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Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.
Geography Statistics > Population density > people per sq. km (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Monaco :
17,128.21 people/m²
2005
Geography of Monaco
# 2
Macau :
16,317.8 people/m²
2005
Geography of Macau
# 3
Hong Kong :
6,663.72 people/m²
2005
Geography of Hong Kong
# 4
Singapore :
6,301.6 people/m²
2005
Geography of Singapore
# 5
Bermuda :
1,264.89 people/m²
2005
Geography of Bermuda
# 6
Malta :
1,260.94 people/m²
2005
Geography of Malta
# 7
Maldives :
1,097.33 people/m²
2005
Geography of Maldives
# 8
Bangladesh :
1,089.52 people/m²
2005
Geography of Bangladesh
# 9
Bahrain :
1,023.4 people/m²
2005
Geography of Bahrain
# 10
Barbados :
626.87 people/m²
2005
Geography of Barbados
# 11
Mauritius :
612.44 people/m²
2005
Geography of Mauritius
# 12
Aruba :
527.89 people/m²
2005
Geography of Aruba
# 13
Korea, South :
489.15 people/m²
2005
Geography of Korea, South
# 14
Netherlands :
481.7 people/m²
2005
Geography of Netherlands
# 15
Mayotte :
481.28 people/m²
2005
Geography of Mayotte
# 16
San Marino :
470 people/m²
2005
Geography of San Marino
# 17
Puerto Rico :
441.04 people/m²
2005
Geography of Puerto Rico
# 18
India :
368.15 people/m²
2005
Geography of India
# 19
Rwanda :
366.34 people/m²
2005
Geography of Rwanda
# 20
Marshall Islands :
351.48 people/m²
2005
Geography of Marshall Islands
# 21
Japan :
350.55 people/m²
2005
Geography of Japan
# 22
Lebanon :
349.64 people/m²
2005
Geography of Lebanon
# 23
Belgium :
346.63 people/m²
2005
Geography of Belgium
# 24
El Salvador :
332.09 people/m²
2005
Geography of El Salvador
# 25
Israel :
319.94 people/m²
2005
Geography of Israel
# 26
Grenada :
313.24 people/m²
2005
Geography of Grenada
# 27
Virgin Islands :
310.59 people/m²
2005
Geography of Virgin Islands
# 28
Haiti :
309.43 people/m²
2005
Geography of Haiti
# 29
Guam :
308.43 people/m²
2005
Geography of Guam
# 30
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
305.26 people/m²
2005
Geography of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 31
Sri Lanka :
303.66 people/m²
2005
Geography of Sri Lanka
# 32
Burundi :
293.91 people/m²
2005
Geography of Burundi
# 33
American Samoa :
291.5 people/m²
2005
Geography of American Samoa
# 34
Philippines :
278.55 people/m²
2005
Geography of Philippines
# 35
Saint Lucia :
270.15 people/m²
2005
Geography of Saint Lucia
# 36
Comoros :
269.28 people/m²
2005
Geography of Comoros
# 37
Vietnam :
268.07 people/m²
2005
Geography of Vietnam
# 38
Trinidad and Tobago :
254.43 people/m²
2005
Geography of Trinidad and Tobago
# 39
United Kingdom :
248.94 people/m²
2005
Geography of United Kingdom
# 40
Jamaica :
245.11 people/m²
2005
Geography of Jamaica
# 41
Germany :
236.46 people/m²
2005
Geography of Germany
# 42
Netherlands Antilles :
228.32 people/m²
2005
Geography of Netherlands Antilles
# 43
Liechtenstein :
217.19 people/m²
2005
Geography of Liechtenstein
# 44
Pakistan :
202.07 people/m²
2005
Geography of Pakistan
# 45
Italy :
199.27 people/m²
2005
Geography of Italy
# 46
Nepal :
189.74 people/m²
2005
Geography of Nepal
# 47
Antigua and Barbuda :
188.15 people/m²
2005
Geography of Antigua and Barbuda
# 48
Korea, North :
186.76 people/m²
2005
Geography of Korea, North
# 49
Switzerland :
185.93 people/m²
2005
Geography of Switzerland
# 50
Dominican Republic :
183.86 people/m²
2005
Geography of Dominican Republic
# 51
Seychelles :
183.68 people/m²
2005
Geography of Seychelles
# 52
Luxembourg :
176.34 people/m²
2005
Geography of Luxembourg
# 53
Cayman Islands :
173.08 people/m²
2005
Geography of Cayman Islands
# 54
Northern Mariana Islands :
165.83 people/m²
2005
Geography of Northern Mariana Islands
# 55
São Tomé and Príncipe :
163.04 people/m²
2005
Geography of São Tomé and Príncipe
# 56
Micronesia, Federated States of :
157.84 people/m²
2005
Geography of Micronesia, Federated States of
# 57
Gambia, The :
151.71 people/m²
2005
Geography of Gambia, The
# 58
Uganda :
146.2 people/m²
2005
Geography of Uganda
# 59
Nigeria :
144.42 people/m²
2005
Geography of Nigeria
# 60
Kuwait :
142.28 people/m²
2005
Geography of Kuwait
# 61
Tonga :
142.1 people/m²
2005
Geography of Tonga
# 62
Andorra :
141.45 people/m²
2005
Geography of Andorra
# 63
China :
139.87 people/m²
2005
Geography of China
# 64
Malawi :
136.95 people/m²
2005
Geography of Malawi
# 65
Man, Isle of :
136.37 people/m²
2005
Geography of Man, Isle of
# 66
Kiribati :
135.62 people/m²
2005
Geography of Kiribati
# 67
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
133.33 people/m²
2005
Geography of Saint Kitts and Nevis
# 68
Czech Republic :
132.46 people/m²
2005
Geography of Czech Republic
# 69
Moldova :
127.95 people/m²
2005
Geography of Moldova
# 70
Denmark :
127.65 people/m²
2005
Geography of Denmark
# 71
Cape Verde :
125.76 people/m²
2005
Geography of Cape Verde
# 72
Thailand :
125.73 people/m²
2005
Geography of Thailand
# 73
Poland :
124.59 people/m²
2005
Geography of Poland
# 74
Indonesia :
121.75 people/m²
2005
Geography of Indonesia
# 75
Guatemala :
116.2 people/m²
2005
Geography of Guatemala
# 76
Portugal :
115.29 people/m²
2005
Geography of Portugal
# 77
Albania :
114.22 people/m²
2005
Geography of Albania
# 78
Togo :
112.98 people/m²
2005
Geography of Togo
# 79
Hungary :
112.57 people/m²
2005
Geography of Hungary
# 80
Slovakia :
112 people/m²
2005
Geography of Slovakia
# 81
France :
110.66 people/m²
2005
Geography of France
# 82
Armenia :
106.96 people/m²
2005
Geography of Armenia
# 83
Syria :
103.62 people/m²
2005
Geography of Syria
# 84
Cuba :
102.62 people/m²
2005
Geography of Cuba
# 85
Azerbaijan :
101.48 people/m²
2005
Geography of Azerbaijan
# 86
Austria :
99.86 people/m²
2005
Geography of Austria
# 87
Slovenia :
99.33 people/m²
2005
Geography of Slovenia
# 88
Ghana :
97.18 people/m²
2005
Geography of Ghana
# 89
Dominica :
96 people/m²
2005
Geography of Dominica
# 90
Romania :
94.07 people/m²
2005
Geography of Romania
# 91
Turkey :
93.64 people/m²
2005
Geography of Turkey
# 92
Spain :
86.94 people/m²
2005
Geography of Spain
# 93
Greece :
86.14 people/m²
2005
Geography of Greece
# 94
Costa Rica :
84.75 people/m²
2005
Geography of Costa Rica
# 95
Cyprus :
82.01 people/m²
2005
Geography of Cyprus
# 96
Ukraine :
81.25 people/m²
2005
Geography of Ukraine
# 97
Macedonia, Republic of :
79.99 people/m²
2005
Geography of Macedonia, Republic of
# 98
Cambodia :
79.71 people/m²
2005
Geography of Cambodia
# 99
Croatia :
79.46 people/m²
2005
Geography of Croatia
# 100
Serbia and Montenegro :
79.06 people/m²
2005
Geography of Serbia and Montenegro
= 101
Malaysia :
77.15 people/m²
2005
Geography of Malaysia
= 101
Sierra Leone :
77.15 people/m²
2005
Geography of Sierra Leone
# 103
Burma :
76.83 people/m²
2005
Geography of Burma
# 104
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
76.31 people/m²
2005
Geography of Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 105
Benin :
76.29 people/m²
2005
Geography of Benin
# 106
Egypt :
74.37 people/m²
2005
Geography of Egypt
# 107
Qatar :
73.89 people/m²
2005
Geography of Qatar
# 108
Ethiopia :
71.26 people/m²
2005
Geography of Ethiopia
# 109
Bulgaria :
71.24 people/m²
2005
Geography of Bulgaria
# 110
Brunei :
70.93 people/m²
2005
Geography of Brunei
# 111
French Polynesia :
70.11 people/m²
2005
Geography of French Polynesia
# 112
Morocco :
67.6 people/m²
2005
Geography of Morocco
# 113
Swaziland :
65.76 people/m²
2005
Geography of Swaziland
# 114
East Timor :
65.6 people/m²
2005
Geography of East Timor
# 115
Samoa :
65.37 people/m²
2005
Geography of Samoa
# 116
Tunisia :
64.55 people/m²
2005
Geography of Tunisia
= 117
Honduras :
64.39 people/m²
2005
Geography of Honduras
= 117
Georgia :
64.39 people/m²
2005
Geography of Georgia
# 119
Jordan :
62.02 people/m²
2005
Geography of Jordan
# 120
Uzbekistan :
61.51 people/m²
2005
Geography of Uzbekistan
# 121
Senegal :
60.55 people/m²
2005
Geography of Senegal
# 122
Ireland :
60.37 people/m²
2005
Geography of Ireland
# 123
Kenya :
60.19 people/m²
2005
Geography of Kenya
# 124
Lesotho :
59.14 people/m²
2005
Geography of Lesotho
# 125
Côte d'Ivoire :
57.09 people/m²
2005
Geography of Côte d'Ivoire
# 126
Guinea-Bissau :
56.41 people/m²
2005
Geography of Guinea-Bissau
# 127
Iraq :
55.7 people/m²
1999
Geography of Iraq
# 128
Lithuania :
54.47 people/m²
2005
Geography of Lithuania
# 129
United Arab Emirates :
54.22 people/m²
2005
Geography of United Arab Emirates
# 130
Mexico :
54.01 people/m²
2005
Geography of Mexico
# 131
Burkina Faso :
48.35 people/m²
2005
Geography of Burkina Faso
# 132
Ecuador :
47.78 people/m²
2005
Geography of Ecuador
# 133
Belarus :
47.12 people/m²
2005
Geography of Belarus
# 134
Tajikistan :
46.49 people/m²
2005
Geography of Tajikistan
# 135
Fiji :
46.4 people/m²
2005
Geography of Fiji
# 136
Palau :
43.7 people/m²
2005
Geography of Palau
# 137
Eritrea :
43.58 people/m²
2005
Geography of Eritrea
# 138
Panama :
43.42 people/m²
2005
Geography of Panama
# 139
Tanzania :
43.38 people/m²
2005
Geography of Tanzania
# 140
Nicaragua :
42.42 people/m²
2005
Geography of Nicaragua
# 141
Iran :
41.71 people/m²
2005
Geography of Iran
# 142
Colombia :
41.1 people/m²
2005
Geography of Colombia
# 143
Yemen :
39.73 people/m²
2005
Geography of Yemen
# 144
South Africa :
38.61 people/m²
2005
Geography of South Africa
# 145
Guinea :
38.26 people/m²
2005
Geography of Guinea
# 146
Latvia :
36.93 people/m²
2005
Geography of Latvia
# 147
Cameroon :
35.07 people/m²
2005
Geography of Cameroon
# 148
Faroe Islands :
34.52 people/m²
2005
Geography of Faroe Islands
# 149
Djibouti :
34.21 people/m²
2005
Geography of Djibouti
# 150
Liberia :
34.09 people/m²
2005
Geography of Liberia
# 151
Zimbabwe :
33.63 people/m²
2005
Geography of Zimbabwe
# 152
United States :
32.35 people/m²
2005
Geography of United States
# 153
Bahamas, The :
32.27 people/m²
2005
Geography of Bahamas, The
# 154
Madagascar :
31.99 people/m²
2005
Geography of Madagascar
# 155
Estonia :
31.76 people/m²
2005
Geography of Estonia
# 156
Venezuela :
30.13 people/m²
2005
Geography of Venezuela
# 157
Kyrgyzstan :
26.82 people/m²
2005
Geography of Kyrgyzstan
# 158
Laos :
25.67 people/m²
2005
Geography of Laos
# 159
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
25.38 people/m²
2005
Geography of Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 160
Mozambique :
25.24 people/m²
2005
Geography of Mozambique
# 161
Brazil :
22.04 people/m²
2005
Geography of Brazil
# 162
Sweden :
21.99 people/m²
2005
Geography of Sweden
# 163
Peru :
21.85 people/m²
2005
Geography of Peru
# 164
Chile :
21.76 people/m²
2005
Geography of Chile
# 165
Afghanistan :
21.48 people/m²
1989
Geography of Afghanistan
# 166
Uruguay :
19.79 people/m²
2005
Geography of Uruguay
# 167
Equatorial Guinea :
17.95 people/m²
2005
Geography of Equatorial Guinea
# 168
Vanuatu :
17.34 people/m²
2005
Geography of Vanuatu
# 169
Finland :
17.22 people/m²
2005
Geography of Finland
# 170
Solomon Islands :
17.07 people/m²
2005
Geography of Solomon Islands
# 171
Zambia :
15.7 people/m²
2005
Geography of Zambia
# 172
New Zealand :
15.29 people/m²
2005
Geography of New Zealand
# 173
Sudan :
15.25 people/m²
2005
Geography of Sudan
# 174
Norway :
15.19 people/m²
2005
Geography of Norway
# 175
Paraguay :
14.85 people/m²
2005
Geography of Paraguay
# 176
Argentina :
14.16 people/m²
2005
Geography of Argentina
# 177
Algeria :
13.79 people/m²
2005
Geography of Algeria
# 178
Bhutan :
13.55 people/m²
2005
Geography of Bhutan
# 179
Somalia :
13.12 people/m²
2005
Geography of Somalia
# 180
Papua New Guinea :
13 people/m²
2005
Geography of Papua New Guinea
# 181
New Caledonia :
12.83 people/m²
2005
Geography of New Caledonia
= 182
Belize :
12.79 people/m²
2005
Geography of Belize
= 182
Angola :
12.79 people/m²
2005
Geography of Angola
# 184
Congo, Republic of the :
11.71 people/m²
2005
Geography of Congo, Republic of the
# 185
Saudi Arabia :
11.56 people/m²
2005
Geography of Saudi Arabia
# 186
Mali :
11.08 people/m²
2005
Geography of Mali
# 187
Niger :
11.02 people/m²
2005
Geography of Niger
# 188
Turkmenistan :
10.29 people/m²
2005
Geography of Turkmenistan
# 189
Russia :
8.74 people/m²
2005
Geography of Russia
# 190
Bolivia :
8.47 people/m²
2005
Geography of Bolivia
# 191
Oman :
8.29 people/m²
2005
Geography of Oman
# 192
Chad :
7.74 people/m²
2005
Geography of Chad
# 193
Central African Republic :
6.48 people/m²
2005
Geography of Central African Republic
# 194
Kazakhstan :
5.61 people/m²
2005
Geography of Kazakhstan
# 195
Gabon :
5.37 people/m²
2005
Geography of Gabon
# 196
Guyana :
3.82 people/m²
2005
Geography of Guyana
# 197
Canada :
3.55 people/m²
2005
Geography of Canada
# 198
Libya :
3.33 people/m²
2005
Geography of Libya
# 199
Botswana :
3.11 people/m²
2005
Geography of Botswana
# 200
Mauritania :
2.99 people/m²
2005
Geography of Mauritania
# 201
Iceland :
2.96 people/m²
2005
Geography of Iceland
# 202
Suriname :
2.88 people/m²
2005
Geography of Suriname
# 203
Australia :
2.65 people/m²
2005
Geography of Australia
# 204
Namibia :
2.47 people/m²
2005
Geography of Namibia
# 205
Mongolia :
1.63 people/m²
2005
Geography of Mongolia
# 206
Greenland :
0.14 people/m²
2005
Geography of Greenland
Weighted average:
363.8 people/m²
DEFINITION: Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.
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"Population density > people per sq. km by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/geo_pop_den_peo_per_sq_km-density-people-per-sq-km
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