Population density - by country

Worldmap of all countries colored to reflect the values of Population density

Major world economies by its current Population density

Major world economies by historical values of its Population density

SummaryThe world's average Population density is equal to 14.1 capita per square kilometer
Macao SAR, China's Population density is 1,482 times higher than the average Population density of the world.
The countries with the highest Population density are Macao SAR, China, Monaco, Singapore, Hong Kong SAR, China, Bahrain with a(n) Population density of (20,848), (15,254), (7,988), (6,443), (1,729) capita per square kilometer respectively.
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List of countries by Population density
Country Name	View Data	Global Rank	Region & Regional Rank	Population density capita per square kilometer	Year	Growth/Decline % during the Great Recession	Growth/Decline % during the last 10 years
Macao SAR, China		1	East Asia & Pacific \| 1	20,848	31-12-2014	8.7	30
Monaco		2	Europe & Central Asia \| 1	15,254	31-12-2013	5.7	-6.6
Singapore		3	East Asia & Pacific \| 2	7,988	31-12-2014	13	28
Hong Kong SAR, China		4	East Asia & Pacific \| 3	6,443	31-12-2014	1.7	6.1
Bahrain		5	Middle East & North Africa \| 1	1,729	31-12-2013	25	80
Maldives		6	South Asia \| 1	1,321	31-12-2014	5.6	40
Malta		7	Middle East & North Africa \| 2	1,306	31-12-2014	1.8	3.5
Bermuda		8	North America \| 1	1,293	31-12-2014	1.7	9.8
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)		9	Latin America & Caribbean \| 1	1,167	31-12-2013	2.2	20
Bangladesh		10	South Asia \| 2	1,155	31-12-2014	3.2	18
Barbados		11	Latin America & Caribbean \| 2	674	31-12-2014	1.5	6.8
West Bank and Gaza		12	Middle East & North Africa \| 3	670	31-12-2013	8.7	32
Mauritius		13	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 1	653	31-12-2014	1.8	8.5
St. Martin (French part)		14	Latin America & Caribbean \| 3	580	31-12-2014	4.9	13
Aruba		15	Latin America & Caribbean \| 4	572	31-12-2013	0.6	7.8
Lebanon		16	Middle East & North Africa \| 4	566	31-12-2014	4.1	18
San Marino		17	Europe & Central Asia \| 2	537	31-12-2014	1.9	15
Korea		18	East Asia & Pacific \| 4	492	31-12-2014	1.7	2.6
Rwanda		19	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 2	468	31-12-2014	9.0	27
Tuvalu		20	East Asia & Pacific \| 5	415	31-12-2014	0.8	11
Netherlands		21	Europe & Central Asia \| 3	406	31-12-2014	1.1	3.6
Marshall Islands		22	East Asia & Pacific \| 6	392	31-12-2014	0.5	31
India		23	South Asia \| 3	376	31-12-2014	4.1	12
Burundi		24	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 3	374	31-12-2014	11	40
Israel		25	Middle East & North Africa \| 5	371	31-12-2013	6.1	16
Haiti		26	Latin America & Caribbean \| 5	360	31-12-2014	4.0	15
Philippines		27	East Asia & Pacific \| 7	359	31-12-2014	5.2	28
Comoros		28	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 4	343	31-12-2014	8.0	33
Belgium		29	Europe & Central Asia \| 4	342	31-12-2014	2.4	1.0
Japan		30	East Asia & Pacific \| 8	336	31-12-2014	-0.2	-0.1
Sri Lanka		31	South Asia \| 4	333	31-12-2014	3.0	14
Curaçao		32	Latin America & Caribbean \| 6	331	31-12-2013	4.0	18
Grenada		33	Latin America & Caribbean \| 7	320	31-12-2014	1.0	6.8
Guam		34	East Asia & Pacific \| 9	296	31-12-2014	0.1	1.7
El Salvador		35	Latin America & Caribbean \| 8	291	31-12-2014	1.4	1.4
Vietnam		36	East Asia & Pacific \| 10	282	31-12-2014	3.3	15
American Samoa		37	East Asia & Pacific \| 11	274	31-12-2014	-4.1	-6.4
Jamaica		38	Latin America & Caribbean \| 9	267	31-12-2014	1.1	10
St. Lucia		39	Latin America & Caribbean \| 10	265	31-12-2014	4.5	1.2
St. Vincent and the Grenadines		40	Latin America & Caribbean \| 11	265	31-12-2014	0.3	-4.3
Puerto Rico		41	Latin America & Caribbean \| 12	263	31-12-2014	-1.7	-3.5
United Kingdom		42	Europe & Central Asia \| 5	262	31-12-2014	2.3	6.2
Pakistan		43	South Asia \| 5	246	31-12-2014	5.7	27
Trinidad and Tobago		44	Latin America & Caribbean \| 13	239	31-12-2014	1.5	-4.0
Liechtenstein		45	Europe & Central Asia \| 6	233	31-12-2014	2.3	8.6
Germany		46	Europe & Central Asia \| 7	227	31-12-2014	-0.6	-1.4
Dominican Republic		47	Latin America & Caribbean \| 14	213	31-12-2014	4.3	13
Nepal		48	South Asia \| 6	211	31-12-2014	3.6	24
Cayman Islands		49	Latin America & Caribbean \| 15	208	31-12-2013	8.5	29
Antigua and Barbuda		50	Latin America & Caribbean \| 16	206	31-12-2014	3.4	11
North Korea		51	East Asia & Pacific \| 12	206	31-12-2014	1.7	5.8
Italy		52	Europe & Central Asia \| 8	205	31-12-2014	1.6	7.4
Seychelles		53	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 5	201	31-12-2014	3.2	7.6
Luxembourg		54	Europe & Central Asia \| 9	201	31-12-2014	5.3	14
São Tomé and Principe		55	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 6	198	31-12-2014	9.1	27
St. Kitts and Nevis		56	Latin America & Caribbean \| 17	197	31-12-2014	3.8	8.1
Switzerland		57	Europe & Central Asia \| 10	195	31-12-2014	3.5	8.8
Nigeria		58	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 7	192	31-12-2014	8.4	31
Qatar		59	Middle East & North Africa \| 6	183	31-12-2014	62	210
Andorra		60	Europe & Central Asia \| 11	183	31-12-2014	-3.9	19
Kosovo		61	Europe & Central Asia \| 12	171	31-12-2014	2.4	7.9
The Gambia		62	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 8	170	31-12-2014	9.8	41
Kuwait		63	Middle East & North Africa \| 7	154	31-12-2014	18	59
Isle of Man		64	Europe & Central Asia \| 13	152	31-12-2014	2.7	9.0
Micronesia		65	East Asia & Pacific \| 13	151	31-12-2014	-1.6	-0.5
Uganda		66	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 9	149	31-12-2014	11	40
Malawi		67	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 10	147	31-12-2014	9.5	33
Tonga		68	East Asia & Pacific \| 14	142	31-12-2014	1.9	7.1
China		69	East Asia & Pacific \| 15	141	31-12-2014	1.5	4.9
Czech Republic		70	Europe & Central Asia \| 14	135	31-12-2014	2.0	-0.2
Guatemala		71	Latin America & Caribbean \| 18	135	31-12-2014	7.6	20
Cape Verde		72	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 11	134	31-12-2014	0.8	14
Indonesia		73	East Asia & Pacific \| 16	133	31-12-2014	4.3	16
Thailand		74	East Asia & Pacific \| 17	132	31-12-2014	0.6	4.7
Togo		75	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 12	129	31-12-2014	8.1	30
Denmark		76	Europe & Central Asia \| 15	129	31-12-2014	1.6	3.1
Kiribati		77	East Asia & Pacific \| 18	129	31-12-2014	4.7	19
Cyprus		78	Europe & Central Asia \| 16	127	31-12-2014	4.0	16
Poland		79	Europe & Central Asia \| 17	123	31-12-2014	0.0	0.5
Syrian Arab Republic		80	Middle East & North Africa \| 8	121	31-12-2013	12	5.6
Portugal		81	Europe & Central Asia \| 18	117	31-12-2014	0.4	3.5
Azerbaijan		82	Europe & Central Asia \| 19	112	31-12-2014	5.5	16
Slovak Republic		83	Europe & Central Asia \| 20	111	31-12-2014	0.2	2.0
Northern Mariana Islands		84	East Asia & Pacific \| 19	111	31-12-2014	-11.2	-25.0
Ghana		85	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 13	108	31-12-2014	7.9	28
Hungary		86	Europe & Central Asia \| 21	107	31-12-2014	-0.5	-2.0
Moldova		87	Europe & Central Asia \| 22	106	31-12-2014	-0.5	0.9
Albania		88	Europe & Central Asia \| 23	105	31-12-2014	-2.8	-1.6
Turkey		89	Europe & Central Asia \| 24	104	31-12-2014	3.8	23
France		90	Europe & Central Asia \| 25	103	31-12-2014	1.7	6.3
Armenia		91	Europe & Central Asia \| 26	103	31-12-2014	-1.2	-2.5
Cuba		92	Latin America & Caribbean \| 19	99.7	31-12-2014	-0.1	-1.2
Slovenia		93	Europe & Central Asia \| 27	98.1	31-12-2014	1.6	0.1
Austria		94	Europe & Central Asia \| 28	98.0	31-12-2014	1.2	1.7
Dominica		95	Latin America & Caribbean \| 20	97.8	31-12-2014	0.4	4.8
Spain		96	Europe & Central Asia \| 29	94.5	31-12-2014	4.4	14
Serbia		97	Europe & Central Asia \| 30	93.1	31-12-2014
Costa Rica		98	Latin America & Caribbean \| 21	93.1	31-12-2014	4.8	13
Malaysia		99	East Asia & Pacific \| 20	91.2	31-12-2014	5.6	20
Romania		100	Europe & Central Asia \| 31	91.2	31-12-2014	-3.9	0.5
Benin		101	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 14	90.2	31-12-2014	9.4	36
Jordan		102	Middle East & North Africa \| 9	88.8	31-12-2014	6.8	29
Ethiopia		103	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 15	87.5	31-12-2014	8.4	31
Egypt		104	Middle East & North Africa \| 10	86.8	31-12-2014	5.2	23
Cambodia		105	East Asia & Pacific \| 21	85.4	31-12-2014	4.3	17
Myanmar		106	East Asia & Pacific \| 22	82.4	31-12-2014	2.1	7.2
Swaziland		107	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 16	81.8	31-12-2014	5.0	14
Greece		108	Europe & Central Asia \| 32	81.7	31-12-2014	0.5	-2.0
Macedonia		109	Europe & Central Asia \| 33	81.4	31-12-2014	0.3	0.4
Timor-Leste		110	East Asia & Pacific \| 23	80.8	31-12-2014
Sierra Leone		111	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 17	80.1	31-12-2014	6.8	22
Croatia		112	Europe & Central Asia \| 34	79.0	31-12-2014	-0.2	0.9
Kenya		113	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 18	77.6	31-12-2014	8.3	31
Honduras		114	Latin America & Caribbean \| 22	76.7	31-12-2014	6.1	22
Bosnia and Herzegovina		115	Europe & Central Asia \| 35	75.6	31-12-2014	-0.6	-0.5
Iraq		116	Middle East & North Africa \| 11	74.3	31-12-2014	7.5	23
Morocco		117	Middle East & North Africa \| 12	73.9	31-12-2014	2.9	10
Ukraine		118	Europe & Central Asia \| 36	73.4	31-12-2014	-1.6	-6.9
Brunei		119	East Asia & Pacific \| 24	73.3	31-12-2014	5.3	18
Côte d'Ivoire		120	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 19	70.9	31-12-2014	5.3	19
Georgia		121	Europe & Central Asia \| 37	70.8	31-12-2014	0.3	4.9
Senegal		122	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 20	69.3	31-12-2014	8.7	25
Samoa		123	East Asia & Pacific \| 25	69.1	31-12-2013	2.0	10
Ireland		124	Europe & Central Asia \| 38	68.8	31-12-2014	6.1	20
United Arab Emirates		125	Middle East & North Africa \| 13	67.3	31-12-2013	58	186
French Polynesia		126	East Asia & Pacific \| 26	67.2	31-12-2014	3.0	12
Burkina Faso		127	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 21	67.0	31-12-2014	9.2	34
Tunisia		128	Middle East & North Africa \| 14	66.9	31-12-2014	3.1	9.7
Uzbekistan		129	Europe & Central Asia \| 39	64.7	31-12-2014	4.8	12
Lesotho		130	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 22	64.0	31-12-2014	2.5	8.8
Bulgaria		131	Europe & Central Asia \| 40	62.5	31-12-2014	-3.3	-10.6
Mexico		132	Latin America & Caribbean \| 23	61.2	31-12-2014	3.8	7.7
Tajikistan		133	Europe & Central Asia \| 41	56.3	31-12-2014	7.1	21
Ecuador		134	Latin America & Caribbean \| 24	55.2	31-12-2014	5.2	17
Virgin Islands		135	Latin America & Caribbean \| 25	54.5	31-12-2014	-0.9	-2.7
Eritrea		136	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 23	54.3	31-12-2014	10	42
Lithuania		137	Europe & Central Asia \| 42	53.8	31-12-2013	-3.3	2.4
Tanzania		138	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 24	52.4	31-12-2014	9.3	33
Turks and Caicos Islands		139	Latin America & Caribbean \| 26	51.8	31-12-2014	9.4	113
Fiji		140	East Asia & Pacific \| 27	49.4	31-12-2014	2.9	9.0
Yemen		141	Middle East & North Africa \| 15	49.4	31-12-2014
Iran		142	Middle East & North Africa \| 16	49.1	31-12-2014	3.6	16
Afghanistan		143	South Asia \| 7	48.8	31-12-2014	8.1	34
Cameroon		144	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 25	48.7	31-12-2014	8.0	29
Panama		145	Latin America & Caribbean \| 27	47.8	31-12-2014	5.5	10
Montenegro		146	Europe & Central Asia \| 43	47.1	31-12-2014	0.4	7.4
Guinea-Bissau		147	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 26	46.9	31-12-2014	6.8	22
Guinea		148	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 27	46.7	31-12-2014	8.1	20
Belarus		149	Europe & Central Asia \| 44	46.3	31-12-2014	-1.0	-2.2
Palau		150	East Asia & Pacific \| 28	46.2	31-12-2014	1.7	7.4
Nicaragua		151	Latin America & Caribbean \| 28	44.9	31-12-2014	4.0	9.1
South Africa		152	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 28	43.5	31-12-2013	4.0	14
Colombia		153	Latin America & Caribbean \| 29	40.6	31-12-2014	4.5	9.8
Madagascar		154	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 29	39.5	31-12-2014	8.9	31
Liberia		155	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 30	36.8	31-12-2014	13	27
Faeroe Islands		156	Europe & Central Asia \| 45	35.9	31-12-2014	0.4	3.6
Zimbabwe		157	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 31	35.2	31-12-2014	1.3	8.6
Djibouti		158	Middle East & North Africa \| 17	34.9	31-12-2014	4.4	4.0
Latvia		159	Europe & Central Asia \| 46	33.5	31-12-2014	-3.5	-5.1
Dem. Rep. Congo		160	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 32	33.0	31-12-2014
United States		161	North America \| 2	32.5	31-12-2014	2.8	9.1
Venezuela		162	Latin America & Caribbean \| 30	31.7	31-12-2014	5.1	11
Mozambique		163	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 33	30.9	31-12-2014	8.2	30
Lao PDR		164	East Asia & Pacific \| 29	28.7	31-12-2014	6.3	19
Kyrgyz Republic		165	Europe & Central Asia \| 47	28.0	31-12-2014	3.2	10
Estonia		166	Europe & Central Asia \| 48	27.8	31-12-2014	-0.9	-7.6
Equatorial Guinea		167	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 34	25.8	31-12-2014	8.9	24
Brazil		168	Latin America & Caribbean \| 31	23.8	31-12-2014	2.8	11
Peru		169	Latin America & Caribbean \| 32	23.5	31-12-2014	3.2	11
The Bahamas		170	Latin America & Caribbean \| 33	23.2	31-12-2014	5.6	20
Chile		171	Latin America & Caribbean \| 34	23.0	31-12-2014	3.0	7.9
Vanuatu		172	East Asia & Pacific \| 30	21.9	31-12-2014	7.5	32
Sweden		173	Europe & Central Asia \| 49	21.6	31-12-2014	2.4	2.0
Solomon Islands		174	East Asia & Pacific \| 31	21.1	31-12-2014	7.1	34
Zambia		175	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 35	19.5	31-12-2014	8.9	32
Bhutan		176	South Asia \| 8	19.1	31-12-2014	5.9	24
Uruguay		177	Latin America & Caribbean \| 35	18.9	31-12-2014	0.9	-0.3
Sudan		178	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 36	18.7	31-12-2014	7.6	27
South Sudan		179	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 37	18.0	31-12-2014	14	48
Paraguay		180	Latin America & Caribbean \| 36	16.5	31-12-2014	5.5	17
New Zealand		181	East Asia & Pacific \| 32	16.4	31-12-2014	3.1	9.6
Somalia		182	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 38	16.4	31-12-2014	8.0	30
Algeria		183	Middle East & North Africa \| 18	16.3	31-12-2014	5.4	15
Finland		184	Europe & Central Asia \| 50	15.6	31-12-2014	1.4	1.2
Argentina		185	Latin America & Caribbean \| 37	15.5	31-12-2014	2.7	12
Angola		186	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 39	15.3	31-12-2014	11	21
Belize		187	Latin America & Caribbean \| 38	14.8	31-12-2014	7.9	30
Norway		188	Europe & Central Asia \| 51	14.6	31-12-2013	3.6	3.7
New Caledonia		189	East Asia & Pacific \| 33	14.4	31-12-2014	3.0	17
Papua New Guinea		190	East Asia & Pacific \| 34	14.2	31-12-2014	7.3	11
Niger		191	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 40	13.8	31-12-2014	12	38
Congo		192	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 41	13.6	31-12-2014	9.6	32
Mali		193	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 42	13.3	31-12-2014	10	42
Saudi Arabia		194	Middle East & North Africa \| 19	12.7	31-12-2013	5.6	30
Turkmenistan		195	Europe & Central Asia \| 52	10.6	31-12-2014	3.7	9.9
Oman		196	Middle East & North Africa \| 20	10.4	31-12-2013	4.2	44
Bolivia		197	Latin America & Caribbean \| 39	9.7	31-12-2014	5.0	16
Chad		198	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 43	8.9	31-12-2014	9.8	22
Central African Republic		199	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 44	8.5	31-12-2014	5.8	20
Russia		200	Europe & Central Asia \| 53	8.3	31-12-2014	-0.4	-2.0
Kazakhstan		201	Europe & Central Asia \| 54	6.6	31-12-2014	5.1	18
Gabon		202	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 45	6.3	31-12-2014	7.5	27
Botswana		203	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 46	3.7	31-12-2014	2.9	11
Libya		204	Middle East & North Africa \| 21	3.6	31-12-2013	4.9	15
Suriname		205	Latin America & Caribbean \| 40	3.5	31-12-2014	3.0	17
Canada		206	North America \| 3	3.5	31-12-2014	3.2	9.4
Guyana		207	Latin America & Caribbean \| 41	3.4	31-12-2014	2.0	6.0
Mauritania		208	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 47	3.4	31-12-2014	8.6	17
Iceland		209	Europe & Central Asia \| 55	3.1	31-12-2014	4.8	8.9
Australia		210	East Asia & Pacific \| 35	2.9	31-12-2014	4.8	12
Namibia		211	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 48	2.7	31-12-2014	4.4	15
Mongolia		212	East Asia & Pacific \| 36	1.9	31-12-2014	4.4	30
Greenland		213	Europe & Central Asia \| 56	0.03	31-12-2014	-0.8	1.9

Data Source:
CIA - The World Factbook
Compiled from multiple sources