Countries by population density, 2024

Name: Countries by population density, 2024
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Macao had the highest population density of 214 countries in 2024, at 20,630.6 inhabitants per km². Greenland had the lowest, at 0.1 inhabitants per km². The median was 97 inhabitants per km². Source: the World Bank.

Highest20,630.6Macao

Lowest0.1Greenland

Median97214 countries

Top 40 countries, 2024

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inhabitants per km². Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2024 inhabitants per km²	Change on 2023
1	Macao	20,630.6	+1.2%
2	Monaco	18,536.9	-0.8%
3	Singapore	8,329	+1.8%
4	Hong Kong	7,165.8	-0.2%
5	Gibraltar	3,932.9	+2.2%
6	Bahrain	1,985.8	+0.7%
7	Malta	1,805	+2.9%
8	Maldives	1,771.1	+0.3%
9	Bangladesh	1,333.4	+1.2%
10	Sint Maarten	1,275	+1.4%
11	Bermuda	1,197	-0.1%
12	Palestine	877.9	+2.4%
13	Barbados	655.4	-0.2%
14	Mauritius	622.9	-0.2%
15	Aruba	600	+0.6%
16	Rwanda	599.9	+2.2%
17	Nauru	568.9	+0.6%
18	Lebanon	567.5	+0.6%
19	San Marino	555.2	+0.3%
20	Burundi	547	+2.6%
21	Netherlands	534.4	+0.7%
22	South Korea	530.2	+0.1%
23	Saint Martin	493	-5%
24	India	488	+0.9%
25	Comoros	463.5	+1.4%
26	Israel	462.2	+1.6%
27	Haiti	427.2	+1.2%
28	Belgium	388.9	+0.7%
29	Philippines	388.5	+0.8%
30	Tuvalu	371	-1.7%
31	Puerto Rico	361.1	-0%
32	Sri Lanka	354.3	-0.5%
33	Curaçao	351.3	+0.8%
34	Grenada	340.7	+0.1%
35	Japan	340.1	-0.4%
36	Pakistan	326	+1.5%
37	Vietnam	322.2	+0.6%
38	Cayman Islands	310.2	+1.9%
39	Guam	310.1	+0.8%
40	El Salvador	305.9	+0.5%
41	U.S. Virgin Islands	299.9	-0.5%
42	Saint Lucia	294.7	+0.3%
43	United Kingdom	286.4	+1.1%
44	Kuwait	274.8	+0.9%
45	Gambia	272.7	+2.3%
46	Trinidad and Tobago	266.8	+0.1%
47	Seychelles	265.5	+1.3%
48	Luxembourg	263	+1.6%
49	Jamaica	262.2	-0%
50	British Virgin Islands	261.4	+1.2%
51	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	258.7	-0.7%
52	Nigeria	255.5	+2.1%
53	Liechtenstein	252.8	+1.5%
54	Uganda	249.4	+2.8%
55	Qatar	248.7	+7.6%
56	São Tomé and Príncipe	245.4	+2%
57	Germany	239	+0.3%
58	Dominican Republic	237.1	+0.8%
59	American Samoa	235	-1.6%
60	Malawi	229.7	+2.6%
61	Switzerland	227.9	+1.3%
62	North Korea	220.1	+0.3%
63	Antigua and Barbuda	213	+0.5%
64	Marshall Islands	207.4	-3.3%
65	Nepal	206.8	-0.1%
66	Italy	199.4	-0.1%
67	Saint Kitts and Nevis	179.5	+0.2%
68	Andorra	175.1	+1.3%
69	Guatemala	171.8	+1.6%
70	Kiribati	165.9	+1.5%
71	Micronesia	161.4	+0.5%
72	United Arab Emirates	154.7	+4.8%
73	Togo	154.6	+2.2%
74	Ghana	151.3	+1.9%
75	China	150.1	-0.1%
76	Indonesia	149.8	+0.8%
77	Denmark	149.4	+0.5%
78	Isle of Man	147	-0.1%
79	Cyprus	147	+1%
80	Tonga	144.7	-0.4%
81	Czechia	141.3	+0.4%
82	Thailand	140.3	-0%
83	Syria	134.4	+4.6%
84	Cape Verde	130.2	+0.5%
85	Jordan	130.1	+1%
86	Benin	128.3	+2.5%
87	France	127.2	+0.3%
88	Azerbaijan	123.4	+0.5%
89	Sierra Leone	119.7	+2.1%
90	Poland	119.4	-0.3%
91	Ethiopia	117.7	+2.6%
92	Egypt	117.1	+1.7%
93	Portugal	116.7	+1.1%
94	Slovakia	112.8	-0.1%
95	Austria	111.2	+0.5%
96	Türkiye	111.1	+0.2%
97	Malaysia	108.2	+1.2%
98	Armenia	107.6	+2.3%
99	Iraq	106.1	+2.1%
100	Cuba	105.8	-0.4%
101	Slovenia	105.7	+0.3%
102	Hungary	104.8	-0.3%
103	Costa Rica	101.5	+0.5%
104	Côte d’Ivoire	100.4	+2.5%
105	Cambodia	99.9	+1.2%
106	Spain	97.8	+1%
107	Kenya	97.2	+2%
108	Northern Mariana Islands	96.9	-1.9%
109	Honduras	96.8	+1.7%
110	Senegal	96.1	+2.3%
111	Timor-Leste	94.2	+1.2%
112	Dominica	88.2	-0.5%
113	Brunei	87.8	+0.8%
114	Albania	86.8	-1.4%
115	Burkina Faso	86.1	+2.3%
116	Morocco	85.3	+1%
117	Moldova	83.5	-2.3%
118	Myanmar	83.5	+0.7%
119	Uzbekistan	82.9	+2.5%
120	Romania	82.8	-0%
121	Greece	80.7	-0%
122	French Polynesia	80	-1.2%
123	Tunisia	79	+0.6%
124	Samoa	78.4	+0.6%
125	Ireland	78.3	+1.6%
126	Guinea-Bissau	78.3	+2.2%
127	Tanzania	77.6	+2.9%
128	Lesotho	77	+1.1%
129	Yemen	76.9	+3%
130	Tajikistan	76.3	+1.9%
131	Serbia	75.2	-0.6%
132	Ecuador	73	+0.9%
133	North Macedonia	72.3	-0.2%
134	Eswatini	72.3	+1%
135	Croatia	69.1	+0.2%
136	Equatorial Guinea	67.5	+2.4%
137	Mexico	67.3	+0.9%
138	Georgia	66.7	+2.6%
139	Afghanistan	65.4	+2.9%
140	Ukraine	65.3	+0.3%
141	Bosnia and Herzegovina	61.8	-0.7%
142	Cameroon	61.6	+2.6%
143	Panama	60.9	+1.3%
144	Guinea	60	+2.4%
145	Bulgaria	59.3	-0.1%
146	Liberia	58.3	+2.2%
147	Iran	56.4	+1.1%
148	Madagascar	54.9	+2.5%
149	South Africa	52.8	+1.3%
150	Fiji	50.7	+0.2%
151	Djibouti	50.4	+1.4%
152	Turks and Caicos Islands	49.1	+0.7%
153	Democratic Republic of the Congo	48.2	+3.3%
154	Colombia	47.7	+1.1%
155	Montenegro	46.4	-0%
156	Lithuania	46.1	+0.6%
157	Belarus	45	-0.5%
158	Mozambique	44	+3%
159	Zimbabwe	43	+1.8%
160	Bahamas	40.1	+0.5%
161	Faroe Islands	39.9	+0.4%
162	Palau	38.5	-0.4%
163	Kyrgyzstan	37.7	+1.7%
164	United States	37.2	+1%
165	Laos	33.7	+1.4%
166	Venezuela	32.2	+0.4%
167	Estonia	32.1	+0.1%
168	Angola	30.4	+3.1%
169	Somalia	30.3	+3.5%
170	Latvia	30	-0.9%
171	Eritrea	29.3	+1.9%
172	Solomon Islands	29.3	+2.4%
173	Zambia	28.7	+2.9%
174	Sudan	27	+0.8%
175	Vanuatu	26.9	+2.3%
176	Peru	26.7	+1.1%
177	Chile	26.6	+0.6%
178	Sweden	26	+0.3%
179	Brazil	25.4	+0.4%
180	Papua New Guinea	23.4	+1.8%
181	Niger	21.3	+3.3%
182	Bhutan	20.8	+0.7%
183	New Zealand	20.1	+1.7%
184	Mali	20.1	+3%
185	Algeria	19.7	+1.4%
186	Uruguay	19.4	-0%
187	South Sudan	18.9	+4%
188	Republic of the Congo	18.5	+2.4%
189	Finland	18.5	+0.6%
190	Belize	18.3	+1.5%
191	Paraguay	17.5	+1.2%
192	Oman	17.1	+4.6%
193	Argentina	16.7	+0.3%
194	Saudi Arabia	16.4	+4.7%
195	Chad	16.1	+5.1%
196	Turkmenistan	15.9	+1.8%
197	New Caledonia	15.8	+1%
198	Norway	15.3	+1%
199	Bolivia	11.4	+1.4%
200	Gabon	9.9	+2.2%
201	Russia	8.8	-0.1%
202	Central African Republic	8.6	+3.5%
203	Kazakhstan	7.6	+1.3%
204	Mauritania	5	+2.9%
205	Canada	4.7	+3%
206	Botswana	4.4	+1.6%
207	Libya	4.2	+1%
208	Suriname	4	+0.9%
209	Guyana	3.9	+0.6%
210	Iceland	3.8	+0.2%
211	Namibia	3.7	+2.3%
212	Australia	3.5	+2.1%
213	Mongolia	2.3	+1.3%
214	Greenland	0.1	-0.1%

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About this ranking

Resident population divided by land area in km². World Bank figures use mid-year population and land area excluding inland water.

United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July divided by land area (water excluded) from the latest Census Gazetteer files. US tables often give people per square mile; multiply persons per km² by 2.59 to compare.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 1 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2024 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population density, people per km² of land area (EN.POP.DNST). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.POP.DNST. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which country has the highest population density?

Macao, with 20,630.6 inhabitants per km² in 2024, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest population density?

Greenland, with 0.1 inhabitants per km² in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Population density, people per km² of land area (EN.POP.DNST). Retrieved 2026-10-09. 1 countries have no value for 2024 and are not ranked.