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100 Most Densely Populated Cities (with Exceptions)

This list only accounts for cities with populations over 500,000. I would definitely suggest reviewing India's cities before playing!
Source: https://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf
** = disputed cities
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Country
Population
Population Density
Answer
Somalia
4,219,000
33,244/km^2
Mogadishu
Egypt
731,000
31,360/km^2
Tanta
Bangladesh
19,134,000
30,911/km^2
Dhaka
Bangladesh
600,000
28,958/km^2
Kutupalong Refugee Camp
DRC
936,000
27,799/km^2
Tshikapa
DRC
13,493,000
26,048/km^2
Kinshasa
Egypt
942,000
25,979/km^2
El Mahallah El Kubra
India
1,720,000
25,542/km^2
Asansol
DRC
3,493,000
25,446/km^2
Mbuji-Mayi
India
696,000
24,430/km^2
Muzaffarnagar
India
25,189,000
24,073/km^2
Mumbai
Egypt
993,000
23,962/km^2
Mansoura
China (SAR)
618,000
23,861/km^2
Macau
Afghanistan
1,205,000
23,263/km^2
Herat
Pakistan
2,789,000
22,911/km^2
Hyderabad
India
830,000
22,890/km^2
Firozabad
India
6,601,000
22,554/km^2
Surat
China (SAR)
6,468,000
22,297/km^2
Hong Kong
India
1,152,00
22,239/km^2
Saharanpur
Bangladesh
4,204,000
21,935/km^2
Chittagong
Bangladesh
1,076,000
21,866/km^2
Sylhet
Somalia**
1,401,000
21,637/km^2
Hargeisa
India
1,345,000
20,772/km^2
Moradabad
Afghanistan
5,556,000
20,467/km^2
Kabul
Cameroon
4,642,000
20,367/km^2
Yaoundé
India
2,438,000
20,028/km^2
Allahabad
Egypt
822,000
19,836/km^2
Port Said
China
554,000
19,445/km^2
Tongcheng
India
644,000
19,127/km^2
Gaya
Egypt
5,552,000
18,970/km^2
Alexandria
Pakistan
589,000
18,951/km^2
Larkana
DRC
1,355,000
18,685/km^2
Kananga
India
3,331,000
18,639/km^2
Patna
India
3,229,000
18,608/km^2
Varanasi
Cameroon
3,751,000
18,568/km^2
Douala
Colombia
10,252,000
18,241/km^2
Bogotá
Senegal
3,510,000
18,070/km^2
Dakar
Pakistan
20,249,000
18,014/km^2
Karachi
India
694,000
17,864/km^2
Jalgaon
Pakistan
1,426,000
17,206/km^2
Sialkot
India
667,000
17,143/km^2
Kurnool
Pakistan
5,356,000
17,091/km^2
Faisalabad
India
1,660,000
16,867/km^2
Aligarh
Pakistan
785,000
16,838/km^2
Sukkur
India
1,082,000
16,710/km^2
Solapur
Syria
3,155,000
16,687/km^2
Damascus
India
1,355,000
16,349/km^2
Bareilly
Nepal
3,247,000
16,281/km^2
Kathmandu
Pakistan
1,051,000
16,232/km^2
Sargodha
Pakistan
923,000
16,199/km^2
Sheikhupura
Country
Population
Population Density
Answer
India
751,000
16,109/km^2
Malegaon
India
21,747,000
16,085/km^2
Kolkata
Iraq
1,578,000
16,033/km^2
Basra
India
1,490,000
15,980/km^2
Aurangabad
India
8,006,000
15,852/km^2
Ahmedabad
Indonesia
984,000
15,830/km^2
Tasikmalaya
India
669,000
15,194/km^2
Nanded
North Korea
2,663,000
15,120/km^2
Pyongyang
Ivory Coast
5,678,000
15,119/km^2
Abidjan
India
1,503,000
14,880/km^2
Dhanbad
Yemen
731,000
14,855/km^2
Al Hudaydah
Indonesia
7,203,000
14,793/km^2
Bandung
Pakistan
3,218,000
14,791/km^2
Gujranwala
Madagascar
2,673,000
14,744/km^2
Antananarivo
India
1,487,000
14,721/km^2
Rajkot
Morocco
1,329,000
14,661/km^2
Fez
India
1,477,000
14,622/km^2
Gwalior
India
4,350,000
14,479/km^2
Kanpur
Djibouti
674,000
14,457/km^2
Djibouti
Colombia
1,005,000
14,372/km^2
Bucaramanga
Colombia
2,640,000
14,356/km^2
Cali
Nigeria
4,670,000
14,310/km^2
Kano
Pakistan
13,504,000
14,285/km^2
Lahore
Yemen
3,585,000
14,270/km^2
Sanaa
India
2,562,000
14,131/km^2
Bhopal
India
685,000
13,920/km^2
Vellore
India
790,000
13,865/km^2
Guntur
India
571,000
13,779/km^2
Jhansi
Iraq
817,000
13,715/km^2
Karbala
India
2,048,000
13,633/km^2
Madurai
India
528,000
13,591/km^2
Davanagere
India
1,232,000
13,591/km^2
Vijayawada
Colombia
3,242,000
13,460/km^2
Medellín
India
1,810,000
13,439/km^2
Nashik
Burundi
1,040,000
13,385/km^2
Bujumbura
Iraq
762,000
13,373/km^2
Nasiriyah
India
3,765,000
13,336/km^2
Indore
India
31,190,000
13,307/km^2
Delhi
India
1,131,000
13,223/km^2
Tiruchirappalli
India
885,000
13,142/km^2
Cuttack
India
535,000
12,910/km^2
Ujjain
India
1,533,000
12,867/km^2
Jabalpur
Colombia
598,000
12,827/km^2
Ibagué
Iraq
1,127,000
12,798/km^2
Najaf
Morocco
1,225,000
12,783/km^2
Tangier
India
1,024,000
12,754/km^2
Puducherry
Philippines
24,156,000
12,638/km^2
Manila
India
1,925,000
12,597/km^2
Jamshedpur
India
650,000
12,548/km^2
Akola
India
714,000
12,531/km^2
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