List of countries by population density
List of countries/dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km2
Areas with both high density and large size, in order of increasing size and decreasing density: Macau, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, Japan, India, mainland China, United States, Russia.
See also:
country
pop. dens.
area
population
(/sq.km)
(sq.km)
(2002-07-01 est.)
Macau
18,000
25
461,833
Monaco
16,000
2
31,987
Hong Kong
6,688
1,092
7,303,334
Singapore
6,430
693
4,452,732
Gibraltar
5,000
6
27,714
Vatican City
2,000
0.44
900
Malta
1,260
316
397,499
Bermuda
1,200
53
63,960
Maldives
1,070
300
320,165
Bahrain
987
665
656,397
Bangladesh
926
144,000
133,376,684
Guernsey
830
78
64,587
Jersey
774
116
89,775
Barbados
642
431
276,607
Taiwan
627
35,980
22,548,009
Mauritius
588
2,040
1,200,206
Nauru
587
21
12,329
Palestinian territories
545
6,220
3,389,578
South Korea
491
98,480
48,324,000
Mayotte
457
374
170,879
San Marino
455
61
27,730
Puerto Rico
435
9,104
3,957,988
Tuvalu
429
26
11,146
Marshall Islands
407
181
73,630
Netherlands
387
41,526
16,067,754
Martinique
384
1,100
422,277
Aruba
365
193
70,441
Lebanon
354
10,400
3,677,780
U.S. Virgin Islands
351
352
123,498
American Samoa
345
199
68,688
Belgium
337
30,510
10,274,595
Japan
336
377,835
126,974,628
India
318
3,287,590
1,045,845,226
El Salvador
302
21,040
6,353,681
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
299
389
116,394
Sri Lanka
298
65,610
19,576,783
Reunion
296
2,512
743,981
Guam
293
549
160,796
Israel
290
20,770
6,029,529
Comoros
283
2,170
614,382
Philippines
282
300,000
84,525,639
Rwanda
281
26,338
7,398,074
Saint Lucia
260
616
160,145
Grenada
259
344
89,211
Haiti
255
27,750
7,063,722
Vietnam
246
329,560
81,098,416
Guadeloupe
245
1,780
435,739
United Kingdom
244
244,820
59,778,002
Jamaica
244
10,991
2,680,029
Germany
233
357,021
83,251,851
Burundi
229
27,830
6,373,002
Trinidad and Tobago
227
5,128
1,163,724
Netherlands Antilles
223
960
214,258
Liechtenstein
205
160
32,842
Micronesia
194
702
135,869
Italy
192
301,230
57,715,625
North Korea
184
120,540
22,224,195
Nepal
184
140,800
25,873,917
Pakistan
184
803,940
147,663,429
Dominican Republic
179
48,730
8,721,594
Switzerland
177
41,290
7,301,994
Seychelles
176
455
80,098
Luxembourg
173
2,586
448,569
Sao Tome and Principe
170
1,001
170,372
Northern Mariana Islands
162
477
77,311
Antigua and Barbuda
152
443
67,448
Saint Kitts and Nevis
148
261
38,736
Andorra
146
468
68,403
Tokelau
143
10
1,431
Tonga
142
748
106,137
Nigeria
141
923,768
129,934,911
British Virgin Islands
139
153
21,272
Cayman Islands
138
262
36,273
People's Republic of China (mainland)
134
9,596,960
1,284,303,705
Moldova
131
33,843
4,434,547
Czech Republic
130
78,866
10,256,760
Isle of Man
129
572
73,873
Gambia
129
11,300
1,455,842
Denmark
125
43,094
5,368,854
Poland
124
312,685
38,625,478
Albania
123
28,748
3,544,841
Guatemala
122
108,890
13,314,079
Anguilla
122
102
12,446
Thailand
121
514,000
62,354,402
Indonesia
121
1,919,440
231,328,092
Kiribati
119
811
96,335
Kuwait
118
17,820
2,111,561
Armenia
112
29,800
3,330,099
Slovakia
111
48,845
5,422,366
Serbia
110
88,361
9,780,000
France
109
547,030
59,765,983
Portugal
109
92,391
10,084,245
Hungary
108
93,030
10,075,034
Uganda
105
236,040
24,699,073
Cape Verde
101
4,033
408,760
Cuba
101
110,860
11,224,321
Austria
97
83,858
8,169,929
Slovenia
95
20,273
1,932,917
Romania
94
237,500
22,317,730
Togo
93
56,785
5,285,501
Dominica
93
754
70,158
Syria
93
185,180
17,155,814
Malawi
90
118,480
10,701,824
Azerbaijan
90
86,600
7,798,497
Cook Islands
87
240
20,811
Turkey
86
780,580
67308,928
Ghana
85
239,460
20,244,154
Cyprus
83
9,250
767,314
Montserrat
83
102
8,437
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
81
25,333
2,054,800
Greece
81
131,940
10,645,343
Ukraine
80
603,700
48,396,470
Spain
79
504,782
40,077,100
Sierra Leone
78
71,740
5,614,743
Croatia
78
56,542
4,390,751
Bosnia and Herzegovina
78
51,129
3,964,388
Costa Rica
75
51,100
3,834,934
Lesotho
73
30,355
2,207,954
Georgia
71
69,700
4,960,951
Egypt
71
1,001,450
70,712,345
Cambodia
71
181,040
12,775,324
Morocco (excluding Western Sahara)
70
446,550
31,167,783
Qatar
69
11,437
793,341
Malaysia
69
329,750
22,662,365
Bulgaria
69
110,910
7,621,337
Swaziland
65
17,363
1,123,605
East Timor
63
15,007
952,618
Myanmar
62
678,500
42,238,224
French Polynesia
62
4,167
257,847
Brunei
61
5,770
350,898
Samoa
61
2,944
178,631
Benin
60
112,620
6,787,625
Ethiopia
60
1,127,127
67,673,031
Tunisia
60
163,610
9815,644
Honduras
59
112,090
6,560,608
Jordan
58
92,300
5,307,470
Uzbekistan
57
447,400
25,563,441
Wallis and Futuna
57
274
15,585
Ireland
55
70,280
3,883,159
Lithuania
55
65,200
3,601,138
Iraq
55
437,072
24,001,816
Senegal
54
196,190
10,589,571
Kenya
53
582,650
31,138,735
Norfolk Island
53
35
1,866
Mexico
52
1,972,550
103,400,165
Côte d'Ivoire
52
322,460
16,804,784
Belarus
50
207,600
10,335,382
Ecuador
47
283,560
13,447,494
Tajikistan
47
143,100
6,719,567
Fiji
47
18,270
856,346
Burkina Faso
46
274,200
12,603,185
Cocos Islands
45
14
632
Bhutan
45
47,000
2,094,176
Turks and Caicos Islands
44
430
18,738
Afghanistan
43
647,500
27,755,775
Palau
42
458
19,409
Iran
40
1,648,000
66,622,704
Tanzania
39
945,087
37,187,939
Nicaragua
39
129,494
5,023,818
Guinea-Bissau
37
36,120
1,345,479
Panama
37
78,200
2,882,329
Eritrea
37
121,320
4,465,651
Latvia
37
64,589
2,366,515
Colombia
36
1,138,910
41,008,227
South Africa
36
1,219,912
43,647,658
Montenegro
36
13,812
500,000
Yemen
35
527,970
18,701,257
Cameroon
34
475,440
16,184,748
Faroe Islands
33
1,399
46,011
Guinea
32
245,857
7,775,065
Estonia
31
45,226
1,415,681
Liberia
30
111,370
3,288,198
United Arab Emirates
30
82,,880
2,445,989
United States
29
9,629,091
280,562,489
Zimbabwe
29
390,580
11,376,676
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
29
242
6,954
Madagascar
28
587,040
16,473,477
Venezuela
27
912,050
24,287,670
Mozambique
24
801,590
19,607,519
Laos
24
236,800
5,777,180
Kyrgyzstan
24
198,500
4,822,166
Democratic Republic of the Congo
24
2,345,410
55,225,478
Peru
22
1,285,220
27,949,639
Bahamas
22
13,940
300,529
Brazil
21
8,511,965
176,029,560
Djibouti
21
23,000
472,810
Chile
20
756,950
15,498,930
Sweden
20
449,964
8,876,744
Uruguay
19
176,220
3,386,575
Saint Helena
18
410
7,317
Equatorial Guinea
18
28,051
498,144
Solomon Islands
17
28,450
494,786
Vanuatu
16
12,200
196,178
Finland
15
337,030
5,183,545
Sudan
15
2,505,810
37,090,298
New Zealand
15
268,680
3,908,037
Paraguay
14
406,750
5,884,491
Norway
14
324,220
4,525,116
Argentina
14
2,766,890
37,812,817
Algeria
14
2,381,740
32,277,942
Zambia
13
752,614
9,959,037
Oman
13
212,460
2,713,462
Somalia
12
637,657
7,753,310
Saudi Arabia
12
1,960,582
23,513,330
Belize
11
22,966
262,999
Papua New Guinea
11
462,840
5,172,033
New Caledonia
11
19,060
207,858
Turkmenistan
9.6
488,100
4,688,963
Mali
9.1
1,240,000
11,340,480
Republic of the Congo
8.7
342,000
2,958,448
Angola
8.5
1,246,700
10,593,171
Russia
8.5
17,075,200
144,978,573
Niger
8.4
1,267,000
10,639,744
Niue
8.2
260
2,134
Bolivia
7.7
1,098,580
8,445,134
Chad
7.0
1,284,000
8,997,237
Kazakhstan
6.2
2,717,300
16,741,519
Central African Republic
5.8
622,984
3,642,739
Gabon
4.6
267,667
1,233,353
Christmas Island
3.5
135
474
Guyana
3.2
214,970
698,209
Canada
3.2
9,976,140
31,902,268
Libya
3.1
1,759,540
5,368,585
Mauritania
2.7
1,030,700
2,828,858
Iceland
2.7
103,000
279,384
Suriname
2.7
163,270
436,494
Botswana
2.7
600,370
1,591,232
Australia
2.5
7,686,850
19,546,792
Namibia
2.2
825,418
1,820,916
French Guiana
2.0
91,000
182,333
Mongolia
1.7
1,565,000
2,694,432
Pitcairn Islands
1.0
47
47
Western Sahara
1.0
266,000
256,177
Falkland Islands
0.24
12,173
2,967
Svalbard
0.05
62,049
2,868
Greenland
0.03
2,166,086
56,376
Earth
42
14,894,000
6,233,821,945