Population density (people per sq. km of land area) by country
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...
Countries reporting
216
Highest
20,570 people per sq. km of land area
Macao
Lowest
0.1385 people per sq. km of land area
Greenland
Median
96.02 people per sq. km of land area
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
1,432
What the numbers show
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) is currently reported for 216 countries. The highest value is 20,570 people per sq. km of land area in Macao; the lowest is 0.1385 people per sq. km of land area in Greenland.
The median across all reporting countries is 96.02 people per sq. km of land area, and the mean is 455.42 people per sq. km of land area.
Population density (people per sq. km of land area): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macao | 20,570 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 2 | Monaco | 18,693 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 3 | Singapore | 8,242 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 7,177 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 5 | Gibraltar | 3,847 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 6 | Bahrain | 1,971 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 7 | Maldives | 1,765 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 8 | Malta | 1,727 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 1,319 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 10 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,257 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 11 | Bermuda | 1,198 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Palestine | 857.39 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 13 | Channel Islands | 842.13 people per sq. km of land area | 2021 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 14 | Barbados | 656.6 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 15 | Mauritius | 625.26 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 16 | Aruba | 596.44 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 17 | Nauru | 593.75 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 18 | Rwanda | 565.64 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 19 | Lebanon | 564.37 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 20 | San Marino | 564.33 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 21 | Saint Martin (French part) | 550.3 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | falling |
| 22 | Burundi | 533.08 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 23 | Netherlands | 530.95 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 24 | South Korea | 529.84 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 25 | India | 483.68 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 26 | Comoros | 456.95 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 27 | Israel | 455.13 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 28 | Haiti | 422.26 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 29 | Belgium | 386.3 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 30 | Philippines | 385.32 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 31 | Puerto Rico | 361.19 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 32 | Sri Lanka | 356.24 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 33 | Curacao | 348.32 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 34 | Grenada | 344.36 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 35 | Japan | 341.55 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 36 | Tuvalu | 327.2 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | falling |
| 37 | Pakistan | 321.07 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 38 | Vietnam | 320.18 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 39 | Guam | 308.34 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 40 | El Salvador | 304.52 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 41 | Cayman Islands | 304.32 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 42 | United States Virgin Islands | 299.76 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 43 | Saint Lucia | 293.91 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 44 | United Kingdom | 283.25 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 45 | Kuwait | 272.36 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 46 | Gambia | 266.58 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 47 | Trinidad and Tobago | 266.57 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 48 | Jamaica | 262.21 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 49 | Seychelles | 260.38 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 50 | British Virgin Islands | 259.9 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 51 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 259.8 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 52 | Luxembourg | 258.86 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 53 | Nigeria | 250.21 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 54 | Liechtenstein | 249.04 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 55 | Uganda | 242.65 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 56 | Sao Tome and Principe | 240.49 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 57 | Germany | 238.35 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 58 | American Samoa | 237.6 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | falling |
| 59 | Dominican Republic | 235.1 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 60 | Qatar | 231.16 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 61 | Switzerland | 224.98 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 62 | Malawi | 223.85 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 63 | North Korea | 219.4 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 64 | Marshall Islands | 215.71 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | falling |
| 65 | Antigua and Barbuda | 212.08 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 66 | Nepal | 207.15 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 67 | Italy | 199.46 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 68 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 179.84 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 69 | Andorra | 172.03 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 70 | Guatemala | 169.14 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 71 | Kiribati | 163.62 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 72 | Micronesia (country) | 160.9 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 73 | Togo | 151.2 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 74 | China | 150.26 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 75 | Denmark | 148.67 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 76 | Indonesia | 148.58 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 77 | Ghana | 148.5 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 78 | Isle of Man | 147.66 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 79 | United Arab Emirates | 147.62 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 80 | Cyprus | 145.56 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 81 | Tonga | 145.27 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 82 | Czechia | 140.79 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 83 | Thailand | 140.35 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 84 | Cape Verde | 129.61 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 85 | Jordan | 128.83 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 86 | Syria | 128.49 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 87 | France | 126.86 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 88 | Benin | 125.14 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 122.86 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 90 | Poland | 119.79 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 91 | Sierra Leone | 117.21 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 92 | Portugal | 115.47 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 93 | Egypt | 115.06 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 94 | Ethiopia | 114.04 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 95 | Slovakia | 112.87 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 96 | Turkey | 110.87 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 97 | Austria | 110.66 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 98 | Malaysia | 106.91 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 99 | Cuba | 106.17 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 100 | Slovenia | 105.31 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 101 | Armenia | 105.12 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 102 | Hungary | 105.11 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Iraq | 103.83 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 104 | Costa Rica | 99.99 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 105 | Cambodia | 98.71 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 106 | Northern Mariana Islands | 98.14 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | falling |
| 107 | Cote d'Ivoire | 98.01 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 108 | Spain | 96.76 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 109 | Kenya | 95.27 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 110 | Honduras | 95.14 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 111 | Senegal | 93.89 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 112 | East Timor | 93.09 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 113 | Dominica | 88.68 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 114 | Albania | 88.02 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | falling |
| 115 | Brunei | 87.09 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 116 | Moldova | 85.44 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | falling |
| 117 | Morocco | 84.5 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 118 | Burkina Faso | 84.16 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 119 | Myanmar | 82.94 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 120 | Romania | 82.85 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 121 | French Polynesia | 80.99 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 122 | Uzbekistan | 80.91 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 123 | Greece | 80.74 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 124 | Serbia | 78.76 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 125 | Tunisia | 78.53 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 126 | Samoa | 77.94 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 127 | Ireland | 77.1 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 128 | Guinea-Bissau | 76.58 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 129 | Lesotho | 76.14 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 130 | Tanzania | 75.21 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 131 | Tajikistan | 74.86 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 132 | Yemen | 74.61 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 133 | North Macedonia | 72.47 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 134 | Ecuador | 72.4 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 135 | Eswatini | 71.54 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 136 | Croatia | 68.97 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 137 | Mexico | 66.74 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 138 | Equatorial Guinea | 65.87 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 139 | Ukraine | 65.12 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | falling |
| 140 | Georgia | 65 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 141 | Afghanistan | 63.56 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 142 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 62.21 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | falling |
| 143 | Panama | 60.11 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 144 | Cameroon | 60.02 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 145 | Bulgaria | 59.38 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 146 | Guinea | 58.63 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 147 | Liberia | 57.03 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 148 | Nicaragua | 56.7 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 149 | Iran | 55.85 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 150 | Madagascar | 53.62 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 151 | South Africa | 52.11 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 152 | Fiji | 50.58 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 153 | Djibouti | 49.74 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 154 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 48.63 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 155 | Colombia | 47.16 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 46.66 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 157 | Montenegro | 46.36 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 158 | Lithuania | 45.87 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 159 | Belarus | 45.22 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 160 | Mozambique | 42.77 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 161 | Zimbabwe | 42.24 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 162 | Bahamas | 39.9 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 163 | Faroe Islands | 39.71 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 164 | Palau | 38.54 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 165 | Kyrgyzstan | 37.02 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 166 | United States | 36.81 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 167 | Laos | 33.21 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 168 | Venezuela | 32.09 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 169 | Estonia | 32.07 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 170 | Latvia | 30.27 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 171 | Angola | 29.48 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 172 | Somalia | 29.26 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 173 | Eritrea | 28.64 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 174 | Solomon Islands | 28.58 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 175 | Zambia | 27.88 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 176 | Sudan | 26.79 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 177 | Chile | 26.46 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 178 | Peru | 26.44 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 179 | Vanuatu | 26.28 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 180 | Sweden | 25.87 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 181 | Brazil | 25.26 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 182 | Papua New Guinea | 22.94 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 183 | Niger | 20.65 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 184 | Bhutan | 20.62 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 185 | New Zealand | 19.75 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 186 | Mali | 19.48 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 187 | Algeria | 19.38 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 188 | Uruguay | 19.36 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 189 | Finland | 18.37 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 190 | South Sudan | 18.17 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 191 | Congo | 18.11 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 192 | Belize | 18.02 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 193 | Paraguay | 17.28 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 194 | Argentina | 16.64 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 195 | Oman | 16.31 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 196 | New Caledonia | 15.86 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 197 | Saudi Arabia | 15.68 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 198 | Turkmenistan | 15.67 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 199 | Chad | 15.34 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 200 | Norway | 15.15 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 201 | Bolivia | 11.3 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 202 | Gabon | 9.64 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 203 | Russia | 8.78 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 204 | Central African Republic | 8.27 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 205 | Kazakhstan | 7.53 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 206 | Mauritania | 4.87 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 207 | Canada | 4.56 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 208 | Botswana | 4.38 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 209 | Libya | 4.15 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 210 | Suriname | 3.92 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 211 | Guyana | 3.91 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 212 | Iceland | 3.82 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 213 | Namibia | 3.6 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 214 | Australia | 3.47 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
| 215 | Mongolia | 2.23 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | rising |
| 216 | Greenland | 0.1385 people per sq. km of land area | 2023 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Chagai 842.13 people per sq. km of land area
- South Asia 496.76 people per sq. km of land area
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 496.76 people per sq. km of land area
- Lower middle income 151.99 people per sq. km of land area
- IDA blend 135.18 people per sq. km of land area
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 133.58 people per sq. km of land area
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 132.93 people per sq. km of land area
- Euro area 125.59 people per sq. km of land area
- European Union 112.55 people per sq. km of land area
- Early-demographic dividend 105.36 people per sq. km of land area
- East Asia & Pacific 97.52 people per sq. km of land area
- Middle income 93.64 people per sq. km of land area
- Central Europe and the Baltics 90.66 people per sq. km of land area
- Low & middle income 85.33 people per sq. km of land area
- IDA total 75.26 people per sq. km of land area
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 72.49 people per sq. km of land area
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 72.02 people per sq. km of land area
- IDA & IBRD total 71.36 people per sq. km of land area
- IBRD only 69.96 people per sq. km of land area
- Upper middle income 68.84 people per sq. km of land area
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 63.12 people per sq. km of land area
- World 62.14 people per sq. km of land area
- IDA only 60.82 people per sq. km of land area
- Least developed countries 56.97 people per sq. km of land area
- Africa Western and Central 56.19 people per sq. km of land area
- Pre-demographic dividend 53.01 people per sq. km of land area
- Sub-Saharan Africa 52.66 people per sq. km of land area
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 52.66 people per sq. km of land area
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 52.66 people per sq. km of land area
- Late-demographic dividend 52.23 people per sq. km of land area
- Africa Eastern and Southern 50.51 people per sq. km of land area
- Low income 49.5 people per sq. km of land area
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 47.21 people per sq. km of land area
- Other small states 46.64 people per sq. km of land area
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 42.1 people per sq. km of land area
- Pacific island small states 41.92 people per sq. km of land area
- OECD members 39.29 people per sq. km of land area
- Arab World 36.8 people per sq. km of land area
- Post-demographic dividend 35.98 people per sq. km of land area
- Europe & Central Asia 33.71 people per sq. km of land area
About this data
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.