Countries by population density

Name: Countries by population density, 2023
Creator: World Bank
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Macao had the highest population density of 215 countries in 2023, at 20,384.4 inhabitants per km². Greenland had the lowest, at 0.1 inhabitants per km². The median was 95.3 inhabitants per km² and the figure for the World was 62.1 inhabitants per km². Source: the World Bank.

Highest20,384.4Macao

Lowest0.1Greenland

Median95.3215 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2023 inhabitants per km²	Change on 2022
1	Macao	20,384.4	-0.7%
2	Monaco	18,692.9	+0.1%
3	Singapore	8,178.1	+4.8%
4	Hong Kong	7,177.2	+2.6%
5	Gibraltar	3,847.1	+2.3%
6	Bahrain	1,971.3	+2.1%
7	Maldives	1,765.1	+1%
8	Malta	1,753.9	+4.1%
9	Bangladesh	1,317.3	+1.2%
10	Sint Maarten	1,257.3	+1.4%
11	Bermuda	1,198.1	-0.1%
12	Palestine	857.4	+2.4%
13	Barbados	656.6	0%
14	Mauritius	624.3	-1.1%
15	Aruba	596.4	0%
16	Rwanda	587.1	+2.2%
17	Nauru	565.5	-4.2%
18	Lebanon	564.4	+0.5%
19	San Marino	553.3	+0.3%
20	Burundi	533.1	+2.8%
21	Netherlands	531	+1%
22	South Korea	529.8	+0.1%
23	Saint Martin	519.2	-4.7%
24	India	483.7	+0.9%
25	Comoros	457	+1.9%
26	Israel	455.1	+3%
27	Haiti	422.3	+1.2%
28	Belgium	386.3	+0.9%
29	Philippines	385.3	+0.8%
30	Tuvalu	377.5	-1.8%
31	Puerto Rico	361.2	-0.5%
32	Sri Lanka	356.2	-0.6%
33	Curaçao	348.3	+0.9%
34	Japan	341.6	-0.5%
35	Grenada	340.4	-1%
36	Pakistan	321.1	+1.6%
37	Vietnam	320.2	+0.7%
38	Guam	307.8	+0.6%
39	El Salvador	304.5	+0.5%
40	Cayman Islands	304.3	+2%
41	U.S. Virgin Islands	301.5	-0.5%
42	Saint Lucia	293.9	+0.3%
43	United Kingdom	283.2	+1.3%
44	Kuwait	272.4	+5.7%
45	Trinidad and Tobago	266.7	+0.2%
46	Gambia	266.6	+2.3%
47	Jamaica	262.2	0%
48	Seychelles	262.1	-0.1%
49	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	260.5	-0.7%
50	Luxembourg	258.9	+2%
51	British Virgin Islands	258.2	+1.7%
52	Nigeria	250.2	+2.1%
53	Liechtenstein	249	+0.9%
54	Uganda	242.7	+2.8%
55	São Tomé and Príncipe	240.5	+2%
56	American Samoa	238.8	-1.2%
57	Germany	238.4	+0.1%
58	Dominican Republic	235.1	+0.9%
59	Qatar	231.2	-0%
60	Switzerland	225	+1.3%
61	Malawi	223.8	+2.6%
62	North Korea	219.4	+0.3%
63	Marshall Islands	214.5	-3.7%
64	Antigua and Barbuda	211.9	+0.4%
65	Nepal	207.1	-0.1%
66	Italy	199.5	-0%
67	Saint Kitts and Nevis	179.1	-0.3%
68	Andorra	172.8	+1.4%
69	Guatemala	169.1	+1.6%
70	Kiribati	163.4	+1.5%
71	Micronesia	160.7	+0.3%
72	Togo	151.2	+1.9%
73	China	150.3	-0.1%
74	Denmark	148.7	+0.7%
75	Indonesia	148.6	+0.9%
76	Ghana	148.5	+1.9%
77	United Arab Emirates	147.6	+4.1%
78	Isle of Man	147.1	-0.3%
79	Cyprus	145.6	+1%
80	Tonga	145.3	-0.4%
81	Czechia	140.8	+1.8%
82	Thailand	140.3	-0%
83	Cape Verde	129.6	+0.5%
84	Jordan	128.8	+1.6%
85	Syria	128.5	+5%
86	France	126.9	+0.3%
87	Benin	125.1	+2.6%
88	Azerbaijan	122.9	+0.1%
89	Poland	119.8	-0.4%
90	Sierra Leone	117.2	+2.2%
91	Portugal	115.5	+1.4%
92	Egypt	115.1	+1.7%
93	Ethiopia	114.7	+2.7%
94	Slovakia	112.9	-0.1%
95	Türkiye	110.9	+0.4%
96	Austria	110.7	+1%
97	Malaysia	106.9	+1.2%
98	Cuba	106.2	-0.4%
99	Slovenia	105.3	+0.4%
100	Armenia	105.1	-0.2%
101	Hungary	105.1	-0.1%
102	Iraq	103.8	+2.3%
103	Costa Rica	101	+0.5%
104	Northern Mariana Islands	98.8	-1.4%
105	Cambodia	98.7	+1.3%
106	Côte d’Ivoire	98	+2.5%
107	Spain	96.8	+1.2%
108	Kenya	95.3	+2%
109	Honduras	95.1	+1.7%
110	Senegal	93.9	+2.4%
111	Timor-Leste	93.1	+1.1%
112	Dominica	88.6	-0.6%
113	Albania	88	-1.6%
114	Brunei	87.1	+0.8%
115	Moldova	85.4	-3%
116	Morocco	84.5	+1%
117	Burkina Faso	84.2	+2.3%
118	Myanmar	82.9	+0.7%
119	Romania	82.8	+0.1%
120	French Polynesia	81	+0.3%
121	Uzbekistan	80.9	+2%
122	Greece	80.7	-0.3%
123	Tunisia	78.5	+0.7%
124	Samoa	77.9	+0.7%
125	Ireland	77.1	+1.9%
126	Guinea-Bissau	76.6	+2.3%
127	Lesotho	76.1	+1.1%
128	Serbia	75.6	-0.6%
129	Tanzania	75.4	+2.9%
130	Tajikistan	74.9	+2%
131	Yemen	74.6	+3.1%
132	North Macedonia	72.5	-0.2%
133	Ecuador	72.4	+0.9%
134	Eswatini	71.5	+1%
135	Croatia	69	+0.1%
136	Mexico	66.7	+0.9%
137	Equatorial Guinea	65.9	+2.4%
138	Ukraine	65.1	-8.1%
139	Georgia	65	+0.1%
140	Afghanistan	63.6	+2.2%
141	Bosnia and Herzegovina	62.2	-0.6%
142	Panama	60.1	+1.3%
143	Cameroon	60	+2.7%
144	Bulgaria	59.4	-0.3%
145	Guinea	58.6	+2.5%
146	Liberia	57	+2.2%
147	Nicaragua	56.7	+1.4%
148	Iran	55.8	+1.2%
149	Madagascar	53.6	+2.5%
150	South Africa	52.1	+1.3%
151	Fiji	50.6	+0.5%
152	Djibouti	49.7	+1.4%
153	Turks and Caicos Islands	48.7	+0.8%
154	Colombia	47.2	+1.1%
155	Democratic Republic of the Congo	46.7	+3.3%
156	Montenegro	46.4	-0%
157	Lithuania	45.9	+1.4%
158	Belarus	45.2	-0.5%
159	Mozambique	42.8	+3%
160	Zimbabwe	42.2	+1.7%
161	Bahamas	39.9	+0.5%
162	Faroe Islands	39.7	+0.9%
163	Palau	38.6	-0.2%
164	Kyrgyzstan	37	+1.8%
165	United States	36.8	+0.8%
166	Laos	33.2	+1.4%
167	Venezuela	32.1	+0.3%
168	Estonia	32.1	+1.6%
169	Latvia	30.3	+0.2%
170	Angola	29.5	+3.1%
171	Somalia	29.3	+3.1%
172	Eritrea	28.7	+1.8%
173	Solomon Islands	28.6	+2.4%
174	Zambia	27.9	+2.8%
175	Sudan	26.8	+1.3%
176	Chile	26.5	+0.6%
177	Peru	26.4	+1.1%
178	Vanuatu	26.3	+2.4%
179	Sweden	25.9	+0.5%
180	Brazil	25.3	+0.4%
181	Papua New Guinea	22.9	+1.8%
182	Niger	20.7	+3.3%
183	Bhutan	20.6	+0.7%
184	New Zealand	19.7	+2.3%
185	Mali	19.5	+3%
186	Algeria	19.4	+1.5%
187	Uruguay	19.4	-0.1%
188	Finland	18.4	+0.5%
189	South Sudan	18.2	+4.2%
190	Republic of the Congo	18.1	+2.4%
191	Belize	18	+2.1%
192	Paraguay	17.3	+1.2%
193	Argentina	16.6	+0.3%
194	Oman	16.3	+6.7%
195	Saudi Arabia	15.7	+4.7%
196	Turkmenistan	15.7	+1.9%
197	New Caledonia	15.6	+1%
198	Chad	15.3	+4.7%
199	Norway	15.2	+1.1%
200	Bolivia	11.3	+1.4%
201	Gabon	9.6	+2.2%
202	Russia	8.8	-0.3%
203	Central African Republic	8.3	+1.1%
204	Kazakhstan	7.5	+1.5%
205	Mauritania	4.9	+3%
206	Canada	4.6	+2.8%
207	Botswana	4.4	+1.7%
208	Libya	4.2	+1.1%
209	Suriname	3.9	+0.9%
210	Guyana	3.9	+0.6%
211	Iceland	3.8	+1%
212	Namibia	3.6	+2.5%
213	Australia	3.5	+2.5%
214	Mongolia	2.2	+1.3%
215	Greenland	0.1	+0.4%

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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 20,384.4 inhabitants per km² in 2023, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest population density?

Greenland, with 0.1 inhabitants per km² in 2023.

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.