Countries by Population Density 2018

List of Countries by Population Density

Source	United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Source	World Bank
Last Updated	16 Oct 2018

First list is based on the projections for year 2018 by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. This list contains population density of 233 countries/territories with their continents name and population for year 2015. Second list is based on the estimates by the World bank for year 2017. This list contains population density of 216 countries/territories.

Population density is calculated as population divided by total land area. For year 2018, Population density of the World has been estimated at 58.67 people per km² (151.96 per sq. mile). As of 2018, Total world's population is 7,632,819,325. Total area (including land and water) of Earth is 510 million square kilometers (197 million square miles). Worldwide human population density (7,324,782,225 ÷ 510 million) is around 14.97 per sq. km (38.77 per sq. mile).

European city-state of Monaco is the most densely populated country with a population density of 25,105 people per sq. km (67,612/sq mile). Chinese territory of Macau has the world's 2nd highest population density at 21,151/km². Next inline comes Singapore, Hong Kong and Gibraltar. Population density of Singapore is highest among countries having population over 1 million. All top 9 countries/territories by population density have population below 10 million.

Among 88 countries/territories having population of over 10 million, Bangladesh (1278) is most densely populated followed by Taiwan (669), Republic of Korea (526), Rwanda (507) and Netherlands (507). In the list of 233, 12 have more than 1000 human per square kilometer.

Greenland is the least densely populated territory in the world with 0.14 people per sq. km. Mongolia is least densely populated country followed by Namibia and Australia. Five least dense countries over population of 10 million are : Australia (3.22) Canada (4.06), Kazakhstan (6.82), Russian Federation (8.79) and Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (10.25).

UN (2018)

Rank	Country/territory	Population	Density (2018)		Continent
Rank	Country/territory	2018	per sq km	per sq mile	Continent
1	Monaco	38,897	26,105.37	67,612.62	Europe
2	China, Macao SAR	632,418	21,151.10	54,781.13	Asia
3	Singapore	5,791,901	8,274.14	21,429.94	Asia
4	China, Hong Kong SAR	7,428,887	7,075.13	18,324.51	Asia
5	Gibraltar	34,733	3,473.30	8,995.81	Europe
6	Bahrain	1,566,993	2,061.83	5,340.12	Asia
7	Holy See	801	1,820.45	4,714.96	Europe
8	Maldives	444,259	1,480.86	3,835.42	Asia
9	Malta	432,089	1,350.28	3,497.21	Europe
10	Bangladesh	166,368,149	1,278.08	3,310.22	Asia
11	Bermuda	61,070	1,221.40	3,163.41	North America
12	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	40,552	1,192.71	3,089.10	North America
13	Channel Islands	166,083	874.12	2,263.96	Europe
14	State of Palestine	5,052,776	839.33	2,173.86	Asia
15	Mayotte	259,682	692.49	1,793.53	Africa
16	China, Taiwan Province of China	23,694,089	669.14	1,733.05	Asia
17	Barbados	286,388	666.02	1,724.98	North America
18	Mauritius	1,268,315	624.79	1,618.19	Africa
19	Lebanon	6,093,509	595.65	1,542.73	Asia
20	Aruba	105,670	587.06	1,520.47	North America
21	Nauru	11,312	565.60	1,464.90	Oceania
22	San Marino	33,557	559.28	1,448.54	Europe
23	Republic of Korea	51,164,435	526.22	1,362.91	Asia
24	Rwanda	12,501,156	506.74	1,312.44	Africa
25	Netherlands	17,084,459	506.66	1,312.23	Europe
26	India	1,354,051,854	455.42	1,179.53	Asia
27	Comoros	832,347	447.26	1,158.39	Africa
28	Burundi	11,216,450	436.78	1,131.25	Africa
29	Puerto Rico	3,659,007	412.51	1,068.41	North America
30	Haiti	11,112,945	403.23	1,044.35	North America
31	Israel	8,452,841	390.61	1,011.68	Asia
32	Belgium	11,498,519	379.74	983.52	Europe
33	Tuvalu	11,287	376.23	974.44	Oceania
34	Curaçao	161,577	363.91	942.53	North America
35	Martinique	385,065	363.27	940.86	North America
36	Philippines	106,512,074	357.22	925.19	Asia
37	Réunion	883,247	353.30	915.04	Africa
38	Japan	127,185,332	348.88	903.59	Asia
39	Sri Lanka	20,950,041	334.08	865.26	Asia
40	Grenada	108,339	318.64	825.28	North America
41	Viet Nam	96,491,146	311.19	805.98	Asia
42	El Salvador	6,411,558	309.44	801.44	North America
43	Guam	165,718	306.89	794.83	Oceania
44	United States Virgin Islands	104,914	299.75	776.36	North America
45	Marshall Islands	53,167	295.37	765.01	Oceania
46	Saint Lucia	179,667	294.54	762.85	North America
47	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	110,200	282.56	731.84	North America
48	American Samoa	55,679	278.40	721.04	Oceania
49	United Kingdom	66,573,504	275.18	712.70	Europe
50	Jamaica	2,898,677	267.65	693.22	North America
51	Trinidad and Tobago	1,372,598	267.56	692.99	North America
52	Guadeloupe	449,173	265.78	688.37	North America
53	Pakistan	200,813,818	260.50	674.69	Asia
54	Cayman Islands	62,348	259.78	672.84	North America
55	Liechtenstein	38,155	238.47	617.63	Europe
56	Germany	82,293,457	236.10	611.48	Europe
57	Kuwait	4,197,128	235.53	610.02	Asia
58	Antigua and Barbuda	103,050	234.20	606.59	North America
59	Qatar	2,694,849	232.11	601.17	Asia
60	Luxembourg	590,321	227.92	590.32	Europe
61	Dominican Republic	10,882,996	225.23	583.34	North America
62	Uganda	44,270,563	221.56	573.85	Africa
63	Sao Tome and Principe	208,818	217.52	563.37	Africa
64	Switzerland	8,544,034	216.22	560.00	Europe
65	Nigeria	195,875,237	215.07	557.02	Africa
66	Saint Kitts and Nevis	55,850	214.81	556.35	North America
67	Gambia	2,163,765	213.81	553.77	Africa
68	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	25,610,672	212.70	550.88	Asia
69	British Virgin Islands	31,719	211.46	547.68	North America
70	Seychelles	95,235	207.03	536.21	Africa
71	Nepal	29,624,035	206.66	535.23	Asia
72	Malawi	19,164,728	203.27	526.48	Africa
73	Italy	59,290,969	201.57	522.07	Europe
74	Anguilla	15,045	167.17	432.96	North America
75	Andorra	76,953	163.73	424.06	Europe
76	Guatemala	17,245,346	160.93	416.81	North America
77	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	106,227	151.75	393.04	Oceania
78	Tonga	109,008	151.40	392.12	Oceania
79	China	1,415,045,928	150.73	390.38	Asia
80	Isle of Man	84,831	148.83	385.46	Europe
81	Indonesia	266,794,980	147.27	381.43	Asia
82	Togo	7,990,926	146.92	380.52	Africa
83	Kiribati	118,414	146.19	378.63	Oceania
84	Czechia	10,625,250	137.56	356.28	Europe
85	Cabo Verde	553,335	137.30	355.62	Africa
86	Denmark	5,754,356	135.62	351.25	Europe
87	Thailand	69,183,173	135.42	350.73	Asia
88	Tokelau	1,319	131.90	341.62	Oceania
89	Ghana	29,463,643	129.49	335.37	Africa
90	Cyprus	1,189,085	128.69	333.30	Asia
91	Poland	38,104,832	124.43	322.28	Europe
92	Republic of Moldova	4,041,065	123.02	318.61	Europe
93	Azerbaijan	9,923,914	120.06	310.95	Asia
94	Northern Mariana Islands	55,194	119.99	310.76	Oceania
95	France	65,233,271	119.14	308.56	Europe
96	United Arab Emirates	9,541,615	114.13	295.61	Asia
97	Slovakia	5,449,816	113.33	293.52	Europe
98	Portugal	10,291,196	112.36	291.02	Europe
99	Jordan	9,903,802	111.55	288.92	Asia
100	Cuba	11,489,082	107.94	279.56	North America
101	Ethiopia	107,534,882	107.53	278.51	Africa
102	Albania	2,934,363	107.09	277.37	Europe
103	Hungary	9,688,847	107.02	277.19	Europe
104	Sierra Leone	7,719,729	106.95	277.00	Africa
105	Turkey	81,916,871	106.44	275.67	Asia
106	Austria	8,751,820	106.20	275.06	Europe
107	Slovenia	2,081,260	103.34	267.65	Europe
108	Armenia	2,934,152	103.06	266.93	Asia
109	Benin	11,485,674	101.86	263.81	Africa
110	Serbia	8,762,027	100.18	259.47	Europe
111	Egypt	99,375,741	99.83	258.56	Africa
112	Syrian Arab Republic	18,284,407	99.57	257.89	Asia
113	Dominica	74,308	99.08	256.61	North America
114	Malaysia	32,042,458	97.53	252.59	Asia
115	Costa Rica	4,953,199	97.01	251.25	North America
116	Spain	46,397,452	93.02	240.92	Europe
117	Cambodia	16,245,729	92.03	238.37	Asia
118	Iraq	39,339,753	90.58	234.60	Asia
119	Kenya	50,950,879	89.52	231.86	Africa
120	Timor-Leste	1,324,094	89.04	230.62	Asia
121	Greece	11,142,161	86.44	223.88	Europe
122	Romania	19,580,634	85.07	220.33	Europe
123	Senegal	16,294,270	84.63	219.20	Africa
124	Honduras	9,417,167	84.16	217.99	North America
125	Wallis and Futuna Islands	11,683	83.45	216.13	Oceania
126	TFYR Macedonia	2,085,051	82.67	214.13	Europe
127	Myanmar	53,855,735	82.44	213.51	Asia
128	Brunei Darussalam	434,076	82.37	213.33	Asia
129	Morocco	36,191,805	81.09	210.03	Africa
130	Swaziland	1,391,385	80.89	209.52	Africa
131	Caribbean Netherlands	25,702	78.36	202.95	North America
132	Côte d'Ivoire	24,905,843	78.32	202.85	Africa
133	French Polynesia	285,859	78.10	202.29	Oceania
134	Uzbekistan	32,364,996	76.08	197.05	Asia
135	Ukraine	44,009,214	75.97	196.75	Europe
136	Tunisia	11,659,174	75.05	194.37	Africa
137	Lesotho	2,263,010	74.54	193.06	Africa
138	Croatia	4,164,783	74.42	192.76	Europe
139	Cook Islands	17,411	72.55	187.89	Oceania
140	Burkina Faso	19,751,651	72.19	186.98	Africa
141	Samoa	197,695	69.86	180.93	Oceania
142	Ireland	4,803,748	69.73	180.60	Europe
143	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,503,554	68.70	177.92	Europe
144	Ecuador	16,863,425	67.90	175.86	South America
145	Guinea-Bissau	1,907,268	67.83	175.67	Africa
146	Mexico	130,759,074	67.26	174.21	North America
147	United Republic of Tanzania	59,091,392	66.71	172.78	Africa
148	Tajikistan	9,107,211	65.07	168.53	Asia
149	Bulgaria	7,036,848	64.82	167.88	Europe
150	Georgia	3,907,131	56.23	145.62	Asia
151	Panama	4,162,618	55.99	145.02	North America
152	Afghanistan	36,373,176	55.71	144.30	Asia
153	Yemen	28,915,284	54.77	141.85	Asia
154	Guinea	13,052,608	53.12	137.58	Africa
155	Nicaragua	6,284,757	52.23	135.26	North America
156	Cameroon	24,678,234	52.21	135.21	Africa
157	Montserrat	5,203	52.03	134.76	North America
158	Eritrea	5,187,948	51.37	133.04	Africa
159	Liberia	4,853,516	50.39	130.51	Africa
160	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	82,011,735	50.36	130.43	Asia
161	Fiji	912,241	49.93	129.32	Oceania
162	Palau	21,964	47.75	123.67	Oceania
163	South Africa	57,398,421	47.32	122.55	Africa
164	Equatorial Guinea	1,313,894	46.84	121.32	Africa
165	Montenegro	629,219	46.78	121.17	Europe
166	Belarus	9,452,113	46.58	120.65	Europe
167	Lithuania	2,876,475	45.90	118.87	Europe
168	Madagascar	26,262,810	45.14	116.91	Africa
169	Colombia	49,464,683	44.58	115.47	South America
170	Zimbabwe	16,913,261	43.72	113.24	Africa
171	Djibouti	971,408	41.91	108.54	Africa
172	Bahamas	399,285	39.89	103.31	North America
173	Mozambique	30,528,673	38.82	100.55	Africa
174	Turks and Caicos Islands	35,963	37.86	98.05	North America
175	Democratic Republic of the Congo	84,004,989	37.05	95.97	Africa
176	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	32,381,221	36.71	95.08	South America
177	United States of America	326,766,748	35.72	92.52	North America
178	Faeroe Islands	49,489	35.45	91.82	Europe
179	Kyrgyzstan	6,132,932	31.98	82.82	Asia
180	Latvia	1,929,938	31.03	80.36	Europe
181	Estonia	1,306,788	30.83	79.84	Europe
182	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6,961,210	30.16	78.12	Asia
183	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,342	27.57	71.42	North America
184	Peru	32,551,815	25.43	65.87	South America
185	Brazil	210,867,954	25.23	65.34	South America
186	Angola	30,774,205	24.68	63.93	Africa
187	Chile	18,197,209	24.47	63.39	South America
188	Sweden	9,982,709	24.33	63.01	Europe
189	Somalia	15,181,925	24.20	62.68	Africa
190	Zambia	17,609,178	23.69	61.35	Africa
191	Sudan	41,511,526	23.52	60.91	Africa
192	Vanuatu	282,117	23.14	59.94	Oceania
193	Solomon Islands	623,281	22.27	57.67	Oceania
194	Bhutan	817,054	21.44	55.52	Asia
195	South Sudan	12,919,053	21.15	54.77	Africa
196	Uruguay	3,469,551	19.82	51.34	South America
197	Papua New Guinea	8,418,346	18.59	48.15	Oceania
198	Finland	5,542,517	18.24	47.24	Europe
199	New Zealand	4,749,598	18.04	46.72	Oceania
200	Algeria	42,008,054	17.64	45.68	Africa
201	Niger	22,311,375	17.61	45.62	Africa
202	Paraguay	6,896,908	17.36	44.96	South America
203	Belize	382,444	16.77	43.43	North America
204	Argentina	44,688,864	16.33	42.29	South America
205	Congo	5,399,895	15.81	40.95	Africa
206	Mali	19,107,706	15.66	40.56	Africa
207	Saudi Arabia	33,554,343	15.61	40.43	Asia
208	Oman	4,829,946	15.61	40.42	Asia
209	New Caledonia	279,821	15.31	39.65	Oceania
210	Norway	5,353,363	14.66	37.96	Europe
211	Turkmenistan	5,851,466	12.45	32.25	Asia
212	Chad	15,353,184	12.19	31.58	Africa
213	Saint Helena	4,074	10.45	27.06	Africa
214	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	11,215,674	10.35	26.81	South America
215	Russian Federation	143,964,709	8.79	22.77	Europe
216	Gabon	2,067,561	8.02	20.78	Africa
217	Central African Republic	4,737,423	7.60	19.70	Africa
218	Kazakhstan	18,403,860	6.82	17.66	Asia
219	Niue	1,624	6.25	16.18	Oceania
220	Mauritania	4,540,068	4.40	11.41	Africa
221	Botswana	2,333,201	4.12	10.66	Africa
222	Canada	36,953,765	4.06	10.53	North America
223	Guyana	782,225	3.97	10.29	South America
224	Libya	6,470,956	3.68	9.53	Africa
225	Suriname	568,301	3.64	9.44	South America
226	French Guiana	289,763	3.53	9.13	South America
227	Iceland	337,780	3.37	8.73	Europe
228	Australia	24,772,247	3.22	8.35	Oceania
229	Namibia	2,587,801	3.14	8.14	Africa
230	Western Sahara	567,421	2.13	5.52	Africa
231	Mongolia	3,121,772	2.01	5.20	Asia
232	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,922	0.24	0.62	South America
233	Greenland	56,565	0.14	0.36	North America
	World	7,632,819,325	58.67	151.96

World Bank (2017)

Rank	Country/territory	Density
1	Macao SAR, China	20,546.766
2	Monaco	19,347.500
3	Singapore	7,915.731
4	Hong Kong SAR, China	7,039.714
5	Gibraltar	3,457.100
6	Bahrain	1,935.907
7	Maldives	1,454.433
8	Malta	1,454.038
9	Bermuda	1,308.820
10	Bangladesh	1,265.036
11	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,209.088
12	Channel Islands	870.074
13	West Bank and Gaza	778.202
14	Nauru	682.450
15	Barbados	664.463
16	Mauritius	622.962
17	Lebanon	594.561
18	St. Martin (French part)	590.533
19	Aruba	584.800
20	San Marino	556.667
21	Korea, Rep.	527.967
22	Netherlands	508.544
23	Rwanda	494.869
24	India	450.419
25	Comoros	437.352
26	Burundi	423.063
27	Israel	402.606
28	Haiti	398.448
29	Puerto Rico	376.232
30	Belgium	375.564
31	Tuvalu	373.067
32	Curacao	362.644
33	Philippines	351.873
34	Japan	347.778
35	Sri Lanka	341.955
36	Grenada	317.132
37	Vietnam	308.127
38	El Salvador	307.811
39	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	306.480
40	Guam	304.128
41	Marshall Islands	295.150
42	St. Lucia	293.187
43	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	281.787
44	American Samoa	278.205
45	United Kingdom	272.898
46	Trinidad and Tobago	266.886
47	Jamaica	266.879
48	Cayman Islands	256.496
49	Pakistan	255.573
50	Germany	237.016
51	Liechtenstein	237.013
52	Kuwait	232.128
53	Antigua and Barbuda	231.845
54	Luxembourg	231.447
55	Qatar	227.322
56	Dominican Republic	222.873
57	Switzerland	214.243
58	Uganda	213.759
59	St. Kitts and Nevis	212.865
60	Sao Tome and Principe	212.841
61	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	211.701
62	Nigeria	209.588
63	Seychelles	208.354
64	British Virgin Islands	207.973
65	Gambia, The	207.566
66	Italy	205.859
67	Nepal	204.430
68	Malawi	197.519
69	Kosovo	168.155
70	Andorra	163.755
71	Guatemala	157.834
72	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	150.777
73	Tonga	150.028
74	Isle of Man	147.872
75	China	147.674
76	Indonesia	145.725
77	Kiribati	143.701
78	Togo	143.366
79	Czech Republic	137.176
80	Denmark	136.520
81	Cabo Verde	135.580
82	Thailand	135.132
83	Cyprus	127.657
84	Ghana	126.719
85	Poland	124.027
86	Moldova	123.655
87	France	122.578
88	Northern Mariana Islands	119.878
89	Azerbaijan	119.309
90	Slovak Republic	113.128
91	United Arab Emirates	112.442
92	Portugal	112.371
93	Cuba	110.408
94	Jordan	109.285
95	Hungary	108.043
96	Austria	106.749
97	Ethiopia	104.957
98	Turkey	104.914
99	Albania	104.871
100	Sierra Leone	104.700
101	Armenia	102.931
102	Slovenia	102.619
103	Syrian Arab Republic	99.493
104	Benin	99.110
105	Dominica	98.567
106	Egypt, Arab Rep.	97.999
107	Malaysia	96.254
108	Costa Rica	96.079
109	Spain	93.105
110	Cambodia	90.672
111	Iraq	88.125
112	Kenya	87.324
113	Timor-Leste	87.176
114	Romania	85.129
115	Greece	83.479
116	Honduras	82.805
117	Macedonia, FYR	82.600
118	Senegal	82.328
119	Myanmar	81.721
120	Brunei Darussalam	81.347
121	Serbia	80.291
122	Morocco	80.080
123	Eswatini	79.492
124	Ukraine	77.390
125	French Polynesia	77.324
126	Cote d'Ivoire	76.399
127	Uzbekistan	76.134
128	Tunisia	74.228
129	Croatia	73.726
130	Lesotho	73.562
131	Burkina Faso	70.151
132	Ireland	69.874
133	Samoa	69.413
134	Bosnia and Herzegovina	68.496
135	Ecuador	66.939
136	Mexico	66.444
137	Guinea-Bissau	66.191
138	Bulgaria	65.180
139	Georgia	65.032
140	Tanzania	64.699
141	Tajikistan	64.281
142	Panama	55.133
143	Afghanistan	54.422
144	Yemen, Rep.	53.508
145	Guinea	51.755
146	Nicaragua	51.667
147	Cameroon	50.885
148	Iran, Islamic Rep.	49.831
149	Fiji	49.562
150	Liberia	49.127
151	Palau	47.237
152	Belarus	46.858
153	South Africa	46.754
154	Montenegro	46.280
155	Equatorial Guinea	45.194
156	Lithuania	45.135
157	Colombia	44.223
158	Madagascar	43.951
159	Zimbabwe	42.729
160	Djibouti	41.285
161	Bahamas, The	39.497
162	Mozambique	37.728
163	Turks and Caicos Islands	37.312
164	Venezuela, RB	36.253
165	Congo, Dem. Rep.	35.879
166	United States	35.608
167	Faroe Islands	35.308
168	Kyrgyz Republic	32.333
169	Latvia	31.212
170	Estonia	31.033
171	Lao PDR	29.715
172	Peru	25.129
173	Brazil	25.040
174	Sweden	24.718
175	Chile	24.282
176	Angola	23.890
177	Somalia	23.500
178	Sudan	23.258
179	Zambia	22.995
180	Vanuatu	22.662
181	Solomon Islands	21.841
182	Bhutan	21.188
183	Uruguay	19.751
184	Papua New Guinea	18.220
185	New Zealand	18.206
186	Finland	18.136
187	Algeria	17.348
188	Paraguay	17.144
189	Niger	16.955
190	Belize	16.426
191	Argentina	16.177
192	Congo, Rep.	15.405
193	New Caledonia	15.342
194	Saudi Arabia	15.322
195	Mali	15.196
196	Oman	14.980
197	Norway	14.462
198	Turkmenistan	12.253
199	Chad	11.833
200	Bolivia	10.202
201	Russian Federation	8.823
202	Gabon	7.859
203	Central African Republic	7.479
204	Kazakhstan	6.681
205	Mauritania	4.289
206	Botswana	4.044
207	Canada	4.037
208	Guyana	3.952
209	Libya	3.623
210	Suriname	3.612
211	Iceland	3.404
212	Australia	3.202
213	Namibia	3.078
214	Mongolia	1.980
215	Greenland	0.137
-	South Sudan	-
-	Eritrea	-

List of Countries by Population Density

See Also:

UN (2018)

World Bank (2017)