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Countries Ranked by Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

Showing every country with available data for 2023 • World Bank: EN.POP.DNST

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported population density (people per sq. km of land area) data for 2023, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 215 countries reporting, the median value is 95.27, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Macao SAR, China

20,569.70

Europe & Central Asia

Monaco

18,692.90

Latin America & Caribbean

Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

1,257.32

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Bahrain

1,971.32

North America

Bermuda

1,198.11

South Asia

Maldives

1,765.08

Sub-Saharan Africa

Mauritius

625.26

Rank Country Population density (people per sq. km of land area)
1 Macao SAR, China 20,569.70
2 Monaco 18,692.90
3 Singapore 8,241.85
4 Hong Kong SAR, China 7,177.24
5 Gibraltar 3,847.10
6 Bahrain 1,971.32
7 Maldives 1,765.08
8 Malta 1,727.33
9 Bangladesh 1,319.18
10 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1,257.32
11 Bermuda 1,198.11
12 West Bank and Gaza 857.39
13 Barbados 656.60
14 Mauritius 625.26
15 Aruba 596.44
16 Nauru 593.75
17 Rwanda 565.65
18 Lebanon 564.37
19 San Marino 564.33
20 St. Martin (French part) 550.30
21 Burundi 533.08
22 Netherlands 530.95
23 Korea, Rep. 529.84
24 India 483.68
25 Comoros 456.95
26 Israel 455.13
27 Haiti 422.26
28 Belgium 386.30
29 Philippines 385.32
30 Puerto Rico (US) 361.19
31 Sri Lanka 356.24
32 Curacao 348.32
33 Grenada 344.36
34 Japan 341.54
35 Tuvalu 327.20
36 Pakistan 321.07
37 Viet Nam 320.18
38 Guam 308.34
39 El Salvador 304.52
40 Cayman Islands 304.33
41 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 299.76
42 St. Lucia 293.91
43 United Kingdom 283.11
44 Kuwait 272.36
45 Gambia, The 266.59
46 Trinidad and Tobago 266.57
47 Jamaica 262.21
48 Seychelles 260.38
49 British Virgin Islands 259.90
50 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 259.80
51 Luxembourg 258.86
52 Nigeria 250.21
53 Liechtenstein 249.04
54 Uganda 242.65
55 Sao Tome and Principe 240.49
56 Germany 238.35
57 American Samoa 237.61
58 Dominican Republic 235.10
59 Qatar 231.16
60 Switzerland 224.98
61 Malawi 223.85
62 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 219.40
63 Marshall Islands 215.71
64 Antigua and Barbuda 212.08
65 Nepal 207.15
66 Italy 199.46
67 St. Kitts and Nevis 179.84
68 Andorra 172.03
69 Togo 171.07
70 Guatemala 169.14
71 Kiribati 163.62
72 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 160.90
73 China 150.26
74 Denmark 148.67
75 Indonesia 148.58
76 Ghana 148.50
77 Isle of Man 147.66
78 United Arab Emirates 147.62
79 Cyprus 145.56
80 Tonga 145.27
81 Czechia 140.79
82 Thailand 140.35
83 Cabo Verde 129.61
84 Jordan 128.83
85 Syrian Arab Republic 128.49
86 France 126.86
87 Benin 125.14
88 Azerbaijan 122.85
89 Poland 119.79
90 Sierra Leone 117.21
91 Portugal 115.48
92 Egypt, Arab Rep. 115.06
93 Ethiopia 114.04
94 Slovak Republic 112.87
95 Turkiye 110.87
96 Austria 110.66
97 Malaysia 106.91
98 Cuba 106.17
99 Slovenia 105.31
100 Armenia 105.12
101 Hungary 105.11
102 Iraq 103.83
103 Costa Rica 99.99
104 Cambodia 98.71
105 Northern Mariana Islands 98.14
106 Cote d'Ivoire 98.01
107 Spain 96.76
108 Kenya 95.27
109 Honduras 95.14
110 Senegal 93.89
111 Timor-Leste 93.09
112 Dominica 88.68
113 Albania 88.11
114 Brunei Darussalam 87.09
115 Moldova 85.44
116 Morocco 84.50
117 Burkina Faso 84.16
118 Myanmar 82.94
119 Romania 82.85
120 French Polynesia 80.99
121 Uzbekistan 80.91
122 Greece 80.74
123 Serbia 78.76
124 Tunisia 78.53
125 Samoa 77.94
126 Ireland 77.10
127 Guinea-Bissau 76.58
128 Lesotho 76.14
129 Tanzania 75.21
130 Tajikistan 74.86
131 Yemen, Rep. 74.61
132 North Macedonia 72.47
133 Ecuador 72.40
134 Eswatini 71.54
135 Croatia 68.97
136 Mexico 66.74
137 Equatorial Guinea 65.87
138 Ukraine 65.12
139 Georgia 65.00
140 Afghanistan 63.56
141 Bosnia and Herzegovina 62.21
142 Panama 60.11
143 Cameroon 60.02
144 Bulgaria 59.38
145 Guinea 58.63
146 Liberia 57.03
147 Nicaragua 56.70
148 Iran, Islamic Rep. 55.85
149 Madagascar 53.62
150 South Africa 52.11
151 Fiji 50.58
152 Djibouti 49.74
153 Turks and Caicos Islands 48.63
154 Colombia 47.16
155 Congo, Dem. Rep. 46.66
156 Montenegro 46.36
157 Lithuania 45.87
158 Belarus 45.22
159 Mozambique 42.77
160 Zimbabwe 42.24
161 Bahamas, The 39.90
162 Faroe Islands 39.72
163 Palau 38.54
164 Kyrgyz Republic 37.02
165 United States 36.82
166 Lao PDR 33.21
167 Venezuela, RB 32.09
168 Estonia 32.07
169 Latvia 30.27
170 Angola 29.48
171 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 29.26
172 Eritrea 28.64
173 Solomon Islands 28.58
174 Zambia 27.88
175 Sudan 26.79
176 Chile 26.46
177 Peru 26.44
178 Vanuatu 26.28
179 Sweden 25.87
180 Brazil 25.26
181 Papua New Guinea 22.94
182 Niger 20.65
183 Bhutan 20.62
184 New Zealand 19.75
185 Mali 19.48
186 Algeria 19.38
187 Uruguay 19.36
188 Finland 18.37
189 South Sudan 18.17
190 Congo, Rep. 18.11
191 Belize 18.02
192 Paraguay 17.28
193 Argentina 16.64
194 Oman 16.31
195 New Caledonia 15.86
196 Saudi Arabia 15.68
197 Turkmenistan 15.67
198 Chad 15.34
199 Norway 15.15
200 Bolivia 11.30
201 Gabon 9.64
202 Russian Federation 8.78
203 Central African Republic 8.27
204 Kazakhstan 7.53
205 Mauritania 4.87
206 Canada 4.56
207 Botswana 4.38
208 Libya 4.15
209 Suriname 3.92
210 Guyana 3.91
211 Iceland 3.82
212 Namibia 3.60
213 Australia 3.47
214 Mongolia 2.23
215 Greenland 0.14

Source: World Bank Open Data (EN.POP.DNST), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2023; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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