demographic2023
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)
Compare population density (people per sq. km of land area) across 215 countries using the latest fixed-year World Bank WDI observations for 2023.
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Key Insights
Global Average
453.6people per km²
Median: 95.3people per km²
Countries Covered
215
with available data
Highest
Macao
20,569.7people per km²
Lowest
Greenland
0.1people per km²
Top 5 Countries
1Macao20,569.7people per km²
2Monaco18,692.9people per km²
3Singapore8,241.8people per km²
4Hong Kong7,177.2people per km²
5Gibraltar3,847.1people per km²
By Region
Asia851.6people per km²(26 countries)
Other517.1people per km²(135 countries)
Europe129.2people per km²(32 countries)
Africa100.9people per km²(9 countries)
North America69.3people per km²(4 countries)
Key Findings
- •215 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
- •Macao has the highest published value (20569.7 people per km²).
- •Greenland has the lowest published value (0.138543 people per km²).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.1people per km²)High (20,569.7people per km²)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 453.6people per km²)
Asia (26)
Other (135)
Europe (32)
Africa (9)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Oceania (2)
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
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.
Values use one fixed 2023 reference year from World Development Indicators series EN.POP.DNST. MapTheory excludes aggregates, missing/non-finite values, and geographies without an ISO 3166-1 numeric mapping; it does not interpolate missing countries.
Methodology
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.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macao | 20,569.7people per km² |
| 2 | Monaco | 18,692.9people per km² |
| 3 | Singapore | 8,241.8people per km² |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 7,177.2people per km² |
| 5 | Gibraltar | 3,847.1people per km² |
| 6 | Bahrain | 1,971.3people per km² |
| 7 | Maldives | 1,765.1people per km² |
| 8 | Malta | 1,727.3people per km² |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 1,319.2people per km² |
| 10 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,257.3people per km² |
| 11 | Bermuda | 1,198.1people per km² |
| 12 | State of Palestine | 857.4people per km² |
| 13 | Barbados | 656.6people per km² |
| 14 | Mauritius | 625.3people per km² |
| 15 | Aruba | 596.4people per km² |
| 16 | Nauru | 593.8people per km² |
| 17 | Rwanda | 565.6people per km² |
| 18 | Lebanon | 564.4people per km² |
| 19 | San Marino | 564.3people per km² |
| 20 | Saint Martin (French part) | 550.3people per km² |
| 21 | Burundi | 533.1people per km² |
| 22 | Netherlands | 531.0people per km² |
| 23 | South Korea | 529.8people per km² |
| 24 | India | 483.7people per km² |
| 25 | Comoros | 457.0people per km² |
| 26 | Israel | 455.1people per km² |
| 27 | Haiti | 422.3people per km² |
| 28 | Belgium | 386.3people per km² |
| 29 | Philippines | 385.3people per km² |
| 30 | Puerto Rico | 361.2people per km² |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 356.2people per km² |
| 32 | Curaçao | 348.3people per km² |
| 33 | Grenada | 344.4people per km² |
| 34 | Japan | 341.5people per km² |
| 35 | Tuvalu | 327.2people per km² |
| 36 | Pakistan | 321.1people per km² |
| 37 | Vietnam | 320.2people per km² |
| 38 | Guam | 308.3people per km² |
| 39 | El Salvador | 304.5people per km² |
| 40 | Cayman Islands | 304.3people per km² |
| 41 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 299.8people per km² |
| 42 | Saint Lucia | 293.9people per km² |
| 43 | United Kingdom | 283.2people per km² |
| 44 | Kuwait | 272.4people per km² |
| 45 | Republic of The Gambia | 266.6people per km² |
| 46 | Trinidad and Tobago | 266.6people per km² |
| 47 | Jamaica | 262.2people per km² |
| 48 | Seychelles | 260.4people per km² |
| 49 | Virgin Islands, British | 259.9people per km² |
| 50 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 259.8people per km² |
| 51 | Luxembourg | 258.9people per km² |
| 52 | Nigeria | 250.2people per km² |
| 53 | Liechtenstein | 249.0people per km² |
| 54 | Uganda | 242.7people per km² |
| 55 | Sao Tome and Principe | 240.5people per km² |
| 56 | Germany | 238.4people per km² |
| 57 | American Samoa | 237.6people per km² |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 235.1people per km² |
| 59 | Qatar | 231.2people per km² |
| 60 | Switzerland | 225.0people per km² |
| 61 | Malawi | 223.8people per km² |
| 62 | North Korea | 219.4people per km² |
| 63 | Marshall Islands | 215.7people per km² |
| 64 | Antigua and Barbuda | 212.1people per km² |
| 65 | Nepal | 207.1people per km² |
| 66 | Italy | 199.5people per km² |
| 67 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 179.8people per km² |
| 68 | Andorra | 172.0people per km² |
| 69 | Guatemala | 169.1people per km² |
| 70 | Kiribati | 163.6people per km² |
| 71 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 160.9people per km² |
| 72 | Togo | 151.2people per km² |
| 73 | People's Republic of China | 150.3people per km² |
| 74 | Denmark | 148.7people per km² |
| 75 | Indonesia | 148.6people per km² |
| 76 | Ghana | 148.5people per km² |
| 77 | Isle of Man | 147.7people per km² |
| 78 | United Arab Emirates | 147.6people per km² |
| 79 | Cyprus | 145.6people per km² |
| 80 | Tonga | 145.3people per km² |
| 81 | Czech Republic | 140.8people per km² |
| 82 | Thailand | 140.3people per km² |
| 83 | Cape Verde | 129.6people per km² |
| 84 | Jordan | 128.8people per km² |
| 85 | Syrian Arab Republic | 128.5people per km² |
| 86 | France | 126.9people per km² |
| 87 | Benin | 125.1people per km² |
| 88 | Azerbaijan | 122.9people per km² |
| 89 | Poland | 119.8people per km² |
| 90 | Sierra Leone | 117.2people per km² |
| 91 | Portugal | 115.5people per km² |
| 92 | Egypt | 115.1people per km² |
| 93 | Ethiopia | 114.0people per km² |
| 94 | Slovakia | 112.9people per km² |
| 95 | Türkiye | 110.9people per km² |
| 96 | Austria | 110.7people per km² |
| 97 | Malaysia | 106.9people per km² |
| 98 | Cuba | 106.2people per km² |
| 99 | Slovenia | 105.3people per km² |
| 100 | Armenia | 105.1people per km² |
| 101 | Hungary | 105.1people per km² |
| 102 | Iraq | 103.8people per km² |
| 103 | Costa Rica | 100.0people per km² |
| 104 | Cambodia | 98.7people per km² |
| 105 | Northern Mariana Islands | 98.1people per km² |
| 106 | Cote d'Ivoire | 98.0people per km² |
| 107 | Spain | 96.8people per km² |
| 108 | Kenya | 95.3people per km² |
| 109 | Honduras | 95.1people per km² |
| 110 | Senegal | 93.9people per km² |
| 111 | Timor-Leste | 93.1people per km² |
| 112 | Dominica | 88.7people per km² |
| 113 | Albania | 88.0people per km² |
| 114 | Brunei Darussalam | 87.1people per km² |
| 115 | Moldova, Republic of | 85.4people per km² |
| 116 | Morocco | 84.5people per km² |
| 117 | Burkina Faso | 84.2people per km² |
| 118 | Myanmar | 82.9people per km² |
| 119 | Romania | 82.8people per km² |
| 120 | French Polynesia | 81.0people per km² |
| 121 | Uzbekistan | 80.9people per km² |
| 122 | Greece | 80.7people per km² |
| 123 | Serbia | 78.8people per km² |
| 124 | Tunisia | 78.5people per km² |
| 125 | Samoa | 77.9people per km² |
| 126 | Ireland | 77.1people per km² |
| 127 | Guinea-Bissau | 76.6people per km² |
| 128 | Lesotho | 76.1people per km² |
| 129 | United Republic of Tanzania | 75.2people per km² |
| 130 | Tajikistan | 74.9people per km² |
| 131 | Yemen | 74.6people per km² |
| 132 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 72.5people per km² |
| 133 | Ecuador | 72.4people per km² |
| 134 | Eswatini | 71.5people per km² |
| 135 | Croatia | 69.0people per km² |
| 136 | Mexico | 66.7people per km² |
| 137 | Equatorial Guinea | 65.9people per km² |
| 138 | Ukraine | 65.1people per km² |
| 139 | Georgia | 65.0people per km² |
| 140 | Afghanistan | 63.6people per km² |
| 141 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 62.2people per km² |
| 142 | Panama | 60.1people per km² |
| 143 | Cameroon | 60.0people per km² |
| 144 | Bulgaria | 59.4people per km² |
| 145 | Guinea | 58.6people per km² |
| 146 | Liberia | 57.0people per km² |
| 147 | Nicaragua | 56.7people per km² |
| 148 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 55.8people per km² |
| 149 | Madagascar | 53.6people per km² |
| 150 | South Africa | 52.1people per km² |
| 151 | Fiji | 50.6people per km² |
| 152 | Djibouti | 49.7people per km² |
| 153 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 48.6people per km² |
| 154 | Colombia | 47.2people per km² |
| 155 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 46.7people per km² |
| 156 | Montenegro | 46.4people per km² |
| 157 | Lithuania | 45.9people per km² |
| 158 | Belarus | 45.2people per km² |
| 159 | Mozambique | 42.8people per km² |
| 160 | Zimbabwe | 42.2people per km² |
| 161 | Bahamas | 39.9people per km² |
| 162 | Faroe Islands | 39.7people per km² |
| 163 | Palau | 38.5people per km² |
| 164 | Kyrgyzstan | 37.0people per km² |
| 165 | United States of America | 36.8people per km² |
| 166 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 33.2people per km² |
| 167 | Venezuela | 32.1people per km² |
| 168 | Estonia | 32.1people per km² |
| 169 | Latvia | 30.3people per km² |
| 170 | Angola | 29.5people per km² |
| 171 | Somalia | 29.3people per km² |
| 172 | Eritrea | 28.6people per km² |
| 173 | Solomon Islands | 28.6people per km² |
| 174 | Zambia | 27.9people per km² |
| 175 | Sudan | 26.8people per km² |
| 176 | Chile | 26.5people per km² |
| 177 | Peru | 26.4people per km² |
| 178 | Vanuatu | 26.3people per km² |
| 179 | Sweden | 25.9people per km² |
| 180 | Brazil | 25.3people per km² |
| 181 | Papua New Guinea | 22.9people per km² |
| 182 | Niger | 20.7people per km² |
| 183 | Bhutan | 20.6people per km² |
| 184 | New Zealand | 19.7people per km² |
| 185 | Mali | 19.5people per km² |
| 186 | Algeria | 19.4people per km² |
| 187 | Uruguay | 19.4people per km² |
| 188 | Finland | 18.4people per km² |
| 189 | South Sudan | 18.2people per km² |
| 190 | Republic of the Congo | 18.1people per km² |
| 191 | Belize | 18.0people per km² |
| 192 | Paraguay | 17.3people per km² |
| 193 | Argentina | 16.6people per km² |
| 194 | Oman | 16.3people per km² |
| 195 | New Caledonia | 15.9people per km² |
| 196 | Saudi Arabia | 15.7people per km² |
| 197 | Turkmenistan | 15.7people per km² |
| 198 | Chad | 15.3people per km² |
| 199 | Norway | 15.2people per km² |
| 200 | Bolivia | 11.3people per km² |
| 201 | Gabon | 9.6people per km² |
| 202 | Russian Federation | 8.8people per km² |
| 203 | Central African Republic | 8.3people per km² |
| 204 | Kazakhstan | 7.5people per km² |
| 205 | Mauritania | 4.9people per km² |
| 206 | Canada | 4.6people per km² |
| 207 | Botswana | 4.4people per km² |
| 208 | Libya | 4.2people per km² |
| 209 | Suriname | 3.9people per km² |
| 210 | Guyana | 3.9people per km² |
| 211 | Iceland | 3.8people per km² |
| 212 | Namibia | 3.6people per km² |
| 213 | Australia | 3.5people per km² |
| 214 | Mongolia | 2.2people per km² |
| 215 | Greenland | 0.1people per km² |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2023).
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