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Population density by country, 2006 List of countries and dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km². The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories that are recognized by the United Nations. The list also includes but does not rank unrecognized but de facto independent countries. The figures in the following table are based on areas including inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Data are estimates for July 2005, taken from the United Nations World Populations Prospects Report (2004 revision), unless noted otherwise. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1368x681, 53 KB) Summary Countries of the world by population density, based on 30 March 2006 version of wikipedia:List of countries by population density. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1368x681, 53 KB) Summary Countries of the world by population density, based on 30 March 2006 version of wikipedia:List of countries by population density. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The list of unrecognized countries enumerates those geo-political entities which lack general diplomatic recognition, but wish to be recognized as sovereign states. ... Note that figures are simply estimates of population divided by total surface area and should not be considered either as reflecting density in the urban sense or as indicative of the ability of a territory’s land to support human habitation. Names of dependent territories as well as recognized states with no or limited control over their territory are shown in italics. Rank Country/Region Population Area (km²) Density (Pop per km²) Notes — World (land only) 6,727,508,082 134,682,000 48 1 Monaco 35,253 1.49 23,660 [1] - Macau S.A.R. (PRC) 460,162 26 17,699 - Hong Kong S.A.R. (PRC) 7,040,885 1,099 6,407 2 Singapore 4,483,900 704.0 6,369 - Gibraltar (UK) 27,921 6 4,654 3 Vatican City 821 0.44 1,866 [2] 4 Malta 401,880 316 1,272 - Bermuda (UK) 64,174 53 1,211 5 Maldives 329,198 298 1,105 6 Bahrain 726,617 694 1,047 7 Bangladesh 150,448,339 143,998 1,045 [3] - Channel Islands (Crown dependency) 149,463 195 766 - Palestinian territories 4,018,332 6,020 667 8 Nauru 13,635 21 649 9 Republic of China (Taiwan) 22,894,384 35,980 636 [2] 10 Barbados 269,556 430 627 - Saint-Martin (France) 33,102 53.2 622 11 Mauritius 1,244,663 2,040 610 - Aruba (Netherlands) 99,468 180 553 - Mayotte (France) 180,610 374 483 [4] 12 South Korea 48,846,823 99,538 480 13 San Marino 28,117 61 461 - Puerto Rico (US) 3,954,584 8,875 446 14 Tuvalu 10,441 26 402 15 Netherlands 16,299,170 41,528 392 - Martinique (France) 395,932 1,102 359 16 Comoros 797,902 2,235 357 17 Lebanon 3,576,818 10,400 344 18 Rwanda 9,037,690 26,338 343 19 Marshall Islands 61,963 181 342 20 Belgium 10,419,050 30,528 341 21 Japan 128,084,700 377,873 339 23 India 1,103,371,000 3,287,263 336 23 El Salvador 6,880,951 21,041 327 – Saint-Barthélemy (France) 6,852 21 326 - American Samoa (US) 64,869 199 326 24 Israel 7,180,000 22,072 325 - U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 111,818 347 322 25 Sri Lanka 20,742,910 65,610 316 - Réunion (France) 785,139 2,510 313 - Guam (US) 169,635 549 309 26 Haiti 8,527,777 27,750 307 27 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 119,051 388 307 28 Saint Lucia 160,765 539 298 29 Philippines 83,054,480 300,000 277 30 Burundi 7,547,515 27,834 271 31 Grenada 102,924 344 260 32 Trinidad and Tobago 1,305,236 5,130 254 33 Vietnam 84,238,230 331,689 254 - Guadeloupe (France) 405,000 1,628 249 [5] 34 United Kingdom 59,667,840 242,900 246 35 Jamaica 2,650,713 10,991 241 36 Germany 82,689,210 357,022 232 - Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) 182,656 800 228 37 Liechtenstein 34,521 160 216 38 Pakistan 157,935,100 796,095 198 39 Italy 58,092,740 301,318 193 40 North Korea 22,487,660 120,538 187 41 Nepal 27,132,630 147,181 184 42 Antigua and Barbuda 81,479 442 184 43 Dominican Republic 8,894,907 48,671 183 44 Luxembourg 464,904 2,586 180 45 Seychelles 80,654 455 177 46 Switzerland 7,252,331 41,284 176 - Northern Mariana Islands (US) 80,801 464 174 - Cayman Islands (UK) 45,017 264 171 47 Saint Kitts and Nevis 42,696 261 164 48 Sao Tome and Principe 156,523 964 162 49 Federated States of Micronesia 110,487 702 157 50 Kuwait 2,686,873 17,818 151 - British Virgin Islands (UK) 22,016 151 146 51 Andorra 67,151 468 143 52 Nigeria 131,529,700 923,768 142 53 People's Republic of China 1,315,844,000 9,596,961 137 54 Tonga 102,311 747 137 [6] 55 Kiribati 99,350 726 137 56 The Gambia 1,517,079 11,295 134 - Anguilla (UK) 12,205 91 134 - Isle of Man (UK) 76,538 572 134 - Transnistria 555,347 4163 133 [7] 57 Czech Republic 10,219,600 78,866 130 58 Denmark 5,430,590 43,094 126 59 Cape Verde 506,807 4,033 126 60 Thailand 64,232,760 513,115 125 61 Moldova 4,205,747 33,851 124 62 Poland 38,529,560 312,685 123 [6] 63 Uganda 28,816,230 241,038 120 64 Indonesia 222,781,500 1,904,569 117 65 Guatemala 12,599,060 108,889 116 - Tokelau (New Zealand) 1,378 12 115 66 Portugal 10,494,500 91,982 114 — European Union 494,070,000 4,422,773 112 67 Slovakia 5,400,908 49,033 110 68 France (Metropolitan) 60,495,540 551,500 110 69 Albania 3,129,678 28,748 109 70 Malawi 12,883,940 118,484 109 71 Hungary 10,097,730 93,032 109 72 Togo 6,145,004 56,785 108 73 Serbia 9,396,411 88,361 106 [2] 74 Dominica 78,940 751 105 75 Syria 19,043,380 185,180 103 76 Cuba 11,269,400 110,861 102 77 Armenia 3,016,312 29,800 101 78 Austria 8,189,444 83,858 98 79 Azerbaijan 8,410,801 86,600 97 80 Slovenia 1,966,814 20,256 97 81 Turkey 73,192,840 783,562 93 82 Ghana 22,112,810 238,533 93 83 Romania 21,711,470 238,391 91 84 Cyprus 835,307 9,251 90 85 Spain 45,061,274 506,030 89 86 Costa Rica 4,327,228 51,100 85 87 Greece 11,119,890 131,957 84 88 Croatia 4,551,338 56,538 81 89 Republic of Macedonia 2,034,060 25,713 79 - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus 264,172 3,355 78 [8] 90 Cambodia 14,071,010 181,035 78 - Wallis and Futuna (France) 15,480 200 77 91 Sierra Leone 5,525,478 71,740 77 92 Ukraine 46,480,700 603,700 77 93 Malaysia 27,250,370 329,847 77 94 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,907,074 51,197 76 - Cook Islands (New Zealand) 17,954 236 76 95 Benin 8,438,853 112,622 75 96 Myanmar 50,519,490 676,578 75 97 Egypt 74,032,880 1,001,449 74 98 Qatar 812,842 11,000 74 99 Morocco 31,478,460 446,550 70 100 Ethiopia 77,430,700 1,104,300 70 101 Bulgaria 7,725,965 110,912 70 102 Iraq 28,807,190 438,317 66 103 Samoa 184,984 2,831 65 104 Brunei 373,819 5,765 65 105 Honduras 7,204,723 112,492 64 106 Georgia 4,474,404 69,700 64 - French Polynesia (France) 256,603 4,000 64 107 Jordan 5,702,776 89,342 64 108 East Timor 947,064 14,874 64 - Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 26,288 417 63 [6] 109 Tunisia 10,102,470 163,610 62 110 Swaziland 1,032,438 17,364 59 111 Uzbekistan 26,593,120 447,400 59 112 Senegal 11,658,170 196,722 59 113 Lesotho 1,794,769 30,355 59 114 Republic of Ireland 4,147,901 70,273 59 115 Kenya 34,255,720 580,367 59 116 Côte d'Ivoire 18,153,870 322,463 56 117 Mexico 107,029,400 1,958,201 55 118 United Arab Emirates 4,495,823 83,600 54 119 Lithuania 3,431,033 65,300 53 120 Ecuador 13,542,420 283,561 53 121 Burkina Faso 13,227,840 274,000 48 122 Belarus 9,755,106 207,600 47 123 Fiji 847,706 18,274 46 124 Bhutan 2,162,546 47,000 46 125 Afghanistan 29,863,010 652,090 46 126 Tajikistan 6,506,980 143,100 45 127 Montenegro 630,548 14,026 45 [2] - Montserrat (UK) 4,488 102 44 128 Guinea-Bissau 1,586,344 36,125 44 129 Palau 19,949 459 43 130 Panama 3,231,502 75,517 43 131 Nicaragua 5,486,685 130,000 42 132 Iran 69,515,210 1,648,195 42 133 Tanzania 38,328,810 945,087 41 [6] - Saint Helena (UK) 4,918 122 40 134 Colombia 45,600,240 1,138,914 40 135 Yemen 20,974,660 527,968 40 136 South Africa 47,431,830 1,221,037 39 137 Guinea 9,402,098 245,857 38 138 Eritrea 4,401,357 117,600 37 139 Latvia 2,306,988 64,600 36 140 Cameroon 16,321,860 475,442 34 141 Djibouti 793,078 23,200 34 - Faroe Islands (Denmark) 47,017 1,399 34 142 Zimbabwe 13,009,530 390,757 33 Nagorno-Karabakh 145,000 4,400 33 [9] 143 Madagascar 18,605,920 587,041 32 144 United States 298,212,900 9,629,091 31 Republic of Abkhazia 215,972 7,138 30 [10][not in citation given] 145 Estonia 1,329,697 45,100 29 146 Liberia 3,283,267 111,369 29 147 Venezuela 26,749,110 912,050 29 148 Kyrgyzstan 5,263,794 199,900 26 149 Laos 5,924,145 236,800 25 150 Mozambique 19,792,300 801,590 25 151 Democratic Republic of the Congo 57,548,740 2,344,858 25 Somaliland 3,500,000 137,600 25 [11] - Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France) 5,769 242 24 152 The Bahamas 323,063 13,878 23 153 Brazil 186,404,900 8,514,877 22 154 Peru 27,968,240 1,285,216 22 155 Chile 16,295,100 756,096 22 156 Sweden 9,041,262 449,964 20.0 157 Uruguay 3,463,197 175,016 19.8 158 Equatorial Guinea 503,519 28,051 18.0 South Ossetia 70,000 3,900 17.9 [12] 159 Vanuatu 211,367 12,189 17.3 160 Solomon Islands 477,742 28,896 16.5 161 Finland 5,249,060 338,145 15.5 162 Zambia 11,668,460 752,618 15.5 163 Paraguay 6,158,259 406,752 15.1 164 New Zealand 4,028,384 270,534 14.9 165 Sudan 36,232,950 2,505,813 14.5 166 Argentina 38,747,150 2,780,400 13.9 167 Algeria 32,853,800 2,381,741 13.8 - Pitcairn Islands (UK) 67 5 13.4 168 Somalia 8,227,826 637,657 12.9 169 Angola 15,941,390 1,246,700 12.8 - New Caledonia (France) 236,838 18,575 12.8 170 Papua New Guinea 5,887,138 462,840 12.7 171 Belize 294,835 22,966 12.3 172 Norway 4,620,275 385,155 12.0 173 Republic of the Congo 3,998,904 342,000 11.7 174 Saudi Arabia 24,573,100 2,149,690 11.4 175 Niger 13,956,980 1,267,000 11.0 176 Mali 13,518,420 1,240,192 10.9 177 Turkmenistan 4,833,266 488,100 9.9 178 Russia 143,201,600 17,098,242 8.4 179 Bolivia 9,182,015 1,098,581 8.4 180 Oman 2,577,000 309,500 8.3 181