List of Countries by population density

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Source	World Bank
Date	20 Apr 2020

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Population density is calculated as population divided by total land area.

European city-state of Monaco is the most densely populated country with a population density of 26,337 people per sq. km (68,212/sq mile) and its population only numbers in thousands. Chinese territory of Macau has the world's 2nd highest population density at 21,717/km². Only these two have over 10,000 population per square kilometer. Population density of 3rd ranked Singapore is the highest among countries/territories having population over one million. Hong Kong and Gibraltar complete the list of top five most densely populated countries/territories. Among top 10, six are located in Asia and four are located in Europe.

All top 9 countries/territories by population density have population below 10 million. Of the 91 larger countries having population of over 10 million, Bangladesh (1,265) has greatest density followed by Taiwan (673), Republic of Korea (527), Rwanda (525) and Netherlands (508). In the list of 235, 12 have more than 1000 human per square kilometer.

Greenland is the least densely populated territory in the world with 0.14 people per sq. km. With 2.1 people per square km, Mongolia is the least densely populated country followed by Namibia and Australia. Five least dense countries over population of 10 million are : Australia (3.32) Canada (4.15), Kazakhstan (6.96), Russian Federation (8.91) and Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (10.78).

Out of countries having at least 10 mn people, Top ranker Bangladesh is 38 times as dense as the lowest ranker Australia.

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Population density (UN)
Rank	Country/Territory	Density (2020)		Population	Continent
Rank	Country/Territory	per sq km	per sq mile	2020	Continent
29	Burundi	463.0	1,199	11,890,784	Africa
27	Comoros	467.3	1,210	869,601	Africa
170	Djibouti	42.62	110.4	988,000	Africa
178	Eritrea	35.11	90.94	3,546,421	Africa
99	Ethiopia	115.0	297.8	114,963,588	Africa
119	Kenya	94.48	244.7	53,771,296	Africa
165	Madagascar	47.60	123.3	27,691,018	Africa
74	Malawi	202.9	525.5	19,129,952	Africa
20	Mauritius	626.5	1,623	1,271,768	Africa
16	Mayotte	727.5	1,884	272,815	Africa
172	Mozambique	39.75	102.9	31,255,435	Africa
37	Réunion	358.1	927.5	895,312	Africa
25	Rwanda	525.0	1,360	12,952,218	Africa
70	Seychelles	213.8	553.7	98,347	Africa
189	Somalia	25.33	65.61	15,893,222	Africa
201	South Sudan	18.32	47.45	11,193,725	Africa
63	Uganda	228.9	592.9	45,741,007	Africa
148	United Republic of Tanzania	67.44	174.7	59,734,218	Africa
193	Zambia	24.73	64.05	18,383,955	Africa
176	Zimbabwe	38.42	99.51	14,862,924	Africa
185	Angola	26.36	68.28	32,866,272	Africa
156	Cameroon	56.16	145.4	26,545,863	Africa
219	Central African Republic	7.753	20.08	4,829,767	Africa
214	Chad	13.05	33.79	16,425,864	Africa
210	Congo	16.16	41.85	5,518,087	Africa
173	Democratic Republic of the Congo	39.51	102.3	89,561,403	Africa
161	Equatorial Guinea	50.02	129.5	1,402,985	Africa
218	Gabon	8.638	22.37	2,225,734	Africa
64	Sao Tome and Principe	228.3	591.3	219,159	Africa
224	Botswana	4.149	10.75	2,351,627	Africa
147	Eswatini	67.45	174.7	1,160,164	Africa
143	Lesotho	70.56	182.8	2,142,249	Africa
231	Namibia	3.086	7.993	2,540,905	Africa
164	South Africa	48.89	126.6	59,308,690	Africa
106	Benin	107.5	278.5	12,123,200	Africa
136	Burkina Faso	76.40	197.9	20,903,273	Africa
87	Cabo Verde	138.0	357.3	555,987	Africa
128	Côte d'Ivoire	82.95	214.8	26,378,274	Africa
61	Gambia	238.8	618.5	2,416,668	Africa
89	Ghana	136.6	353.7	31,072,940	Africa
158	Guinea	53.45	138.4	13,132,795	Africa
145	Guinea-Bissau	69.99	181.3	1,968,001	Africa
159	Liberia	52.51	136.0	5,057,681	Africa
206	Mali	16.60	42.98	20,250,833	Africa
222	Mauritania	4.511	11.68	4,649,658	Africa
199	Niger	19.11	49.49	24,206,644	Africa
65	Nigeria	226.3	586.2	206,139,589	Africa
212	Saint Helena	15.58	40.36	6,077	Africa
124	Senegal	86.97	225.2	16,743,927	Africa
103	Sierra Leone	110.5	286.2	7,976,983	Africa
81	Togo	152.2	394.2	8,278,724	Africa
200	Algeria	18.41	47.68	43,851,044	Africa
112	Egypt	102.8	266.3	102,334,404	Africa
226	Libya	3.905	10.11	6,871,292	Africa
129	Morocco	82.70	214.2	36,910,560	Africa
192	Sudan	24.84	64.34	43,849,260	Africa
137	Tunisia	76.07	197.0	11,818,619	Africa
232	Western Sahara	2.246	5.817	597,339	Africa
110	Armenia	104.1	269.6	2,963,243	Asia
96	Azerbaijan	122.7	317.7	10,139,177	Asia
6	Bahrain	2,239	5,799	1,701,575	Asia
92	Cyprus	130.7	338.4	1,207,359	Asia
154	Georgia	57.41	148.7	3,989,167	Asia
121	Iraq	92.61	239.9	40,222,493	Asia
32	Israel	400.0	1,036	8,655,535	Asia
100	Jordan	114.9	297.7	10,203,134	Asia
60	Kuwait	239.7	620.7	4,270,571	Asia
19	Lebanon	667.2	1,728	6,825,445	Asia
208	Oman	16.50	42.73	5,106,626	Asia
56	Qatar	248.2	642.7	2,881,053	Asia
209	Saudi Arabia	16.20	41.94	34,813,871	Asia
14	State of Palestine	847.4	2,195	5,101,414	Asia
117	Syrian Arab Republic	95.30	246.8	17,500,658	Asia
104	Turkey	109.6	283.8	84,339,067	Asia
98	United Arab Emirates	118.3	306.4	9,890,402	Asia
155	Yemen	56.49	146.3	29,825,964	Asia
220	Kazakhstan	6.955	18.01	18,776,707	Asia
180	Kyrgyzstan	34.02	88.10	6,524,195	Asia
146	Tajikistan	68.15	176.5	9,537,645	Asia
215	Turkmenistan	12.83	33.24	6,031,200	Asia
134	Uzbekistan	78.68	203.8	33,469,203	Asia
152	Afghanistan	59.63	154.4	38,928,346	Asia
10	Bangladesh	1,265	3,277	164,689,383	Asia
196	Bhutan	20.24	52.43	771,608	Asia
28	India	464.1	1,202	1,380,004,385	Asia
160	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	51.58	133.6	83,992,949	Asia
8	Maldives	1,802	4,667	540,544	Asia
73	Nepal	203.3	526.4	29,136,808	Asia
49	Pakistan	286.5	742.2	220,892,340	Asia
40	Sri Lanka	341.5	884.4	21,413,249	Asia
80	China	153.3	397.1	1,439,323,776	Asia
4	China, Hong Kong SAR	7,140	18,492	7,496,981	Asia
2	China, Macao SAR	21,717	56,247	649,335	Asia
17	China, Taiwan Province of China	672.6	1,742	23,816,775	Asia
69	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	214.1	554.5	25,778,816	Asia
39	Japan	346.9	898.6	126,476,461	Asia
233	Mongolia	2.110	5.465	3,278,290	Asia
24	Republic of Korea	527.3	1,366	51,269,185	Asia
127	Brunei Darussalam	83.01	215.0	437,479	Asia
118	Cambodia	94.71	245.3	16,718,965	Asia
82	Indonesia	151.0	391.1	273,523,615	Asia
182	Lao People's Democratic Republic	31.52	81.64	7,275,560	Asia
115	Malaysia	98.51	255.1	32,365,999	Asia
126	Myanmar	83.29	215.7	54,409,800	Asia
36	Philippines	367.5	951.9	109,581,078	Asia
3	Singapore	8,358	21,646	5,850,342	Asia
88	Thailand	136.6	353.9	69,799,978	Asia
122	Timor-Leste	88.67	229.6	1,318,445	Asia
44	Viet Nam	313.9	813.1	97,338,579	Asia
77	Anguilla	166.7	431.8	15,003	North America
67	Antigua and Barbuda	222.6	576.4	97,929	North America
21	Aruba	593.1	1,536	106,766	North America
175	Bahamas	39.29	101.7	393,244	North America
18	Barbados	668.3	1,731	287,375	North America
75	British Virgin Islands	201.5	522.0	30,231	North America
133	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	79.95	207.1	26,223	North America
53	Cayman Islands	273.8	709.2	65,722	North America
108	Cuba	106.4	275.6	11,326,616	North America
35	Curaçao	369.6	957.2	164,093	North America
116	Dominica	95.98	248.6	71,986	North America
66	Dominican Republic	224.5	581.5	10,847,910	North America
41	Grenada	331.0	857.2	112,523	North America
57	Guadeloupe	245.8	636.6	400,124	North America
31	Haiti	413.7	1,072	11,402,528	North America
54	Jamaica	273.4	708.2	2,961,167	North America
38	Martinique	354.0	916.9	375,265	North America
162	Montserrat	49.92	129.3	4,992	North America
43	Puerto Rico	322.5	835.4	2,860,853	North America
30	Saint-Barthélemy	449.0	1,163	9,877	North America
72	Saint Kitts and Nevis	204.6	529.9	53,199	North America
47	Saint Lucia	301.0	779.7	183,627	North America
50	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	284.5	736.8	110,940	North America
11	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,261	3,266	42,876	North America
15	Saint-Martin (French part)	729.5	1,890	38,666	North America
55	Trinidad and Tobago	272.8	706.6	1,399,488	North America
171	Turks and Caicos Islands	40.76	105.6	38,717	North America
48	United States Virgin Islands	298.4	772.7	104,425	North America
205	Belize	17.43	45.15	397,628	North America
114	Costa Rica	99.77	258.4	5,094,118	North America
45	El Salvador	313.0	810.8	6,486,205	North America
76	Guatemala	167.2	433.0	17,915,568	North America
123	Honduras	88.52	229.3	9,904,607	North America
149	Mexico	66.33	171.8	128,932,753	North America
157	Nicaragua	55.05	142.6	6,624,554	North America
153	Panama	58.04	150.3	4,314,767	North America
207	Argentina	16.52	42.77	45,195,774	South America
216	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	10.78	27.91	11,673,021	South America
188	Brazil	25.43	65.87	212,559,417	South America
187	Chile	25.71	66.59	19,116,201	South America
168	Colombia	45.86	118.8	50,882,891	South America
142	Ecuador	71.04	184.0	17,643,054	South America
234	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0.286	0.741	3,480	South America
228	French Guiana	3.634	9.412	298,682	South America
225	Guyana	3.996	10.35	786,552	South America
204	Paraguay	17.95	46.50	7,132,538	South America
186	Peru	25.76	66.72	32,971,854	South America
227	Suriname	3.760	9.738	586,632	South America
197	Uruguay	19.85	51.41	3,473,730	South America
181	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	32.24	83.50	28,435,940	South America
230	Australia	3.319	8.596	25,499,884	Oceania
202	New Zealand	18.31	47.43	4,822,233	Oceania
163	Fiji	49.07	127.1	896,445	Oceania
211	New Caledonia	15.62	40.45	285,498	Oceania
198	Papua New Guinea	19.76	51.17	8,947,024	Oceania
195	Solomon Islands	24.54	63.56	686,884	Oceania
190	Vanuatu	25.20	65.26	307,145	Oceania
46	Guam	312.5	809.5	168,775	Oceania
84	Kiribati	147.5	381.9	119,449	Oceania
42	Marshall Islands	328.8	851.7	59,190	Oceania
79	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	164.3	425.6	115,023	Oceania
23	Nauru	541.2	1,402	10,824	Oceania
93	Northern Mariana Islands	125.1	324.1	57,559	Oceania
174	Palau	39.34	101.9	18,094	Oceania
52	American Samoa	276.0	714.7	55,191	Oceania
140	Cook Islands	73.18	189.5	17,564	Oceania
135	French Polynesia	76.75	198.8	280,908	Oceania
221	Niue	6.254	16.20	1,626	Oceania
144	Samoa	70.11	181.6	198,414	Oceania
91	Tokelau	135.7	351.5	1,357	Oceania
85	Tonga	146.8	380.2	105,695	Oceania
33	Tuvalu	393.1	1,018	11,792	Oceania
132	Wallis and Futuna Islands	80.28	207.9	11,239	Oceania
167	Belarus	46.57	120.6	9,449,323	Europe
151	Bulgaria	64.01	165.8	6,948,445	Europe
86	Czechia	138.6	359.1	10,708,981	Europe
107	Hungary	106.7	276.4	9,660,351	Europe
94	Poland	123.6	320.1	37,846,611	Europe
95	Republic of Moldova	122.8	318.0	4,033,963	Europe
125	Romania	83.58	216.5	19,237,691	Europe
217	Russian Federation	8.911	23.08	145,934,462	Europe
101	Slovakia	113.5	294.1	5,459,642	Europe
138	Ukraine	75.49	195.5	43,733,762	Europe
13	Channel Islands	915.1	2,370	173,863	Europe
90	Denmark	136.5	353.6	5,792,202	Europe
183	Estonia	31.29	81.05	1,326,535	Europe
179	Faroe Islands	35.00	90.65	48,863	Europe
203	Finland	18.23	47.22	5,540,720	Europe
229	Iceland	3.404	8.816	341,243	Europe
141	Ireland	71.68	185.6	4,937,786	Europe
83	Isle of Man	149.2	386.4	85,033	Europe
184	Latvia	30.33	78.54	1,886,198	Europe
169	Lithuania	43.44	112.5	2,722,289	Europe
213	Norway	14.84	38.44	5,421,241	Europe
194	Sweden	24.61	63.74	10,099,265	Europe
51	United Kingdom	280.6	726.8	67,886,011	Europe
109	Albania	105.0	272.0	2,877,797	Europe
78	Andorra	164.4	425.8	77,265	Europe
150	Bosnia and Herzegovina	64.33	166.6	3,280,819	Europe
139	Croatia	73.36	190.0	4,105,267	Europe
5	Gibraltar	3,369	8,726	33,691	Europe
131	Greece	80.86	209.4	10,423,054	Europe
7	Holy See	1,820	4,715	801	Europe
71	Italy	205.6	532.4	60,461,826	Europe
9	Malta	1,380	3,574	441,543	Europe
166	Montenegro	46.70	120.9	628,066	Europe
130	North Macedonia	82.61	214.0	2,083,374	Europe
102	Portugal	111.3	288.3	10,196,709	Europe
22	San Marino	565.5	1,465	33,931	Europe
113	Serbia	99.90	258.7	8,737,371	Europe
111	Slovenia	103.2	267.3	2,078,938	Europe
120	Spain	93.74	242.8	46,754,778	Europe
105	Austria	109.3	283.1	9,006,398	Europe
34	Belgium	382.7	991.3	11,589,623	Europe
97	France	119.2	308.8	65,273,511	Europe
59	Germany	240.4	622.6	83,783,942	Europe
62	Liechtenstein	238.3	617.2	38,128	Europe
58	Luxembourg	241.7	626.0	625,978	Europe
1	Monaco	26,337	68,212	39,242	Europe
26	Netherlands	508.2	1,316	17,134,872	Europe
68	Switzerland	219.0	567.2	8,654,622	Europe
12	Bermuda	1,246	3,226	62,278	North America
223	Canada	4.150	10.75	37,742,154	North America
235	Greenland	0.138	0.357	56,770	North America
191	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	25.19	65.24	5,794	North America
177	United States of America	36.19	93.72	331,002,651	North America
	World	59.92	155.18	7,794,798,739

World Bank (2017)
Rank	Country/territory	Density
1	Macao SAR, China	20,546.766
2	Monaco	19,347.500
3	Singapore	7,915.731
4	Hong Kong SAR, China	7,039.714
5	Gibraltar	3,457.100
6	Bahrain	1,935.907
7	Maldives	1,454.433
8	Malta	1,454.038
9	Bermuda	1,308.820
10	Bangladesh	1,265.036
11	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,209.088
12	Channel Islands	870.074
13	West Bank and Gaza	778.202
14	Nauru	682.450
15	Barbados	664.463
16	Mauritius	622.962
17	Lebanon	594.561
18	St. Martin (French part)	590.533
19	Aruba	584.800
20	San Marino	556.667
21	Korea, Rep.	527.967
22	Netherlands	508.544
23	Rwanda	494.869
24	India	450.419
25	Comoros	437.352
26	Burundi	423.063
27	Israel	402.606
28	Haiti	398.448
29	Puerto Rico	376.232
30	Belgium	375.564
31	Tuvalu	373.067
32	Curacao	362.644
33	Philippines	351.873
34	Japan	347.778
35	Sri Lanka	341.955
36	Grenada	317.132
37	Vietnam	308.127
38	El Salvador	307.811
39	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	306.480
40	Guam	304.128
41	Marshall Islands	295.150
42	St. Lucia	293.187
43	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	281.787
44	American Samoa	278.205
45	United Kingdom	272.898
46	Trinidad and Tobago	266.886
47	Jamaica	266.879
48	Cayman Islands	256.496
49	Pakistan	255.573
50	Germany	237.016
51	Liechtenstein	237.013
52	Kuwait	232.128
53	Antigua and Barbuda	231.845
54	Luxembourg	231.447
55	Qatar	227.322
56	Dominican Republic	222.873
57	Switzerland	214.243
58	Uganda	213.759
59	St. Kitts and Nevis	212.865
60	Sao Tome and Principe	212.841
61	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	211.701
62	Nigeria	209.588
63	Seychelles	208.354
64	British Virgin Islands	207.973
65	Gambia, The	207.566
66	Italy	205.859
67	Nepal	204.430
68	Malawi	197.519
69	Kosovo	168.155
70	Andorra	163.755
71	Guatemala	157.834
72	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	150.777
73	Tonga	150.028
74	Isle of Man	147.872
75	China	147.674
76	Indonesia	145.725
77	Kiribati	143.701
78	Togo	143.366
79	Czech Republic	137.176
80	Denmark	136.520
81	Cabo Verde	135.580
82	Thailand	135.132
83	Cyprus	127.657
84	Ghana	126.719
85	Poland	124.027
86	Moldova	123.655
87	France	122.578
88	Northern Mariana Islands	119.878
89	Azerbaijan	119.309
90	Slovak Republic	113.128
91	United Arab Emirates	112.442
92	Portugal	112.371
93	Cuba	110.408
94	Jordan	109.285
95	Hungary	108.043
96	Austria	106.749
97	Ethiopia	104.957
98	Turkey	104.914
99	Albania	104.871
100	Sierra Leone	104.700
101	Armenia	102.931
102	Slovenia	102.619
103	Syrian Arab Republic	99.493
104	Benin	99.110
105	Dominica	98.567
106	Egypt, Arab Rep.	97.999
107	Malaysia	96.254
108	Costa Rica	96.079
109	Spain	93.105
110	Cambodia	90.672
111	Iraq	88.125
112	Kenya	87.324
113	Timor-Leste	87.176
114	Romania	85.129
115	Greece	83.479
116	Honduras	82.805
117	Macedonia, FYR	82.600
118	Senegal	82.328
119	Myanmar	81.721
120	Brunei Darussalam	81.347
121	Serbia	80.291
122	Morocco	80.080
123	Eswatini	79.492
124	Ukraine	77.390
125	French Polynesia	77.324
126	Cote d'Ivoire	76.399
127	Uzbekistan	76.134
128	Tunisia	74.228
129	Croatia	73.726
130	Lesotho	73.562
131	Burkina Faso	70.151
132	Ireland	69.874
133	Samoa	69.413
134	Bosnia and Herzegovina	68.496
135	Ecuador	66.939
136	Mexico	66.444
137	Guinea-Bissau	66.191
138	Bulgaria	65.180
139	Georgia	65.032
140	Tanzania	64.699
141	Tajikistan	64.281
142	Panama	55.133
143	Afghanistan	54.422
144	Yemen, Rep.	53.508
145	Guinea	51.755
146	Nicaragua	51.667
147	Cameroon	50.885
148	Iran, Islamic Rep.	49.831
149	Fiji	49.562
150	Liberia	49.127
151	Palau	47.237
152	Belarus	46.858
153	South Africa	46.754
154	Montenegro	46.280
155	Equatorial Guinea	45.194
156	Lithuania	45.135
157	Colombia	44.223
158	Madagascar	43.951
159	Zimbabwe	42.729
160	Djibouti	41.285
161	Bahamas, The	39.497
162	Mozambique	37.728
163	Turks and Caicos Islands	37.312
164	Venezuela, RB	36.253
165	Congo, Dem. Rep.	35.879
166	United States	35.608
167	Faroe Islands	35.308
168	Kyrgyz Republic	32.333
169	Latvia	31.212
170	Estonia	31.033
171	Lao PDR	29.715
172	Peru	25.129
173	Brazil	25.040
174	Sweden	24.718
175	Chile	24.282
176	Angola	23.890
177	Somalia	23.500
178	Sudan	23.258
179	Zambia	22.995
180	Vanuatu	22.662
181	Solomon Islands	21.841
182	Bhutan	21.188
183	Uruguay	19.751
184	Papua New Guinea	18.220
185	New Zealand	18.206
186	Finland	18.136
187	Algeria	17.348
188	Paraguay	17.144
189	Niger	16.955
190	Belize	16.426
191	Argentina	16.177
192	Congo, Rep.	15.405
193	New Caledonia	15.342
194	Saudi Arabia	15.322
195	Mali	15.196
196	Oman	14.980
197	Norway	14.462
198	Turkmenistan	12.253
199	Chad	11.833
200	Bolivia	10.202
201	Russian Federation	8.823
202	Gabon	7.859
203	Central African Republic	7.479
204	Kazakhstan	6.681
205	Mauritania	4.289
206	Botswana	4.044
207	Canada	4.037
208	Guyana	3.952
209	Libya	3.623
210	Suriname	3.612
211	Iceland	3.404
212	Australia	3.202
213	Namibia	3.078
214	Mongolia	1.980
215	Greenland	0.137
-	South Sudan	-
-	Eritrea	-