10 sq ft) per person (cf. Jacobs Method), would occupy an area of 8,000 square kilometres (3,100 sq mi) a little less than the land area of Puerto Rico, 8,868 square kilometres (3,424 sq mi).
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,635 square miles (4,230 km 2), of which 945 square miles (2,450 km 2) is land and 690 square miles (1,800 km 2) (42.2%) is water. [26] It is the sixth largest county in Illinois by land area, and the largest in total area. Most of the water is in Lake Michigan.
[10] [11] In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed several square miles and left more than 100,000 homeless, [12] but Chicago's population continued to grow. [11] Chicago made noted contributions to urban planning and architecture , such as the Chicago School , the development of the City Beautiful movement , and the steel-framed skyscraper .