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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 (2002) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Macau :
16,001.7 people/m²
2002
Geography of Macau
# 2
Hong Kong :
6,513.44 people/m²
2002
Geography of Hong Kong
# 3
Singapore :
6,179.7 people/m²
2002
Geography of Singapore
# 4
Bermuda :
1,251.46 people/m²
2002
Geography of Bermuda
# 5
Malta :
1,237.34 people/m²
2002
Geography of Malta
# 6
Bangladesh :
1,029.65 people/m²
2002
Geography of Bangladesh
# 7
Maldives :
1,018.72 people/m²
2002
Geography of Maldives
# 8
Bahrain :
980.18 people/m²
2002
Geography of Bahrain
# 9
Barbados :
622.13 people/m²
2002
Geography of Barbados
# 10
Mauritius :
596.16 people/m²
2002
Geography of Mauritius
# 11
Korea, South :
482.28 people/m²
2002
Geography of Korea, South
# 12
Netherlands :
476.65 people/m²
2002
Geography of Netherlands
# 13
Puerto Rico :
435.13 people/m²
2002
Geography of Puerto Rico
# 14
India :
352.7 people/m²
2002
Geography of India
# 15
Japan :
349.65 people/m²
2002
Geography of Japan
# 16
Rwanda :
349.17 people/m²
2002
Geography of Rwanda
# 17
Belgium :
341.81 people/m²
2002
Geography of Belgium
# 18
Lebanon :
339.09 people/m²
2002
Geography of Lebanon
# 19
Marshall Islands :
315.92 people/m²
2002
Geography of Marshall Islands
# 20
El Salvador :
314.83 people/m²
2002
Geography of El Salvador
# 21
Virgin Islands :
310.89 people/m²
2002
Geography of Virgin Islands
# 22
Grenada :
304.41 people/m²
2002
Geography of Grenada
# 23
Israel :
303.6 people/m²
2002
Geography of Israel
# 24
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
300.45 people/m²
2002
Geography of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 25
Haiti :
296.43 people/m²
2002
Geography of Haiti
# 26
Sri Lanka :
294.09 people/m²
2002
Geography of Sri Lanka
# 27
Guam :
292.34 people/m²
2002
Geography of Guam
# 28
Burundi :
265.5 people/m²
2002
Geography of Burundi
# 29
Philippines :
263.96 people/m²
2002
Geography of Philippines
# 30
Saint Lucia :
260.87 people/m²
2002
Geography of Saint Lucia
# 31
Vietnam :
258.97 people/m²
2002
Geography of Vietnam
# 32
Comoros :
252.75 people/m²
2002
Geography of Comoros
# 33
Trinidad and Tobago :
252.08 people/m²
2002
Geography of Trinidad and Tobago
# 34
United Kingdom :
245.12 people/m²
2002
Geography of United Kingdom
# 35
Jamaica :
241.69 people/m²
2002
Geography of Jamaica
# 36
Germany :
236.57 people/m²
2002
Geography of Germany
# 37
Netherlands Antilles :
221.19 people/m²
2002
Geography of Netherlands Antilles
# 38
Italy :
194.34 people/m²
2002
Geography of Italy
# 39
Pakistan :
187.97 people/m²
2002
Geography of Pakistan
# 40
Korea, North :
183.93 people/m²
2002
Geography of Korea, North
# 41
Switzerland :
182.12 people/m²
2002
Geography of Switzerland
# 42
Seychelles :
181.96 people/m²
2002
Geography of Seychelles
# 43
Antigua and Barbuda :
178.89 people/m²
2002
Geography of Antigua and Barbuda
# 44
Nepal :
178.43 people/m²
2002
Geography of Nepal
# 45
Dominican Republic :
175.98 people/m²
2002
Geography of Dominican Republic
# 46
Luxembourg :
171.24 people/m²
2002
Geography of Luxembourg
# 47
Micronesia, Federated States of :
154.3 people/m²
2002
Geography of Micronesia, Federated States of
# 48
São Tomé and Príncipe :
152.07 people/m²
2002
Geography of São Tomé and Príncipe
# 49
Tonga :
140.56 people/m²
2002
Geography of Tonga
# 50
Gambia, The :
139.73 people/m²
2002
Geography of Gambia, The
# 51
China :
137.29 people/m²
2002
Geography of China
# 52
Nigeria :
135.2 people/m²
2002
Geography of Nigeria
# 53
Man, Isle of :
134.99 people/m²
2002
Geography of Man, Isle of
# 54
Czech Republic :
132.02 people/m²
2002
Geography of Czech Republic
# 55
Uganda :
131.73 people/m²
2002
Geography of Uganda
# 56
Kuwait :
131.03 people/m²
2002
Geography of Kuwait
# 57
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
129.75 people/m²
2002
Geography of Saint Kitts and Nevis
# 58
Kiribati :
129.73 people/m²
2002
Geography of Kiribati
# 59
Moldova :
129.12 people/m²
2002
Geography of Moldova
# 60
Malawi :
128.29 people/m²
2002
Geography of Malawi
# 61
Denmark :
126.66 people/m²
2002
Geography of Denmark
# 62
Poland :
124.82 people/m²
2002
Geography of Poland
# 63
Thailand :
122.5 people/m²
2002
Geography of Thailand
# 64
Cape Verde :
117.21 people/m²
2002
Geography of Cape Verde
# 65
Indonesia :
116.92 people/m²
2002
Geography of Indonesia
# 66
Hungary :
113.35 people/m²
2002
Geography of Hungary
# 67
Portugal :
113.32 people/m²
2002
Geography of Portugal
# 68
Albania :
112.32 people/m²
2002
Geography of Albania
# 69
Slovakia :
111.83 people/m²
2002
Geography of Slovakia
# 70
France :
108.34 people/m²
2002
Geography of France
# 71
Armenia :
108.15 people/m²
2002
Geography of Armenia
# 72
Guatemala :
108.01 people/m²
2002
Geography of Guatemala
# 73
Togo :
104.5 people/m²
2002
Geography of Togo
# 74
Cuba :
101.92 people/m²
2002
Geography of Cuba
# 75
Slovenia :
99.01 people/m²
2002
Geography of Slovenia
# 76
Azerbaijan :
98.91 people/m²
2002
Geography of Azerbaijan
# 77
Austria :
98.04 people/m²
2002
Geography of Austria
# 78
Syria :
96.22 people/m²
2002
Geography of Syria
# 79
Romania :
94.85 people/m²
2002
Geography of Romania
# 80
Dominica :
94.77 people/m²
2002
Geography of Dominica
# 81
Ghana :
91.23 people/m²
2002
Geography of Ghana
# 82
Turkey :
90.47 people/m²
2002
Geography of Turkey
# 83
Greece :
85.24 people/m²
2002
Geography of Greece
# 84
Ukraine :
83.2 people/m²
2002
Geography of Ukraine
# 85
Spain :
82.79 people/m²
2002
Geography of Spain
# 86
Costa Rica :
80.24 people/m²
2002
Geography of Costa Rica
# 87
Serbia and Montenegro :
79.61 people/m²
2002
Geography of Serbia and Montenegro
# 88
Macedonia, Republic of :
79.5 people/m²
2002
Geography of Macedonia, Republic of
# 89
Croatia :
79.46 people/m²
2002
Geography of Croatia
# 90
Cyprus :
76.87 people/m²
2002
Geography of Cyprus
# 91
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
76.58 people/m²
2002
Geography of Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 92
Cambodia :
75.17 people/m²
2002
Geography of Cambodia
# 93
Burma :
74.37 people/m²
2002
Geography of Burma
# 94
Malaysia :
72.96 people/m²
2002
Geography of Malaysia
# 95
Bulgaria :
71.13 people/m²
2002
Geography of Bulgaria
# 96
Egypt :
70.23 people/m²
2002
Geography of Egypt
# 97
Benin :
69.31 people/m²
2002
Geography of Benin
# 98
Sierra Leone :
68.31 people/m²
2002
Geography of Sierra Leone
# 99
Ethiopia :
67.22 people/m²
2002
Geography of Ethiopia
# 100
French Polynesia :
66.79 people/m²
2002
Geography of French Polynesia
# 101
Georgia :
66.4 people/m²
2002
Geography of Georgia
# 102
Brunei :
66.31 people/m²
2002
Geography of Brunei
# 103
Samoa :
63.9 people/m²
2002
Geography of Samoa
# 104
Morocco :
63.82 people/m²
2002
Geography of Morocco
# 105
Swaziland :
63.27 people/m²
2002
Geography of Swaziland
# 106
Tunisia :
62.96 people/m²
2002
Geography of Tunisia
# 107
Qatar :
62.39 people/m²
2002
Geography of Qatar
# 108
Honduras :
60.22 people/m²
2002
Geography of Honduras
# 109
Uzbekistan :
59.41 people/m²
2002
Geography of Uzbekistan
# 110
Lesotho :
59.3 people/m²
2002
Geography of Lesotho
# 111
Jordan :
57.77 people/m²
2002
Geography of Jordan
# 112
Ireland :
57.07 people/m²
2002
Geography of Ireland
# 113
Senegal :
56.39 people/m²
2002
Geography of Senegal
# 114
Kenya :
56.3 people/m²
2002
Geography of Kenya
# 115
East Timor :
55.86 people/m²
2002
Geography of East Timor
# 116
Lithuania :
55.35 people/m²
2002
Geography of Lithuania
# 117
Côte d'Ivoire :
54.52 people/m²
2002
Geography of Côte d'Ivoire
# 118
Mexico :
52.39 people/m²
2002
Geography of Mexico
# 119
Guinea-Bissau :
51.53 people/m²
2002
Geography of Guinea-Bissau
# 120
Belarus :
47.84 people/m²
2002
Geography of Belarus
# 121
Ecuador :
45.76 people/m²
2002
Geography of Ecuador
# 122
Fiji :
45.23 people/m²
2002
Geography of Fiji
# 123
Tajikistan :
44.97 people/m²
2002
Geography of Tajikistan
# 124
United Arab Emirates :
44.9 people/m²
2002
Geography of United Arab Emirates
# 125
Burkina Faso :
43.94 people/m²
2002
Geography of Burkina Faso
# 126
Nicaragua :
41.6 people/m²
2002
Geography of Nicaragua
# 127
Panama :
41.15 people/m²
2002
Geography of Panama
# 128
Tanzania :
40.97 people/m²
2002
Geography of Tanzania
# 129
Iran :
40.06 people/m²
2002
Geography of Iran
# 130
Colombia :
39.23 people/m²
2002
Geography of Colombia
# 131
Eritrea :
38.37 people/m²
2002
Geography of Eritrea
# 132
Latvia :
37.53 people/m²
2002
Geography of Latvia
# 133
South Africa :
37.32 people/m²
2002
Geography of South Africa
# 134
Yemen :
36.17 people/m²
2002
Geography of Yemen
# 135
Guinea :
35.84 people/m²
2002
Geography of Guinea
# 136
Liberia :
33.29 people/m²
2002
Geography of Liberia
# 137
Cameroon :
33.21 people/m²
2002
Geography of Cameroon
# 138
Zimbabwe :
33.05 people/m²
2002
Geography of Zimbabwe
# 139
Djibouti :
32.34 people/m²
2002
Geography of Djibouti
# 140
Estonia :
32.05 people/m²
2002
Geography of Estonia
# 141
United States :
31.47 people/m²
2002
Geography of United States
# 142
Bahamas, The :
30.98 people/m²
2002
Geography of Bahamas, The
# 143
Madagascar :
29.48 people/m²
2002
Geography of Madagascar
# 144
Venezuela :
28.59 people/m²
2002
Geography of Venezuela
# 145
Kyrgyzstan :
26.03 people/m²
2002
Geography of Kyrgyzstan
# 146
Laos :
23.96 people/m²
2002
Geography of Laos
# 147
Mozambique :
23.82 people/m²
2002
Geography of Mozambique
# 148
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
23.25 people/m²
2002
Geography of Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 149
Sweden :
21.75 people/m²
2002
Geography of Sweden
# 150
Brazil :
21.15 people/m²
2002
Geography of Brazil
# 151
Chile :
21.07 people/m²
2002
Geography of Chile
# 152
Peru :
20.91 people/m²
2002
Geography of Peru
# 153
Uruguay :
19.37 people/m²
2002
Geography of Uruguay
# 154
Finland :
17.07 people/m²
2002
Geography of Finland
# 155
Equatorial Guinea :
16.76 people/m²
2002
Geography of Equatorial Guinea
# 156
Vanuatu :
16.35 people/m²
2002
Geography of Vanuatu
# 157
Solomon Islands :
15.79 people/m²
2002
Geography of Solomon Islands
# 158
Zambia :
14.93 people/m²
2002
Geography of Zambia
# 159
Norway :
14.91 people/m²
2002
Geography of Norway
# 160
New Zealand :
14.7 people/m²
2002
Geography of New Zealand
# 161
Sudan :
14.4 people/m²
2002
Geography of Sudan
# 162
Paraguay :
14.01 people/m²
2002
Geography of Paraguay
# 163
Argentina :
13.75 people/m²
2002
Geography of Argentina
# 164
Algeria :
13.18 people/m²
2002
Geography of Algeria
# 165
Bhutan :
13.03 people/m²
2002
Geography of Bhutan
# 166
Papua New Guinea :
12.23 people/m²
2002
Geography of Papua New Guinea
# 167
New Caledonia :
12.12 people/m²
2002
Geography of New Caledonia
# 168
Somalia :
11.89 people/m²
2002
Geography of Somalia
# 169
Angola :
11.73 people/m²
2002
Geography of Angola
# 170
Belize :
11.63 people/m²
2002
Geography of Belize
# 171
Saudi Arabia :
10.79 people/m²
2002
Geography of Saudi Arabia
# 172
Congo, Republic of the :
10.71 people/m²
2002
Geography of Congo, Republic of the
# 173
Mali :
10.13 people/m²
2002
Geography of Mali
# 174
Niger :
9.96 people/m²
2002
Geography of Niger
# 175
Turkmenistan :
9.85 people/m²
2002
Geography of Turkmenistan
# 176
Russia :
8.87 people/m²
2002
Geography of Russia
# 177
Oman :
8.05 people/m²
2002
Geography of Oman
# 178
Bolivia :
7.99 people/m²
2002
Geography of Bolivia
# 179
Chad :
7 people/m²
2002
Geography of Chad
# 180
Central African Republic :
6.24 people/m²
2002
Geography of Central African Republic
# 181
Kazakhstan :
5.5 people/m²
2002
Geography of Kazakhstan
# 182
Gabon :
5.12 people/m²
2002
Geography of Gabon
# 183
Guyana :
3.8 people/m²
2002
Geography of Guyana
# 184
Canada :
3.45 people/m²
2002
Geography of Canada
# 185
Libya :
3.14 people/m²
2002
Geography of Libya
# 186
Botswana :
3.12 people/m²
2002
Geography of Botswana
# 187
Iceland :
2.87 people/m²
2002
Geography of Iceland
# 188
Suriname :
2.82 people/m²
2002
Geography of Suriname
# 189
Mauritania :
2.74 people/m²
2002
Geography of Mauritania
# 190
Australia :
2.56 people/m²
2002
Geography of Australia
# 191
Namibia :
2.38 people/m²
2002
Geography of Namibia
# 192
Mongolia :
1.56 people/m²
2002
Geography of Mongolia
# 193
Greenland :
0.14 people/m²
2002
Geography of Greenland
Weighted average:
278.1 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 (2002) 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&date=2002
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