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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.
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
# 2
Macau :
16,317.8 people/m²
2005
# 3
Hong Kong :
6,663.72 people/m²
2005
# 4
Singapore :
6,301.6 people/m²
2005
# 5
Bermuda :
1,264.89 people/m²
2005
# 6
Malta :
1,260.94 people/m²
2005
# 7
Maldives :
1,097.33 people/m²
2005
# 8
Bangladesh :
1,089.52 people/m²
2005
# 9
Bahrain :
1,023.4 people/m²
2005
# 10
Barbados :
626.87 people/m²
2005
# 11
Mauritius :
612.44 people/m²
2005
# 12
Aruba :
527.89 people/m²
2005
# 13
Korea, South :
489.15 people/m²
2005
# 14
Netherlands :
481.7 people/m²
2005
# 15
Mayotte :
481.28 people/m²
2005
# 16
San Marino :
470 people/m²
2005
# 17
Puerto Rico :
441.04 people/m²
2005
# 18
India :
368.15 people/m²
2005
# 19
Rwanda :
366.34 people/m²
2005
# 20
Marshall Islands :
351.48 people/m²
2005
# 21
Japan :
350.55 people/m²
2005
# 22
Lebanon :
349.64 people/m²
2005
# 23
Belgium :
346.63 people/m²
2005
# 24
El Salvador :
332.09 people/m²
2005
# 25
Israel :
319.94 people/m²
2005
# 26
Grenada :
313.24 people/m²
2005
# 27
Virgin Islands :
310.59 people/m²
2005
# 28
Haiti :
309.43 people/m²
2005
# 29
Guam :
308.43 people/m²
2005
# 30
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
305.26 people/m²
2005
# 31
Sri Lanka :
303.66 people/m²
2005
# 32
Burundi :
293.91 people/m²
2005
# 33
American Samoa :
291.5 people/m²
2005
# 34
Philippines :
278.55 people/m²
2005
# 35
Saint Lucia :
270.15 people/m²
2005
# 36
Comoros :
269.28 people/m²
2005
# 37
Vietnam :
268.07 people/m²
2005
# 38
Trinidad and Tobago :
254.43 people/m²
2005
# 39
United Kingdom :
248.94 people/m²
2005
# 40
Jamaica :
245.11 people/m²
2005
# 41
Germany :
236.46 people/m²
2005
# 42
Netherlands Antilles :
228.32 people/m²
2005
# 43
Liechtenstein :
217.19 people/m²
2005
# 44
Pakistan :
202.07 people/m²
2005
# 45
Italy :
199.27 people/m²
2005
# 46
Nepal :
189.74 people/m²
2005
# 47
Antigua and Barbuda :
188.15 people/m²
2005
# 48
Korea, North :
186.76 people/m²
2005
# 49
Switzerland :
185.93 people/m²
2005
# 50
Dominican Republic :
183.86 people/m²
2005
# 51
Seychelles :
183.68 people/m²
2005
# 52
Luxembourg :
176.34 people/m²
2005
# 53
Cayman Islands :
173.08 people/m²
2005
# 54
Northern Mariana Islands :
165.83 people/m²
2005
# 55
São Tomé and Príncipe :
163.04 people/m²
2005
# 56
Micronesia, Federated States of :
157.84 people/m²
2005
# 57
Gambia, The :
151.71 people/m²
2005
# 58
Uganda :
146.2 people/m²
2005
# 59
Nigeria :
144.42 people/m²
2005
# 60
Kuwait :
142.28 people/m²
2005
# 61
Tonga :
142.1 people/m²
2005
# 62
Andorra :
141.45 people/m²
2005
# 63
China :
139.87 people/m²
2005
# 64
Malawi :
136.95 people/m²
2005
# 65
Man, Isle of :
136.37 people/m²
2005
# 66
Kiribati :
135.62 people/m²
2005
# 67
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
133.33 people/m²
2005
# 68
Czech Republic :
132.46 people/m²
2005
# 69
Moldova :
127.95 people/m²
2005
# 70
Denmark :
127.65 people/m²
2005
# 71
Cape Verde :
125.76 people/m²
2005
# 72
Thailand :
125.73 people/m²
2005
# 73
Poland :
124.59 people/m²
2005
# 74
Indonesia :
121.75 people/m²
2005
# 75
Guatemala :
116.2 people/m²
2005
# 76
Portugal :
115.29 people/m²
2005
# 77
Albania :
114.22 people/m²
2005
# 78
Togo :
112.98 people/m²
2005
# 79
Hungary :
112.57 people/m²
2005
# 80
Slovakia :
112 people/m²
2005
# 81
France :
110.66 people/m²
2005
# 82
Armenia :
106.96 people/m²
2005
# 83
Syria :
103.62 people/m²
2005
# 84
Cuba :
102.62 people/m²
2005
# 85
Azerbaijan :
101.48 people/m²
2005
# 86
Austria :
99.86 people/m²
2005
# 87
Slovenia :
99.33 people/m²
2005
# 88
Ghana :
97.18 people/m²
2005
# 89
Dominica :
96 people/m²
2005
# 90
Romania :
94.07 people/m²
2005
# 91
Turkey :
93.64 people/m²
2005
# 92
Spain :
86.94 people/m²
2005
# 93
Greece :
86.14 people/m²
2005
# 94
Costa Rica :
84.75 people/m²
2005
# 95
Cyprus :
82.01 people/m²
2005
# 96
Ukraine :
81.25 people/m²
2005
# 97
Macedonia, Republic of :
79.99 people/m²
2005
# 98
Cambodia :
79.71 people/m²
2005
# 99
Croatia :
79.46 people/m²
2005
# 100
Serbia and Montenegro :
79.06 people/m²
2005
= 101
Malaysia :
77.15 people/m²
2005
= 101
Sierra Leone :
77.15 people/m²
2005
# 103
Burma :
76.83 people/m²
2005
# 104
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
76.31 people/m²
2005
# 105
Benin :
76.29 people/m²
2005
# 106
Egypt :
74.37 people/m²
2005
# 107
Qatar :
73.89 people/m²
2005
# 108
Ethiopia :
71.26 people/m²
2005
# 109
Bulgaria :
71.24 people/m²
2005
# 110
Brunei :
70.93 people/m²
2005
# 111
French Polynesia :
70.11 people/m²
2005
# 112
Morocco :
67.6 people/m²
2005
# 113
Swaziland :
65.76 people/m²
2005
# 114
East Timor :
65.6 people/m²
2005
# 115
Samoa :
65.37 people/m²
2005
# 116
Tunisia :
64.55 people/m²
2005
= 117
Georgia :
64.39 people/m²
2005
= 117
Honduras :
64.39 people/m²
2005
# 119
Jordan :
62.02 people/m²
2005
# 120
Uzbekistan :
61.51 people/m²
2005
# 121
Senegal :
60.55 people/m²
2005
# 122
Ireland :
60.37 people/m²
2005
# 123
Kenya :
60.19 people/m²
2005
# 124
Lesotho :
59.14 people/m²
2005
# 125
Côte d'Ivoire :
57.09 people/m²
2005
# 126
Guinea-Bissau :
56.41 people/m²
2005
# 127
Iraq :
55.7 people/m²
1999
# 128
Lithuania :
54.47 people/m²
2005
# 129
United Arab Emirates :
54.22 people/m²
2005
# 130
Mexico :
54.01 people/m²
2005
# 131
Burkina Faso :
48.35 people/m²
2005
# 132
Ecuador :
47.78 people/m²
2005
# 133
Belarus :
47.12 people/m²
2005
# 134
Tajikistan :
46.49 people/m²
2005
# 135
Fiji :
46.4 people/m²
2005
# 136
Palau :
43.7 people/m²
2005
# 137
Eritrea :
43.58 people/m²
2005
# 138
Panama :
43.42 people/m²
2005
# 139
Tanzania :
43.38 people/m²
2005
# 140
Nicaragua :
42.42 people/m²
2005
# 141
Iran :
41.71 people/m²
2005
# 142
Colombia :
41.1 people/m²
2005
# 143
Yemen :
39.73 people/m²
2005
# 144
South Africa :
38.61 people/m²
2005
# 145
Guinea :
38.26 people/m²
2005
# 146
Latvia :
36.93 people/m²
2005
# 147
Cameroon :
35.07 people/m²
2005
# 148
Faroe Islands :
34.52 people/m²
2005
# 149
Djibouti :
34.21 people/m²
2005
# 150
Liberia :
34.09 people/m²
2005
# 151
Zimbabwe :
33.63 people/m²
2005
# 152
United States :
32.35 people/m²
2005
# 153
Bahamas, The :
32.27 people/m²
2005
# 154
Madagascar :
31.99 people/m²
2005
# 155
Estonia :
31.76 people/m²
2005
# 156
Venezuela :
30.13 people/m²
2005
# 157
Kyrgyzstan :
26.82 people/m²
2005
# 158
Laos :
25.67 people/m²
2005
# 159
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
25.38 people/m²
2005
# 160
Mozambique :
25.24 people/m²
2005
# 161
Brazil :
22.04 people/m²
2005
# 162
Sweden :
21.99 people/m²
2005
# 163
Peru :
21.85 people/m²
2005
# 164
Chile :
21.76 people/m²
2005
# 165
Afghanistan :
21.48 people/m²
1989
# 166
Uruguay :
19.79 people/m²
2005
# 167
Equatorial Guinea :
17.95 people/m²
2005
# 168
Vanuatu :
17.34 people/m²
2005
# 169
Finland :
17.22 people/m²
2005
# 170
Solomon Islands :
17.07 people/m²
2005
# 171
Zambia :
15.7 people/m²
2005
# 172
New Zealand :
15.29 people/m²
2005
# 173
Sudan :
15.25 people/m²
2005
# 174
Norway :
15.19 people/m²
2005
# 175
Paraguay :
14.85 people/m²
2005
# 176
Argentina :
14.16 people/m²
2005
# 177
Algeria :
13.79 people/m²
2005
# 178
Bhutan :
13.55 people/m²
2005
# 179
Somalia :
13.12 people/m²
2005
# 180
Papua New Guinea :
13 people/m²
2005
# 181
New Caledonia :
12.83 people/m²
2005
= 182
Angola :
12.79 people/m²
2005
= 182
Belize :
12.79 people/m²
2005
# 184
Congo, Republic of the :
11.71 people/m²
2005
# 185
Saudi Arabia :
11.56 people/m²
2005
# 186
Mali :
11.08 people/m²
2005
# 187
Niger :
11.02 people/m²
2005
# 188
Turkmenistan :
10.29 people/m²
2005
# 189
Russia :
8.74 people/m²
2005
# 190
Bolivia :
8.47 people/m²
2005
# 191
Oman :
8.29 people/m²
2005
# 192
Chad :
7.74 people/m²
2005
# 193
Central African Republic :
6.48 people/m²
2005
# 194
Kazakhstan :
5.61 people/m²
2005
# 195
Gabon :
5.37 people/m²
2005
# 196
Guyana :
3.82 people/m²
2005
# 197
Canada :
3.55 people/m²
2005
# 198
Libya :
3.33 people/m²
2005
# 199
Botswana :
3.11 people/m²
2005
# 200
Mauritania :
2.99 people/m²
2005
# 201
Iceland :
2.96 people/m²
2005
# 202
Suriname :
2.88 people/m²
2005
# 203
Australia :
2.65 people/m²
2005
# 204
Namibia :
2.47 people/m²
2005
# 205
Mongolia :
1.63 people/m²
2005
# 206
Greenland :
0.14 people/m²
2005
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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