Population density 2026

Population density measures how many people live per square kilometer in a country, highlighting urbanization and resource distribution. Understanding this statistic is crucial for assessing living conditions, infrastructure needs, and environmental impact.

236 data points•Updated 11/4/2025•World•United Nations Population Division•

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Rank
1	Monaco	25,822.584 per sq. km
2	China, Macao SAR	22,885.077 per sq. km
3	Singapore	8,765.896 per sq. km
4	China, Hong Kong SAR	6,708.308 per sq. km
5	Gibraltar	4,095.505 per sq. km
6	Bahrain	2,143.131 per sq. km
7	Maldives	1,779.89 per sq. km
8	Malta	1,746.504 per sq. km
9	Bangladesh	1,364.539 per sq. km
10	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,309.447 per sq. km
11	Bermuda	1,195.693 per sq. km
12	Guernsey	1,012.291 per sq. km
13	State of Palestine	946.279 per sq. km
14	Mayotte	927.385 per sq. km
15	Jersey	898.003 per sq. km
16	Barbados	657.464 per sq. km
17	Taiwan	649.401 per sq. km
18	Mauritius	623.381 per sq. km
19	Rwanda	614.103 per sq. km
20	Nauru	605.257 per sq. km
21	Aruba	601.873 per sq. km
22	Lebanon	574.342 per sq. km
23	Burundi	568.612 per sq. km
24	Netherlands	550.256 per sq. km
25	San Marino	543.557 per sq. km
26	Saint Barthélemy	526.316 per sq. km
27	South Korea	521.761 per sq. km
28	India	496.42 per sq. km
29	Comoros	483.063 per sq. km
30	Israel	446.843 per sq. km
31	Saint Martin (French part)	446.195 per sq. km
32	Curaçao	437.631 per sq. km
33	Haiti	436.666 per sq. km
34	Philippines	392.309 per sq. km
35	Belgium	390.591 per sq. km
36	Sri Lanka	372.634 per sq. km
37	Puerto Rico	371.877 per sq. km
38	Réunion	354.324 per sq. km
39	Grenada	345.578 per sq. km
40	Pakistan	336.174 per sq. km
41	Vietnam	326.414 per sq. km
42	Japan	324.985 per sq. km
43	Cayman Islands	320.784 per sq. km
44	Martinique	317.822 per sq. km
45	Guam	314.933 per sq. km
46	Tuvalu	310.095 per sq. km
47	El Salvador	308.546 per sq. km
48	Trinidad and Tobago	296.047 per sq. km
49	Seychelles	296.006 per sq. km
50	Kuwait	294.793 per sq. km
51	Saint Lucia	293.118 per sq. km
52	United Kingdom	288.626 per sq. km
53	Gambia	284.9 per sq. km
54	Qatar	275.98 per sq. km
55	Luxembourg	267.359 per sq. km
56	Nigeria	265.942 per sq. km
57	Uganda	264.01 per sq. km
58	British Virgin Islands	262.094 per sq. km
59	Jamaica	262.07 per sq. km
60	Sao Tome and Principe	254.928 per sq. km
61	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	254.285 per sq. km
62	Liechtenstein	252.548 per sq. km
63	Germany	242.593 per sq. km
64	Dominican Republic	240.607 per sq. km
65	Malawi	240.562 per sq. km
66	United States Virgin Islands	238.182 per sq. km
67	Switzerland	226.22 per sq. km
68	American Samoa	225.927 per sq. km
69	Tokelau	225.679 per sq. km
70	Guadeloupe	223.439 per sq. km
71	North Korea	221.443 per sq. km
72	Antigua and Barbuda	215.209 per sq. km
73	Nepal	201.775 per sq. km
74	Italy	199.458 per sq. km
75	Marshall Islands	194.503 per sq. km
76	Kiribati	190.852 per sq. km
77	Togo	182.67 per sq. km
78	Saint Kitts and Nevis	180.516 per sq. km
79	Andorra	179.038 per sq. km
80	Guatemala	176.878 per sq. km
81	Anguilla	167.681 per sq. km
82	United Arab Emirates	165.845 per sq. km
83	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	163.131 per sq. km
84	Tonga	158.924 per sq. km
85	Ghana	156.897 per sq. km
86	Kosovo	151.612 per sq. km
87	Indonesia	150.698 per sq. km
88	Cyprus	149.857 per sq. km
89	China	147.288 per sq. km
90	Isle of Man	147.12 per sq. km
91	Syrian Arab Republic	145.087 per sq. km
92	Denmark	142.646 per sq. km
93	Thailand	140.159 per sq. km
94	Czech Republic	139.084 per sq. km
95	Ethiopia	138.752 per sq. km
96	Benin	134.479 per sq. km
97	Jordan	132.088 per sq. km
98	Cabo Verde	131.546 per sq. km
99	Azerbaijan	126.144 per sq. km
100	Poland	125.673 per sq. km
101	Sierra Leone	125.501 per sq. km
102	France	121.19 per sq. km
103	Egypt	120.774 per sq. km
104	Turkey	114.291 per sq. km
105	Portugal	113.39 per sq. km
106	Slovakia	112.424 per sq. km
107	Austria	111.296 per sq. km
108	Malaysia	110.802 per sq. km
109	Iraq	110.605 per sq. km
110	Hungary	106.369 per sq. km
111	Armenia	105.441 per sq. km
112	Côte d'Ivoire	105.264 per sq. km
113	Slovenia	105.262 per sq. km
114	Honduras	102.537 per sq. km
115	Cuba	101.995 per sq. km
116	Costa Rica	101.376 per sq. km
117	Kenya	100.903 per sq. km
118	Senegal	100.549 per sq. km
119	Albania	100.475 per sq. km
120	Cambodia	99.83 per sq. km
121	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	99.379 per sq. km
122	Timor-Leste	96.503 per sq. km
123	Spain	95.495 per sq. km
124	Northern Mariana Islands	93.217 per sq. km
125	Republic of Moldova	91.669 per sq. km
126	Burkina Faso	89.876 per sq. km
127	Uzbekistan	88.77 per sq. km
128	Dominica	87.384 per sq. km
129	Morocco	86.966 per sq. km
130	Serbia	86.8 per sq. km
131	Myanmar	84.536 per sq. km
132	Romania	81.896 per sq. km
133	Tanzania	81.775 per sq. km
134	Guinea-Bissau	81.681 per sq. km
135	Brunei Darussalam	81.525 per sq. km
136	Yemen	81.274 per sq. km
137	Tunisia	79.947 per sq. km
138	Wallis and Futuna Islands	79.238 per sq. km
139	Ireland	78.852 per sq. km
140	Lesotho	78.671 per sq. km
141	Samoa	78.003 per sq. km
142	French Polynesia	76.858 per sq. km
143	Tajikistan	76.854 per sq. km
144	Bahamas	75.523 per sq. km
145	Greece	74.534 per sq. km
146	Ecuador	74.248 per sq. km
147	Eswatini	73.024 per sq. km
148	North Macedonia	72.429 per sq. km
149	Equatorial Guinea	70.682 per sq. km
150	Afghanistan	68.739 per sq. km
151	Croatia	68.607 per sq. km
152	Mexico	67.891 per sq. km
153	Cameroon	65.68 per sq. km
154	Guinea	62.871 per sq. km
155	Panama	62.395 per sq. km
156	Ukraine	61.86 per sq. km
157	Bulgaria	61.591 per sq. km
158	Bosnia and Herzegovina	60.8 per sq. km
159	Liberia	60.724 per sq. km
160	Nicaragua	58.981 per sq. km
161	Madagascar	57.57 per sq. km
162	Iran	57.409 per sq. km
163	Georgia	54.912 per sq. km
164	South Africa	53.739 per sq. km
165	Cook Islands	53.225 per sq. km
166	Djibouti	51.769 per sq. km
167	Fiji	51.293 per sq. km
168	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	51.24 per sq. km
169	Turks and Caicos Islands	49.798 per sq. km
170	Colombia	48.055 per sq. km
171	Montenegro	46.997 per sq. km
172	Mozambique	46.542 per sq. km
173	Lithuania	45.751 per sq. km
174	Zimbabwe	44.514 per sq. km
175	Belarus	44.018 per sq. km
176	Montserrat	42.03 per sq. km
177	Faroe Islands	40.955 per sq. km
178	Kyrgyzstan	38.686 per sq. km
179	Palau	38.335 per sq. km
180	United States	38.153 per sq. km
181	Laos	34.572 per sq. km
182	Somalia	32.218 per sq. km
183	Angola	32.204 per sq. km
184	Estonia	31.321 per sq. km
185	Venezuela	31.164 per sq. km
186	Eritrea	30.265 per sq. km
187	Zambia	30.235 per sq. km
188	Latvia	29.777 per sq. km
189	Solomon Islands	29.774 per sq. km
190	Sudan	29.686 per sq. km
191	Vanuatu	28.093 per sq. km
192	Peru	27.287 per sq. km
193	Chile	26.515 per sq. km
194	Sweden	26.327 per sq. km
195	Brazil	25.559 per sq. km
196	Papua New Guinea	24.182 per sq. km
197	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	24.019 per sq. km
198	Niger	22.697 per sq. km
199	South Sudan	22.283 per sq. km
200	Mali	21.218 per sq. km
201	Bhutan	20.892 per sq. km
202	Algeria	20.21 per sq. km
203	New Zealand	19.958 per sq. km
204	Uruguay	19.521 per sq. km
205	Congo	19.415 per sq. km
206	Belize	18.881 per sq. km
207	Finland	18.699 per sq. km
208	Norway	18.676 per sq. km
209	Oman	18.653 per sq. km
210	Paraguay	17.54 per sq. km
211	Chad	17.344 per sq. km
212	Saudi Arabia	16.532 per sq. km
213	Turkmenistan	16.503 per sq. km
214	Argentina	16.466 per sq. km
215	New Caledonia	16.289 per sq. km
216	Saint Helena	13.188 per sq. km
217	Bolivia	11.759 per sq. km
218	Gabon	10.274 per sq. km
219	Central African Republic	8.912 per sq. km
220	Russia	8.782 per sq. km
221	Kazakhstan	7.829 per sq. km
222	Niue	7.006 per sq. km
223	Mauritania	5.297 per sq. km
224	Botswana	4.591 per sq. km
225	Libya	4.499 per sq. km
226	Canada	4.461 per sq. km
227	Guyana	4.274 per sq. km
228	Suriname	4.137 per sq. km
229	Iceland	4.047 per sq. km
230	French Guiana	3.879 per sq. km
231	Namibia	3.849 per sq. km
232	Australia	3.544 per sq. km
233	Western Sahara	2.299 per sq. km
234	Mongolia	2.288 per sq. km
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0.284 per sq. km
236	Greenland	0.136 per sq. km

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Analysis: These countries represent the highest values in this dataset, showcasing significant scale and impact on global statistics.

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Context: These countries or territories have the lowest values, often due to geographic size, administrative status, or specific characteristics.

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The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs conducts demographic research, supports intergovernmental processes at the United Nations in the area of population and development, and assists countries in developing their capacity to produce and analyse population data and information. The Division brings population issues to the attention of the international community by highlighting the central role of demographic trends in all aspects of sustainable development. The Division publishes datasets on the world’s population and analyzes global demographic trends.

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