Talking with a friend of mine last night, the topic of population density came up and the often quoted statement about YongHe being the most densely populated area on Earth. I live in YongHe so it was of immediate interest to me when I had heard first heard this.
I remember hearing or reading (in the Lonely Planet?) that YongHe held this record many years ago but I have never been able to corroborate it with data until now. Turns out it is wrong. Although not the most dense, YongHe does rank among the densest populated areas on Earth though:
YongHe 41,139 per km2 making it 37th on the list
By comparison to the densest:
Marine Lines, Mumbai, India 114,000 per km2
Taiwan island ranks 6th among islands at 636 per km2
By comparison to the densest:
Ap Lei Chau HK 66,755 per km2
The Republic of China ranks 15th among 'countries,' also with 636 per km2
By comparison to the densest:
Macau 18,405 per km2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_densely_populated_country_subdivisions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_by_population_density
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population_density
1 comment:
i never said the most. i said "one of the most." like 42nd or so. though i did hear that taiwan used to have the largest elementary school in the world. that was when yonghe only had one school with about 50,000 students.
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