Useless fact of the day.

[randomness]

Somerville, Massachusetts is more densely populated than Hong Kong.

*7,019.3 people per square kilometer for Somerville, 6,380 for the Hong Kong S.A.R.

Comments

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Hellz to the yes!

[eglantine-br.livejournal.com]

I believe it. (Never been to Hong Kong though.)

[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

... and about half the income per capita.

[frotz.livejournal.com]

Given the New Territories, that doesn't seem surprising; there's still a whole lot of nothing up there. FWIW, just HK Island (which has its own share of green space) is at 16,390/km², and Kowloon's population density is 43,033/km².

[rednikki.livejournal.com]

I find that really shocking. Are the ocean bits of Hong Kong included in the calculation of its area?