List of countries and dependencies by population density

This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by human population density, and measured by the number of human inhabitants per square kilometer or square mile. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. The list also includes but does not rank unrecognized but de facto independent countries. The figures in the following table are based on areas including inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Data estimates for July 2005, taken from the United Nations World Prospects Report (2004 revision), unless stated differently.

Main table[change | change source]

The names of dependent territories are shown in italics.

Area figures provided here have been obtained from the main articles of the respective countries and territories.

Rank	Country (or dependent territory)	Area		Population	Density		Date	Population source
Rank	Country (or dependent territory)	km²	mi²	Population	pop./km²	pop./mi²	Date	Population source
–	Macau (China)	32.9	13	696,100	21,158.05	54,799	September 30, 2019	Official quarterly estimate
1	Monaco	2.02	0.78	38,300	18,960.4	49,107	December 31, 2018	Official estimate
2	Singapore	722.5	279	5,703,600	7,894.26	20,446	July 1, 2019	Official estimate
–	Hong Kong (China)	1,106	427	7,500,700	6,781.83	17,565	December 31, 2019	Official estimate
–	Gibraltar (United Kingdom)	6.8	2.6	33,701	4,956.03	12,836	July 1, 2019	UN projection
3	Bahrain	778	300	1,543,300	1,982.91	5,136	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection
4	Malta	315	122	514,564	1,633.54	4,231	July 10, 2020	Official estimate Archived 2020-07-10 at the Wayback Machine
5	Maldives	298	115	374,775	1,257.63	3,257	December 31, 2018	Official estimate
–	Bermuda (United Kingdom)	52	20	64,027	1,226.52	3,177	July 1, 2019	Official Projection
–	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	34	13	42,876	1,261	3,266	January 1, 2019	Official estimate Archived 2016-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
6	Bangladesh	143,998	55,598	175,944,516	1,222	3,165	December 9, 2023	Official population clock
7	Vatican City^{[note 1]}	0.49	0.19	453	924.49	2,394	February 1, 2019	Official estimate
–	Jersey (United Kingdom)	116	45	104,200	898.28	2,327	December 31, 2016	Official estimate
8	Palestine	6,020	2,324	4,976,684	826.69	2,141	July 1, 2019	Official projection
–	Guernsey (United Kingdom)	78	30	62,723	804.14	2,083	March 31, 2016	Official estimate
–	Mayotte (France)	374	144	256,518	685.88	1,776	September 5, 2017	2017 census result
9	Lebanon	10,452	4,036	6,855,713	672.06	1,741	July 1, 2019	UN projection
10	Barbados	430	166	287,025	667.5	1,729	July 1, 2019	UN projection
–	Saint Martin (France)	53.2	21	35,107	659.91	1,709	January 1, 2014	Official estimate
–	Taiwan	36,197	13,976	23,604,265	652.11	1,689	January 31, 2020	Monthly official estimate
11	Mauritius	2,040	788	1,265,577	620.38	1,607	July 1, 2018	Official estimate
–	Aruba (Netherlands)	180	69	112,309	624	1,616	January 1, 2019	Official estimate
12	San Marino	61	24	34,641	567.89	1,471	April 30, 2019	Official monthly estimate Archived 2020-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
13	Nauru	21	8	11,200	533.33	1,381	July 1, 2020	Annual projection
14	South Korea	100,210	38,691	51,780,579	516.72	1,338	July 1, 2020	Official annual projection
15	Rwanda	26,338	10,169	12,374,397	469.83	1,217	July 1, 2019	Official projection
16	Comoros	1,861	719	873,724	469.49	1,216	July 1, 2019	Official projection
–	Saint Barthélemy (France)	21	8	9,427	448.9	1,163	January 1, 2014	Official estimate
17	Netherlands	41,526	16,033	17,685,388	426	1,103	December 9, 2023	Official population clock Archived 2018-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
18	Israel	22,072	8,522	9,788,570	443	1,149	December 9, 2023	Official population clock
19	Haiti	27,065	10,450	11,263,077	416.15	1,078	July 1, 2019	UN projection
20	India	3,287,263	1,269,219	1,407,563,842	411.48	1,066	January 1, 2019	UN estimate ^[3]^[4]
21	Burundi	27,816	10,740	11,215,578	403.21	1,044	July 1, 2020	Official annual projection Archived 2019-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
22	Tuvalu	26	10	10,300	396.15	1,026	July 1, 2020	Annual projection
23	Belgium	30,689	11,849	11,524,454	375.52	973	January 1, 2020	Official monthly estimate
24	Philippines	300,000	115,831	114,325,330	381	987	December 9, 2023	Official population clock Archived 2019-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
–	Curaçao (Netherlands)	444	171	158,665	357.35	926	January 1, 2019	Official Estimate
–	Puerto Rico (United States)	9,104	3,515	3,195,153	350.96	909	July 1, 2018	Official estimate
–	Réunion (France)	2,503.7	967	850,996	339.89	880	January 1, 2016	Official estimate Archived 2019-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
25	Japan	377,975	145,937	126,010,000	333.38	863	February 1, 2020	Monthly official estimate
26	Sri Lanka	65,610	25,332	21,803,000	332.31	861	July 1, 2019	Official estimate Archived 2017-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
–	Martinique (France)	1,128	436	371,246	329.12	852	January 1, 2018	Official estimate
–	Guam (United States)	541	209	175,200	323.84	839	July 1, 2019	Annual projection
27	El Salvador	21,040	8,124	6,704,864	318.67	825	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection
28	Grenada	344	133	108,825	316.35	819	July 1, 2019	UN projection
29	Marshall Islands	181	70	55,900	308.84	800	July 1, 2020	Annual projection
–	United States Virgin Islands (United States)	352	136	104,909	298.04	772	July 1, 2019	UN projection
30	Saint Lucia	617	238	180,454	292.47	757	July 1, 2019	UN projection
31	Vietnam	331,212	127,882	96,208,984	290.48	752	April 1, 2019	Official annual projection
–	American Samoa (United States)	197	76	57,100	289.85	751	July 1, 2020	Annual projection
32	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389	150	110,520	284.11	736	July 1, 2018	Official estimate Archived 2021-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
33	United Kingdom	242,495	93,628	67,886,004	279.95	725	May 11, 2020	Population Division UN
34	Pakistan	803,940	310,403	223,025,217	277	719	December 9, 2023	Pakistan Bureau of Statistics
35	Trinidad and Tobago	5,155	1,990	1,363,985	264.59	685	July 1, 2019	Official annual estimate
–	Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)	259	100	65,813	254.1	658	December 31, 2018	Official estimate
36	Jamaica	10,991	4,244	2,726,667	248.08	643	December 31, 2018	Official estimate
37	Kuwait	17,818	6,880	4,420,110	248.07	642	January 1, 2019	Official estimate
–	Guadeloupe (France)	1,628.4	629	395,725	243.01	629	January 1, 2016	Official estimate Archived 2019-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
38	Liechtenstein	160	62	38,380	239.88	621	December 31, 2018	Official estimate Archived 2018-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
39	Luxembourg	2,586	998	613,894	237.39	615	January 1, 2019	Official estimate
40	Qatar	11,571	4,468	2,740,479	236.84	613	May 31, 2019	Official monthly estimate Archived 2020-08-03 at the Wayback Machine
41	Antigua and Barbuda	442	171	104,084	235.48	610	July 1, 2019	UN projection
42	Germany	357,168	137,903	83,149,300	232.8	603	September 30, 2019	Official quarterly estimate Archived 2019-08-23 at the Wayback Machine
43	Nigeria	923,768	356,669	200,962,000	217.55	563	July 1, 2019	UN projection
44	Dominican Republic	47,875	18,485	10,358,320	216.36	560	July 1, 2019	Official projection Archived 2017-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
–	British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)	151	58	32,206	213.28	552	July 1, 2019	UN projection
45	Seychelles	455	176	96,762	212.66	551	June 30, 2018	Official estimate
46	North Korea	120,540	46,541	25,549,604	211.96	549	January 1, 2019	UN projection
47	Saint Kitts and Nevis	270	104	56,345	208.69	541	July 1, 2019	UN projection
48	Gambia	10,690	4,127	2,228,075	208.43	540	July 1, 2019	UN projection
49	Switzerland	41,285	15,940	8,586,550	207.98	539	September 30, 2019	Official provisional figure
50	São Tomé and Príncipe	1,001	386	201,784	201.58	522	July 1, 2018	Official Estimate
51	Nepal	147,516	56,956	29,609,623	200.72	520	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection Archived 2019-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
52	Italy	301,308	116,336	60,252,824	199.97	518	August 31, 2019	Monthly official estimate Archived 2019-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
53	Uganda	241,551	93,263	40,006,700	165.62	429	July 1, 2019	Annual official estimate
–	Kosovo^{[note 2]}	10,910	4,212	1,795,666	164.59	426	December 31, 2018	Official estimate Archived 2021-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
54	Andorra	464	179	76,177	164.17	425	December 31, 2018	Official estimate
55	Guatemala	108,889	42,042	17,679,735	162.36	421	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection
56	Kiribati	811	313	125,000	154.13	399	July 1, 2020	Annual projection
–	Sint Eustatius (Netherlands)	21	8	3,193	152.05	394	July 1, 2015
57	Federated States of Micronesia	701	271	105,600	150.64	390	July 1, 2020	Annual projection
–	Saba (Netherlands)	13	5	1,947	149.77	388	January 1, 2016
58	Cyprus	5,896	2,276	875,900	148.56	385	December 31, 2018	Official estimate
59	Malawi	118,484	45,747	17,563,749	148.24	384	September 3, 2018	2018 Census Result
–	Isle of Man (United Kingdom)	572	221	83,314	145.65	377	April 24, 2016	2016 census result
60	China	9,640,821	3,722,342	1,421,574,080	147	382	December 9, 2023	Official estimate
61	Indonesia	1,904,569	735,358	268,074,600	140.75	365	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection
–	Tokelau (New Zealand)	10	4	1,400	140	363	July 1, 2020	Annual projection
–	Anguilla (United Kingdom)	96	37	13,452	140.13	363	May 11, 2011	Preliminary 2011 census result
62	Tonga	720	278	100,000	138.89	360	July 1, 2020	Annual projection
63	Cape Verde	4,033	1,557	550,483	136.49	354	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection
64	Czech Republic	78,867	30,451	10,681,161	135.43	351	September 30, 2019	Official quarterly estimate
65	Denmark	43,098	16,640	5,814,461	134.91	349	July 1, 2019	Official quarterly estimate
66	Togo	56,600	21,853	7,538,000	133.18	345	July 1, 2019	Official estimate
67	Thailand	513,120	198,117	67,010,180	131	338	December 9, 2023	Official population clock Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
68	Ghana	238,533	92,098	30,280,811	126.95	329	July 1, 2019	Official projection
–	Northern Mariana Islands (United States)	457	176	56,600	123.85	321	July 1, 2020	Annual projection
69	France	543,965	210,026	67,060,000	123.28	319	December 1, 2019	Monthly official estimate
70	Poland	312,685	120,728	38,386,000	122.76	318	June 30, 2019	Official estimate
71	Jordan	89,342	34,495	11,623,900	130	337	December 9, 2023	Official population clock
72	United Arab Emirates	83,600	32,278	9,770,529	116.87	303	July 1, 2019	UN projection
73	Azerbaijan	86,600	33,436	10,067,108	116.25	301	January 1, 2020	Official publication
–	Transnistria^{[note 3]}	4,163	1,607	469,000	112.66	292	January 1, 2018	Official estimate
74	Portugal	92,090	35,556	10,276,617	111.59	289	December 31, 2018	Official estimate
75	Slovakia	49,036	18,933	5,450,421	111.15	288	December 31, 2018	Official estimate Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
76	Sierra Leone	71,740	27,699	7,901,454	110.14	285	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection
77	Austria	83,879	32,386	8,902,600	106.14	275	January 1, 2020	Official quarterly estimate
78	Turkey	783,562	302,535	83,154,997	106.12	275	December 31, 2019	Annual official estimate Archived 2017-11-08 at the Wayback Machine
79	Hungary	93,029	35,919	9,764,000	104.96	272	January 1, 2019	Annual official estimate
–	Northern Cyprus^{[note 4]}	3,355	1,295	351,965	104.91	272	December 31, 2017	Official estimate Archived 2019-04-12 at the Wayback Machine
80	Benin	112,622	43,484	11,733,059	104.18	270	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection
81	Slovenia	20,273	7,827	2,084,301	102.81	266	January 1, 2019	Official quarterly estimate
82	Cuba	109,884	42,426	11,193,470	101.87	264	December 31, 2019	Official population estimate Archived 2020-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
83	Ethiopia	1,063,652	410,678	107,534,882	101.1	262	July 1, 2018	UN projection
84	Egypt	1,002,450	387,048	107,176,740	107	277	December 9, 2023	Official population clock
85	Albania	28,703	11,082	2,862,427	99.73	258	January 1, 2019	Official annual estimate
86	Armenia	29,743	11,484	2,957,500	99.44	258	September 30, 2019	Official quarterly estimate
87	Malaysia	330,803	127,724	34,811,704	105	273	December 9, 2023	Official population clock
88	Costa Rica	51,100	19,730	5,058,007	98.98	256	June 30, 2019	Official estimate
89	Dominica	739	285	71,808	97.17	252	July 1, 2019	UN projection
90	Spain	505,990	195,364	46,934,632	92.76	240	July 1, 2019	Official estimate
91	Syria	185,180	71,498	17,070,135	92.18	239	July 1, 2019	UN projection
92	Cambodia	181,035	69,898	16,289,270	89.98	233	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection
93	Iraq	438,317	169,235	39,309,783	89.68	232	July 1, 2019	UN projection-
94	Serbia	77,474	29,913	6,901,188	89.08	231	July 1, 2019	Official estimate
95	Senegal	196,722	75,955	16,209,125	82.4	213	July 1, 2019	Official projection
96	Kenya	581,834	224,647	47,564,296	81.75	212	August 31, 2019	2019 census result
–	Wallis & Futuna (France)	142	55	11,600	81.69	212	July 1, 2020	Annual projection
97	Honduras	112,492	43,433	9,158,345	81.41	211	July 1, 2019	Official projection
98	Romania	238,391	92,043	19,405,156	81.4	211	January 1, 2019	Official annual estimate
99	Greece	131,957	50,949	10,724,599	81.27	210	January 1, 2019	Official estimate
100	North Macedonia	25,713	9,928	2,077,132	80.78	209	December 31, 2018	Official estimate
101	Myanmar	676,577	261,228	54,339,766	80.32	208	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection
102	Morocco	446,550	172,414	36,628,906	82	212	December 9, 2023	Official population clock
103	Ivory Coast	322,921	124,680	25,823,071	79.97	207	January 1, 2019	Official projection
–	French Polynesia (France)	3,521	1,359	280,600	79.69	206	July 1, 2020	Annual projection
104	Moldova	33,843	13,067	2,681,735	79.24	205	January 1, 2019	Official estimate
105	Timor-Leste	14,919	5,760	1,167,242	78.24	203	July 11, 2015	Preliminary 2015 census result Archived 2021-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
–	Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom)	497	192	37,910	76.28	198	July 1, 2016	Official estimate
106	Burkina Faso	270,764	104,543	20,244,080	74.77	194	July 1, 2018	Annual official projection
107	Lesotho	30,355	11,720	2,263,010	74.55	193	July 1, 2018	UN projection
108	Brunei	5,765	2,226	421,300	73.08	189	July 1, 2017	Official estimate Archived 2016-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
109	Uzbekistan	447,400	172,742	32,653,900	72.99	189	January 1, 2018	Official estimate
110	Croatia	56,542	21,831	4,087,843	72.3	187	July 1, 2018	Annual official estimate
111	Tunisia	163,610	63,170	11,722,038	71.65	186	July 1, 2019	Official estimate Archived 2019-11-28 at the Wayback Machine
112	Samoa	2,831	1,093	199,300	70.4	182	July 1, 2020	Annual projection
113	Ireland	70,273	27,133	4,921,500	70.03	181	April 1, 2019	Official annual estimate
114	Ukraine ^{[note 5]}	603,000	232,820	41,902,416	69.49	180	January 1, 2020	Official monthly estimate Archived 2016-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
115	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,209	19,772	3,511,372	68.57	178	July 1, 2016	Official estimate
116	Eswatini (Swaziland)	17,364	6,704	1,159,250	66.76	173	July 1, 2018	Official projection
–	Bonaire (Netherlands)	288	111	18,905	65.64	170	December 31, 2014
117	Yemen	455,000	175,676	28,915,284	63.55	165	July 1, 2018	UN projection
118	Mexico	1,967,138	759,516	126,577,691	64.35	167	July 1, 2019	Official estimate Archived 2019-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
–	Cook Islands (New Zealand)	237	92	15,250	64.35	167	July 1, 2020	Annual projection
119	Tajikistan	143,100	55,251	9,127,000	63.78	165	January 1, 2019	Official estimate
120	Ecuador	276,841	106,889	18,366,620	66	172	December 9, 2023	Official projection
121	Bulgaria	111,002	42,858	6,951,482	62.62	162	December 31, 2019	Official annual estimate Archived 2020-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
122	Tanzania	945,087	364,900	55,890,747	59.14	153	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection
•	World (land only, excluding Antarctica)	134,940,000	52,100,000	8,067,322,000	59.78	155	December 9, 2023	USCB's world population clock
123	Panama	74,177	28,640	4,158,783	56.07	145	July 1, 2018	Official projection
124	Georgia	69,700	26,911	3,729,600	53.51	139	January 1, 2018	Official estimate
125	Nicaragua	121,428	46,884	6,393,824	52.66	136	July 1, 2017	Official estimate
•	World (land only)	148,940,000	57,510,000	8,067,322,000	54.16	140	December 9, 2023	USCB's World population clock
126	Cameroon	466,050	179,943	24,348,251	52.24	135	July 1, 2019	Official projection Archived 2021-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
127	Iran	1,648,195	636,372	87,003,221	53	137	December 9, 2023	Official population clock
–	Norfolk Island (Australia)	35	14	1,748	49.94	129	August 9, 2016	census result Archived 2021-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
128	Guinea	245,857	94,926	12,218,357	49.7	129	July 1, 2019	official projection Archived 2012-07-12 at the Wayback Machine
129	Afghanistan	645,807	249,347	31,575,018	48.89	127	July 1, 2018	Official estimate Archived 2019-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
130	Fiji	18,333	7,078	884,887	48.27	125	September 17, 2017	Official census result
–	Montserrat (United Kingdom)	102	39	4,922	48.25	125	May 12, 2011	2011 census result Archived 2019-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
131	Equatorial Guinea	28,051	10,831	1,358,276	48.42	125	July 1, 2018	Official estimate
132	South Africa	1,220,813	471,359	58,775,022	48.14	125	July 1, 2019	Official estimate
133	Djibouti	23,000	8,880	1,078,373	46.89	121	July 1, 2019	Official projection Archived 2021-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
134	Liberia	97,036	37,466	4,475,353	46.12	119	July 1, 2019	Official projection Archived 2016-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
135	Belarus	207,600	80,155	9,397,800	45.59	118	April 1, 2020	Quarterly official estimate Archived 2019-11-01 at the Wayback Machine
136	Montenegro	13,812	5,333	622,182	45.05	117	January 1, 2019	Official estimate
137	Guinea-Bissau	36,125	13,948	1,604,528	44.42	115	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
138	Madagascar	587,041	226,658	25,680,342	43.75	113	May 18, 2018	Official Census Archived 2021-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
139	Lithuania	65,300	25,212	2,793,466	42.78	111	November 1, 2019	Monthly official estimate
140	Colombia	1,141,748	440,831	48,108,200	42	109	December 9, 2023	Official population clock
141	Palau	444	171	17,900	40.32	104	July 1, 2018	Official estimate^{[permanent dead link]}
–	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	14	5	544	38.86	101	August 9, 2016	census result Archived 2021-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
142	Zimbabwe	390,757	150,872	15,159,624	38.8	100	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection
143	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,345,095	905,446	86,790,567	37.01	96	July 1, 2019	UN projection
144	Mozambique	799,380	308,642	28,571,310	35.74	93	July 1, 2019	Official projection
145	Venezuela	916,445	353,841	32,219,521	35.16	91	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection Archived 2019-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
–	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	1,399	540	50,844	34.48	89	May 1, 2018	Official monthly estimate
146	United States	9,833,517	3,796,742	338,658,110	34	89	December 9, 2023	Official population clock
147	Kyrgyzstan	199,945	77,199	6,309,300	31.56	82	June 1, 2018	Official estimate
148	Latvia	64,562	24,928	1,910,400	29.59	77	October 1, 2019	Official monthly estimate Archived 2021-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
149	Estonia	45,339	17,505	1,324,820	29.22	76	January 1, 2019	Official estimate Archived 2012-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
150	Eritrea	121,100	46,757	3,497,117	28.88	75	July 1, 2019	UN projection
–	Abkhazia^{[note 6]}	8,660	3,344	243,206	28.08	73	April 27, 2018
151	Bahamas	13,940	5,382	386,870	27.75	72	July 1, 2018	Official projection
152	Laos	236,800	91,429	6,492,400	27.42	71	March 1, 2015	Preliminary 2015 census result Archived 2020-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
–	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	242	2,605	6,081	25.13	65	January 1, 2010	Official estimate
153	Peru	1,285,216	496,225	32,162,184	25.02	65	July 1, 2018	Official estimate
154	Brazil	8,515,767	3,287,956	217,161,873	26	66	December 9, 2023	Official population clock
155	Vanuatu	12,281	4,742	304,500	24.79	64	July 1, 2018	Official estimate^{[permanent dead link]}
156	Solomon Islands	28,370	10,954	682,500	24.06	62	July 1, 2018	Official estimate^{[permanent dead link]}
157	Somalia	637,657	246,201	15,181,925	23.81	62	July 1, 2018	UN projection
158	Angola	1,246,700	481,354	29,250,009	23.46	61	January 1, 2018	Official estimate
159	Chile	756,096	291,930	17,373,831	22.98	60	August 31, 2017	Preliminary 2017 census result
160	Sweden	450,295	173,860	10,343,403	22.97	59	April 1, 2020	Official quarterly estimate
161	Sudan	1,839,542	710,251	40,782,742	22.17	57	July 1, 2017	Official annual projection
162	Zambia	752,612	290,585	16,405,229	21.8	56	July 1, 2017	Official annual projection Archived 2021-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
163	Bhutan	38,394	14,824	873,144	22.74	58.9	December 9, 2023	Official population clock^{[permanent dead link]}^{[not in the source given]}
164	Uruguay^{[needs to be explained]}	176,215	68,037	3,518,553	19.97	52	June 30, 2019	Official annual projection
–	Somaliland^{[note 7]}	176,120	68,000	3,508,180	19.92	52	August 17, 2017
165	South Sudan	644,329	248,777	12,778,250	19.83	51	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection
–	Åland Islands (Finland)	1,552	599	29,789	19.19	50	December 31, 2018	Official estimate Archived 2016-11-15 at the Wayback Machine
166	Papua New Guinea	462,840	178,704	8,935,000	19.3	50	July 1, 2020	Annual official estimate
167	New Zealand	270,467	104,428	5,424,373	20	52	December 9, 2023	Official population clock Archived 2017-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
168	Niger	1,186,408	458,075	22,314,743	18.81	49	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection
169	Algeria	2,381,741	919,595	43,000,000	18.05	47	January 1, 2019	Official projection Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
170	Belize	22,965	8,867	408,487	17.79	46	August 1, 2019	Official annual estimate
171	Paraguay	406,752	157,048	7,052,983	17.1	44	July 1, 2018	Official projection
172	Norway	323,808	125,023	5,367,580	16.58	43	January 1, 2020	Official quarterly estimate
173	Finland	338,424	130,666	5,527,405	16.33	42	December 20, 2019	Official monthly estimate
174	Argentina	2,780,400	1,073,518	44,938,712	16.16	42	July 1, 2019	Annual official estimate
175	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690	830,000	34,218,169	15.92	41	January 1, 2019	Annual official estimate Archived 2020-08-03 at the Wayback Machine
176	Republic of the Congo	342,000	132,047	5,399,895	15.79	41	July 1, 2018	UN projection
177	Mali	1,248,574	482,077	19,107,706	15.3	40	July 1, 2018	UN projection
–	Christmas Island (Australia)	137	53	2,072	15.12	39	August 9, 2011	2011 census result
178	Oman	309,500	119,499	4,645,249	15.01	39	April 1, 2020	Official quarterly estimate Archived 2021-01-28 at the Wayback Machine
–	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)	394	152	5,633	14.3	37	February 7, 2016	2016 census result
–	New Caledonia (France)	18,575	7,172	258,958	13.94	36	July 1, 2013	Official estimate
–	South Ossetia^{[note 8]}	3,900	1,506	53,532	13.73	36	August 11, 2016
–	Artsakh^{[note 9]}	11,458	4,424	150,932	13.17	34	October 14, 2015
179	Chad	1,284,000	495,755	15,353,184	11.96	31	July 1, 2018	UN projection
180	Turkmenistan	491,210	189,657	5,851,466	11.91	31	July 1, 2018	UN projection
181	Bolivia	1,098,581	424,164	11,307,314	10.29	27	July 1, 2018	Official projection
182	Russia^{[note 10]}	17,125,242	6,612,093	146,877,088	8.58	22	January 1, 2018	Official estimate Archived 2018-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
183	Gabon	267,667	103,347	2,067,561	7.72	20	July 1, 2018	UN projection
184	Central African Republic	622,436	240,324	4,737,423	7.61	20	July 1, 2018	UN projection
185	Kazakhstan	2,724,900	1,052,090	18,592,700	6.69	17	January 4, 2020	Official monthly estimate Archived 2014-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
–	Niue (New Zealand)	261	101	1,613	6.18	16	September 10, 2011	Final 2011 census result
186	Canada	9,984,670	3,855,103	39,553,510	4	10	December 9, 2023	Official estimate
187	Botswana	581,730	224,607	2,302,878	3.96	10.3	July 1, 2018	Official projection
188	Mauritania	1,030,700	397,955	3,984,233	3.87	10.0	July 1, 2018	Official projection Archived 2021-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
189	Libya	1,770,060	683,424	6,470,956	3.66	9.5	July 1, 2018	UN projection
190	Guyana	214,999	83,012	782,225	3.64	9.4	July 1, 2018	UN projection
191	Iceland	102,775	39,682	366,130	3.56	9.2	March 31, 2020	Official quarterly estimate
192	Suriname	163,820	63,251	568,301	3.47	9.0	July 1, 2018	UN projection
193	Australia	7,692,024	2,969,907	27,282,840	4	9	December 9, 2023	Official estimate
194	Namibia	825,118	318,580	2,413,643	2.93	7.6	July 1, 2018	Official projection
–	French Guiana (France)	86,504	33,399	244,118	2.82	7.3	July 1, 2013	Official estimate
–	Western Sahara^{[note 11]}	252,120	97,344	567,421	2.25	5.8	July 1, 2018	UN projection
195	Mongolia	1,564,100	603,902	3,238,479	2.07	5.4	December 31, 2018	Official estimate
–	Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom)	47.3	18	56	1.19	3.1	September 20, 2016	2013 census result
–	Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)	12,173	4,700	2,563	0.21	0.54	April 15, 2012	2012 census result
–	Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norway)	61,399	23,706	2,655	0.04	0.10	September 1, 2012	Official estimate
–	Greenland (Denmark)	2,166,000	836,297	55,877	0.03	0.08	January 1, 2018	Official estimate
Rank	Country (or dependent territory)	km²	mi²	Population	pop./km²	pop./mi²	Date	Population source
Rank	Country (or dependent territory)	Area		Population	Density		Date	Population source

Density of the most populous countries[change | change source]

This list consists of the top 100 most populous countries (see also List of countries and dependencies by population).

Pos.	Country (or dependent territory)	Area (km²)	Area (mi²)	Population	Density (pop./km²)	Density (pop./mi²)	Date	Population source
1	Bangladesh	143,998	55,598	175,944,516	1,222	3,165	December 9, 2023	Official population clock
2	Taiwan	36,197	13,976	23,596,266	652	1,689	October 31, 2019	Monthly official estimate
2	South Korea	100,210	38,691	51,811,167	517	1,339	July 1, 2019	Official Annual projection
3	Rwanda	26,338	10,169	12,374,397	470	1,217	July 1, 2019	Official projection
4	Netherlands	41,526	16,033	17,685,388	426	1,103	December 9, 2023	Official population clock Archived 2018-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
5	Haiti	27,065	10,450	11,263,077	416	1,077	July 1, 2019	UN projection
6	Israel	22,072	8,522	9,788,570	443	1,149	December 9, 2023	Official population clock
7	India	3,287,240	1,269,211	1,416,397,900	431	1,116	December 9, 2023	Population clock Archived 2015-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
8	Burundi	27,816	10,740	10,953,317	394	1,020	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection Archived 2019-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
9	Belgium	30,528	11,787	11,505,732	377	976	October 1, 2019	Official monthly estimate
10	Philippines	300,000	115,831	114,325,330	381	987	December 9, 2023	Official population clock Archived 2019-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
11	Japan	377,944	145,925	126,140,000	334	865	October 1, 2019	Official monthly estimate
12	Sri Lanka	65,610	25,332	21,803,000	332	860	July 1, 2019	Official estimate Archived 2017-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
13	Vietnam	331,212	127,882	96,208,984	290	751	April 1, 2019	Official annual projection
14	United Kingdom	242,910	93,788	66,435,600	274	710	July 1, 2018	Official estimate
15	Pakistan	803,940	310,403	223,025,217	277	719	December 9, 2023	Official population clock Archived 2019-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
16	Germany	357,168	137,903	83,073,100	233	603	June 30, 2019	Official quarterly estimate Archived 2019-08-23 at the Wayback Machine
17	Nigeria	923,768	356,669	200,962,000	218	565	July 1, 2019	UN projection
18	Dominican Republic	47,875	18,485	10,358,320	216	559	July 1, 2019	Official projection Archived 2017-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
19	North Korea	122,762	47,399	25,450,000	211	546	July 1, 2019	UN projection
20	Switzerland	41,285	15,940	8,570,146	208	539	June 30, 2019	Official provisional figure
21	Nepal	147,181	56,827	29,609,623	201	521	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection Archived 2019-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
22	Italy	301,308	116,336	60,278,616	200	518	May 31, 2019	Monthly official estimate Archived 2019-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
23	Uganda	241,551	93,263	40,006,700	166	430	July 1, 2019	Annual official estimate
24	Guatemala	108,889	42,042	17,679,735	162	420	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection
25	Malawi	118,484	45,747	17,563,749	148	383	September 3, 2018	2018 Census Result
26	China	9,640,821	3,722,342	1,421,574,080	147	382	December 9, 2023	Official estimate
27	Indonesia	1,904,569	735,358	268,074,600	141	365	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection
28	Czech Republic	78,867	30,451	10,668,641	135	350	June 30, 2019	Official quarterly estimate
29	Togo	56,600	21,853	7,538,000	133	344	July 1, 2019	Official estimate Archived 2018-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
30	Thailand	513,120	198,117	67,010,180	131	338	December 9, 2023	Official population clock Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
31	Ghana	238,533	92,098	30,280,811	127	329	July 1, 2019	Official projection
32	France	543,965	210,026	67,022,000	123	319	July 1, 2019	Monthly official estimate
33	Poland	312,685	120,728	38,386,000	123	319	June 30, 2019	Official estimate
34	Jordan	89,342	34,495	11,623,900	130	337	December 9, 2023	Official population clock
35	United Arab Emirates	83,600	32,278	9,770,529	117	303	July 1, 2019	UN projection
36	Azerbaijan	86,600	33,436	10,027,874	116	300	August 1, 2019	Official publication
37	Portugal	92,090	35,556	10,276,617	112	290	December 31, 2018	Official estimate
38	Austria	83,879	32,386	8,877,036	106	275	July 1, 2019	Official quarterly estimate
39	Turkey	783,562	302,535	82,003,882	105	272	December 31, 2018	Annual official estimate Archived 2017-11-08 at the Wayback Machine
40	Hungary	93,029	35,919	9,764,000	105	272	January 1, 2019	Annual official estimate
41	Cuba	109,886	42,427	11,209,628	102	264	December 31, 2018	Official annual estimate Archived 2019-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
42	Ethiopia	1,063,652	410,678	107,534,882	101	262	July 1, 2018	UN projection
43	Benin	112,622	43,484	11,362,269	101	262	July 1, 2018	Official projection
44	Malaysia	330,803	127,724	34,811,704	105	273	December 9, 2023	Official population clock
45	Egypt	1,002,450	387,048	107,176,740	107	277	December 9, 2023	Official population clock
46	Spain	503,783	194,512	46,934,632	93	241	July 1, 2019	Official estimate
47	Syria	185,180	71,498	17,070,135	92	238	July 1, 2019	UN estimate
48	Cambodia	181,035	69,898	16,289,270	90	233	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection
49	Iraq	438,317	169,235	39,309,783	90	233	July 1, 2019	UN projection
50	Kenya	581,834	224,647	47,564,296	82	212	August 31, 2019	2019 census result
51	Senegal	196,722	75,955	16,209,125	82	212	July 1, 2019	Official estimate
52	Romania	238,391	92,043	19,405,156	81	210	January 1, 2019	Official annual estimate
53	Greece	131,957	50,949	10,741,165	81	210	January 1, 2018	Official estimate
54	Honduras	112,088	43,277	9,158,345	81	210	July 1, 2019	Official projection
55	Myanmar	676,577	261,228	54,339,766	80	207	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection Archived 2017-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
56	Ivory Coast	322,921	124,680	25,823,071	80	207	January 1, 2019	Official projection
57	Morocco	446,550	172,414	36,628,906	82	212	December 9, 2023	Official population clock
58	Burkina Faso	270,764	104,543	19,632,147	73	189	July 1, 2017	Annual official projection Archived 2016-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
59	Uzbekistan	447,400	172,742	32,653,900	73	189	January 1, 2018	Official estimate Archived 2017-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
60	Tunisia	163,610	63,170	11,551,448	71	184	July 1, 2018	Official estimate Archived 2019-11-28 at the Wayback Machine
61	Ukraine^{[note 12]}	603,000	232,820	41,990,278	70	181	August 1, 2019	Official monthly estimate Archived 2016-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
62	Yemen	455,000	175,676	28,915,284	64	166	July 1, 2018	UN projection
63	Mexico	1,967,138	759,516	126,577,691	64	166	July 1, 2019	Official estimate Archived 2019-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
64	Tajikistan	143,100	55,251	9,127,000	64	166	January 1, 2019	Official estimate Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
65	Ecuador	276,841	106,889	18,366,620	66	172	December 9, 2023	Official projection
66	Tanzania	945,087	364,900	55,890,747	59	153	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection
67	Cameroon	466,050	179,943	24,348,251	52	135	July 1, 2019	Official projection Archived 2021-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
68	Iran	1,648,195	636,372	87,003,221	53	137	December 9, 2023	Official population clock
69	Guinea	245,857	94,926	12,218,357	50	129	July 1, 2019	official projection Archived 2012-07-12 at the Wayback Machine
70	Afghanistan	645,807	249,347	31,575,018	49	127	July 1, 2018	Official estimate Archived 2019-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
71	South Africa	1,220,813	471,359	58,775,022	48	124	July 1, 2019	Official estimate
72	Belarus	207,600	80,155	9,465,300	46	119	April 1, 2019	Quarterly official estimate Archived 2019-11-01 at the Wayback Machine
73	Madagascar	587,041	226,658	25,680,342	44	114	May 18, 2018	Official Census Archived 2021-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
74	Colombia	1,141,748	440,831	48,108,200	42	109	December 9, 2023	Official population clock Archived 2016-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
75	Zimbabwe	390,757	150,872	15,159,624	39	101	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection Archived 2016-04-28 at the Wayback Machine
76	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,345,095	905,446	86,790,567	37	96	July 1, 2019	UN projection
77	Mozambique	799,380	308,642	28,571,310	36	93	July 1, 2019	Official projection
78	Venezuela	916,445	353,841	32,219,521	35	91	July 1, 2019	Official annual projection Archived 2019-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
79	United States	9,833,517	3,796,742	338,658,110	34	89	December 9, 2023	Official population clock
80	Peru	1,285,216	496,225	32,162,184	25	65	July 1, 2018	Official estimate
81	Brazil	8,515,767	3,287,956	217,161,873	26	66	December 9, 2023	Official population clock
82	Somalia	637,657	246,201	15,181,925	24	62	July 1, 2018	UN projection
83	Angola	1,246,700	481,354	29,250,009	23	60	January 1, 2018	Official estimate
84	Chile	756,096	291,930	17,373,831	23	60	August 31, 2017	Preliminary 2017 census result
85	Sweden	450,295	173,860	10,774,005	24	62	December 9, 2023	Official population clock
86	Zambia	752,612	290,585	16,405,229	22	57	July 1, 2017	Official annual projection Archived 2021-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
87	Sudan	1,839,542	710,251	40,782,742	22	57	July 1, 2017	Official annual projection Archived 2017-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
88	South Sudan	644,329	248,777	12,575,714	20	52	July 1, 2017	UN Projection
89	Algeria	2,381,741	919,595	42,545,964	18	47	July 1, 2018	Official projection
90	Niger	1,186,408	458,075	21,466,863	18	47	July 1, 2018	Official annual projection
91	Papua New Guinea	462,840	178,704	8,558,800	18	47	July 1, 2018	Annual official estimate^{[permanent dead link]}
92	Argentina	2,780,400	1,073,518	44,938,712	16	41	July 1, 2019	Annual official estimate
93	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690	830,000	34,218,169	16	41	January 1, 2019	Annual official estimate Archived 2020-08-03 at the Wayback Machine
94	Mali	1,248,574	482,077	19,107,706	15	39	July 1, 2018	UN projection
95	Chad	1,284,000	495,755	15,353,184	12	31	July 1, 2018	UN projection
96	Bolivia	1,098,581	424,164	11,307,314	10	26	July 1, 2018	Official projection
97	Russia^{[note 13]}	17,125,242	6,612,093	146,877,088	9	23	January 1, 2018	Official estimate Archived 2018-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
98	Kazakhstan	2,724,900	1,052,090	18,232,000	7	18	May 1, 2018	Official monthly estimate Archived 2014-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
99	Canada	9,984,670	3,855,103	39,553,510	4	10	December 9, 2023	Official estimate
100	Australia	7,692,024	2,969,907	27,282,840	4	9	December 9, 2023	Official estimate
Pos.	Country (or dependent territory)	Area (km²)	Area (mi²)	Population	Density (pop./km²)	Density (pop./mi²)	Date	Population source

Notes[change | change source]

↑ The De Agostini Atlas Calendar listed the area of Vatican City as 0.44 km² (0.17 sq mi) in its 1930 edition^[1] but corrected it to 0.49 km² (0.19 sq mi) in its 1945–46 edition.^[2] The figure of 0.44 km² (0.17 sq mi) is still widely cited by many sources despite its inaccuracy.
In 2019, the total population was 825, consisting of 453 residents and 372 nonresident citizens. For calculating the population density, only residents are considered.
↑ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received formal recognition as an independent state from 113 out of 193 United Nations member states.
↑ Not recognized by any UN member states
↑ Recognized only by Turkey
↑ Excludes Crimea.
↑ Recognized by only 6 UN member states
↑ Not recognized by any UN member states
↑ Recognized by only 5 UN members states
↑ Not recognized by any UN member states
↑ Including the population and area of Autonomous Republic of Crimea and City of Sevastopol, Ukraine's administrative areas on the Crimean Peninsula which are claimed by Russia.
↑ Administration is split between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, both of which claim the entire territory.
↑ Excludes Crimea.
↑ Including the population and area of Autonomous Republic of Crimea and City of Sevastopol, Russian controlled administrative areas on the Crimean Peninsula which are claimed by Ukraine.

References[change | change source]

↑ De Agostini Atlas Calendar, 1930, p. 99. (in Italian)
↑ De Agostini Atlas Calendar, 1945–46, p. 128. (in Italian)
↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
↑ "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX). population.un.org ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.

[3] The De Agostini Atlas Calendar listed the area of Vatican City as 0.44 km² (0.17 sq mi) in its 1930 edition^[1] but corrected it to 0.49 km² (0.19 sq mi) in its 1945–46 edition.^[2] The figure of 0.44 km² (0.17 sq mi) is still widely cited by many sources despite its inaccuracy.
In 2019, the total population was 825, consisting of 453 residents and 372 nonresident citizens. For calculating the population density, only residents are considered.

[6] Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received formal recognition as an independent state from 113 out of 193 United Nations member states.

[7] Not recognized by any UN member states

[8] Recognized only by Turkey

[9] Excludes Crimea.

[10] Recognized by only 6 UN member states

[11] Not recognized by any UN member states

[12] Recognized by only 5 UN members states

[13] Not recognized by any UN member states

[14] Including the population and area of Autonomous Republic of Crimea and City of Sevastopol, Ukraine's administrative areas on the Crimean Peninsula which are claimed by Russia.

[15] Administration is split between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, both of which claim the entire territory.

[16] Excludes Crimea.

[17] Including the population and area of Autonomous Republic of Crimea and City of Sevastopol, Russian controlled administrative areas on the Crimean Peninsula which are claimed by Ukraine.

[1] De Agostini Atlas Calendar, 1930, p. 99. (in Italian)

[agostini1945-2] De Agostini Atlas Calendar, 1945–46, p. 128. (in Italian)

[UN_WPP-4] "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.

[UN_WPP_2022-5] "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX). population.un.org ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.

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