Countries by population density

Name: Countries by population density, 2016
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Macao had the highest population density of 215 countries in 2016, at 21,393.4 inhabitants per km². Greenland had the lowest, at 0.1 inhabitants per km². The median was 89.8 inhabitants per km² and the figure for the World was 57.9 inhabitants per km². Source: the World Bank.

Highest21,393.4Macao

Lowest0.1Greenland

Median89.8215 countries

World57.9History

Top 40 countries, 2016

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2016 inhabitants per km²	Change on 2015
1	Macao	21,393.4	+1.2%
2	Monaco	18,389.7	+1.4%
3	Singapore	7,915.4	+1.3%
4	Hong Kong	6,987.2	+0.6%
5	Gibraltar	3,365.8	+1.4%
6	Bahrain	1,827.6	+3.8%
7	Maldives	1,477.7	+3.5%
8	Malta	1,420.3	+2.3%
9	Bangladesh	1,235.4	+0.9%
10	Bermuda	1,175	-0%
11	Sint Maarten	1,125	+2.1%
12	Saint Martin	743.5	-0.5%
13	Palestine	725.4	+2.3%
14	Barbados	650.2	+0.2%
15	Mauritius	631.9	+0.1%
16	Lebanon	618.1	-2.3%
17	Aruba	604	+0.8%
18	Nauru	557.5	+1.8%
19	San Marino	551.7	+0.6%
20	South Korea	525.4	+0.4%
21	Netherlands	505.8	+0.5%
22	Rwanda	483.1	+2.4%
23	India	452	+1.2%
24	Burundi	437.7	+1.7%
25	Comoros	398.6	+2.1%
26	Israel	394.9	+2%
27	Puerto Rico	392.4	-1.5%
28	Haiti	387.2	+1.4%
29	Belgium	373.6	+0.5%
30	Tuvalu	364.3	-0.3%
31	Curaçao	359.6	+1.1%
32	Philippines	358	+1.4%
33	Japan	348.6	-0.1%
34	Sri Lanka	342.7	+1.1%
35	Grenada	338.6	+0.4%
36	U.S. Virgin Islands	307.2	-0.2%
37	Guam	304.1	-0.4%
38	Vietnam	299.9	+1.3%
39	El Salvador	299.3	+0.3%
40	Saint Lucia	287.9	+0.4%
41	Pakistan	285.6	+1.3%
42	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	272.7	-0.6%
43	United Kingdom	271.2	+0.8%
44	Marshall Islands	265.1	-2.2%
45	Trinidad and Tobago	263.9	+0.3%
46	Cayman Islands	262.9	+2.4%
47	American Samoa	261.2	-1.2%
48	Jamaica	259.5	+0.3%
49	Liechtenstein	235.7	+0.6%
50	Germany	235.7	+0.7%
51	Luxembourg	226.1	+2.2%
52	British Virgin Islands	225.9	-1.8%
53	Gambia	225.7	+2.7%
54	Kuwait	224.7	+4.4%
55	Dominican Republic	218.4	+1.1%
56	Qatar	215.6	+5.7%
57	Nigeria	214.6	+2.5%
58	North Korea	213.4	+0.5%
59	São Tomé and Príncipe	212.2	+1.7%
60	Switzerland	211.9	+1.1%
61	Seychelles	205.8	+1.3%
62	Antigua and Barbuda	204.5	+0.6%
63	Italy	203.3	-0.2%
64	Nepal	195	+0.5%
65	Uganda	193.5	+3.4%
66	Malawi	186.2	+2.8%
67	Saint Kitts and Nevis	181.1	-0%
68	Micronesia	155.8	+0.3%
69	Andorra	153.6	0%
70	Guatemala	151.8	+1.9%
71	China	147.8	+0.6%
72	Tonga	146.6	-0.5%
73	Isle of Man	146.4	-0.2%
74	Kiribati	146.3	+1.4%
75	Denmark	143.2	+0.8%
76	Indonesia	140.9	+1.1%
77	Thailand	138.7	+0.5%
78	Czechia	136.9	+0.2%
79	Cyprus	133.9	+1.4%
80	Togo	132.4	+1.8%
81	Ghana	129	+2.3%
82	Cape Verde	127.2	0%
83	United Arab Emirates	125.8	+5.1%
84	Poland	124	-0%
85	France	123.8	+0.3%
86	Azerbaijan	118	+1.1%
87	Slovakia	113	+0.1%
88	Portugal	112.7	-0.3%
89	Jordan	112.7	+4.8%
90	Northern Mariana Islands	110.4	-1.4%
91	Cuba	108.3	-0%
92	Hungary	106.9	-0.4%
93	Austria	105.9	+1.1%
94	Armenia	105.1	-0.4%
95	Syria	104.5	-1.2%
96	Benin	103.7	+3%
97	Türkiye	103	+1.4%
98	Slovenia	102.5	+0.1%
99	Egypt	102.1	+2.1%
100	Sierra Leone	99.8	+2.4%
101	Albania	98.2	-1.5%
102	Moldova	97.6	-1.2%
103	Malaysia	96.8	+1.8%
104	Costa Rica	95.3	+1%
105	Ethiopia	95	+2.7%
106	Spain	93	+0.1%
107	Dominica	92.8	-1.1%
108	Cambodia	89.8	+1.5%
109	Iraq	88.6	+2.4%
110	Romania	85.6	-0.6%
111	Honduras	84.1	+1.9%
112	Kenya	84	+1.9%
113	Greece	83.6	-0.4%
114	Timor-Leste	82.6	+1.9%
115	Côte d’Ivoire	81.7	+2.9%
116	Brunei	81.1	+1.3%
117	Serbia	80.7	-0.5%
118	French Polynesia	80.4	+0.5%
119	Myanmar	78.9	+0.8%
120	Ukraine	78.7	-0.4%
121	Morocco	78.5	+1.2%
122	Senegal	78.1	+3%
123	North Macedonia	75.6	-0.3%
124	Tunisia	74.2	+1.1%
125	Croatia	73.4	-1.1%
126	Samoa	71.9	+0.9%
127	Uzbekistan	71	+1.7%
128	Burkina Faso	70.7	+3%
129	Lesotho	70.2	+1.2%
130	Ireland	69.1	+1.3%
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina	67.8	-1.3%
132	Eswatini	66.8	+0.6%
133	Ecuador	66.5	+1.5%
134	Georgia	65.2	+0.1%
135	Guinea-Bissau	65.1	+2.5%
136	Tajikistan	63.9	+2.6%
137	Bulgaria	63.5	-1.3%
138	Mexico	62.9	+1%
139	Yemen	60.8	+3%
140	Tanzania	60.8	+3.5%
141	Panama	54.4	+1.7%
142	Equatorial Guinea	53.8	+3.7%
143	Afghanistan	53.2	+2.6%
144	Nicaragua	51.8	+1.4%
145	Iran	51.5	+1.4%
146	Fiji	50.3	+0.1%
147	Cameroon	49.6	+3%
148	Liberia	49.4	+2.1%
149	Guinea	49.1	+2.6%
150	South Africa	47.2	+0.9%
151	Belarus	46.6	+0.1%
152	Montenegro	46.5	+0.1%
153	Lithuania	45.9	-1.1%
154	Madagascar	44.9	+2.6%
155	Djibouti	44.8	+1.7%
156	Colombia	42.8	+1%
157	Turks and Caicos Islands	40.3	+4.7%
158	Bahamas	38.8	+0.7%
159	Palau	38.7	+0.2%
160	Zimbabwe	37.7	+1.4%
161	Democratic Republic of the Congo	37	+3.6%
162	United States	35.5	+0.8%
163	Faroe Islands	35.4	+1.2%
164	Venezuela	34.9	+0.6%
165	Mozambique	34.8	+3%
166	Kyrgyzstan	32.2	+2.2%
167	Latvia	31.5	-0.9%
168	Estonia	30.3	0%
169	Laos	29.9	+1.6%
170	Eritrea	25.9	+0.6%
171	Chile	24.6	+1.1%
172	Sweden	24.4	+1.3%
173	Brazil	24.3	+0.8%
174	Peru	24.1	+1.3%
175	Solomon Islands	23.7	+3.6%
176	Angola	23.4	+3.6%
177	Somalia	22.9	+3.9%
178	Zambia	22.8	+3.1%
179	Vanuatu	22.3	+2.2%
180	Sudan	22.1	+3.1%
181	Papua New Guinea	19.8	+2.5%
182	Bhutan	19.6	+0.9%
183	Uruguay	19.3	+0.3%
184	Finland	18.1	+0.3%
185	New Zealand	17.9	+2.3%
186	Algeria	17.2	+2.1%
187	South Sudan	17.1	-2.5%
188	Niger	16.3	+3.7%
189	Argentina	16	+1%
190	Belize	16	+2.3%
191	Paraguay	15.7	+1.5%
192	Mali	15.7	+3.2%
193	New Caledonia	15.5	+0.1%
194	Republic of the Congo	15.3	+2.5%
195	Saudi Arabia	14.4	+3.8%
196	Norway	14.3	+0.9%
197	Oman	14.2	+4.9%
198	Turkmenistan	13.5	+2.3%
199	Chad	12	+3.2%
200	Bolivia	10.3	+1.5%
201	Russia	8.9	+0.3%
202	Gabon	8.2	+2.9%
203	Central African Republic	7.6	+1.8%
204	Kazakhstan	6.8	+1.5%
205	Canada	4	+1.1%
206	Mauritania	4	+3%
207	Botswana	3.9	+1.4%
208	Guyana	3.9	+0.6%
209	Libya	3.8	+1.5%
210	Suriname	3.7	+1.1%
211	Iceland	3.3	+1.4%
212	Australia	3.1	+1.4%
213	Namibia	3	+2.7%
214	Mongolia	2	+2%
215	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. 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 21,393.4 inhabitants per km² in 2016, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest population density?

Greenland, with 0.1 inhabitants per km² in 2016.

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.