Definition
Population density is the number of people per square kilometer.
Countries ordered by population density
Country | Density | Surface | Population | ||
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1 | China, Macao SAR | 23,760 | 30.3 | 0.72 | |
2 | Monaco | 20,000 | 2 | 0.04 | |
3 | Singapore | 8,164 | 719 | 5.87 | |
4 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 6,697 | 1105 | 7.40 | |
5 | Bahrain | 2,127 | 771 | 1.64 | |
6 | Maldives | 1,767 | 300 | 0.53 | |
7 | Malta | 1,719 | 320 | 0.55 | |
8 | Bangladesh | 1,190 | 147630 | 175.69 | |
9 | State of Palestine | 928.6 | 6020 | 5.59 | |
10 | Barbados | 651.2 | 430 | 0.28 | |
11 | Mauritius | 622.5 | 2040 | 1.27 | |
12 | Aruba | 611.1 | 180 | 0.11 | |
13 | Lebanon | 559.8 | 10450 | 5.85 | |
14 | Rwanda | 553.2 | 26340 | 14.57 | |
15 | Burundi | 517.1 | 27830 | 14.39 | |
16 | Republic of Korea | 515.3 | 100280 | 51.67 | |
17 | Comoros | 472.9 | 1861 | 0.88 | |
18 | India | 445.3 | 3287259 | 1463.87 | |
19 | Netherlands | 441.7 | 41540 | 18.35 | |
20 | Israel | 431.4 | 22070 | 9.52 | |
21 | Haiti | 429.2 | 27750 | 11.91 | |
22 | Curaçao | 427.9 | 444 | 0.19 | |
23 | Philippines | 389.3 | 300000 | 116.79 | |
24 | Belgium | 385.2 | 30530 | 11.76 | |
25 | Puerto Rico | 365.3 | 8870 | 3.24 | |
26 | Sri Lanka | 354.1 | 65610 | 23.23 | |
27 | Grenada | 352.9 | 340 | 0.12 | |
28 | Japan | 325.7 | 377962 | 123.10 | |
29 | Pakistan | 320.6 | 796100 | 255.22 | |
30 | Guam | 314.8 | 540 | 0.17 | |
31 | Viet Nam | 307.0 | 330967 | 101.60 | |
32 | El Salvador | 302.8 | 21040 | 6.37 | |
33 | Trinidad and Tobago | 294.3 | 5130 | 1.51 | |
34 | Saint Lucia | 290.3 | 620 | 0.18 | |
35 | Seychelles | 282.6 | 460 | 0.13 | |
36 | United Kingdom | 285.5 | 243610 | 69.55 | |
37 | Kuwait | 282.3 | 17820 | 5.03 | |
38 | Qatar | 268.7 | 11610 | 3.12 | |
39 | Luxembourg | 262.5 | 2590 | 0.68 | |
40 | Jamaica | 258.4 | 10990 | 2.84 | |
41 | Nigeria | 257.1 | 923770 | 237.53 | |
42 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 256.4 | 390 | 0.10 | |
43 | Sao Tome and Principe | 250.0 | 960 | 0.24 | |
44 | Gambia | 249.6 | 11300 | 2.82 | |
45 | United States Virgin Islands | 228.6 | 350 | 0.08 | |
46 | Dominican Republic | 236.7 | 48670 | 11.52 | |
47 | Germany | 235.3 | 357380 | 84.08 | |
48 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 220.4 | 120540 | 26.57 | |
49 | Switzerland | 217.2 | 41290 | 8.97 | |
50 | Antigua and Barbuda | 204.5 | 440 | 0.09 | |
51 | Uganda | 212.7 | 241550 | 51.38 | |
52 | Nepal | 201.3 | 147180 | 29.62 | |
53 | Italy | 196.3 | 301340 | 59.15 | |
54 | Malawi | 187.5 | 118480 | 22.22 | |
55 | Guatemala | 171.6 | 108890 | 18.69 | |
56 | Togo | 171.2 | 56790 | 9.72 | |
57 | Kiribati | 172.8 | 810 | 0.14 | |
58 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 157.1 | 700 | 0.11 | |
59 | Indonesia | 149.5 | 1910931 | 285.72 | |
60 | Cyprus | 148.1 | 9250 | 1.37 | |
61 | China | 148.1 | 9562911 | 1416.10 | |
62 | Ghana | 147.0 | 238540 | 35.06 | |
63 | Denmark | 139.8 | 42922 | 6.00 | |
64 | Thailand | 139.6 | 513120 | 71.62 | |
65 | Syrian Arab Republic | 138.4 | 185180 | 25.62 | |
66 | Tonga | 133.3 | 750 | 0.10 | |
67 | United Arab Emirates | 135.8 | 83600 | 11.35 | |
68 | Czech Republic | 134.5 | 78870 | 10.61 | |
69 | Cabo Verde | 131.5 | 4030 | 0.53 | |
70 | Benin | 129.1 | 114760 | 14.81 | |
71 | Jordan | 129.0 | 89320 | 11.52 | |
72 | Ethiopia | 122.7 | 1104300 | 135.47 | |
73 | Sierra Leone | 122.0 | 72300 | 8.82 | |
74 | Poland | 122.0 | 312680 | 38.14 | |
75 | France | 121.4 | 549087 | 66.65 | |
76 | Azerbaijan | 120.1 | 86600 | 10.40 | |
77 | Egypt | 118.2 | 1001450 | 118.37 | |
78 | Portugal | 112.9 | 92225 | 10.41 | |
79 | Slovakia | 111.6 | 49035 | 5.47 | |
80 | Turkey | 111.7 | 785350 | 87.69 | |
81 | Malaysia | 108.8 | 330800 | 35.98 | |
82 | Austria | 108.6 | 83879 | 9.11 | |
83 | Iraq | 108.1 | 435050 | 47.02 | |
84 | Slovenia | 104.6 | 20270 | 2.12 | |
85 | Hungary | 103.5 | 93030 | 9.63 | |
86 | Côte d'Ivoire | 101.4 | 322460 | 32.71 | |
87 | Costa Rica | 100.8 | 51100 | 5.15 | |
88 | Cuba | 99.56 | 109880 | 10.94 | |
89 | Armenia | 99.19 | 29740 | 2.95 | |
90 | Kenya | 99.13 | 580370 | 57.53 | |
91 | Cambodia | 98.60 | 181040 | 17.85 | |
92 | Honduras | 97.88 | 112490 | 11.01 | |
93 | Albania | 96.35 | 28750 | 2.77 | |
94 | Senegal | 96.23 | 196710 | 18.93 | |
95 | Timor-Leste | 95.49 | 14870 | 1.42 | |
96 | Spain | 94.66 | 505940 | 47.89 | |
97 | Republic of Moldova | 88.63 | 33850 | 3.00 | |
98 | Burkina Faso | 87.78 | 274220 | 24.07 | |
99 | Morocco | 86.06 | 446550 | 38.43 | |
100 | Uzbekistan | 82.81 | 447400 | 37.05 | |
101 | Myanmar | 81.07 | 676590 | 54.85 | |
102 | Brunei Darussalam | 81.46 | 5770 | 0.47 | |
103 | Romania | 79.32 | 238390 | 18.91 | |
104 | Yemen | 79.11 | 527970 | 41.77 | |
105 | Lesotho | 77.73 | 30360 | 2.36 | |
106 | Samoa | 77.46 | 2840 | 0.22 | |
107 | Tajikistan | 76.32 | 141376 | 10.79 | |
108 | Serbia | 75.71 | 88360 | 6.69 | |
109 | Ireland | 75.55 | 70280 | 5.31 | |
110 | Tunisia | 75.48 | 163610 | 12.35 | |
111 | Greece | 75.33 | 131960 | 9.94 | |
112 | Tanzania | 74.47 | 947300 | 70.55 | |
113 | Swaziland | 72.58 | 17360 | 1.26 | |
114 | Ecuador | 71.34 | 256370 | 18.29 | |
115 | French Polynesia | 70.00 | 4000 | 0.28 | |
116 | TFYR Macedonia | 70.40 | 25710 | 1.81 | |
117 | Equatorial Guinea | 69.16 | 28050 | 1.94 | |
118 | Croatia | 68.03 | 56590 | 3.85 | |
119 | Mexico | 67.17 | 1964380 | 131.95 | |
120 | Afghanistan | 67.15 | 652860 | 43.84 | |
121 | Ukraine | 64.58 | 603550 | 38.98 | |
122 | Cameroon | 62.85 | 475440 | 29.88 | |
123 | Guinea-Bissau | 62.28 | 36130 | 2.25 | |
124 | Guinea | 61.42 | 245860 | 15.10 | |
125 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 61.32 | 51210 | 3.14 | |
126 | Panama | 60.59 | 75420 | 4.57 | |
127 | Bulgaria | 60.45 | 111000 | 6.71 | |
128 | Madagascar | 55.75 | 587295 | 32.74 | |
129 | Georgia | 54.66 | 69700 | 3.81 | |
130 | Nicaragua | 53.77 | 130370 | 7.01 | |
131 | South Africa | 53.11 | 1219090 | 64.75 | |
132 | Iran | 52.96 | 1745150 | 92.42 | |
133 | Liberia | 51.45 | 111370 | 5.73 | |
134 | Fiji | 50.90 | 18270 | 0.93 | |
135 | Djibouti | 50.86 | 23200 | 1.18 | |
136 | D.R. Congo | 48.12 | 2344860 | 112.83 | |
137 | Colombia | 46.80 | 1141749 | 53.43 | |
138 | Montenegro | 45.62 | 13810 | 0.63 | |
139 | Mozambique | 44.57 | 799380 | 35.63 | |
140 | Zimbabwe | 43.38 | 390760 | 16.95 | |
141 | Lithuania | 43.35 | 65286 | 2.83 | |
142 | Belarus | 43.35 | 207600 | 9.00 | |
143 | Kyrgyzstan | 36.51 | 199949 | 7.30 | |
144 | United States of America | 35.32 | 9831510 | 347.28 | |
145 | Laos | 33.23 | 236800 | 7.87 | |
146 | Angola | 31.31 | 1246700 | 39.04 | |
147 | Venezuela | 31.27 | 912050 | 28.52 | |
148 | Somalia | 30.82 | 637660 | 19.65 | |
149 | Eritrea | 30.70 | 117600 | 3.61 | |
150 | Estonia | 29.63 | 45230 | 1.34 | |
151 | Zambia | 29.11 | 752610 | 21.91 | |
152 | Bahamas | 28.82 | 13880 | 0.40 | |
153 | Solomon Islands | 29.07 | 28900 | 0.84 | |
154 | Latvia | 28.69 | 64490 | 1.85 | |
155 | Vanuatu | 27.89 | 12190 | 0.34 | |
156 | Sudan | 27.49 | 1879357.5 | 51.66 | |
157 | Peru | 26.91 | 1285220 | 34.58 | |
158 | Chile | 26.27 | 756096 | 19.86 | |
159 | Brazil | 24.99 | 8515770 | 212.81 | |
160 | Sweden | 23.83 | 447420 | 10.66 | |
161 | Papua New Guinea | 23.25 | 462840 | 10.76 | |
162 | Niger | 22.04 | 1267000 | 27.92 | |
163 | Bhutan | 20.84 | 38394 | 0.80 | |
164 | Mali | 20.32 | 1240190 | 25.20 | |
165 | Algeria | 19.92 | 2381740 | 47.44 | |
166 | New Zealand | 19.61 | 267710 | 5.25 | |
167 | Uruguay | 19.18 | 176220 | 3.38 | |
168 | Congo | 18.95 | 342000 | 6.48 | |
169 | South Sudan | 18.92 | 644330 | 12.19 | |
170 | Belize | 18.28 | 22970 | 0.42 | |
171 | Oman | 17.74 | 309500 | 5.49 | |
172 | Paraguay | 17.23 | 406752 | 7.01 | |
173 | Finland | 16.61 | 338420 | 5.62 | |
174 | Argentina | 16.49 | 2780400 | 45.85 | |
175 | Chad | 16.36 | 1284000 | 21.00 | |
176 | Saudi Arabia | 16.08 | 2149690 | 34.57 | |
177 | New Caledonia | 16.15 | 18580 | 0.30 | |
178 | Turkmenistan | 15.61 | 488100 | 7.62 | |
179 | Norway | 14.59 | 385178 | 5.62 | |
180 | Bolivia | 11.45 | 1098580 | 12.58 | |
181 | Gabon | 9.676 | 267670 | 2.59 | |
182 | Central African Republic | 8.845 | 622980 | 5.51 | |
183 | Russian Federation | 8.422 | 17098250 | 144.00 | |
184 | Kazakhstan | 7.648 | 2724902 | 20.84 | |
185 | Mauritania | 5.162 | 1030700 | 5.32 | |
186 | Botswana | 4.401 | 581730 | 2.56 | |
187 | Libya | 4.240 | 1759540 | 7.46 | |
188 | Canada | 4.019 | 9984670 | 40.13 | |
189 | Suriname | 3.907 | 163820 | 0.64 | |
190 | Guyana | 3.908 | 214970 | 0.84 | |
191 | Iceland | 3.883 | 103000 | 0.40 | |
192 | Namibia | 3.749 | 824290 | 3.09 | |
193 | Australia | 3.484 | 7741220 | 26.97 | |
194 | Mongolia | 2.250 | 1564120 | 3.52 |