Population density
Midyear population divided by land area in square kilometres.
Highest in 2024
20,630.6 people per km²
Macao SAR, China
Lowest in 2024
0.1 people per km²
Greenland
Countries ranked for 2024
214
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
214 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.
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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 | Ireland | Malta |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 78.3 people per km² | 1,805.0 people per km² |
| 2023 | 77.1 people per km² | 1,753.9 people per km² |
| 2022 | 75.7 people per km² | 1,685.3 people per km² |
| 2021 | 74.2 people per km² | 1,644.1 people per km² |
| 2020 | 73.2 people per km² | 1,610.9 people per km² |
| 2019 | 72.2 people per km² | 1,574.7 people per km² |
| 2018 | 71.1 people per km² | 1,512.2 people per km² |
| 2017 | 70.1 people per km² | 1,459.7 people per km² |
| 2016 | 69.1 people per km² | 1,420.3 people per km² |
| 2015 | 68.3 people per km² | 1,388.2 people per km² |
| 2014 | 67.6 people per km² | 1,354.6 people per km² |
| 2013 | 67.1 people per km² | 1,327.5 people per km² |
| 2012 | 66.8 people per km² | 1,312.6 people per km² |
| 2011 | 66.5 people per km² | 1,300.8 people per km² |
| 2010 | 66.2 people per km² | 1,295.3 people per km² |
| 2009 | 65.8 people per km² | 1,289.0 people per km² |
| 2008 | 65.2 people per km² | 1,279.3 people per km² |
| 2007 | 63.9 people per km² | 1,271.0 people per km² |
| 2006 | 62.0 people per km² | 1,266.6 people per km² |
| 2005 | 60.4 people per km² | 1,262.0 people per km² |
| 2004 | 59.1 people per km² | 1,254.0 people per km² |
| 2003 | 58.0 people per km² | 1,245.6 people per km² |
| 2002 | 57.1 people per km² | 1,237.4 people per km² |
| 2001 | 56.1 people per km² | 1,228.2 people per km² |
| 2000 | 55.2 people per km² | 1,219.0 people per km² |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 214 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Macao SAR, China (20,630.6 people per km²) and the lowest Greenland (0.1 people per km²).
- Half of the countries are above 97.0 people per km² and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 171 countries and fell in 43.
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All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Macao SAR, China 20,630.6 people per km²
- 2 Monaco 18,536.9 people per km²
- 3 Singapore 8,329.0 people per km²
- 4 Hong Kong SAR, China 7,165.8 people per km²
- 5 Gibraltar 3,932.9 people per km²
- 6 Bahrain 1,985.8 people per km²
- 7 Malta 1,805.0 people per km²
- 8 Maldives 1,771.1 people per km²
- 9 Bangladesh 1,333.4 people per km²
- 10 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1,275.0 people per km²
- 11 Bermuda 1,197.0 people per km²
- 12 West Bank and Gaza 877.9 people per km²
- 13 Barbados 655.4 people per km²
- 14 Mauritius 622.9 people per km²
- 15 Aruba 600.0 people per km²
- 16 Rwanda 599.9 people per km²
- 17 Naoero 568.9 people per km²
- 18 Lebanon 567.5 people per km²
- 19 San Marino 555.2 people per km²
- 20 Burundi 547.0 people per km²
- 21 Netherlands 534.4 people per km²
- 22 South Korea 530.2 people per km²
- 23 Saint Martin (French part) 493.0 people per km²
- 24 India 488.0 people per km²
- 25 Comoros 463.5 people per km²
- 26 Israel 462.2 people per km²
- 27 Haiti 427.2 people per km²
- 28 Belgium 388.9 people per km²
- 29 Philippines 388.5 people per km²
- 30 Tuvalu 371.0 people per km²
- 31 Puerto Rico (US) 361.1 people per km²
- 32 Sri Lanka 354.3 people per km²
- 33 Curaçao 351.3 people per km²
- 34 Grenada 340.7 people per km²
- 35 Japan 340.1 people per km²
- 36 Pakistan 326.0 people per km²
- 37 Viet Nam 322.2 people per km²
- 38 Cayman Islands 310.2 people per km²
- 39 Guam 310.1 people per km²
- 40 El Salvador 305.9 people per km²
- 41 US Virgin Islands 299.9 people per km²
- 42 Saint Lucia 294.7 people per km²
- 43 United Kingdom 286.4 people per km²
- 44 Kuwait 274.8 people per km²
- 45 Gambia 272.7 people per km²
- 46 Trinidad and Tobago 266.8 people per km²
- 47 Seychelles 265.5 people per km²
- 48 Luxembourg 263.0 people per km²
- 49 Jamaica 262.2 people per km²
- 50 British Virgin Islands 261.4 people per km²
- 51 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 258.7 people per km²
- 52 Nigeria 255.5 people per km²
- 53 Liechtenstein 252.8 people per km²
- 54 Uganda 249.4 people per km²
- 55 Qatar 248.7 people per km²
- 56 São Tomé and Príncipe 245.4 people per km²
- 57 Germany 239.0 people per km²
- 58 Dominican Republic 237.1 people per km²
- 59 American Samoa 235.0 people per km²
- 60 Malawi 229.7 people per km²
- 61 Switzerland 227.9 people per km²
- 62 North Korea 220.1 people per km²
- 63 Antigua and Barbuda 213.0 people per km²
- 64 Marshall Islands 207.4 people per km²
- 65 Nepal 206.8 people per km²
- 66 Italy 199.4 people per km²
- 67 Saint Kitts and Nevis 179.5 people per km²
- 68 Andorra 175.1 people per km²
- 69 Guatemala 171.8 people per km²
- 70 Kiribati 165.9 people per km²
- 71 Micronesia 161.4 people per km²
- 72 United Arab Emirates 154.7 people per km²
- 73 Togo 154.6 people per km²
- 74 Ghana 151.3 people per km²
- 75 China 150.1 people per km²
- 76 Indonesia 149.8 people per km²
- 77 Denmark 149.4 people per km²
- 78 Isle of Man 147.0 people per km²
- 79 Cyprus 147.0 people per km²
- 80 Tonga 144.7 people per km²
- 81 Czechia 141.3 people per km²
- 82 Thailand 140.3 people per km²
- 83 Syria 134.4 people per km²
- 84 Cabo Verde 130.2 people per km²
- 85 Jordan 130.1 people per km²
- 86 Benin 128.3 people per km²
- 87 France 127.2 people per km²
- 88 Azerbaijan 123.4 people per km²
- 89 Sierra Leone 119.7 people per km²
- 90 Poland 119.4 people per km²
- 91 Ethiopia 117.7 people per km²
- 92 Egypt 117.1 people per km²
- 93 Portugal 116.7 people per km²
- 94 Slovakia 112.8 people per km²
- 95 Austria 111.2 people per km²
- 96 Türkiye 111.1 people per km²
- 97 Malaysia 108.2 people per km²
- 98 Armenia 107.6 people per km²
- 99 Iraq 106.1 people per km²
- 100 Cuba 105.8 people per km²
- 101 Slovenia 105.7 people per km²
- 102 Hungary 104.8 people per km²
- 103 Costa Rica 101.5 people per km²
- 104 Côte d'Ivoire 100.4 people per km²
- 105 Cambodia 99.9 people per km²
- 106 Spain 97.8 people per km²
- 107 Kenya 97.2 people per km²
- 108 Northern Mariana Islands 96.9 people per km²
- 109 Honduras 96.8 people per km²
- 110 Senegal 96.1 people per km²
- 111 Timor-Leste 94.2 people per km²
- 112 Dominica 88.2 people per km²
- 113 Brunei 87.8 people per km²
- 114 Albania 86.8 people per km²
- 115 Burkina Faso 86.1 people per km²
- 116 Morocco 85.3 people per km²
- 117 Moldova 83.5 people per km²
- 118 Myanmar 83.5 people per km²
- 119 Uzbekistan 82.9 people per km²
- 120 Romania 82.8 people per km²
- 121 Greece 80.7 people per km²
- 122 French Polynesia 80.0 people per km²
- 123 Tunisia 79.0 people per km²
- 124 Samoa 78.4 people per km²
- 125 Ireland 78.3 people per km²
- 126 Guinea-Bissau 78.3 people per km²
- 127 Tanzania 77.6 people per km²
- 128 Lesotho 77.0 people per km²
- 129 Yemen 76.9 people per km²
- 130 Tajikistan 76.3 people per km²
- 131 Serbia 75.2 people per km²
- 132 Ecuador 73.0 people per km²
- 133 North Macedonia 72.3 people per km²
- 134 Eswatini 72.3 people per km²
- 135 Croatia 69.1 people per km²
- 136 Equatorial Guinea 67.5 people per km²
- 137 Mexico 67.3 people per km²
- 138 Georgia 66.7 people per km²
- 139 Afghanistan 65.4 people per km²
- 140 Ukraine 65.3 people per km²
- 141 Bosnia and Herzegovina 61.8 people per km²
- 142 Cameroon 61.6 people per km²
- 143 Panama 60.9 people per km²
- 144 Guinea 60.0 people per km²
- 145 Bulgaria 59.3 people per km²
- 146 Liberia 58.3 people per km²
- 147 Iran 56.4 people per km²
- 148 Madagascar 54.9 people per km²
- 149 South Africa 52.8 people per km²
- 150 Fiji 50.7 people per km²
- 151 Djibouti 50.4 people per km²
- 152 Turks and Caicos Islands 49.1 people per km²
- 153 Democratic Republic of the Congo 48.2 people per km²
- 154 Colombia 47.7 people per km²
- 155 Montenegro 46.4 people per km²
- 156 Lithuania 46.1 people per km²
- 157 Belarus 45.0 people per km²
- 158 Mozambique 44.0 people per km²
- 159 Zimbabwe 43.0 people per km²
- 160 Bahamas 40.1 people per km²
- 161 Faroe Islands 39.9 people per km²
- 162 Palau 38.5 people per km²
- 163 Kyrgyzstan 37.7 people per km²
- 164 United States 37.2 people per km²
- 165 Laos 33.7 people per km²
- 166 Venezuela 32.2 people per km²
- 167 Estonia 32.1 people per km²
- 168 Angola 30.4 people per km²
- 169 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 30.3 people per km²
- 170 Latvia 30.0 people per km²
- 171 Eritrea 29.3 people per km²
- 172 Solomon Islands 29.3 people per km²
- 173 Zambia 28.7 people per km²
- 174 Sudan 27.0 people per km²
- 175 Vanuatu 26.9 people per km²
- 176 Peru 26.7 people per km²
- 177 Chile 26.6 people per km²
- 178 Sweden 26.0 people per km²
- 179 Brazil 25.4 people per km²
- 180 Papua New Guinea 23.4 people per km²
- 181 Niger 21.3 people per km²
- 182 Bhutan 20.8 people per km²
- 183 New Zealand 20.1 people per km²
- 184 Mali 20.1 people per km²
- 185 Algeria 19.7 people per km²
- 186 Uruguay 19.4 people per km²
- 187 South Sudan 18.9 people per km²
- 188 Republic of the Congo 18.5 people per km²
- 189 Finland 18.5 people per km²
- 190 Belize 18.3 people per km²
- 191 Paraguay 17.5 people per km²
- 192 Oman 17.1 people per km²
- 193 Argentina 16.7 people per km²
- 194 Saudi Arabia 16.4 people per km²
- 195 Chad 16.1 people per km²
- 196 Turkmenistan 15.9 people per km²
- 197 New Caledonia 15.8 people per km²
- 198 Norway 15.3 people per km²
- 199 Bolivia 11.4 people per km²
- 200 Gabon 9.9 people per km²
- 201 Russia 8.8 people per km²
- 202 Central African Republic 8.6 people per km²
- 203 Kazakhstan 7.6 people per km²
- 204 Mauritania 5.0 people per km²
- 205 Canada 4.7 people per km²
- 206 Botswana 4.4 people per km²
- 207 Libya 4.2 people per km²
- 208 Suriname 4.0 people per km²
- 209 Guyana 3.9 people per km²
- 210 Iceland 3.8 people per km²
- 211 Namibia 3.7 people per km²
- 212 Australia 3.5 people per km²
- 213 Mongolia 2.3 people per km²
- 214 Greenland 0.1 people per km²
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