Population density
people per km² · no best or worst — smallest to largest
215 of 216 countries report a figure for population density
World average: 454
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #215 | Greenland | 0 | 2023 | |
| #214 | Mongolia | 2 | 2023 | |
| #213 | Australia | 3 | 2023 | |
| #212 | Namibia | 4 | 2023 | |
| #211 | Iceland | 4 | 2023 | |
| #210 | Guyana | 4 | 2023 | |
| #209 | Suriname | 4 | 2023 | |
| #208 | Libya | 4 | 2023 | |
| #207 | Botswana | 4 | 2023 | |
| #206 | Canada | 5 | 2023 | |
| #205 | Mauritania | 5 | 2023 | |
| #204 | Kazakhstan | 8 | 2023 | |
| #203 | Central African Republic | 8 | 2023 | |
| #202 | Russia | 9 | 2023 | |
| #201 | Gabon | 10 | 2023 | |
| #200 | Bolivia | 11 | 2023 | |
| #199 | Norway | 15 | 2023 | |
| #198 | Chad | 15 | 2023 | |
| #197 | Turkmenistan | 16 | 2023 | |
| #196 | Saudi Arabia | 16 | 2023 | |
| #195 | New Caledonia | 16 | 2023 | |
| #194 | Oman | 16 | 2023 | |
| #193 | Argentina | 17 | 2023 | |
| #192 | Paraguay | 17 | 2023 | |
| #191 | Belize | 18 | 2023 | |
| #190 | Republic of the Congo | 18 | 2023 | |
| #189 | South Sudan | 18 | 2023 | |
| #188 | Finland | 18 | 2023 | |
| #187 | Uruguay | 19 | 2023 | |
| #186 | Algeria | 19 | 2023 | |
| #185 | Mali | 19 | 2023 | |
| #184 | New Zealand | 20 | 2023 | |
| #183 | Bhutan | 21 | 2023 | |
| #182 | Niger | 21 | 2023 | |
| #181 | Papua New Guinea | 23 | 2023 | |
| #180 | Brazil | 25 | 2023 | |
| #179 | Sweden | 26 | 2023 | |
| #178 | Vanuatu | 26 | 2023 | |
| #177 | Peru | 26 | 2023 | |
| #176 | Chile | 26 | 2023 | |
| #175 | Sudan | 27 | 2023 | |
| #174 | Zambia | 28 | 2023 | |
| #173 | Solomon Islands | 29 | 2023 | |
| #172 | Eritrea | 29 | 2023 | |
| #171 | Somalia | 29 | 2023 | |
| #170 | Angola | 29 | 2023 | |
| #169 | Latvia | 30 | 2023 | |
| #168 | Estonia | 32 | 2023 | |
| #167 | Venezuela | 32 | 2023 | |
| #166 | Laos | 33 | 2023 | |
| #165 | United States | 37 | 2023 | |
| #164 | Kyrgyzstan | 37 | 2023 | |
| #163 | Palau | 39 | 2023 | |
| #162 | Faroe Islands | 40 | 2023 | |
| #161 | The Bahamas | 40 | 2023 | |
| #160 | Zimbabwe | 42 | 2023 | |
| #159 | Mozambique | 43 | 2023 | |
| #158 | Belarus | 45 | 2023 | |
| #157 | Lithuania | 46 | 2023 | |
| #156 | Montenegro | 46 | 2023 | |
| #155 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 47 | 2023 | |
| #154 | Colombia | 47 | 2023 | |
| #153 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 49 | 2023 | |
| #152 | Djibouti | 50 | 2023 | |
| #151 | Fiji | 51 | 2023 | |
| #150 | South Africa | 52 | 2023 | |
| #149 | Madagascar | 54 | 2023 | |
| #148 | Iran | 56 | 2023 | |
| #147 | Nicaragua | 57 | 2023 | |
| #146 | Liberia | 57 | 2023 | |
| #145 | Guinea | 59 | 2023 | |
| #144 | Bulgaria | 59 | 2023 | |
| #143 | Cameroon | 60 | 2023 | |
| #142 | Panama | 60 | 2023 | |
| #141 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 62 | 2023 | |
| #140 | Afghanistan | 64 | 2023 | |
| #139 | Georgia | 65 | 2023 | |
| #138 | Ukraine | 65 | 2023 | |
| #137 | Equatorial Guinea | 66 | 2023 | |
| #136 | Mexico | 67 | 2023 | |
| #135 | Croatia | 69 | 2023 | |
| #134 | Eswatini | 72 | 2023 | |
| #133 | Ecuador | 72 | 2023 | |
| #132 | North Macedonia | 72 | 2023 | |
| #131 | Yemen | 75 | 2023 | |
| #130 | Tajikistan | 75 | 2023 | |
| #129 | Tanzania | 75 | 2023 | |
| #128 | Lesotho | 76 | 2023 | |
| #127 | Guinea-Bissau | 77 | 2023 | |
| #126 | Ireland | 77 | 2023 | |
| #125 | Samoa | 78 | 2023 | |
| #124 | Tunisia | 79 | 2023 | |
| #123 | Serbia | 79 | 2023 | |
| #122 | Greece | 81 | 2023 | |
| #121 | Uzbekistan | 81 | 2023 | |
| #120 | French Polynesia | 81 | 2023 | |
| #119 | Romania | 83 | 2023 | |
| #118 | Myanmar | 83 | 2023 | |
| #117 | Burkina Faso | 84 | 2023 | |
| #116 | Morocco | 85 | 2023 | |
| #115 | Moldova | 85 | 2023 | |
| #114 | Brunei | 87 | 2023 | |
| #113 | Albania | 88 | 2023 | |
| #112 | Dominica | 89 | 2023 | |
| #111 | Timor-Leste | 93 | 2023 | |
| #110 | Senegal | 94 | 2023 | |
| #109 | Honduras | 95 | 2023 | |
| #108 | Kenya | 95 | 2023 | |
| #107 | Spain | 97 | 2023 | |
| #106 | Ivory Coast | 98 | 2023 | |
| #105 | Northern Mariana Islands | 98 | 2023 | |
| #104 | Cambodia | 99 | 2023 | |
| #103 | Costa Rica | 100 | 2023 | |
| #102 | Iraq | 104 | 2023 | |
| #101 | Hungary | 105 | 2023 | |
| #100 | Armenia | 105 | 2023 | |
| #99 | Slovenia | 105 | 2023 | |
| #98 | Cuba | 106 | 2023 | |
| #97 | Malaysia | 107 | 2023 | |
| #96 | Austria | 111 | 2023 | |
| #95 | Turkey | 111 | 2023 | |
| #94 | Slovakia | 113 | 2023 | |
| #93 | Ethiopia | 114 | 2023 | |
| #92 | Egypt | 115 | 2023 | |
| #91 | Portugal | 115 | 2023 | |
| #90 | Sierra Leone | 117 | 2023 | |
| #89 | Poland | 120 | 2023 | |
| #88 | Azerbaijan | 123 | 2023 | |
| #87 | Benin | 125 | 2023 | |
| #86 | France | 127 | 2023 | |
| #85 | Syria | 128 | 2023 | |
| #84 | Jordan | 129 | 2023 | |
| #83 | Cape Verde | 130 | 2023 | |
| #82 | Thailand | 140 | 2023 | |
| #81 | Czech Republic | 141 | 2023 | |
| #80 | Tonga | 145 | 2023 | |
| #79 | Cyprus | 146 | 2023 | |
| #78 | United Arab Emirates | 148 | 2023 | |
| #77 | Isle of Man | 148 | 2023 | |
| #76 | Ghana | 148 | 2023 | |
| #75 | Indonesia | 149 | 2023 | |
| #74 | Denmark | 149 | 2023 | |
| #73 | People's Republic of China | 150 | 2023 | |
| #72 | Togo | 151 | 2023 | |
| #71 | Federated States of Micronesia | 161 | 2023 | |
| #70 | Kiribati | 164 | 2023 | |
| #69 | Guatemala | 169 | 2023 | |
| #68 | Andorra | 172 | 2023 | |
| #67 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 180 | 2023 | |
| #66 | Italy | 199 | 2023 | |
| #65 | Nepal | 207 | 2023 | |
| #64 | Antigua and Barbuda | 212 | 2023 | |
| #63 | Marshall Islands | 216 | 2023 | |
| #62 | North Korea | 219 | 2023 | |
| #61 | Malawi | 224 | 2023 | |
| #60 | Switzerland | 225 | 2023 | |
| #59 | Qatar | 231 | 2023 | |
| #58 | Dominican Republic | 235 | 2023 | |
| #57 | American Samoa | 238 | 2023 | |
| #56 | Germany | 238 | 2023 | |
| #55 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 240 | 2023 | |
| #54 | Uganda | 243 | 2023 | |
| #53 | Liechtenstein | 249 | 2023 | |
| #52 | Nigeria | 250 | 2023 | |
| #51 | Luxembourg | 259 | 2023 | |
| #50 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 260 | 2023 | |
| #49 | British Virgin Islands | 260 | 2023 | |
| #48 | Seychelles | 260 | 2023 | |
| #47 | Jamaica | 262 | 2023 | |
| #46 | Trinidad and Tobago | 267 | 2023 | |
| #45 | The Gambia | 267 | 2023 | |
| #44 | Kuwait | 272 | 2023 | |
| #43 | United Kingdom | 283 | 2023 | |
| #42 | Saint Lucia | 294 | 2023 | |
| #41 | United States Virgin Islands | 300 | 2023 | |
| #40 | Cayman Islands | 304 | 2023 | |
| #39 | El Salvador | 305 | 2023 | |
| #38 | Guam | 308 | 2023 | |
| #37 | Vietnam | 320 | 2023 | |
| #36 | Pakistan | 321 | 2023 | |
| #35 | Tuvalu | 327 | 2023 | |
| #34 | Japan | 342 | 2023 | |
| #33 | Grenada | 344 | 2023 | |
| #32 | Curaçao | 348 | 2023 | |
| #31 | Sri Lanka | 356 | 2023 | |
| #30 | Puerto Rico | 361 | 2023 | |
| #29 | Philippines | 385 | 2023 | |
| #28 | Belgium | 386 | 2023 | |
| #27 | Haiti | 422 | 2023 | |
| #26 | Israel | 455 | 2023 | |
| #25 | Comoros | 457 | 2023 | |
| #24 | India | 484 | 2023 | |
| #23 | South Korea | 530 | 2023 | |
| #22 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 531 | 2023 | |
| #21 | Burundi | 533 | 2023 | |
| #20 | Saint-Martin | 550 | 2023 | |
| #19 | San Marino | 564 | 2023 | |
| #18 | Lebanon | 564 | 2023 | |
| #17 | Rwanda | 566 | 2023 | |
| #16 | Nauru | 594 | 2023 | |
| #15 | Aruba | 596 | 2023 | |
| #14 | Mauritius | 625 | 2023 | |
| #13 | Barbados | 657 | 2023 | |
| #12 | Palestine | 857 | 2023 | |
| #11 | Bermuda | 1,198 | 2023 | |
| #10 | Sint Maarten | 1,257 | 2023 | |
| #9 | Bangladesh | 1,319 | 2023 | |
| #8 | Malta | 1,727 | 2023 | |
| #7 | Maldives | 1,765 | 2023 | |
| #6 | Bahrain | 1,971 | 2023 | |
| #5 | Gibraltar | 3,847 | 2023 | |
| #4 | Hong Kong | 7,177 | 2023 | |
| #3 | Singapore | 8,242 | 2023 | |
| #2 | Monaco | 18,693 | 2023 | |
| #1 | Macau | 20,570 | 2023 | |
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)