List of countries and dependencies by population density

Population density (people per km2) by country

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.

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. Data is current as of 2023.[a]

List

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  • Dependencies are shown with their parent states in parentheses.
List of countries and dependencies showing population densities, populations, and areas
Location Pop.
/km2 		Pop.
/sq mi 		Population Area
(km2) 		Area
(sq mi) 		Notes
 Macau (China) 21,000 54,000 704,150 33 13
 Monaco 18,000 47,000 36,298 2.0 0.77 [3]
 Singapore 8,250 21,400 6,014,723 729 281
 Hong Kong (China) 6,725 17,420 7,491,609 1,114 430
 Gibraltar (UK) 4,800 12,000 32,688 6.8 2.6 [4]
 Bahrain 1,910 4,900 1,485,510 778 300
 Maldives 1,750 4,500 523,787 300 120
 Malta 1,700 4,400 535,065 315 122
 Vatican City 1,600 4,100 764 0.49 0.19 [b]
 Sint Maarten (NL) 1,300 3,400 44,222 34 13
 Bermuda (UK) 1,200 3,100 64,069 54 21
 Bangladesh 1,165 3,020 172,954,319 148,460 57,320
 Guernsey (UK) 990 2,600 63,544 64 25
 Jersey (UK) 964 2,500 111,803 116 45
 Mayotte (France) 913 2,360 335,995 368 142
 Palestine
(Gaza Strip, West Bank)		 892 2,310 5,371,230 6,020 2,320 [c]
 Taiwan 676 1,750 23,923,277 35,410 13,670
 Mauritius 657 1,700 1,300,557 1,979 764
 Barbados 654 1,690 281,996 431 166
 Nauru 610 1,600 12,780 21 8.1
 Saint Martin (France) 610 1,600 32,077 53 20
 Aruba (NL) 590 1,500 106,277 180 69
 San Marino 550 1,400 33,642 61 24
 Rwanda 535 1,390 14,094,683 26,338 10,169
 South Korea 516 1,340 51,784,059 100,413 38,770
 Lebanon 512 1,330 5,353,930 10,452 4,036
 Saint Barthélemy (France) 500 1,300 10,994 22 8.5
 Burundi 476 1,230 13,238,559 27,834 10,747
 Tuvalu 440 1,100 11,396 26 10
 India 435 1,130 1,428,627,663 3,287,263 1,269,219
 Curaçao (NL) 433 1,120 192,077 444 171
 Netherlands 436 1,130 18,092,525 41,543 16,040
 Haiti 423 1,100 11,724,764 27,750 10,710
 Israel 416 1,080 9,174,520 22,072 8,522
 Réunion (France) 391 1,010 981,796 2,510 970
 Philippines 391 1,010 117,337,368 300,000 120,000
 Belgium 383 990 11,686,140 30,528 11,787
 Comoros 381 990 852,075 2,235 863
 Grenada 366 950 126,184 345 133
 Puerto Rico (US) 361 930 3,205,691 8,868 3,424
 Martinique (France) 337 870 366,981 1,090 420
 Sri Lanka 334 870 21,893,579 65,610 25,330
 Japan 326 840 123,294,513 377,930 145,920
 Guam (US) 320 830 172,952 541 209
 El Salvador 303 780 6,364,943 21,041 8,124
 Pakistan 302 780 240,485,658 796,095 307,374
 Trinidad and Tobago 299 770 1,534,937 5,127 1,980
 Vietnam 298 770 98,858,950 331,340 127,930
 Saint Lucia 293 760 180,251 616 238
 U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 285 740 98,750 347 134
 United Kingdom 279 720 67,596,281 242,495 93,628 2022[10]
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 267 690 103,699 389 150
 Cayman Islands (UK) 263 680 69,310 264 102
 Jamaica 257 670 2,825,544 10,991 4,244
 Luxembourg 253 660 654,768 2,586 998
 Liechtenstein 247 640 39,585 160 62
 Gambia 246 640 2,773,168 11,295 4,361
 Nigeria 249 640 230,842,743 923,768 356,669 [11]
 Kuwait 242 630 4,310,108 17,818 6,880
 Guadeloupe (France) 242 630 395,839 1,639 633
 São Tomé and Príncipe 241 620 231,856 964 372
 Seychelles 236 610 107,660 457 176
 Qatar 233 600 2,716,391 11,637 4,493
 Germany 233 600 83,294,633 357,581 138,063
 Dominican Republic 233 600 11,332,973 48,671 18,792
 Marshall Islands 232 600 41,996 181 70
 Malawi 221 570 20,931,751 94,552 36,507
 American Samoa (US) 221 570 43,915 199 77
 North Korea 217 560 26,160,822 120,538 46,540
 Antigua and Barbuda 213 550 94,298 442 171
 Switzerland 213 550 8,796,669 41,291 15,943
 Nepal 210 540 30,896,590 147,181 56,827
 British Virgin Islands (UK) 209 540 31,538 151 58
 Uganda 201 520 48,582,334 241,550 93,260
 Italy 195 510 58,870,763 302,068 116,629
 Kiribati 184 480 133,515 726 280
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 183 470 47,755 261 101
 Anguilla (UK) 175 450 15,900 91 35
 Andorra 171 440 80,088 468 181
 Guatemala 166 430 18,092,026 108,889 42,042
 Micronesia 164 420 115,224 702 271
 Togo 159 410 9,053,799 56,785 21,925
 Tokelau (New Zealand) 158 410 1,893 12 4.6
 Kosovo 153 400 1,663,595 10,905 4,210
 China 149 390 1,425,671,352 9,600,000 3,700,000
 Cape Verde 148 380 598,682 4,033 1,557
 Isle of Man 148 380 84,710 572 221
 Indonesia 145 380 277,534,123 1,910,931 737,815
 Tonga 144 370 107,773 747 288
 Ghana 143 370 34,121,985 238,537 92,100
 Thailand 140 360 71,801,279 513,140 198,120
 Denmark 138 360 5,910,913 42,947 16,582
 Cyprus 136 350 1,260,138 9,251 3,572
 United Arab Emirates 134 350 9,516,871 71,024 27,423
 Transnistria 134 350 468,980 3,510 1,360 [12]
 Czech Republic 133 340 10,495,295 78,871 30,452
 Jordan 127 330 11,337,053 89,318 34,486
 Syria 125 320 23,227,014 185,180 71,500
 Sierra Leone 122 320 8,791,092 72,300 27,900
 Poland 120 310 37,691,000 313,931 121,209 [d]
 Azerbaijan 120 310 10,412,652 86,600 33,400
 Benin 119 310 13,712,828 114,763 44,310
 Slovakia 110 280 5,422,194 49,035 18,933 [15]
 France (metropolitan) 117 300 64,756,584 551,500 212,900
 Ethiopia 115 300 126,527,060 1,104,300 426,400
 Northern Cyprus 114 300 382,836 3,355 1,295 [e]
 Egypt 112 290 112,716,599 1,002,000 387,000
 Portugal 111 290 10,247,605 92,225 35,608
 Turkey 110 280 85,816,199 783,562 302,535
 Hungary 109 280 10,156,239 93,025 35,917
 Northern Mariana Islands (US) 109 280 49,796 457 176
 Austria 107 280 8,958,961 83,878 32,385
 Iraq 105 270 45,504,560 435,052 167,975
 Slovenia 105 270 2,119,675 20,273 7,827
 Malaysia 104 270 34,308,525 330,621 127,653
 Costa Rica 102 260 5,212,173 51,100 19,700
 Cuba 102 260 11,194,449 109,884 42,426
 Moldova 102 260 3,435,931 33,847 13,068
 France (metropolitan & overseas) 101 260 68,000,000 672,000 259,000
 Albania 99 260 2,832,439 28,748 11,100
 Dominica 97 250 73,040 750 290
 Spain 97 250 48,946,035 505,994 195,365
 Honduras 94 240 10,593,798 112,492 43,433
 Cambodia 94 240 16,944,826 181,039 69,900
 Armenia 93 240 2,777,971 29,743 11,484
 Kenya 93 240 55,100,587 591,958 228,556
 East Timor 91 240 1,360,596 14,919 5,760
 Senegal 90 230 17,763,163 196,712 75,951
 Ivory Coast 90 230 28,873,034 322,462 124,503
 Burkina Faso 86 220 23,251,485 270,764 104,543
 French Polynesia (France) 84 220 308,872 3,687 1,424
 Romania 83 210 19,892,812 238,398 92,046
 Caribbean Netherlands (Netherlands) 83 210 27,148 328 127
 North Macedonia 81 210 2,085,679 25,713 9,928
 Wallis and Futuna (France) 81 210 11,502 142 55
 Serbia 81 210 7,149,077 88,444 34,148
 Myanmar 81 210 54,577,997 676,577 261,228
 Samoa 79 200 225,681 2,842 1,097
 Brunei 78 200 452,524 5,765 2,226
 Greece 78 200 10,341,277 131,957 50,949
 Uzbekistan 78 200 35,163,944 448,969 173,348
 Lesotho 77 200 2,330,318 30,355 11,720
 Tunisia 76 200 12,458,223 163,610 63,170
 Ireland 72 190 5,056,935 69,825 26,960
 Cook Islands 72 190 17,044 236 91
 Tajikistan 72 190 10,143,543 141,400 54,600
 Tanzania 71 180 67,438,106 947,303 365,756
 Croatia 71 180 4,008,617 56,594 21,851
 Ecuador 71 180 18,190,484 257,215 99,311
 Eswatini 70 180 1,210,822 17,363 6,704
 Mexico 65 170 128,455,567 1,964,375 758,449
 Yemen 65 170 34,449,825 527,968 203,850
 Afghanistan 65 170 42,239,854 652,864 252,072
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 63 160 3,210,848 51,209 19,772
 Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK) 62 160 15,700 254 98 [18]
 Equatorial Guinea 61 160 1,714,672 28,051 10,831
 Ukraine 61 160 36,744,634 603,500 233,000
 Bulgaria 61 160 6,687,717 110,372 42,615
 Cameroon 60 160 28,647,293 475,650 183,650
World (excluding Antarctica) 60 160 8,045,311,448 134,740,000 52,020,000
 Guinea-Bissau 60 160 2,150,842 36,125 13,948
 Panama 59 150 4,468,087 75,320 29,080
 Guinea 58 150 14,190,612 245,836 94,918
 Norfolk Island (Australia) 57 150 2,220 39 15 [19]
 Iran 55 140 89,172,767 1,630,848 629,674
 Nicaragua 54 140 7,046,311 130,373 50,337
World (all land) 54 140 8,045,311,448 148,940,000 57,510,000
 Georgia 53 140 3,728,282 69,700 26,900
 Morocco 53 140 37,984,655 710,850 274,460
 Madagascar 52 130 30,325,732 587,041 226,658
 Fiji 51 130 936,376 18,272 7,055
 South Africa 49 130 60,414,495 1,221,037 471,445
 Djibouti 49 130 1,136,455 23,200 9,000
 Liberia 49 130 5,418,377 111,369 43,000
 Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 49 130 46,062 948 366
 Easter Island 47 120 7750 163.6 63.2
 Belarus 46 120 9,498,238 207,600 80,200
 Colombia 46 120 52,695,952 1,141,748 440,831 [20]
 Montenegro 45 120 626,485 13,888 5,362
 DR Congo 44 110 102,262,809 2,345,410 905,570
 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) 43 110 5,314 123 47
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) 43 110 602 14 5.4 [21]
 Zimbabwe 43 110 16,665,409 390,757 150,872
 Montserrat (UK) 43 110 4,387 103 40
 Mozambique 42 110 33,897,354 799,380 308,640
 Lithuania 42 110 2,718,352 65,286 25,207
 Palau 39 100 18,058 459 177
 Faroe Islands (Denmark) 38 98 53,270 1,393 538
 United States 35 91 339,996,564 9,833,517 3,796,742
 Kyrgyzstan 34 88 6,735,348 199,949 77,201
 Laos 32 83 7,633,779 236,800 91,400
 Venezuela 31 80 28,838,499 929,690 358,960
 Eritrea 31 80 3,748,902 121,144 46,774
 Bahamas 30 78 412,624 13,940 5,380
 Angola 29 75 36,684,203 1,246,700 481,400
 Somaliland 29 75 4,914,100 167,283 64,588 [22]
 Estonia 29 75 1,322,766 45,399 17,529
 Somalia 28 73 18,143,379 637,657 246,201
 Latvia 28 73 1,862,700 64,594 24,940
 Abkhazia 28 73 245,424 8,662 3,344 [23]
 Vanuatu 27 70 334,506 12,189 4,706
 Zambia 27 70 20,569,738 752,612 290,585
 Sudan 27 70 48,109,006 1,765,048 681,489
 Peru 27 70 34,352,719 1,285,216 496,225
 Chile 26 67 19,629,590 756,102 291,933
 Solomon Islands 26 67 740,425 28,896 11,157
 Brazil 25 65 216,422,446 8,510,346 3,285,863
 Sweden 24 62 10,612,086 438,574 169,334
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) 24 62 5,840 242 93
 Papua New Guinea 22 57 10,329,931 462,840 178,700
 Niger 21 54 27,202,843 1,267,000 489,000
 Bhutan 21 54 787,425 38,394 14,824
 Uruguay 20 52 3,423,109 173,626 67,037
 New Zealand 20 52 5,228,100 268,107 103,517
 Algeria 19 49 45,606,481 2,381,741 919,595
 Åland (Finland) 19 49 30,237 1,583 611
 Mali 19 49 23,293,699 1,240,192 478,841
 Belize 18 47 410,825 22,965 8,867
 Congo 18 47 6,106,869 342,000 132,000
 South Sudan 17 44 11,088,796 658,841 254,380
 Saudi Arabia 17 44 36,947,025 2,206,714 852,017
 Finland 16 41 5,545,475 336,884 130,072
 Argentina 16 41 45,773,884 2,796,427 1,079,707
 South Ossetia 16 41 57,095 3,632 1,402 [24]
 New Caledonia (France) 15 39 292,991 19,100 7,400
 Paraguay 15 39 6,109,644 406,752 157,048 [25]
 Oman 15 39 4,644,384 309,980 119,680
 Chad 14 36 18,278,568 1,284,000 496,000
 Norway 14 36 5,474,360 385,207 148,729 [f]
 Turkmenistan 13 34 6,516,100 488,100 188,500
 Christmas Island (Australia) 12 31 1,692 136 53 [26]
 Bolivia 11 28 12,388,571 1,098,581 424,164
 Central African Republic 9 23 5,742,316 622,984 240,535
 Gabon 9 23 2,436,567 267,668 103,347
 Russia 8 21 144,444,359 17,098,246 6,601,670
 Niue 7 18 1,935 260 100
 Kazakhstan 7 18 19,606,634 2,724,902 1,052,091
 Mauritania 5 13 4,862,989 1,030,700 398,000
 Botswana 5 13 2,675,353 582,000 225,000
 Libya 4 10 6,888,388 1,676,198 647,184
 Canada 4 10 41,012,563 9,984,670 3,855,100
 Suriname 4 10 623,237 163,820 63,250
 Guyana 4 10 813,834 214,969 83,000
 French Guiana (France) 4 10 312,155 83,534 32,253
 Iceland 4 10 375,319 103,000 40,000
 Australia 3 7.8 26,439,112 7,692,024 2,969,907
 Namibia 3 7.8 2,604,172 825,229 318,623
Western Sahara (disputed) 2 5.2 587,259 266,000 103,000 [g]
 Mongolia 2 5.2 3,447,157 1,564,116 603,909
 Pitcairn Islands (UK) 0.9 2.3 40 47 18 [h]
 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 also

Notes

  1. ^ See the Data Portal at the World Population Prospects site.[1] The area figures are listed in the Demographic Yearbook 2022.[2]
  2. ^ The De Agostini Atlas Calendar (in Italian) listed the area of Vatican City as 0.44 km2 (0.17 sq mi) in its 1930 edition[5] but corrected it to 0.49 km2 (0.19 sq mi) in its 1945–46 edition.[6] The figure of 0.44 km2 (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] In 2023, there were 764 residents regardless of citizenship.[7] The population density is calculated using the number of residents regardless of citizenship and the revised area of 0.49 km2 (0.19 sq mi).
  3. ^ While the Palestinian Authority is the recognized government for both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the Gaza Strip has been de-facto independent/occupied since 2007.
    The West Bank has a population density of 564/km2 (1,460/sq mi), and the Gaza Strip 5,749/km2 (14,890/sq mi).[8][9]
  4. ^ Data are from official figures.[13][14]
  5. ^ Data are from the TRNC State Planning Organization.[16][17]
  6. ^ Includes Svalbard (0.04/km2 (0.10/sq mi)) and the uninhabited Jan Mayen. Mainland Norway has a density of 17/km2 (44/sq mi).
  7. ^ A disputed territory with undetermined political status.[27] Formerly Spanish Sahara up to 1976, administration is currently split between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, both of which claim the entire territory. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic's administrative control is limited to approximately 30% of the territory, with the remaining 70% of the territory occupied by Morocco.[28] The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara is the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the territory (see Western Sahara conflict).
  8. ^ Pitcairn's tourist site gives an undated figure of exactly 40 as of 2023,[29] while its official government site states the number is "around fifty".[30]

References

  1. ^ "World Population Prospects". population.un.org. Retrieved 14 Jul 2023.
  2. ^ "Demographic Yearbook – Table 3: Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density" (PDF). United Nations Statistics Division. 2022. Retrieved 30 Nov 2023.
  3. ^ Area data are from 2020. "Key Facts About Monaco". Embassy of Monaco in Washington DC. 2020. Retrieved 28 Oct 2023.
  4. ^ "Gibraltar profile". BBC. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 28 Oct 2023.
  5. ^ Calendario atlante De Agostini (in Italian). Istituto geografico De Agostini.
  6. ^ Calendario atlante De Agostini (in Italian). Istituto geografico De Agostini.
  7. ^ a b "Population" (in Italian). Vatican City State. 26 Jun 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Estimated Population in the Palestine Mid-Year by Governorate,1997-2026". Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Gaza Strip profile". CIA. 20 Feb 2024. Retrieved 22 Feb 2024.
  10. ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Nigeria". CIA. 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  12. ^ Data estimates are from 2018. "Moldova: Transnistria (Pridnestrovie)". City Population. 4 Sep 2019. Retrieved 14 Jul 2023.
  13. ^ "Population". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
  14. ^ "Population & density". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
  15. ^ "Stock of population in the SR on 30 June 2024". slovak.statistics.sk. Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  16. ^ Population figure is from 2022. "The population of the TRNC was calculated as 382 thousand 836". aa.com.tr. 10 Oct 2022. Retrieved 14 Jul 2023.
  17. ^ Area estimate is from 2020. "Northern Cyprus". City Population. 30 Nov 2020. Retrieved 14 Jul 2023.
  18. ^ Data are from 2020. "Akrotiri and Dhekelia". City Population. 8 Apr 2023. Retrieved 14 Jul 2023.
  19. ^ Data is from 2021. "Norfolk Island". City Population. 30 Oct 2022. Retrieved 14 Jul 2023.
  20. ^ "DANE estimation". Archived from the original on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  21. ^ Data are from 2021. "Cocos (Keeling) Islands". City Population. 30 Oct 2022. Retrieved 14 Jul 2023.
  22. ^ Data are from 2019. "Somalia". City Population. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 14 Jul 2023.
  23. ^ Data are from 2020. "Georgia: Abkhazia". City Population. 14 Jan 2021. Retrieved 14 Jul 2023.
  24. ^ Data are from 2020. "South Ossetia". City Population. 14 Jan 2021. Retrieved 14 Jul 2023.
  25. ^ "Paraguay has 6,109,644 inhabitants, according to the last Census". ABC Color (in Spanish). August 31, 2023.
  26. ^ Data are from 2021. "Australia: Christmas Island". City Population. 1 Nov 2022. Retrieved 14 Jul 2023.
  27. ^ BBC News: Western Sahara profile
  28. ^ City Population: Western Sahara (disputed territory)
  29. ^ "Visit Pitcairn". visitpitcairn.pn. Retrieved 14 Jul 2023.
  30. ^ "Pitcairn Islands". government.pn. Retrieved 30 Nov 2023.