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Originally Posted by muppet
^Yes but 75% of Hong Kong is open countryside, forest and uninhabited islands.
On top of that, of the remaining 24% that is urban (approx 275 sq km), a whopping 100 sq km is taken up by the island airport, giant container port and 'country parks'.
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Hong Kong is, by a long shot, the densest urban area in the developed world. It's not even a contest. It's not far from 40,000 inh./km². New York is below 3,000 inh./km²; London and Paris below 5,000 inh./km²; São Paulo below 10,000 inh./km².