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Countries by population density

People per square kilometre. 197 countries with figures.

#CountryPopulation densityYear
1 Monaco18,981 per km²2025
2 Singapore8,607 per km²2025
3 Hong Kong6,792 per km²2025
4 Bahrain2,092 per km²2025
5 Malta1,835 per km²2025
6 Maldives1,766 per km²2025
7 Bangladesh1,191 per km²2025
8 Palestine870 per km²2025
9 Barbados657 per km²2025
10 Mauritius610 per km²2025
11 Nauru573 per km²2025
12 Lebanon560 per km²2025
13 San Marino559 per km²2025
14 Rwanda553 per km²2025
15 Burundi517 per km²2025
16 South Korea516 per km²2025
17 Israel487 per km²2025
18 Comoros474 per km²2025
19 India445 per km²2025
20 Netherlands432 per km²2025
21 Haiti429 per km²2025
22 Belgium391 per km²2025
23 Tuvalu365 per km²2025
24 Philippines341 per km²2025
25 Grenada341 per km²2025
26 Sri Lanka332 per km²2025
27 Japan326 per km²2025
28 Vietnam307 per km²2025
29 El Salvador303 per km²2025
30 Saint Lucia292 per km²2025
31 Pakistan289 per km²2025
32 United Kingdom286 per km²2025
33 Kuwait273 per km²2025
34 Seychelles272 per km²2025
35 Trinidad and Tobago267 per km²2025
36 Luxembourg266 per km²2025
37 Gambia264 per km²2025
38 Jamaica258 per km²2025
39 Nigeria257 per km²2025
40 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines257 per km²2025
41 Qatar257 per km²2025
42 Liechtenstein256 per km²2025
43 São Tomé and Príncipe249 per km²2025
44 Dominican Republic237 per km²2025
45 Germany234 per km²2025
46 North Korea220 per km²2025
47 Switzerland220 per km²2025
48 Antigua and Barbuda213 per km²2025
49 Uganda213 per km²2025
50 Nepal201 per km²2025
51 Marshall Islands200 per km²2025
52 Italy196 per km²2025
53 Malawi188 per km²2025
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis180 per km²2025
55 Andorra177 per km²2025
56 Guatemala172 per km²2025
57 Kiribati168 per km²2025
58 Micronesia162 per km²2025
59 Togo151 per km²2025
60 Indonesia150 per km²2025
61 Cyprus148 per km²2025
62 Ghana147 per km²2025
63 China145 per km²2025
64 Kosovo145 per km²2025
65 Thailand140 per km²2025
66 Denmark139 per km²2025
67 Tonga139 per km²2025
68 Syria138 per km²2025
69 Czechia138 per km²2025
70 United Arab Emirates138 per km²2025
71 Benin132 per km²2025
72 Cape Verde131 per km²2025
73 Jordan129 per km²2025
74 France125 per km²2025
75 Sierra Leone123 per km²2025
76 Ethiopia123 per km²2025
77 Azerbaijan118 per km²2025
78 Egypt118 per km²2025
79 Portugal117 per km²2025
80 Poland117 per km²2025
81 Slovakia110 per km²2025
82 Austria110 per km²2025
83 Türkiye110 per km²2025
84 Malaysia109 per km²2025
85 Iraq107 per km²2025
86 Slovenia105 per km²2025
87 Armenia104 per km²2025
88 Hungary102 per km²2025
89 Côte d'Ivoire101 per km²2025
90 Costa Rica101 per km²2025
91 Cuba100 per km²2025
92 Kenya99 per km²2025
93 Cambodia99 per km²2025
94 Honduras98 per km²2025
95 Spain98 per km²2025
96 Senegal96 per km²2025
97 Timor-Leste95 per km²2025
98 Burkina Faso88 per km²2025
99 Dominica88 per km²2025
100 Morocco86 per km²2025
101 Uzbekistan83 per km²2025
102 Albania82 per km²2025
103 Myanmar81 per km²2025
104 Brunei81 per km²2025
105 Romania80 per km²2025
106 Yemen79 per km²2025
107 Greece79 per km²2025
108 Ireland78 per km²2025
109 Lesotho78 per km²2025
110 Samoa77 per km²2025
111 Tunisia75 per km²2025
112 Tajikistan75 per km²2025
113 Tanzania75 per km²2025
114 Serbia74 per km²2025
115 Eswatini72 per km²2025
116 North Macedonia71 per km²2025
117 Moldova70 per km²2025
118 Equatorial Guinea69 per km²2025
119 Croatia68 per km²2025
120 Afghanistan67 per km²2025
121 Mexico67 per km²2025
122 Ecuador66 per km²2025
123 Ukraine65 per km²2025
124 Cameroon63 per km²2025
125 Guinea-Bissau62 per km²2025
126 Guinea61 per km²2025
127 Bosnia and Herzegovina61 per km²2025
128 Panama61 per km²2025
129 Bulgaria58 per km²2025
130 Georgia56 per km²2025
131 Iran56 per km²2025
132 Madagascar56 per km²2025
133 Nicaragua54 per km²2025
134 South Africa53 per km²2025
135 Liberia51 per km²2025
136 Fiji51 per km²2025
137 Djibouti51 per km²2025
138 DR Congo48 per km²2025
139 Colombia47 per km²2025
140 Montenegro45 per km²2025
141 Mozambique44 per km²2025
142 Lithuania44 per km²2025
143 Belarus44 per km²2025
144 Zimbabwe43 per km²2025
145 Palau38 per km²2025
146 Kyrgyzstan37 per km²2025
147 United States36 per km²2025
148 Laos33 per km²2025
149 Angola31 per km²2025
150 Venezuela31 per km²2025
151 Somalia31 per km²2025
152 Eritrea31 per km²2025
153 Estonia30 per km²2025
154 Zambia29 per km²2025
155 Solomon Islands29 per km²2025
156 Bahamas29 per km²2025
157 Latvia29 per km²2025
158 Vanuatu27 per km²2025
159 Sudan27 per km²2025
160 Peru27 per km²2025
161 Chile26 per km²2025
162 Brazil25 per km²2025
163 Sweden24 per km²2025
164 Papua New Guinea23 per km²2025
165 Niger22 per km²2025
166 Bhutan21 per km²2025
167 Mali20 per km²2025
168 Algeria20 per km²2025
169 New Zealand20 per km²2025
170 South Sudan20 per km²2025
171 Republic of the Congo19 per km²2025
172 Uruguay19 per km²2025
173 Belize18 per km²2025
174 Oman18 per km²2025
175 Norway17 per km²2025
176 Paraguay17 per km²2025
177 Saudi Arabia17 per km²2025
178 Finland17 per km²2025
179 Argentina16 per km²2025
180 Chad16 per km²2025
181 Turkmenistan16 per km²2025
182 Bolivia11 per km²2025
183 Gabon9.7 per km²2025
184 Central African Republic8.8 per km²2025
185 Russia8.4 per km²2025
186 Kazakhstan7.6 per km²2025
187 Mauritania5.2 per km²2025
188 Botswana4.4 per km²2025
189 Libya4.2 per km²2025
190 Canada4.2 per km²2025
191 Suriname3.9 per km²2025
192 Guyana3.9 per km²2025
193 Iceland3.8 per km²2025
194 Namibia3.7 per km²2025
195 Australia3.6 per km²2025
196 Mongolia2.3 per km²2025
197 Greenland0.0 per km²2025

Population and GDP: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0); area: the mledoze/countries dataset (Open Database License). Income per person and density are worked out from those figures. Each country’s page lists its sources. Compare two countries →