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Bangladesh, with an estimated present population of something in excess of 100 million crammed into an area of no more than 55,000 square miles, has one of the highest population densities in the world, surpassed only by Hong Kong, Singapore and Malta. In fact, if the entire population of the world were placed in Australia, the density per square mile would approximately equal that of Bangladesh.
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Choguill, C.L. (1987). The Accelerating Urbanization of Bangladesh. In: New Communities for Urban Squatters. Urban Innovation Abroad. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1863-7_2
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