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Cities Worldwide Ranked by Population density

Population divided by land area, both as recorded in Wikidata for the city proper. Cities without a recorded area are left out. Source: Wikidata (CC0 1.0 (public domain)).

Summary

Ahmedabad ranks #1 with 1.43 million people per km². That is 2.1 times Munich in second place (675,692 people per km²). The top five are Ahmedabad, Munich, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Jaipur and Samara. The median across all 639 is 1,209 people per km²; Jiuquan is last at 6.28 people per km².

#1
Ahmedabad · 1.43 million people per km²
Median
1,209 people per km²
Coverage
639 cities with at least 1 million people
Data year
As recorded in Wikidata
Last updated
2026-11-14
Top 10: Population densityBar chart of the top 10: 1. Ahmedabad 1.43 million; 2. Munich 675,692; 3. Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality 644,414; 4. Jaipur 432,866; 5. Samara 135,084; 6. Beirut 121,068; 7. Dubai 112,707; 8. Manila 76,165; 9. Prayagraj 72,615; 10. Irbid 63,720.Ahmedabad1.43 millionMunich675,692Nelson Mandela Bay Metr…644,414Jaipur432,866Samara135,084Beirut121,068Dubai112,707Manila76,165Prayagraj72,615Irbid63,720
Top 10: Population density (people per km²). Bar chart of the top 10: 1. Ahmedabad 1.43 million; 2. Munich 675,692; 3. Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality 644,414; 4. Jaipur 432,866; 5. Samara 135,084; 6. Beirut 121,068; 7. Dubai 112,707; 8. Manila 76,165; 9. Prayagraj 72,615; 10. Irbid 63,720.

Full ranking

Cities Worldwide Ranked by Population density
RankCityCountryPopulation density (people per km²)
1AhmedabadIndia1,427,105
2MunichGermany675,692
3Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan MunicipalitySouth Africa644,414
4JaipurIndia432,866
5SamaraRussian Federation135,084
6BeirutLebanon121,068
7DubaiUnited Arab Emirates112,707
8ManilaPhilippines76,165
9PrayagrajIndia72,615
10IrbidJordan63,720
11GazipurBangladesh54,293
12DhakaBangladesh45,652
13MasvingoZimbabwe43,119
14OnitshaNigeria40,978
15Kuala LumpurMalaysia36,939
16CaloocanPhilippines30,698
17TaguigPhilippines27,667
18MogadishuSomalia, Fed. Rep.25,612
19DamascusSyrian Arab Republic25,575
20MumbaiIndia25,563
21KharkivUkraine25,483
22LoméTogo24,315
23GizaEgypt, Arab Rep.23,840
24Metro ManilaPhilippines22,902
25LuandaAngola22,013
26KolkataIndia21,820
27Quilamba QuiaxiAngola21,754
28Mbuji-MayiCongo, Dem. Rep.21,403
29ChittagongBangladesh20,067
30ParisFrance19,960
31RajkotIndia19,483
32KabulAfghanistan19,394
33CairoEgypt, Arab Rep.18,564
34SuratIndia18,150
35DakarSenegal18,022
36Quezon CityPhilippines17,962
37DelhiIndia17,854
38TaichungTaiwan, China17,598
39BamakoMali17,255
40BandungIndonesia17,117
41BarcelonaSpain17,094
42VijayawadaIndia16,940
43PatnaIndia16,935
44JakartaIndonesia16,821
45BengaluruIndia16,636
46AbaNigeria16,111
47SeoulKorea, Rep.15,974
48ChennaiIndia15,460
49KumasiGhana15,368
50TokyoJapan15,363
51Buenos AiresArgentina15,355
52VaranasiIndia14,598
53AntananarivoMadagascar14,491
54TangerangIndonesia13,596
55YaoundéCameroon13,558
56HyderabadIndia13,340
57VadodaraIndia13,193
58DoualaCameroon13,183
59LagosNigeria12,866
60ThaneIndia12,836
61TehranIran, Islamic Rep.12,673
62ValenciaVenezuela, RB12,474
63OsakaJapan12,340
64BaghdadIraq12,075
65YangonMyanmar11,934
66DepokIndonesia11,635
67BekasiIndonesia11,312
68OuagadougouBurkina Faso11,188
69South TangerangIndonesia11,175
70MeerutIndia11,071
71NagpurIndia11,035
72N'DjamenaChad10,921
73Addis AbabaEthiopia10,824
74GhaziabadIndia10,799
75KawasakiJapan10,765
76MaduraiIndia10,550
77AleppoSyrian Arab Republic10,546
78AccraGhana10,301
79SuwonKorea, Rep.10,192
80MosulIraq9,956
81GuadalajaraMexico9,556
82BishkekKyrgyz Republic9,378
83ChandigarhIndia9,258
84Port HarcourtNigeria9,236
85MonroviaLiberia9,066
86DohaQatar8,985
87TaipeiTaiwan, China8,938
88KampalaUganda8,892
89TashkentUzbekistan8,830
90ShenzhenChina8,759
91PuneIndia8,732
92KanoNigeria8,713
93BarranquillaColombia8,614
94YokohamaJapan8,585
95SurabayaIndonesia8,573
96GujranwalaPakistan8,446
97AgraIndia8,417
98CasablancaMorocco8,375
99JerusalemIsrael8,373
100SingaporeSingapore8,158

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#3 Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality

Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality ranks #3 on this list with 644,414 people per km².

Country
South Africa
Population
1,263,051 people (2016)
Area
1.96 km²
Density
644,414 people per km²
Elevation
15 m
Founded
2000
Coordinates
33.95° S, 25.60° E

Also ranks #105 in elevation · #281 in founded · #382 in elevation.

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Source and method

Population divided by land area, both as recorded in Wikidata for the city proper. Cities without a recorded area are left out.

Source: Wikidata. Licence: CC0 1.0 (public domain). Retrieved: 2026-11-14.

Data: Wikidata (CC0)

Values are shown as published. Provider terms: Wikidata. All licences: Sources & licences.