Population density - Country rankings

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Population density, people per square km, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 196 countries was 471 people per square km. The highest value was in Macao: 20570 people per square km and the lowest value was in Mongolia: 2 people per square km. The indicator is available from 1961 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: people per square km; Source: Food and Agriculture Organization
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Countries Population density, 2023 Global rank Available data
Macao 20570 1 1961 - 2023
Monaco 18693 2 1961 - 2023
Singapore 8242 3 1961 - 2023
Hong Kong 7177 4 1961 - 2023
Gibraltar 3847 5 1961 - 2023
Bahrain 1971 6 1961 - 2023
Maldives 1765 7 1961 - 2023
Malta 1727 8 1961 - 2023
Bangladesh 1319 9 1961 - 2023
Bermuda 1198 10 1961 - 2023
Palestine 857 11 1990 - 2023
Barbados 657 12 1961 - 2023
Mauritius 625 13 1961 - 2023
Aruba 596 14 1961 - 2023
Rwanda 566 15 1961 - 2023
Lebanon 564 16 1961 - 2023
San Marino 564 17 1961 - 2023
Burundi 533 18 1961 - 2023
Netherlands 531 19 1961 - 2023
South Korea 530 20 1961 - 2023
India 484 21 1961 - 2023
Comoros 457 22 1961 - 2023
Israel 455 23 1961 - 2023
Haiti 422 24 1961 - 2023
Belgium 386 25 2000 - 2023
Philippines 385 26 1961 - 2023
Puerto Rico 361 27 1961 - 2023
Sri Lanka 356 28 1961 - 2023
Grenada 344 29 1961 - 2023
Japan 342 30 1961 - 2023
Tuvalu 327 31 1961 - 2023
Pakistan 321 32 1961 - 2023
Vietnam 320 33 1961 - 2023
El Salvador 305 34 1961 - 2023
Saint Lucia 294 35 1961 - 2023
UK 283 36 1961 - 2023
Kuwait 272 37 1961 - 2023
Gambia 267 38 1961 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 267 39 1961 - 2023
Jamaica 262 40 1961 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 260 41 1961 - 2023
Seychelles 260 42 1961 - 2023
Luxembourg 259 43 2000 - 2023
Nigeria 250 44 1961 - 2023
Liechtenstein 249 45 1961 - 2023
Uganda 243 46 1961 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 240 47 1961 - 2023
Germany 238 48 1961 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 235 49 1961 - 2023
Qatar 231 50 1961 - 2023
Switzerland 225 51 1961 - 2023
Malawi 224 52 1961 - 2023
North Korea 219 53 1961 - 2023
Ant.& Barb. 212 54 1961 - 2023
Nepal 207 55 1961 - 2023
Italy 199 56 1961 - 2023
Andorra 172 57 1961 - 2023
Togo 171 58 1961 - 2023
Guatemala 169 59 1961 - 2023
Kiribati 164 60 1961 - 2023
Micronesia 161 61 1991 - 2023
China 150 62 1961 - 2023
Denmark 149 63 1961 - 2023
Indonesia 149 64 1961 - 2023
Ghana 148 65 1961 - 2023
UA Emirates 148 66 1961 - 2023
Cyprus 146 67 1961 - 2023
Tonga 145 68 1961 - 2023
Czechia 141 69 1993 - 2023
Thailand 140 70 1961 - 2023
Cape Verde 130 71 1961 - 2023
Jordan 129 72 1961 - 2023
Syria 128 73 1961 - 2023
France 127 74 1961 - 2023
Benin 125 75 1961 - 2023
Azerbaijan 123 76 1992 - 2023
Poland 120 77 1961 - 2023
Sierra Leone 117 78 1961 - 2023
Egypt 115 79 1961 - 2023
Portugal 115 80 1961 - 2023
Ethiopia 114 81 1993 - 2023
Slovakia 113 82 1993 - 2023
Austria 111 83 1961 - 2023
Turkey 111 84 1961 - 2023
Malaysia 107 85 1961 - 2023
Armenia 105 86 1992 - 2023
Hungary 105 87 1961 - 2023
Slovenia 105 88 1992 - 2023
Iraq 104 89 1961 - 2023
Costa Rica 100 90 1961 - 2023
Cambodia 99 91 1961 - 2023
Ivory Coast 98 92 1961 - 2023
Spain 97 93 1961 - 2023
Honduras 95 94 1961 - 2023
Kenya 95 95 1961 - 2023
Senegal 94 96 1961 - 2023
Dominica 89 97 1961 - 2023
Albania 88 98 1961 - 2023
Brunei 87 99 1961 - 2023
Moldova 85 100 1992 - 2023
Morocco 85 101 1961 - 2023
Burkina Faso 84 102 1961 - 2023
Burma 83 103 1961 - 2023
Romania 83 104 1961 - 2023
Greece 81 105 1961 - 2023
Uzbekistan 81 106 1992 - 2023
Serbia 79 107 2006 - 2023
Tunisia 79 108 1961 - 2023
Samoa 78 109 1961 - 2023
G.-Bissau 77 110 1961 - 2023
Ireland 77 111 1961 - 2023
Lesotho 76 112 1961 - 2023
Tajikistan 75 113 1992 - 2023
Tanzania 75 114 1961 - 2023
Yemen 75 115 1961 - 2023
Ecuador 72 116 1961 - 2023
North Macedonia 72 117 1992 - 2023
Swaziland 72 118 1961 - 2023
Croatia 69 119 1992 - 2023
Mexico 67 120 1961 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 66 121 1961 - 2023
Georgia 65 122 1992 - 2023
Ukraine 65 123 1992 - 2023
Afghanistan 64 124 1961 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 62 125 1992 - 2023
Cameroon 60 126 1961 - 2023
Panama 60 127 1961 - 2023
Bulgaria 59 128 1961 - 2023
Guinea 59 129 1961 - 2023
Liberia 57 130 1961 - 2023
Nicaragua 57 131 1961 - 2023
Iran 56 132 1961 - 2023
Madagascar 54 133 1961 - 2023
South Africa 52 134 1961 - 2023
Fiji 51 135 1961 - 2023
Djibouti 50 136 1961 - 2023
Colombia 47 137 1961 - 2023
DR Congo 47 138 1961 - 2023
Lithuania 46 139 1992 - 2023
Montenegro 46 140 2006 - 2023
Belarus 45 141 1992 - 2023
Mozambique 43 142 1961 - 2023
Zimbabwe 42 143 1961 - 2023
Bahamas 40 144 1961 - 2023
Faroe Isl. 40 145 1961 - 2023
Palau 39 146 1991 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 37 147 1992 - 2023
USA 37 148 1961 - 2023
Laos 33 149 1961 - 2023
Estonia 32 150 1992 - 2023
Venezuela 32 151 1961 - 2023
Latvia 30 152 1992 - 2023
Angola 29 153 1961 - 2023
Eritrea 29 154 1993 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 29 155 1961 - 2023
Somalia 29 156 1961 - 2023
Zambia 28 157 1961 - 2023
Sudan 27 158 2012 - 2023
Chile 26 159 1961 - 2023
Peru 26 160 1961 - 2023
Sweden 26 161 1961 - 2023
Vanuatu 26 162 1961 - 2023
Brazil 25 163 1961 - 2023
Papua N.G. 23 164 1961 - 2023
Bhutan 21 165 1961 - 2023
Niger 21 166 1961 - 2023
New Zealand 20 167 1961 - 2023
Algeria 19 168 1961 - 2023
Mali 19 169 1961 - 2023
Uruguay 19 170 1961 - 2023
Belize 18 171 1961 - 2023
Finland 18 172 1961 - 2023
R. of Congo 18 173 1961 - 2023
Argentina 17 174 1961 - 2023
Paraguay 17 175 1961 - 2023
N. Caledonia 16 176 1961 - 2023
Oman 16 177 1961 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 16 178 1961 - 2023
Turkmenistan 16 179 1992 - 2023
Chad 15 180 1961 - 2023
Norway 15 181 1961 - 2023
Bolivia 11 182 1961 - 2023
Gabon 10 183 1961 - 2023
Russia 9 184 1992 - 2023
C.A. Republic 8 185 1961 - 2023
Kazakhstan 8 186 1992 - 2023
Canada 5 187 1961 - 2023
Mauritania 5 188 1961 - 2023
Botswana 4 189 1961 - 2023
Guyana 4 190 1961 - 2023
Iceland 4 191 1961 - 2023
Libya 4 192 1961 - 2023
Namibia 4 193 1961 - 2023
Suriname 4 194 1961 - 2023
Australia 3 195 1961 - 2023
Mongolia 2 196 1961 - 2023


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Definition: Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

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1. Macao
2. Monaco
3. Singapore
4. Hong Kong
5. Gibraltar
6. Bahrain
7. Maldives
8. Malta
9. Bangladesh
10. Bermuda
11. Palestine
12. Barbados
13. Mauritius
14. Aruba
15. Rwanda
16. Lebanon
17. San Marino
18. Burundi
19. Netherlands
20. South Korea
21. India
22. Comoros
23. Israel
24. Haiti
25. Belgium
26. Philippines
27. Puerto Rico
28. Sri Lanka
29. Grenada
30. Japan
31. Tuvalu
32. Pakistan
33. Vietnam
34. El Salvador
35. Saint Lucia
36. UK
37. Kuwait
38. Gambia
39. Tr.&Tobago
40. Jamaica
41. St. Vincent & ...
42. Seychelles
43. Luxembourg
44. Nigeria
45. Liechtenstein
46. Uganda
47. S.T.&Principe
48. Germany
49. Domin. Rep.
50. Qatar
51. Switzerland
52. Malawi
53. North Korea
54. Ant.& Barb.
55. Nepal
56. Italy
57. Andorra
58. Togo
59. Guatemala
60. Kiribati
61. Micronesia
62. China
63. Denmark
64. Indonesia
65. Ghana
66. UA Emirates
67. Cyprus
68. Tonga
69. Czechia
70. Thailand
71. Cape Verde
72. Jordan
73. Syria
74. France
75. Benin
76. Azerbaijan
77. Poland
78. Sierra Leone
79. Egypt
80. Portugal
81. Ethiopia
82. Slovakia
83. Austria
84. Turkey
85. Malaysia
86. Armenia
87. Hungary
88. Slovenia
89. Iraq
90. Costa Rica
91. Cambodia
92. Ivory Coast
93. Spain
94. Honduras
95. Kenya
96. Senegal
97. Dominica
98. Albania
99. Brunei
100. Moldova
101. Morocco
102. Burkina Faso
103. Burma
104. Romania
105. Greece
106. Uzbekistan
107. Serbia
108. Tunisia
109. Samoa
110. G.-Bissau
111. Ireland
112. Lesotho
113. Tajikistan
114. Tanzania
115. Yemen
116. Ecuador
117. North Macedonia
118. Swaziland
119. Croatia
120. Mexico
121. Eq. Guinea
122. Georgia
123. Ukraine
124. Afghanistan
125. Bosnia & Herz.
126. Cameroon
127. Panama
128. Bulgaria
129. Guinea
130. Liberia
131. Nicaragua
132. Iran
133. Madagascar
134. South Africa
135. Fiji
136. Djibouti
137. Colombia
138. DR Congo
139. Lithuania
140. Montenegro
141. Belarus
142. Mozambique
143. Zimbabwe
144. Bahamas
145. Faroe Isl.
146. Palau
147. Kyrgyzstan
148. USA
149. Laos
150. Estonia
151. Venezuela
152. Latvia
153. Angola
154. Eritrea
155. Solomon Isl.
156. Somalia
157. Zambia
158. Sudan
159. Chile
160. Peru
161. Sweden
162. Vanuatu
163. Brazil
164. Papua N.G.
165. Bhutan
166. Niger
167. New Zealand
168. Algeria
169. Mali
170. Uruguay
171. Belize
172. Finland
173. R. of Congo
174. Argentina
175. Paraguay
176. N. Caledonia
177. Oman
178. Saudi Arabia
179. Turkmenistan
180. Chad
181. Norway
182. Bolivia
183. Gabon
184. Russia
185. C.A. Republic
186. Kazakhstan
187. Canada
188. Mauritania
189. Botswana
190. Guyana
191. Iceland
192. Libya
193. Namibia
194. Suriname
195. Australia
196. Mongolia
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