Countries by population density

Name: Countries by population density, 2022
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Macao had the highest population density of 215 countries in 2022, at 20,524.2 inhabitants per km². Greenland had the lowest, at 0.1 inhabitants per km². The median was 93.5 inhabitants per km² and the figure for the World was 61.6 inhabitants per km². Source: the World Bank.

Highest20,524.2Macao

Lowest0.1Greenland

Median93.5215 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2022 inhabitants per km²	Change on 2021
1	Macao	20,524.2	-0.8%
2	Monaco	18,680.9	+1%
3	Singapore	7,803.2	+2.7%
4	Hong Kong	6,996.3	-0.9%
5	Gibraltar	3,760.9	+2%
6	Bahrain	1,930	+1.4%
7	Maldives	1,747	+1.5%
8	Malta	1,685.3	+2.5%
9	Bangladesh	1,301.3	+1%
10	Sint Maarten	1,239.4	+1.4%
11	Bermuda	1,199.1	+0.2%
12	Palestine	837.1	+2.5%
13	Barbados	656.6	+0.1%
14	Mauritius	631.3	-0.3%
15	Aruba	596.2	-0.4%
16	Nauru	590.1	+0.8%
17	Rwanda	574.3	+2.2%
18	Lebanon	561.5	+0.5%
19	San Marino	551.6	-3.4%
20	Saint Martin	544.7	-9.1%
21	South Korea	529.4	-0.2%
22	Netherlands	525.7	+1%
23	Burundi	518.7	+2.7%
24	India	479.4	+0.8%
25	Comoros	448.2	+2%
26	Israel	441.7	+2%
27	Haiti	417.4	+1.1%
28	Tuvalu	384.3	+13.1%
29	Belgium	383	+0.8%
30	Philippines	382.2	+0.8%
31	Puerto Rico	363	-1.3%
32	Sri Lanka	358.6	+0.1%
33	Curaçao	345.3	-0.4%
34	Grenada	343.9	+0.2%
35	Japan	343.3	-0.4%
36	Vietnam	318	+0.8%
37	Pakistan	316.1	+1.8%
38	Guam	305.9	+0.9%
39	El Salvador	303.1	+0.4%
40	U.S. Virgin Islands	302.9	+0.1%
41	Cayman Islands	298.3	+2.1%
42	Saint Lucia	293.1	+0.1%
43	United Kingdom	279.6	+1%
44	Trinidad and Tobago	266.2	-0.1%
45	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	262.3	-0.5%
46	Seychelles	262.3	+21.6%
47	Jamaica	262.2	+0.1%
48	Gambia	260.5	+2.3%
49	Kuwait	257.6	+5.2%
50	British Virgin Islands	253.8	+0.7%
51	Luxembourg	253.7	+2%
52	Liechtenstein	246.8	+0.8%
53	Nigeria	245	+2.1%
54	American Samoa	241.7	-1.8%
55	Germany	238.1	-0%
56	Uganda	236	+3.1%
57	São Tomé and Príncipe	235.7	+2%
58	Dominican Republic	233	+1%
59	Qatar	231.3	+6.1%
60	Marshall Islands	222.7	-3.1%
61	Switzerland	222.2	+0.8%
62	North Korea	218.7	+0.4%
63	Malawi	218.2	+2.6%
64	Antigua and Barbuda	211	+0.5%
65	Nepal	207.3	+0.8%
66	Italy	199.6	-0.2%
67	Saint Kitts and Nevis	179.7	-0.1%
68	Andorra	170.3	+2.1%
69	Guatemala	166.6	+1.4%
70	Kiribati	161.1	+1.6%
71	Micronesia	160.2	+0.4%
72	China	150.4	-0%
73	Togo	148.3	+1.7%
74	Isle of Man	147.6	0%
75	Denmark	147.6	+0.8%
76	Indonesia	147.3	+0.7%
77	Tonga	145.9	-0.4%
78	Ghana	145.7	+1.9%
79	Cyprus	144.1	+1.1%
80	United Arab Emirates	141.9	+5.2%
81	Thailand	140.4	0%
82	Czechia	138.3	+1.6%
83	Cape Verde	129	+0.6%
84	Jordan	126.8	+1.7%
85	France	126.5	+0.5%
86	Azerbaijan	122.7	0%
87	Syria	122.3	+3.9%
88	Benin	122	+2.6%
89	Poland	120.3	-0.4%
90	Sierra Leone	114.7	+2.3%
91	Portugal	113.9	+0.7%
92	Egypt	113.1	+1.5%
93	Slovakia	113	-0.3%
94	Ethiopia	111.7	+2.7%
95	Türkiye	110.4	+1%
96	Austria	109.6	+1%
97	Cuba	106.5	-0.6%
98	Malaysia	105.6	+1.2%
99	Armenia	105.3	+0.2%
100	Hungary	105.2	-0.3%
101	Slovenia	104.9	+0.2%
102	Iraq	101.5	+2.3%
103	Costa Rica	100.5	+0.4%
104	Northern Mariana Islands	100.2	-1.9%
105	Cambodia	97.4	+1.3%
106	Spain	95.6	+0.7%
107	Côte d’Ivoire	95.6	+2.5%
108	Honduras	93.5	+1.7%
109	Kenya	93.4	+1.9%
110	Timor-Leste	92.1	+1.4%
111	Senegal	91.7	+2.5%
112	Albania	89.5	-1.5%
113	Dominica	89.1	-0.6%
114	Moldova	88.1	-2.6%
115	Brunei	86.4	+0.8%
116	Morocco	83.6	+1%
117	Romania	82.8	-0.4%
118	Myanmar	82.4	+0.7%
119	Burkina Faso	82.3	+2.3%
120	Greece	81	-1.3%
121	French Polynesia	80.8	+0.2%
122	Uzbekistan	79.3	+2%
123	Tunisia	78	+0.6%
124	Samoa	77.4	+0.7%
125	Serbia	76.1	-2.5%
126	Ireland	75.7	+2%
127	Lesotho	75.3	+1.1%
128	Guinea-Bissau	74.9	+2.3%
129	Tajikistan	73.4	+2.2%
130	Tanzania	73.2	+3%
131	North Macedonia	72.6	-0.3%
132	Yemen	72.4	+2.9%
133	Ecuador	71.8	+0.8%
134	Eswatini	70.9	+1%
135	Ukraine	70.8	-7.3%
136	Croatia	68.9	-0.6%
137	Mexico	66.2	+0.8%
138	Georgia	65	+0.1%
139	Equatorial Guinea	64.3	+2.5%
140	Bosnia and Herzegovina	62.6	-1.2%
141	Afghanistan	62.2	+1.4%
142	Bulgaria	59.6	-0.6%
143	Panama	59.3	+1.3%
144	Cameroon	58.5	+2.7%
145	Guinea	57.2	+2.5%
146	Nicaragua	55.9	+1.3%
147	Liberia	55.8	+2.2%
148	Iran	55.2	+1.2%
149	Madagascar	52.3	+2.5%
150	South Africa	51.4	+1.4%
151	Fiji	50.3	+0.3%
152	Djibouti	49.1	+1.4%
153	Turks and Caicos Islands	48.4	+1.5%
154	Colombia	46.6	+1.1%
155	Montenegro	46.4	-0.2%
156	Belarus	45.5	-0.8%
157	Lithuania	45.2	+0.8%
158	Democratic Republic of the Congo	45.2	+3.3%
159	Zimbabwe	41.5	+1.7%
160	Mozambique	41.5	+3%
161	Bahamas	39.7	+0.3%
162	Faroe Islands	39.3	+1.1%
163	Palau	38.7	-0.1%
164	United States	36.5	+0.6%
165	Kyrgyzstan	36.4	+1.8%
166	Laos	32.8	+1.4%
167	Venezuela	32	-0.1%
168	Estonia	31.6	+1.4%
169	Latvia	30.2	-0.3%
170	Angola	28.6	+3.2%
171	Somalia	28.4	+3.1%
172	Eritrea	28.2	+1.8%
173	Solomon Islands	27.9	+2.4%
174	Zambia	27.1	+2.8%
175	Sudan	26.4	+2.7%
176	Chile	26.3	+0.5%
177	Peru	26.2	+1%
178	Sweden	25.7	+0.7%
179	Vanuatu	25.7	+2.3%
180	Brazil	25.2	+0.4%
181	Papua New Guinea	22.5	+1.9%
182	Bhutan	20.5	+0.7%
183	Niger	20	+3.3%
184	Uruguay	19.4	-0.2%
185	New Zealand	19.3	-0.1%
186	Algeria	19.1	+1.6%
187	Mali	18.9	+3.1%
188	Finland	18.3	+0.3%
189	Republic of the Congo	17.7	+2.4%
190	Belize	17.7	+1.9%
191	South Sudan	17.4	+1.4%
192	Paraguay	17.1	+1.5%
193	Argentina	16.6	+0.2%
194	New Caledonia	15.5	+0.7%
195	Turkmenistan	15.4	+1.9%
196	Oman	15.3	+5.1%
197	Norway	15	+0.9%
198	Saudi Arabia	15	+4.5%
199	Chad	14.7	+3.5%
200	Bolivia	11.1	+1.2%
201	Gabon	9.4	+2.3%
202	Russia	8.8	-0.4%
203	Central African Republic	8.2	-0.3%
204	Kazakhstan	7.4	+1.5%
205	Mauritania	4.7	+3%
206	Canada	4.4	+1.9%
207	Botswana	4.3	+1.6%
208	Libya	4.1	+1.2%
209	Guyana	3.9	+0.8%
210	Suriname	3.9	+0.9%
211	Iceland	3.8	+2.5%
212	Namibia	3.5	+2.8%
213	Australia	3.4	+1.3%
214	Mongolia	2.2	+1.5%
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 20,524.2 inhabitants per km² in 2022, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest population density?

Greenland, with 0.1 inhabitants per km² in 2022.

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.