Population density

Midyear population divided by land area in square kilometres.

Unit: People per square kilometre of land Frequency: Annual Coverage: 216 countries and 11 groups 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank (original data: Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates)

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Paraguay

People per square kilometre of land. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population density (people per square kilometre of land), 2000 to 2024
Period Paraguay
2024 17.5 people per km²
2023 17.3 people per km²
2022 17.1 people per km²
2021 16.8 people per km²
2020 16.6 people per km²
2019 16.4 people per km²
2018 16.2 people per km²
2017 16.0 people per km²
2016 15.7 people per km²
2015 15.5 people per km²
2014 15.3 people per km²
2013 15.1 people per km²
2012 14.8 people per km²
2011 14.6 people per km²
2010 14.4 people per km²
2009 14.3 people per km²
2008 14.1 people per km²
2007 14.0 people per km²
2006 13.9 people per km²
2005 13.7 people per km²
2004 13.6 people per km²
2003 13.4 people per km²
2002 13.2 people per km²
2001 13.1 people per km²
2000 12.8 people per km²

A dash means no value was published for that period.

About this measure

Definition
Midyear population divided by land area in square kilometres.
Population covered
Total population
Unit
People per square kilometre of land
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percent change

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EN.POP.DNST · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates

Latest value for each country Each value is the country's most recent figure. Years differ, so check the period beside each value before comparing.

  1. 1 Macao SAR, China 20,630.6 people per km²2024
  2. 2 Monaco 18,536.9 people per km²2024
  3. 3 Singapore 8,329.0 people per km²2024
  4. 4 Hong Kong SAR, China 7,165.8 people per km²2024
  5. 5 Gibraltar 3,932.9 people per km²2024
  6. 6 Bahrain 1,985.8 people per km²2024
  7. 7 Malta 1,805.0 people per km²2024
  8. 8 Maldives 1,771.1 people per km²2024
  9. 9 Bangladesh 1,333.4 people per km²2024
  10. 10 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1,275.0 people per km²2024
  11. 11 Bermuda 1,197.0 people per km²2024
  12. 12 West Bank and Gaza 877.9 people per km²2024
  13. 13 Channel Islands 842.1 people per km²2021
  14. 14 Barbados 655.4 people per km²2024
  15. 15 Mauritius 622.9 people per km²2024
  16. 16 Aruba 600.0 people per km²2024
  17. 17 Rwanda 599.9 people per km²2024
  18. 18 Naoero 568.9 people per km²2024
  19. 19 Lebanon 567.5 people per km²2024
  20. 20 San Marino 555.2 people per km²2024
  21. 21 Burundi 547.0 people per km²2024
  22. 22 Netherlands 534.4 people per km²2024
  23. 23 South Korea 530.2 people per km²2024
  24. 24 Saint Martin (French part) 493.0 people per km²2024
  25. 25 India 488.0 people per km²2024
  26. 26 Comoros 463.5 people per km²2024
  27. 27 Israel 462.2 people per km²2024
  28. 28 Haiti 427.2 people per km²2024
  29. 29 Belgium 388.9 people per km²2024
  30. 30 Philippines 388.5 people per km²2024
  31. 31 Tuvalu 371.0 people per km²2024
  32. 32 Puerto Rico (US) 361.1 people per km²2024
  33. 33 Sri Lanka 354.3 people per km²2024
  34. 34 Curaçao 351.3 people per km²2024
  35. 35 Grenada 340.7 people per km²2024
  36. 36 Japan 340.1 people per km²2024
  37. 37 Pakistan 326.0 people per km²2024
  38. 38 Viet Nam 322.2 people per km²2024
  39. 39 Cayman Islands 310.2 people per km²2024
  40. 40 Guam 310.1 people per km²2024
  41. 41 El Salvador 305.9 people per km²2024
  42. 42 US Virgin Islands 299.9 people per km²2024
  43. 43 Saint Lucia 294.7 people per km²2024
  44. 44 United Kingdom 286.4 people per km²2024
  45. 45 Kuwait 274.8 people per km²2024
  46. 46 Gambia 272.7 people per km²2024
  47. 47 Trinidad and Tobago 266.8 people per km²2024
  48. 48 Seychelles 265.5 people per km²2024
  49. 49 Luxembourg 263.0 people per km²2024
  50. 50 Jamaica 262.2 people per km²2024
  51. 51 British Virgin Islands 261.4 people per km²2024
  52. 52 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 258.7 people per km²2024
  53. 53 Nigeria 255.5 people per km²2024
  54. 54 Liechtenstein 252.8 people per km²2024
  55. 55 Uganda 249.4 people per km²2024
  56. 56 Qatar 248.7 people per km²2024
  57. 57 São Tomé and Príncipe 245.4 people per km²2024
  58. 58 Germany 239.0 people per km²2024
  59. 59 Dominican Republic 237.1 people per km²2024
  60. 60 American Samoa 235.0 people per km²2024
  61. 61 Malawi 229.7 people per km²2024
  62. 62 Switzerland 227.9 people per km²2024
  63. 63 North Korea 220.1 people per km²2024
  64. 64 Antigua and Barbuda 213.0 people per km²2024
  65. 65 Marshall Islands 207.4 people per km²2024
  66. 66 Nepal 206.8 people per km²2024
  67. 67 Italy 199.4 people per km²2024
  68. 68 Saint Kitts and Nevis 179.5 people per km²2024
  69. 69 Andorra 175.1 people per km²2024
  70. 70 Guatemala 171.8 people per km²2024
  71. 71 Kiribati 165.9 people per km²2024
  72. 72 Micronesia 161.4 people per km²2024
  73. 73 United Arab Emirates 154.7 people per km²2024
  74. 74 Togo 154.6 people per km²2024
  75. 75 Ghana 151.3 people per km²2024
  76. 76 China 150.1 people per km²2024
  77. 77 Indonesia 149.8 people per km²2024
  78. 78 Denmark 149.4 people per km²2024
  79. 79 Isle of Man 147.0 people per km²2024
  80. 80 Cyprus 147.0 people per km²2024
  81. 81 Tonga 144.7 people per km²2024
  82. 82 Czechia 141.3 people per km²2024
  83. 83 Thailand 140.3 people per km²2024
  84. 84 Syria 134.4 people per km²2024
  85. 85 Cabo Verde 130.2 people per km²2024
  86. 86 Jordan 130.1 people per km²2024
  87. 87 Benin 128.3 people per km²2024
  88. 88 France 127.2 people per km²2024
  89. 89 Azerbaijan 123.4 people per km²2024
  90. 90 Sierra Leone 119.7 people per km²2024
  91. 91 Poland 119.4 people per km²2024
  92. 92 Ethiopia 117.7 people per km²2024
  93. 93 Egypt 117.1 people per km²2024
  94. 94 Portugal 116.7 people per km²2024
  95. 95 Slovakia 112.8 people per km²2024
  96. 96 Austria 111.2 people per km²2024
  97. 97 Türkiye 111.1 people per km²2024
  98. 98 Malaysia 108.2 people per km²2024
  99. 99 Armenia 107.6 people per km²2024
  100. 100 Iraq 106.1 people per km²2024
  101. 101 Cuba 105.8 people per km²2024
  102. 102 Slovenia 105.7 people per km²2024
  103. 103 Hungary 104.8 people per km²2024
  104. 104 Costa Rica 101.5 people per km²2024
  105. 105 Côte d'Ivoire 100.4 people per km²2024
  106. 106 Cambodia 99.9 people per km²2024
  107. 107 Spain 97.8 people per km²2024
  108. 108 Kenya 97.2 people per km²2024
  109. 109 Northern Mariana Islands 96.9 people per km²2024
  110. 110 Honduras 96.8 people per km²2024
  111. 111 Senegal 96.1 people per km²2024
  112. 112 Timor-Leste 94.2 people per km²2024
  113. 113 Dominica 88.2 people per km²2024
  114. 114 Brunei 87.8 people per km²2024
  115. 115 Albania 86.8 people per km²2024
  116. 116 Burkina Faso 86.1 people per km²2024
  117. 117 Morocco 85.3 people per km²2024
  118. 118 Moldova 83.5 people per km²2024
  119. 119 Myanmar 83.5 people per km²2024
  120. 120 Uzbekistan 82.9 people per km²2024
  121. 121 Romania 82.8 people per km²2024
  122. 122 Greece 80.7 people per km²2024
  123. 123 French Polynesia 80.0 people per km²2024
  124. 124 Tunisia 79.0 people per km²2024
  125. 125 Samoa 78.4 people per km²2024
  126. 126 Ireland 78.3 people per km²2024
  127. 127 Guinea-Bissau 78.3 people per km²2024
  128. 128 Tanzania 77.6 people per km²2024
  129. 129 Lesotho 77.0 people per km²2024
  130. 130 Yemen 76.9 people per km²2024
  131. 131 Tajikistan 76.3 people per km²2024
  132. 132 Serbia 75.2 people per km²2024
  133. 133 Ecuador 73.0 people per km²2024
  134. 134 North Macedonia 72.3 people per km²2024
  135. 135 Eswatini 72.3 people per km²2024
  136. 136 Croatia 69.1 people per km²2024
  137. 137 Equatorial Guinea 67.5 people per km²2024
  138. 138 Mexico 67.3 people per km²2024
  139. 139 Georgia 66.7 people per km²2024
  140. 140 Afghanistan 65.4 people per km²2024
  141. 141 Ukraine 65.3 people per km²2024
  142. 142 Bosnia and Herzegovina 61.8 people per km²2024
  143. 143 Cameroon 61.6 people per km²2024
  144. 144 Panama 60.9 people per km²2024
  145. 145 Guinea 60.0 people per km²2024
  146. 146 Bulgaria 59.3 people per km²2024
  147. 147 Liberia 58.3 people per km²2024
  148. 148 Nicaragua 56.7 people per km²2023
  149. 149 Iran 56.4 people per km²2024
  150. 150 Madagascar 54.9 people per km²2024
  151. 151 South Africa 52.8 people per km²2024
  152. 152 Fiji 50.7 people per km²2024
  153. 153 Djibouti 50.4 people per km²2024
  154. 154 Turks and Caicos Islands 49.1 people per km²2024
  155. 155 Democratic Republic of the Congo 48.2 people per km²2024
  156. 156 Colombia 47.7 people per km²2024
  157. 157 Montenegro 46.4 people per km²2024
  158. 158 Lithuania 46.1 people per km²2024
  159. 159 Belarus 45.0 people per km²2024
  160. 160 Mozambique 44.0 people per km²2024
  161. 161 Zimbabwe 43.0 people per km²2024
  162. 162 Bahamas 40.1 people per km²2024
  163. 163 Faroe Islands 39.9 people per km²2024
  164. 164 Palau 38.5 people per km²2024
  165. 165 Kyrgyzstan 37.7 people per km²2024
  166. 166 United States 37.2 people per km²2024
  167. 167 Laos 33.7 people per km²2024
  168. 168 Venezuela 32.2 people per km²2024
  169. 169 Estonia 32.1 people per km²2024
  170. 170 Angola 30.4 people per km²2024
  171. 171 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 30.3 people per km²2024
  172. 172 Latvia 30.0 people per km²2024
  173. 173 Eritrea 29.3 people per km²2024
  174. 174 Solomon Islands 29.3 people per km²2024
  175. 175 Zambia 28.7 people per km²2024
  176. 176 Sudan 27.0 people per km²2024
  177. 177 Vanuatu 26.9 people per km²2024
  178. 178 Peru 26.7 people per km²2024
  179. 179 Chile 26.6 people per km²2024
  180. 180 Sweden 26.0 people per km²2024
  181. 181 Brazil 25.4 people per km²2024
  182. 182 Papua New Guinea 23.4 people per km²2024
  183. 183 Niger 21.3 people per km²2024
  184. 184 Bhutan 20.8 people per km²2024
  185. 185 New Zealand 20.1 people per km²2024
  186. 186 Mali 20.1 people per km²2024
  187. 187 Algeria 19.7 people per km²2024
  188. 188 Uruguay 19.4 people per km²2024
  189. 189 South Sudan 18.9 people per km²2024
  190. 190 Republic of the Congo 18.5 people per km²2024
  191. 191 Finland 18.5 people per km²2024
  192. 192 Belize 18.3 people per km²2024
  193. 193 Paraguay 17.5 people per km²2024
  194. 194 Oman 17.1 people per km²2024
  195. 195 Argentina 16.7 people per km²2024
  196. 196 Saudi Arabia 16.4 people per km²2024
  197. 197 Chad 16.1 people per km²2024
  198. 198 Turkmenistan 15.9 people per km²2024
  199. 199 New Caledonia 15.8 people per km²2024
  200. 200 Norway 15.3 people per km²2024
  201. 201 Bolivia 11.4 people per km²2024
  202. 202 Gabon 9.9 people per km²2024
  203. 203 Russia 8.8 people per km²2024
  204. 204 Central African Republic 8.6 people per km²2024
  205. 205 Kazakhstan 7.6 people per km²2024
  206. 206 Mauritania 5.0 people per km²2024
  207. 207 Canada 4.7 people per km²2024
  208. 208 Botswana 4.4 people per km²2024
  209. 209 Libya 4.2 people per km²2024
  210. 210 Suriname 4.0 people per km²2024
  211. 211 Guyana 3.9 people per km²2024
  212. 212 Iceland 3.8 people per km²2024
  213. 213 Namibia 3.7 people per km²2024
  214. 214 Australia 3.5 people per km²2024
  215. 215 Mongolia 2.3 people per km²2024
  216. 216 Greenland 0.1 people per km²2024
  217. East Asia and Pacific 97.5 people per km²2023
  218. Euro area 125.6 people per km²2023
  219. Europe and Central Asia 33.7 people per km²2023
  220. European Union 112.6 people per km²2023
  221. Latin America and Caribbean 32.8 people per km²2023
  222. Middle East and North Africa 63.1 people per km²2023
  223. North America 21.0 people per km²2023
  224. OECD members 39.3 people per km²2023
  225. South Asia 496.8 people per km²2023
  226. Sub-Saharan Africa 52.7 people per km²2023
  227. World 62.1 people per km²2023
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