List of countries and dependencies by population density

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This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by population density, sorted by inhabitants per square kilometre or square mile. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. The list also includes unrecognized but de facto independent countries. The figures in the table are based on areas including internal bodies of water such as bays, lakes, reservoirs and rivers. The list does not include entities not on ISO 3166-1, except for states with limited recognition. Thus constituent countries that are not included on ISO 3166-1, and other entities not on ISO 3166-1 like the European Union, are not included.

Population density (people per km2) by country in 2018

Unless otherwise noted, areas and populations are sourced from the United Nations World Population Prospects, which uses the latest censuses and official figures, as well as figures from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.[1]

Countries and dependencies by population densityEdit

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Country / dependency Density
/km2
Density
/mi2
Population Area
km2
Area
mi2
  Macao (China) 21,338 55,270 704,150 33 13
1   Monaco 17,285 44,770 36,298 2.1 0.81
2   Singapore 8,251 21,370 6,014,723 729 281
  Hong Kong (China) 6,725 17,420 7,491,609 1,114 430
  Gibraltar (UK) 4,807 12,450 32,688 6.8 2.6
3   Bahrain 1,909 4,940 1,485,510 778 300
4   Maldives 1,746 4,520 523,787 300 120
5   Malta 1,699 4,400 535,065 315 122
  Sint Maarten (NL) 1,301 3,370 44,222 34 13
  Bermuda (UK) 1,186 3,070 64,069 54 21
6   Bangladesh 1,165 3,020 172,954,319 148,460 57,320
Template:Country data Guernsey (UK) 993 2,570 63,544 64 25
  Jersey (UK) 964 2,500 111,803 116 45
Template:Country data Mayotte (France) 913 2,360 335,995 368 142
7   Palestine 892 2,310 5,371,230 6,020 2,320
8   Taiwan 676 1,750 23,923,277 35,410 13,670
9   Mauritius 657 1,700 1,300,557 1,979 764
10   Barbados 654 1,690 281,996 431 166
11   Nauru 609 1,580 12,780 21 8.1
  Saint Martin (France) 605 1,570 32,077 53 20
  Aruba (NL) 590 1,500 106,277 180 69
12   San Marino 552 1,430 33,642 61 24
13   Rwanda 535 1,390 14,094,683 26,338 10,169
14   South Korea 516 1,340 51,784,059 100,413 38,770
15   Lebanon 512 1,330 5,353,930 10,452 4,036
16   Vatican City 502 1,300 246 0.49 0.19 [2][3]
Template:Country data Saint Barthélemy (France) 500 1,300 10,994 22 8.5
17   Burundi 476 1,230 13,238,559 27,834 10,747
18   Tuvalu 438 1,130 11,396 26 10
19   India 435 1,130 1,428,627,663 3,287,263 1,269,219
  Curaçao (NL) 433 1,120 192,077 444 171
20   Netherlands 424 1,100 17,618,299 41,543 16,040
21   Haiti 423 1,100 11,724,764 27,750 10,710
22   Israel 416 1,080 9,174,520 22,072 8,522
Template:Country data Réunion (France) 391 1,010 981,796 2,510 970
23   Philippines 391 1,010 117,337,368 300,000 120,000
24   Belgium 383 990 11,686,140 30,528 11,787
25   Comoros 381 990 852,075 2,235 863
  Puerto Rico (US) 368 950 3,260,314 8,868 3,424
26   Grenada 366 950 126,184 345 133
Template:Country data Martinique (France) 337 870 366,981 1,090 420
27   Sri Lanka 334 870 21,893,579 65,610 25,330
28   Japan 326 840 123,294,513 377,930 145,920
Template:Country data Guam (US) 320 830 172,952 541 209
29   El Salvador 303 780 6,364,943 21,041 8,124
30   Pakistan 302 780 240,485,658 796,095 307,374
31   Trinidad and Tobago 299 770 1,534,937 5,127 1,980
32   Vietnam 298 770 98,858,950 331,340 127,930
33   Saint Lucia 293 760 180,251 616 238
Template:Country data US Virgin Islands (US) 285 740 98,750 347 134
34   United Kingdom 277 720 67,736,802 244,376 94,354
35   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 267 690 103,699 389 150
Template:Country data Cayman Islands (UK) 263 680 69,310 264 102
36   Jamaica 257 670 2,825,544 10,991 4,244
37   Luxembourg 253 660 654,768 2,586 998
38   Liechtenstein 247 640 39,585 160 62
39   Gambia 246 640 2,773,168 11,295 4,361
40   Nigeria 242 630 223,804,632 923,768 356,669
41   Kuwait 242 630 4,310,108 17,818 6,880
Template:Country data Guadeloupe (France) 242 630 395,839 1,639 633
42   São Tomé and Príncipe 241 620 231,856 964 372
43   Seychelles 236 610 107,660 457 176
44   Qatar 233 600 2,716,391 11,637 4,493
45   Germany 233 600 83,294,633 357,581 138,063
46   Dominican Republic 233 600 11,332,973 48,671 18,792
47   Marshall Islands 232 600 41,996 181 70
48   Malawi 221 570 20,931,751 94,552 36,507
Template:Country data American Samoa (US) 221 570 43,915 199 77
49   North Korea 217 560 26,160,822 120,538 46,540
50   Antigua and Barbuda 213 550 94,298 442 171
51    Switzerland 213 550 8,796,669 41,291 15,943
52     Nepal 210 540 30,896,590 147,181 56,827
Template:Country data British Virgin Islands (UK) 209 540 31,538 151 58
53   Uganda 201 520 48,582,334 241,550 93,260
54   Italy 195 510 58,870,763 302,068 116,629
55   Kiribati 184 480 133,515 726 280
56   Saint Kitts and Nevis 183 470 47,755 261 101
Template:Country data Anguilla (UK) 175 450 15,900 91 35
57   Andorra 171 440 80,088 468 181
58   Guatemala 166 430 18,092,026 108,889 42,042
59 Template:Country data Micronesia 164 420 115,224 702 271
60   Togo 159 410 9,053,799 56,785 21,925
Template:Country data Tokelau (NZ) 158 410 1,893 12 4.6
61   Kosovo 153 400 1,663,595 10,905 4,210
62   China 149 390 1,425,671,352 9,600,000 3,700,000
63   Cape Verde 148 380 598,682 4,033 1,557
Template:Country data Isle of Man (UK) 148 380 84,710 572 221
64   Indonesia 145 380 277,534,123 1,910,931 737,815
65   Tonga 144 370 107,773 747 288
66   Ghana 143 370 34,121,985 238,537 92,100
67   Thailand 140 360 71,801,279 513,140 198,120
68   Denmark 138 360 5,910,913 42,947 16,582
69   Cyprus 136 350 1,260,138 9,251 3,572
70   United Arab Emirates 134 350 9,516,871 71,024 27,423
Template:Country data Transnistria 134 350 468,980 3,510 1,360 [4]
71   Czech Republic 133 340 10,495,295 78,871 30,452
72   Poland 131 340 41,026,068 312,679 120,726
73   Jordan 127 330 11,337,053 89,318 34,486
74   Syria 125 320 23,227,014 185,180 71,500
75   Sierra Leone 122 320 8,791,092 72,300 27,900
76   Azerbaijan 120 310 10,412,652 86,600 33,400
77   Benin 119 310 13,712,828 114,763 44,310
78   Slovakia 118 310 5,795,199 49,035 18,933
79   France (metropolitan) 117 300 64,756,584 551,500 212,900
80   Ethiopia 115 300 126,527,060 1,104,300 426,400
81   Egypt 112 290 112,716,599 1,002,000 387,000
82   Portugal 111 290 10,247,605 92,225 35,608
83   Turkey 110 280 85,816,199 783,562 302,535
84   Hungary 109 280 10,156,239 93,025 35,917
Template:Country data Northern Mariana Islands (US) 109 280 49,796 457 176
85   Austria 107 280 8,958,961 83,878 32,385
86   Iraq 105 270 45,504,560 435,052 167,975
87   Slovenia 105 270 2,119,675 20,273 7,827
88   Malaysia 104 270 34,308,525 330,621 127,653
89   Costa Rica 102 260 5,212,173 51,100 19,700
90   Cuba 102 260 11,194,449 109,884 42,426
91   Moldova 102 260 3,435,931 33,847 13,068
  France (metropolitan & overseas) 101 260 68,000,000 672,000 259,000
92   Albania 99 260 2,832,439 28,748 11,100
93   Dominica 97 250 73,040 750 290
94   Honduras 94 240 10,593,798 112,492 43,433
95   Spain 94 240 47,519,628 506,009 195,371
96   Cambodia 94 240 16,944,826 181,039 69,900
97   Armenia 93 240 2,777,971 29,743 11,484
98   Kenya 93 240 55,100,587 591,958 228,556
99   East Timor 91 240 1,360,596 14,919 5,760
100   Senegal 90 230 17,763,163 196,712 75,951
101   Ivory Coast 90 230 28,873,034 322,462 124,503
102   Burkina Faso 86 220 23,251,485 270,764 104,543
Template:Country data Northern Cyprus 85 220 286,257 3,355 1,295 [5][6]
103   Morocco 85 220 37,840,044 446,550 172,410
  French Polynesia (France) 84 220 308,872 3,687 1,424
104   Romania 83 210 19,892,812 238,398 92,046
  Caribbean Netherlands (NL) 83 210 27,148 328 127
105   North Macedonia 81 210 2,085,679 25,713 9,928
Template:Country data Wallis and Futuna (France) 81 210 11,502 142 55
106   Serbia 81 210 7,149,077 88,444 34,148
107   Myanmar 81 210 54,577,997 676,577 261,228
108   Samoa 79 200 225,681 2,842 1,097
109   Brunei 78 200 452,524 5,765 2,226
110   Greece 78 200 10,341,277 131,957 50,949
111   Uzbekistan 78 200 35,163,944 448,969 173,348
112   Lesotho 77 200 2,330,318 30,355 11,720
113   Tunisia 76 200 12,458,223 163,610 63,170
114   Ireland 72 190 5,056,935 69,825 26,960
115   Cook Islands 72 190 17,044 236 91
116   Tajikistan 72 190 10,143,543 141,400 54,600
117   Tanzania 71 180 67,438,106 947,303 365,756
118   Croatia 71 180 4,008,617 56,594 21,851
119   Ecuador 71 180 18,190,484 257,215 99,311
120   Eswatini 70 180 1,210,822 17,363 6,704
121   Mexico 65 170 128,455,567 1,964,375 758,449
122   Yemen 65 170 34,449,825 527,968 203,850
123   Afghanistan 65 170 42,239,854 652,864 252,072
124   Bosnia and Herzegovina 63 160 3,210,848 51,209 19,772
Template:Country data Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK) 62 160 15,700 254 98 [7]
125   Equatorial Guinea 61 160 1,714,672 28,051 10,831
126   Ukraine 61 160 36,744,634 603,500 233,000
127   Bulgaria 61 160 6,687,717 110,372 42,615
128   Cameroon 60 160 28,647,293 475,650 183,650
128 World (excluding Antarctica) 60 160 8,045,311,448 134,740,000 52,020,000
129   Guinea-Bissau 60 160 2,150,842 36,125 13,948
130   Panama 59 150 4,468,087 75,320 29,080
131   Guinea 58 150 14,190,612 245,836 94,918
Template:Country data Norfolk Island (Australia) 57 150 2,220 39 15 [8]
132   Iran 55 140 89,172,767 1,630,848 629,674
133   Nicaragua 54 140 7,046,311 130,373 50,337
133 World (all land) 54 140 8,045,311,448 148,940,000 57,510,000
134   Georgia 53 140 3,728,282 69,700 26,900
135   Madagascar 52 130 30,325,732 587,041 226,658
136   Fiji 51 130 936,376 18,272 7,055
137   South Africa 49 130 60,414,495 1,221,037 471,445
138   Djibouti 49 130 1,136,455 23,200 9,000
139   Liberia 49 130 5,418,377 111,369 43,000
Template:Country data Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 49 130 46,062 948 366
140   Belarus 46 120 9,498,238 207,600 80,200
141   Colombia 46 120 52,085,168 1,141,748 440,831
142   Montenegro 45 120 626,485 13,888 5,362
143 Template:Country data DR Congo 44 110 102,262,809 2,345,410 905,570
Template:Country data Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) 43 110 5,314 123 47
Template:Country data Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) 43 110 602 14 5.4 [9]
144   Zimbabwe 43 110 16,665,409 390,757 150,872
Template:Country data Montserrat (UK) 43 110 4,387 103 40
145   Mozambique 42 110 33,897,354 799,380 308,640
146   Lithuania 42 110 2,718,352 65,286 25,207
147   Palau 39 100 18,058 459 177
  Faroe Islands (Denmark) 38 98 53,270 1,393 538
148   United States 35 91 339,996,564 9,833,517 3,796,742
149   Kyrgyzstan 34 88 6,735,348 199,949 77,201
150   Laos 32 83 7,633,779 236,800 91,400
Template:Country data Artsakh 31 80 120,000 3,852 1,487 [10][11]
151   Venezuela 31 80 28,838,499 929,690 358,960
152   Eritrea 31 80 3,748,902 121,144 46,774
153   Bahamas 30 78 412,624 13,940 5,380
154   Angola 29 75 36,684,203 1,246,700 481,400
  Somaliland 29 75 4,914,100 167,283 64,588 [12]
155   Estonia 29 75 1,322,766 45,399 17,529
156   Somalia 28 73 18,143,379 637,657 246,201
157   Latvia 28 73 1,830,212 64,594 24,940
Template:Country data Abkhazia 28 73 245,424 8,662 3,344 [13]
158   Vanuatu 27 70 334,506 12,189 4,706
159   Zambia 27 70 20,569,738 752,612 290,585
160   Sudan 27 70 48,109,006 1,765,048 681,489
161   Peru 27 70 34,352,719 1,285,216 496,225
162   Chile 26 67 19,629,590 756,102 291,933
163   Solomon Islands 26 67 740,425 28,896 11,157
164   Brazil 25 65 216,422,446 8,510,346 3,285,863
165   Sweden 24 62 10,612,086 438,574 169,334
Template:Country data Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) 24 62 5,840 242 93
166   Papua New Guinea 22 57 10,329,931 462,840 178,700
167   Niger 21 54 27,202,843 1,267,000 489,000
168   Bhutan 21 54 787,425 38,394 14,824
169   Uruguay 20 52 3,423,109 173,626 67,037
170   New Zealand 20 52 5,228,100 268,107 103,517
171   Algeria 19 49 45,606,481 2,381,741 919,595
  Åland (Finland) 19 49 30,237 1,583 611
172   Mali 19 49 23,293,699 1,240,192 478,841
173   Belize 18 47 410,825 22,965 8,867
174   Congo 18 47 6,106,869 342,000 132,000
  Norway (mainland) 17 44 5,471,476 323,772 125,009
175   Paraguay 17 44 6,861,524 406,752 157,048
176   South Sudan 17 44 11,088,796 658,841 254,380
177   Saudi Arabia 17 44 36,947,025 2,206,714 852,017
178   Finland 16 41 5,545,475 336,884 130,072
179   Argentina 16 41 45,773,884 2,796,427 1,079,707
Template:Country data South Ossetia 16 41 57,095 3,632 1,402 [14]
Template:Country data New Caledonia (France) 15 39 292,991 19,100 7,400
180   Oman 15 39 4,644,384 309,980 119,680
181   Chad 14 36 18,278,568 1,284,000 496,000
182   Norway 14 36 5,474,360 385,207 148,729
183   Turkmenistan 13 34 6,516,100 488,100 188,500
Template:Country data Christmas Island (Australia) 12 31 1,692 136 53 [15]
184   Bolivia 11 28 12,388,571 1,098,581 424,164
185   Central African Republic 9 23 5,742,316 622,984 240,535
186   Gabon 9 23 2,436,567 267,668 103,347
187   Russia 8 21 144,444,359 17,098,246 6,601,670
188   Niue 7 18 1,935 260 100
189   Kazakhstan 7 18 19,606,634 2,724,902 1,052,091
190   Mauritania 5 13 4,862,989 1,030,700 398,000
191   Botswana 5 13 2,675,353 582,000 225,000
192   Libya 4 10 6,888,388 1,676,198 647,184
193   Canada 4 10 38,781,292 9,984,670 3,855,100
194   Suriname 4 10 623,237 163,820 63,250
195   Guyana 4 10 813,834 214,969 83,000
Template:Country data French Guiana (France) 4 10 312,155 83,534 32,253
196   Iceland 4 10 375,319 103,000 40,000
197   Australia 3 7.8 26,439,112 7,692,024 2,969,907
198   Namibia 3 7.8 2,604,172 825,229 318,623
Template:Country data Western Sahara 2 5.2 587,259 266,000 103,000
199   Mongolia 2 5.2 3,447,157 1,564,116 603,909
Template:Country data Pitcairn Islands (UK) 0.9 2.3 40 47 18 [16]
  Falkland Islands (UK) 0.3 0.78 3,791 12,173 4,700
  Greenland (Denmark) 0.03 0.078 56,643 2,166,086 836,330

See alsoEdit

NotesEdit

ReferencesEdit

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  9. "Cocos (Keeling) Islands". City Population. 30 Oct 2022. Retrieved 14 Jul 2023.
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  14. "Somalia". City Population. 14 Jan 2021. Retrieved 14 Jul 2023.
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