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List of Countries by population density

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
World Bank
Date23 Aug 2021
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Population density is calculated as population divided by total land area.

The European city-state of Monaco is the most densely populated country with a population density of 26,523 people per sq. km (68,696/sq mile), and its population only numbers in thousands. The Chinese territory of Macau has the world's 2nd highest population density at 22,020/km². Only these two have over 10,000 population per square kilometer. Population density of 3rd ranked Singapore is the highest among countries/territories with over one million people. Hong Kong and Gibraltar complete the list of the top five most densely populated countries/territories. Among the top 10, six are located in Asia, and four are located in Europe.

All top 9 countries/territories by population density have a population below 10 million. Of the 92 larger countries having a population of over 10 million, Bangladesh (1,278) has the greatest density, followed by Taiwan (673.7), Rwanda (538.2), the Republic of Korea (527.7), and the Netherlands (509.3). In the list of 235, 12 have more than 1000 humans per square kilometer.

Greenland is the least densely populated territory in the world, with 0.139 people per sq. km. With 0.290 people per square mile, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) is the least densely populated country, followed by Mongolia and Western Sahara. The five least dense countries over a population of 10 million are Australia (3.32), Canada (4.19), Kazakhstan (7.04), the Russian Federation (8.91), and Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (10.92).

Out of countries having at least ten mn people, Top ranker Bangladesh is 380 times as dense as the lowest-ranked Australia.

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Population density (UN)
Rank Country/Territory Density (2021) Population Continent
per sq kmper sq mile2021
28Burundi477.21,23612,255,429Africa
27Comoros477.41,236888,456Africa
169Djibouti43.24112.01,002,197Africa
178Eritrea35.6692.353,601,462Africa
99Ethiopia117.9305.3117,876,226Africa
117Kenya96.61250.254,985,702Africa
165Madagascar48.86126.628,427,333Africa
71Malawi208.4539.719,647,681Africa
20Mauritius627.31,6251,273,428Africa
15Mayotte745.41,930279,507Africa
172Mozambique40.90105.932,163,045Africa
37Réunion360.7934.2901,696Africa
24Rwanda538.21,39413,276,517Africa
69Seychelles215.0556.998,910Africa
186Somalia26.0867.5416,359,500Africa
201South Sudan18.6348.2511,381,377Africa
63Uganda235.8610.847,123,533Africa
147United Republic of Tanzania69.43179.861,498,438Africa
191Zambia25.4565.9218,920,657Africa
176Zimbabwe39.01101.015,092,171Africa
185Angola27.2270.5033,933,611Africa
155Cameroon57.59149.227,224,262Africa
219Central African Republic7.89820.454,919,987Africa
214Chad13.4334.7916,914,985Africa
209Congo16.5742.905,657,017Africa
173Democratic Republic of the Congo40.75105.592,377,986Africa
161Equatorial Guinea51.69133.91,449,891Africa
218Gabon8.84422.912,278,829Africa
64Sao Tome and Principe232.7602.6223,364Africa
223Botswana4.23010.962,397,240Africa
148Eswatini68.16176.51,172,369Africa
144Lesotho71.12184.22,159,067Africa
231Namibia3.1438.1402,587,344Africa
163South Africa49.50128.260,041,996Africa
105Benin110.4286.012,451,031Africa
135Burkina Faso78.57203.521,497,097Africa
87Cabo Verde139.4361.1561,901Africa
125Côte d'Ivoire85.07220.327,053,629Africa
57Gambia245.7636.52,486,937Africa
86Ghana139.5361.231,732,128Africa
158Guinea54.93142.313,497,237Africa
143Guinea-Bissau71.67185.62,015,490Africa
159Liberia53.78139.35,180,208Africa
206Mali17.0944.2720,855,724Africa
222Mauritania4.63312.004,775,110Africa
199Niger19.8451.3825,130,810Africa
65Nigeria232.1601.2211,400,704Africa
212Saint Helena15.6340.486,095Africa
124Senegal89.32231.317,196,308Africa
102Sierra Leone112.8292.18,141,343Africa
80Togo155.9403.78,478,242Africa
200Algeria18.7348.5244,616,626Africa
110Egypt104.7271.3104,258,327Africa
226Libya3.95510.246,958,538Africa
128Morocco83.68216.737,344,787Africa
192Sudan25.4465.9044,909,351Africa
137Tunisia76.83199.011,935,764Africa
232Western Sahara2.3005.958611,872Africa
111Armenia104.3270.02,968,128Asia
94Azerbaijan123.7320.310,223,344Asia
6Bahrain2,3005,9581,748,295Asia
92Cyprus131.6340.71,215,588Asia
156Georgia57.27148.33,979,773Asia
120Iraq94.81245.641,179,351Asia
32Israel406.21,0528,789,776Asia
100Jordan115.7299.610,269,022Asia
60Kuwait242.9629.14,328,553Asia
19Lebanon661.71,7146,769,151Asia
207Oman16.8843.715,223,376Asia
56Qatar252.4653.72,930,524Asia
210Saudi Arabia16.4442.5835,340,680Asia
14State of Palestine867.62,2475,222,756Asia
115Syrian Arab Republic99.52257.818,275,704Asia
104Turkey110.5286.285,042,736Asia
97United Arab Emirates119.5309.59,991,083Asia
154Yemen57.75149.630,490,639Asia
220Kazakhstan7.03618.2218,994,958Asia
180Kyrgyzstan34.5689.516,628,347Asia
146Tajikistan69.66180.49,749,625Asia
215Turkmenistan13.0233.726,117,933Asia
133Uzbekistan79.77206.633,935,765Asia
152Afghanistan61.02158.039,835,428Asia
10Bangladesh1,2783,309166,303,494Asia
196Bhutan20.4652.99779,900Asia
29India468.71,2141,393,409,033Asia
160Iran (Islamic Republic of)52.21135.285,028,760Asia
8Maldives1,8124,693543,620Asia
72Nepal207.0536.229,674,920Asia
49Pakistan292.1756.6225,199,929Asia
40Sri Lanka342.8887.921,497,306Asia
81China153.8398.41,444,216,102Asia
4China, Hong Kong SAR7,19318,6307,552,800Asia
2China, Macao SAR22,02057,031658,391Asia
17China, Taiwan Province of China673.71,74523,855,008Asia
70Dem. People's Republic of Korea215.0556.825,887,045Asia
39Japan345.8895.5126,050,796Asia
233Mongolia2.1435.5503,329,282Asia
25Republic of Korea527.71,36751,305,184Asia
127Brunei Darussalam83.78217.0441,532Asia
119Cambodia96.00248.616,946,446Asia
82Indonesia152.6395.1276,361,788Asia
182Lao People's Democratic Republic31.9782.817,379,358Asia
114Malaysia99.76258.432,776,195Asia
126Myanmar83.89217.354,806,014Asia
35Philippines372.4964.6111,046,910Asia
3Singapore8,42421,8185,896,684Asia
90Thailand136.9354.669,950,844Asia
122Timor-Leste90.37234.11,343,875Asia
44Viet Nam316.6820.098,168,829Asia
77Anguilla168.1435.315,125North America
67Antigua and Barbuda224.4581.198,728North America
21Aruba595.51,542107,195North America
174Bahamas39.65102.7396,914North America
18Barbados669.11,733287,708North America
131Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba80.62208.826,445North America
75British Virgin Islands202.8525.330,423North America
52Cayman Islands277.1717.666,498North America
108Cuba106.3275.411,317,498North America
36Curaçao371.2961.3164,796North America
118Dominica96.23249.272,172North America
66Dominican Republic226.7587.110,953,714North America
41Grenada332.4860.9113,015North America
58Guadeloupe245.7636.4400,013North America
31Haiti418.81,08511,541,683North America
54Jamaica274.6711.12,973,462North America
38Martinique353.5915.6374,743North America
162Montserrat49.81129.04,981North America
43Puerto Rico318.9825.82,828,246North America
30Saint Barthélemy450.41,1679,909North America
73Saint Kitts and Nevis205.9533.453,546North America
47Saint Lucia302.3782.9184,401North America
16Saint Martin (French part)740.41,91839,239North America
50Saint Vincent and the Grenadines285.3738.9111,269North America
11Sint Maarten (Dutch part)1,2773,30843,421North America
55Trinidad and Tobago273.6708.51,403,374North America
171Turks and Caicos Islands41.29106.939,226North America
48United States Virgin Islands297.8771.2104,218North America
205Belize17.7545.98404,915North America
113Costa Rica100.6260.75,139,053North America
46El Salvador314.6814.86,518,500North America
76Guatemala170.3441.118,249,868North America
123Honduras89.94232.910,062,994North America
149Mexico67.01173.6130,262,220North America
157Nicaragua55.70144.36,702,379North America
153Panama58.94152.74,381,583North America
208Argentina16.6643.1645,605,823South America
216Bolivia (Plurinational State of)10.9228.2911,832,936South America
190Brazil25.6066.31213,993,441South America
188Chile25.8466.9219,212,362South America
168Colombia46.21119.751,265,841South America
142Ecuador72.03186.517,888,474South America
234Falkland Islands (Malvinas)0.2900.7513,528South America
228French Guiana3.7289.656306,450South America
225Guyana4.01510.40790,329South America
204Paraguay18.1747.067,219,641South America
187Peru26.0667.5033,359,416South America
227Suriname3.7949.825591,798South America
198Uruguay19.9151.573,485,152South America
181Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)32.5484.2928,704,947South America
230Australia3.3578.69425,788,217Oceania
202New Zealand18.4647.814,860,642Oceania
164Fiji49.42128.0902,899Oceania
211New Caledonia15.7740.84288,217Oceania
197Papua New Guinea20.1452.159,119,005Oceania
193Solomon Islands25.1565.14703,995Oceania
189Vanuatu25.8066.81314,464Oceania
45Guam315.2816.2170,184Oceania
83Kiribati149.9388.1121,388Oceania
42Marshall Islands331.2857.859,618Oceania
78Micronesia (Fed. States of)166.1430.1116,255Oceania
23Nauru543.61,40810,873Oceania
93Northern Mariana Islands125.9326.157,910Oceania
175Palau39.51102.318,174Oceania
53American Samoa275.5713.655,103Oceania
139Cook Islands73.22189.617,572Oceania
136French Polynesia77.20199.9282,534Oceania
221Niue6.20816.081,614Oceania
145Samoa70.72183.2200,144Oceania
91Tokelau136.8354.31,368Oceania
85Tonga148.3384.0106,759Oceania
33Tuvalu397.51,03011,925Oceania
134Wallis and Futuna Islands79.24205.211,094Oceania
167Belarus46.54120.59,442,867Europe
151Bulgaria63.53164.56,896,655Europe
88Czechia138.8359.610,724,553Europe
107Hungary106.4275.69,634,162Europe
95Poland123.4319.737,797,000Europe
96Republic of Moldova122.5317.34,024,025Europe
129Romania83.10215.219,127,772Europe
217Russian Federation8.91023.08145,912,022Europe
101Slovakia113.6294.15,460,726Europe
138Ukraine75.03194.343,466,822Europe
13Channel Islands922.32,389175,244Europe
89Denmark137.0354.95,813,302Europe
183Estonia31.2680.971,325,188Europe
179Faroe Islands35.1491.0149,053Europe
203Finland18.2647.295,548,361Europe
229Iceland3.4258.871343,360Europe
141Ireland72.33187.34,982,904Europe
84Isle of Man149.8388.185,410Europe
184Latvia30.0277.741,866,934Europe
170Lithuania42.92111.22,689,862Europe
213Norway14.9638.755,465,629Europe
195Sweden24.7664.1310,160,159Europe
51United Kingdom281.9730.268,207,114Europe
109Albania104.9271.62,872,934Europe
79Andorra164.6426.377,354Europe
150Bosnia and Herzegovina63.99165.73,263,459Europe
140Croatia72.94188.94,081,657Europe
5Gibraltar3,3698,72633,691Europe
132Greece80.46208.410,370,747Europe
7Holy See1,8454,780812Europe
74Italy205.2531.660,367,471Europe
9Malta1,3843,584442,790Europe
166Montenegro46.70120.9628,051Europe
130North Macedonia82.58213.92,082,662Europe
103Portugal111.0287.510,167,923Europe
22San Marino566.81,46834,010Europe
116Serbia99.45257.68,697,547Europe
112Slovenia103.2267.32,078,723Europe
121Spain93.72242.746,745,211Europe
106Austria109.7284.29,043,072Europe
34Belgium384.2995.011,632,334Europe
98France119.5309.565,426,177Europe
61Germany240.7623.483,900,471Europe
62Liechtenstein239.1619.238,254Europe
59Luxembourg245.1634.8634,814Europe
1Monaco26,52368,69639,520Europe
26Netherlands509.31,31917,173,094Europe
68Switzerland220.6571.28,715,494Europe
12Bermuda1,2423,21662,092North America
224Canada4.18610.8438,067,913North America
235Greenland0.1390.35956,868North America
194Saint Pierre and Miquelon25.0964.995,771North America
177United States of America36.3994.26332,915,074North America
World 60.53 156.77 7,874,965,732
World Bank (2017)
Rank Country/territory Density
1Macao SAR, China20,546.766
2Monaco19,347.500
3Singapore7,915.731
4Hong Kong SAR, China7,039.714
5Gibraltar3,457.100
6Bahrain1,935.907
7Maldives1,454.433
8Malta1,454.038
9Bermuda1,308.820
10Bangladesh1,265.036
11Sint Maarten (Dutch part)1,209.088
12Channel Islands870.074
13West Bank and Gaza778.202
14Nauru682.450
15Barbados664.463
16Mauritius622.962
17Lebanon594.561
18St. Martin (French part)590.533
19Aruba584.800
20San Marino556.667
21Korea, Rep.527.967
22Netherlands508.544
23Rwanda494.869
24India450.419
25Comoros437.352
26Burundi423.063
27Israel402.606
28Haiti398.448
29Puerto Rico376.232
30Belgium375.564
31Tuvalu373.067
32Curacao362.644
33Philippines351.873
34Japan347.778
35Sri Lanka341.955
36Grenada317.132
37Vietnam308.127
38El Salvador307.811
39Virgin Islands (U.S.)306.480
40Guam304.128
41Marshall Islands295.150
42St. Lucia293.187
43St. Vincent and the Grenadines281.787
44American Samoa278.205
45United Kingdom272.898
46Trinidad and Tobago266.886
47Jamaica266.879
48Cayman Islands256.496
49Pakistan255.573
50Germany237.016
51Liechtenstein237.013
52Kuwait232.128
53Antigua and Barbuda231.845
54Luxembourg231.447
55Qatar227.322
56Dominican Republic222.873
57Switzerland214.243
58Uganda213.759
59St. Kitts and Nevis212.865
60Sao Tome and Principe212.841
61Korea, Dem. People's Rep.211.701
62Nigeria209.588
63Seychelles208.354
64British Virgin Islands207.973
65Gambia, The207.566
66Italy205.859
67Nepal204.430
68Malawi197.519
69Kosovo168.155
70Andorra163.755
71Guatemala157.834
72Micronesia, Fed. Sts.150.777
73Tonga150.028
74Isle of Man147.872
75China147.674
76Indonesia145.725
77Kiribati143.701
78Togo143.366
79Czech Republic137.176
80Denmark136.520
81Cabo Verde135.580
82Thailand135.132
83Cyprus127.657
84Ghana126.719
85Poland124.027
86Moldova123.655
87France122.578
88Northern Mariana Islands119.878
89Azerbaijan119.309
90Slovak Republic113.128
91United Arab Emirates112.442
92Portugal112.371
93Cuba110.408
94Jordan109.285
95Hungary108.043
96Austria106.749
97Ethiopia104.957
98Turkey104.914
99Albania104.871
100Sierra Leone104.700
101Armenia102.931
102Slovenia102.619
103Syrian Arab Republic99.493
104Benin99.110
105Dominica98.567
106Egypt, Arab Rep.97.999
107Malaysia96.254
108Costa Rica96.079
109Spain93.105
110Cambodia90.672
111Iraq88.125
112Kenya87.324
113Timor-Leste87.176
114Romania85.129
115Greece83.479
116Honduras82.805
117Macedonia, FYR82.600
118Senegal82.328
119Myanmar81.721
120Brunei Darussalam81.347
121Serbia80.291
122Morocco80.080
123Eswatini79.492
124Ukraine77.390
125French Polynesia77.324
126Cote d'Ivoire76.399
127Uzbekistan76.134
128Tunisia74.228
129Croatia73.726
130Lesotho73.562
131Burkina Faso70.151
132Ireland69.874
133Samoa69.413
134Bosnia and Herzegovina68.496
135Ecuador66.939
136Mexico66.444
137Guinea-Bissau66.191
138Bulgaria65.180
139Georgia65.032
140Tanzania64.699
141Tajikistan64.281
142Panama55.133
143Afghanistan54.422
144Yemen, Rep.53.508
145Guinea51.755
146Nicaragua51.667
147Cameroon50.885
148Iran, Islamic Rep.49.831
149Fiji49.562
150Liberia49.127
151Palau47.237
152Belarus46.858
153South Africa46.754
154Montenegro46.280
155Equatorial Guinea45.194
156Lithuania45.135
157Colombia44.223
158Madagascar43.951
159Zimbabwe42.729
160Djibouti41.285
161Bahamas, The39.497
162Mozambique37.728
163Turks and Caicos Islands37.312
164Venezuela, RB36.253
165Congo, Dem. Rep.35.879
166United States35.608
167Faroe Islands35.308
168Kyrgyz Republic32.333
169Latvia31.212
170Estonia31.033
171Lao PDR29.715
172Peru25.129
173Brazil25.040
174Sweden24.718
175Chile24.282
176Angola23.890
177Somalia23.500
178Sudan23.258
179Zambia22.995
180Vanuatu22.662
181Solomon Islands21.841
182Bhutan21.188
183Uruguay19.751
184Papua New Guinea18.220
185New Zealand18.206
186Finland18.136
187Algeria17.348
188Paraguay17.144
189Niger16.955
190Belize16.426
191Argentina16.177
192Congo, Rep.15.405
193New Caledonia15.342
194Saudi Arabia15.322
195Mali15.196
196Oman14.980
197Norway14.462
198Turkmenistan12.253
199Chad11.833
200Bolivia10.202
201Russian Federation8.823
202Gabon7.859
203Central African Republic7.479
204Kazakhstan6.681
205Mauritania4.289
206Botswana4.044
207Canada4.037
208Guyana3.952
209Libya3.623
210Suriname3.612
211Iceland3.404
212Australia3.202
213Namibia3.078
214Mongolia1.980
215Greenland0.137
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