Population density
Midyear population divided by land area in square kilometres.
Trend over time
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People per square kilometre of land. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| 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 |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
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- 1 Macao SAR, China 20,630.6 people per km²2024
- 2 Monaco 18,536.9 people per km²2024
- 3 Singapore 8,329.0 people per km²2024
- 4 Hong Kong SAR, China 7,165.8 people per km²2024
- 5 Gibraltar 3,932.9 people per km²2024
- 6 Bahrain 1,985.8 people per km²2024
- 7 Malta 1,805.0 people per km²2024
- 8 Maldives 1,771.1 people per km²2024
- 9 Bangladesh 1,333.4 people per km²2024
- 10 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1,275.0 people per km²2024
- 11 Bermuda 1,197.0 people per km²2024
- 12 West Bank and Gaza 877.9 people per km²2024
- 13 Channel Islands 842.1 people per km²2021
- 14 Barbados 655.4 people per km²2024
- 15 Mauritius 622.9 people per km²2024
- 16 Aruba 600.0 people per km²2024
- 17 Rwanda 599.9 people per km²2024
- 18 Naoero 568.9 people per km²2024
- 19 Lebanon 567.5 people per km²2024
- 20 San Marino 555.2 people per km²2024
- 21 Burundi 547.0 people per km²2024
- 22 Netherlands 534.4 people per km²2024
- 23 South Korea 530.2 people per km²2024
- 24 Saint Martin (French part) 493.0 people per km²2024
- 25 India 488.0 people per km²2024
- 26 Comoros 463.5 people per km²2024
- 27 Israel 462.2 people per km²2024
- 28 Haiti 427.2 people per km²2024
- 29 Belgium 388.9 people per km²2024
- 30 Philippines 388.5 people per km²2024
- 31 Tuvalu 371.0 people per km²2024
- 32 Puerto Rico (US) 361.1 people per km²2024
- 33 Sri Lanka 354.3 people per km²2024
- 34 Curaçao 351.3 people per km²2024
- 35 Grenada 340.7 people per km²2024
- 36 Japan 340.1 people per km²2024
- 37 Pakistan 326.0 people per km²2024
- 38 Viet Nam 322.2 people per km²2024
- 39 Cayman Islands 310.2 people per km²2024
- 40 Guam 310.1 people per km²2024
- 41 El Salvador 305.9 people per km²2024
- 42 US Virgin Islands 299.9 people per km²2024
- 43 Saint Lucia 294.7 people per km²2024
- 44 United Kingdom 286.4 people per km²2024
- 45 Kuwait 274.8 people per km²2024
- 46 Gambia 272.7 people per km²2024
- 47 Trinidad and Tobago 266.8 people per km²2024
- 48 Seychelles 265.5 people per km²2024
- 49 Luxembourg 263.0 people per km²2024
- 50 Jamaica 262.2 people per km²2024
- 51 British Virgin Islands 261.4 people per km²2024
- 52 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 258.7 people per km²2024
- 53 Nigeria 255.5 people per km²2024
- 54 Liechtenstein 252.8 people per km²2024
- 55 Uganda 249.4 people per km²2024
- 56 Qatar 248.7 people per km²2024
- 57 São Tomé and Príncipe 245.4 people per km²2024
- 58 Germany 239.0 people per km²2024
- 59 Dominican Republic 237.1 people per km²2024
- 60 American Samoa 235.0 people per km²2024
- 61 Malawi 229.7 people per km²2024
- 62 Switzerland 227.9 people per km²2024
- 63 North Korea 220.1 people per km²2024
- 64 Antigua and Barbuda 213.0 people per km²2024
- 65 Marshall Islands 207.4 people per km²2024
- 66 Nepal 206.8 people per km²2024
- 67 Italy 199.4 people per km²2024
- 68 Saint Kitts and Nevis 179.5 people per km²2024
- 69 Andorra 175.1 people per km²2024
- 70 Guatemala 171.8 people per km²2024
- 71 Kiribati 165.9 people per km²2024
- 72 Micronesia 161.4 people per km²2024
- 73 United Arab Emirates 154.7 people per km²2024
- 74 Togo 154.6 people per km²2024
- 75 Ghana 151.3 people per km²2024
- 76 China 150.1 people per km²2024
- 77 Indonesia 149.8 people per km²2024
- 78 Denmark 149.4 people per km²2024
- 79 Isle of Man 147.0 people per km²2024
- 80 Cyprus 147.0 people per km²2024
- 81 Tonga 144.7 people per km²2024
- 82 Czechia 141.3 people per km²2024
- 83 Thailand 140.3 people per km²2024
- 84 Syria 134.4 people per km²2024
- 85 Cabo Verde 130.2 people per km²2024
- 86 Jordan 130.1 people per km²2024
- 87 Benin 128.3 people per km²2024
- 88 France 127.2 people per km²2024
- 89 Azerbaijan 123.4 people per km²2024
- 90 Sierra Leone 119.7 people per km²2024
- 91 Poland 119.4 people per km²2024
- 92 Ethiopia 117.7 people per km²2024
- 93 Egypt 117.1 people per km²2024
- 94 Portugal 116.7 people per km²2024
- 95 Slovakia 112.8 people per km²2024
- 96 Austria 111.2 people per km²2024
- 97 Türkiye 111.1 people per km²2024
- 98 Malaysia 108.2 people per km²2024
- 99 Armenia 107.6 people per km²2024
- 100 Iraq 106.1 people per km²2024
- 101 Cuba 105.8 people per km²2024
- 102 Slovenia 105.7 people per km²2024
- 103 Hungary 104.8 people per km²2024
- 104 Costa Rica 101.5 people per km²2024
- 105 Côte d'Ivoire 100.4 people per km²2024
- 106 Cambodia 99.9 people per km²2024
- 107 Spain 97.8 people per km²2024
- 108 Kenya 97.2 people per km²2024
- 109 Northern Mariana Islands 96.9 people per km²2024
- 110 Honduras 96.8 people per km²2024
- 111 Senegal 96.1 people per km²2024
- 112 Timor-Leste 94.2 people per km²2024
- 113 Dominica 88.2 people per km²2024
- 114 Brunei 87.8 people per km²2024
- 115 Albania 86.8 people per km²2024
- 116 Burkina Faso 86.1 people per km²2024
- 117 Morocco 85.3 people per km²2024
- 118 Moldova 83.5 people per km²2024
- 119 Myanmar 83.5 people per km²2024
- 120 Uzbekistan 82.9 people per km²2024
- 121 Romania 82.8 people per km²2024
- 122 Greece 80.7 people per km²2024
- 123 French Polynesia 80.0 people per km²2024
- 124 Tunisia 79.0 people per km²2024
- 125 Samoa 78.4 people per km²2024
- 126 Ireland 78.3 people per km²2024
- 127 Guinea-Bissau 78.3 people per km²2024
- 128 Tanzania 77.6 people per km²2024
- 129 Lesotho 77.0 people per km²2024
- 130 Yemen 76.9 people per km²2024
- 131 Tajikistan 76.3 people per km²2024
- 132 Serbia 75.2 people per km²2024
- 133 Ecuador 73.0 people per km²2024
- 134 North Macedonia 72.3 people per km²2024
- 135 Eswatini 72.3 people per km²2024
- 136 Croatia 69.1 people per km²2024
- 137 Equatorial Guinea 67.5 people per km²2024
- 138 Mexico 67.3 people per km²2024
- 139 Georgia 66.7 people per km²2024
- 140 Afghanistan 65.4 people per km²2024
- 141 Ukraine 65.3 people per km²2024
- 142 Bosnia and Herzegovina 61.8 people per km²2024
- 143 Cameroon 61.6 people per km²2024
- 144 Panama 60.9 people per km²2024
- 145 Guinea 60.0 people per km²2024
- 146 Bulgaria 59.3 people per km²2024
- 147 Liberia 58.3 people per km²2024
- 148 Nicaragua 56.7 people per km²2023
- 149 Iran 56.4 people per km²2024
- 150 Madagascar 54.9 people per km²2024
- 151 South Africa 52.8 people per km²2024
- 152 Fiji 50.7 people per km²2024
- 153 Djibouti 50.4 people per km²2024
- 154 Turks and Caicos Islands 49.1 people per km²2024
- 155 Democratic Republic of the Congo 48.2 people per km²2024
- 156 Colombia 47.7 people per km²2024
- 157 Montenegro 46.4 people per km²2024
- 158 Lithuania 46.1 people per km²2024
- 159 Belarus 45.0 people per km²2024
- 160 Mozambique 44.0 people per km²2024
- 161 Zimbabwe 43.0 people per km²2024
- 162 Bahamas 40.1 people per km²2024
- 163 Faroe Islands 39.9 people per km²2024
- 164 Palau 38.5 people per km²2024
- 165 Kyrgyzstan 37.7 people per km²2024
- 166 United States 37.2 people per km²2024
- 167 Laos 33.7 people per km²2024
- 168 Venezuela 32.2 people per km²2024
- 169 Estonia 32.1 people per km²2024
- 170 Angola 30.4 people per km²2024
- 171 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 30.3 people per km²2024
- 172 Latvia 30.0 people per km²2024
- 173 Eritrea 29.3 people per km²2024
- 174 Solomon Islands 29.3 people per km²2024
- 175 Zambia 28.7 people per km²2024
- 176 Sudan 27.0 people per km²2024
- 177 Vanuatu 26.9 people per km²2024
- 178 Peru 26.7 people per km²2024
- 179 Chile 26.6 people per km²2024
- 180 Sweden 26.0 people per km²2024
- 181 Brazil 25.4 people per km²2024
- 182 Papua New Guinea 23.4 people per km²2024
- 183 Niger 21.3 people per km²2024
- 184 Bhutan 20.8 people per km²2024
- 185 New Zealand 20.1 people per km²2024
- 186 Mali 20.1 people per km²2024
- 187 Algeria 19.7 people per km²2024
- 188 Uruguay 19.4 people per km²2024
- 189 South Sudan 18.9 people per km²2024
- 190 Republic of the Congo 18.5 people per km²2024
- 191 Finland 18.5 people per km²2024
- 192 Belize 18.3 people per km²2024
- 193 Paraguay 17.5 people per km²2024
- 194 Oman 17.1 people per km²2024
- 195 Argentina 16.7 people per km²2024
- 196 Saudi Arabia 16.4 people per km²2024
- 197 Chad 16.1 people per km²2024
- 198 Turkmenistan 15.9 people per km²2024
- 199 New Caledonia 15.8 people per km²2024
- 200 Norway 15.3 people per km²2024
- 201 Bolivia 11.4 people per km²2024
- 202 Gabon 9.9 people per km²2024
- 203 Russia 8.8 people per km²2024
- 204 Central African Republic 8.6 people per km²2024
- 205 Kazakhstan 7.6 people per km²2024
- 206 Mauritania 5.0 people per km²2024
- 207 Canada 4.7 people per km²2024
- 208 Botswana 4.4 people per km²2024
- 209 Libya 4.2 people per km²2024
- 210 Suriname 4.0 people per km²2024
- 211 Guyana 3.9 people per km²2024
- 212 Iceland 3.8 people per km²2024
- 213 Namibia 3.7 people per km²2024
- 214 Australia 3.5 people per km²2024
- 215 Mongolia 2.3 people per km²2024
- 216 Greenland 0.1 people per km²2024
- East Asia and Pacific 97.5 people per km²2023
- Euro area 125.6 people per km²2023
- Europe and Central Asia 33.7 people per km²2023
- European Union 112.6 people per km²2023
- Latin America and Caribbean 32.8 people per km²2023
- Middle East and North Africa 63.1 people per km²2023
- North America 21.0 people per km²2023
- OECD members 39.3 people per km²2023
- South Asia 496.8 people per km²2023
- Sub-Saharan Africa 52.7 people per km²2023
- World 62.1 people per km²2023
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