Country Comparison > Population density

Rank	Country	Population density (Number of people per square kilometer)
1	Macau	21,789.29
2	Monaco	15,470
3	Singapore	8,634.12
4	Hong Kong	6,543.24
5	Gaza Strip	5,328.39
6	Gibraltar	4,550.92
7	Holy See (Vatican City)	2,272.73
8	Bahrain	1,980.27
9	Malta	1,447.05
10	Bermuda	1,328.7
11	Maldives	1,315.11
12	Bangladesh	1,095.59
13	Jersey	871.32
14	Guernsey	859.64
15	Barbados	685.02
16	Mauritius	676.16
17	Coral Sea Islands	672.33
18	Aruba	663.49
19	Taiwan	656
20	Saint Martin	598.46
21	San Marino	561.18
22	Lebanon	525.92
23	Korea, South	519.81
24	West Bank	494.89
25	Rwanda	482.67
26	Nauru	465.95
27	Tuvalu	436.23
28	Marshall Islands	430.48
29	Burundi	426.37
30	Netherlands	415.96
31	India	403.4
32	Haiti	398.84
33	Israel	395.47
34	Belgium	383.93
35	Comoros	378.65
36	Philippines	363.94
37	Puerto Rico	350.29
38	Sri Lanka	348.87
39	Japan	332.11
40	Grenada	328.76
41	Wake Island	310.46
42	Guam	309.72
43	El Salvador	308.02
44	Vietnam	298.06
45	Pakistan	293.31
46	Saint Barthelemy	284.88
47	Saint Lucia	270.27
48	United Kingdom	269.94
49	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	260.64
50	Jamaica	255.53
51	British Virgin Islands	247.56
52	Liechtenstein	244.61
53	Luxembourg	242.99
54	Trinidad and Tobago	235.72
55	Cayman Islands	234.64
56	Nigeria	231.69
57	Germany	224.52
58	Antigua and Barbuda	221.82
59	American Samoa	220.7
60	Sao Tome and Principe	219.01
61	Dominican Republic	215.73
62	Korea, North	212.74
63	Qatar	210.96
64	Seychelles	210.95
65	Italy	207.08
66	Saint Kitts and Nevis	206.21
67	Nepal	206.06
68	Switzerland	203.6
69	Anguilla	198.79
70	Gambia, The	192.39
71	Paracel Islands	185.81
72	Andorra	182.98
73	Uganda	179.44
74	Malawi	178.9
75	Kosovo	177.53
76	Kuwait	168.02
77	Isle of Man	158.22
78	Guatemala	157.53
79	Togo	151.6
80	Akrotiri	147.93
81	Micronesia, Federated States of	145.92
82	China	145.26
83	Cape Verde	144.62
84	Tonga	142.03
85	Indonesia	140.2
86	Kiribati	137.85
87	Denmark	136.2
88	Czech Republic	135.7
89	Thailand	134.43
90	Ghana	123
91	Poland	122.43
92	Jordan	121.11
93	United Arab Emirates	119.52
94	Azerbaijan	117.85
95	Benin	114.23
96	Portugal	111.88
97	Wallis and Futuna	111.65
98	Slovakia	110.95
99	Northern Mariana Islands	110.85
100	Albania	106.95
101	Austria	105.63
102	France	105.39
103	Hungary	105.04
104	Turkey	104.67
105	Egypt	103.97
106	Slovenia	103.72
107	Syria	103.49
108	Armenia	101.58
109	Costa Rica	99.76
110	Cuba	99.76
111	Moldova	99.39
112	Malaysia	98.99
113	Spain	98.97
114	Dominica	98.86
115	Ethiopia	97.9
116	Cambodia	93.5
117	East Timor	93.03
118	Sierra Leone	92.35
119	Kenya	92.23
120	Serbia	90.51
121	Romania	89.36
122	Iraq	88.69
123	Burma	83.64
124	Macedonia	82.68
125	Honduras	82.39
126	Brunei	80.57
127	Greece	80.38
128	Senegal	79.99
129	Morocco	79.64
130	Burkina Faso	75.99
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina	74.92
132	Croatia	74.7
133	Ireland	73.66
134	Ukraine	72.77
135	Samoa	71.98
136	Tunisia	71.64
137	French Polynesia	70.82
138	Georgia	70.73
139	Uzbekistan	68.32
140	Mexico	65.49
141	Lesotho	64.88
142	Swaziland	63.61
143	Bulgaria	62.83
144	Tanzania	61.81
145	Tajikistan	61.58
146	Ecuador	59.62
147	Turks and Caicos Islands	58.99
148	Cameroon	58.36
149	Yemen	56.6
150	Afghanistan	56.18
151	Virgin Islands	55.62
152	Guinea-Bissau	53.35
153	Montserrat	52.68
154	Eritrea	51.71
155	Panama	51.63
156	Iran	51.53
157	Fiji	51.22
158	Guinea	50.95
159	Norfolk Island	48.56
160	Nicaragua	47.58
161	Palau	47.24
162	South Africa	46.32
163	Madagascar	45.92
164	Belarus	45.65
165	Liberia	45.55
166	Montenegro	44.15
167	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	43.41
168	Colombia	43.1
169	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	42.57
170	Lithuania	41.83
171	Djibouti	39.73
172	Mozambique	37.65
173	Zimbabwe	37.23
174	Faroe Islands	37.06
175	Cook Islands	36.33
176	United States	33.83
177	Laos	31.45
178	Venezuela	31.41
179	Kyrgyzstan	29.83
180	Equatorial Guinea	29.81
181	Latvia	29.13
182	Estonia	27.17
183	Angola	26.09
184	Brazil	24.86
185	Peru	24.83
186	Sudan	24.48
187	Vanuatu	24.48
188	Bahamas, The	24.33
189	Chile	24.05
190	Solomon Islands	23.71
191	Zambia	23.15
192	Sweden	22.66
193	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	22.1
194	Bhutan	20.38
195	British Indian Ocean Territory	20
196	Saint Helena	19.95
197	Uruguay	19.22
198	Somalia	18.44
199	New Zealand	18.32
200	Algeria	18.04
201	Niger	17.97
202	Paraguay	17.68
203	Belize	17.4
204	Norway	16.89
205	Finland	16.48
206	South Sudan	16.39
207	Argentina	16.36
208	Christmas Island	16.33
209	Saudi Arabia	15.9
210	Mali	15.77
211	Papua New Guinea	15.68
212	New Caledonia	15.61
213	Congo, Republic of the	15.48
214	Chad	13.14
215	Oman	11.74
216	Turkmenistan	11.33
217	Bolivia	10.6
218	Central African Republic	9.62
219	Gabon	8.33
220	Russia	8.29
221	Niue	7.69
222	Kazakhstan	7.01
223	Botswana	3.98
224	Libya	3.92
225	Mauritania	3.89
226	Canada	3.78
227	Suriname	3.72
228	Guyana	3.49
229	Iceland	3.41
230	Australia	3.29
231	Namibia	3.19
232	Western Sahara	2.45
233	Mongolia	2.03
234	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	0.26
235	Svalbard	0.05
236	Greenland	0.03
237	Antarctica	0

Definition: Population density is the number of people per unit of area.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2020

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