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