Population density (people per km2 ) by countryThis is alist of countries and dependencies ranked by population density , sorted by inhabitants persquare kilometre orsquare mile . The list includessovereign states and self-governingdependent territories based upon theISO standardISO 3166-1 . The list also includesunrecognized butde facto states with limited recognition . Thus constituent countries that are not included on ISO 3166-1, and other entities not on ISO 3166-1 such as theEuropean Union , are not included.
Unless otherwise noted, areas and populations are sourced from theUnited Nations World Population Prospects [ a] Food and Agriculture Organization , an agency of the UN.[ 2]
Links for each location go to the relevantdemography page, when available. Dependencies are shown with their parent states in parentheses.List of countries and dependencies showing population densities, populations, and areas Location Density Population Land area Ref. /km2 /mi2 km2 mi2 World 55 140 8,231,613,070 148,940,000 57,510,000 [ b] Macau (China )22,000 57,000 720,262 33 13 Monaco 19,000 49,000 38,631 2 0.77 Singapore 8,290 21,500 6,110,200 737 285 Hong Kong (China )7,062 18,290 7,414,910 1,050 410 Gibraltar (UK )5,800 15,000 39,329 6.8 2.6 [ c] Bahrain 2,034 5,270 1,607,049 790 310 Vatican City 1,800 4,700 882 0.5 0.19 [ d] Maldives 1,759 4,560 527,799 300 120 Malta 1,686 4,370 539,607 320 120 Bangladesh 1,333 3,450 173,562,364 130,170 50,260 Sint Maarten (NL )1,275 3,300 43,351 34 13 Bermuda (UK )1,197 3,100 64,637 54 21 Palestine 892 2,310 5,371,230 6,020 2,320 [ e] Jersey (UK )891 2,310 103,387 116 45 [ 10] Guernsey (UK )867 2,250 67,642 78 30 [ f] Barbados 657 1,700 282,468 430 170 Taiwan 656 1,700 23,213,962 35,410 13,670 Mauritius 637 1,650 1,271,169 1,997 771 Aruba (NL )600 1,600 108,066 180 69 Nauru 597 1,550 11,947 20 7.7 Rwanda 578 1,500 14,256,567 24,670 9,530 Lebanon 568 1,470 5,805,962 10,230 3,950 Saint Barthélemy (France )563 1,460 11,258 20 7.7 San Marino 560 1,500 33,581 60 23 Burundi 547 1,420 14,047,786 25,680 9,920 Netherlands 541 1,400 18,080,943 33,670 13,000 South Korea 530 1,400 51,717,590 97,600 37,700 Saint Martin (France )523 1,350 26,129 50 19 India 488 1,260 1,450,935,791 3,287,263 1,269,219 Israel 468 1,210 10,148,000 21,640 8,360 Comoros 466 1,210 866,628 1,861 719 Haiti 427 1,110 11,772,557 27,560 10,640 Curaçao (NL )418 1,080 185,482 444 171 Philippines 389 1,010 115,843,670 298,170 115,120 Belgium 385 1,000 11,738,764 30,494 11,774 Sri Lanka 373 970 23,103,565 61,860 23,880 Puerto Rico (US )366 950 3,242,204 8,870 3,420 Grenada 345 890 117,208 340 130 Japan 340 880 123,753,041 364,500 140,700 Vietnam 322 830 100,987,687 313,429 121,016 Tuvalu 322 830 9,646 30 12 Guam (US )311 810 167,777 540 210 Cayman Islands (UK )310 800 74,458 240 93 El Salvador 306 790 6,338,193 20,720 8,000 Saint Lucia 295 760 179,744 610 240 Trinidad and Tobago 294 760 1,507,782 5,130 1,980 Pakistan 289 750 255,300,000 882,363 340,682 United Kingdom 285 740 69,281,437 242,741 93,723 [ g] Seychelles 284 740 130,419 460 180 Kuwait 277 720 4,934,508 17,820 6,880 Gambia 273 710 2,759,988 10,120 3,910 Qatar 265 690 3,048,423 11,490 4,440 British Virgin Islands (UK )263 680 39,471 150 58 Jamaica 262 680 2,839,175 10,830 4,180 Luxembourg 261 680 673,036 2,575 994 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 258 670 100,616 390 150 Nigeria 255 660 232,679,478 910,770 351,650 Tokelau (New Zealand )251 650 2,507 10 3.9 Uganda 249 640 50,015,093 200,520 77,420 Liechtenstein 249 640 39,870 160 62 São Tomé and Príncipe 245 630 235,537 960 370 U.S. Virgin Islands (US )243 630 84,905 350 140 Germany 242 630 84,552,242 349,360 134,890 Dominican Republic 237 610 11,427,557 48,198 18,609 American Samoa (US )234 610 46,765 200 77 Malawi 230 600 21,655,286 94,280 36,400 Switzerland 226 590 8,921,981 39,510 15,250 North Korea 220 570 26,498,823 120,410 46,490 Antigua and Barbuda 213 550 93,772 440 170 Marshall Islands 209 540 37,548 180 69 Nepal 207 540 29,651,055 143,350 55,350 Italy 201 520 59,342,867 295,720 114,180 Saint Kitts and Nevis 180 470 46,843 260 100 Togo 175 450 9,515,236 54,390 21,000 Andorra 174 450 81,938 470 180 Guatemala 172 450 18,406,359 107,160 41,370 Kiribati 166 430 134,518 810 310 Anguilla (UK )162 420 14,599 90 35 Micronesia 162 420 113,161 700 270 United Arab Emirates 155 400 11,027,129 71,020 27,420 Kosovo 154 400 1,674,125 10,887 4,203 [ h] Ghana 151 390 34,427,414 227,533 87,851 China 151 390 1,419,321,278 9,388,210 3,624,810 Indonesia 150 390 283,487,931 1,892,555 730,720 Denmark 149 390 5,977,413 40,000 15,000 [ i] Isle of Man 148 380 84,161 570 220 Cyprus 147 380 1,358,282 9,240 3,570 Tonga 145 380 104,176 720 280 Thailand 140 360 71,668,011 510,890 197,260 Czech Republic 139 360 10,735,860 77,171 29,796 Syria 133 340 24,672,760 185,178 71,498 Cape Verde 130 340 524,877 4,030 1,560 Jordan 130 340 11,552,876 88,794 34,284 Benin 128 330 14,462,724 112,760 43,540 Poland 126 330 38,539,201 306,090 118,180 Azerbaijan 125 320 10,336,578 82,650 31,910 France 122 320 66,548,531 547,557 211,413 [ j] Sierra Leone 120 310 8,642,023 72,180 27,870 Egypt 117 300 116,538,258 995,450 384,350 Ethiopia 117 300 132,059,768 1,128,571 435,744 Slovakia 115 300 5,506,760 48,080 18,560 Northern Cyprus 114 300 382,836 3,355 1,295 [ k] Portugal 114 300 10,425,293 91,606 35,369 Turkey 114 300 87,473,805 769,630 297,160 Austria 111 290 9,120,813 82,520 31,860 Malaysia 108 280 35,557,674 328,550 126,850 Iraq 106 270 46,042,015 434,128 167,618 Hungary 106 270 9,676,135 91,260 35,240 Slovenia 105 270 2,118,697 20,136 7,775 Armenia 104 270 2,973,841 28,470 10,990 Albania 102 260 2,791,765 27,400 10,600 Costa Rica 100 260 5,129,910 51,060 19,710 Ivory Coast 100 260 31,934,230 318,000 123,000 Cambodia 100 260 17,638,801 176,520 68,150 Kenya 99 260 56,432,945 569,140 219,750 Honduras 97 250 10,825,704 111,890 43,200 Northern Mariana Islands (US )96 250 44,278 460 180 Senegal 96 250 18,501,985 192,530 74,340 Spain 96 250 49,315,949 499,714 192,941 Timor-Leste 94 240 1,400,638 14,870 5,740 Moldova 92 240 3,034,961 32,890 12,700 Cuba 89 230 9,748,532 109,820 42,400 Dominica 88 230 66,205 750 290 Transnistria 88 230 367,000 4,163 1,607 [ l] Brunei 88 230 462,722 5,270 2,030 Burkina Faso 86 220 23,548,781 273,600 105,600 Tunisia 85 220 6,567,783 88,499 34,170 [ m] Myanmar 84 220 54,500,091 652,670 252,000 Romania 83 210 19,015,088 230,080 88,830 Uzbekistan 83 210 36,361,859 440,652 170,137 French Polynesia (France )81 210 281,807 3,471 1,340 Wallis and Futuna (France )81 210 11,278 140 54 Serbia 79 200 12,277,109 155,360 59,980 Samoa 78 200 218,020 2,780 1,070 Guinea-Bissau 78 200 2,201,352 28,120 10,860 Greece 78 200 10,047,817 128,900 49,800 Tanzania 77 200 68,560,157 885,800 342,000 Lesotho 77 200 2,337,423 30,360 11,720 Yemen 77 200 40,583,165 527,970 203,850 Tajikistan 76 200 10,590,928 138,790 53,590 Ireland 76 200 5,255,018 68,890 26,600 Ecuador 73 190 18,135,478 248,360 95,890 North Macedonia 72 190 1,823,009 25,220 9,740 Eswatini 72 190 1,242,822 17,200 6,600 Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK )72 190 18,195 254 98 [ n] Croatia 69 180 3,875,325 55,960 21,610 Equatorial Guinea 67 170 1,892,517 28,050 10,830 Mexico 67 170 130,861,007 1,943,950 750,560 Afghanistan 65 170 42,647,492 652,230 251,830 Ukraine 65 170 37,860,222 579,400 223,700 Bulgaria 62 160 6,757,689 108,560 41,920 Bosnia and Herzegovina 62 160 3,164,253 51,200 19,800 Cameroon 62 160 29,123,744 472,710 182,510 Panama 61 160 4,515,577 74,180 28,640 Norfolk Island (Australia )61 160 2,188 36 14 [ o] Guinea 60 160 14,754,786 245,720 94,870 Liberia 58 150 5,612,817 96,320 37,190 Nicaragua 57 150 6,916,140 120,340 46,460 Cook Islands 57 150 13,729 240 93 Iran 56 150 91,567,738 1,622,500 626,500 Madagascar 55 140 31,964,956 581,800 224,600 Georgia 55 140 3,807,670 69,490 26,830 South Africa 53 140 64,007,187 1,213,090 468,380 Morocco 53 140 38,081,173 710,850 274,460 Fiji 51 130 928,784 18,270 7,050 Djibouti 50 130 1,168,722 23,180 8,950 Turks and Caicos Islands (UK )49 130 46,535 950 370 DR Congo 48 120 109,276,265 2,267,050 875,310 Colombia 48 120 52,886,364 1,109,500 428,400 Montenegro 47 120 638,479 13,450 5,190 Lithuania 46 120 2,859,110 62,604 24,172 Belarus 45 120 9,056,696 202,990 78,370 Mozambique 44 110 34,631,766 786,380 303,620 Montserrat (UK )44 110 4,389 100 39 Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia )43 110 602 14 5.4 [ p] Zimbabwe 43 110 16,634,373 386,850 149,360 Faroe Islands (Denmark )40 100 55,400 1,370 530 Bahamas 40 100 401,283 10,010 3,860 Palau 38 98 17,696 460 180 United States 37 96 341,730,701 9,147,590 3,531,900 Kyrgyzstan 37 96 7,186,009 191,800 74,100 Somaliland 35 91 4,914,100 167,283 64,588 [ q] Laos 34 88 7,769,819 230,800 89,100 Venezuela 32 83 28,405,543 882,050 340,560 Estonia 32 83 1,360,546 42,730 16,500 Angola 30 78 37,885,850 1,246,700 481,400 Somalia 30 78 19,009,151 627,340 242,220 Latvia 30 78 1,871,872 62,230 24,030 Solomon Islands 29 75 819,198 27,990 10,810 Eritrea 29 75 3,535,603 121,041 46,734 Zambia 29 75 21,314,956 743,390 287,020 Abkhazia 28 73 244,000 8,665 3,346 [ r] Sudan 27 70 50,448,963 1,868,000 721,000 Vanuatu 27 70 327,778 12,190 4,710 Peru 27 70 34,217,848 1,280,000 490,000 Chile 27 70 19,764,772 743,532 287,079 Sweden 26 67 10,606,999 407,280 157,250 Brazil 25 65 211,998,574 8,358,140 3,227,100 Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France )24 62 5,628 230 89 Papua New Guinea 23 60 10,576,502 452,860 174,850 Niger 21 54 27,032,413 1,266,700 489,100 Bhutan 21 54 791,525 38,140 14,730 Mali 20 52 24,478,596 1,220,190 471,120 New Zealand 20 52 5,213,944 263,310 101,660 Åland (Finland )20 52 30,237 1,583 611 [ s] Algeria 20 52 47,400,000 2,381,741 919,595 Uruguay 19 49 3,386,588 175,020 67,580 South Sudan 19 49 11,943,409 631,930 243,990 Congo 19 49 6,332,961 341,500 131,900 Finland 18 47 5,617,311 303,948 117,355 Belize 18 47 417,072 22,810 8,810 Paraguay 17 44 6,929,153 396,012 152,901 Oman 17 44 5,281,538 309,500 119,500 Argentina 17 44 45,696,159 2,736,690 1,056,640 Chad 16 41 20,299,123 1,259,200 486,200 New Caledonia (France )16 41 292,640 18,280 7,060 Turkmenistan 16 41 7,494,499 469,930 181,440 Saudi Arabia 16 41 33,962,757 2,149,690 830,000 Norway 15 39 5,576,660 364,270 140,650 South Ossetia 14 36 56,520 3,900 1,500 [ t] Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK )13 34 5,238 390 150 Christmas Island (Australia )13 34 1,692 136 53 [ u] Bolivia 11 28 12,413,315 1,083,300 418,300 Gabon 9.9 26 2,538,952 257,670 99,490 Russia 8.8 23 144,820,423 16,376,870 6,323,140 Central African Republic 8.6 22 5,330,690 622,980 240,530 Kazakhstan 7.6 20 20,592,571 2,699,700 1,042,400 Niue 7.0 18 1,819 260 100 Mauritania 5.0 13 5,169,396 1,030,700 398,000 Canada 4.5 12 39,742,430 8,788,700 3,393,300 Botswana 4.4 11 2,521,139 566,730 218,820 Guyana 4.2 11 831,087 196,850 76,000 Libya 4.2 11 7,381,023 1,759,540 679,360 Suriname 4.0 10 634,431 160,508 61,972 Iceland 3.9 10 393,396 100,830 38,930 Namibia 3.7 9.6 3,030,131 823,290 317,870 Australia 3.5 9.1 26,713,205 7,692,020 2,969,910 Mongolia 2.2 5.7 3,475,540 1,557,507 601,357 Western Sahara 2.2 5.7 590,506 266,000 103,000 Pitcairn Islands (UK )0.85 2.2 40 47 18 [ v] Falkland Islands (UK )0.29 0.75 3,471 12,170 4,700 Greenland (Denmark )0.026 0.067 55,840 2,166,086 836,330
^ See the Data Portal at the World Population Prospects site.[ 1] ^ Density is 60 km2 (143 mi2 ) when excluding Antarctica. ^ Land figure is official[ 3] [ 4] ^ TheDe Agostini Atlas Calendar (in Italian) listed the area of Vatican City as 0.44 km2 (0.17 sq mi) in its 1930 edition[ 5] 2 (0.19 sq mi) in its 1945–46 edition.[ 6] 2 (0.17 sq mi) is still widely cited by many sources despite its inaccuracy. In 2018, there were 618 citizens regardless of residence, including 246 resident citizens.[ 7] [ 7] 2 (0.19 sq mi). ^ While thePalestinian Authority is the recognized government for both theGaza Strip and theWest Bank , the Gaza Strip has been de-facto independent from itsince 2007 .2 (1,490/sq mi),[ 8] 2 (15,400/sq mi).[ 9] ^ Population estimate is from the CIA.[ 11] Bailiwick of Guernsey comprisesGuernsey proper (64,037),[ 12] [ 13] [ 14] ^ Population, land area and population density figures are from the UK'sOffice for National Statistics 2024 population estimates.[ 15] ^ Area data from CIA.[ 16] ^ ExcludingGreenland andFaroe Islands ^ Includes bothmetropolitan France and theOverseas regions . ^ Population is for 2022.[ 17] [ 18] ^ Data from BBC News.[ 19] ^ Population figure is official and does not includeKosovo .[ 20] [ 21] ^ Data from CIA.[ 22] ^ Population is from 2021.[ 23] [ 24] ^ Population is from 2021.[ 25] [ 26] ^ Population estimate is from 2024.[ 27] [ 28] ^ Data from BBC News.[ 29] ^ Population estimate is from 2023.[ 30] [ 31] ^ Data from BBC News.[ 32] ^ Population is from 2021.[ 33] [ 34] ^ Pitcairn's tourist site gives an undated figure of exactly 40 as of 2023,[ 35] [ 36]
