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Geography Statistics > Population density (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1   Macau: 20,824.4 people per sqkm 
# 2   Monaco: 16,486.7 people per sqkm 
# 3   Hong Kong: 6,571.14 people per sqkm 
# 4   Singapore: 5,539.77 people per sqkm 
# 5   Gibraltar: 4,486.92 people per sqkm 
# 6   Gaza Strip: 3,090.71 people per sqkm 
# 7   Bermuda: 1,249.44 people per sqkm 
# 8   Malta: 1,192.51 people per sqkm 
# 9   Bahrain: 1,014.66 people per sqkm 
# 10   Maldives: 1,000.73 people per sqkm 
# 11   Bangladesh: 949.28 people per sqkm 
# 12   Jersey: 773.46 people per sqkm 
# 13   Taiwan: 685.47 people per sqkm 
# 14   Mauritius: 639.03 people per sqkm 
# 15   Barbados: 602.77 people per sqkm 
# 16   Nauru: 505 people per sqkm 
# 17   Korea, South: 477.49 people per sqkm 
# 18   Netherlands: 466.45 people per sqkm 
# 19   Puerto Rico: 433.94 people per sqkm 
# 20   San Marino: 417.68 people per sqkm 
# 21   Tuvalu: 407.23 people per sqkm 
# 22   Mayotte: 398.23 people per sqkm 
# 23   Martinique: 388.24 people per sqkm 
# 24   Marshall Islands: 361.32 people per sqkm 
# 25   Aruba: 355.83 people per sqkm 
# 26   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 354.47 people per sqkm 
# 27   Lebanon: 348.26 people per sqkm 
# 28   Virgin Islands: 343.34 people per sqkm 
# 29   Guernsey: 337.04 people per sqkm 
# 30   Belgium: 336.82 people per sqkm 
# 31   Japan: 336.72 people per sqkm 
# 32   India: 336.62 people per sqkm 
# 33   Rwanda: 326.85 people per sqkm 
# 34   American Samoa: 320.53 people per sqkm 
# 35   Sri Lanka: 295.72 people per sqkm 
# 36   Reunion: 287.09 people per sqkm 
# 37   West Bank: 285.66 people per sqkm 
# 38   Grenada: 285.32 people per sqkm 
# 39   Israel: 282.82 people per sqkm 
# 40   El Salvador: 281.81 people per sqkm 
# 41   Guam: 280.28 people per sqkm 
# 42   Philippines: 266.11 people per sqkm 
# 43   Comoros: 259.32 people per sqkm 
# 44   Saint Lucia: 252.49 people per sqkm 
# 45   Haiti: 249.79 people per sqkm 
# 46   Guadeloupe: 246.74 people per sqkm 
# 47   Jamaica: 244.92 people per sqkm 
# 48   United Kingdom: 244.69 people per sqkm 
# 49   Vietnam: 237.62 people per sqkm 
# 50   Germany: 234.86 people per sqkm 
# 51   Burundi: 223.62 people per sqkm 
# 52   Netherlands Antilles: 216.49 people per sqkm 
# 53   Trinidad and Tobago: 214.83 people per sqkm 
# 54   Liechtenstein: 200.36 people per sqkm 
# 55   Italy: 192.96 people per sqkm 
# 56   Micronesia, Federated States of: 187.32 people per sqkm 
# 57   Switzerland: 182.94 people per sqkm 
# 58   Nepal: 177.65 people per sqkm 
# 59   Korea, North: 177.61 people per sqkm 
# 60   Pakistan: 177.37 people per sqkm 
# 61   Seychelles: 173.99 people per sqkm 
# 62   Dominican Republic: 168.04 people per sqkm 
# 63   Luxembourg: 165.92 people per sqkm 
# 64   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 159.25 people per sqkm 
# 65   Sao Tome and Principe: 154.88 people per sqkm 
# 66   Tonga: 151.92 people per sqkm 
# 67   Cayman Islands: 151.29 people per sqkm 
# 68   Tokelau: 147.1 people per sqkm 
# 69   Andorra: 146.53 people per sqkm 
# 70   Antigua and Barbuda: 146.01 people per sqkm 
# 71   Northern Mariana Islands: 145.49 people per sqkm 
# 72   China: 133.69 people per sqkm 
# 73   Moldova: 133.67 people per sqkm 
# 74   Gambia, The: 133.63 people per sqkm 
# 75   Czech Republic: 130.72 people per sqkm 
# 76   Man, Isle of: 128.72 people per sqkm 
# 77   Montserrat: 128.53 people per sqkm 
# 78   British Virgin Islands: 127.71 people per sqkm 
# 79   Poland: 126.79 people per sqkm 
# 80   Anguilla: 126.48 people per sqkm 
# 81   Denmark: 126.36 people per sqkm 
# 82   Nigeria: 124.98 people per sqkm 
# 83   Albania: 122.79 people per sqkm 
# 84   Armenia: 120.04 people per sqkm 
# 85   Kiribati: 119.25 people per sqkm 
# 86   Thailand: 118.43 people per sqkm 
# 87   Indonesia: 118.32 people per sqkm 
# 88   Uganda: 114.19 people per sqkm 
# 89   Guatemala: 113.77 people per sqkm 
# 90   Kuwait: 111.73 people per sqkm 
# 91   Slovakia: 110.58 people per sqkm 
# 92   Hungary: 110.31 people per sqkm 
# 93   France: 108.09 people per sqkm 
# 94   Portugal: 107.86 people per sqkm 
# 95   Malawi: 106.3 people per sqkm 
# 96   Serbia and Montenegro: 103.06 people per sqkm 
# 97   Cape Verde: 100.68 people per sqkm 
# 98   Cuba: 100.09 people per sqkm 
# 99   Austria: 98.37 people per sqkm 
# 100   Slovenia: 97.28 people per sqkm 
# 101   Romania: 96.96 people per sqkm 
# 102   Syria: 93.53 people per sqkm 
# 103   Togo: 93.43 people per sqkm 
# 104   Azerbaijan: 91.85 people per sqkm 
# 105   Dominica: 86.51 people per sqkm 
# 106   Turkey: 85.11 people per sqkm 
# 107   Cook Islands: 84.17 people per sqkm 
# 108   Croatia: 82.91 people per sqkm 
# 109   Ukraine: 82.51 people per sqkm 
# 110   Ghana: 82.11 people per sqkm 
# 111   Greece: 81.86 people per sqkm 
# 112   Cyprus: 81.61 people per sqkm 
# 113   Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 81.37 people per sqkm 
# 114   Samoa: 80.69 people per sqkm 
# 115   Spain: 78.43 people per sqkm 
# 116   Bulgaria: 74.13 people per sqkm 
# 117   Sierra Leone: 73.95 people per sqkm 
# 118   Burma: 73.1 people per sqkm 
# 119   Georgia: 72.69 people per sqkm 
# 120   Costa Rica: 72.53 people per sqkm 
# 121   Lesotho: 70.15 people per sqkm 
# 122   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 67.97 people per sqkm 
# 123   Egypt: 67.58 people per sqkm 
# 124   Morocco: 66.46 people per sqkm 
# 125   French Polynesia: 66.14 people per sqkm 
# 126   Cambodia: 65.87 people per sqkm 
# 127   Malaysia: 65.06 people per sqkm 
# 128   Qatar: 63.26 people per sqkm 
# 129   Brunei: 61.29 people per sqkm 
# 130   Tunisia: 61.24 people per sqkm 
# 131   Swaziland: 57.29 people per sqkm 
# 132   Benin: 57 people per sqkm 
# 133   Uzbekistan: 56.66 people per sqkm 
# 134   Wallis and Futuna: 55.22 people per sqkm 
# 135   Norfolk Island: 55.06 people per sqkm 
# 136   Lithuania: 54.98 people per sqkm 
# 137   Honduras: 53.6 people per sqkm 
# 138   Ethiopia: 53.3 people per sqkm 
# 139   Ireland: 52.74 people per sqkm 
# 140   Senegal: 52.35 people per sqkm 
# 141   Mexico: 52.15 people per sqkm 
# 142   Iraq: 51.9 people per sqkm 
# 143   Jordan: 51.32 people per sqkm 
# 144   Kenya: 50.61 people per sqkm 
# 145   Belarus: 50.1 people per sqkm 
# 146   Ecuador: 45.38 people per sqkm 
# 147   Fiji: 44.49 people per sqkm 
# 148   Guinea-Bissau: 44.09 people per sqkm 
# 149   Tajikistan: 42.77 people per sqkm 
# 150   Burkina Faso: 42.28 people per sqkm 
# 151   Bhutan: 41.53 people per sqkm 
# 152   Palau: 40.32 people per sqkm 
# 153   Afghanistan: 39.88 people per sqkm 
# 154   Iran: 39.84 people per sqkm 
# 155   Nicaragua: 39.23 people per sqkm 
# 156   Turks and Caicos Islands: 39.22 people per sqkm 
# 157   Colombia: 37.84 people per sqkm 
# 158   Panama: 36.56 people per sqkm 
# 159   Latvia: 36.44 people per sqkm 
# 160   South Africa: 35.6 people per sqkm 
# 161   Tanzania: 35.29 people per sqkm 
# 162   Cameroon: 32.92 people per sqkm 
# 163   Eritrea: 32.84 people per sqkm 
# 164   Estonia: 32.6 people per sqkm 
# 165   Yemen: 32.09 people per sqkm 
# 166   Guinea: 30.66 people per sqkm 
# 167   Liberia: 30.35 people per sqkm 
# 168   United States: 29.77 people per sqkm 
# 169   Faroe Islands: 29.35 people per sqkm 
# 170   Zimbabwe: 28.87 people per sqkm 
# 171   Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 28.79 people per sqkm 
# 172   United Arab Emirates: 28.29 people per sqkm 
# 173   Bahamas, The: 28.17 people per sqkm 
# 174   Venezuela: 26.31 people per sqkm 
# 175   Madagascar: 25.58 people per sqkm 
# 176   Mozambique: 24.39 people per sqkm 
# 177   Kyrgyzstan: 23.76 people per sqkm 
# 178   Laos: 23.43 people per sqkm 
# 179   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 22.26 people per sqkm 
# 180   Sweden: 21.69 people per sqkm 
# 181   Peru: 20.8 people per sqkm 
# 182   Djibouti: 20.36 people per sqkm 
# 183   Brazil: 20.32 people per sqkm 
# 184   Chile: 20 people per sqkm 
# 185   Uruguay: 19.06 people per sqkm 
# 186   Christmas Island: 17.58 people per sqkm 
# 187   Saint Helena: 17.43 people per sqkm 
# 188   Finland: 16.89 people per sqkm 
# 189   Equatorial Guinea: 16.6 people per sqkm 
# 190   Solomon Islands: 16.54 people per sqkm 
# 191   Sudan: 14.51 people per sqkm 
# 192   Norway: 14.42 people per sqkm 
# 193   Paraguay: 13.68 people per sqkm 
# 194   New Zealand: 13.63 people per sqkm 
# 195   Argentina: 13.42 people per sqkm 
# 196   Algeria: 13.07 people per sqkm 
# 197   Zambia: 13.05 people per sqkm 
# 198   Vanuatu: 12.81 people per sqkm 
# 199   Oman: 11.52 people per sqkm 
# 200   Somalia: 11.38 people per sqkm 
# 201   Saudi Arabia: 10.97 people per sqkm 
# 202   New Caledonia: 10.63 people per sqkm 
# 203   Papua New Guinea: 10.39 people per sqkm 
# 204   Belize: 10.34 people per sqkm 
# 205   Angola: 8.97 people per sqkm 
# 206   Turkmenistan: 8.95 people per sqkm 
# 207   Russia: 8.61 people per sqkm 
# 208   Mali: 8.55 people per sqkm 
# 209   Niue: 8.09 people per sqkm 
# 210   Congo, Republic of the: 7.96 people per sqkm 
# 211   Niger: 7.86 people per sqkm 
# 212   Bolivia: 7.36 people per sqkm 
# 213   Kazakhstan: 6.3 people per sqkm 
# 214   Chad: 6 people per sqkm 
# 215   Central African Republic: 5.53 people per sqkm 
# 216   Gabon: 4.76 people per sqkm 
# 217   Guyana: 3.58 people per sqkm 
# 218   Canada: 3.36 people per sqkm 
# 219   Libya: 2.84 people per sqkm 
# 220   Iceland: 2.72 people per sqkm 
# 221   Suriname: 2.67 people per sqkm 
# 222   Mauritania: 2.51 people per sqkm 
# 223   Botswana: 2.5 people per sqkm 
# 224   Australia: 2.47 people per sqkm 
# 225   Namibia: 2 people per sqkm 
# 226   French Guiana: 1.88 people per sqkm 
# 227   Mongolia: 1.67 people per sqkm 
# 228   Pitcairn Islands: 1.04 people per sqkm 
# 229   Western Sahara: 0.9 people per sqkm 
# 230   Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 0.23 people per sqkm 
# 231   Svalbard: 0.04 people per sqkm 
# 232   Greenland: 0.03 people per sqkm 
= 233   South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: 0 people per sqkm 
= 233   Kingman Reef: 0 people per sqkm 
= 233   Howland Island: 0 people per sqkm 
= 233   Glorioso Islands: 0 people per sqkm 
= 233   Clipperton Island: 0 people per sqkm 
= 233   Midway Islands: 0 people per sqkm 
= 233   Johnston Atoll: 0 people per sqkm 
= 233   Baker Island: 0 people per sqkm 
= 233   Ashmore and Cartier Islands: 0 people per sqkm 
= 233   French Southern and Antarctic Lands: 0 people per sqkm 
= 233   Heard Island and McDonald Islands: 0 people per sqkm 
= 233   Navassa Island: 0 people per sqkm 
= 233   British Indian Ocean Territory: 0 people per sqkm 
= 233   Bassas da India: 0 people per sqkm 
= 233   Jan Mayen: 0 people per sqkm 
= 233   Bouvet Island: 0 people per sqkm 
= 233   Juan de Nova Island: 0 people per sqkm 
= 233   Coral Sea Islands: 0 people per sqkm 
= 233   Palmyra Atoll: 0 people per sqkm 
= 233   Jarvis Island: 0 people per sqkm 
= 233   Spratly Islands: 0 people per sqkm 
= 233   Europa Island: 0 people per sqkm 
= 233   Tromelin Island: 0 people per sqkm 
Weighted average: 345.4 people per sqkm  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
Antarctica 0 people per sqkm  



DEFINITION: People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.

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COMMENTARY     

Edria Murray
Staff editor

15th March 2005

The average population density was calculated from the total global population (6,000,000,000) and the total surface area of the Earth. As about 70% of the Earth's surface is covered with water, land area is a better value to use.



If only total land area is considered, the average global density is 40.3 people per square kilometer. However not all land is equally suitable for human habitation. The land surface can be divided into different types:

  • land which is permanently covered in snow or ice - 20%
  • Mountains - 20%
  • Desert - 20%
  • Land without topsoil eg bare rock - 10%
  • Arable land (land which can be farmed) - 30%


Using only arable land, the average population density is 134.4 people per square kilometer. Although this appears to be a large number, a crowded beach is estimated to be 250,000 - 300,000 people per square kilometer.



Population is seldom evenly distributed throughout any country. Typically in countries with a high level of urbanisation, a few major urban centres and several smaller urban areas will contain most of the population.



Countries with high population densities have very small land areas and most of these are island nations.

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