Population density by country, 2024, OECD (38 countries)
Midyear population divided by land area in square kilometres.
38 places ranked for 2024. Highest: Netherlands (534.4 people per km²). Lowest: Australia (3.5 people per km²). The median is 105.2 people per km².
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Highest 10
- 1. Netherlands 534.4 people per km²
- 2. South Korea 530.2 people per km²
- 3. Israel 462.2 people per km²
- 4. Belgium 388.9 people per km²
- 5. Japan 340.1 people per km²
- 6. United Kingdom 286.4 people per km²
- 7. Luxembourg 263.0 people per km²
- 8. Germany 239.0 people per km²
- 9. Switzerland 227.9 people per km²
- 10. Italy 199.4 people per km²
Lowest 10
- 38. Australia 3.5 people per km²
- 37. Iceland 3.8 people per km²
- 36. Canada 4.7 people per km²
- 35. Norway 15.3 people per km²
- 34. Finland 18.5 people per km²
- 33. New Zealand 20.1 people per km²
- 32. Sweden 26.0 people per km²
- 31. Chile 26.6 people per km²
- 30. Latvia 30.0 people per km²
- 29. Estonia 32.1 people per km²
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 534.4 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 2 | South Korea | 530.2 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 3 | Israel | 462.2 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 4 | Belgium | 388.9 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 5 | Japan | 340.1 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 286.4 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 263.0 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 8 | Germany | 239.0 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 9 | Switzerland | 227.9 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 10 | Italy | 199.4 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 11 | Denmark | 149.4 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 12 | Czechia | 141.3 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 13 | France | 127.2 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 14 | Poland | 119.4 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 15 | Portugal | 116.7 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 16 | Slovakia | 112.8 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 17 | Austria | 111.2 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 18 | Türkiye | 111.1 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 19 | Slovenia | 105.7 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 20 | Hungary | 104.8 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 101.5 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 22 | Spain | 97.8 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 23 | Greece | 80.7 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 24 | Ireland | 78.3 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 25 | Mexico | 67.3 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 26 | Colombia | 47.7 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 27 | Lithuania | 46.1 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 28 | United States | 37.2 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 29 | Estonia | 32.1 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 30 | Latvia | 30.0 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 31 | Chile | 26.6 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 32 | Sweden | 26.0 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 33 | New Zealand | 20.1 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 34 | Finland | 18.5 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 35 | Norway | 15.3 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 36 | Canada | 4.7 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 37 | Iceland | 3.8 people per km² | 2024 | |
| 38 | Australia | 3.5 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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