List of countries and dependencies by population density

Population density (people per km ) by country

This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by population density, sorted by inhabitants per square kilometre or square mile. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. The list also includes unrecognized but de facto independent countries. The figures in the table are based on areas including internal bodies of water such as bays, lakes, reservoirs and rivers. The list does not include entities not on ISO 3166-1, except for states with limited recognition. Thus constituent countries that are not included on ISO 3166-1, and other entities not on ISO 3166-1 like the European Union, are not included.

Unless otherwise noted, areas and populations are sourced from the United Nations World Population Prospects , ^[a] which uses the latest censuses and official figures, as well as figures from the Food and Agriculture Organization, an agency of the UN. ^[2] Data is current as of 2025.

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• Dependencies are shown with their parent states in parentheses.

List of countries and dependencies showing population densities, populations, and areas

Location	Density		Population	Land area		Ref.
	/km2	/mi2		km2	mi2
World	55	140	8,231,613,070	148,940,000	57,510,000	[b]
Macau (China)	22,000	57,000	720,262	33	13
Monaco	19,000	49,000	38,631	2	0.77
Singapore	8,120	21,000	5,832,387	718	277
Hong Kong (China)	7,062	18,290	7,414,910	1,050	410
Gibraltar (UK)	5,800	15,000	39,329	6.8	2.6	[c]
Bahrain	2,034	5,270	1,607,049	790	310
Vatican City	1,800	4,700	882	0.5	0.19	[d]
Maldives	1,759	4,560	527,799	300	120
Malta	1,686	4,370	539,607	320	120
Bangladesh	1,333	3,450	173,562,364	130,170	50,260
Sint Maarten (NL)	1,275	3,300	43,351	34	13
Bermuda (UK)	1,197	3,100	64,637	54	21
Palestine	892	2,310	5,371,230	6,020	2,320	[e]
Jersey (UK)	891	2,310	103,387	116	45	[10]
Guernsey (UK)	867	2,250	67,642	78	30	[f]
Barbados	657	1,700	282,468	430	170
Taiwan	656	1,700	23,213,962	35,410	13,670
Mauritius	637	1,650	1,271,169	1,997	771
Aruba (NL)	600	1,600	108,066	180	69
Nauru	597	1,550	11,947	20	7.7
Rwanda	578	1,500	14,256,567	24,670	9,530
Lebanon	568	1,470	5,805,962	10,230	3,950
Saint Barthélemy (France)	563	1,460	11,258	20	7.7
San Marino	560	1,500	33,581	60	23
Burundi	547	1,420	14,047,786	25,680	9,920
Netherlands	541	1,400	18,080,943	33,670	13,000
South Korea	530	1,400	51,717,590	97,600	37,700
Saint Martin (France)	523	1,350	26,129	50	19
India	488	1,260	1,450,935,791	3,287,263	1,269,219
Comoros	466	1,210	866,628	1,861	719
Israel	434	1,120	9,387,021	21,640	8,360
Haiti	427	1,110	11,772,557	27,560	10,640
Curaçao (NL)	418	1,080	185,482	444	171
Philippines	389	1,010	115,843,670	298,170	115,120
Belgium	385	1,000	11,738,764	30,494	11,774
Sri Lanka	373	970	23,103,565	61,860	23,880
Puerto Rico (US)	366	950	3,242,204	8,870	3,420
Grenada	345	890	117,208	340	130
Japan	340	880	123,753,041	364,500	140,700
Vietnam	322	830	100,987,687	313,429	121,016
Tuvalu	322	830	9,646	30	12
Guam (US)	311	810	167,777	540	210
Cayman Islands (UK)	310	800	74,458	240	93
El Salvador	306	790	6,338,193	20,720	8,000
Saint Lucia	295	760	179,744	610	240
Trinidad and Tobago	294	760	1,507,782	5,130	1,980
Pakistan	289	750	255,300,000	882,363	340,682
United Kingdom	286	740	69,138,192	241,930	93,410
Seychelles	284	740	130,419	460	180
Kuwait	277	720	4,934,508	17,820	6,880
Gambia	273	710	2,759,988	10,120	3,910
Qatar	265	690	3,048,423	11,490	4,440
British Virgin Islands (UK)	263	680	39,471	150	58
Jamaica	262	680	2,839,175	10,830	4,180
Luxembourg	261	680	673,036	2,575	994
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	258	670	100,616	390	150
Nigeria	255	660	232,679,478	910,770	351,650
Tokelau (New Zealand)	251	650	2,507	10	3.9
Uganda	249	640	50,015,093	200,520	77,420
Liechtenstein	249	640	39,870	160	62
São Tomé and Príncipe	245	630	235,537	960	370
U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	243	630	84,905	350	140
Germany	242	630	84,552,242	349,360	134,890
Dominican Republic	237	610	11,427,557	48,198	18,609
American Samoa (US)	234	610	46,765	200	77
Malawi	230	600	21,655,286	94,280	36,400
Switzerland	226	590	8,921,981	39,510	15,250
North Korea	220	570	26,498,823	120,410	46,490
Antigua and Barbuda	213	550	93,772	440	170
Marshall Islands	209	540	37,548	180	69
Nepal	207	540	29,651,055	143,350	55,350
Italy	201	520	59,342,867	295,720	114,180
Saint Kitts and Nevis	180	470	46,843	260	100
Togo	175	450	9,515,236	54,390	21,000
Andorra	174	450	81,938	470	180
Guatemala	172	450	18,406,359	107,160	41,370
Kiribati	166	430	134,518	810	310
Anguilla (UK)	162	420	14,599	90	35
Micronesia	162	420	113,161	700	270
United Arab Emirates	155	400	11,027,129	71,020	27,420
Kosovo	154	400	1,674,125	10,887	4,203	[g]
Ghana	151	390	34,427,414	227,533	87,851
China	151	390	1,419,321,278	9,388,210	3,624,810
Indonesia	150	390	283,487,931	1,892,555	730,720
Denmark [h]	149	390	5,977,413	40,000	15,000
Isle of Man	148	380	84,161	570	220
Cyprus	147	380	1,358,282	9,240	3,570
Tonga	145	380	104,176	720	280
Thailand	140	360	71,668,011	510,890	197,260
Czech Republic	139	360	10,735,860	77,171	29,796
Syria	133	340	24,672,760	185,178	71,498
Cape Verde	130	340	524,877	4,030	1,560
Jordan	130	340	11,552,876	88,794	34,284
Benin	128	330	14,462,724	112,760	43,540
Poland	126	330	38,539,201	306,090	118,180
Azerbaijan	125	320	10,336,578	82,650	31,910
France	122	320	66,548,531	547,557	211,413	[i]
Sierra Leone	120	310	8,642,023	72,180	27,870
Egypt	117	300	116,538,258	995,450	384,350
Ethiopia	117	300	132,059,768	1,128,571	435,744
Slovakia	115	300	5,506,760	48,080	18,560
Northern Cyprus	114	300	382,836	3,355	1,295	[j]
Portugal	114	300	10,425,293	91,606	35,369
Turkey	114	300	87,473,805	769,630	297,160
Austria	111	290	9,120,813	82,520	31,860
Malaysia	108	280	35,557,674	328,550	126,850
Iraq	106	270	46,042,015	434,128	167,618
Hungary	106	270	9,676,135	91,260	35,240
Slovenia	105	270	2,118,697	20,136	7,775
Armenia	104	270	2,973,841	28,470	10,990
Albania	102	260	2,791,765	27,400	10,600
Costa Rica	100	260	5,129,910	51,060	19,710
Ivory Coast	100	260	31,934,230	318,000	123,000
Cambodia	100	260	17,638,801	176,520	68,150
Kenya	99	260	56,432,945	569,140	219,750
Honduras	97	250	10,825,704	111,890	43,200
Northern Mariana Islands (US)	96	250	44,278	460	180
Senegal	96	250	18,501,985	192,530	74,340
Spain	96	250	49,315,949	499,714	192,941
Timor-Leste	94	240	1,400,638	14,870	5,740
Moldova	92	240	3,034,961	32,890	12,700
Cuba	89	230	9,748,532	109,820	42,400
Dominica	88	230	66,205	750	290
Transnistria	88	230	367,000	4,163	1,607	[k]
Brunei	88	230	462,722	5,270	2,030
Burkina Faso	86	220	23,548,781	273,600	105,600
Tunisia	85	220	6,567,783	88,499	34,170	[l]
Myanmar	84	220	54,500,091	652,670	252,000
Romania	83	210	19,015,088	230,080	88,830
Uzbekistan	83	210	36,361,859	440,652	170,137
French Polynesia (France)	81	210	281,807	3,471	1,340
Wallis and Futuna (France)	81	210	11,278	140	54
Serbia	79	200	12,277,109	155,360	59,980
Samoa	78	200	218,020	2,780	1,070
Guinea-Bissau	78	200	2,201,352	28,120	10,860
Greece	78	200	10,047,817	128,900	49,800
Tanzania	77	200	68,560,157	885,800	342,000
Lesotho	77	200	2,337,423	30,360	11,720
Yemen	77	200	40,583,165	527,970	203,850
Tajikistan	76	200	10,590,928	138,790	53,590
Ireland	76	200	5,255,018	68,890	26,600
Ecuador	73	190	18,135,478	248,360	95,890
North Macedonia	72	190	1,823,009	25,220	9,740
Eswatini	72	190	1,242,822	17,200	6,600
Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK)	72	190	18,195	254	98	[m]
Croatia	69	180	3,875,325	55,960	21,610
Equatorial Guinea	67	170	1,892,517	28,050	10,830
Mexico	67	170	130,861,007	1,943,950	750,560
Afghanistan	65	170	42,647,492	652,230	251,830
Ukraine	65	170	37,860,222	579,400	223,700
Bulgaria	62	160	6,757,689	108,560	41,920
Bosnia and Herzegovina	62	160	3,164,253	51,200	19,800
Cameroon	62	160	29,123,744	472,710	182,510
Panama	61	160	4,515,577	74,180	28,640
Norfolk Island (Australia)	61	160	2,188	36	14	[n]
Guinea	60	160	14,754,786	245,720	94,870
Liberia	58	150	5,612,817	96,320	37,190
Nicaragua	57	150	6,916,140	120,340	46,460
Cook Islands	57	150	13,729	240	93
Iran	56	150	91,567,738	1,622,500	626,500
Madagascar	55	140	31,964,956	581,800	224,600
Georgia	55	140	3,807,670	69,490	26,830
South Africa	53	140	64,007,187	1,213,090	468,380
Morocco	53	140	38,081,173	710,850	274,460
Fiji	51	130	928,784	18,270	7,050
Djibouti	50	130	1,168,722	23,180	8,950
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	49	130	46,535	950	370
DR Congo	48	120	109,276,265	2,267,050	875,310
Colombia	48	120	52,886,364	1,109,500	428,400
Montenegro	47	120	638,479	13,450	5,190
Lithuania	46	120	2,859,110	62,604	24,172
Belarus	45	120	9,056,696	202,990	78,370
Mozambique	44	110	34,631,766	786,380	303,620
Montserrat (UK)	44	110	4,389	100	39
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	43	110	602	14	5.4	[o]
Zimbabwe	43	110	16,634,373	386,850	149,360
Faroe Islands (Denmark)	40	100	55,400	1,370	530
Bahamas	40	100	401,283	10,010	3,860
Palau	38	98	17,696	460	180
United States	37	96	341,730,701	9,147,590	3,531,900
Kyrgyzstan	37	96	7,186,009	191,800	74,100
Somaliland	35	91	4,914,100	167,283	64,588	[p]
Laos	34	88	7,769,819	230,800	89,100
Venezuela	32	83	28,405,543	882,050	340,560
Estonia	32	83	1,360,546	42,730	16,500
Angola	30	78	37,885,850	1,246,700	481,400
Somalia	30	78	19,009,151	627,340	242,220
Latvia	30	78	1,871,872	62,230	24,030
Solomon Islands	29	75	819,198	27,990	10,810
Eritrea	29	75	3,535,603	121,041	46,734
Zambia	29	75	21,314,956	743,390	287,020
Abkhazia	28	73	244,000	8,665	3,346	[q]
Sudan	27	70	50,448,963	1,868,000	721,000
Vanuatu	27	70	327,778	12,190	4,710
Peru	27	70	34,217,848	1,280,000	490,000
Chile	27	70	19,764,772	743,532	287,079
Sweden	26	67	10,606,999	407,280	157,250
Brazil	25	65	211,998,574	8,358,140	3,227,100
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	24	62	5,628	230	89
Papua New Guinea	23	60	10,576,502	452,860	174,850
Niger	21	54	27,032,413	1,266,700	489,100
Bhutan	21	54	791,525	38,140	14,730
Mali	20	52	24,478,596	1,220,190	471,120
New Zealand	20	52	5,213,944	263,310	101,660
Åland (Finland)	20	52	30,237	1,583	611	[r]
Algeria	20	52	47,400,000	2,381,741	919,595
Uruguay	19	49	3,386,588	175,020	67,580
South Sudan	19	49	11,943,409	631,930	243,990
Congo	19	49	6,332,961	341,500	131,900
Finland	18	47	5,617,311	303,948	117,355
Belize	18	47	417,072	22,810	8,810
Paraguay	17	44	6,929,153	396,012	152,901
Oman	17	44	5,281,538	309,500	119,500
Argentina	17	44	45,696,159	2,736,690	1,056,640
Chad	16	41	20,299,123	1,259,200	486,200
New Caledonia (France)	16	41	292,640	18,280	7,060
Turkmenistan	16	41	7,494,499	469,930	181,440
Saudi Arabia	16	41	33,962,757	2,149,690	830,000
Norway	15	39	5,576,660	364,270	140,650
South Ossetia	14	36	56,520	3,900	1,500	[s]
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	13	34	5,238	390	150
Christmas Island (Australia)	13	34	1,692	136	53	[t]
Bolivia	11	28	12,413,315	1,083,300	418,300
Gabon	9.9	26	2,538,952	257,670	99,490
Russia	8.8	23	144,820,423	16,376,870	6,323,140
Central African Republic	8.6	22	5,330,690	622,980	240,530
Kazakhstan	7.6	20	20,592,571	2,699,700	1,042,400
Niue	7.0	18	1,819	260	100
Mauritania	5.0	13	5,169,396	1,030,700	398,000
Canada	4.5	12	39,742,430	8,788,700	3,393,300
Botswana	4.4	11	2,521,139	566,730	218,820
Guyana	4.2	11	831,087	196,850	76,000
Libya	4.2	11	7,381,023	1,759,540	679,360
Suriname	4.0	10	634,431	160,508	61,972
Iceland	3.9	10	393,396	100,830	38,930
Namibia	3.7	9.6	3,030,131	823,290	317,870
Australia	3.5	9.1	26,713,205	7,692,020	2,969,910
Mongolia	2.2	5.7	3,475,540	1,557,507	601,357
Western Sahara	2.2	5.7	590,506	266,000	103,000
Pitcairn Islands (UK)	0.85	2.2	40	47	18	[u]
Falkland Islands (UK)	0.29	0.75	3,471	12,170	4,700
Greenland (Denmark)	0.026	0.067	55,840	2,166,086	836,330

See also

• List of countries by arable land density
• List of countries and dependencies by area
• List of countries and dependencies by population
• List of sovereign states
• List of cities proper by population density
• List of metropolitan areas by population density
• Urban density

Notes

1. See the Data Portal at the World Population Prospects site. ^[1]
2. Density is 60 km² (143 mi²) when excluding Antarctica.
3. Land figure is official ^[3] while the CIA states zero water area. ^[4]
4. The De Agostini Atlas Calendar (in Italian) listed the area of Vatican City as 0.44 km² (0.17 sq mi) in its 1930 edition ^[5] but corrected it to 0.49 km² (0.19 sq mi) in its 1945–46 edition. ^[6] The figure of 0.44 km² (0.17 sq mi) is still widely cited by many sources despite its inaccuracy. In 2018, there were 618 citizens regardless of residence, including 246 resident citizens. ^[7] In 2024, there were 882 residents regardless of citizenship. ^[7] The population density is calculated using the number of residents regardless of citizenship and the revised area of 0.49 km² (0.19 sq mi).
5. While the Palestinian Authority is the recognized government for both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the Gaza Strip has been de-facto independent from it since 2007.
   The West Bank has a population density of 575/km² (1,490/sq mi), ^[8] and the Gaza Strip 5,950/km² (15,400/sq mi). ^[9]
6. Population estimate is from the CIA. ^[11] The Bailiwick of Guernsey comprises Guernsey proper (64,037), ^[12] Alderney (2,141) ^[13] and Sark (562). ^[14] The UN estimate of 63,544 may exclude the smaller islands.
7. Area data from CIA. ^[15]
8. Excluding Greenland and Faroe Islands
9. Includes both metropolitan France and the Overseas regions.
10. Population is for 2022. ^[16] Area is stated by academic sources. ^[17]
11. Data from BBC News. ^[18]
12. Population figure is official and does not include Kosovo. ^[19] Area figure includes Kosovo. Area without Kosovo is 77,589 square kilometres (29,957 sq mi). ^[20]
13. Data from CIA. ^[21]
14. Population is from 2021. ^[22] Area is from CIA. ^[23]
15. Population is from 2021. ^[24] Area is official. ^[25]
16. Population estimate is from 2024. ^[26] Area is from BBC News. ^[27]
17. Data from BBC News. ^[28]
18. Population estimate is from 2023. ^[29] Land area is from The Nordic Council. ^[30]
19. Data from BBC News. ^[31]
20. Population is from 2021. ^[32] Area is official. ^[33]
21. Pitcairn's tourist site gives an undated figure of exactly 40 as of 2023, ^[34] while its official government site states the number is "around fifty". ^[35]

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