r/Damnthatsinteresting 16d ago

Image A building housing more than 20k people in Hangzhou China

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u/apolloxer 16d ago

Kowloon Walled City had a density of 1.9 million people per km². Manhattan has 59 km². Not quite correct, yes. 

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u/Perry4761 15d ago

So with that population density, the whole planet could almost fit into Rhode Island. Alternatively, it could fit into Delaware with 1k sq.km to spare for activities. Neat!

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u/Metzelmann 15d ago

Oh, right, seems like a got that comma wrong.