List of Countries by population density

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Source	World Bank
Date	08 Aug 2024

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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 25,927 people per sq. km (67,150/sq mile), and its population only numbers in thousands. The Chinese territory of Macau has the world's 2nd highest population density at 22,508/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 three are located in Europe.

All top 8 countries/territories by population density have a population below 10 million. Of the 95 larger countries having a population of over 10 million, Bangladesh (1,333) has the greatest density, followed by Taiwan (655.6), Rwanda (588.9), the Netherlands (541.4) and Burundi (541.3). In the list of 237, 13 have more than 1000 humans per square kilometer.

Greenland is the least densely populated territory in the world, with 0.136 people per sq. km. With 0.285 people per square km, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) is the least densely populated country, followed by Western Sahara and Mongolia. The five least dense countries over a population of 10 million are Australia (3.48), Canada (4.37), Kazakhstan (7.63), the Russian Federation (8.84), and Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (11.46).

Out of countries having at least ten mn people, Top ranker Bangladesh is 383 times as dense as the lowest-ranked Australia.

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Population density (UN)
Rank	Country/Territory	Density (2024)		Population	Continent
Rank	Country/Territory	per sq km	per sq mile	2024	Continent
26	Burundi	541.3	1,402	14,047,786	Africa
31	Comoros	465.7	1,206	866,628	Africa
168	Djibouti	50.42	130.6	1,168,722	Africa
188	Eritrea	29.18	75.59	3,535,603	Africa
96	Ethiopia	132.1	342.0	132,059,767	Africa
120	Kenya	97.18	251.7	56,432,944	Africa
164	Madagascar	54.94	142.3	31,964,956	Africa
69	Malawi	229.0	593.2	21,655,286	Africa
19	Mauritius	626.2	1,622	1,271,169	Africa
16	Mayotte	870.7	2,255	326,505	Africa
175	Mozambique	44.04	114.1	34,631,766	Africa
39	Réunion	351.4	910.2	878,591	Africa
22	Rwanda	588.9	1,525	14,256,567	Africa
51	Seychelles	285.4	739.1	130,418	Africa
186	Somalia	30.30	78.48	19,009,151	Africa
200	South Sudan	21.17	54.83	11,943,408	Africa
61	Uganda	250.3	648.3	50,015,092	Africa
138	United Republic of Tanzania	77.40	200.5	68,560,157	Africa
189	Zambia	28.67	74.26	21,314,956	Africa
176	Zimbabwe	43.00	111.4	16,634,373	Africa
185	Angola	30.39	78.71	37,885,849	Africa
155	Cameroon	62.49	161.9	29,123,744	Africa
221	Central African Republic	8.557	22.16	5,330,690	Africa
213	Chad	16.12	41.75	20,299,123	Africa
207	Congo	18.55	48.03	6,332,961	Africa
170	Democratic Republic of the Congo	48.20	124.8	109,276,265	Africa
151	Equatorial Guinea	67.47	174.7	1,892,516	Africa
219	Gabon	9.854	25.52	2,538,952	Africa
63	Sao Tome and Principe	245.4	635.5	235,536	Africa
204	Algeria	19.66	50.91	46,814,308	Africa
104	Egypt	117.1	303.2	116,538,258	Africa
226	Libya	4.403	11.40	7,381,023	Africa
131	Morocco	85.33	221.0	38,081,173	Africa
190	Sudan	28.58	74.03	50,448,963	Africa
136	Tunisia	78.99	204.6	12,277,109	Africa
235	Western Sahara	2.220	5.750	590,506	Africa
225	Botswana	4.449	11.52	2,521,139	Africa
149	Eswatini	71.58	185.4	1,242,822	Africa
140	Lesotho	76.99	199.4	2,337,423	Africa
232	Namibia	3.681	9.534	3,030,131	Africa
166	South Africa	52.43	135.8	64,007,187	Africa
99	Benin	128.3	332.2	14,462,724	Africa
129	Burkina Faso	86.07	222.9	23,548,781	Africa
97	Cabo Verde	130.2	337.3	524,877	Africa
117	Côte d'Ivoire	100.4	260.1	31,934,230	Africa
54	Gambia	272.7	706.4	2,759,988	Africa
87	Ghana	151.3	391.9	34,427,414	Africa
159	Guinea	60.05	155.5	14,754,785	Africa
137	Guinea-Bissau	78.28	202.8	2,201,352	Africa
160	Liberia	58.27	150.9	5,612,817	Africa
202	Mali	20.06	51.96	24,478,595	Africa
224	Mauritania	5.015	12.99	5,169,395	Africa
199	Niger	21.34	55.27	27,032,412	Africa
60	Nigeria	255.5	661.7	232,679,478	Africa
217	Saint Helena	13.43	34.78	5,237	Africa
122	Senegal	96.10	248.9	18,501,984	Africa
103	Sierra Leone	120.5	312.0	8,642,022	Africa
79	Togo	174.9	453.1	9,515,236	Africa
222	Kazakhstan	7.628	19.76	20,592,571	Asia
181	Kyrgyzstan	37.47	97.04	7,186,009	Asia
146	Tajikistan	74.01	191.7	10,590,927	Asia
215	Turkmenistan	15.95	41.31	7,494,498	Asia
130	Uzbekistan	85.48	221.4	36,361,859	Asia
89	China	147.8	382.9	1,419,321,278	Asia
4	China, Hong Kong SAR	6,747	17,475	7,414,909	Asia
2	China, Macao SAR	22,508	58,296	720,262	Asia
18	China, Taiwan Province of China	655.6	1,698	23,213,962	Asia
71	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	220.1	570.0	26,498,823	Asia
41	Japan	328.4	850.6	123,753,041	Asia
234	Mongolia	2.232	5.781	3,475,540	Asia
27	Republic of Korea	522.7	1,354	51,717,590	Asia
153	Afghanistan	65.68	170.1	42,647,492	Asia
9	Bangladesh	1,333	3,453	173,562,364	Asia
201	Bhutan	20.62	53.40	791,524	Asia
30	India	488.0	1,264	1,450,935,791	Asia
163	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	56.22	145.6	91,567,738	Asia
7	Maldives	1,759	4,557	527,799	Asia
75	Nepal	201.5	521.8	29,651,054	Asia
42	Pakistan	326.0	844.2	251,269,164	Asia
38	Sri Lanka	368.4	954.3	23,103,565	Asia
135	Brunei Darussalam	80.26	207.9	462,721	Asia
119	Cambodia	97.43	252.4	17,638,801	Asia
88	Indonesia	148.4	384.2	283,487,931	Asia
182	Lao People's Democratic Republic	33.66	87.19	7,769,819	Asia
109	Malaysia	108.2	280.3	35,557,673	Asia
132	Myanmar	83.42	216.1	54,500,091	Asia
36	Philippines	386.1	1,000	115,843,670	Asia
3	Singapore	8,539	22,117	5,832,387	Asia
93	Thailand	140.3	363.3	71,668,011	Asia
124	Timor-Leste	94.19	244.0	1,400,638	Asia
44	Viet Nam	322.2	834.6	100,987,686	Asia
113	Armenia	104.5	270.6	2,973,840	Asia
101	Azerbaijan	125.1	323.9	10,336,577	Asia
6	Bahrain	2,052	5,316	1,607,049	Asia
91	Cyprus	147.0	380.7	1,358,282	Asia
165	Georgia	54.80	141.9	3,807,670	Asia
111	Iraq	106.1	274.7	46,042,015	Asia
33	Israel	433.7	1,123	9,387,021	Asia
98	Jordan	130.1	337.0	11,552,876	Asia
53	Kuwait	276.9	717.3	4,934,507	Asia
23	Lebanon	567.5	1,470	5,805,962	Asia
211	Oman	17.07	44.20	5,281,538	Asia
55	Qatar	263.1	681.5	3,048,423	Asia
216	Saudi Arabia	15.80	40.92	33,962,757	Asia
14	State of Palestine	912.9	2,364	5,495,443	Asia
95	Syrian Arab Republic	134.3	347.8	24,672,760	Asia
105	Türkiye	113.7	294.4	87,473,805	Asia
85	United Arab Emirates	155.3	402.1	11,027,129	Asia
141	Yemen	76.87	199.1	40,583,164	Asia
174	Belarus	44.63	115.6	9,056,696	Europe
156	Bulgaria	62.34	161.5	6,757,689	Europe
94	Czechia	139.1	360.2	10,735,859	Europe
110	Hungary	106.9	276.8	9,676,135	Europe
100	Poland	125.9	326.0	38,539,201	Europe
126	Republic of Moldova	92.30	239.1	3,034,961	Europe
133	Romania	82.65	214.1	19,015,088	Europe
220	Russian Federation	8.844	22.91	144,820,423	Europe
107	Slovakia	112.3	290.9	5,506,760	Europe
154	Ukraine	65.35	169.3	37,860,221	Europe
92	Denmark	141.0	365.2	5,977,412	Europe
183	Estonia	31.30	81.07	1,360,546	Europe
178	Faroe Islands	40.00	103.6	55,400	Europe
206	Finland	18.58	48.11	5,617,310	Europe
13	Guernsey	1,004	2,601	64,280	Europe
230	Iceland	3.924	10.16	393,396	Europe
142	Ireland	76.86	199.1	5,255,017	Europe
90	Isle of Man	147.1	381.1	84,160	Europe
15	Jersey	895.2	2,319	103,846	Europe
187	Latvia	30.08	77.91	1,871,871	Europe
173	Lithuania	45.66	118.3	2,859,110	Europe
208	Norway	18.33	47.48	5,576,660	Europe
195	Sweden	26.04	67.44	10,606,999	Europe
52	United Kingdom	284.8	737.7	69,138,192	Europe
115	Albania	101.9	263.9	2,791,765	Europe
80	Andorra	174.3	451.5	81,938	Europe
157	Bosnia and Herzegovina	61.80	160.1	3,164,253	Europe
150	Croatia	69.33	179.6	3,875,325	Europe
5	Gibraltar	3,933	10,186	39,329	Europe
143	Greece	76.81	198.9	10,047,817	Europe
12	Holy See	1,126	2,917	496	Europe
76	Italy	200.5	519.3	59,342,867	Europe
86	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	154.5	400.1	1,684,790	Europe
8	Malta	1,713	4,437	539,607	Europe
172	Montenegro	46.23	119.7	638,479	Europe
147	North Macedonia	73.17	189.5	1,823,009	Europe
106	Portugal	113.3	293.5	10,425,292	Europe
24	San Marino	550.5	1,426	33,581	Europe
128	Serbia	87.78	227.4	6,736,216	Europe
112	Slovenia	105.2	272.5	2,118,697	Europe
123	Spain	95.37	247.0	47,910,526	Europe
108	Austria	110.5	286.3	9,120,813	Europe
35	Belgium	387.7	1,004	11,738,763	Europe
102	France	120.7	312.6	66,548,530	Europe
65	Germany	242.6	628.3	84,552,242	Europe
62	Liechtenstein	249.2	645.4	39,870	Europe
57	Luxembourg	259.9	673.0	673,036	Europe
1	Monaco	25,927	67,150	38,631	Europe
25	Netherlands	541.4	1,402	18,228,742	Europe
70	Switzerland	223.1	577.8	8,921,981	Europe
82	Anguilla	165.9	429.7	14,598	North America
72	Antigua and Barbuda	213.1	552.0	93,772	North America
20	Aruba	600.4	1,555	108,066	North America
145	Bahamas	74.89	194.0	401,283	North America
17	Barbados	656.9	1,701	282,467	North America
125	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	93.52	242.2	30,675	North America
59	British Virgin Islands	256.3	663.8	39,471	North America
47	Cayman Islands	309.0	800.2	74,457	North America
114	Cuba	102.8	266.4	10,979,783	North America
32	Curaçao	437.5	1,133	185,482	North America
127	Dominica	88.27	228.6	66,205	North America
66	Dominican Republic	236.5	612.6	11,427,557	North America
40	Grenada	344.7	892.8	117,207	North America
68	Guadeloupe	230.4	596.8	375,106	North America
34	Haiti	427.0	1,106	11,772,557	North America
56	Jamaica	262.2	679.0	2,839,175	North America
43	Martinique	323.8	838.6	343,195	North America
177	Montserrat	42.61	110.4	4,389	North America
37	Puerto Rico	373.0	966.1	3,242,204	North America
28	Saint Barthélemy	511.7	1,325	11,258	North America
78	Saint Kitts and Nevis	180.2	466.6	46,843	North America
50	Saint Lucia	291.8	755.7	179,744	North America
29	Saint Martin (French part)	493.0	1,277	26,129	North America
58	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	258.0	668.2	100,616	North America
10	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,275	3,302	43,350	North America
49	Trinidad and Tobago	293.9	761.2	1,507,782	North America
169	Turks and Caicos Islands	48.98	126.9	46,535	North America
64	United States Virgin Islands	242.6	628.3	84,905	North America
209	Belize	18.29	47.36	417,072	North America
116	Costa Rica	100.5	260.2	5,129,910	North America
48	El Salvador	305.9	792.3	6,338,193	North America
81	Guatemala	171.8	444.9	18,406,359	North America
118	Honduras	99.25	257.1	10,825,703	North America
152	Mexico	66.79	173.0	130,861,007	North America
161	Nicaragua	57.47	148.9	6,916,140	North America
158	Panama	60.88	157.7	4,515,577	North America
212	Argentina	16.37	42.39	45,696,159	South America
218	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	11.46	29.68	12,413,315	South America
196	Brazil	25.36	65.69	211,998,573	South America
194	Chile	26.25	67.99	19,764,771	South America
171	Colombia	47.06	121.9	52,886,363	South America
148	Ecuador	73.02	189.1	18,135,478	South America
236	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0.285	0.738	3,470	South America
231	French Guiana	3.753	9.720	308,522	South America
228	Guyana	4.222	10.93	831,087	South America
210	Paraguay	17.13	44.37	6,929,153	South America
193	Peru	26.73	69.23	34,217,848	South America
229	Suriname	4.067	10.53	634,431	South America
205	Uruguay	19.55	50.64	3,386,588	South America
184	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	31.00	80.28	28,405,543	South America
11	Bermuda	1,197	3,100	64,636	North America
227	Canada	4.370	11.32	39,742,430	North America
237	Greenland	0.136	0.352	55,840	North America
197	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	24.47	63.38	5,628	North America
180	United States of America	37.76	97.80	345,426,571	North America
233	Australia	3.477	9.005	26,713,205	Oceania
203	New Zealand	19.68	50.98	5,213,944	Oceania
167	Fiji	50.84	131.7	928,784	Oceania
214	New Caledonia	16.01	41.46	292,639	Oceania
198	Papua New Guinea	23.36	60.49	10,576,502	Oceania
191	Solomon Islands	28.45	73.68	819,198	Oceania
192	Vanuatu	26.89	69.64	327,777	Oceania
46	Guam	310.1	803.2	167,777	Oceania
77	Kiribati	185.3	479.9	134,518	Oceania
74	Marshall Islands	208.6	540.3	37,548	Oceania
83	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	161.7	418.7	113,160	Oceania
21	Nauru	597.3	1,547	11,947	Oceania
121	Northern Mariana Islands	96.89	250.9	44,278	Oceania
179	Palau	38.47	99.63	17,695	Oceania
67	American Samoa	233.8	605.6	46,765	Oceania
162	Cook Islands	57.20	148.2	13,729	Oceania
144	French Polynesia	76.50	198.1	281,807	Oceania
223	Niue	6.994	18.11	1,819	Oceania
139	Samoa	77.04	199.5	218,019	Oceania
73	Tokelau	208.9	541.0	2,506	Oceania
84	Tonga	160.3	415.1	104,175	Oceania
45	Tuvalu	321.5	832.7	9,646	Oceania
134	Wallis and Futuna Islands	80.55	208.6	11,277	Oceania
	World	62.59	162.11	8,161,972,572

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	-