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List of countries by population density

List of countries/dependencies by population density in inhabitants/kmē.

The figures in this table are based on areas including inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Population data is generally an estimate for July 2005. Only countries, dependencies and territories for which data are available are included in this list.

Rank Country Population Area (kmē) Density
World 6,445,398,968 510,072,000 13
1 Macau 449,198 25.40 17,685
2 Monaco 32,409 1.95 16,620
3 Singapore 4,425,720 692.70 6,389
4 Hong Kong 6,898,686 1,092 6,317
5 Gibraltar 27,884 6.50 4,290
6 Gaza Strip 1,376,289 360 3,823
7 Vatican City 921 0.44 2,093
8 Malta 398,534 316 1,261
9 Bermuda 65,365 53.30 1,226
10 Maldives 349,106 300 1,164
11 Bahrain 688,345 665 1,035
12 Bangladesh 144,319,628 144,000 1,002
13 Guernsey 65,228 78 836
14 Jersey 90,812 116 783
15 Barbados 279,254 431 648
16 Republic of China (Taiwan) 22,894,384 35,980 636
17 Nauru 13,048 21 621
18 Mauritius 1,230,602 2,040 603
19 Mayotte 193,633 374 518
20 South Korea 48,422,644 98,480 492
21 San Marino 28,880 61.20 472
22 Tuvalu 11,636 26 448
23 Puerto Rico 3,916,632 9,104 430
24 West Bank 2,385,615 5,860 407
25 Netherlands 16,407,491 41,526 395
26 Martinique 432,900 1,100 394
27 Aruba 71,566 193 371
28 Lebanon 3,826,018 10,400 368
29 Belgium 10,364,388 30,528 340
30 Japan 127,417,244 377,835 337
31 India 1,080,264,388 3,287,590 329
32 Marshall Islands 59,071 181.30 326
33 Rwanda 8,440,820 26,338 320
34 El Salvador 6,704,932 21,040 319
35 Comoros 671,247 2,170 309
36 Virgin Islands 108,708 352 309
37 Réunion 776,948 2,517 309
38 Guam 168,564 549 307
39 Sri Lanka 20,064,776 65,610 306
40 Israel 6,276,883 20,770 302
41 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 117,534 389 302
42 Philippines 87,857,473 300,000 293
43 Haiti 8,121,622 27,750 293
44 American Samoa 57,881 199 291
45 Saint Lucia 166,312 616 270
46 Grenada 89,502 344 260
47 Vietnam 83,535,576 329,560 253
48 Guadeloupe 448,713 1,780 252
49 Jamaica 2,731,832 10,991 249
50 United Kingdom 59,553,800 244,820 243
51 Germany 82,431,390 357,021 231
52 Netherlands Antilles 219,958 960 229
53 Burundi 6,370,609 27,830 229
54 Trinidad and Tobago 1,088,644 5,128 212
55 Liechtenstein 33,717 160 211
56 Pakistan 162,419,946 803,940 202
57 Nepal 27,676,547 140,800 197
58 Italy 58,103,033 301,230 193
59 North Korea 22,912,177 120,540 190
60 São Tomé and Príncipe 187,410 1,001 187
61 Dominican Republic 8,950,034 48,730 184
62 Switzerland 7,489,370 41,290 181
63 Luxembourg 468,571 2,586 181
64 Seychelles 81,188 455 178
65 Cayman Islands 44,270 262 169
66 Northern Mariana Islands 80,362 477 168
67 Antigua and Barbuda 68,722 443 155
68 Federated States of Micronesia 108,105 702 154
69 Andorra 70,549 468 151
70 Tonga 112,422 748 150
71 Saint Kitts and Nevis 38,958 261 149
72 British Virgin Islands 22,643 153 148
73 Johnston Atoll 396 2.80 141
74 The Gambia 1,593,256 11,300 141
75 Tokelau 1,405 10 141
76 Nigeria 128,771,988 923,768 139
77 People's Republic of China 1,306,313,812 9,596,960 136
78 Guatemala 14,655,189 108,890 135
79 Moldova 4,455,421 33,843 132
80 Isle of Man 75,049 572 131
81 Kuwait 2,335,648 17,820 131
82 Anguilla 13,254 102 130
83 Czech Republic 10,241,138 78,866 130
84 Thailand 65,444,371 514,000 127
85 Kiribati 103,092 811 127
86 Indonesia 241,973,879 1,919,440 126
87 Denmark 5,432,335 43,094 126
88 Albania 3,563,112 28,748 124
89 Poland 38,635,144 312,685 124
90 Uganda 27,269,482 236,040 116
European Union 456,285,839 3,976,372 115
91 Portugal 10,566,212 92,391 114
92 Slovakia 5,431,363 48,845 111
93 France (Metropolitan) 60,656,178 547,030 111
94 Hungary 10,006,835 93,030 108
95 Serbia and Montenegro 10,829,175 102,350 106
96 Cape Verde 418,224 4,033 104
97 Malawi 12,158,924 118,480 103
98 Cuba 11,346,670 110,860 102
99 Armenia 2,982,904 29,800 100
100 Togo 5,681,519 56,785 100
101 Syria 18,448,752 185,180 100
102 Slovenia 2,011,070 20,273 99
103 Austria 8,184,691 83,870 98
104 Romania 22,329,977 237,500 94
105 Montserrat 9,341 102 92
106 Dominica 69,029 754 92
107 Azerbaijan 7,911,974 86,600 91
108 Turkey 69,660,559 780,580 89
109 Cook Islands 21,388 240 89
110 Ghana 21,029,853 239,460 88
111 Cyprus 780,133 9,250 84
112 Sierra Leone 6,017,643 71,740 84
113 Greece 10,668,354 131,940 81
114 Republic of Macedonia 2,045,262 25,333 81
115 Spain 40,341,462 504,782 80
116 Croatia 4,495,904 56,542 80
117 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,025,476 51,129 79
118 Costa Rica 4,016,173 51,100 79
119 Ukraine 47,425,336 603,700 79
120 Egypt 77,505,756 1,001,450 77
121 Qatar 863,051 11,437 75
122 Cambodia 13,607,069 181,040 75
123 Morocco 32,725,847 446,550 73
124 Malaysia 23,953,136 329,750 73
125 East Timor 1,040,880 15,007 69
126 Swaziland 1,173,900 17,363 68
127 Bulgaria 7,450,349 110,910 67
128 Georgia 4,677,401 69,700 67
129 Benin 7,460,025 112,620 66
130 French Polynesia 270,485 4,167 65
131 Ethiopia 73,053,286 1,127,127 65
132 Brunei 372,361 5,770 65
133 Myanmar 42,909,464 678,500 63
134 Jordan 5,759,732 92,300 62
135 Honduras 6,975,204 112,090 62
136 Tunisia 10,074,951 163,610 62
137 Lesotho 1,867,035 30,355 62
138 Samoa 177,287 2,944 60
139 Uzbekistan 26,851,195 447,400 60
140 Iraq 26,074,906 437,072 60
141 Wallis and Futuna 16,025 274 58
142 Kenya 33,829,590 582,650 58
143 Ireland 4,015,676 70,280 57
144 Senegal 11,126,832 196,190 57
145 Lithuania 3,596,617 65,200 55
146 Mexico 106,202,903 1,972,550 54
147 Côte d'Ivoire 17,298,040 322,460 54
148 Norfolk Island 1,841 35 53
149 Burkina Faso 13,925,313 274,200 51
150 Tajikistan 7,163,506 143,100 50
151 Belarus 10,300,483 207,600 50
152 Fiji 893,354 18,270 49
153 Turks and Caicos Islands 20,556 430 48
154 Bhutan 2,232,291 47,000 47
155 Ecuador 13,363,593 283,560 47
156 Afghanistan 29,928,987 647,500 46
157 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 629 14 45
158 Palau 20,303 458 44
159 Nicaragua 5,465,100 129,494 42
160 Iran 68,017,860 1,648,000 41
161 Yemen 20,727,063 527,970 39
162 Guinea-Bissau 1,416,027 36,120 39
163 Tanzania 36,766,356 945,087 39
164 Panama 3,039,150 78,200 39
165 Guinea 9,467,866 245,857 39
166 Colombia 42,954,279 1,138,910 38
167 Eritrea 4,561,599 121,320 38
168 South Africa 44,344,136 1,219,912 36
169 Latvia 2,290,237 64,589 35
170 Cameroon 16,380,005 475,440 34
171 Faroe Islands 46,962 1,399 34
172 Zimbabwe 12,746,990 390,580 33
173 Liberia 3,482,211 111,370 31
174 United Arab Emirates 2,563,212 82,880 31
175 Madagascar 18,040,341 587,040 31
176 United States 295,734,134 9,631,418 31
177 Estonia 1,332,893 45,226 29
178 Saint-Pierre and Miquelon 7,012 242 29
179 Venezuela 25,375,281 912,050 28
180 Laos 6,217,141 236,800 26
181 Kyrgyzstan 5,146,281 198,500 26
182 Democratic Republic of the Congo 60,085,004 2,345,410 26
183 Mozambique 19,406,703 801,590 24
184 Brazil 186,112,794 8,511,965 22
185 Peru 27,925,628 1,285,220 22
186 The Bahamas 301,790 13,940 22
187 Chile 16,136,137 756,950 21
188 Djibouti 476,703 23,000 21
189 Sweden 9,001,774 449,964 20
190 Uruguay 3,415,920 176,220 19
191 Equatorial Guinea 535,881 28,051 19
192 Solomon Islands 538,032 28,450 19
193 Saint Helena 7,460 410 18
194 Vanuatu 205,754 12,200 17
195 Sudan 40,187,486 2,505,810 16
196 Paraguay 6,347,884 406,750 16
197 Finland 5,223,442 338,145 15
198 New Zealand 4,035,461 268,680 15
199 Zambia 11,261,795 752,614 15
200 Argentina 39,537,943 2,766,890 14
201 Norway 4,593,041 324,220 14
202 Oman 3,001,583 212,460 14
203 Algeria 32,531,853 2,381,740 14
204 Saudi Arabia 26,417,599 1,960,582 13
205 Somalia 8,591,629 637,657 13
206 Belize 279,457 22,966 12
207 Papua New Guinea 5,545,268 462,840 12
208 New Caledonia 216,494 19,060 11
209 Turkmenistan 4,952,081 488,100 10
210 Mali 12,291,529 1,240,000 10
211 Niger 11,665,937 1,267,000 9
212 Angola 11,190,786 1,246,700 9
213 Republic of the Congo 3,039,126 342,000 9
214 Russia 143,420,309 17,075,200 8
215 Bolivia 8,857,870 1,098,580 8
216 Chad 9,826,419 1,284,000 8
217 Central African Republic 3,799,897 622,984 6
218 Kazakhstan 15,185,844 2,717,300 6
219 Gabon 1,389,201 267,667 5
220 Guyana 765,283 214,970 4
221 Canada 32,805,041 9,984,670 3
222 Libya 5,765,563 1,759,540 3
223 Mauritania 3,086,859 1,030,700 3
224 Christmas Island 396 135 3
225 Iceland 296,737 103,000 3
226 Botswana 1,640,115 600,370 3
227 Suriname 438,144 163,270 3
228 Australia 20,090,437 7,686,850 3
229 Namibia 2,030,692 825,418 2
230 French Guiana 195,506 91,000 2
231 Mongolia 2,791,272 1,564,116 2
232 Western Sahara 273,008 266,000 1
233 Pitcairn Islands 46 47 1
234 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,967 12,173 0.24
235 Svalbard 2,756 62,049 0.04
236 Greenland 56,375 2,166,086 0.03

Sources: CIA The World Factbook [1]; US Census Bureau [2]

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