List of Countries by population density

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Source	World Bank
Date	17 Jan 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 24,266 people per sq. km (62,849/sq mile), and its population only numbers in thousands. The Chinese territory of Macau has the world's 2nd highest population density at 22,005/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 94 larger countries having a population of over 10 million, Bangladesh (1,342) has the greatest density, followed by Taiwan (676.4), Rwanda (595.4), the Netherlands (524.8) and the Republic of Korea (522.9). In the list of 237, 12 have more than 1000 humans per square kilometer.

Greenland is the least densely populated territory in the world, with 0.138 people per sq. km. With 0.312 people per square km, 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 (3.48), Canada (4.30), Kazakhstan (7.35), the Russian Federation (8.79), and Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (11.60).

Out of countries having at least ten mn people, Top ranker Bangladesh is 386 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	523.8	1,357	13,591,657	Africa
31	Comoros	466.2	1,207	867,605	Africa
168	Djibouti	49.71	128.8	1,152,329	Africa
184	Eritrea	31.51	81.62	3,817,651	Africa
98	Ethiopia	129.7	336.0	129,719,719	Africa
121	Kenya	96.78	250.7	56,203,030	Africa
165	Madagascar	53.38	138.3	31,056,610	Africa
68	Malawi	227.1	588.3	21,475,962	Africa
20	Mauritius	641.4	1,661	1,301,978	Africa
15	Mayotte	922.7	2,390	345,996	Africa
174	Mozambique	44.33	114.8	34,858,402	Africa
36	Réunion	395.7	1,025	989,350	Africa
22	Rwanda	595.4	1,542	14,414,910	Africa
64	Seychelles	236.9	613.6	108,263	Africa
187	Somalia	29.82	77.23	18,706,922	Africa
201	South Sudan	19.99	51.77	11,277,092	Africa
58	Uganda	249.9	647.1	49,924,252	Africa
141	United Republic of Tanzania	78.37	203.0	69,419,073	Africa
189	Zambia	28.43	73.63	21,134,695	Africa
175	Zimbabwe	44.00	114.0	17,020,321	Africa
186	Angola	30.32	78.54	37,804,634	Africa
155	Cameroon	63.07	163.4	29,394,433	Africa
220	Central African Republic	9.496	24.59	5,915,627	Africa
215	Chad	14.97	38.77	18,847,148	Africa
207	Congo	18.29	47.36	6,244,547	Africa
171	Democratic Republic of the Congo	46.59	120.7	105,625,114	Africa
156	Equatorial Guinea	62.57	162.0	1,754,993	Africa
219	Gabon	9.642	24.97	2,484,557	Africa
60	Sao Tome and Principe	246.2	637.7	236,381	Africa
205	Algeria	19.43	50.33	46,278,751	Africa
105	Egypt	115.0	297.9	114,484,252	Africa
228	Libya	4.155	10.76	6,964,197	Africa
129	Morocco	85.62	221.7	38,211,459	Africa
191	Sudan	27.96	72.43	49,358,228	Africa
138	Tunisia	80.84	209.4	12,564,689	Africa
234	Western Sahara	2.250	5.827	598,385	Africa
225	Botswana	4.799	12.43	2,719,694	Africa
150	Eswatini	70.38	182.3	1,222,075	Africa
143	Lesotho	77.61	201.0	2,356,083	Africa
233	Namibia	3.214	8.324	2,645,805	Africa
167	South Africa	49.98	129.5	61,020,221	Africa
102	Benin	124.9	323.4	14,080,072	Africa
128	Burkina Faso	87.14	225.7	23,840,247	Africa
87	Cabo Verde	150.0	388.5	604,461	Africa
125	Côte d'Ivoire	93.09	241.1	29,603,302	Africa
51	Gambia	280.8	727.3	2,841,803	Africa
86	Ghana	152.8	395.9	34,777,522	Africa
161	Guinea	59.13	153.1	14,528,770	Africa
142	Guinea-Bissau	78.14	202.4	2,197,149	Africa
162	Liberia	57.48	148.9	5,536,949	Africa
204	Mali	19.68	50.98	24,015,789	Africa
224	Mauritania	4.845	12.55	4,993,922	Africa
199	Niger	22.29	57.74	28,238,972	Africa
57	Nigeria	251.6	651.6	229,152,217	Africa
217	Saint Helena	13.47	34.89	5,253	Africa
122	Senegal	94.64	245.1	18,221,567	Africa
101	Sierra Leone	125.1	324.1	8,977,972	Africa
81	Togo	170.3	441.0	9,260,864	Africa
223	Kazakhstan	7.345	19.02	19,828,165	Asia
181	Kyrgyzstan	35.66	92.36	6,839,606	Asia
147	Tajikistan	72.20	187.0	10,331,513	Asia
216	Turkmenistan	14.04	36.37	6,598,071	Asia
133	Uzbekistan	83.86	217.2	35,673,804	Asia
88	China	148.5	384.5	1,425,178,782	Asia
4	China, Hong Kong SAR	6,821	17,667	7,496,681	Asia
2	China, Macao SAR	22,284	57,715	713,082	Asia
17	China, Taiwan Province of China	676.4	1,752	23,950,214	Asia
70	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	218.0	564.5	26,244,582	Asia
43	Japan	325.4	842.9	122,631,432	Asia
235	Mongolia	2.243	5.809	3,493,629	Asia
27	Republic of Korea	522.9	1,354	51,741,963	Asia
151	Afghanistan	66.80	173.0	43,372,950	Asia
9	Bangladesh	1,342	3,476	174,701,211	Asia
200	Bhutan	20.64	53.45	792,382	Asia
30	India	484.9	1,256	1,441,719,852	Asia
163	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	55.14	142.8	89,809,781	Asia
7	Maldives	1,726	4,471	517,887	Asia
73	Nepal	212.3	549.7	31,240,315	Asia
45	Pakistan	318.1	823.9	245,209,815	Asia
41	Sri Lanka	350.0	906.6	21,949,268	Asia
139	Brunei Darussalam	79.07	204.8	455,858	Asia
123	Cambodia	94.58	245.0	17,121,847	Asia
90	Indonesia	146.4	379.2	279,798,049	Asia
182	Lao People's Democratic Republic	33.52	86.82	7,736,681	Asia
112	Malaysia	105.5	273.3	34,671,895	Asia
132	Myanmar	84.14	217.9	54,964,694	Asia
35	Philippines	397.0	1,028	119,106,224	Asia
3	Singapore	8,862	22,952	6,052,709	Asia
91	Thailand	140.7	364.4	71,885,799	Asia
126	Timor-Leste	92.80	240.3	1,379,883	Asia
46	Viet Nam	317.5	822.2	99,497,680	Asia
120	Armenia	97.60	252.8	2,777,979	Asia
100	Azerbaijan	126.6	327.8	10,462,904	Asia
6	Bahrain	1,914	4,957	1,498,712	Asia
93	Cyprus	137.3	355.6	1,268,467	Asia
164	Georgia	53.50	138.6	3,717,425	Asia
111	Iraq	107.2	277.6	46,523,657	Asia
34	Israel	430.2	1,114	9,311,652	Asia
99	Jordan	128.2	332.1	11,384,922	Asia
61	Kuwait	244.1	632.2	4,349,380	Asia
28	Lebanon	510.2	1,321	5,219,044	Asia
214	Oman	15.23	39.45	4,713,553	Asia
66	Qatar	236.2	611.9	2,737,061	Asia
210	Saudi Arabia	17.43	45.15	37,473,929	Asia
16	State of Palestine	912.8	2,364	5,494,963	Asia
96	Syrian Arab Republic	132.5	343.3	24,348,053	Asia
106	Türkiye	112.1	290.3	86,260,417	Asia
95	United Arab Emirates	135.1	349.8	9,591,853	Asia
152	Yemen	66.71	172.8	35,219,853	Asia
170	Belarus	46.60	120.7	9,455,037	Europe
158	Bulgaria	61.06	158.1	6,618,615	Europe
94	Czechia	136.1	352.4	10,503,734	Europe
108	Hungary	110.4	285.9	9,994,993	Europe
97	Poland	131.4	340.2	40,221,726	Europe
117	Republic of Moldova	101.3	262.3	3,329,865	Europe
130	Romania	85.27	220.9	19,618,996	Europe
221	Russian Federation	8.791	22.77	143,957,079	Europe
104	Slovakia	116.3	301.2	5,702,832	Europe
154	Ukraine	65.49	169.6	37,937,821	Europe
92	Denmark	140.1	362.9	5,939,695	Europe
185	Estonia	30.35	78.60	1,319,041	Europe
179	Faroe Islands	38.59	99.94	53,444	Europe
206	Finland	18.35	47.54	5,549,886	Europe
13	Guernsey	996.7	2,581	63,788	Europe
231	Iceland	3.768	9.759	377,689	Europe
145	Ireland	74.44	192.8	5,089,478	Europe
89	Isle of Man	148.4	384.4	84,904	Europe
14	Jersey	972.8	2,519	112,843	Europe
188	Latvia	29.09	75.35	1,810,240	Europe
176	Lithuania	43.00	111.4	2,692,798	Europe
209	Norway	18.13	46.95	5,514,477	Europe
194	Sweden	26.20	67.87	10,673,669	Europe
53	United Kingdom	280.0	725.1	67,961,439	Europe
115	Albania	103.1	267.1	2,826,020	Europe
80	Andorra	170.9	442.7	80,341	Europe
157	Bosnia and Herzegovina	62.39	161.6	3,194,378	Europe
148	Croatia	71.32	184.7	3,986,627	Europe
5	Gibraltar	3,272	8,474	32,718	Europe
140	Greece	78.75	204.0	10,302,720	Europe
11	Holy See	1,194	3,093	526	Europe
75	Italy	198.3	513.6	58,697,744	Europe
85	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	152.9	396.0	1,667,483	Europe
8	Malta	1,704	4,413	536,740	Europe
173	Montenegro	45.33	117.4	626,102	Europe
134	North Macedonia	83.60	216.5	2,082,706	Europe
107	Portugal	111.1	287.9	10,223,349	Europe
24	San Marino	551.0	1,427	33,614	Europe
127	Serbia	92.49	239.5	7,097,028	Europe
113	Slovenia	105.2	272.5	2,118,965	Europe
124	Spain	94.50	244.8	47,473,373	Europe
110	Austria	108.8	281.8	8,977,139	Europe
37	Belgium	386.9	1,002	11,715,774	Europe
103	France	117.7	304.8	64,881,830	Europe
63	Germany	238.8	618.6	83,252,474	Europe
59	Liechtenstein	248.9	644.6	39,822	Europe
56	Luxembourg	255.4	661.6	661,594	Europe
1	Monaco	24,266	62,849	36,157	Europe
25	Netherlands	524.8	1,359	17,671,125	Europe
69	Switzerland	221.3	573.2	8,851,431	Europe
78	Anguilla	181.1	469.0	15,936	North America
72	Antigua and Barbuda	215.5	558.1	94,816	North America
23	Aruba	589.9	1,528	106,177	North America
144	Bahamas	77.50	200.7	415,223	North America
18	Barbados	656.5	1,700	282,309	North America
135	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	83.15	215.3	27,272	North America
74	British Virgin Islands	206.3	534.2	31,763	North America
50	Cayman Islands	290.0	751.0	69,885	North America
114	Cuba	104.7	271.1	11,174,587	North America
32	Curaçao	455.1	1,179	192,965	North America
119	Dominica	97.82	253.4	73,368	North America
65	Dominican Republic	236.7	613.0	11,434,005	North America
40	Grenada	373.2	966.6	126,887	North America
62	Guadeloupe	243.5	630.5	396,346	North America
33	Haiti	430.4	1,115	11,867,030	North America
55	Jamaica	260.8	675.5	2,824,738	North America
42	Martinique	345.7	895.3	366,416	North America
177	Montserrat	42.45	109.9	4,372	North America
39	Puerto Rico	376.1	974.0	3,268,802	North America
29	Saint Barthélemy	500.9	1,297	11,019	North America
77	Saint Kitts and Nevis	184.0	476.6	47,847	North America
49	Saint Lucia	293.5	760.2	180,805	North America
21	Saint Martin (French part)	610.1	1,580	32,337	North America
54	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	265.9	688.6	103,683	North America
10	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,303	3,375	44,309	North America
48	Trinidad and Tobago	299.8	776.6	1,538,200	North America
169	Turks and Caicos Islands	48.88	126.6	46,431	North America
52	United States Virgin Islands	280.2	725.6	98,055	North America
208	Belize	18.27	47.31	416,656	North America
116	Costa Rica	102.8	266.1	5,246,714	North America
47	El Salvador	308.7	799.5	6,396,289	North America
79	Guatemala	171.3	443.7	18,358,430	North America
118	Honduras	98.64	255.5	10,759,406	North America
153	Mexico	66.04	171.0	129,388,467	North America
160	Nicaragua	59.35	153.7	7,142,529	North America
159	Panama	61.04	158.1	4,527,961	North America
212	Argentina	16.50	42.73	46,057,866	South America
218	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	11.60	30.05	12,567,336	South America
196	Brazil	26.04	67.44	217,637,297	South America
195	Chile	26.11	67.62	19,658,839	South America
172	Colombia	46.58	120.6	52,340,774	South America
146	Ecuador	74.00	191.6	18,377,367	South America
236	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0.312	0.808	3,803	South America
230	French Guiana	3.890	10.08	319,796	South America
227	Guyana	4.164	10.78	819,594	South America
211	Paraguay	17.18	44.49	6,947,270	South America
192	Peru	27.09	70.18	34,683,444	South America
229	Suriname	4.031	10.44	628,785	South America
203	Uruguay	19.77	51.19	3,423,316	South America
183	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	32.08	83.07	29,395,334	South America
12	Bermuda	1,184	3,066	63,935	North America
226	Canada	4.301	11.14	39,107,046	North America
237	Greenland	0.138	0.357	56,789	North America
197	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	25.28	65.48	5,815	North America
180	United States of America	37.37	96.78	341,814,420	North America
232	Australia	3.475	9.000	26,699,482	Oceania
202	New Zealand	19.89	51.53	5,269,939	Oceania
166	Fiji	51.62	133.7	943,072	Oceania
213	New Caledonia	16.19	41.93	295,966	Oceania
198	Papua New Guinea	23.22	60.14	10,515,788	Oceania
193	Solomon Islands	26.28	68.06	756,673	Oceania
190	Vanuatu	28.08	72.73	342,325	Oceania
44	Guam	321.8	833.6	174,114	Oceania
76	Kiribati	187.0	484.3	135,763	Oceania
67	Marshall Islands	235.6	610.3	42,415	Oceania
83	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	166.1	430.3	116,300	Oceania
19	Nauru	644.2	1,668	12,884	Oceania
109	Northern Mariana Islands	109.5	283.5	50,025	Oceania
178	Palau	39.24	101.6	18,051	Oceania
71	American Samoa	217.7	563.9	43,544	Oceania
149	Cook Islands	71.13	184.2	17,072	Oceania
131	French Polynesia	84.52	218.9	311,383	Oceania
222	Niue	7.440	19.27	1,935	Oceania
137	Samoa	80.91	209.5	228,966	Oceania
84	Tokelau	159.5	413.2	1,915	Oceania
82	Tonga	167.2	433.1	108,683	Oceania
38	Tuvalu	382.6	990.9	11,478	Oceania
136	Wallis and Futuna Islands	81.71	211.6	11,439	Oceania
	World	62.26	161.25	8,118,835,999

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	-