World City rankings
Population Density by City
Zhangzhou ranks 1st on Population Density Rank, followed by Xiamen (1st) and Shaoxing (4th); rank 1 is the best. Greenville ranks last (947th).
803 of 1,103 cities
Population Density Rank
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Ranking
Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 803 cities; rank 1 is the best.
Data
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803 cities · # = rank by Population Density Rank
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Xiamen | 1st | Xiamen-Zhangzhou |
| 1 | Zhangzhou | 1st | Xiamen-Zhangzhou |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 4th | Hangzhou-Shaoxing |
| 3 | Shaoxing | 4th | Hangzhou-Shaoxing |
| 5 |  Seoul | 5th | Seoul-Incheon |
| 5 | Incheon | 5th | Seoul-Incheon |
| 7 |  Rawalpindi | 6th | Rawalpindi-Islamabad |
| 7 | Islamabad | 6th | Rawalpindi-Islamabad |
| 9 | Shenzhen | 7th | Guangzhou-Shenzhen |
| 9 | Guangzhou | 7th | Guangzhou-Shenzhen |
| 11 |  Vina del Mar | 8th | Valparaiso-Vina Del Mar |
| 11 | Valparaiso | 8th | Valparaiso-Vina Del Mar |
| 13 | Shenyang | 9th | Shenyang-Fushun |
| 13 | Fushun | 9th | Shenyang-Fushun |
| 15 |  Osaka | 10th | Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto |
| 15 | Kobe | 10th | Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto |
| 15 | Kyoto | 10th | Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto |
| 18 | Shantou | 11th | Shantou-Jieyang |
| 18 | Jieyang | 11th | Shantou-Jieyang |
| 20 |  Southampton | 12th | Southampton-Portsmouth |
| 20 | Portsmouth | 12th | Southampton-Portsmouth |
| 22 | Shanghai | 13th | Shanghai-Changzhou |
| 22 | Changzhou | 13th | Shanghai-Changzhou |
| 24 | Tokyo | 14th | Tokyo-Yokohama |
| 24 | Yokohama | 14th | Tokyo-Yokohama |
| 26 | Leeds | 15th | Leeds-Bradford |
| 26 | Bradford | 15th | Leeds-Bradford |
| 28 |  Johannesburg | 16th | Johannesburg-Pretoria |
| 28 | Pretoria | 16th | Johannesburg-Pretoria |
| 30 |  Rotterdam | 18th | Rotterdam-Hague |
| 31 |  Cologne | 19th | Cologne-Bonn |
| 31 | Bonn | 19th | Cologne-Bonn |
| 33 |  Katowice | 20th | Katowice-Gliwice-Tychy |
| 33 | Gliwice | 20th | Katowice-Gliwice-Tychy |
| 33 | Tychy | 20th | Katowice-Gliwice-Tychy |
| 36 | Dusseldorf | 21st | Essen-Dusseldorf |
| 36 | Essen | 21st | Essen-Dusseldorf |
| 38 |  Oakland | 22nd | San Francisco-Oakland |
| 39 | Washington | 23rd | Washington-Baltimore |
| 39 | Baltimore | 23rd | Washington-Baltimore |
| 41 | Dallas | 24th | Dallas-Fort Worth |
| 41 | Fort Worth | 24th | Dallas-Fort Worth |
| 43 |  Chon Buri | 25th | Pattaya-Chon Buri |
| 44 |  Brisbane | 26th | Brisbane-Gold Coast |
| 44 | Gold Coast | 26th | Brisbane-Gold Coast |
| 46 | Virginia Beach | 27th | Virginia Beach-Norfolk |
| 46 | Norfolk | 27th | Virginia Beach-Norfolk |
| 48 | Minneapolis | 28th | Minneapolis-St.Paul |
| 49 | Tampa | 29th | Tampa-St. Petersburg |
| 49 | St. Petersburg | 29th | Tampa-St. Petersburg |
| 51 | Allentown | 30th | Allentown-Bethlehem |
| 51 | Bethlehem | 30th | Allentown-Bethlehem |
| 53 | Providence | 31st | Boston-Providence |
| 54 | Bonita Springs | 32nd | Cape Coral-Bonita Springs |
| 55 | Cape Coral | 33rd | Cape Coral-Naples |
| 55 | Naples | 33rd | Cape Coral-Naples |
| 57 |  Mogadishu | 34th | — |
| 58 |  Herat | 40th | — |
| 59 |  Malegaon | 41st | — |
| 60 | Asansol | 43rd | — |
| 61 | Muzaffarnagar | 44th | — |
| 62 |  Tanta | 46th | — |
| 63 | Mumbai | 47th | — |
| 64 | Hyderabad | 49th | — |
| 65 | Firozabad | 50th | — |
| 66 |  Dhaka | 51st | — |
| 67 | Chittagong | 52nd | — |
| 68 | Sylhet | 53rd | — |
| 69 | Saharanpur | 54th | — |
| 70 |  Yaounde | 55th | — |
| 71 | Kabul | 57th | — |
| 72 | Surat | 59th | — |
| 73 | Moradabad | 60th | — |
| 74 | Port Said | 61st | — |
| 75 | Allahabad | 62nd | — |
| 76 | Larkana | 63rd | — |
| 77 | Douala | 64th | — |
| 78 | Alexandria | 65th | — |
| 79 |  Dakar | 67th | — |
| 80 |  Bogota | 69th | — |
| 81 | Karachi | 70th | — |
| 82 | Varanasi | 71st | — |
| 83 | Patna | 72nd | — |
| 84 | Sheikhupura | 73rd | — |
| 85 | Sialkot | 74th | — |
| 86 | Jalgaon | 75th | — |
| 87 | Faisalabad | 76th | — |
| 88 |  Damascus | 77th | — |
| 89 | Sukkur | 78th | — |
| 90 |  Kathmandu | 79th | — |
| 91 |  Tasikmalaya | 80th | — |
| 92 |  Antananarivo | 81st | — |
| 93 | Aligarh | 82nd | — |
| 94 | Sargodha | 83rd | — |
| 95 |  Basra | 84th | — |
| 96 | Solapur | 85th | — |
| 97 | Bareilly | 86th | — |
| 98 | Aurangabad | 87th | — |
| 99 |  Fez | 89th | — |
| 100 | Gujranwala | 92nd | — |
| 101 | Dhanbad | 93rd | — |
| 102 |  Pyongyang | 94th | — |
| 103 |  Bujumbura | 95th | — |
| 104 | Bandung | 96th | — |
| 105 |  Djibouti | 97th | — |
| 106 |  Kano | 99th | — |
| 107 | Lahore | 100th | — |
| 108 | Rajkot | 101st | — |
| 109 | Kolkata | 102nd | — |
| 110 | Bucaramanga | 103rd | — |
| 111 | Gwalior | 104th | — |
| 112 | Guntur | 105th | — |
| 113 | Cali | 106th | — |
| 114 | Karbala | 107th | — |
| 115 | Delhi | 108th | — |
| 116 | Jhansi | 109th | — |
| 117 | Nasiriyah | 110th | — |
| 118 | Madurai | 111th | — |
| 119 | Nashik | 112th | — |
| 120 | Vellore | 113th | — |
| 121 | Najaf | 114th | — |
| 122 | Cuttack | 115th | — |
| 123 | Davanagere | 116th | — |
| 124 | Vijayawada | 118th | — |
| 125 | Puducherry | 119th | — |
| 126 | Bhopal | 120th | — |
| 127 | Medellin | 121st | — |
| 128 | Tiruchirappalli | 122nd | — |
| 129 |  Manila | 123rd | — |
| 130 | Jabalpur | 124th | — |
| 131 |  Mandalay | 125th | — |
| 132 | Cebu | 126th | — |
| 133 |  Zanzibar | 127th | — |
| 134 | Kanpur | 128th | — |
| 135 | Ujjain | 129th | — |
| 136 | Savar | 131st | — |
| 137 | Jamshedpur | 132nd | — |
| 138 |  Brazzaville | 133rd | — |
| 139 | Banjarmasin | 134th | — |
| 140 | Bilaspur | 135th | — |
| 141 | Akola | 136th | — |
| 142 |  Chiclayo | 137th | — |
| 143 | Multan | 138th | — |
| 144 | Meerut | 139th | — |
| 145 | Indore | 140th | — |
| 146 | Xuchang | 141st | — |
| 147 |  Nampula | 143rd | — |
| 148 | Barranquilla | 144th | — |
| 149 | Nellore | 145th | — |
| 150 | Lima | 146th | — |
| 151 | Agra | 147th | — |
| 152 | Gorakhpur | 148th | — |
| 153 | Pereira | 149th | — |
| 154 | Cagayan de Oro | 150th | — |
| 155 | Ranchi | 151st | — |
| 156 | Kandahar | 152nd | — |
| 157 | Vadodara | 154th | — |
| 158 | Kolhapur | 155th | — |
| 159 |  Luanda | 156th | — |
| 160 |  Addis Ababa | 158th | — |
| 161 |  Mombasa | 159th | — |
| 162 | Kirkuk | 160th | — |
| 163 | Peshawar | 162nd | — |
| 164 |  Singapore | 164th | — |
| 165 | Makassar | 165th | — |
| 166 | Salem | 166th | — |
| 167 | Bhavnagar | 169th | — |
| 168 |  Bursa | 171st | — |
| 169 | Cirebon | 173rd | — |
| 170 | Amravati | 174th | — |
| 171 |  Mashhad | 175th | — |
| 172 |  Lusaka | 176th | — |
| 173 | Ibague | 177th | — |
| 174 | Gulbarga | 178th | — |
| 175 | Aleppo | 179th | — |
| 176 | Samarinda | 180th | — |
| 177 | Belgaum | 182nd | — |
| 178 | Bikaner | 183rd | — |
| 179 | Rabat | 184th | — |
| 180 |  Freetown | 185th | — |
| 181 |  Bobo-dioulasso | 186th | — |
| 182 | Yichang | 187th | — |
| 183 |  Guayaquil | 189th | — |
| 184 | Pune | 190th | — |
| 185 |  Santo Domingo | 191st | — |
| 186 | Ludhiana | 192nd | — |
| 187 | Trujillo | 194th | — |
| 188 | Raipur | 195th | — |
| 189 | Jakarta | 196th | — |
| 190 | Baghdad | 197th | — |
| 191 | Yangon | 198th | — |
| 192 |  Abidjan | 199th | — |
| 193 | Panipat | 200th | — |
| 194 | Rajahmundry | 201st | — |
| 195 | Istanbul | 202nd | — |
| 196 | Cartagena | 204th | — |
| 197 | Khulna | 205th | — |
| 198 |  Bamako | 206th | — |
| 199 |  Niamey | 207th | — |
| 200 |  Tegucigalpa | 208th | — |
| 201 |  Nyala | 209th | — |
| 202 | Casablanca | 210th | — |
| 203 | Lucknow | 211th | — |
| 204 | Chennai | 212th | — |
| 205 | Padang | 214th | — |
| 206 | Mosul | 215th | — |
| 207 | Thiruvananthapuram | 216th | — |
| 208 | Bokaro Steel City | 217th | — |
| 209 | Homs | 219th | — |
| 210 | Palembang | 220th | — |
| 211 |  Monrovia | 221st | — |
| 212 | Bandar Lampung | 222nd | — |
| 213 | Kota | 223rd | — |
| 214 |  Cotonou | 225th | — |
| 215 |  Bangui | 226th | — |
| 216 | Agadir | 228th | — |
| 217 | Benxi | 230th | — |
| 218 | Semarang | 231st | — |
| 219 | Daegu | 233rd | — |
| 220 | Warangal | 234th | — |
| 221 |  Nouakchott | 235th | — |
| 222 | Udaipur | 236th | — |
| 223 |  Taipei | 238th | — |
| 224 | Tiruppur | 240th | — |
| 225 | Diyarbakir | 241st | — |
| 226 |  Jerusalem | 242nd | — |
| 227 |  Tirana | 244th | — |
| 228 | Nagpur | 245th | — |
| 229 | Gaziantep | 246th | — |
| 230 | Mysore | 248th | — |
| 231 | Port Harcourt | 249th | — |
| 232 |  N'Djamena | 251st | — |
| 233 |  Caracas | 252nd | — |
| 234 | Fuyang | 253rd | — |
| 235 | Amritsar | 254th | — |
| 236 | Rasht | 255th | — |
| 237 | Medan | 256th | — |
| 238 |  Gaza | 257th | — |
| 239 | Chandigarh | 258th | — |
| 240 | Izmir | 259th | — |
| 241 |  Bissau | 260th | — |
| 242 | Nanchong | 262nd | — |
| 243 | Meknes | 263rd | — |
| 244 | Cairo | 265th | — |
| 245 | Ankara | 266th | — |
| 246 | Kollam | 267th | — |
| 247 | Ajmer | 268th | — |
| 248 |  Algiers | 270th | — |
| 249 | Jamnagar | 271st | — |
| 250 | Tehran | 272nd | — |
| 251 | Suining | 273rd | — |
| 252 | Nanning | 274th | — |
| 253 | Ibadan | 276th | — |
| 254 | Jalandhar | 277th | — |
| 255 | Bhubaneswar | 279th | — |
| 256 | Patiala | 281st | — |
| 257 |  Salvador | 282nd | — |
| 258 | Maiduguri | 283rd | — |
| 259 |  Kumasi | 284th | — |
| 260 | Denpasar | 285th | — |
| 261 | Lanzhou | 286th | — |
| 262 |  Phnom Penh | 287th | — |
| 263 |  Amman | 288th | — |
| 264 | Gwangju | 290th | — |
| 265 | Bacolod | 291st | — |
| 266 | Santiago | 293rd | — |
| 267 | Malang | 294th | — |
| 268 | Jammu | 295th | — |
| 269 | Srinagar | 296th | — |
| 270 | Samsun | 297th | — |
| 271 | Imphal | 298th | — |
| 272 | San Pedro Sula | 300th | — |
| 273 | Kermanshah | 301st | — |
| 274 | Recife | 302nd | — |
| 275 | Qom | 303rd | — |
| 276 | Bouake | 304th | — |
| 277 |  Mexico City | 305th | — |
| 278 | Surabaya | 306th | — |
| 279 | Khartoum | 308th | — |
| 280 |  Conakry | 309th | — |
| 281 | Harbin | 310th | — |
| 282 | Ouagadougou | 311th | — |
| 283 | Serang | 313th | — |
| 284 | Aracaju | 314th | — |
| 285 | Chongqing | 315th | — |
| 286 | Anyang | 316th | — |
| 287 | Cucuta | 317th | — |
| 288 | Maceio | 318th | — |
| 289 | Agartala | 319th | — |
| 290 | Mwanza | 320th | — |
| 291 |  Genoa | 321st | — |
| 292 | Uyo | 322nd | — |
| 293 | Jeonju | 323rd | — |
| 294 |  Ho Chi Minh City | 324th | — |
| 295 |  Guatemala City | 326th | — |
| 296 | Maputo | 327th | — |
| 297 | Yiyang | 328th | — |
| 298 | Changwon | 329th | — |
| 299 | Guwahati | 331st | — |
| 300 | Cheongju | 332nd | — |
Showing the first 300 of 803 cities, ranked by Population Density Rank.
What correlates with Population Density Rank?
Pearson r against 6 other city metrics sharing at least 482 cities. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that rank better on Population Density Rank tend to score higher on these
Opposite directions
Places that rank better on Population Density Rank tend to score lower on these
Nothing notable in this direction.
Quick answers
- Which world city ranks first on Population Density Rank?
- Zhangzhou ranks first on Population Density Rank, at 1st, followed by Xiamen (1st) and Shaoxing (4th). Rank 1 is the best world city.
- Which world city ranks last on Population Density Rank?
- Greenville ranks last of the 803 world cities with data, at 947th.
- Where does this population density by city data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Demographia World Urban Areas 20th Edition - Wendell Cox; World Urbanization Prospects 2025 - United Nations. Last updated 2026-10-28.