This is a list of countries ordered byphysiological density. "Arable land" is defined by the UN'sFood and Agriculture Organization, the source of "Arable land (hectares per person)" as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Data are for the year 2021, and are from the UN FAO unless otherwise specified.^[1][2] Locations with no arable land are omitted.

Location	Arable land / person		Persons / arable area		% arable	Arable land		Population
	m2	sq ft	km2	sq mi		km2	sq mi
World	1,800	19,000	570	1,500	11%	14,000,000	5,400,000	7,900,000,000
Kazakhstan	15,456	166,370	65	170	11%	296,697	114,555	19,196,465
Australia	12,062	129,830	83	210	4%	312,650	120,710	25,921,089
Canada	10,027	107,930	100	260	4%	382,590	147,720	38,155,012
Argentina	9,322	100,340	107	280	15%	422,088	162,969	45,276,780
Russia	8,384	90,240	119	310	7%	1,216,490	469,690	145,102,755
Lithuania	8,178	88,030	122	320	36%	22,790	8,800	2,786,651
Ukraine	7,563	81,410	132	340	57%	329,240	127,120	43,531,422
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	7,402	79,670	135	350	10%	40	15	5,404
Latvia	7,268	78,230	138	360	22%	13,620	5,260	1,873,919
Paraguay	7,062	76,010	142	370	12%	47,340	18,280	6,703,799
Niger	7,009	75,440	143	370	14%	177,000	68,000	25,252,722
Uruguay	5,927	63,800	169	440	12%	20,306	7,840	3,426,260
Belarus	5,872	63,210	170	440	28%	56,240	21,710	9,578,167
Moldova	5,589	60,160	179	460	52%	17,110	6,610	3,061,506
Estonia	5,268	56,700	190	490	16%	7,000	2,700	1,328,701
Guyana	5,220	56,200	192	500	2%	4,200	1,600	804,567
Niue	5,163	55,570	194	500	4%	10	3.9	1,937
Bulgaria	5,084	54,720	197	510	32%	35,005	13,516	6,885,868
United States	4,681	50,390	214	550	17%	1,577,368	609,025	336,997,624
Sudan	4,598	49,490	217	560	11%	209,948	81,061	45,657,202
Montserrat	4,528	48,740	221	570	20%	20	7.7	4,417
Romania	4,443	47,820	225	580	37%	85,880	33,160	19,328,560
Hungary	4,263	45,890	235	610	45%	41,397	15,983	9,709,786
Finland	4,052	43,620	247	640	7%	22,430	8,660	5,535,992
Bolivia	4,030	43,400	248	640	4%	48,684	18,797	12,079,472
Denmark	4,026	43,340	248	640	59%	23,570	9,100	5,854,240
Mongolia	3,981	42,850	251	650	0.9%	13,328	5,146	3,347,782
Mali	3,808	40,990	263	680	7%	83,410	32,200	21,904,983
Serbia	3,584	38,580	279	720	31%	26,150	10,100	7,296,769
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3,400	37,000	294	760	9%	20	7.7	5,883
Central African Republic	3,298	35,500	303	780	3%	18,000	6,900	5,457,154
Iceland	3,267	35,170	306	790	1%	1,210	470	370,335
Namibia	3,162	34,040	316	820	1%	8,000	3,100	2,530,151
Chad	3,085	33,210	324	840	4%	53,000	20,000	17,179,740
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,082	33,170	324	840	20%	10,080	3,890	3,270,943
Togo	3,065	32,990	326	840	49%	26,500	10,200	8,644,829
Turkmenistan	3,059	32,930	327	850	4%	19,400	7,500	6,341,855
Poland	2,892	31,130	346	900	36%	110,788	42,775	38,307,726
France	2,783	29,960	359	930	33%	179,566	69,331	64,531,444
Burkina Faso	2,760	29,700	362	940	22%	61,000	24,000	22,100,683
Isle of Man	2,753	29,630	363	940	41%	232	90	84,263
Brazil	2,718	29,260	368	950	7%	582,528	224,915	214,326,223
Cuba	2,584	27,810	387	1,000	28%	29,086	11,230	11,256,372
Libya	2,554	27,490	392	1,020	1%	17,200	6,600	6,735,277
Zimbabwe	2,501	26,920	400	1,000	10%	40,000	15,000	15,993,524
Belize	2,500	27,000	400	1,000	4%	1,000	390	400,031
Cambodia	2,484	26,740	403	1,040	23%	41,201	15,908	16,589,023
Slovakia	2,434	26,200	411	1,060	28%	13,260	5,120	5,447,622
Spain	2,432	26,180	411	1,060	23%	115,501	44,595	47,486,935
Sweden	2,422	26,070	413	1,070	6%	25,352	9,788	10,467,097
Thailand	2,395	25,780	417	1,080	34%	171,500	66,200	71,601,103
Czech Republic	2,355	25,350	425	1,100	32%	24,753	9,557	10,510,751
Turkey	2,345	25,240	426	1,100	26%	198,810	76,760	84,775,404
Tunisia	2,309	24,850	433	1,120	18%	28,313	10,932	12,262,946
Guinea	2,291	24,660	437	1,130	13%	31,000	12,000	13,531,906
Cameroon	2,280	24,500	439	1,140	13%	62,000	24,000	27,198,628
Senegal	2,269	24,420	441	1,140	20%	38,300	14,800	16,876,720
South Sudan	2,228	23,980	449	1,160	4%	23,947	9,246	10,748,272
Nicaragua	2,194	23,620	456	1,180	12%	15,030	5,800	6,850,540
Syria	2,186	23,530	458	1,190	25%	46,606	17,995	21,324,367
Benin	2,154	23,190	464	1,200	25%	28,000	11,000	12,996,895
Tanzania	2,123	22,850	471	1,220	15%	135,025	52,133	63,588,334
Croatia	2,111	22,720	474	1,230	15%	8,570	3,310	4,060,135
Albania	2,101	22,610	476	1,230	22%	5,999	2,316	2,854,710
Myanmar	2,043	21,990	490	1,300	17%	109,900	42,400	53,798,084
Greece	2,041	21,970	490	1,300	17%	21,319	8,231	10,445,365
Morocco	2,026	21,810	494	1,280	17%	75,120	29,000	37,076,584
Azerbaijan	2,026	21,810	494	1,280	25%	20,890	8,070	10,312,992
South Africa	2,020	21,700	495	1,280	10%	120,000	46,000	59,392,255
Malawi	2,011	21,650	497	1,290	42%	40,000	15,000	19,889,742
North Macedonia	1,983	21,340	504	1,310	17%	4,170	1,610	2,103,330
Kyrgyzstan	1,972	21,230	507	1,310	7%	12,874	4,971	6,527,743
Zambia	1,951	21,000	512	1,330	5%	38,000	15,000	19,473,125
Eritrea	1,906	20,520	525	1,360	6%	6,900	2,700	3,620,312
Tonga	1,886	20,300	530	1,400	28%	200	77	106,017
Sierra Leone	1,881	20,250	532	1,380	22%	15,840	6,120	8,420,641
Lesotho	1,880	20,200	532	1,380	14%	4,290	1,660	2,281,454
Iran	1,786	19,220	560	1,500	10%	156,990	60,610	87,923,432
Mozambique	1,761	18,960	568	1,470	7%	56,500	21,800	32,077,072
Nigeria	1,728	18,600	579	1,500	40%	368,720	142,360	213,401,323
Algeria	1,705	18,350	587	1,520	3%	75,306	29,076	44,177,969
Gambia	1,667	17,940	600	1,600	43%	4,400	1,700	2,639,916
Laos	1,648	17,740	607	1,570	5%	12,240	4,730	7,425,057
Afghanistan	1,638	17,630	627	1,620	12%	78,360	30,250	49,552,566
Armenia	1,589	17,100	629	1,630	16%	4,434	1,712	2,790,974
Mexico	1,585	17,060	631	1,630	10%	200,840	77,540	126,705,138
Angola	1,557	16,760	642	1,660	4%	53,730	20,750	34,503,774
Uganda	1,505	16,200	665	1,720	34%	69,000	27,000	45,853,778
Norway	1,488	16,020	672	1,740	2%	8,040	3,100	5,403,021
Eswatini	1,485	15,980	674	1,750	10%	1,770	680	1,192,271
Austria	1,479	15,920	676	1,750	16%	13,198	5,096	8,922,082
Guinea-Bissau	1,456	15,670	687	1,780	11%	3,000	1,200	2,060,721
Ghana	1,434	15,440	697	1,810	21%	47,089	18,181	32,833,031
DR Congo	1,427	15,360	701	1,820	6%	136,800	52,800	95,894,118
Germany	1,398	15,050	715	1,850	33%	116,580	45,010	83,408,554
Gabon	1,388	14,940	720	1,900	1%	3,250	1,250	2,341,179
Ethiopia	1,356	14,600	737	1,910	14%	163,140	62,990	120,283,026
Pakistan	1,318	14,190	758	1,960	40%	305,100	117,800	231,402,117
Panama	1,298	13,970	770	2,000	8%	5,650	2,180	4,351,267
Ivory Coast	1,274	13,710	785	2,030	11%	35,000	14,000	27,478,249
Peru	1,273	13,700	786	2,040	3%	42,903	16,565	33,715,471
Italy	1,214	13,070	824	2,130	24%	71,928	27,772	59,240,329
Bhutan	1,209	13,010	827	2,140	2%	940	360	777,486
New Zealand	1,201	12,930	833	2,160	2%	6,160	2,380	5,129,727
Uzbekistan	1,178	12,680	849	2,200	9%	40,161	15,506	34,081,449
El Salvador	1,142	12,290	876	2,270	35%	7,210	2,780	6,314,167
Iraq	1,141	12,280	876	2,270	11%	49,690	19,190	43,533,592
India	1,097	11,810	911	2,360	52%	1,544,479	596,327	1,407,563,842
Kenya	1,094	11,780	914	2,370	10%	58,000	22,000	53,005,614
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1,050	11,300	952	2,470	19%	50	19	47,606
Madagascar	1,038	11,170	964	2,500	5%	30,000	12,000	28,915,653
Burundi	1,012	10,890	988	2,560	49%	12,700	4,900	12,551,213
Botswana	1,004	10,810	996	2,580	0.5%	2,600	1,000	2,588,423
Honduras	990	10,700	1,010	2,600	9%	10,180	3,930	10,278,345
Luxembourg	977	10,520	1,023	2,650	24%	625	241	639,321
Mauritania	975	10,490	1,026	2,660	0.4%	4,500	1,700	4,614,974
Liberia	963	10,370	1,039	2,690	5%	5,000	1,900	5,193,416
Indonesia	961	10,340	1,041	2,700	14%	263,000	102,000	273,753,191
Saudi Arabia	954	10,270	1,048	2,710	2%	34,300	13,200	35,950,396
Suriname	946	10,180	1,057	2,740	0.4%	580	220	612,985
Congo	942	10,140	1,061	2,750	2%	5,500	2,100	5,835,806
Rwanda	942	10,140	1,061	2,750	51%	12,684	4,897	13,461,888
Portugal	938	10,100	1,066	2,760	11%	9,652	3,727	10,290,103
Venezuela	922	9,920	1,085	2,810	3%	26,000	10,000	28,199,867
United Kingdom	893	9,610	1,120	2,900	25%	60,098	23,204	67,281,039
North Korea	884	9,520	1,132	2,930	19%	22,950	8,860	25,971,909
Guatemala	883	9,500	1,133	2,930	15%	15,540	6,000	17,608,483
Haiti	878	9,450	1,139	2,950	36%	10,050	3,880	11,447,569
Ireland	874	9,410	1,144	2,960	6%	4,360	1,680	4,986,526
Wallis and Futuna	860	9,300	1,163	3,010	7%	10	3.9	11,627
Tajikistan	859	9,250	1,163	3,010	6%	8,380	3,240	9,750,064
Slovenia	854	9,190	1,171	3,030	9%	1,810	700	2,119,410
Cabo Verde	850	9,100	1,176	3,050	12%	500	190	587,925
Timor-Leste	844	9,080	1,185	3,070	7%	1,115	431	1,320,942
Fiji	831	8,940	1,204	3,120	4%	768	297	924,610
Georgia	830	8,900	1,204	3,120	4%	3,120	1,200	3,757,980
Dominica	829	8,920	1,207	3,130	8%	60	23	72,412
Comoros	791	8,510	1,264	3,270	35%	650	250	821,625
Dominican Republic	789	8,490	1,268	3,280	18%	8,770	3,390	11,117,873
Cyprus	765	8,230	1,308	3,390	10%	952	368	1,244,188
China	763	8,210	1,310	3,400	12%	1,088,620	420,320	1,425,893,465
Belgium	746	8,030	1,341	3,470	29%	8,656	3,342	11,611,419
Nepal	704	7,580	1,421	3,680	15%	21,137	8,161	30,034,989
Vietnam	696	7,490	1,436	3,720	22%	67,870	26,200	97,468,029
Chile	674	7,250	1,484	3,840	2%	13,139	5,073	19,493,184
Somalia	645	6,940	1,551	4,020	2%	11,000	4,200	17,065,581
Sri Lanka	630	6,800	1,587	4,110	22%	13,720	5,300	21,773,441
Vanuatu	627	6,750	1,596	4,130	2%	200	77	319,137
San Marino	588	6,330	1,700	4,400	33%	20	7.7	33,745
Mauritius	577	6,210	1,732	4,490	38%	750	290	1,298,915
Ecuador	575	6,190	1,738	4,500	4%	10,240	3,950	17,797,737
Netherlands	573	6,170	1,745	4,520	30%	10,030	3,870	17,501,696
Guadeloupe	549	5,910	1,820	4,700	13%	218	84	396,051
Mayotte	546	5,880	1,832	4,740	46%	173	67	316,014
Samoa	516	5,550	1,938	5,020	4%	113	44	218,764
Philippines	491	5,290	2,037	5,280	19%	55,900	21,600	113,880,328
Bangladesh	479	5,160	2,088	5,410	62%	81,100	31,300	169,356,251
Costa Rica	471	5,070	2,121	5,490	5%	2,430	940	5,153,957
Switzerland	455	4,900	2,198	5,690	10%	3,955	1,527	8,691,406
French Guiana	446	4,800	2,240	5,800	0.2%	133	51	297,449
Liechtenstein	443	4,770	2,257	5,850	11%	17	6.6	39,039
Antigua and Barbuda	429	4,620	2,330	6,000	9%	40	15	93,219
Jamaica	424	4,560	2,356	6,100	11%	1,200	460	2,827,695
Israel	424	4,560	2,361	6,110	17%	3,770	1,460	8,900,059
Colombia	387	4,170	2,585	6,700	2%	19,930	7,700	51,516,562
Yemen	351	3,780	2,848	7,380	2%	11,580	4,470	32,981,641
Réunion	351	3,780	2,852	7,390	13%	339	131	966,129
Papua New Guinea	333	3,580	3,006	7,790	0.7%	3,310	1,280	9,949,437
Japan	328	3,530	3,050	7,900	11%	40,860	15,780	124,612,530
Solomon Islands	325	3,500	3,078	7,970	0.8%	230	89	707,851
Equatorial Guinea	324	3,490	3,084	7,990	2%	530	200	1,634,466
British Virgin Islands	321	3,460	3,112	8,060	7%	10	3.9	31,122
Martinique	297	3,200	3,371	8,730	10%	109	42	368,796
Cook Islands	294	3,160	3,401	8,810	2%	5	1.9	17,003
Egypt	282	3,040	3,551	9,200	3%	30,770	11,880	109,262,178
South Korea	259	2,790	3,859	9,990	14%	13,430	5,190	51,830,139
Taiwan	250	2,700	3,997	10,350	17%	5,970	2,310	23,859,912
Lebanon	249	2,680	4,015	10,400	14%	1,393	538	5,592,631
Barbados	249	2,680	4,017	10,400	16%	70	27	281,200
Malaysia	246	2,650	4,065	10,530	3%	8,260	3,190	33,573,874
Grenada	241	2,590	4,154	10,760	9%	30	12	124,610
Turks and Caicos Islands	222	2,390	4,511	11,680	1%	10	3.9	45,114
American Samoa	215	2,310	4,643	12,030	5%	10	3.9	45,035
New Caledonia	207	2,230	4,821	12,490	0.3%	60	23	287,800
Bahamas	196	2,110	5,099	13,210	0.8%	80	31	407,906
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	192	2,070	5,217	13,510	5%	20	7.7	104,332
Aruba	188	2,020	5,327	13,800	11%	20	7.7	106,537
Oman	183	1,970	5,472	14,170	0.3%	826	319	4,520,471
Sao Tome and Principe	179	1,930	5,578	14,450	4%	40	15	223,107
Jordan	179	1,930	5,597	14,500	2%	1,992	769	11,148,278
Micronesia	177	1,910	5,657	14,650	3%	20	7.7	113,131
Palau	166	1,790	6,008	15,560	0.7%	3	1.2	18,024
Trinidad and Tobago	164	1,770	6,103	15,810	5%	250	97	1,525,663
Kiribati	155	1,670	6,444	16,690	2%	20	7.7	128,874
Puerto Rico	154	1,660	6,486	16,800	6%	502	194	3,256,028
Saint Lucia	149	1,600	6,729	17,430	4%	27	10	179,651
Malta	148	1,590	6,753	17,490	24%	78	30	526,748
Montenegro	3,025	32,560	330	850	14%	1,899	733	627,859
Marshall Islands	119	1,280	8,410	21,800	3%	5	1.9	42,050
Andorra	95	1,020	10,572	27,380	2%	7	2.7	79,034
US Virgin Islands	90	970	11,121	28,800	3%	9	3.5	100,091
Brunei	90	970	11,134	28,840	0.8%	40	15	445,373
French Polynesia	82	880	12,161	31,500	0.7%	25	9.7	304,032
Palestine	82	880	12,252	31,730	7%	419	162	5,133,392
Qatar	78	840	12,801	33,150	2%	210	81	2,688,235
Maldives	75	810	13,371	34,630	13%	39	15	521,457
Western Sahara	71	760	14,140	36,600	0.02%	40	15	565,581
Guam	59	640	17,053	44,170	2%	10	3.9	170,534
United Arab Emirates	54	580	18,619	48,220	0.7%	503	194	9,365,145
Bermuda	47	510	21,395	55,410	6%	3	1.2	64,185
Cayman Islands	29	310	34,068	88,240	0.8%	2	0.77	68,136
Djibouti	27	290	36,852	95,450	0.1%	30	12	1,105,557
Kuwait	19	200	53,126	137,600	0.4%	80	31	4,250,114
Northern Mariana Islands	16	170	61,851	160,190	0.2%	1	0.39	49,481
Bahrain	14	150	69,679	180,470	3%	21	8.1	1,463,265
Seychelles	14	150	70,981	183,840	0.3%	2	0.77	106,471
Faroe Islands	13	140	75,556	195,690	0.05%	1	0.39	52,889
Hong Kong	2.7	29	374,729	970,540	2%	20	7.7	7,494,578
Singapore	0.9	9.7	1,060,904	2,747,730	0.8%	6	2.3	5,941,060

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