Countries by population density

Name: Countries by population density, 2017
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Macao had the highest population density of 215 countries in 2017, at 21,051.9 inhabitants per km². Greenland had the lowest, at 0.1 inhabitants per km². The median was 91.1 inhabitants per km² and the figure for the World was 58.6 inhabitants per km². Source: the World Bank.

Highest21,051.9Macao

Lowest0.1Greenland

Median91.1215 countries

World58.6History

Top 40 countries, 2017

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2017 inhabitants per km²	Change on 2016
1	Macao	21,051.9	-1.6%
2	Monaco	18,588.1	+1.1%
3	Singapore	7,889	-0.3%
4	Hong Kong	7,041.1	+0.8%
5	Gibraltar	3,424.5	+1.7%
6	Bahrain	1,924.5	+5.3%
7	Maldives	1,527.6	+3.4%
8	Malta	1,459.7	+2.8%
9	Bangladesh	1,246	+0.9%
10	Bermuda	1,177.4	+0.2%
11	Sint Maarten	1,146.9	+2%
12	Palestine	740	+2%
13	Saint Martin	736.7	-0.9%
14	Barbados	651.6	+0.2%
15	Mauritius	632.4	+0.1%
16	Aruba	604.1	0%
17	Lebanon	602.2	-2.6%
18	Nauru	566.2	+1.6%
19	San Marino	563.8	+2.2%
20	South Korea	526.7	+0.3%
21	Netherlands	508.8	+0.6%
22	Rwanda	494.6	+2.4%
23	India	457.3	+1.2%
24	Burundi	448.1	+2.4%
25	Comoros	406.6	+2%
26	Israel	402.6	+2%
27	Haiti	392.5	+1.4%
28	Puerto Rico	384.5	-2%
29	Belgium	375	+0.4%
30	Philippines	362.6	+1.3%
31	Tuvalu	362.3	-0.6%
32	Curaçao	360.8	+0.3%
33	Japan	348.3	-0.1%
34	Sri Lanka	346.6	+1.2%
35	Grenada	339.5	+0.3%
36	U.S. Virgin Islands	306.5	-0.2%
37	Vietnam	303.7	+1.2%
38	Guam	302.8	-0.5%
39	El Salvador	299.9	+0.2%
40	Pakistan	289.6	+1.4%
41	Saint Lucia	289.1	+0.4%
42	United Kingdom	272.7	+0.5%
43	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	270.9	-0.6%
44	Cayman Islands	268.9	+2.3%
45	Trinidad and Tobago	264.5	+0.2%
46	Jamaica	260	+0.2%
47	Marshall Islands	258.5	-2.5%
48	American Samoa	257.9	-1.3%
49	Liechtenstein	237.3	+0.7%
50	Germany	236.6	+0.4%
51	Kuwait	233.2	+3.8%
52	Luxembourg	231.6	+2.5%
53	Gambia	231.4	+2.6%
54	Qatar	221.6	+2.8%
55	Dominican Republic	220.8	+1.1%
56	Nigeria	219.9	+2.5%
57	British Virgin Islands	218	-3.5%
58	São Tomé and Príncipe	215.6	+1.6%
59	North Korea	214.4	+0.5%
60	Switzerland	213.9	+0.9%
61	Seychelles	208.4	+1.2%
62	Antigua and Barbuda	205.6	+0.6%
63	Italy	202.9	-0.2%
64	Uganda	200.4	+3.6%
65	Nepal	195.4	+0.2%
66	Malawi	191.3	+2.7%
67	Saint Kitts and Nevis	181	-0.1%
68	Andorra	156.9	+2.2%
69	Micronesia	156.4	+0.4%
70	Guatemala	154.6	+1.8%
71	China	148.7	+0.6%
72	Kiribati	148.5	+1.5%
73	Isle of Man	146.7	+0.2%
74	Tonga	146.3	-0.2%
75	Denmark	144.1	+0.6%
76	Indonesia	142.4	+1%
77	Thailand	139.3	+0.4%
78	Czechia	137.2	+0.3%
79	Cyprus	135.7	+1.4%
80	Togo	134.7	+1.7%
81	Ghana	131.9	+2.2%
82	United Arab Emirates	129.9	+3.2%
83	Cape Verde	127.3	+0.1%
84	France	124.2	+0.3%
85	Poland	124	0%
86	Azerbaijan	119.2	+1%
87	Jordan	115.3	+2.3%
88	Slovakia	113.1	+0.2%
89	Portugal	112.4	-0.2%
90	Northern Mariana Islands	108.6	-1.6%
91	Cuba	108.4	+0.1%
92	Benin	106.8	+2.9%
93	Austria	106.6	+0.7%
94	Hungary	106.6	-0.3%
95	Syria	104.7	+0.2%
96	Armenia	104.7	-0.4%
97	Türkiye	104.4	+1.3%
98	Egypt	104.2	+2%
99	Slovenia	102.6	+0.1%
100	Sierra Leone	102.2	+2.4%
101	Malaysia	98.5	+1.8%
102	Ethiopia	97.7	+2.8%
103	Albania	96.7	-1.5%
104	Costa Rica	96.2	+0.9%
105	Moldova	95.9	-1.7%
106	Spain	93.2	+0.2%
107	Dominica	91.3	-1.6%
108	Cambodia	91.1	+1.4%
109	Iraq	90.6	+2.3%
110	Honduras	85.7	+1.9%
111	Kenya	85.6	+1.9%
112	Romania	85.1	-0.6%
113	Timor-Leste	84.2	+1.9%
114	Côte d’Ivoire	84.1	+2.9%
115	Greece	83.4	-0.2%
116	Brunei	82.1	+1.2%
117	French Polynesia	80.7	+0.3%
118	Senegal	80.4	+2.9%
119	Serbia	80.3	-0.5%
120	Myanmar	79.5	+0.8%
121	Morocco	79.4	+1.2%
122	Ukraine	78.4	-0.4%
123	North Macedonia	75.3	-0.4%
124	Tunisia	75	+1.1%
125	Samoa	73.9	+2.8%
126	Burkina Faso	72.7	+2.9%
127	Uzbekistan	72.2	+1.7%
128	Croatia	72.2	-1.6%
129	Lesotho	71.1	+1.3%
130	Ireland	70.1	+1.4%
131	Ecuador	67.5	+1.5%
132	Eswatini	67.3	+0.8%
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina	67	-1.3%
134	Guinea-Bissau	66.8	+2.5%
135	Tajikistan	65.5	+2.5%
136	Georgia	65.2	0%
137	Mexico	63.5	+0.9%
138	Tanzania	62.8	+3.4%
139	Yemen	62.7	+3.1%
140	Bulgaria	62.7	-1.3%
141	Equatorial Guinea	55.7	+3.6%
142	Panama	55.3	+1.7%
143	Afghanistan	54.7	+2.8%
144	Nicaragua	52.5	+1.3%
145	Iran	52.4	+1.8%
146	Cameroon	51	+2.9%
147	Guinea	50.4	+2.6%
148	Liberia	50.3	+2%
149	Fiji	50.3	-0%
150	South Africa	47.5	+0.7%
151	Belarus	46.6	-0.1%
152	Montenegro	46.5	+0.1%
153	Madagascar	46	+2.6%
154	Djibouti	45.5	+1.7%
155	Lithuania	45.4	-1.2%
156	Colombia	43.4	+1.5%
157	Turks and Caicos Islands	42	+4.2%
158	Bahamas	39	+0.6%
159	Palau	38.7	+0.1%
160	Democratic Republic of the Congo	38.4	+3.7%
161	Zimbabwe	38.3	+1.5%
162	Faroe Islands	35.9	+1.4%
163	Mozambique	35.8	+3%
164	United States	35.7	+0.7%
165	Venezuela	34.7	-0.7%
166	Kyrgyzstan	32.9	+2.1%
167	Latvia	31.2	-0.9%
168	Estonia	30.8	+1.8%
169	Laos	30.4	+1.6%
170	Eritrea	26.1	+0.8%
171	Chile	25	+1.6%
172	Sweden	24.7	+1.4%
173	Solomon Islands	24.5	+3.5%
174	Brazil	24.5	+0.7%
175	Peru	24.5	+1.5%
176	Angola	24.3	+3.6%
177	Somalia	23.8	+4%
178	Zambia	23.5	+3.1%
179	Sudan	22.9	+3.5%
180	Vanuatu	22.8	+2.4%
181	Papua New Guinea	20.3	+2.4%
182	Bhutan	19.8	+0.9%
183	Uruguay	19.4	+0.3%
184	New Zealand	18.3	+2.1%
185	Finland	18.1	+0.2%
186	Algeria	17.5	+2.1%
187	Niger	16.9	+3.6%
188	Belize	16.4	+2.3%
189	Mali	16.2	+3.2%
190	South Sudan	16.2	-5.3%
191	Argentina	16.2	+0.9%
192	Paraguay	16	+1.4%
193	Republic of the Congo	15.7	+2.5%
194	New Caledonia	15.5	0%
195	Oman	14.7	+3.3%
196	Norway	14.5	+0.8%
197	Saudi Arabia	14.4	+0.1%
198	Turkmenistan	13.8	+2.3%
199	Chad	12.4	+3.4%
200	Bolivia	10.5	+1.5%
201	Russia	8.9	+0.2%
202	Gabon	8.4	+2.7%
203	Central African Republic	7.7	+1.7%
204	Kazakhstan	6.9	+1.6%
205	Mauritania	4.1	+3%
206	Canada	4.1	+1.2%
207	Botswana	4	+1.4%
208	Guyana	3.9	+0.6%
209	Libya	3.8	+1.6%
210	Suriname	3.7	+1%
211	Iceland	3.4	+2.4%
212	Australia	3.2	+1.7%
213	Namibia	3	+2.8%
214	Mongolia	2	+1.9%
215	Greenland	0.1	-0%

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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 21,051.9 inhabitants per km² in 2017, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest population density?

Greenland, with 0.1 inhabitants per km² in 2017.

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.