Countries by population density

Name: Countries by population density, 2013
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Macao had the highest population density of 215 countries in 2013, at 19,534.7 inhabitants per km². Greenland had the lowest, at 0.1 inhabitants per km². The median was 86.9 inhabitants per km² and the figure for the World was 55.9 inhabitants per km². Source: the World Bank.

Highest19,534.7Macao

Lowest0.1Greenland

Median86.9215 countries

World55.9History

Top 40 countries, 2013

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2013 inhabitants per km²	Change on 2012
1	Macao	19,534.7	+2.9%
2	Monaco	17,487.4	+2.1%
3	Singapore	7,642.1	+1.5%
4	Hong Kong	6,837	+0.4%
5	Gibraltar	3,240.7	+1.2%
6	Bahrain	1,627.5	+3.7%
7	Maldives	1,333.6	+3.4%
8	Malta	1,327.5	+1.1%
9	Bangladesh	1,202.5	+0.9%
10	Bermuda	1,177.3	-0.1%
11	Sint Maarten	1,054.5	+2.4%
12	Saint Martin	748.4	+0.4%
13	Palestine	677.2	+2.4%
14	Barbados	645.7	+0.3%
15	Mauritius	629.5	+0.1%
16	Aruba	587.1	+1.5%
17	Lebanon	561.4	+9.7%
18	San Marino	550.7	-1.3%
19	Nauru	525.9	+2.4%
20	South Korea	517.6	+0.3%
21	Netherlands	498.8	+0.4%
22	Rwanda	449.7	+2.4%
23	India	435.8	+1.3%
24	Puerto Rico	409.4	-0.8%
25	Burundi	406.5	+3.7%
26	Comoros	374.1	+2.1%
27	Israel	372.4	+1.9%
28	Haiti	370.9	+1.5%
29	Belgium	367.9	+0.5%
30	Tuvalu	366.7	+0.6%
31	Japan	349.6	-0.1%
32	Curaçao	346.4	+1.1%
33	Philippines	342.3	+1.9%
34	Grenada	333.8	+0.6%
35	Sri Lanka	328.3	-2.8%
36	U.S. Virgin Islands	308.7	-0.1%
37	Guam	307.3	-0.2%
38	El Salvador	296.3	+0.4%
39	Vietnam	289.4	+1.3%
40	Saint Lucia	284.2	+0.5%
41	Marshall Islands	281.6	-1.4%
42	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	277.3	-0.6%
43	Pakistan	273.8	+1.6%
44	American Samoa	270	-0.9%
45	United Kingdom	265.1	+0.7%
46	Trinidad and Tobago	261.3	+0.4%
47	Jamaica	257	+0.4%
48	Cayman Islands	244.4	+2.7%
49	Germany	231.2	+0.2%
50	Liechtenstein	231.2	+0.9%
51	British Virgin Islands	211.4	+4.5%
52	Luxembourg	211.1	+2.3%
53	Dominican Republic	211	+1.2%
54	North Korea	210.4	+0.5%
55	Gambia	207.9	+3%
56	Switzerland	204.7	+1.2%
57	Italy	203.9	+0.2%
58	São Tomé and Príncipe	201.2	+2%
59	Antigua and Barbuda	200.1	+0.9%
60	Nigeria	198.8	+2.8%
61	Kuwait	196.8	+5.1%
62	Seychelles	195.5	+1.9%
63	Nepal	192.5	+0.2%
64	Saint Kitts and Nevis	181	+0.1%
65	Uganda	176.2	+2.9%
66	Malawi	171.4	+2.9%
67	Qatar	165.1	+11.3%
68	Andorra	160	-2.1%
69	Micronesia	154.5	+0.2%
70	Tonga	148.7	-0.4%
71	Isle of Man	147.6	-0.2%
72	China	145.2	+0.7%
73	Guatemala	143.6	+2%
74	Kiribati	140.5	+1.4%
75	Denmark	140.4	+0.4%
76	Thailand	136.7	+0.6%
77	Indonesia	136.3	+1.2%
78	Czechia	136.2	0%
79	Cyprus	128.1	+1.6%
80	Cape Verde	127.1	+0.1%
81	Togo	125	+2.2%
82	Poland	124.2	-0.1%
83	France	122.5	+0.5%
84	Ghana	120.4	+2.4%
85	Syria	118	-4.8%
86	Northern Mariana Islands	114.7	-0.9%
87	Portugal	114.2	-0.6%
88	Azerbaijan	113.9	+1.3%
89	Slovakia	112.6	+0.1%
90	Hungary	109.1	-0.5%
91	Cuba	108.4	+2.3%
92	United Arab Emirates	108.3	+4.1%
93	Armenia	106.1	-0.1%
94	Albania	102.8	-1.5%
95	Austria	102.8	+0.6%
96	Slovenia	102.3	+0.2%
97	Moldova	99.6	-0.1%
98	Türkiye	98.9	+1.3%
99	Egypt	95.8	+2.3%
100	Benin	95	+3%
101	Spain	93.2	-0.4%
102	Sierra Leone	93	+2.5%
103	Dominica	93	+0.9%
104	Costa Rica	92.4	+1.1%
105	Malaysia	91.8	+1.7%
106	Jordan	90	+5.3%
107	Ethiopia	87.7	+2.8%
108	Romania	86.9	-0.4%
109	Cambodia	85.9	+1.5%
110	Greece	85.1	-0.7%
111	Serbia	81.9	-0.5%
112	Iraq	81.3	+4.9%
113	Ukraine	79.6	-0.2%
114	Honduras	79.4	+2%
115	French Polynesia	79.1	+0.6%
116	Kenya	79	+2.5%
117	Brunei	78	+1.4%
118	Timor-Leste	77.9	+2.1%
119	Myanmar	77	+0.9%
120	North Macedonia	76.2	-0.4%
121	Morocco	75.7	+1.3%
122	Croatia	75.7	-0.6%
123	Côte d’Ivoire	75.3	+2%
124	Tunisia	71.7	+1.2%
125	Senegal	71.2	+3%
126	Bosnia and Herzegovina	70.5	-1.6%
127	Samoa	70.1	+0.9%
128	Uzbekistan	68.2	+1.6%
129	Lesotho	67.7	+1.1%
130	Ireland	67.1	+0.5%
131	Bulgaria	66	-2%
132	Eswatini	65.7	+0.5%
133	Georgia	65	-0.3%
134	Burkina Faso	64.7	+3%
135	Ecuador	63.6	+1.5%
136	Mexico	60.9	+1.3%
137	Guinea-Bissau	60.3	+2.7%
138	Tajikistan	58.7	+2.5%
139	Yemen	55.5	+3.1%
140	Tanzania	55.1	+3.1%
141	Panama	51.5	+1.8%
142	Fiji	50.2	+0.2%
143	Nicaragua	49.7	+1.4%
144	Iran	49.4	+1.3%
145	Afghanistan	48.5	+3.5%
146	Equatorial Guinea	48	+4.1%
147	Lithuania	47.2	-0.9%
148	Belarus	46.5	-0%
149	Liberia	46.4	+2.2%
150	Montenegro	46.3	+0.2%
151	Guinea	45.5	+2.5%
152	Cameroon	45.3	+2.8%
153	South Africa	45.1	+1.7%
154	Djibouti	42.5	+1.9%
155	Colombia	41.6	+1%
156	Madagascar	41.4	+2.8%
157	Palau	38.4	-0.7%
158	Bahamas	37.9	+0.9%
159	Zimbabwe	36.2	+1.4%
160	Turks and Caicos Islands	35.4	+4.7%
161	United States	34.6	+0.8%
162	Faroe Islands	34.6	-0.1%
163	Venezuela	33.9	+1.2%
164	Democratic Republic of the Congo	33.4	+3.5%
165	Latvia	32.3	-1.1%
166	Mozambique	31.9	+2.9%
167	Estonia	30.3	-2.8%
168	Kyrgyzstan	30.1	+2.2%
169	Laos	28.6	+1.4%
170	Eritrea	25.4	+1.2%
171	Chile	23.8	+1%
172	Brazil	23.7	+0.8%
173	Sweden	23.6	+0.9%
174	Peru	23.3	+0.9%
175	Solomon Islands	21.3	+3.7%
176	Angola	21	+3.9%
177	Vanuatu	20.9	+2.2%
178	Zambia	20.7	+3.3%
179	Somalia	20.5	+3.3%
180	Sudan	20.2	+2.3%
181	Uruguay	19.1	+0.3%
182	Bhutan	19	+1.1%
183	Papua New Guinea	18.3	+2.7%
184	Finland	17.9	+0.5%
185	South Sudan	17.7	+3.8%
186	New Zealand	16.9	+0.8%
187	Algeria	16.1	+2%
188	Argentina	15.6	+1%
189	New Caledonia	15.1	+1.9%
190	Paraguay	15.1	+1.4%
191	Belize	15	+2.2%
192	Niger	14.6	+3.8%
193	Mali	14.3	+3%
194	Republic of the Congo	14.2	+2.5%
195	Norway	13.9	+1.3%
196	Saudi Arabia	12.9	+5.6%
197	Turkmenistan	12.6	+2.3%
198	Oman	12.4	+8.1%
199	Chad	10.9	+3.6%
200	Bolivia	9.9	+1.6%
201	Russia	8.8	+0.3%
202	Central African Republic	7.5	+0.7%
203	Gabon	7.4	+3.6%
204	Kazakhstan	6.5	+1.4%
205	Canada	3.9	+1.1%
206	Guyana	3.8	+0.5%
207	Botswana	3.8	+1.5%
208	Mauritania	3.6	+3.2%
209	Libya	3.6	+2%
210	Suriname	3.5	+1.1%
211	Iceland	3.2	+1%
212	Australia	3	+1.7%
213	Namibia	2.7	+2.6%
214	Mongolia	1.9	+2.1%
215	Greenland	0.1	-0.6%

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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. 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 19,534.7 inhabitants per km² in 2013, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest population density?

Greenland, with 0.1 inhabitants per km² in 2013.

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.