List of countries and dependencies by population density

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Population density (people per km2) by country in 2018

This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by human population density, and measured by the number of human inhabitants per square kilometre 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 are estimates for July 2005, taken from the United Nations World Prospects Report (2004 revision), unless stated differently.

Main table[change | change source]

Pos. Country (or dependent territory) Area (km2) Area (mi2) Population Density
(pop./km2)		 Density
(pop./mi2)		 Date Population source
•  World (land only, excluding Antarctica) 134,940,000 52,100,000 7,843,563,800 58 150 August 17, 2019 USCB's world population clock
 World (land only) 148,940,000 57,510,000 7,843,563,800 53 137 August 17, 2019 USCB's World population clock
 World (with water) 510,072,000 196,940,000 7,843,563,800 15 39 August 17, 2019 USCB's World population clock
–  Macau (China) 32.9 13 667,400 20,286 52,540 December 31, 2018 Official quarterly estimate
1  Monaco 2.02 0.78 38,300 18,960 49,106 December 31, 2017 Official estimate
2  Singapore 722.5 279 5,638,700 7,804 20,212 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
–  Hong Kong (China) 1,106 427 7,482,500 6,765 17,521 December 31, 2018 Official estimate
–  Gibraltar (UK)[note 1] 6.8 2.6 33,140 4,874 12,624 March 7, 2017 Official estimate
3   Vatican City 0.44 0.17 1,000 2,273 5,887 July 1, 2017 Official estimate
4  Bahrain 778 300 1,566,993 2,013 5,214 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection
5  Malta 315 122 475,701 1,510 3,911 December 31, 2017 Official estimate
6  Maldives 298 115 378,114 1,269 3,287 December 31, 2017 Official estimate
–  Bermuda (UK) 52 20 63,779 1,227 3,178 May 21, 2016 2016 Census Preliminary Report
–  Sint Maarten (Kingdom of the Netherlands) 34 13 40,614 1,195 3,095 January 1, 2018 Official estimate
7  Bangladesh 143,998 55,598 167,083,566 1,160 3,005 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
–  Jersey (Crown dependency) 116 45 104,200 898 2,326 December 31, 2016 Official estimate
–  Guernsey (Crown dependency) 78 30 62,723 804 2,082 March 31, 2016 Official estimate
-  Palestine[note 2] 6,020 2,324 4,816,503 800 2,072 July 1, 2016 Official estimate
– Mayotte (France) 374 144 256,518 686 1,777 September 5, 2017 2017 census result
8  Barbados 430 166 287,010 667 1,728 July 1, 2019 UN projection
– Saint Martin (France) 53.2 21 35,107 660 1,709 January 1, 2014 Official estimate
–  Taiwan 36,197 13,976 23,590,744 652 1,689 January 1, 2019 Monthly official estimate
9  Mauritius 2,040 788 1,265,577 620 1,606 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
–  Aruba (Kingdom of the Netherlands) 180 69 111,482 619 1,603 September 30, 2018 Official estimate
10  Lebanon 10,452 4,036 6,065,922 595 1,541 July 1, 2019 UN projection
11  San Marino 61 24 33,407 548 1,419 November 30, 2018 Official monthly estimate
12  Nauru 21 8 11,000 524 1,357 July 1, 2018 Annual estimate
13  South Korea 100,210 38,691 51,811,167 517 1,339 July 1, 2019 Official annual projection
14  Rwanda 26,338 10,169 12,374,397 470 1,217 July 1, 2019 Official projection
15  Comoros 1,861 719 873,724 469 1,215 July 1, 2019 Official projection
– Saint Barthelemy (France) 21 8 9,427 449 1,163 January 1, 2014 Official estimate
–  Curaçao (Kingdom of the Netherlands) 363.91 141 161,573 444 1,150 June 16, 2018 [1]
16  Netherlands 41,526 16,033 17,338,888 418 1,081 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
17  Haiti 27,065 10,450 11,242,856 415 1,075 July 1, 2019 UN projection
18  India 3,287,240 1,269,211 1,351,114,150 411 1,065 August 17, 2019 Population clock based on 2011 census
19  Israel 22,072 8,522 9,071,945 411 1,065 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
20  Burundi 27,816 10,740 10,953,317 394 1,020 July 1, 2019 Official annual projection
21  Tuvalu 26 10 10,200 392 1,015 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
22  Belgium 30,528 11,787 11,463,692 376 974 March 1, 2019 Official monthly estimate
23  Philippines 300,000 115,831 108,093,640 360 933 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
–  Puerto Rico (US)[note 3] 9,104 3,515 3,195,153 351 909 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
– Reunion (France) 2,503.7 967 850,996 340 881 January 1, 2016 Official estimate
24  Japan 377,944 145,925 126,220,000 334 865 March 1, 2019 Monthly official estimate
25  Sri Lanka 65,610 25,332 21,670,000 330 855 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
– Martinique (France) 1,128 436 371,246 329 852 January 1, 2018 Official estimate
–  Guam (US) 541 209 172,400 319 826 July 1, 2018 Official annual estimate
26  El Salvador 21,040 8,124 6,704,864 319 826 July 1, 2019 Official annual projection
27  Grenada 344 133 108,825 316 818 July 1, 2019 UN projection
28  Marshall Islands 181 70 55,500 307 795 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
–  United States Virgin Islands (US) 352 136 104,909 298 772 July 1, 2019 UN projection
29  Saint Lucia 617 238 180,454 292 756 July 1, 2019 UN projection
–  American Samoa (US) 197 76 56,700 288 746 July 1, 2018 Official annual estimate
30  Vietnam 331,212 127,882 94,660,000 286 741 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection
31  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389 150 110,520 284 736 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
32  United Kingdom 242,910 93,788 66,040,229 272 704 June 30, 2017 Official estimate
33  Trinidad and Tobago 5,155 1,990 1,359,193 264 684 July 1, 2018 Official annual estimate
34  Pakistan 803,940 310,403 205,700,217 256 663 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
35  Jamaica 10,991 4,244 2,726,667 248 642 December 31, 2018 Official estimate
– Cayman Islands (UK) 259 100 63,415 245 635 December 31, 2017 Official estimate
– Guadeloupe (France) 1,628.4 629 395,725 243 629 January 1, 2016 Official estimate
36  Liechtenstein 160 62 38,380 240 622 December 31, 2018 Official estimate
37  Kuwait 17,818 6,880 4,226,920 237 614 January 1, 2018 Official estimate
38  Luxembourg 2,586 998 613,894 237 614 January 1, 2019 Official estimate
39  Antigua and Barbuda 442 171 104,084 235 609 July 1, 2019 UN projection
40  Qatar 11,571 4,468 2,700,390 233 603 February 1, 2018 Official monthly estimate
41  Germany 357,168 137,903 82,979,100 232 601 September 30, 2018 Official quarterly estimate
42  Nigeria 923,768 356,669 200,962,000 218 565 July 1, 2019 UN projection
43  Dominican Republic 47,875 18,485 10,358,320 216 559 July 1, 2019 Official projection
44  Seychelles 455 176 96,762 213 552 June 30, 2018 Official estimate
–  British Virgin Islands (UK) 151 58 32,206 213 552 July 1, 2019 UN projection
45  North Korea 120,540 46,541 25,450,000 211 546 July 1, 2019 UN projection
46  Saint Kitts and Nevis 270 104 56,345 209 541 July 1, 2019 UN projection
47  Gambia 10,690 4,127 2,228,075 208 539 July 1, 2019 UN projection
48   Switzerland 41,285 15,940 8,542,323 207 536 December 31, 2018 Official provisional figure
49  São Tomé and Príncipe 1,001 386 201,784 202 523 July 1, 2018 Official Estimate
50    Nepal 147,181 56,827 29,609,623 201 521 July 1, 2019 Official annual projection
51  Italy 301,308 116,336 60,375,749 200 518 November 30, 2018 Monthly official estimate
52  Uganda 241,551 93,263 40,006,700 166 430 July 1, 2019 Annual official estimate
–  Kosovo[note 4] 10,910 4,212 1,798,506 165 427 December 31, 2017 Official estimate
53  Andorra 464 179 76,177 164 425 December 31, 2018 Official estimate
54  Guatemala 108,889 42,042 17,679,735 162 420 July 1, 2019 Official annual projection
– Sint Eustatius (Netherlands) 21 8 3,193 152 394 July 1, 2015
–  Tokelau (NZ) 10 4 1,499 150 388 July 1, 2016 Official estimate
– Saba (Netherlands) 13 5 1,947 150 388 January 1, 2016
55  Federated States of Micronesia 701 271 105,300 150 388 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
56  Malawi 118,484 45,747 17,563,749 148 383 September 3, 2018 2018 Census Result
57  Kiribati 811 313 120,100 148 383 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
58  Cyprus 5,896 2,276 864,200 147 381 December 31, 2017 Official estimate
–  Isle of Man (Crown dependency) 572 221 83,314 146 378 April 24, 2016 2016 census result
59  China 9,640,821 3,722,342 1,398,705,080 145 376 August 17, 2019 Official estimate
60  Indonesia 1,904,569 735,358 268,074,600 141 365 July 1, 2019 Official annual projection
61  Tonga 720 278 100,651 140 363 July 1, 2016 Official estimate
–  Anguilla (UK) 96 37 13,452 140 363 May 11, 2011 Preliminary 2011 census result
62  Czech Republic 78,867 30,451 10,649,800 135 350 December 31, 2018 Official quarterly estimate
63  Thailand 513,120 198,117 69,183,173 135 350 July 1, 2018 UN projection
64  Denmark 43,098 16,640 5,806,081 135 350 January 1, 2019 Official quarterly estimate
65  Cape Verde 4,033 1,557 544,081 133 344 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection
66  Togo 56,600 21,853 7,352,000 130 337 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
67  Ghana 238,533 92,098 30,280,811 127 329 July 1, 2019 Official projection
68  France 543,965 210,026 66,992,000 123 319 April 1, 2019 Monthly official estimate
69  Poland 312,685 120,728 38,413,000 123 319 June 30, 2018 Official estimate
–  Northern Mariana Islands (US) 457 176 56,200 123 319 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
70  Jordan 89,342 34,495 10,483,600 117 304 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
71  Azerbaijan 86,600 33,436 9,974,578 115 298 December 1, 2018 Official estimate
72  United Arab Emirates 83,600 32,278 9,541,615 114 295 July 1, 2018 UN projection
–  Transnistria 4,163 1,607 469,000 113 293 January 1, 2018 Official estimate
73  Portugal 92,090 35,556 10,291,027 112 290 December 31, 2017 Official estimate
74  Slovakia 49,036 18,933 5,443,120 111 287 December 31, 2017 Official estimate
75  Austria 83,879 32,386 8,859,992 106 275 January 1, 2019 Official quarterly estimate
76  Turkey 783,562 302,535 82,003,882 105 272 December 31, 2018 Annual official estimate
–  Northern Cyprus[note 5] 3,355 1,295 351,965 105 272 December 31, 2017 Official estimate
77  Hungary 93,029 35,919 9,771,000 105 272 January 1, 2018 Annual official estimate
78  Moldova 33,843 13,067 3,547,539 105 272 January 1, 2018 Official estimate
79  Cuba 109,884 42,426 11,221,060 102 264 December 31, 2017 Official annual estimate
80  Slovenia 20,273 7,827 2,066,880 102 264 January 1, 2018 Official quarterly estimate
81  Ethiopia 1,063,652 410,678 107,534,882 101 262 July 1, 2018 UN projection
82  Benin 112,622 43,484 11,362,269 101 262 July 1, 2018 Official projection
83  Dominica 739 285 74,308 101 262 July 1, 2018 UN projection
84  Armenia 29,743 11,484 2,969,200 100 259 October 1, 2018 Official quarterly estimate
85  Albania 28,703 11,082 2,870,324 100 259 January 1, 2018 Official annual estimate
86  Syria 185,180 71,498 18,284,407 99 256 July 1, 2018 UN projection
87  Sierra Leone 71,740 27,699 7,075,641 99 256 December 4, 2015 Preliminary 2015 census result
88  Malaysia 330,803 127,724 32,842,954 99 257 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
89  Egypt 1,002,450 387,048 99,140,791 99 256 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
90  Costa Rica 51,100 19,730 5,003,393 98 254 June 30, 2018 Official estimate
91  Iraq 437,072 168,754 40,877,898 94 243 January 1, 2019 UN projection-
92  Spain 505,990 195,364 46,733,038 92 238 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
93  Kenya 581,834 224,647 52,950,879 91 236 July 1, 2019 UN projection
94  Cambodia 181,035 69,898 16,561,944 91 236 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection
95  Serbia 77,474 29,913 6,901,188 89 231 July 1, 2019 Official estimate
– Wallis & Futuna (France) 142 55 11,700 82 212 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
96  Romania 238,391 92,043 19,524,000 82 212 January 1, 2018 Official annual estimate
97  Greece 131,957 50,949 10,741,165 81 210 January 1, 2018 Official estimate
98  North Macedonia 25,713 9,928 2,075,301 81 210 December 31, 2017 Official estimate
99  Senegal 196,722 75,955 15,726,037 80 207 July 1, 2018 Official projection
100  Honduras 112,492 43,433 9,012,229 80 207 July 1, 2018 Official projection
101  Myanmar 676,577 261,228 53,862,731 80 207 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection
102  Ivory Coast 322,921 124,680 25,823,071 80 207 January 1, 2019 Official projection
–  French Polynesia (France) 3,521 1,359 277,100 79 205 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
103  Morocco 446,550 172,414 35,110,134 79 204 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
104  Timor-Leste 14,919 5,760 1,167,242 78 202 July 11, 2015 Preliminary 2015 census result
–  Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 497 192 37,910 76 197 July 1, 2016 Official estimate
105  Lesotho 30,355 11,720 2,263,010 75 194 July 1, 2018 UN projection
106  Burkina Faso 270,764 104,543 20,244,080 75 194 July 1, 2018 Annual official projection
107  Uzbekistan 447,400 172,742 32,653,900 73 189 January 1, 2018 Official estimate
108  Brunei 5,765 2,226 421,300 73 189 July 1, 2017 Official estimate
109  Croatia 56,542 21,831 4,105,493 73 189 December 31, 2017 Annual official estimate
110  Tunisia 163,610 63,170 11,551,448 71 184 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
111  Samoa 2,831 1,093 199,052 70 181 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
112  Ukraine [note 6] 603,000 232,820 42,101,650 70 181 March 1, 2019 Official monthly estimate
113  Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,209 19,772 3,511,372 69 179 July 1, 2016 Official estimate
114 Republic of Ireland 70,273 27,133 4,857,000 69 179 April 1, 2018 Official annual estimate
115  Eswatini (Swaziland) 17,364 6,704 1,159,250 67 174 July 1, 2018 Official projection
– Bonaire (Netherlands) 288 111 18,905 66 171 December 31, 2014
116  Yemen 455,000 175,676 28,915,284 64 166 July 1, 2018 UN projection
–  Cook Islands (NZ) 237 92 15,200 64 166 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
119  Mexico 1,967,138 759,516 125,327,797 64 166 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
118  Bulgaria 111,002 42,858 7,000,039 63 163 December 31, 2018 Official annual estimate
119  Tajikistan 143,100 55,251 8,931,000 62 161 January 1, 2018 Official estimate
120  Ecuador 276,841 106,889 17,301,920 62 162 August 17, 2019 Official projection
121  Tanzania 945,087 364,900 55,890,747 59 153 July 1, 2019 Official annual projection
122  Panama 74,177 28,640 4,158,783 56 145 July 1, 2018 Official projection
123  Georgia 69,700 26,911 3,729,600 54 140 January 1, 2018 Official estimate
124  Nicaragua 121,428 46,884 6,393,824 53 137 July 1, 2017 Official estimate
125  Cameroon 466,050 179,943 24,348,251 52 135 July 1, 2019 Official projection
126  Iran 1,648,195 636,372 82,706,306 50 130 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
– Norfolk Island (Australia) 35 14 1,748 50 129 August 9, 2016 census result
127  Guinea 245,857 94,926 12,218,357 50 129 July 1, 2019 official projection
128 Afghanistan 645,807 249,347 31,575,018 49 127 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
–  Montserrat (UK) 102 39 4,922 48 124 May 12, 2011 2011 census result
129  Fiji 18,333 7,078 884,887 48 124 September 17, 2017 Official census result
130  South Africa 1,220,813 471,359 57,725,600 47 122 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
131  Djibouti 23,000 8,880 1,078,373 47 122 July 1, 2019 Official projection
132  Belarus 207,600 80,155 9,465,300 46 119 April 1, 2019 Quarterly official estimate
133  Montenegro 13,812 5,333 622,359 45 117 January 1, 2018 Official estimate
134  Liberia 97,036 37,466 4,382,387 45 117 July 1, 2018 Official projection
135  Madagascar 587,041 226,658 26,262,810 45 117 July 1, 2018 UN projection
136  Equatorial Guinea 28,051 10,831 1,222,442 44 114 July 1, 2015 Official estimate
137  Guinea-Bissau 36,125 13,948 1,584,763 44 114 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection
138  Eritrea 121,100 46,757 5,187,948 43 111 July 1, 2018 UN projection
139  Lithuania 65,300 25,212 2,793,986 43 111 January 1, 2019 Monthly official estimate
140  Colombia 1,141,748 440,831 45,903,200 40 104 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
141  Palau 444 171 17,900 40 104 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
–  Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) 14 5 544 39 101 August 9, 2016 census result
142  Zimbabwe 390,757 150,872 14,848,905 38 98 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection
143  Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,345,095 905,446 84,004,989 36 93 July 1, 2018 UN projection
144  Mozambique 799,380 308,642 28,861,863 36 93 August 1, 2017 Official census result
145  Venezuela 916,445 353,841 31,828,110 35 91 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection
–  Faroe Islands (Denmark) 1,399 540 50,844 34 88 May 1, 2018 Official monthly estimate
146  United States 9,833,517 3,796,742 329,736,444 34 87 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
147  Kyrgyzstan 199,945 77,199 6,309,300 32 83 June 1, 2018 Official estimate
148  Latvia 64,562 24,928 1,918,500 30 78 February 1, 2019 Official monthly estimate
149  Estonia 45,339 17,505 1,315,635 29 75 January 1, 2017 Official estimate
150  Bahamas 13,940 5,382 386,870 28 73 July 1, 2018 Official projection
–  Abkhazia 8,660 3,344 243,206 28 73 April 27, 2018
151  Laos 236,800 91,429 6,492,400 27 70 March 1, 2015 Preliminary 2015 census result
– Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) 242 2,605 6,081 25 65 January 1, 2010 Official estimate
152  Peru 1,285,216 496,225 32,162,184 25 65 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
153  Vanuatu 12,281 4,742 304,500 25 65 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
154  Brazil 8,515,767 3,287,956 210,315,348 25 64 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
155  Somalia 637,657 246,201 15,181,925 24 62 July 1, 2018 UN projection
156  Solomon Islands 28,370 10,954 682,500 24 62 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
157  Angola 1,246,700 481,354 29,250,009 23 60 January 1, 2018 Official estimate
158  Chile 756,096 291,930 17,373,831 23 60 August 31, 2017 Preliminary 2017 census result
159  Sweden 450,295 173,860 10,301,505 23 59 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
160  Zambia 752,612 290,585 16,405,229 22 57 July 1, 2017 Official annual projection
161  Sudan 1,839,542 710,251 40,782,742 22 57 July 1, 2017 Official annual projection
162  Bhutan 38,394 14,824 816,444 21 55 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
163  South Sudan 644,329 248,777 12,575,714 20 52 July 1, 2017 UN Projection
–  Somaliland 176,120 68,000 3,508,180 20 52 August 17, 2017
–  Åland Islands (Finland) 1,552 599 28,502 18 47 December 31, 2012 Official estimate
164  Algeria 2,381,741 919,595 42,545,964 18 47 July 1, 2018 Official projection
165  Niger 1,186,408 458,075 21,466,863 18 47 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection
166  New Zealand 270,467 104,428 4,989,613 18 48 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
167  Papua New Guinea 462,840 178,704 8,558,800 18 47 July 1, 2018 Annual official estimate
168  Uruguay 176,215 68,037 2,990,452 17 44 June 30, 2018 Official annual projection
169  Paraguay 406,752 157,048 7,052,983 17 44 July 1, 2018 Official projection
170  Belize 22,965 8,867 398,050 17 44 July 1, 2018 Official annual estimate
171  Norway 323,782 125,013 5,328,212 16 41 January 1, 2019 Official quarterly estimate
172  Finland 338,424 130,666 5,521,773 16 41 December 31, 2018 Official monthly estimate
173  Argentina 2,780,400 1,073,518 44,494,502 16 41 July 1, 2018 Annual official estimate
174  Saudi Arabia 2,149,690 830,000 33,413,660 16 41 January 1, 2018 Annual official estimate
175  Republic of the Congo 342,000 132,047 5,399,895 16 41 July 1, 2018 UN projection
176  Mali 1,248,574 482,077 19,107,706 15 39 July 1, 2018 UN projection
–  Christmas Island (Australia) 137 53 2,072 15 39 August 9, 2011 2011 census result
–  New Caledonia (France) 18,575 7,172 258,958 14 36 July 1, 2013 Official estimate
177  Oman 309,500 119,499 4,183,841 14 36 June 9, 2015 Weekly official estimate
–  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) 394 152 5,633 14 36 February 7, 2016 2016 census result
–  South Ossetia 3,900 1,506 53,532 14 36 August 11, 2016
–  Artsakh 11,458 4,424 150,932 13 34 October 14, 2015
178  Turkmenistan 491,210 189,657 5,851,466 12 31 July 1, 2018 UN projection
179  Chad 1,284,000 495,755 15,353,184 12 31 July 1, 2018 UN projection
180  Bolivia 1,098,581 424,164 11,307,314 10 26 July 1, 2018 Official projection
181  Russia[note 7] 17,125,242 6,612,093 146,877,088 9 23 January 1, 2018 Official estimate
182  Gabon 267,667 103,347 2,067,561 8 21 July 1, 2018 UN projection
183  Central African Republic 622,436 240,324 4,737,423 8 21 July 1, 2018 UN projection
184  Kazakhstan 2,724,900 1,052,090 18,356,900 7 18 November 1, 2018 Official monthly estimate
–  Niue (NZ) 261 101 1,613 6 16 September 10, 2011 Final 2011 census result
185  Botswana 581,730 224,607 2,302,878 4 10.4 July 1, 2018 Official projection
186  Mauritania 1,030,700 397,955 3,984,233 4 10.4 July 1, 2018 Official projection
187  Canada 9,984,670 3,855,103 37,587,069 4 10 August 17, 2019 Official estimate
188  Libya 1,770,060 683,424 6,470,956 3.7 9.6 July 1, 2018 UN projection
189  Guyana 214,999 83,012 782,225 3.6 9.3 July 1, 2018 UN projection
190  Suriname 163,820 63,251 568,301 3.5 9.1 July 1, 2018 UN projection
191  Iceland 102,775 39,682 357,050 3.5 9.1 December 30, 2018 Official estimate
192  Australia 7,692,024 2,969,907 25,468,440 3 9 August 17, 2019 Official estimate
193  Namibia 825,118 318,580 2,413,643 2.9 7.5 July 1, 2018 Official projection
– French Guiana (France) 86,504 33,399 244,118 2.8 7.3 July 1, 2013 Official estimate
– Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Western Sahara[note 8] 252,120 97,344 567,421 2.3 6.0 July 1, 2018 UN projection
194  Mongolia 1,564,100 603,902 3,000,000 1.9 4.9 January 24, 2015 Official estimate
–  Pitcairn Islands (UK) 47.3 18 56 1.2 3.1 September 20, 2016 2013 census result
–  Falkland Islands (UK)[note 9] 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
Pos. Country (or dependent territory) Area (km2) Area (mi2) Population Density
(pop./km2)		 Density
(pop./mi2)		 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 55,598 167,083,566 1,160 3,005 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
-  Taiwan 36,197 13,976 23,590,744 652 1,689 January 1, 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 17,338,888 418 1,081 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
5  Haiti 27,065 10,450 11,242,856 415 1,075 July 1, 2019 UN projection
6  India 3,287,240 1,269,211 1,351,114,150 411 1,065 August 17, 2019 India Population clock
7  Israel 22,072 8,522 9,071,945 411 1,065 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
8  Burundi 27,816 10,740 10,953,317 394 1,020 July 1, 2019 Official annual projection
9  Belgium 30,528 11,787 11,463,692 376 974 March 1, 2019 Official monthly estimate
10  Philippines 300,000 115,831 108,093,640 360 933 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
11  Japan 377,944 145,925 126,220,000 334 865 March 1, 2019 Official monthly estimate
12  Sri Lanka 65,610 25,332 21,670,000 330 855 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
13  Vietnam 331,212 127,882 94,660,000 286 741 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection
14  United Kingdom 242,910 93,788 66,040,229 272 704 July 1, 2017 Official estimate
15  Pakistan 803,940 310,403 205,700,217 256 663 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
16  Germany 357,168 137,903 82,979,100 232 601 September 30, 2018 Official quarterly estimate
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
19  North Korea 122,762 47,399 25,450,000 211 546 July 1, 2019 UN projection
20   Switzerland 41,285 15,940 8,542,323 207 536 December 31, 2018 Official provisional figure
21    Nepal 147,181 56,827 29,609,623 201 521 July 1, 2019 Official annual projection
22  Italy 301,308 116,336 60,375,749 200 518 November 30, 2018 Monthly official estimate
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 1,398,705,080 145 376 August 17, 2019 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 10,649,800 135 350 December 31, 2018 Official quarterly estimate
29  Thailand 513,120 198,117 69,183,173 135 350 July 1, 2018 UN projection
30  Togo 56,600 21,853 7,352,000 130 337 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
31  Ghana 238,533 92,098 30,280,811 127 329 July 1, 2019 Official projection
32  France 543,965 210,026 66,992,000 123 319 April 1, 2019 Monthly official estimate
33  Poland 312,685 120,728 38,413,000 123 319 June 30, 2018 Official estimate
34  Jordan 89,342 34,495 10,483,600 117 304 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
35  Azerbaijan 86,600 33,436 9,943,226 115 298 August 1, 2018 Official estimate
36  United Arab Emirates 83,600 32,278 9,541,615 114 295 July 1, 2018 UN projection
37  Portugal 92,090 35,556 10,291,027 112 290 December 31, 2017 Official estimate
38  Austria 83,879 32,386 8,859,992 106 275 January 1, 2019 Official quarterly estimate
39  Turkey 783,562 302,535 82,003,882 105 272 December 31, 2018 Annual official estimate
40  Hungary 93,029 35,919 9,771,000 105 272 January 1, 2018 Annual official estimate
41  Cuba 109,886 42,427 11,221,060 102 264 December 31, 2017 Official annual estimate
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  Syria 185,180 71,498 18,284,407 99 256 July 1, 2018 UN estimate
45  Malaysia 330,803 127,724 32,842,954 99 257 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
46  Egypt 1,002,450 387,048 99,140,791 99 256 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
47  Spain 503,783 194,512 46,733,038 92 238 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
48  Iraq 434,128 167,618 38,274,618 88 228 July 1, 2017 UN projection
49  Cambodia 181,035 69,898 16,069,921 89 231 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection
50  Kenya 581,834 224,647 50,950,879 88 228 July 1, 2018 UN projection
51  Romania 238,391 92,043 19,524,000 82 212 January 1, 2018 Official annual estimate
52  Greece 131,957 50,949 10,741,165 81 210 January 1, 2018 Official estimate
53  Senegal 196,722 75,955 15,726,037 80 207 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
54  Honduras 112,088 43,277 9,012,229 80 207 July 1, 2018 Official projection
55  Myanmar 676,577 261,228 53,862,731 80 207 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection
56  Ivory Coast 322,921 124,680 25,823,071 80 207 January 1, 2019 Official projection
57  Morocco 446,550 172,414 35,110,134 79 204 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
58  Burkina Faso 270,764 104,543 19,632,147 73 189 July 1, 2017 Annual official projection
59  Uzbekistan 447,400 172,742 32,653,900 73 189 January 1, 2018 Official estimate
60  Tunisia 163,610 63,170 11,551,448 71 184 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
61  Ukraine[note 10] 603,000 232,820 42,101,650 70 181 March 1, 2019 Official monthly estimate
62  Yemen 455,000 175,676 28,915,284 64 166 July 1, 2018 UN projection
63  Mexico 1,967,138 759,516 125,327,797 64 166 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
64  Tajikistan 143,100 55,251 8,931,000 62 161 January 1, 2018 Official estimate
65  Ecuador 276,841 106,889 17,301,920 62 162 August 17, 2019 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
68  Iran 1,648,195 636,372 82,706,306 50 130 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
69  Guinea 245,857 94,926 12,218,357 50 129 July 1, 2019 official projection
70  Afghanistan 645,807 249,347 31,575,018 49 127 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
71  South Africa 1,220,813 471,359 57,725,600 47 122 July 1, 2018 Official estimate
72  Belarus 207,600 80,155 9,465,300 46 119 April 1, 2019 Quarterly official estimate
73  Madagascar 587,041 226,658 26,262,810 45 117 July 1, 2018 UN projection
74  Colombia 1,141,748 440,831 45,903,200 40 104 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
75  Zimbabwe 390,757 150,872 14,848,905 38 98 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection
76  Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,345,095 905,446 84,004,989 36 93 July 1, 2018 UN projection
77  Mozambique 799,380 308,642 28,861,863 36 93 August 1, 2017 Official census result
78  Venezuela 916,445 353,841 31,828,110 35 91 July 1, 2018 Official annual projection
79  United States 9,833,517 3,796,742 329,736,444 34 87 August 17, 2019 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 3,287,956 210,315,348 25 64 August 17, 2019 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 10,301,505 23 59 August 17, 2019 Official population clock
86  Zambia 752,612 290,585 16,405,229 22 57 July 1, 2017 Official annual projection
87  Sudan 1,839,542 710,251 40,782,742 22 57 July 1, 2017 Official annual projection
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
92  Argentina 2,780,400 1,073,518 44,494,502 16 41 July 1, 2018 Annual official estimate
93  Saudi Arabia 2,149,690 830,000 33,413,660 16 41 January 1, 2018 Annual official estimate
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 11] 17,125,242 6,612,093 146,877,088 9 23 January 1, 2018 Official estimate
98  Kazakhstan 2,724,900 1,052,090 18,232,000 7 18 May 1, 2018 Official monthly estimate
99  Canada 9,984,670 3,855,103 37,587,069 4 10 August 17, 2019 Official estimate
100  Australia 7,692,024 2,969,907 25,468,440 3 9 August 17, 2019 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]

  1. ↑ Territory claimed by Spain.
  2. ↑ Borders and area of Palestinian autonomy are not final.
  3. ↑ Commonwealth of the United States.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Recognized only by Turkey
  6. ↑ Excludes Crimea.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Administration is split between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, both of which claim the entire territory.
  9. ↑ Islands claimed by Argentina.
  10. ↑ Excludes Crimea.
  11. ↑ 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.

References[change | change source]

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