Rankings · population
Countries by population density
People per square kilometer of land area. 213 countries ranked for 2024 (people/km²).
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| 1 |  Macao S.A.R | 20.6K people/km² | +0.5% | = |
| 2 |  Monaco | 18.5K people/km² | +4.0% | = |
| 3 |  Singapore | 8,329 people/km² | +7.9% | = |
| 4 |  Hong Kong S.A.R. | 7,165.8 people/km² | +4.1% | = |
| 5 |  Bahrain | 1,985.8 people/km² | +16.5% | = |
| 6 |  Malta | 1,805 people/km² | +33.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 7 |  Maldives | 1,771.1 people/km² | +28.5% | ▼ 1 |
| 8 |  Bangladesh | 1,333.4 people/km² | +9.9% | = |
| 9 |  Sint Maarten | 1,275 people/km² | +18.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 10 |  Bermuda | 1,197 people/km² | +1.7% | ▼ 1 |
| 11 |  Palestine | 877.9 people/km² | +26.6% | ▲ 1 |
| 12 |  Barbados | 655.4 people/km² | +1.3% | ▲ 1 |
| 13 |  Mauritius | 622.9 people/km² | -1.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 14 |  Aruba | 600 people/km² | +1.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 15 |  Rwanda | 599.9 people/km² | +30.2% | ▲ 6 |
| 16 |  Nauru | 568.9 people/km² | +5.9% | ▲ 2 |
| 17 |  Lebanon | 567.5 people/km² | -8.5% | ▼ 2 |
| 18 |  San Marino | 555.2 people/km² | +2.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 19 |  Burundi | 547 people/km² | +30.1% | ▲ 4 |
| 20 |  Netherlands | 534.4 people/km² | +6.8% | = |
| 21 |  South Korea | 530.2 people/km² | +1.8% | ▼ 2 |
| 22 |  Saint Martin | 493 people/km² | -34.2% | ▼ 11 |
| 23 |  India | 488 people/km² | +10.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 24 |  Comoros | 463.5 people/km² | +21.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 25 |  Israel | 462.2 people/km² | +21.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 26 |  Haiti | 427.2 people/km² | +13.5% | ▲ 1 |
| 27 |  Belgium | 388.9 people/km² | +5.3% | ▲ 1 |
| 28 |  Philippines | 388.5 people/km² | +11.6% | ▲ 4 |
| 29 |  Tuvalu | 371 people/km² | +1.3% | = |
| 30 |  Puerto Rico | 361.1 people/km² | -10.7% | ▼ 6 |
| 31 |  Sri Lanka | 354.3 people/km² | +6.9% | ▲ 3 |
| 32 |  Curaçao | 351.3 people/km² | +0.1% | ▼ 2 |
| 33 |  Grenada | 340.7 people/km² | +1.5% | = |
| 34 |  Japan | 340.1 people/km² | -2.6% | ▼ 3 |
| 35 |  Pakistan | 326 people/km² | +17.3% | ▲ 5 |
| 36 |  Vietnam | 322.2 people/km² | +10.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 37 |  Cayman Islands | 310.2 people/km² | +23.7% | ▲ 10 |
| 38 |  Guam | 310.1 people/km² | +1.2% | ▼ 2 |
| 39 |  El Salvador | 305.9 people/km² | +2.9% | ▼ 2 |
| 40 |  United States Virgin Islands | 299.9 people/km² | -2.7% | ▼ 5 |
| 41 |  Saint Lucia | 294.7 people/km² | +3.2% | ▼ 2 |
| 42 |  United Kingdom | 286.4 people/km² | +7.2% | ▲ 2 |
| 43 |  Kuwait | 274.8 people/km² | +33.6% | ▲ 13 |
| 44 |  Gambia | 272.7 people/km² | +27.5% | ▲ 8 |
| 45 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 266.8 people/km² | +1.7% | = |
| 46 |  Seychelles | 265.5 people/km² | +33.7% | ▲ 15 |
| 47 |  Luxembourg | 263 people/km² | +21.7% | ▲ 4 |
| 48 |  Jamaica | 262.2 people/km² | +1.6% | ▼ 2 |
| 49 |  British Virgin Islands | 261.4 people/km² | +19.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 50 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 258.7 people/km² | -6.2% | ▼ 8 |
| 51 |  Nigeria | 255.5 people/km² | +25.2% | ▲ 7 |
| 52 |  Liechtenstein | 252.8 people/km² | +8.6% | ▼ 4 |
| 53 |  Uganda | 249.4 people/km² | +37.4% | ▲ 11 |
| 54 |  Qatar | 248.7 people/km² | +32.8% | ▲ 9 |
| 55 |  São Tomé and Principe | 245.4 people/km² | +19.7% | ▲ 2 |
| 56 |  Germany | 239 people/km² | +3.0% | ▼ 7 |
| 57 |  Dominican Republic | 237.1 people/km² | +11.1% | ▼ 4 |
| 58 |  American Samoa | 235 people/km² | -12.1% | ▼ 15 |
| 59 |  Malawi | 229.7 people/km² | +30.3% | ▲ 7 |
| 60 |  Switzerland | 227.9 people/km² | +9.9% | ▼ 5 |
| 61 |  North Korea | 220.1 people/km² | +4.1% | ▼ 7 |
| 62 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 213 people/km² | +5.6% | ▼ 2 |
| 63 |  Marshall Islands | 207.4 people/km² | -25.0% | ▼ 22 |
| 64 |  Nepal | 206.8 people/km² | +7.2% | ▼ 2 |
| 65 |  Italy | 199.4 people/km² | -2.3% | ▼ 6 |
| 66 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 179.5 people/km² | -0.9% | ▼ 1 |
| 67 |  Andorra | 175.1 people/km² | +11.6% | = |
| 68 |  Guatemala | 171.8 people/km² | +17.4% | ▲ 3 |
| 69 |  Kiribati | 165.9 people/km² | +16.5% | ▲ 4 |
| 70 |  Federated States of Micronesia | 161.4 people/km² | +4.2% | ▼ 2 |
| 71 |  United Arab Emirates | 154.7 people/km² | +36.3% | ▲ 14 |
| 72 |  Togo | 154.6 people/km² | +21.2% | ▲ 7 |
| 73 |  Ghana | 151.3 people/km² | +22.8% | ▲ 9 |
| 74 |  China | 150.1 people/km² | +2.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 75 |  Indonesia | 149.8 people/km² | +8.6% | = |
| 76 |  Denmark | 149.4 people/km² | +5.9% | ▼ 2 |
| 77 |  Cyprus | 147 people/km² | +13.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 78 |  Isle of Man | 147 people/km² | -0.1% | ▼ 8 |
| 79 |  Tonga | 144.7 people/km² | -2.3% | ▼ 10 |
| 80 |  Czechia | 141.3 people/km² | +3.7% | ▼ 3 |
| 81 |  Thailand | 140.3 people/km² | +2.1% | ▼ 5 |
| 82 |  Syria | 134.4 people/km² | +21.7% | ▲ 7 |
| 83 |  Cabo Verde | 130.2 people/km² | +2.4% | ▼ 3 |
| 84 |  Jordan | 130.1 people/km² | +31.4% | ▲ 14 |
| 85 |  Benin | 128.3 people/km² | +31.2% | ▲ 15 |
| 86 |  France | 127.2 people/km² | +3.4% | ▼ 3 |
| 87 |  Azerbaijan | 123.4 people/km² | +7.0% | ▼ 3 |
| 88 |  Sierra Leone | 119.7 people/km² | +25.6% | ▲ 13 |
| 89 |  Poland | 119.4 people/km² | -3.8% | ▼ 8 |
| 90 |  Ethiopia | 117.7 people/km² | +30.6% | ▲ 16 |
| 91 |  Egypt | 117.1 people/km² | +19.5% | ▲ 8 |
| 92 |  Portugal | 116.7 people/km² | +2.8% | ▼ 6 |
| 93 |  Slovakia | 112.8 people/km² | +0.1% | ▼ 5 |
| 94 |  Austria | 111.2 people/km² | +7.3% | ▼ 1 |
| 95 |  Turkey | 111.1 people/km² | +10.8% | ▲ 1 |
| 96 |  Malaysia | 108.2 people/km² | +15.8% | ▲ 8 |
| 97 |  Armenia | 107.6 people/km² | +1.6% | ▼ 5 |
| 98 |  Iraq | 106.1 people/km² | +26.0% | ▲ 12 |
| 99 |  Cuba | 105.8 people/km² | -2.5% | ▼ 9 |
| 100 |  Slovenia | 105.7 people/km² | +3.2% | ▼ 6 |
| 101 |  Hungary | 104.8 people/km² | -2.7% | ▼ 10 |
| 102 |  Costa Rica | 101.5 people/km² | +8.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 103 |  Ivory Coast | 100.4 people/km² | +30.2% | ▲ 16 |
| 104 |  Cambodia | 99.9 people/km² | +14.6% | ▲ 3 |
| 105 |  Spain | 97.8 people/km² | +5.3% | = |
| 106 |  Kenya | 97.2 people/km² | +20.1% | ▲ 7 |
| 107 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 96.9 people/km² | -14.6% | ▼ 20 |
| 108 |  Honduras | 96.8 people/km² | +19.5% | ▲ 4 |
| 109 |  Senegal | 96.1 people/km² | +30.7% | ▲ 14 |
| 110 |  Timor-Leste | 94.2 people/km² | +18.5% | ▲ 5 |
| 111 |  Dominica | 88.2 people/km² | -6.0% | ▼ 9 |
| 112 |  Brunei | 87.8 people/km² | +11.0% | ▲ 5 |
| 113 |  Albania | 86.8 people/km² | -14.2% | ▼ 18 |
| 114 |  Burkina Faso | 86.1 people/km² | +29.3% | ▲ 16 |
| 115 |  Morocco | 85.3 people/km² | +11.4% | ▲ 5 |
| 116 |  Moldova | 83.5 people/km² | -16.1% | ▼ 19 |
| 117 |  Myanmar | 83.5 people/km² | +7.6% | ▲ 1 |
| 118 |  Uzbekistan | 82.9 people/km² | +19.5% | ▲ 9 |
| 119 |  Romania | 82.8 people/km² | -4.3% | ▼ 11 |
| 120 |  Greece | 80.7 people/km² | -4.5% | ▼ 11 |
| 121 |  French Polynesia | 80 people/km² | +0.5% | ▼ 7 |
| 122 |  Tunisia | 79 people/km² | +8.8% | ▲ 2 |
| 123 |  Samoa | 78.4 people/km² | +10.9% | ▲ 2 |
| 124 |  Guinea-Bissau | 78.3 people/km² | +26.5% | ▲ 11 |
| 125 |  Ireland | 78.3 people/km² | +15.8% | ▲ 4 |
| 126 |  United Republic of Tanzania | 77.6 people/km² | +36.6% | ▲ 13 |
| 127 |  Lesotho | 77 people/km² | +12.4% | ▲ 1 |
| 128 |  Yemen | 76.9 people/km² | +34.2% | ▲ 10 |
| 129 |  Tajikistan | 76.3 people/km² | +25.7% | ▲ 8 |
| 130 |  Republic of Serbia | 75.2 people/km² | -7.7% | ▼ 19 |
| 131 |  Ecuador | 73 people/km² | +13.0% | ▲ 3 |
| 132 |  North Macedonia | 72.3 people/km² | -4.9% | ▼ 11 |
| 133 |  Eswatini | 72.3 people/km² | +9.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 134 |  Croatia | 69.1 people/km² | -8.0% | ▼ 12 |
| 135 |  Equatorial Guinea | 67.5 people/km² | +35.3% | ▲ 10 |
| 136 |  Mexico | 67.3 people/km² | +9.3% | = |
| 137 |  Georgia | 66.7 people/km² | +2.5% | ▼ 4 |
| 138 |  Afghanistan | 65.4 people/km² | +30.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 139 |  Ukraine | 65.3 people/km² | -17.8% | ▼ 23 |
| 140 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 61.8 people/km² | -11.2% | ▼ 14 |
| 141 |  Cameroon | 61.6 people/km² | +31.9% | ▲ 7 |
| 142 |  Panama | 60.9 people/km² | +16.0% | ▼ 2 |
| 143 |  Guinea | 60 people/km² | +28.5% | ▲ 6 |
| 144 |  Bulgaria | 59.3 people/km² | -9.0% | ▼ 12 |
| 145 |  Liberia | 58.3 people/km² | +23.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 146 |  Iran | 56.4 people/km² | +12.8% | ▼ 2 |
| 147 |  Madagascar | 54.9 people/km² | +28.9% | ▲ 7 |
| 148 |  South Africa | 52.8 people/km² | +15.3% | ▲ 4 |
| 149 |  Fiji | 50.7 people/km² | +1.0% | ▼ 6 |
| 150 |  Djibouti | 50.4 people/km² | +16.4% | ▲ 3 |
| 151 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 49.1 people/km² | +33.1% | ▲ 7 |
| 152 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 48.2 people/km² | +39.3% | ▲ 10 |
| 153 |  Colombia | 47.7 people/km² | +13.6% | ▲ 2 |
| 154 |  Montenegro | 46.4 people/km² | +0.0% | ▼ 3 |
| 155 |  Lithuania | 46.1 people/km² | -1.7% | ▼ 8 |
| 156 |  Belarus | 45 people/km² | -3.4% | ▼ 6 |
| 157 |  Mozambique | 44 people/km² | +34.1% | ▲ 7 |
| 158 |  Zimbabwe | 43 people/km² | +17.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 159 |  The Bahamas | 40.1 people/km² | +5.0% | ▼ 2 |
| 160 |  Faroe Islands | 39.9 people/km² | +15.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 161 |  Palau | 38.5 people/km² | +0.0% | ▼ 5 |
| 162 |  Kyrgyzstan | 37.7 people/km² | +22.4% | ▲ 4 |
| 163 |  United States | 37.2 people/km² | +6.6% | ▼ 3 |
| 164 |  Laos | 33.7 people/km² | +16.2% | ▲ 4 |
| 165 |  Venezuela | 32.2 people/km² | -6.1% | ▼ 2 |
| 166 |  Estonia | 32.1 people/km² | +6.3% | ▲ 1 |
| 167 |  Angola | 30.4 people/km² | +39.4% | ▲ 8 |
| 168 |  Somalia | 30.3 people/km² | +42.3% | ▲ 9 |
| 169 |  Latvia | 30 people/km² | -6.3% | ▼ 4 |
| 170 |  Eritrea | 29.3 people/km² | +14.5% | ▼ 1 |
| 171 |  Solomon Islands | 29.3 people/km² | +33.2% | ▲ 3 |
| 172 |  Zambia | 28.7 people/km² | +34.1% | ▲ 4 |
| 173 |  Sudan | 27 people/km² | +29.8% | ▲ 6 |
| 174 |  Vanuatu | 26.9 people/km² | +26.3% | ▲ 4 |
| 175 |  Peru | 26.7 people/km² | +13.6% | ▼ 2 |
| 176 |  Chile | 26.6 people/km² | +10.4% | ▼ 6 |
| 177 |  Sweden | 26 people/km² | +9.2% | ▼ 5 |
| 178 |  Brazil | 25.4 people/km² | +6.3% | ▼ 7 |
| 179 |  Papua New Guinea | 23.4 people/km² | +24.5% | ▲ 3 |
| 180 |  Niger | 21.3 people/km² | +40.1% | ▲ 11 |
| 181 |  Bhutan | 20.8 people/km² | +8.3% | ▼ 1 |
| 182 |  Mali | 20.1 people/km² | +35.8% | ▲ 10 |
| 183 |  New Zealand | 20.1 people/km² | +16.9% | ▲ 2 |
| 184 |  Algeria | 19.7 people/km² | +19.4% | ▲ 2 |
| 185 |  Uruguay | 19.4 people/km² | +1.0% | ▼ 4 |
| 186 |  South Sudan | 18.9 people/km² | +6.2% | ▼ 2 |
| 187 |  Republic of the Congo | 18.5 people/km² | +26.7% | ▲ 6 |
| 188 |  Finland | 18.5 people/km² | +2.8% | ▼ 5 |
| 189 |  Belize | 18.3 people/km² | +19.6% | = |
| 190 |  Paraguay | 17.5 people/km² | +14.4% | = |
| 191 |  Oman | 17.1 people/km² | +32.6% | ▲ 5 |
| 192 |  Argentina | 16.7 people/km² | +6.4% | ▼ 5 |
| 193 |  Saudi Arabia | 16.4 people/km² | +24.2% | ▲ 2 |
| 194 |  Chad | 16.1 people/km² | +42.5% | ▲ 4 |
| 195 |  Turkmenistan | 15.9 people/km² | +23.3% | ▲ 2 |
| 196 |  New Caledonia | 15.8 people/km² | +2.6% | ▼ 8 |
| 197 |  Norway | 15.3 people/km² | +8.5% | ▼ 3 |
| 198 |  Bolivia | 11.4 people/km² | +14.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 199 |  Gabon | 9.9 people/km² | +28.6% | ▲ 2 |
| 200 |  Russia | 8.8 people/km² | +0.0% | = |
| 201 |  Central African Republic | 8.6 people/km² | +16.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 202 |  Kazakhstan | 7.6 people/km² | +15.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 203 |  Mauritania | 5 people/km² | +35.1% | ▲ 5 |
| 204 |  Canada | 4.7 people/km² | +17.5% | = |
| 205 |  Botswana | 4.4 people/km² | +15.8% | = |
| 206 |  Libya | 4.2 people/km² | +13.5% | ▲ 1 |
| 207 |  Suriname | 4 people/km² | +11.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 208 |  Guyana | 3.9 people/km² | +2.6% | ▼ 2 |
| 209 |  Iceland | 3.8 people/km² | +15.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 210 |  Namibia | 3.7 people/km² | +32.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 211 |  Australia | 3.5 people/km² | +12.9% | = |
| 212 |  Mongolia | 2.3 people/km² | +21.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 213 |  Greenland | 0.1 people/km² | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
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