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Number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites per million inhabitants

Name: Number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites per million inhabitants
Creator: UNESCO World Heritage Centre (site counts) & World Bank / UN population estimates
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, culture, heritage, UNESCO, per-capita, tourism

Count of UNESCO World Heritage Sites normalized per million residents — highlights cultural/natural site density relative to population.

Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre (site counts) & World Bank / UN population estimates•189 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

0.0sites per 1,000,000 people

Median: 0.0sites per 1,000,000 people

Countries Covered

189

with available data

Highest

Australia

5.7sites per 1,000,000 people

Lowest

Brunei Darussalam

0.0sites per 1,000,000 people

Top 5 Countries

1Australia5.7sites per 1,000,000 people

2Belgium1.9sites per 1,000,000 people

3Germany0.9sites per 1,000,000 people

4France0.7sites per 1,000,000 people

5Bulgaria0.0sites per 1,000,000 people

By Region

Oceania2.9sites per 1,000,000 people(2 countries)

Europe0.1sites per 1,000,000 people(24 countries)

Other0.0sites per 1,000,000 people(126 countries)

North America0.0sites per 1,000,000 people(3 countries)

Asia0.0sites per 1,000,000 people(21 countries)

Key Findings

•Small-population countries with several World Heritage Sites can rank very high on sites-per-million (island states or small European countries).
•Large-population countries with many sites (e.g., China, Italy) may have lower sites-per-million than smaller countries with fewer sites.
•This metric highlights the relative concentration of internationally recognized cultural and natural heritage, useful for tourism and conservation planning.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0sites per 1,000,000 people)High (5.7sites per 1,000,000 people)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.0sites per 1,000,000 people)

Oceania (2)

Europe (24)

Other (126)

North America (3)

Asia (21)

South America (6)

Africa (7)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

This indicator counts the total UNESCO World Heritage Sites officially inscribed for each country (cultural, natural and mixed) and divides that count by the country’s population (in millions) to show the number of World Heritage Sites per million inhabitants. It highlights countries with a high density of globally recognized heritage relative to their population size — useful for comparing cultural and natural heritage recognition independent of country size. Source counts come from the UNESCO World Heritage List; populations use the World Bank / UN population estimates for the same reference year.

Methodology: For each country, the total number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites (all categories) as listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Centre website is divided by the country population (in millions) for the chosen reference year (latest available, typically 2023). The result is reported as sites per 1,000,000 people. Where a country has zero inscribed sites the value is 0. Countries are identified using ISO 3166-1 numeric codes. Values reflect the count of inscribed sites as of the reference date and population estimates from the World Bank (or UN) for the same year.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Australia	5.7sites per 1,000,000 people
2	Belgium	1.9sites per 1,000,000 people
3	Germany	0.9sites per 1,000,000 people
4	France	0.7sites per 1,000,000 people
5	Bulgaria	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
6	Myanmar	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
7	Burundi	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
8	Belarus	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
9	Cambodia	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
10	Cameroon	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
11	Canada	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
12	Cape Verde	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
13	Cayman Islands	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
14	Central African Republic	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
15	Sri Lanka	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
16	Chad	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
17	Chile	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
18	People's Republic of China	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
19	Colombia	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
20	Comoros	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
21	Mayotte	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
22	Republic of the Congo	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
23	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
24	Cook Islands	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
25	Costa Rica	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
26	Cuba	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
27	Cyprus	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
28	Czech Republic	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
29	Benin	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
30	Denmark	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
31	Dominica	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
32	Dominican Republic	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
33	Ecuador	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
34	El Salvador	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
35	Equatorial Guinea	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
36	Ethiopia	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
37	Eritrea	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
38	Estonia	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
39	Faroe Islands	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
40	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
41	Fiji	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
42	Finland	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
43	French Guiana	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
44	French Polynesia	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
45	Djibouti	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
46	Gabon	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
47	Georgia	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
48	Republic of The Gambia	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
49	State of Palestine	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
50	Ghana	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
51	Gibraltar	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
52	Kiribati	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
53	Greece	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
54	Greenland	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
55	Grenada	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
56	Guadeloupe	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
57	Guam	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
58	Guatemala	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
59	Guinea	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
60	Guyana	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
61	Haiti	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
62	Holy See (Vatican City State)	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
63	Honduras	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
64	Hong Kong	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
65	Hungary	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
66	Iceland	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
67	India	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
68	Indonesia	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
69	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
70	Iraq	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
71	Ireland	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
72	Israel	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
73	Italy	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
74	Cote d'Ivoire	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
75	Jamaica	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
76	Japan	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
77	Kazakhstan	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
78	Jordan	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
79	Kenya	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
80	North Korea	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
81	South Korea	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
82	Kuwait	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
83	Kyrgyzstan	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
84	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
85	Lebanon	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
86	Lesotho	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
87	Latvia	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
88	Liberia	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
89	Libya	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
90	Liechtenstein	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
91	Lithuania	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
92	Luxembourg	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
93	Macao	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
94	Madagascar	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
95	Malawi	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
96	Malaysia	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
97	Maldives	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
98	Mali	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
99	Malta	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
100	Martinique	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
101	Mauritania	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
102	Mauritius	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
103	Mexico	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
104	Monaco	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
105	Mongolia	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
106	Moldova, Republic of	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
107	Montenegro	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
108	Montserrat	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
109	Morocco	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
110	Mozambique	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
111	Oman	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
112	Namibia	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
113	Nauru	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
114	Nepal	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
115	Netherlands	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
116	Curaçao	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
117	Aruba	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
118	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
119	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
120	New Caledonia	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
121	Vanuatu	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
122	New Zealand	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
123	Nicaragua	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
124	Niger	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
125	Nigeria	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
126	Niue	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
127	Norfolk Island	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
128	Norway	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
129	Northern Mariana Islands	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
130	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
131	Marshall Islands	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
132	Palau	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
133	Pakistan	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
134	Panama	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
135	Papua New Guinea	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
136	Paraguay	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
137	Peru	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
138	Philippines	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
139	Pitcairn	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
140	Poland	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
141	Portugal	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
142	Guinea-Bissau	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
143	Timor-Leste	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
144	Puerto Rico	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
145	Qatar	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
146	Reunion	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
147	Romania	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
148	Russian Federation	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
149	Rwanda	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
150	Saint Barthélemy	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
151	Saint Helena	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
152	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
153	Anguilla	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
154	Saint Lucia	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
155	Saint Martin (French part)	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
156	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
157	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
158	San Marino	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
159	Sao Tome and Principe	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
160	Saudi Arabia	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
161	Senegal	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
162	Serbia	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
163	Seychelles	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
164	Sierra Leone	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
165	Afghanistan	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
166	Albania	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
167	Algeria	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
168	American Samoa	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
169	Andorra	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
170	Angola	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
171	Antigua and Barbuda	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
172	Argentina	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
173	Austria	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
174	Bahamas	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
175	Bahrain	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
176	Bangladesh	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
177	Armenia	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
178	Barbados	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
179	Bermuda	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
180	Bhutan	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
181	Bolivia	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
182	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
183	Botswana	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
184	Brazil	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
185	Belize	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
186	British Indian Ocean Territory	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
187	Solomon Islands	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
188	Virgin Islands, British	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people
189	Brunei Darussalam	0.0sites per 1,000,000 people

Showing 189 of 189 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from UNESCO World Heritage Centre (site counts) & World Bank / UN population estimates (2024).

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