Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1901 — The Densest Population. [ARTICLE]

The Densest Population.

The greatest density’ of the population in the world Is claimed for Bombay, and is only disputed by Agra. Tlje population of Bombay amounts to 760 persons per acre in certain areas, and in these sections the street area only occupies one-fourth of the whole. If the entire population massed In the streets for any purpose, the density would equal 3,040 persons per acre.