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.

Department of Data Wait, is America a nation of small towns? NBA Commissioner Adam Silver dropped a bizarre but beguiling statistic about city sizes. Is it true?

TORONTO - New data on the explosive growth of women's sport in Canada underscores its rising popularity, but also reveals that its structural supports still lag behind.

About 86 per cent of the proposed homes have not been built yet and are either under review, in development approvals processes, or under construction, a new report from the city says.

In terms of population to landmass (population density), Canada has only four people per one square kilometer. That puts it in the top 10 countries with the lowest population density in the world.

Senate Republicans have put forward a proposal they say will ease the national housing shortage, a proposal that comes at the cost of selling public land in 11 western states ...