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Countries by Population density (2024)

Population density in 2024: highest in Macao (20,631 persons/km²), lowest in Greenland (0.138 persons/km²), median 97.02 persons/km² across the 214 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Population density (measured in persons/km²) across 260 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: persons/km²260 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1961–2024

Highest Population density, 2024

  1. 1.Macao20,631 persons/km²
  2. 2.Monaco18,537 persons/km²
  3. 3.Singapore8,329 persons/km²
  4. 4.Hong Kong7,166 persons/km²
  5. 5.Gibraltar3,933 persons/km²
  6. 6.Bahrain1,986 persons/km²
  7. 7.Malta1,805 persons/km²
  8. 8.Maldives1,771 persons/km²
  9. 9.Bangladesh1,333 persons/km²
  10. 10.Sint Maarten1,275 persons/km²

Lowest Population density, 2024

  1. 205.Canada4.695 persons/km²
  2. 206.Botswana4.449 persons/km²
  3. 207.Libya4.195 persons/km²
  4. 208.Suriname3.953 persons/km²
  5. 209.Guyana3.936 persons/km²
  6. 210.Iceland3.833 persons/km²
  7. 211.Namibia3.681 persons/km²
  8. 212.Australia3.537 persons/km²
  9. 213.Mongolia2.262 persons/km²
  10. 214.Greenland0.138 persons/km²

All 214 ranked countries, 2024— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Population density trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

MacaoRank 1 of 214MonacoRank 2 of 214SingaporeRank 3 of 214Hong KongRank 4 of 214GibraltarRank 5 of 214BahrainRank 6 of 214MaltaRank 7 of 214MaldivesRank 8 of 214BangladeshRank 9 of 214Sint MaartenRank 10 of 214BermudaRank 11 of 214West Bank and GazaRank 12 of 214BarbadosRank 13 of 214MauritiusRank 14 of 214ArubaRank 15 of 214RwandaRank 16 of 214NauruRank 17 of 214LebanonRank 18 of 214San MarinoRank 19 of 214BurundiRank 20 of 214NetherlandsRank 21 of 214South KoreaRank 22 of 214Saint MartinRank 23 of 214IndiaRank 24 of 214ComorosRank 25 of 214IsraelRank 26 of 214HaitiRank 27 of 214BelgiumRank 28 of 214PhilippinesRank 29 of 214TuvaluRank 30 of 214Puerto RicoRank 31 of 214Sri LankaRank 32 of 214CuracaoRank 33 of 214GrenadaRank 34 of 214JapanRank 35 of 214PakistanRank 36 of 214VietnamRank 37 of 214Cayman IslandsRank 38 of 214GuamRank 39 of 214El SalvadorRank 40 of 214US Virgin IslandsRank 41 of 214St. LuciaRank 42 of 214United KingdomRank 43 of 214KuwaitRank 44 of 214The GambiaRank 45 of 214Trinidad and TobagoRank 46 of 214SeychellesRank 47 of 214LuxembourgRank 48 of 214JamaicaRank 49 of 214British Virgin IslandsRank 50 of 214St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 51 of 214NigeriaRank 52 of 214LiechtensteinRank 53 of 214UgandaRank 54 of 214QatarRank 55 of 214Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 56 of 214GermanyRank 57 of 214Dominican RepublicRank 58 of 214American SamoaRank 59 of 214MalawiRank 60 of 214SwitzerlandRank 61 of 214North KoreaRank 62 of 214Antigua and BarbudaRank 63 of 214Marshall IslandsRank 64 of 214NepalRank 65 of 214ItalyRank 66 of 214St. Kitts and NevisRank 67 of 214AndorraRank 68 of 214GuatemalaRank 69 of 214KiribatiRank 70 of 214MicronesiaRank 71 of 214United Arab EmiratesRank 72 of 214TogoRank 73 of 214GhanaRank 74 of 214ChinaRank 75 of 214IndonesiaRank 76 of 214DenmarkRank 77 of 214Isle of ManRank 78 of 214CyprusRank 79 of 214TongaRank 80 of 214Czech RepublicRank 81 of 214ThailandRank 82 of 214Syrian Arab RepublicRank 83 of 214Cabo VerdeRank 84 of 214JordanRank 85 of 214BeninRank 86 of 214FranceRank 87 of 214AzerbaijanRank 88 of 214Sierra LeoneRank 89 of 214PolandRank 90 of 214EthiopiaRank 91 of 214EgyptRank 92 of 214PortugalRank 93 of 214SlovakiaRank 94 of 214AustriaRank 95 of 214TurkeyRank 96 of 214MalaysiaRank 97 of 214ArmeniaRank 98 of 214IraqRank 99 of 214CubaRank 100 of 214SloveniaRank 101 of 214HungaryRank 102 of 214Costa RicaRank 103 of 214Cote d'IvoireRank 104 of 214CambodiaRank 105 of 214SpainRank 106 of 214KenyaRank 107 of 214Northern Mariana IslandsRank 108 of 214HondurasRank 109 of 214SenegalRank 110 of 214Timor-LesteRank 111 of 214DominicaRank 112 of 214Brunei DarussalamRank 113 of 214AlbaniaRank 114 of 214Burkina FasoRank 115 of 214MoroccoRank 116 of 214MoldovaRank 117 of 214MyanmarRank 118 of 214UzbekistanRank 119 of 214RomaniaRank 120 of 214GreeceRank 121 of 214French PolynesiaRank 122 of 214TunisiaRank 123 of 214SamoaRank 124 of 214IrelandRank 125 of 214Guinea-BissauRank 126 of 214TanzaniaRank 127 of 214LesothoRank 128 of 214YemenRank 129 of 214TajikistanRank 130 of 214SerbiaRank 131 of 214EcuadorRank 132 of 214North MacedoniaRank 133 of 214EswatiniRank 134 of 214CroatiaRank 135 of 214Equatorial GuineaRank 136 of 214MexicoRank 137 of 214GeorgiaRank 138 of 214AfghanistanRank 139 of 214UkraineRank 140 of 214Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 141 of 214CameroonRank 142 of 214PanamaRank 143 of 214GuineaRank 144 of 214BulgariaRank 145 of 214LiberiaRank 146 of 214IranRank 147 of 214MadagascarRank 148 of 214South AfricaRank 149 of 214FijiRank 150 of 214DjiboutiRank 151 of 214Turks and Caicos IslandsRank 152 of 214DR CongoRank 153 of 214ColombiaRank 154 of 214MontenegroRank 155 of 214LithuaniaRank 156 of 214BelarusRank 157 of 214MozambiqueRank 158 of 214ZimbabweRank 159 of 214The BahamasRank 160 of 214Faroe IslandsRank 161 of 214PalauRank 162 of 214Kyrgyz RepublicRank 163 of 214United StatesRank 164 of 214Lao PDRRank 165 of 214VenezuelaRank 166 of 214EstoniaRank 167 of 214AngolaRank 168 of 214SomaliaRank 169 of 214LatviaRank 170 of 214EritreaRank 171 of 214Solomon IslandsRank 172 of 214ZambiaRank 173 of 214SudanRank 174 of 214VanuatuRank 175 of 214PeruRank 176 of 214ChileRank 177 of 214SwedenRank 178 of 214BrazilRank 179 of 214Papua New GuineaRank 180 of 214NigerRank 181 of 214BhutanRank 182 of 214New ZealandRank 183 of 214MaliRank 184 of 214AlgeriaRank 185 of 214UruguayRank 186 of 214South SudanRank 187 of 214Republic of the CongoRank 188 of 214FinlandRank 189 of 214BelizeRank 190 of 214ParaguayRank 191 of 214OmanRank 192 of 214ArgentinaRank 193 of 214Saudi ArabiaRank 194 of 214ChadRank 195 of 214TurkmenistanRank 196 of 214New CaledoniaRank 197 of 214NorwayRank 198 of 214BoliviaRank 199 of 214GabonRank 200 of 214RussiaRank 201 of 214Central African RepublicRank 202 of 214KazakhstanRank 203 of 214MauritaniaRank 204 of 214CanadaRank 205 of 214BotswanaRank 206 of 214LibyaRank 207 of 214SurinameRank 208 of 214GuyanaRank 209 of 214IcelandRank 210 of 214NamibiaRank 211 of 214AustraliaRank 212 of 214MongoliaRank 213 of 214GreenlandRank 214 of 214

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Population density Data Coverage

This page lists 260 countries with available Population density data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.