Use our interactive map to figure out how many sparsely populated flyover states it takes to equal one densely packed New York City.

With around 10 million people within its nearly 300 square miles, according to the C.I.A. World Factbook, Tehran is comparable in density to New York City.

It's no secret that New York is a pretty dense city when it comes to population. In fact, approximately 8,550,405 people live within its 302 square miles, giving it a population density of 28,256 ...

How does New York City compare to some of the great metropolises of the developing world? It's both older and less crowded.

"If Philly’s population lived as close together as New York’s does, how much space would they take up?" SpareFoot asked.

But researchers have noticed that New York City has a similar population and a somewhat similar density to that of Wuhan, the Chinese city where the virus originated.

That's evident in a time-lapse map by New York University urban scholars Solly Angel and Patrick Lamson-Hall. It shows the rise and fall of Manhattan's population density over the past 210 years ...

Some of the U.S.'s largest urban areas are showing signs of recovery after major population declines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Large cities, like New York City and Los Angeles, as well as ...

New York’s City of Yes Has Carve-Outs That Deny Developers Density The sweeping zoning changes are supposed to spur housing construction, especially in places not previously keen on hosting it ...

Dr Rae’s maps help break down population density, where each spike on the largest global map represents two square kilometres while on subsequent maps, each spike represents 1 square kilometre.

Los Angeles is geographically vast — nearly twice the size of Chicago and significantly larger than New York City, with much lower population density than those two cities.

Large cities, like New York City and Los Angeles, as well as state capitals in Texas and Florida, saw significant population decreases during the pandemic, but new census data has revealed that U ...