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Population density of the capital city
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
6,762.7people per km²
Median: 6,051.2people per km²
Countries Covered
181
with available data
Highest
Democratic Republic of the Congo
21,869.3people per km²
Lowest
French Guiana
1,926.8people per km²
Top 5 Countries
1Democratic Republic of the Congo21,869.3people per km²
2Hong Kong21,763.1people per km²
3Somalia21,603.8people per km²
4Colombia19,216.9people per km²
5Yemen17,077.3people per km²
By Region
Asia9,331.8people per km²(27 countries)
South America9,032.2people per km²(7 countries)
Africa8,757.8people per km²(9 countries)
Other6,419.2people per km²(101 countries)
North America5,044.3people per km²(4 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (1,926.8people per km²)High (21,869.3people per km²)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 6,762.7people per km²)
Asia (27)
South America (7)
Africa (9)
Other (101)
North America (4)
Europe (32)
Oceania (1)
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
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 21,869.3people per km² |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 21,763.1people per km² |
| 3 | Somalia | 21,603.8people per km² |
| 4 | Colombia | 19,216.9people per km² |
| 5 | Yemen | 17,077.3people per km² |
| 6 | Maldives | 17,068.6people per km² |
| 7 | Egypt | 15,687.6people per km² |
| 8 | Afghanistan | 15,289.4people per km² |
| 9 | Cameroon | 15,100.4people per km² |
| 10 | India | 14,120.0people per km² |
| 11 | Singapore | 13,086.8people per km² |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 12,872.6people per km² |
| 13 | Senegal | 12,830.2people per km² |
| 14 | North Korea | 12,813.4people per km² |
| 15 | Republic of the Congo | 12,198.6people per km² |
| 16 | Jordan | 12,166.1people per km² |
| 17 | Syrian Arab Republic | 12,009.9people per km² |
| 18 | Israel | 11,863.2people per km² |
| 19 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 11,367.2people per km² |
| 20 | Equatorial Guinea | 10,720.9people per km² |
| 21 | Angola | 10,477.5people per km² |
| 22 | Peru | 10,304.5people per km² |
| 23 | Kenya | 10,299.1people per km² |
| 24 | Djibouti | 10,289.1people per km² |
| 25 | Philippines | 10,119.5people per km² |
| 26 | Türkiye | 10,007.4people per km² |
| 27 | Morocco | 9,975.7people per km² |
| 28 | People's Republic of China | 9,924.3people per km² |
| 29 | Taiwan, Province of China | 9,823.2people per km² |
| 30 | South Korea | 9,808.3people per km² |
| 31 | Nepal | 9,727.0people per km² |
| 32 | Honduras | 9,533.2people per km² |
| 33 | Kyrgyzstan | 9,433.7people per km² |
| 34 | Russian Federation | 9,424.3people per km² |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 9,117.7people per km² |
| 36 | Belarus | 9,104.6people per km² |
| 37 | Central African Republic | 9,066.6people per km² |
| 38 | Iraq | 9,033.2people per km² |
| 39 | Lebanon | 8,804.9people per km² |
| 40 | Dominican Republic | 8,804.2people per km² |
| 41 | Turkmenistan | 8,686.7people per km² |
| 42 | Zambia | 8,585.2people per km² |
| 43 | Spain | 8,523.4people per km² |
| 44 | Venezuela | 8,502.4people per km² |
| 45 | Mexico | 8,406.0people per km² |
| 46 | Macao | 8,399.5people per km² |
| 47 | Chile | 8,365.7people per km² |
| 48 | Indonesia | 8,364.2people per km² |
| 49 | Pakistan | 8,281.5people per km² |
| 50 | Madagascar | 8,205.4people per km² |
| 51 | Albania | 8,063.6people per km² |
| 52 | Romania | 8,047.0people per km² |
| 53 | Greece | 8,032.5people per km² |
| 54 | Mali | 8,006.0people per km² |
| 55 | Georgia | 7,797.7people per km² |
| 56 | Mauritania | 7,705.8people per km² |
| 57 | Kuwait | 7,670.5people per km² |
| 58 | Chad | 7,652.9people per km² |
| 59 | Tajikistan | 7,605.5people per km² |
| 60 | Timor-Leste | 7,373.8people per km² |
| 61 | Sudan | 7,000.7people per km² |
| 62 | Malawi | 6,978.1people per km² |
| 63 | Brazil | 6,943.4people per km² |
| 64 | Guinea-Bissau | 6,879.9people per km² |
| 65 | Ukraine | 6,865.8people per km² |
| 66 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6,857.2people per km² |
| 67 | Mongolia | 6,836.9people per km² |
| 68 | Haiti | 6,797.7people per km² |
| 69 | France | 6,772.8people per km² |
| 70 | Burundi | 6,753.0people per km² |
| 71 | Algeria | 6,752.6people per km² |
| 72 | Bolivia | 6,695.7people per km² |
| 73 | Thailand | 6,634.7people per km² |
| 74 | Togo | 6,577.1people per km² |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 6,553.3people per km² |
| 76 | Japan | 6,552.4people per km² |
| 77 | Belgium | 6,549.2people per km² |
| 78 | Ecuador | 6,548.3people per km² |
| 79 | Mozambique | 6,536.2people per km² |
| 80 | Uzbekistan | 6,446.1people per km² |
| 81 | Argentina | 6,433.4people per km² |
| 82 | Austria | 6,314.9people per km² |
| 83 | Burkina Faso | 6,226.1people per km² |
| 84 | Cambodia | 6,202.2people per km² |
| 85 | Niger | 6,168.0people per km² |
| 86 | United Kingdom | 6,122.2people per km² |
| 87 | State of Palestine | 6,113.9people per km² |
| 88 | Liberia | 6,097.3people per km² |
| 89 | Saudi Arabia | 6,069.0people per km² |
| 90 | El Salvador | 6,066.9people per km² |
| 91 | Guatemala | 6,051.2people per km² |
| 92 | Nicaragua | 6,045.9people per km² |
| 93 | Serbia | 5,944.4people per km² |
| 94 | Italy | 5,889.8people per km² |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 5,821.9people per km² |
| 96 | Bhutan | 5,734.8people per km² |
| 97 | Vietnam | 5,689.2people per km² |
| 98 | Papua New Guinea | 5,665.1people per km² |
| 99 | Panama | 5,656.1people per km² |
| 100 | Namibia | 5,645.9people per km² |
| 101 | Eritrea | 5,642.2people per km² |
| 102 | Uganda | 5,629.1people per km² |
| 103 | Netherlands | 5,591.5people per km² |
| 104 | Qatar | 5,566.1people per km² |
| 105 | Bangladesh | 5,525.0people per km² |
| 106 | Tunisia | 5,502.5people per km² |
| 107 | Bulgaria | 5,478.6people per km² |
| 108 | Armenia | 5,472.5people per km² |
| 109 | Uruguay | 5,412.9people per km² |
| 110 | Benin | 5,228.0people per km² |
| 111 | Gabon | 5,196.2people per km² |
| 112 | Germany | 5,160.9people per km² |
| 113 | Rwanda | 5,138.9people per km² |
| 114 | Monaco | 5,129.0people per km² |
| 115 | Jamaica | 5,100.2people per km² |
| 116 | Cuba | 5,072.1people per km² |
| 117 | Portugal | 5,058.6people per km² |
| 118 | Ghana | 4,898.3people per km² |
| 119 | Bahrain | 4,859.2people per km² |
| 120 | Hungary | 4,826.9people per km² |
| 121 | Montenegro | 4,784.4people per km² |
| 122 | Oman | 4,746.8people per km² |
| 123 | Comoros | 4,670.4people per km² |
| 124 | Poland | 4,664.8people per km² |
| 125 | Costa Rica | 4,596.3people per km² |
| 126 | Czech Republic | 4,514.6people per km² |
| 127 | Myanmar | 4,477.5people per km² |
| 128 | Croatia | 4,358.6people per km² |
| 129 | Sweden | 4,272.2people per km² |
| 130 | Moldova, Republic of | 4,200.6people per km² |
| 131 | Denmark | 4,110.5people per km² |
| 132 | South Africa | 4,108.8people per km² |
| 133 | Mauritius | 4,103.1people per km² |
| 134 | South Sudan | 4,048.5people per km² |
| 135 | Slovakia | 4,025.7people per km² |
| 136 | Lithuania | 4,019.7people per km² |
| 137 | Luxembourg | 3,981.9people per km² |
| 138 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 3,979.2people per km² |
| 139 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3,974.2people per km² |
| 140 | United Arab Emirates | 3,898.1people per km² |
| 141 | Sri Lanka | 3,887.2people per km² |
| 142 | Mayotte | 3,886.8people per km² |
| 143 | Slovenia | 3,760.6people per km² |
| 144 | Nigeria | 3,748.2people per km² |
| 145 | Ireland | 3,726.7people per km² |
| 146 | Latvia | 3,653.3people per km² |
| 147 | Switzerland | 3,639.6people per km² |
| 148 | Estonia | 3,623.8people per km² |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,599.0people per km² |
| 150 | Malta | 3,561.1people per km² |
| 151 | Norway | 3,484.3people per km² |
| 152 | Reunion | 3,402.2people per km² |
| 153 | Zimbabwe | 3,381.7people per km² |
| 154 | Paraguay | 3,380.9people per km² |
| 155 | Cyprus | 3,309.6people per km² |
| 156 | Fiji | 3,293.5people per km² |
| 157 | Guyana | 3,276.6people per km² |
| 158 | Solomon Islands | 3,170.4people per km² |
| 159 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3,169.5people per km² |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3,081.3people per km² |
| 161 | Malaysia | 3,020.9people per km² |
| 162 | Libya | 2,977.5people per km² |
| 163 | Canada | 2,930.3people per km² |
| 164 | Gibraltar | 2,831.3people per km² |
| 165 | United States of America | 2,789.7people per km² |
| 166 | Puerto Rico | 2,781.2people per km² |
| 167 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2,718.1people per km² |
| 168 | Suriname | 2,646.6people per km² |
| 169 | Finland | 2,616.3people per km² |
| 170 | Lesotho | 2,589.0people per km² |
| 171 | Martinique | 2,562.8people per km² |
| 172 | Barbados | 2,375.3people per km² |
| 173 | Botswana | 2,355.1people per km² |
| 174 | New Zealand | 2,337.0people per km² |
| 175 | Iceland | 2,247.9people per km² |
| 176 | Bahamas | 2,232.9people per km² |
| 177 | Jersey | 2,205.4people per km² |
| 178 | Brunei Darussalam | 2,130.4people per km² |
| 179 | New Caledonia | 2,071.6people per km² |
| 180 | French Polynesia | 2,070.2people per km² |
| 181 | French Guiana | 1,926.8people per km² |
Showing 181 of 181 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2020).
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