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environmental2026

Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•215 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
453.6indicator value
Median: 95.3indicator value
Countries Covered
215
with available data
Highest
Macao
20,569.7indicator value
Lowest
Greenland
0.1indicator value
Top 5 Countries
1Macao20,569.7indicator value
2Monaco18,692.9indicator value
3Singapore8,241.8indicator value
4Hong Kong7,177.2indicator value
5Gibraltar3,847.1indicator value
By Region
Asia851.6indicator value(26 countries)
Other517.1indicator value(135 countries)
Europe129.2indicator value(32 countries)
Africa100.9indicator value(9 countries)
North America69.3indicator value(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.1indicator value)High (20,569.7indicator value)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 453.6indicator value)

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

Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Macao20,569.7indicator value
2Monaco18,692.9indicator value
3Singapore8,241.8indicator value
4Hong Kong7,177.2indicator value
5Gibraltar3,847.1indicator value
6Bahrain1,971.3indicator value
7Maldives1,765.1indicator value
8Malta1,727.3indicator value
9Bangladesh1,319.2indicator value
10Sint Maarten (Dutch part)1,257.3indicator value
11Bermuda1,198.1indicator value
12State of Palestine857.4indicator value
13Barbados656.6indicator value
14Mauritius625.3indicator value
15Aruba596.4indicator value
16Nauru593.8indicator value
17Rwanda565.6indicator value
18Lebanon564.4indicator value
19San Marino564.3indicator value
20Saint Martin (French part)550.3indicator value
21Burundi533.1indicator value
22Netherlands531.0indicator value
23South Korea529.8indicator value
24India483.7indicator value
25Comoros457.0indicator value
26Israel455.1indicator value
27Haiti422.3indicator value
28Belgium386.3indicator value
29Philippines385.3indicator value
30Puerto Rico361.2indicator value
31Sri Lanka356.2indicator value
32Curaçao348.3indicator value
33Grenada344.4indicator value
34Japan341.5indicator value
35Tuvalu327.2indicator value
36Pakistan321.1indicator value
37Vietnam320.2indicator value
38Guam308.3indicator value
39El Salvador304.5indicator value
40Cayman Islands304.3indicator value
41Virgin Islands, U.S.299.8indicator value
42Saint Lucia293.9indicator value
43United Kingdom283.2indicator value
44Kuwait272.4indicator value
45Republic of The Gambia266.6indicator value
46Trinidad and Tobago266.6indicator value
47Jamaica262.2indicator value
48Seychelles260.4indicator value
49Virgin Islands, British259.9indicator value
50Saint Vincent and the Grenadines259.8indicator value
51Luxembourg258.9indicator value
52Nigeria250.2indicator value
53Liechtenstein249.0indicator value
54Uganda242.7indicator value
55Sao Tome and Principe240.5indicator value
56Germany238.4indicator value
57American Samoa237.6indicator value
58Dominican Republic235.1indicator value
59Qatar231.2indicator value
60Switzerland225.0indicator value
61Malawi223.8indicator value
62North Korea219.4indicator value
63Marshall Islands215.7indicator value
64Antigua and Barbuda212.1indicator value
65Nepal207.1indicator value
66Italy199.5indicator value
67Saint Kitts and Nevis179.8indicator value
68Andorra172.0indicator value
69Guatemala169.1indicator value
70Kiribati163.6indicator value
71Micronesia, Federated States of160.9indicator value
72Togo151.2indicator value
73People's Republic of China150.3indicator value
74Denmark148.7indicator value
75Indonesia148.6indicator value
76Ghana148.5indicator value
77Isle of Man147.7indicator value
78United Arab Emirates147.6indicator value
79Cyprus145.6indicator value
80Tonga145.3indicator value
81Czech Republic140.8indicator value
82Thailand140.3indicator value
83Cape Verde129.6indicator value
84Jordan128.8indicator value
85Syrian Arab Republic128.5indicator value
86France126.9indicator value
87Benin125.1indicator value
88Azerbaijan122.9indicator value
89Poland119.8indicator value
90Sierra Leone117.2indicator value
91Portugal115.5indicator value
92Egypt115.1indicator value
93Ethiopia114.0indicator value
94Slovakia112.9indicator value
95Türkiye110.9indicator value
96Austria110.7indicator value
97Malaysia106.9indicator value
98Cuba106.2indicator value
99Slovenia105.3indicator value
100Armenia105.1indicator value
101Hungary105.1indicator value
102Iraq103.8indicator value
103Costa Rica100.0indicator value
104Cambodia98.7indicator value
105Northern Mariana Islands98.1indicator value
106Cote d'Ivoire98.0indicator value
107Spain96.8indicator value
108Kenya95.3indicator value
109Honduras95.1indicator value
110Senegal93.9indicator value
111Timor-Leste93.1indicator value
112Dominica88.7indicator value
113Albania88.0indicator value
114Brunei Darussalam87.1indicator value
115Moldova, Republic of85.4indicator value
116Morocco84.5indicator value
117Burkina Faso84.2indicator value
118Myanmar82.9indicator value
119Romania82.8indicator value
120French Polynesia81.0indicator value
121Uzbekistan80.9indicator value
122Greece80.7indicator value
123Serbia78.8indicator value
124Tunisia78.5indicator value
125Samoa77.9indicator value
126Ireland77.1indicator value
127Guinea-Bissau76.6indicator value
128Lesotho76.1indicator value
129United Republic of Tanzania75.2indicator value
130Tajikistan74.9indicator value
131Yemen74.6indicator value
132The Republic of North Macedonia72.5indicator value
133Ecuador72.4indicator value
134Eswatini71.5indicator value
135Croatia69.0indicator value
136Mexico66.7indicator value
137Equatorial Guinea65.9indicator value
138Ukraine65.1indicator value
139Georgia65.0indicator value
140Afghanistan63.6indicator value
141Bosnia and Herzegovina62.2indicator value
142Panama60.1indicator value
143Cameroon60.0indicator value
144Bulgaria59.4indicator value
145Guinea58.6indicator value
146Liberia57.0indicator value
147Nicaragua56.7indicator value
148Islamic Republic of Iran55.8indicator value
149Madagascar53.6indicator value
150South Africa52.1indicator value
151Fiji50.6indicator value
152Djibouti49.7indicator value
153Turks and Caicos Islands48.6indicator value
154Colombia47.2indicator value
155Democratic Republic of the Congo46.7indicator value
156Montenegro46.4indicator value
157Lithuania45.9indicator value
158Belarus45.2indicator value
159Mozambique42.8indicator value
160Zimbabwe42.2indicator value
161Bahamas39.9indicator value
162Faroe Islands39.7indicator value
163Palau38.5indicator value
164Kyrgyzstan37.0indicator value
165United States of America36.8indicator value
166Lao People's Democratic Republic33.2indicator value
167Venezuela32.1indicator value
168Estonia32.1indicator value
169Latvia30.3indicator value
170Angola29.5indicator value
171Somalia29.3indicator value
172Eritrea28.6indicator value
173Solomon Islands28.6indicator value
174Zambia27.9indicator value
175Sudan26.8indicator value
176Chile26.5indicator value
177Peru26.4indicator value
178Vanuatu26.3indicator value
179Sweden25.9indicator value
180Brazil25.3indicator value
181Papua New Guinea22.9indicator value
182Niger20.7indicator value
183Bhutan20.6indicator value
184New Zealand19.7indicator value
185Mali19.5indicator value
186Algeria19.4indicator value
187Uruguay19.4indicator value
188Finland18.4indicator value
189South Sudan18.2indicator value
190Republic of the Congo18.1indicator value
191Belize18.0indicator value
192Paraguay17.3indicator value
193Argentina16.6indicator value
194Oman16.3indicator value
195New Caledonia15.9indicator value
196Saudi Arabia15.7indicator value
197Turkmenistan15.7indicator value
198Chad15.3indicator value
199Norway15.2indicator value
200Bolivia11.3indicator value
201Gabon9.6indicator value
202Russian Federation8.8indicator value
203Central African Republic8.3indicator value
204Kazakhstan7.5indicator value
205Mauritania4.9indicator value
206Canada4.6indicator value
207Botswana4.4indicator value
208Libya4.2indicator value
209Suriname3.9indicator value
210Guyana3.9indicator value
211Iceland3.8indicator value
212Namibia3.6indicator value
213Australia3.5indicator value
214Mongolia2.2indicator value
215Greenland0.1indicator value
Showing 215 of 215 countries

Topics

#environmental#indicator value#population#density#people#per#land#area

Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2026).

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