List of countries and dependencies by population density

List of countries and dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km². The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories that are recognized by the United Nations. The list also includes but does not rank unrecognized but de facto independent countries. The figures in the following table are based on areas including inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Data are estimates for July 2005, taken from the United Nations World Prospects Report (2004 revision), unless noted otherwise.

Note that figures are simply estimates of population divided by total surface area and should not be considered either as reflecting density in the urban sense or as indicative of the ability of a territory’s land to support human habitation. Names of dependent territories as well as recognized states with no or limited control over their territory are shown in italics.

Rank	Country/Region of special position	Population	Area (km²)	Density (Pop per km²)	Notes
	World (land only)	6,733,164,238	148,940,000	45.21	^[1]
1	Macau (PRC)	520,400	28.6	18,196
2	Monaco	32,671	1.95	16,754	^[2]
3	Singapore	4,588,600	707.1	6,489
4	Hong Kong S.A.R. (PRC)	7,040,885	1,099	6,407
5	Gibraltar (UK)	27,921	6	4,654
6	Vatican City	821	0.44	1,866	^[3]
7	Bahrain	1,046,814	720	1,454	^[4]
8	Malta	401,880	316	1,272
9	Bermuda (UK)	64,174	53	1,211
10	Maldives	329,198	298	1,105
11	Bangladesh	150,448,339	143,998	1,045	^[5]
12	Channel Islands (two Crown dependencies)	149,463	195	766	^[6]
13	Palestinian territories	4,018,332	6,020	667
14	Nauru	13,635	21	649
15	Republic of China (commonly, "Taiwan")	22,894,384	35,980	636	^[3]
16	Barbados	269,556	430	627
17	Saint-Martin (France)	33,102	53.2	622
18	Mauritius	1,244,663	2,040	610
19	Aruba (Netherlands)	103,484	193	536
20	Mayotte (France)	186,452	374	499	^[7]
21	South Korea	49,044,790	99,538	498	^[8]
22	San Marino	28,117	61	461
23	Puerto Rico (US)	3,954,584	8,875	446
24	Tuvalu	10,441	26	402
25	Netherlands	16,423,431	41,528	395	^[9]
26	Martinique (France)	395,932	1,102	359
27	Comoros	797,902	2,235	357
28	Lebanon	3,576,818	10,400	344
29	Rwanda	9,037,690	26,338	343
30	Marshall Islands	61,963	181	342
31	Belgium	10,419,050	30,528	341
32	Japan	128,084,700	377,873	339
33	India	1,103,371,000	3,287,263	336
34	El Salvador	6,880,951	21,041	327
35	Saint-Barthélemy (France)	6,852	21	326
35	American Samoa (US)	64,869	199	326
37	Israel	7,180,000	22,072	325
38	U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	111,818	347	322
39	Sri Lanka	20,742,910	65,610	316
40	Réunion (France)	785,139	2,510	313
41	Guam (US)	169,635	549	309
42	Haiti	8,527,777	27,750	307
42	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	119,051	388	307
44	Saint Lucia	160,765	539	298
45	Philippines	84,566,000	282,000	277
46	Burundi	7,547,515	27,834	271
47	Grenada	102,924	344	260
48	Trinidad and Tobago	1,305,236	5,130	254
48	Vietnam	84,238,230	331,689	254
50	Guadeloupe (France)	405,000	1,628	249	^[10]
51	United Kingdom	60,776,238	242,900	246
52	Jamaica	2,650,713	10,991	241
53	Germany	82,689,210	357,022	232
54	Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)	182,656	800	228
57	Liechtenstein	34,521	160	216
58	Pakistan	157,935,100	796,095	198
58	Italy	58,092,740	301,318	193
59	Dominican Republic	9,365,818	48,671	192
60	North Korea	22,487,660	120,538	187
61	Nepal	27,132,630	147,181	184
62	Antigua and Barbuda	81,479	442	184
63	Luxembourg	464,904	2,586	180
64	Seychelles	80,654	455	177
65	Switzerland	7,252,331	41,284	176
66	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	80,801	464	174
67	Cayman Islands (UK)	45,017	264	171
68	Saint Kitts and Nevis	42,696	261	164
69	Sao Tome and Principe	156,523	964	162
70	Federated States of Micronesia	110,487	702	157
71	Kuwait	2,686,873	17,818	151
72	British Virgin Islands (UK)	22,016	151	146
73	Andorra	67,151	468	143
74	Nigeria	131,529,700	923,768	142
75	People's Republic of China	1,323,324,000	9,596,961	138	^[11]
76	Tonga	102,311	747	137	^[12]
77	Kiribati	99,350	726	137
78	The Gambia	1,517,079	11,295	134
79	Anguilla (UK)	12,205	91	134
80	Isle of Man (UK)	76,538	572	134
81	Transnistria (Moldova)	555,347	4163	133	^[13]
82	Czech Republic	10,403,136	78,866	132
83	Denmark	5,471,590	43,094	127
84	Cape Verde	506,807	4,033	126
85	Thailand	64,232,760	513,115	125
86	Poland	38,529,560	312,685	123	^[12]
87	Moldova	4,128,047	33,844	122
88	Uganda	28,816,230	241,038	120
89	Indonesia	222,781,500	1,904,569	117
90	Guatemala	12,599,060	108,889	116
91	Tokelau (New Zealand)	1,378	12	115
92	Portugal	10,494,500	91,982	114
93	European Union	494,070,000	4,422,773	112
94	Slovakia	5,400,908	49,033	110
95	France (Metropolitan)	60,495,540	551,500	110
96	Albania	3,129,678	28,748	109
97	Malawi	12,883,940	118,484	109
98	Hungary	10,097,730	93,032	109
99	Togo	6,145,004	56,785	108
100	Dominica	78,940	751	105
101	Syria	19,043,380	185,180	103
102	Cuba	11,269,400	110,861	102
103	Armenia	3,016,312	29,800	101
104	Serbia	7,800,000	77,474	100	^[3]
105	Austria	8,189,444	83,858	98
106	Azerbaijan	8,410,801	86,600	97
107	Slovenia	2,066,814	20,256	97
108	Turkey	70,586,256	783,562	93
109	Ghana	22,112,810	238,533	93
110	Romania	21,711,470	238,391	91
111	Cyprus	835,307	9,251	90
112	Spain	45,200,737	506,030	89
113	Costa Rica	4,327,228	51,100	85
114	Greece	11,119,890	131,957	84
115	Croatia	4,551,338	56,538	81
116	Republic of Macedonia	2,061,315	25,713	81
117	Northern Cyprus (Cyprus)	264,172	3,355	78	^[14]
118	Cambodia	14,071,010	181,035	78
119	Wallis and Futuna (France)	15,480	200	77
120	Sierra Leone	5,525,478	71,740	77
121	Ukraine	46,480,700	603,700	77
122	Malaysia	27,730,000	329,847	84	^[15]
123	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,907,074	51,197	76
124	Cook Islands (New Zealand)	17,954	236	76
125	Benin	8,438,853	112,622	75
126	Myanmar	50,519,490	676,578	75
127	Egypt	72,850,000	1,001,449	73
128	Qatar	812,842	11,000	74
129	Morocco	30,495,000	446,550	68
130	Ethiopia	77,430,700	1,104,300	70
131	Bulgaria	7,725,965	110,912	70
132	Georgia	4,630,841	69,700	66.4
133	Iraq	28,807,190	438,317	66
134	Samoa	184,984	2,831	65
135	Brunei	373,819	5,765	65
136	Honduras	7,204,723	112,492	64
137	French Polynesia (France)	256,603	4,000	64
138	Jordan	5,702,776	89,342	64
139	East Timor	947,064	14,874	64
140	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	26,288	417	63	^[12]
141	Tunisia	10,102,470	163,610	62
142	Swaziland	1,032,438	17,364	59
143	Uzbekistan	26,593,120	447,400	59
144	Senegal	11,658,170	196,722	59
145	Lesotho	1,794,769	30,355	59
146	Ireland	4,147,901	70,273	59
147	Kenya	34,255,720	580,367	59
148	Côte d'Ivoire	18,153,870	322,463	56
149	Mexico	104,266,000	1,958,201	53
150	United Arab Emirates	4,495,823	83,600	54
151	Ecuador	13,542,420	283,561	53
152	Lithuania	3,369,600	65,300	52
153	Burkina Faso	13,227,840	274,000	48
154	Belarus	9,755,106	207,600	47
155	Fiji	847,706	18,274	46
156	Bhutan	2,162,546	47,000	46
157	Afghanistan	29,863,010	652,090	46
158	Tajikistan	6,506,980	143,100	45
159	Montenegro	630,548	14,026	45	^[3]
160	Montserrat (UK)	4,488	102	44
161	Guinea-Bissau	1,586,344	36,125	44
162	Palau	19,949	459	43
163	Panama	3,231,502	75,517	43
164	Nicaragua	5,486,685	130,000	42
165	Iran	69,515,210	1,648,195	42
166	Tanzania	38,328,810	945,087	41	^[12]
167	Saint Helena (UK)	4,918	122	40
168	Colombia	45,600,240	1,138,914	40
169	Yemen	20,974,660	527,968	40
170	South Africa	47,431,830	1,221,037	39
171	Guinea	9,402,098	245,857	38
172	Eritrea	4,401,357	117,600	37
173	Latvia	2,306,988	64,600	36
174	Cameroon	16,321,860	475,442	34
175	Djibouti	793,078	23,200	34
176	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	47,017	1,399	34
177	Zimbabwe	13,009,530	390,757	33
178	Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan)	145,000	4,400	33	^[16]
179	Madagascar	18,605,920	587,041	32
180	United States of America	301,140,000	9,629,091	31
181	Republic of Abkhazia (Georgia)	200,000	7,138	29	^[17]
182	Estonia	1,329,697	45,100	29
183	Liberia	3,283,267	111,369	29
184	Venezuela	26,749,110	912,050	29
185	Kyrgyzstan	5,263,794	199,900	26
186	Laos	5,924,145	236,800	25
187	Mozambique	19,792,300	801,590	25
188	Democratic Republic of the Congo	57,548,740	2,344,858	25
189	Somaliland (Somalia)	3,500,000	137,600	25	^[18]
190	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France)	5,769	242	24
191	The Bahamas	323,063	13,878	23
192	Brazil	186,404,900	8,514,877	22
193	Peru	27,968,240	1,285,216	22
194	Chile	16,295,100	756,096	22
195	Sweden	9,041,262	449,964	20.0
196	Uruguay	3,463,197	175,016	19.8
197	Equatorial Guinea	503,519	28,051	18.0
198	South Ossetia	70,000	3,900	17.9	^[19]
199	Vanuatu	211,367	12,189	17.3
200	Solomon Islands	477,742	28,896	16.5
201	Finland	5,302,060	338,145	15.6
202	Zambia	11,668,460	752,618	15.5
203	Paraguay	6,158,259	406,752	15.1
204	New Zealand	4,028,384	270,534	14.9
205	Sudan	36,232,950	2,505,813	14.5
206	Argentina	38,747,150	2,780,400	13.9
207	Algeria	32,853,800	2,381,741	13.8
208	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	67	5	13.4
209	Somalia	8,227,826	637,657	12.9
210	Angola	15,941,390	1,246,700	12.8
211	New Caledonia (France)	236,838	18,575	12.8
212	Papua New Guinea	5,887,138	462,840	12.7
213	Belize	276,000	23,000	12
214	Norway	4,751,236	385,155	12.3
215	Republic of the Congo	3,998,904	342,000	11.7
216	Saudi Arabia	24,573,100	2,149,690	11.4
217	Niger	13,956,980	1,267,000	11.0
218	Mali	13,518,420	1,240,192	10.9
219	Turkmenistan	4,833,266	488,100	9.9
220	Russia	143,201,600	17,098,242	8.4
221	Bolivia	9,182,015	1,098,581	8.4
222	Oman	2,577,000	309,500	8.3
223	Chad	9,748,931	1,284,000	7.6
224	Central African Republic	4,037,747	622,984	6.5
225	Niue (New Zealand)	1,625	260	6.2
226	Kazakhstan	14,825,110	2,724,900	5.4
227	Gabon	1,383,841	267,668	5.2
228	Guyana	751,218	214,969	3.5
229	Libya	5,853,452	1,759,540	3.3
230	Canada	33,390,141	9,970,610	3.2
231	Botswana	1,764,926	581,730	3.0
232	Mauritania	3,068,742	1,025,520	3.0
233	Iceland	309,672	103,000	3.0
234	Suriname	449,238	163,820	2.7
235	Australia	21,050,000	7,682,300	2.6
236	Namibia	2,031,252	824,292	2.5
237	French Guiana (France)	187,056	90,000	2.1
238	Mongolia	2,646,487	1,564,116	1.7
239	Western Sahara (Morocco)	440,000	266,000	1.3
240	Falkland Islands (UK)	3,060	12,173	0.25
241	Greenland (Denmark)	56,916	2,175,600	0.026

Source: United Nations World Population Prospects (2004 revision). Data is for 2005.

Notes

^ World POPClock Projection at 18:42, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
^ The Monaco government uses a smaller surface area figure resulting in a population density of 18,078 per km².
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Population density calculated using surface area and population figures from [1] Cite error: The named reference "cia" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ mohammed al a'ali (April 1, 2008), Population surge 'threat to economy', gulf Daily News, retrieved 2008-04-21 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Latest figure from the World Bank Development Indicators Database is 1,090 per km²
^ The Channel Islands consist of Jersey and Guernsey; they do not form a political unit, but they are grouped together by the UN statistics.
^ Population density calculated using surface area and population figures from INSEE Mayotte.
^ Population density calculated using surface area and population figures from [2].
^ Netherlands, cbs.nl, retrieved 2008-04-21
^ Figure without the territories of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy detached from Guadeloupe on February 22, 2007.
^ http://www.cpirc.org.cn/index.asp (Chinese language)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The UN figure is not consistent with the figure based on dividing the population by the area. The calculated figure is listed on this table instead.
^ Population figure based upon the 2004 census, density figure thus calculated.[3]
^ Population figure based upon the 2006 census, density figure thus calculated.[4]
^ Latest population estimate from Department of Statistics Malaysia, retrieved 28 October 2008.
^ Population figure 2002 estimate, density figure calculated using this estimate.[5]
^ Population figure from the 2003 census, surface area based upon the 83% of Abkhazia controlled by the Republic of Abkhazia at the present moment, density figure calculated using these two figures.[6]
^ Population figure 2005 estimate, density figure calculated using this estimate.[7] [8]
^ Population figure 2002 estimate, density figure calculated using this estimate.[9]

Macau, a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has the highest population density with 520,000 people sharing an area of 29.2 sq km—a population density of over 17,000 persons per sq km.

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