List of Countries by population density

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Source	World Bank
Date	23 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
Rank	Country/Territory	per sq km	per sq mile	2021	Continent
28	Burundi	477.2	1,236	12,255,429	Africa
27	Comoros	477.4	1,236	888,456	Africa
169	Djibouti	43.24	112.0	1,002,197	Africa
178	Eritrea	35.66	92.35	3,601,462	Africa
99	Ethiopia	117.9	305.3	117,876,226	Africa
117	Kenya	96.61	250.2	54,985,702	Africa
165	Madagascar	48.86	126.6	28,427,333	Africa
71	Malawi	208.4	539.7	19,647,681	Africa
20	Mauritius	627.3	1,625	1,273,428	Africa
15	Mayotte	745.4	1,930	279,507	Africa
172	Mozambique	40.90	105.9	32,163,045	Africa
37	Réunion	360.7	934.2	901,696	Africa
24	Rwanda	538.2	1,394	13,276,517	Africa
69	Seychelles	215.0	556.9	98,910	Africa
186	Somalia	26.08	67.54	16,359,500	Africa
201	South Sudan	18.63	48.25	11,381,377	Africa
63	Uganda	235.8	610.8	47,123,533	Africa
147	United Republic of Tanzania	69.43	179.8	61,498,438	Africa
191	Zambia	25.45	65.92	18,920,657	Africa
176	Zimbabwe	39.01	101.0	15,092,171	Africa
185	Angola	27.22	70.50	33,933,611	Africa
155	Cameroon	57.59	149.2	27,224,262	Africa
219	Central African Republic	7.898	20.45	4,919,987	Africa
214	Chad	13.43	34.79	16,914,985	Africa
209	Congo	16.57	42.90	5,657,017	Africa
173	Democratic Republic of the Congo	40.75	105.5	92,377,986	Africa
161	Equatorial Guinea	51.69	133.9	1,449,891	Africa
218	Gabon	8.844	22.91	2,278,829	Africa
64	Sao Tome and Principe	232.7	602.6	223,364	Africa
223	Botswana	4.230	10.96	2,397,240	Africa
148	Eswatini	68.16	176.5	1,172,369	Africa
144	Lesotho	71.12	184.2	2,159,067	Africa
231	Namibia	3.143	8.140	2,587,344	Africa
163	South Africa	49.50	128.2	60,041,996	Africa
105	Benin	110.4	286.0	12,451,031	Africa
135	Burkina Faso	78.57	203.5	21,497,097	Africa
87	Cabo Verde	139.4	361.1	561,901	Africa
125	Côte d'Ivoire	85.07	220.3	27,053,629	Africa
57	Gambia	245.7	636.5	2,486,937	Africa
86	Ghana	139.5	361.2	31,732,128	Africa
158	Guinea	54.93	142.3	13,497,237	Africa
143	Guinea-Bissau	71.67	185.6	2,015,490	Africa
159	Liberia	53.78	139.3	5,180,208	Africa
206	Mali	17.09	44.27	20,855,724	Africa
222	Mauritania	4.633	12.00	4,775,110	Africa
199	Niger	19.84	51.38	25,130,810	Africa
65	Nigeria	232.1	601.2	211,400,704	Africa
212	Saint Helena	15.63	40.48	6,095	Africa
124	Senegal	89.32	231.3	17,196,308	Africa
102	Sierra Leone	112.8	292.1	8,141,343	Africa
80	Togo	155.9	403.7	8,478,242	Africa
200	Algeria	18.73	48.52	44,616,626	Africa
110	Egypt	104.7	271.3	104,258,327	Africa
226	Libya	3.955	10.24	6,958,538	Africa
128	Morocco	83.68	216.7	37,344,787	Africa
192	Sudan	25.44	65.90	44,909,351	Africa
137	Tunisia	76.83	199.0	11,935,764	Africa
232	Western Sahara	2.300	5.958	611,872	Africa
111	Armenia	104.3	270.0	2,968,128	Asia
94	Azerbaijan	123.7	320.3	10,223,344	Asia
6	Bahrain	2,300	5,958	1,748,295	Asia
92	Cyprus	131.6	340.7	1,215,588	Asia
156	Georgia	57.27	148.3	3,979,773	Asia
120	Iraq	94.81	245.6	41,179,351	Asia
32	Israel	406.2	1,052	8,789,776	Asia
100	Jordan	115.7	299.6	10,269,022	Asia
60	Kuwait	242.9	629.1	4,328,553	Asia
19	Lebanon	661.7	1,714	6,769,151	Asia
207	Oman	16.88	43.71	5,223,376	Asia
56	Qatar	252.4	653.7	2,930,524	Asia
210	Saudi Arabia	16.44	42.58	35,340,680	Asia
14	State of Palestine	867.6	2,247	5,222,756	Asia
115	Syrian Arab Republic	99.52	257.8	18,275,704	Asia
104	Turkey	110.5	286.2	85,042,736	Asia
97	United Arab Emirates	119.5	309.5	9,991,083	Asia
154	Yemen	57.75	149.6	30,490,639	Asia
220	Kazakhstan	7.036	18.22	18,994,958	Asia
180	Kyrgyzstan	34.56	89.51	6,628,347	Asia
146	Tajikistan	69.66	180.4	9,749,625	Asia
215	Turkmenistan	13.02	33.72	6,117,933	Asia
133	Uzbekistan	79.77	206.6	33,935,765	Asia
152	Afghanistan	61.02	158.0	39,835,428	Asia
10	Bangladesh	1,278	3,309	166,303,494	Asia
196	Bhutan	20.46	52.99	779,900	Asia
29	India	468.7	1,214	1,393,409,033	Asia
160	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	52.21	135.2	85,028,760	Asia
8	Maldives	1,812	4,693	543,620	Asia
72	Nepal	207.0	536.2	29,674,920	Asia
49	Pakistan	292.1	756.6	225,199,929	Asia
40	Sri Lanka	342.8	887.9	21,497,306	Asia
81	China	153.8	398.4	1,444,216,102	Asia
4	China, Hong Kong SAR	7,193	18,630	7,552,800	Asia
2	China, Macao SAR	22,020	57,031	658,391	Asia
17	China, Taiwan Province of China	673.7	1,745	23,855,008	Asia
70	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	215.0	556.8	25,887,045	Asia
39	Japan	345.8	895.5	126,050,796	Asia
233	Mongolia	2.143	5.550	3,329,282	Asia
25	Republic of Korea	527.7	1,367	51,305,184	Asia
127	Brunei Darussalam	83.78	217.0	441,532	Asia
119	Cambodia	96.00	248.6	16,946,446	Asia
82	Indonesia	152.6	395.1	276,361,788	Asia
182	Lao People's Democratic Republic	31.97	82.81	7,379,358	Asia
114	Malaysia	99.76	258.4	32,776,195	Asia
126	Myanmar	83.89	217.3	54,806,014	Asia
35	Philippines	372.4	964.6	111,046,910	Asia
3	Singapore	8,424	21,818	5,896,684	Asia
90	Thailand	136.9	354.6	69,950,844	Asia
122	Timor-Leste	90.37	234.1	1,343,875	Asia
44	Viet Nam	316.6	820.0	98,168,829	Asia
77	Anguilla	168.1	435.3	15,125	North America
67	Antigua and Barbuda	224.4	581.1	98,728	North America
21	Aruba	595.5	1,542	107,195	North America
174	Bahamas	39.65	102.7	396,914	North America
18	Barbados	669.1	1,733	287,708	North America
131	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	80.62	208.8	26,445	North America
75	British Virgin Islands	202.8	525.3	30,423	North America
52	Cayman Islands	277.1	717.6	66,498	North America
108	Cuba	106.3	275.4	11,317,498	North America
36	Curaçao	371.2	961.3	164,796	North America
118	Dominica	96.23	249.2	72,172	North America
66	Dominican Republic	226.7	587.1	10,953,714	North America
41	Grenada	332.4	860.9	113,015	North America
58	Guadeloupe	245.7	636.4	400,013	North America
31	Haiti	418.8	1,085	11,541,683	North America
54	Jamaica	274.6	711.1	2,973,462	North America
38	Martinique	353.5	915.6	374,743	North America
162	Montserrat	49.81	129.0	4,981	North America
43	Puerto Rico	318.9	825.8	2,828,246	North America
30	Saint Barthélemy	450.4	1,167	9,909	North America
73	Saint Kitts and Nevis	205.9	533.4	53,546	North America
47	Saint Lucia	302.3	782.9	184,401	North America
16	Saint Martin (French part)	740.4	1,918	39,239	North America
50	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	285.3	738.9	111,269	North America
11	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,277	3,308	43,421	North America
55	Trinidad and Tobago	273.6	708.5	1,403,374	North America
171	Turks and Caicos Islands	41.29	106.9	39,226	North America
48	United States Virgin Islands	297.8	771.2	104,218	North America
205	Belize	17.75	45.98	404,915	North America
113	Costa Rica	100.6	260.7	5,139,053	North America
46	El Salvador	314.6	814.8	6,518,500	North America
76	Guatemala	170.3	441.1	18,249,868	North America
123	Honduras	89.94	232.9	10,062,994	North America
149	Mexico	67.01	173.6	130,262,220	North America
157	Nicaragua	55.70	144.3	6,702,379	North America
153	Panama	58.94	152.7	4,381,583	North America
208	Argentina	16.66	43.16	45,605,823	South America
216	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	10.92	28.29	11,832,936	South America
190	Brazil	25.60	66.31	213,993,441	South America
188	Chile	25.84	66.92	19,212,362	South America
168	Colombia	46.21	119.7	51,265,841	South America
142	Ecuador	72.03	186.5	17,888,474	South America
234	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0.290	0.751	3,528	South America
228	French Guiana	3.728	9.656	306,450	South America
225	Guyana	4.015	10.40	790,329	South America
204	Paraguay	18.17	47.06	7,219,641	South America
187	Peru	26.06	67.50	33,359,416	South America
227	Suriname	3.794	9.825	591,798	South America
198	Uruguay	19.91	51.57	3,485,152	South America
181	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	32.54	84.29	28,704,947	South America
230	Australia	3.357	8.694	25,788,217	Oceania
202	New Zealand	18.46	47.81	4,860,642	Oceania
164	Fiji	49.42	128.0	902,899	Oceania
211	New Caledonia	15.77	40.84	288,217	Oceania
197	Papua New Guinea	20.14	52.15	9,119,005	Oceania
193	Solomon Islands	25.15	65.14	703,995	Oceania
189	Vanuatu	25.80	66.81	314,464	Oceania
45	Guam	315.2	816.2	170,184	Oceania
83	Kiribati	149.9	388.1	121,388	Oceania
42	Marshall Islands	331.2	857.8	59,618	Oceania
78	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	166.1	430.1	116,255	Oceania
23	Nauru	543.6	1,408	10,873	Oceania
93	Northern Mariana Islands	125.9	326.1	57,910	Oceania
175	Palau	39.51	102.3	18,174	Oceania
53	American Samoa	275.5	713.6	55,103	Oceania
139	Cook Islands	73.22	189.6	17,572	Oceania
136	French Polynesia	77.20	199.9	282,534	Oceania
221	Niue	6.208	16.08	1,614	Oceania
145	Samoa	70.72	183.2	200,144	Oceania
91	Tokelau	136.8	354.3	1,368	Oceania
85	Tonga	148.3	384.0	106,759	Oceania
33	Tuvalu	397.5	1,030	11,925	Oceania
134	Wallis and Futuna Islands	79.24	205.2	11,094	Oceania
167	Belarus	46.54	120.5	9,442,867	Europe
151	Bulgaria	63.53	164.5	6,896,655	Europe
88	Czechia	138.8	359.6	10,724,553	Europe
107	Hungary	106.4	275.6	9,634,162	Europe
95	Poland	123.4	319.7	37,797,000	Europe
96	Republic of Moldova	122.5	317.3	4,024,025	Europe
129	Romania	83.10	215.2	19,127,772	Europe
217	Russian Federation	8.910	23.08	145,912,022	Europe
101	Slovakia	113.6	294.1	5,460,726	Europe
138	Ukraine	75.03	194.3	43,466,822	Europe
13	Channel Islands	922.3	2,389	175,244	Europe
89	Denmark	137.0	354.9	5,813,302	Europe
183	Estonia	31.26	80.97	1,325,188	Europe
179	Faroe Islands	35.14	91.01	49,053	Europe
203	Finland	18.26	47.29	5,548,361	Europe
229	Iceland	3.425	8.871	343,360	Europe
141	Ireland	72.33	187.3	4,982,904	Europe
84	Isle of Man	149.8	388.1	85,410	Europe
184	Latvia	30.02	77.74	1,866,934	Europe
170	Lithuania	42.92	111.2	2,689,862	Europe
213	Norway	14.96	38.75	5,465,629	Europe
195	Sweden	24.76	64.13	10,160,159	Europe
51	United Kingdom	281.9	730.2	68,207,114	Europe
109	Albania	104.9	271.6	2,872,934	Europe
79	Andorra	164.6	426.3	77,354	Europe
150	Bosnia and Herzegovina	63.99	165.7	3,263,459	Europe
140	Croatia	72.94	188.9	4,081,657	Europe
5	Gibraltar	3,369	8,726	33,691	Europe
132	Greece	80.46	208.4	10,370,747	Europe
7	Holy See	1,845	4,780	812	Europe
74	Italy	205.2	531.6	60,367,471	Europe
9	Malta	1,384	3,584	442,790	Europe
166	Montenegro	46.70	120.9	628,051	Europe
130	North Macedonia	82.58	213.9	2,082,662	Europe
103	Portugal	111.0	287.5	10,167,923	Europe
22	San Marino	566.8	1,468	34,010	Europe
116	Serbia	99.45	257.6	8,697,547	Europe
112	Slovenia	103.2	267.3	2,078,723	Europe
121	Spain	93.72	242.7	46,745,211	Europe
106	Austria	109.7	284.2	9,043,072	Europe
34	Belgium	384.2	995.0	11,632,334	Europe
98	France	119.5	309.5	65,426,177	Europe
61	Germany	240.7	623.4	83,900,471	Europe
62	Liechtenstein	239.1	619.2	38,254	Europe
59	Luxembourg	245.1	634.8	634,814	Europe
1	Monaco	26,523	68,696	39,520	Europe
26	Netherlands	509.3	1,319	17,173,094	Europe
68	Switzerland	220.6	571.2	8,715,494	Europe
12	Bermuda	1,242	3,216	62,092	North America
224	Canada	4.186	10.84	38,067,913	North America
235	Greenland	0.139	0.359	56,868	North America
194	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	25.09	64.99	5,771	North America
177	United States of America	36.39	94.26	332,915,074	North America
	World	60.53	156.77	7,874,965,732

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	-