List of countries by population density

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Population density by country, 2006

List of countries/dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km². The list includes de facto sovereign states and dependent territories that are recognized by the United Nations. The figures in the following table are based on areas including inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Data is as of July 2005 and is taken from the United Nations World Populations Prospects Report (2004 revision).

Note that figures are simply estimates of population divided by total surface area and should not be considered either as reflecting density in the urban sense or as indicative of the ability of a territory’s land to support human habitation.

Population Area (km²) Density(Pop per km²)
— World (land only) 6,464,750,000 134,682,000 48

Rank Country Population Area (km²) Density (Pop per km²)
1 Monaco 35,253 1.49
2 Macau SAR (PRC) 460,162 26 17,699
3 Hong Kong SAR (PRC) 7,040,885 1,099 6,407
4 Singapore 4,325,539 683 6,333
5 Gibraltar 27,921 6 4,654
6 Vatican City 783 0.44 1,780
7 Malta 401,630 316 1,271
8 Bermuda 64,174 53 1,211
9 Maldives 329,198 298 1,105
10 Bahrain 726,617 694 1,047
11 Bangladesh 141,822,300 143,998 985
12 Channel Islands 149,463 195 766
13 Nauru 13,635 21 649
14 Republic of China (Taiwan) 22,894,384 35,980
15 Barbados 269,556 430 627
16 Palestinian territories 3,702,212 6,020 615
17 Mauritius 1,244,663 2,040 610
18 Aruba 99,468 180 553
19 South Korea 47,816,940 99,538 480
20 San Marino 28,117 61 461
21 Puerto Rico 3,954,584 8,875 446
22 Tuvalu 10,441 26 402
23 Netherlands 16,299,170 41,528 392
24 Martinique 395,932 1,102 359
25 Comoros 797,902 2,235 357
26 Lebanon 3,576,818 10,400 344
27 Rwanda 9,037,690 26,338 343
28 Marshall Islands 61,963 181 342
29 Belgium 10,419,050 30,528 341
30 Japan 128,084,700 377,873 339
31 India 1,103,371,000 3,287,263 336
32 El Salvador 6,880,951 21,041 327
33 American Samoa 64,869 199 326
34 U.S. Virgin Islands 111,818 347 322
35 Sri Lanka 20,742,910 65,610 316
36 Réunion 785,139 2,510 313
37 Guam 169,635 549 309
38 Haiti 8,527,777 27,750 307
39 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 119,051 388 307
40 Israel 6,724,564 22,145 304
41 Saint Lucia 160,765 539 298
42 Philippines 83,054,480 300,000 277
43 Burundi 7,547,515 27,834 271
44 Guadeloupe 448,484 1,705 263
45 Grenada 102,924 344 260
46 Trinidad and Tobago 1,305,236 5,130 254
47 Vietnam 84,238,230 331,689 254
48 United Kingdom 59,667,840 242,900 246
49 Jamaica 2,650,713 10,991 241
50 Germany 82,689,210 357,022 232
51 Netherlands Antilles 182,656 800 228
52 Liechtenstein 34,521 160 216
53 Pakistan 157,935,100 796,095 198
54 Italy 58,092,740 301,318 193
55 North Korea 22,487,660 120,538 187
56 Nepal 27,132,630 147,181 184
57 Antigua and Barbuda 81,479 442 184
58 Dominican Republic 8,894,907 48,671 183
59 Luxembourg 464,904 2,586 180
60 Seychelles 80,654 455 177
61 Switzerland 7,252,331 41,284 176
62 Northern Mariana Islands 80,801 464 174
63 Cayman Islands 45,017 264 171
64 Saint Kitts and Nevis 42,696 261 164
65 Sao Tome and Principe 156,523 964 162
66 Federated States of Micronesia 110,487 702 157
67 Kuwait 2,686,873 17,818 151
68 British Virgin Islands 22,016 151 146
69 Andorra 67,151 468 143
70 Nigeria 131,529,700 923,768 142
71 People's Republic of China 1,315,844,000 9,596,961 137
72 Tonga 102,311 747 137
73 Kiribati 99,350 726 137
74 The Gambia 1,517,079 11,295 134
75 Anguilla 12,205 91 134
76 Isle of Man 76,538 572 134
77 Czech Republic 10,219,600 78,866 130
78 Denmark 5,430,590 43,094 126
79 Cape Verde 506,807 4,033 126
80 Thailand 64,232,760 513,115 125
81 Moldova 4,205,747 33,851 124
82 Uganda 28,816,230 241,038 120
83 Poland 38,529,560 312,685 119
84 Indonesia 222,781,500 1,904,569 117
85 Guatemala 12,599,060 108,889 116
86 Tokelau 1,378 12 115
87 Portugal 10,494,500 91,982 114
88 Slovakia 5,400,908 49,033 110
89 France (Metropolitan) 60,495,540 551,500 110
90 Albania 3,129,678 28,748 109
91 Malawi 12,883,940 118,484 109
92 Hungary 10,097,730 93,032 109
93 Togo 6,145,004 56,785 108
94 Serbia 9,396,411 88,361
95 Dominica 78,940 751 105
96 Syria 19,043,380 185,180 103
97 Cuba 11,269,400 110,861 102
98 Armenia 3,016,312 29,800 101
99 Austria 8,189,444 83,858 98
100 Azerbaijan 8,410,801 86,600 97
101 Slovenia 1,966,814 20,256 97
102 Turkey 73,192,840 783,562 93
103 Ghana 22,112,810 238,533 93
104 Romania 21,711,470 238,391 91
105 Cyprus 835,307 9,251 90
106 Spain 43,064,190 505,992 85
107 Costa Rica 4,327,228 51,100 85
108 Greece 11,119,890 131,957 84
109 Croatia 4,551,338 56,538 81
110 Republic of Macedonia 2,034,060 25,713 79
111 Cambodia 14,071,010 181,035 78
112 Wallis and Futuna 15,480 200 77
113 Sierra Leone 5,525,478 71,740 77
114 Ukraine 46,480,700 603,700 77
115 Malaysia 25,347,370 329,847 77
116 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,907,074 51,197 76
117 Cook Islands 17,954 236 76
118 Benin 8,438,853 112,622 75
119 Myanmar 50,519,490 676,578 75
120 Egypt 74,032,880 1,001,449 74
121 Qatar 812,842 11,000 74
122 Morocco 31,478,460 446,550 70
123 Ethiopia 77,430,700 1,104,300 70
124 Bulgaria 7,725,965 110,912 70
125 Iraq 28,807,190 438,317 66
126 Samoa 184,984 2,831 65
127 Brunei 373,819 5,765 65
128 Honduras 7,204,723 112,088 64
129 Georgia 4,474,404 69,700 64
130 French Polynesia 256,603 4,000 64
131 Jordan 5,702,776 89,342 64
132 East Timor 947,064 14,874 64
133 Tunisia 10,102,470 163,610 62
134 Turks and Caicos Islands 26,288 417 61
135 Swaziland 1,032,438 17,364 59
136 Uzbekistan 26,593,120 447,400 59
137 Senegal 11,658,170 196,722 59
138 Lesotho 1,794,769 30,355 59
139 Ireland 4,147,901 70,273 59
140 Kenya 34,255,720 580,367 59
141 Côte d'Ivoire 18,153,870 322,463 56
142 Mexico 107,029,400 1,958,201 55
143 United Arab Emirates 4,495,823 83,600 54
144 Lithuania 3,431,033 65,300 53
145 Burkina Faso 13,227,840 274,000 48
146 Belarus 9,755,106 207,600 47
147 Ecuador 13,228,420 283,561 47
148 Fiji 847,706 18,274 46
149 Bhutan 2,162,546 47,000 46
150 Afghanistan 29,863,010 652,090 46
151 Tajikistan 6,506,980 143,100 45
152 Montenegro 630,548 14,026
153 Montserrat 4,488 102 44
154 Guinea-Bissau 1,586,344 36,125 44
155 Palau 19,949 459 43
156 Panama 3,231,502 75,517 43
157 Nicaragua 5,486,685 130,000 42
158 Iran 69,515,210 1,648,195 42
159 Tanzania 38,328,810 945,087 41
160 Saint Helena 4,918 122 40
161 Colombia 45,600,240 1,138,914 40
162 Yemen 20,974,660 527,968 40
163 South Africa 47,431,830 1,221,037 39
164 Guinea 9,402,098 245,857 38
165 Eritrea 4,401,357 117,600 37
166 Latvia 2,306,988 64,600 36
167 Cameroon 16,321,860 475,442 34
168 Djibouti 793,078 23,200 34
169 Faroe Islands 47,017 1,399 34
170 Zimbabwe 13,009,530 390,757 33
171 Madagascar 18,605,920 587,041 32
172 United States 298,212,900 9,629,091 31
173 Estonia 1,329,697 45,100 29
174 Liberia 3,283,267 111,369 29
175 Venezuela 26,749,110 912,050 29
176 Kyrgyzstan 5,263,794 199,900 26
177 Laos 5,924,145 236,800 25
178 Mozambique 19,792,300 801,590 25
179 Democratic Republic of the Congo 57,548,740 2,344,858 25
180 Saint-Pierre and Miquelon 5,769 242 24
181 The Bahamas 323,063 13,878 23
182 Brazil 186,404,900 8,514,877 22
183 Peru 27,968,240 1,285,216 22
184 Chile 16,295,100 756,096 22
185 Sweden 9,041,262 449,964 20
186 Uruguay 3,463,197 175,016 20
187 Equatorial Guinea 503,519 28,051 18
188 Vanuatu 211,367 12,189 17
189 Solomon Islands 477,742 28,896 17
190 Finland 5,249,060 338,145 16
191 Zambia 11,668,460 752,618 16
192 Paraguay 6,158,259 406,752 15
193 New Zealand 4,028,384 270,534 15
194 Sudan 36,232,950 2,505,813 14
195 Argentina 38,747,150 2,780,400 14
196 Algeria 32,853,800 2,381,741 14
197 Pitcairn Islands 67 5 13
198 Somalia 8,227,826 637,657 13
199 Angola 15,941,390 1,246,700 13
200 New Caledonia 236,838 18,575 13
201 Papua New Guinea 5,887,138 462,840 13
202 Norway 4,620,275 385,155 12
203 Belize 269,736 22,966 12
204 Republic of the Congo 3,998,904 342,000 12
205 Saudi Arabia 24,573,100 2,149,690 11
206 Niger 13,956,980 1,267,000 11
207 Mali 13,518,420 1,240,192 11
208 Turkmenistan 4,833,266 488,100 10
209 Russia 143,201,600 17,098,242 8
210 Bolivia 9,182,015 1,098,581 8
211 Oman 2,566,981 309,500 8
212 Chad 9,748,931 1,284,000 8
213 Central African Republic 4,037,747 622,984 6
214 Niue 1,445 260 6
215 Kazakhstan 14,825,110 2,724,900 5
216 Gabon 1,383,841 267,668 5
217 Guyana 751,218 214,969 3
218 Libya 5,853,452 1,759,540 3
219 Canada 32,268,240 9,970,610 3
220 Botswana 1,764,926 581,730 3
221 Mauritania 3,068,742 1,025,520 3
222 Iceland 294,561 103,000 3
223 Suriname 449,238 163,820 3
224 Australia 20,155,130 7,741,220 3
225 Namibia 2,031,252 824,292 2
226 French Guiana 187,056 90,000 2
227 Mongolia 2,646,487 1,564,116 2
228 Western Sahara 341,421 266,000 1
229 Falkland Islands 3,060 12,173 0.25
230 Greenland 56,916 2,175,600 0.03
Source: [United Nations World Population Prospects (2004 revision)]. Data is for 2005.

		Population	Area (km²)	Density(Pop per km²)
—	World (land only)	6,464,750,000	134,682,000	48
Rank	Country	Population	Area (km²)	Density (Pop per km²)
1	Monaco	35,253	1.49
2	Macau SAR (PRC)	460,162	26	17,699
3	Hong Kong SAR (PRC)	7,040,885	1,099	6,407
4	Singapore	4,325,539	683	6,333
5	Gibraltar	27,921	6	4,654
6	Vatican City	783	0.44	1,780
7	Malta	401,630	316	1,271
8	Bermuda	64,174	53	1,211
9	Maldives	329,198	298	1,105
10	Bahrain	726,617	694	1,047
11	Bangladesh	141,822,300	143,998	985
12	Channel Islands	149,463	195	766
13	Nauru	13,635	21	649
14	Republic of China (Taiwan)	22,894,384	35,980
15	Barbados	269,556	430	627
16	Palestinian territories	3,702,212	6,020	615
17	Mauritius	1,244,663	2,040	610
18	Aruba	99,468	180	553
19	South Korea	47,816,940	99,538	480
20	San Marino	28,117	61	461
21	Puerto Rico	3,954,584	8,875	446
22	Tuvalu	10,441	26	402
23	Netherlands	16,299,170	41,528	392
24	Martinique	395,932	1,102	359
25	Comoros	797,902	2,235	357
26	Lebanon	3,576,818	10,400	344
27	Rwanda	9,037,690	26,338	343
28	Marshall Islands	61,963	181	342
29	Belgium	10,419,050	30,528	341
30	Japan	128,084,700	377,873	339
31	India	1,103,371,000	3,287,263	336
32	El Salvador	6,880,951	21,041	327
33	American Samoa	64,869	199	326
34	U.S. Virgin Islands	111,818	347	322
35	Sri Lanka	20,742,910	65,610	316
36	Réunion	785,139	2,510	313
37	Guam	169,635	549	309
38	Haiti	8,527,777	27,750	307
39	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	119,051	388	307
40	Israel	6,724,564	22,145	304
41	Saint Lucia	160,765	539	298
42	Philippines	83,054,480	300,000	277
43	Burundi	7,547,515	27,834	271
44	Guadeloupe	448,484	1,705	263
45	Grenada	102,924	344	260
46	Trinidad and Tobago	1,305,236	5,130	254
47	Vietnam	84,238,230	331,689	254
48	United Kingdom	59,667,840	242,900	246
49	Jamaica	2,650,713	10,991	241
50	Germany	82,689,210	357,022	232
51	Netherlands Antilles	182,656	800	228
52	Liechtenstein	34,521	160	216
53	Pakistan	157,935,100	796,095	198
54	Italy	58,092,740	301,318	193
55	North Korea	22,487,660	120,538	187
56	Nepal	27,132,630	147,181	184
57	Antigua and Barbuda	81,479	442	184
58	Dominican Republic	8,894,907	48,671	183
59	Luxembourg	464,904	2,586	180
60	Seychelles	80,654	455	177
61	Switzerland	7,252,331	41,284	176
62	Northern Mariana Islands	80,801	464	174
63	Cayman Islands	45,017	264	171
64	Saint Kitts and Nevis	42,696	261	164
65	Sao Tome and Principe	156,523	964	162
66	Federated States of Micronesia	110,487	702	157
67	Kuwait	2,686,873	17,818	151
68	British Virgin Islands	22,016	151	146
69	Andorra	67,151	468	143
70	Nigeria	131,529,700	923,768	142
71	People's Republic of China	1,315,844,000	9,596,961	137
72	Tonga	102,311	747	137
73	Kiribati	99,350	726	137
74	The Gambia	1,517,079	11,295	134
75	Anguilla	12,205	91	134
76	Isle of Man	76,538	572	134
77	Czech Republic	10,219,600	78,866	130
78	Denmark	5,430,590	43,094	126
79	Cape Verde	506,807	4,033	126
80	Thailand	64,232,760	513,115	125
81	Moldova	4,205,747	33,851	124
82	Uganda	28,816,230	241,038	120
83	Poland	38,529,560	312,685	119
84	Indonesia	222,781,500	1,904,569	117
85	Guatemala	12,599,060	108,889	116
86	Tokelau	1,378	12	115
87	Portugal	10,494,500	91,982	114
88	Slovakia	5,400,908	49,033	110
89	France (Metropolitan)	60,495,540	551,500	110
90	Albania	3,129,678	28,748	109
91	Malawi	12,883,940	118,484	109
92	Hungary	10,097,730	93,032	109
93	Togo	6,145,004	56,785	108
94	Serbia	9,396,411	88,361
95	Dominica	78,940	751	105
96	Syria	19,043,380	185,180	103
97	Cuba	11,269,400	110,861	102
98	Armenia	3,016,312	29,800	101
99	Austria	8,189,444	83,858	98
100	Azerbaijan	8,410,801	86,600	97
101	Slovenia	1,966,814	20,256	97
102	Turkey	73,192,840	783,562	93
103	Ghana	22,112,810	238,533	93
104	Romania	21,711,470	238,391	91
105	Cyprus	835,307	9,251	90
106	Spain	43,064,190	505,992	85
107	Costa Rica	4,327,228	51,100	85
108	Greece	11,119,890	131,957	84
109	Croatia	4,551,338	56,538	81
110	Republic of Macedonia	2,034,060	25,713	79
111	Cambodia	14,071,010	181,035	78
112	Wallis and Futuna	15,480	200	77
113	Sierra Leone	5,525,478	71,740	77
114	Ukraine	46,480,700	603,700	77
115	Malaysia	25,347,370	329,847	77
116	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,907,074	51,197	76
117	Cook Islands	17,954	236	76
118	Benin	8,438,853	112,622	75
119	Myanmar	50,519,490	676,578	75
120	Egypt	74,032,880	1,001,449	74
121	Qatar	812,842	11,000	74
122	Morocco	31,478,460	446,550	70
123	Ethiopia	77,430,700	1,104,300	70
124	Bulgaria	7,725,965	110,912	70
125	Iraq	28,807,190	438,317	66
126	Samoa	184,984	2,831	65
127	Brunei	373,819	5,765	65
128	Honduras	7,204,723	112,088	64
129	Georgia	4,474,404	69,700	64
130	French Polynesia	256,603	4,000	64
131	Jordan	5,702,776	89,342	64
132	East Timor	947,064	14,874	64
133	Tunisia	10,102,470	163,610	62
134	Turks and Caicos Islands	26,288	417	61
135	Swaziland	1,032,438	17,364	59
136	Uzbekistan	26,593,120	447,400	59
137	Senegal	11,658,170	196,722	59
138	Lesotho	1,794,769	30,355	59
139	Ireland	4,147,901	70,273	59
140	Kenya	34,255,720	580,367	59
141	Côte d'Ivoire	18,153,870	322,463	56
142	Mexico	107,029,400	1,958,201	55
143	United Arab Emirates	4,495,823	83,600	54
144	Lithuania	3,431,033	65,300	53
145	Burkina Faso	13,227,840	274,000	48
146	Belarus	9,755,106	207,600	47
147	Ecuador	13,228,420	283,561	47
148	Fiji	847,706	18,274	46
149	Bhutan	2,162,546	47,000	46
150	Afghanistan	29,863,010	652,090	46
151	Tajikistan	6,506,980	143,100	45
152	Montenegro	630,548	14,026
153	Montserrat	4,488	102	44
154	Guinea-Bissau	1,586,344	36,125	44
155	Palau	19,949	459	43
156	Panama	3,231,502	75,517	43
157	Nicaragua	5,486,685	130,000	42
158	Iran	69,515,210	1,648,195	42
159	Tanzania	38,328,810	945,087	41
160	Saint Helena	4,918	122	40
161	Colombia	45,600,240	1,138,914	40
162	Yemen	20,974,660	527,968	40
163	South Africa	47,431,830	1,221,037	39
164	Guinea	9,402,098	245,857	38
165	Eritrea	4,401,357	117,600	37
166	Latvia	2,306,988	64,600	36
167	Cameroon	16,321,860	475,442	34
168	Djibouti	793,078	23,200	34
169	Faroe Islands	47,017	1,399	34
170	Zimbabwe	13,009,530	390,757	33
171	Madagascar	18,605,920	587,041	32
172	United States	298,212,900	9,629,091	31
173	Estonia	1,329,697	45,100	29
174	Liberia	3,283,267	111,369	29
175	Venezuela	26,749,110	912,050	29
176	Kyrgyzstan	5,263,794	199,900	26
177	Laos	5,924,145	236,800	25
178	Mozambique	19,792,300	801,590	25
179	Democratic Republic of the Congo	57,548,740	2,344,858	25
180	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	5,769	242	24
181	The Bahamas	323,063	13,878	23
182	Brazil	186,404,900	8,514,877	22
183	Peru	27,968,240	1,285,216	22
184	Chile	16,295,100	756,096	22
185	Sweden	9,041,262	449,964	20
186	Uruguay	3,463,197	175,016	20
187	Equatorial Guinea	503,519	28,051	18
188	Vanuatu	211,367	12,189	17
189	Solomon Islands	477,742	28,896	17
190	Finland	5,249,060	338,145	16
191	Zambia	11,668,460	752,618	16
192	Paraguay	6,158,259	406,752	15
193	New Zealand	4,028,384	270,534	15
194	Sudan	36,232,950	2,505,813	14
195	Argentina	38,747,150	2,780,400	14
196	Algeria	32,853,800	2,381,741	14
197	Pitcairn Islands	67	5	13
198	Somalia	8,227,826	637,657	13
199	Angola	15,941,390	1,246,700	13
200	New Caledonia	236,838	18,575	13
201	Papua New Guinea	5,887,138	462,840	13
202	Norway	4,620,275	385,155	12
203	Belize	269,736	22,966	12
204	Republic of the Congo	3,998,904	342,000	12
205	Saudi Arabia	24,573,100	2,149,690	11
206	Niger	13,956,980	1,267,000	11
207	Mali	13,518,420	1,240,192	11
208	Turkmenistan	4,833,266	488,100	10
209	Russia	143,201,600	17,098,242	8
210	Bolivia	9,182,015	1,098,581	8
211	Oman	2,566,981	309,500	8
212	Chad	9,748,931	1,284,000	8
213	Central African Republic	4,037,747	622,984	6
214	Niue	1,445	260	6
215	Kazakhstan	14,825,110	2,724,900	5
216	Gabon	1,383,841	267,668	5
217	Guyana	751,218	214,969	3
218	Libya	5,853,452	1,759,540	3
219	Canada	32,268,240	9,970,610	3
220	Botswana	1,764,926	581,730	3
221	Mauritania	3,068,742	1,025,520	3
222	Iceland	294,561	103,000	3
223	Suriname	449,238	163,820	3
224	Australia	20,155,130	7,741,220	3
225	Namibia	2,031,252	824,292	2
226	French Guiana	187,056	90,000	2
227	Mongolia	2,646,487	1,564,116	2
228	Western Sahara	341,421	266,000	1
229	Falkland Islands	3,060	12,173	0.25
230	Greenland	56,916	2,175,600	0.03

Notes

1. ^ The Monaco government uses a larger surface area figure resulting in a population density of 18,078 per km².
2. ^ Population density calculated using surface area and population figures from [CIA World Factbook]. Republic of China (Taiwan) as of 2005; Serbia as of 2002; Montenegro as of 2004.

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Economy	GDP (nominal) * · GDP (PPP) * · GDP (nominal) per capita* · GDP (PPP) per capita* · past GDP (nominal), past GDP (PPP) · Current account balance* · Imports* · Exports* · External debt* · Public debt* · Agricultural output*

Politics	Political rights and civil liberties* · Press freedom* · Capital punishment* · Homosexuality law* · Abortion law* · Date of nationhood* · UN peacekeepers currently deployed* · Possession of nuclear weapons* · Military expenditures* · Number of active troops* · Conscription* · Perception of corruption* · Economic freedom*

Emissions	Carbon dioxide emissions* (Per capita)* · GDP per emissions* · Emissions per GDP per capita

Consumption	Electricity consumption* · Natural gas consumption

List of countries by population density

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See also