Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per square kilometre by country
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
121
Highest
8,469 units per square kilometre
Singapore
Lowest
0.6725 units per square kilometre
Libya
Median
17.81 units per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
7,176
What the numbers show
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per square kilometre is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 8,469 units per square kilometre in Singapore; the lowest is 0.6725 units per square kilometre in Libya.
The median across all reporting countries is 17.81 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 164.58 units per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12,594.
Over the past decade 118 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 72.6%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 4.9%).
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per square: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 8,469 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 2 | Hong Kong, China | 7,319 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 275.04 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 4 | Republic of Korea | 269.03 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 5 | Israel | 258.56 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 6 | Lebanon | 236.69 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 7 | Japan | 222.95 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 219.95 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Kuwait | 185.06 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Haiti | 108.4 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Belgium | 104.26 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 90.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 13 | India | 79.61 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 77.42 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 15 | Dominican Republic | 73.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Netherlands | 65.1 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 17 | Pakistan | 63.14 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Viet Nam | 60.88 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Philippines | 55.73 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 20 | El Salvador | 53.86 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 21 | Rwanda | 50.57 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Portugal | 47.22 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 23 | China | 47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Türkiye | 42.64 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Nigeria | 42.52 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Armenia | 38.82 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 27 | Italy | 38.72 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 28 | Togo | 36.43 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Switzerland | 36.23 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 30 | Denmark | 34.52 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.5% | flat |
| 31 | Syrian Arab Republic | 33.93 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 32 | Thailand | 29.55 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Azerbaijan | 29.43 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 34 | France | 29.09 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 35 | Guatemala | 28.88 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 36 | Costa Rica | 28.63 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 37 | Ghana | 28.25 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Mexico | 28.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 39 | Egypt | 27.9 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 40 | Panama | 26.65 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Malaysia | 26.24 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 26.22 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 43 | Iraq | 25.23 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 44 | Jordan | 25.14 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Spain | 24.89 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 46 | Greece | 24.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 47 | Austria | 23.94 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 48 | Germany | 23.13 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 49 | Colombia | 20.99 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 50 | Indonesia | 20.93 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 51 | Cuba | 20.7 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 52 | Ecuador | 20.53 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Hungary | 19.48 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 54 | Uganda | 19.18 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Morocco | 18.95 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 56 | South Africa | 18.59 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Ireland | 18.44 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 58 | Sierra Leone | 18.14 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Cameroon | 18.13 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Côte d'Ivoire | 17.88 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Senegal | 17.81 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Liberia | 17.42 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 63 | United States of America | 17.26 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 64 | Czechia | 17.15 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 65 | Serbia | 16.75 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 66 | Tunisia | 15.93 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 67 | Georgia | 15.57 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 68 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 14.02 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 69 | Honduras | 14.01 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Malawi | 13.54 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Cambodia | 12.92 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Bulgaria | 11.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 73 | Burkina Faso | 11.71 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Kenya | 11.65 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Congo | 11.64 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 11.13 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 77 | Brazil | 11.08 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 78 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 11.07 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Nepal | 10.96 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Myanmar | 10.94 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 81 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 10.26 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Uruguay | 10.14 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 83 | Belarus | 10.14 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 84 | Ukraine | 9.4 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 85 | Chile | 9.29 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 86 | Nicaragua | 9.1 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 87 | Paraguay | 8.86 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Peru | 8.75 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 89 | Guinea | 8.59 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Saudi Arabia | 8.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Romania | 7.72 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 92 | Angola | 7.45 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Argentina | 7.28 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 94 | Afghanistan | 7.04 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Madagascar | 6.66 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.0% | volatile |
| 96 | New Zealand | 6.35 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 97 | Yemen | 6.24 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Uzbekistan | 5.91 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 99 | Poland | 5.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 100 | Oman | 5.33 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Ethiopia | 4.84 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 102 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.76 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Finland | 4.4 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 104 | Zambia | 4.28 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Sweden | 4.17 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 106 | Somalia | 4.16 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Zimbabwe | 4.08 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 108 | Mozambique | 3.83 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Sudan | 3.4 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 110 | Norway | 2.98 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 111 | Mali | 2.4 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Australia | 2.13 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 113 | Russian Federation | 2.09 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 114 | Canada | 2.04 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 115 | Mauritania | 1.45 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Chad | 1.26 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Algeria | 1.22 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 118 | Kazakhstan | 1.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 119 | Niger | 1.13 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Mongolia | 1.07 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Libya | 0.6725 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
How this figure is calculated
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.