[rdaner]

Here are the best measures for comparing cities globally known as ‘built area.’

http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf

Some quick numbers:

GTHA: 6,837,000, Density: 2,917/km
LA: 15m, Density: 2,253/km
NY: 21.3m, Density: 1,886/km
Chicago: 8.9m, Density: 1,370/km
SF: 6.8m, Density: 1,883/km

Sydney: 4.8m, Density: 2,200/km
Melbourne: 4.7m, Density: 1,635/km

London: 10.8m, Density: 6,200/km
Birmingham: 2.5m, Density: 4,200/km

 

[rdaner]

Interesting!

 

[rdaner]

The G&M has a feature on Canadian cities and I saw this population figure for Toronto dated 2024. Is this a new figure or actually from 2023? Either way a huge increase!