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Countries by Population Density | Countries by Density 2024

What are the most densely populated countries in the world? Perhaps surprisingly, the most populous countries in the world, China and India, are far from the most densely populated.

The fact is, China and India are simply too large to have the highest population density. In the same way that a stadium holds far more people in total but a bus is easier to fill to capacity, several tiny countries and territories fit far more people into each square kilometer than even the most populous large countries.

For example, the most densely populated country in the world in 2020 was the diminutive European city-state of Monaco. Located near the French Riviera on the northern edge of the Mediterranean Sea, Monaco has a population of fewer than 40,000 people compared to China's 1.4 billion—but squeezes them into a mere two km² of land area (compared to China's 9.7 million km²).

Top 10 most densely populated countries in the world:

Country
Density (/km²)
Macau21,674
Monaco18,079
Singapore8,430
Hong Kong7,140
Gibraltar4,811
Bahrain1,909
Maldives1,726
Malta1,677
Bangladesh1,342
Sint Maarten1,303

It is notable that all of these locations are tiny. The whole top five together have a total area of less than 2,000 km². Moreover, most are also highly urbanized centers of wealth and finance, with a tendency toward cities and skyscrapers rather than rolling fields or vast wilderness areas.

Top 10 least densely populated countries in the world:

On the other end of the spectrum, some of the largest countries in the world by land area have quite low population densities. For example, Russia has a population density of just 9/km², while Canada is even lower at 4/km². The United States of America has a population density of 36/km², which is quite low considering the U.S. is also the country with the third-highest population in the world. For comparison, the two countries with the highest populations—China and India—have population densities of 146/km² and 412/km², respectively.

Density calculation based on land area, not total area.

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Country
Density (/km²)
Density (/mi²)
Population
Area (km²)
Macau21,67456,136713,08233
Monaco18,07946,82336,1572
Singapore8,43021,8346,052,709710
Hong Kong7,14018,4927,496,6811.1K
Gibraltar4,81112,46232,7187
Bahrain1,9094,9451,498,712765
Maldives1,7264,471517,887300
Malta1,6774,344536,740316
Bangladesh1,3423,476174,701,211147.6K
Sint Maarten1,3033,37544,30934
Vatican City1,1953,096526< 1
Bermuda1,1843,06763,93554
Guernsey1,0132,62263,78878
Jersey9402,436112,843116
Mayotte9252,396345,996374
Palestine9132,3645,494,9636.2K
Taiwan6621,71423,950,21436.2K
Barbados6571,700282,309430
Saint Martin6471,67532,33753
Nauru6441,66812,88421
Mauritius6411,6611,301,9782K
Aruba5901,528106,177180
Rwanda5841,51314,414,91026.3K
San Marino5601,45133,61461
South Korea5301,37351,741,963100.2K
Burundi5291,37113,591,65727.8K
Netherlands5251,35917,671,12541.9K
Lebanon5101,3215,219,04410.5K
India4851,2561,441,719,8523.3M
Comoros4661,207867,6051.9K
Saint Barthelemy4411,14211,01921
Curacao4351,126192,965444
Haiti4311,11511,867,03027.8K
Israel4301,1149,311,65220.8K
Philippines3991,035119,106,224342.4K
Reunion3941,020989,3502.5K
Belgium3871,00211,715,77430.5K
Tuvalu38399111,47826
Grenada373967126,887344
Puerto Rico3699543,268,8028.9K
Sri Lanka35591921,949,26865.6K
Japan336871122,631,432377.9K
Martinique325841366,4161.1K
Guam322835174,114549
Pakistan318824245,209,815881.9K
Vietnam31782299,497,680331.2K
El Salvador3098006,396,28921K
Trinidad and Tobago3007771,538,2005.1K
Saint Lucia296768180,805616
Cayman Islands29175469,885264
United States Virgin Islands28373298,055347
United Kingdom28172867,961,439242.9K
Gambia2817272,841,80310.7K
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines266689103,683389
Jamaica2616762,824,73811K
Luxembourg257666661,5942.6K
Nigeria252652229,152,217923.8K
Uganda24964549,924,252241.6K
Liechtenstein24964539,822160
Sao Tome and Principe246638236,381964
Kuwait2446324,349,38017.8K
Guadeloupe243631396,3461.6K
Germany23861783,252,474357.1K
Qatar2386172,737,06111.6K
Dominican Republic23761311,434,00548.7K
Marshall Islands23661042,415181
Seychelles235610108,263452
Malawi22859021,475,962118.5K
Switzerland2245808,851,43141.3K
North Korea21856526,244,582120.5K
Nepal21856431,240,315147.2K
American Samoa21856443,544199
Antigua and Barbuda21555894,816442
British Virgin Islands21254831,763151
Italy19851458,697,744301.3K
Tokelau1924961,91512
Saint Kitts and Nevis18447747,847261
Anguilla17545415,93691
Guatemala17144418,358,430108.9K
Andorra17144380,341468
Togo1704419,260,86456.8K
Kiribati168434135,763811
Micronesia166430116,300702
Ghana15339634,777,522238.5K
China1513921,425,178,7829.7M
Tonga151391108,683747
Cape Verde150388604,4614K
Indonesia149386279,798,0491.9M
Isle of Man14938684,904572
Denmark1483855,939,69543.1K
Thailand14136471,885,799513.1K
Cyprus1373561,268,4679.3K
Czech Republic13635210,503,73478.9K
United Arab Emirates1353509,591,85383.6K
Syria13334324,348,053185.2K
Poland13134040,221,726312.7K
Jordan12833211,384,92289.3K
Azerbaijan12732810,462,90486.6K
Benin12532314,080,072112.6K
Sierra Leone1243228,977,97271.7K
France11830764,881,830551.7K
Slovakia1163015,702,83249K
Egypt115298114,484,2521M
Ethiopia115298129,719,7191.1M
Portugal11228910,223,34992.1K
Turkey11028586,260,417783.6K
Hungary1102849,994,99393K
Austria1092828,977,13983.9K
Northern Mariana Islands10928250,025464
Cuba10827911,174,587109.9K
Iraq10727846,523,657438.3K
Malaysia10627334,671,895330.8K
Slovenia1052732,118,96520.3K
Albania1032672,826,02028.7K
Costa Rica1032665,246,71451.1K
Moldova1012623,329,86533.8K
Kenya9925656,203,030580.4K
Dominica9825373,368751
Armenia982532,777,97929.7K
Cambodia9725117,121,847181K
Honduras9624910,759,406112.5K
Spain9524647,473,373506K
Senegal9524518,221,567196.7K
Ivory Coast9324129,603,302322.5K
Timor Leste932401,379,88314.9K
French Polynesia90232311,3834.2K
Burkina Faso8722623,840,247273K
Brunei87224455,8585.8K
Morocco8622238,211,459446.6K
Romania8522119,618,996238.4K
Myanmar8421854,964,694676.6K
North Macedonia832142,082,70625.7K
Samoa82213228,9662.8K
Serbia812107,097,02888.4K
Uzbekistan8121035,673,804447.4K
Tunisia8120912,564,689163.6K
Greece8020710,302,720132K
Tanzania7820369,419,073945.1K
Guinea Bissau782022,197,14936.1K
Lesotho782012,356,08330.4K
Tajikistan7419310,331,513143.1K
Ecuador7419218,377,367276.8K
Ireland741915,089,47870.3K
Croatia711853,986,62756.6K
Cook Islands7118417,072240
Eswatini711841,222,07517.4K
Yemen6717335,219,853528K
Mexico67172129,388,4672M
Afghanistan6617243,372,950652.2K
Ukraine6517037,937,821603.5K
Equatorial Guinea631621,754,99328.1K
Bosnia and Herzegovina621623,194,37851.2K
Cameroon6216129,394,433475.4K
Panama611584,527,96175.4K
Bulgaria611586,618,615110.9K
Nicaragua591547,142,529130.4K
Guinea5915314,528,770245.9K
Liberia571495,536,949111.4K
Iran5514389,809,7811.6M
Georgia531393,717,42569.7K
Madagascar5313831,056,610587K
Fiji52134943,07218.3K
South Africa5013061,020,2211.2M
Djibouti501291,152,32923.2K
Turks and Caicos Islands4912746,431948
Colombia4712252,340,7741.1M
DR Congo47121105,625,1142.3M
Belarus471219,455,037207.6K
Montenegro47121626,10213.8K
Mozambique4411534,858,402801.6K
Zimbabwe4411417,020,321390.8K
Lithuania431112,692,79865.3K
Montserrat431114,372102
Wallis and Futuna4210811,439274
Bahamas41107415,22313.9K
Palau3910218,051459
Faroe Islands3910153,4441.4K
United States3797341,814,4209.4M
Kyrgyzstan36926,839,606200K
Laos34877,736,681236.8K
Venezuela338629,395,334916.4K
Eritrea32823,817,651117.6K
Estonia31801,319,04145.2K
Angola307937,804,6341.2M
Somalia307718,706,922637.7K
Latvia29751,810,24064.6K
Zambia287421,134,695752.6K
Vanuatu2873342,32512.2K
Peru277034,683,4441.3M
Solomon Islands2770756,67328.9K
Chile266819,658,839756.1K
Sudan266849,358,2281.9M
Sweden266810,673,669450.3K
Brazil2667217,637,2978.5M
Saint Pierre and Miquelon24625,815242
Papua New Guinea236010,515,788462.8K
Niger225828,238,9721.3M
Bhutan2154792,38238.4K
New Zealand20525,269,939270.5K
Mali205124,015,7891.2M
Uruguay20513,423,316181K
Algeria195046,278,7512.4M
Republic of the Congo18476,244,547342K
Belize1847416,65623K
Finland18475,549,886338.4K
South Sudan184611,277,092619.7K
Paraguay17456,947,270406.8K
Saudi Arabia174537,473,9292.1M
Argentina174446,057,8662.8M
New Caledonia1642295,96618.6K
Oman15394,713,553309.5K
Norway15395,514,477323.8K
Chad153918,847,1481.3M
Turkmenistan14366,598,071488.1K
Bolivia123012,567,3361.1M
Gabon10252,484,557267.7K
Central African Republic9255,915,627623K
Russia923143,957,07917.1M
Niue7191,935261
Kazakhstan71919,828,1652.7M
Mauritania5134,993,9221M
Botswana5122,719,694582K
Canada41139,107,04610M
Guyana411819,594215K
Suriname410628,785163.8K
Libya4106,964,1971.8M
French Guiana410319,79683.5K
Iceland410377,689103K
Australia3926,699,4827.7M
Namibia382,645,805825.6K
Western Sahara26598,385266K
Mongolia263,493,6291.6M
Falkland Islands0.3113,80312.2K
Greenland0.140.3656,7892.2M
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What are the most and the least densely populated countries in the world?

The most densely populated country is Macau with 21,674 people/km². The least densely populated country is Greenland with 0.14 people/km².

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