List of countries and dependencies by population density

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Population density (people per km²) by country, 2006

This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by human population density and measured by the number of human inhabitants per square kilometre. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. The list also includes but does not rank unrecognized but de facto independent countries. The figures in the following table are based on areas including inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Data are estimates for July 2005, taken from the United Nations World Prospects Report (2004 revision), unless noted otherwise.

Note that figures are simply estimates of population divided by total surface area and are not considered in this article as reflecting density in the urban sense or as indicative of the ability of a territory’s land to support human habitation. Names of dependent territories as well as recognized states with no or limited control over their territory are shown in italics.

Rank	Country/Region of special position	Population	Area (km2)	Area (mi2)	Density (/km2)	Density (/mi2)	Notes
	World (land only)	6,733,164,238	148,940,000	57,510,000	45.21	117.1	[1]
	World (with water)	6,733,164,238	510,072,000	196,940,000	13.20	34.2	[1]
1	Macau (PRC)	546,200	29.2	11.3	18,705	48,450	[2]
2	Monaco	32,965	1.95	0.75	16,905	43,780	[3]
3	Singapore	4,839,400	710.2	274.2	6,814	17,650	[4]
4	Hong Kong (PRC)	7,008,900	1,108	428	6,326	16,380	[5]
5	Gibraltar (UK)	31,000	6.8	2.6	5,119	13,260
6	Vatican City	826	0.44	0.17	1,877	4,860	[6]
7	Bahrain	1,046,814	720	280	1,454	3,770	[7]
8	Malta	403,000	316	122	1,274	3,300
9	Bermuda (UK)	64,000	53	20	1,211	3,140
10	Bangladesh	153,122,000	143,998	55,598	1,063	2,750	[8]
11	Maldives	292,000	298	115	981	2,540
12	Guernsey	65,726	78	30	842	2,180	[9]
13	Jersey	91,533	116	45	789	2,040	[10]
14	Palestinian territories	4,018,332	6,020	2,320	667	1,730
15	Republic of China (commonly, "Taiwan")	22,894,384	35,980	13,890	636	1,650	[6]
16	Barbados	269,556	430	170	627	1,620
17	Saint-Martin (France)	33,102	53.2	20.5	622	1,610
18	Mauritius	1,252,000	2,040	790	614	1,590
19	Aruba (Netherlands)	103,484	193	75	536	1,390
20	Mayotte (France)	186,452	374	144	499	1,290	[11]
21	South Korea	49,044,790	99,538	38,432	498	1,290	[12]
22	Nauru	10,000	21	8.1	481	1,250
23	San Marino	28,117	61	24	461	1,190
24	Puerto Rico (US)	3,954,584	8,875	3,427	446	1,160
25	Tuvalu	10,441	26	10	402	1,040
26	Netherlands	16,423,431	41,528	16,034	395	1,020	[13]
27	Lebanon	4,082,000	10,452	4,036	392	1,020
28	Martinique (France)	398,000	1,102	425	361	930
29	India	1,030,618,000	3,287,263	1,269,219	344	890
30	Marshall Islands	61,963	181	70	342	890
31	Rwanda	8,992,000	26,338	10,169	341	880
32	Belgium	10,415,000	30,528	11,787	341	880
33	Haiti	9,410,000	27,750	10,710	339	880
34	Japan	127,449,000	377,873	145,898	337	870
35	Comoros	616,000	2,235	863	331	860
36	Saint-Barthélemy (France)	6,852	21	8.1	326	840
37	U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	110,000	347	134	316	820
38	American Samoa (US)	63,000	199	77	315	820
39	Réunion (France)	785,139	2,510	970	313	810
40	Guam (US)	169,000	549	212	307	800
41	Saint Lucia	165,000	539	208	306	790
42	Israel	6,692,000	22,072	8,522	302	780
43	Sri Lanka	19,531,000	65,610	25,330	298	770
44	Philippines	88,574,614	300,076	115,860	295	760	[14]
45	El Salvador	6,059,000	21,041	8,124	288	750
46	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	109,000	388	150	280	730
47	Burundi	7,547,515	27,834	10,747	271	700
48	Grenada	102,924	344	133	260	670
49	Trinidad and Tobago	1,305,236	5,130	1,980	254	660
50	Vietnam	84,074,000	331,689	128,066	253	660
51	Guadeloupe (France)	405,000	1,628	629	249	640	[15]
52	United Kingdom	60,776,238	242,900	93,800	246	640
53	Jamaica	2,650,713	10,991	4,244	241	620
54	Germany	82,689,210	357,022	137,847	232	600
55	Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)	182,656	800	310	228	590
	Kosovo (Serbia)	2,100,000	10,908	4,212	220	570
56	Liechtenstein	34,521	160	62	216	560
57	Pakistan	165,935,100	803,940	310,400	198	510
58	Italy	58,092,740	301,318	116,340	193	500
59	Dominican Republic	9,365,818	48,671	18,792	192	500
60	North Korea	22,487,660	120,538	46,540	187	480
61	Nepal	27,132,630	147,181	56,827	184	480
62	Antigua and Barbuda	81,479	442	171	184	480
63	Luxembourg	464,904	2,586	998	180	470
64	Seychelles	80,654	455	176	177	460
65	Switzerland	7,252,331	41,284	15,940	176	460
66	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	80,801	464	179	174	450
67	Cayman Islands (UK)	45,017	264	102	171	440
68	Saint Kitts and Nevis	42,696	261	101	164	420
69	Sao Tome and Principe	156,523	964	372	162	420
70	Federated States of Micronesia	110,487	702	271	157	410
71	Kuwait	2,686,873	17,818	6,880	151	390
72	British Virgin Islands (UK)	22,016	151	58	146	380
73	Andorra	67,151	468	181	143	370
74	Nigeria	131,529,700	923,768	356,669	142	370
75	People's Republic of China	1,323,324,000	9,596,961	3,705,407	138	360	[16]
76	Tonga	102,311	747	288	137	350	[17]
77	Kiribati	99,350	726	280	137	350
78	The Gambia	1,517,079	11,295	4,361	134	350
79	Anguilla (UK)	12,205	91	35	134	350
80	Isle of Man (UK)	76,538	572	221	134	350
81	Transnistria (Moldova)	555,347	4,163	1,607	133	340	[18]
82	Czech Republic	10,403,136	78,866	30,450	132	340
83	Denmark	5,417,000	43,094	16,639	126	330
84	Cape Verde	506,807	4,033	1,557	126	330
85	Thailand	64,232,760	513,115	198,115	125	320
86	Poland	38,529,560	312,685	120,728	123	320	[17]
87	Moldova	4,128,047	33,844	13,067	122	320
88	Uganda	28,816,230	241,038	93,065	120	310
89	Indonesia	222,781,500	1,904,569	735,358	117	300
90	Guatemala	12,599,060	108,889	42,042	116	300
91	Portugal	10,528,000	92,391	35,672	114	300	[17]
92	Tokelau (New Zealand)	1,378	12	4.6	115	300
93	Slovakia	5,387,000	49,033	18,932	110	280
94	France (Metropolitan)	60,495,540	551,500	212,900	110	280
95	Albania	3,129,678	28,748	11,100	109	280
96	Malawi	12,883,940	118,484	45,747	109	280
97	Hungary	10,097,730	93,032	35,920	109	280
98	Togo	6,145,004	56,785	21,925	108	280
99	Dominica	78,940	751	290	105	270
100	Syria	19,043,380	185,180	71,500	103	270
101	Cuba	11,269,400	110,861	42,804	102	260
100	Armenia	3,016,312	29,800	11,500	101	260
102	Serbia (excluding Kosovo)	7,800,000	77,474	29,913	100	260	[6]
103	Austria	8,189,444	83,858	32,378	98	250
104	Azerbaijan	8,410,801	86,600	33,400	97	250
105	Slovenia	2,066,814	20,256	7,821	97	250
106	Turkey	71,169,000	783,562	302,535	91	240
107	Ghana	22,112,810	238,533	92,098	93	240
108	Romania	21,711,470	238,391	92,043	91	240
109	Cyprus	836,000	9,251	3,572	90	230
110	Spain	43,060,000	506,030	195,380	85	220
111	Costa Rica	4,328,000	51,100	19,700	85	220
112	Greece	11,064,000	131,957	50,949	84	220
113	Malaysia	27,730,000	329,847	127,355	84	220	[19]
114	Republic of Macedonia	2,114,550	25,713	9,928	82.2	213
115	Croatia	4,443,000	56,538	21,829	79	200
	Northern Cyprus (Cyprus)	264,172	3,355	1,295	78	200	[20]
116	Wallis and Futuna (France)	15,480	200	77	77	200
117	Sierra Leone	5,107,000	71,740	27,700	71	180
118	Ukraine	46,936,000	603,700	233,100	78	200
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,781,000	51,197	19,767	74	190
120	Cook Islands (New Zealand)	179,000	236	91	81	210
121	Benin	7,868,000	112,622	43,484	70	180
122	Cambodia	13,388,910	181,035	69,898	74	190	[21]
123	Qatar	796,000	11,000	4,200	72	190
124	Egypt	72,850,000	1,001,449	386,662	72	190
125	Myanmar (Burma)	47,967,000	676,578	261,228	71	180
126	Ethiopia	78,986,000	1,104,300	426,400	70	180
127	Bulgaria	7,745,000	110,912	42,823	70	180
128	Morocco	30,495,000	446,550	172,410	68	180
129	Georgia	4,630,841	69,700	26,900	66.4	172
130	Iraq	28,807,190	438,317	169,235	66	170
131	Samoa	184,984	2,831	1,093	65	170
132	Brunei	373,819	5,765	2,226	65	170
133	Honduras	7,204,723	112,492	43,433	64	170
134	French Polynesia (France)	256,603	4,000	1,500	64	170
135	Jordan	5,566,000	89,342	34,495	62	160
136	East Timor	947,064	14,874	5,743	64	170
137	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	26,288	417	161	63	160	[17]
138	Tunisia	10,102,470	163,610	63,170	62	160
139	Swaziland	1,032,438	17,364	6,704	59	150
140	Uzbekistan	26,593,120	447,400	172,700	59	150
141	Senegal	11,658,170	196,722	75,955	59	150
142	Lesotho	1,794,769	30,355	11,720	59	150
143	Ireland	4,147,901	70,273	27,133	59	150
144	Kenya	34,255,720	580,367	224,081	59	150
145	Côte d'Ivoire	18,153,870	322,463	124,504	56	150
146	United Arab Emirates	4,104,000	83,600	32,300	49	130
147	Mexico	104,266,000	1,958,201	756,066	53	140
148	Ecuador	13,542,420	283,561	109,484	53	140
149	Lithuania	3,369,600	65,300	25,200	52	130
150	Burkina Faso	13,227,840	274,000	106,000	48	120
151	Belarus	9,755,106	207,600	80,200	47	120
152	Fiji	847,706	18,274	7,056	46	120
153	Bhutan	2,162,546	47,000	18,000	46	120
154	Afghanistan	29,863,010	652,090	251,770	46	120
155	Tajikistan	6,506,980	143,100	55,300	45	120
156	Montenegro	630,548	14,026	5,415	45	120	[6]
157	Montserrat (UK)	4,488	102	39	44	110
158	Guinea-Bissau	1,586,344	36,125	13,948	44	110
159	Palau	19,949	459	177	43	110
160	Panama	3,231,502	75,517	29,157	43	110
161	Nicaragua	5,486,685	130,000	50,000	42	110
162	Iran	69,515,210	1,648,195	636,372	42	110
163	Tanzania	38,328,810	945,087	364,900	41	110	[17]
164	Saint Helena (UK)	4,918	122	47	40	100
165	Colombia	45,600,240	1,138,914	439,737	40	100
166	Yemen	20,974,660	527,968	203,850	40	100
167	South Africa	47,431,830	1,221,037	471,445	39	100
168	Guinea	9,402,098	245,857	94,926	38	98
169	Eritrea	4,401,357	117,600	45,400	37	96
170	Latvia	2,306,988	64,600	24,900	36	93
171	Cameroon	16,321,860	475,442	183,569	34	88
172	Djibouti	793,078	23,200	9,000	34	88
173	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	47,017	1,399	540	34	88
174	Zimbabwe	13,009,530	390,757	150,872	33	85
175	Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan)	145,000	4,400	1,700	33	85	[22]
176	Madagascar	18,605,920	587,041	226,658	32	83
177	United States of America	305,825,000	9,629,091	3,717,813	31	80
178	Abkhazia (Georgia)	200,000	7,138	2,756	29	75	[23]
179	Estonia	1,329,697	45,100	17,400	29	75
180	Liberia	3,283,267	111,369	43,000	29	75
181	Venezuela	26,726,000	916,445	353,841	29	75
182	Kyrgyzstan	5,263,794	199,900	77,200	26	67
183	Laos	5,924,145	236,800	91,400	25	65
184	Mozambique	19,792,300	801,590	309,500	25	65
185	Democratic Republic of the Congo	57,548,740	2,344,858	905,355	25	65
186	Somaliland (Somalia)	3,500,000	137,600	53,100	25	65	[24]
187	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France)	5,769	242	93	24	62
188	The Bahamas	325,000	13,878	5,358	23	60
189	Brazil	186,075,000	8,514,877	3,287,612	22	57
190	Peru	27,836,000	1,285,216	496,225	22	57
191	Chile	16,295,100	756,096	291,930	22	57
192	Sweden	9,041,262	449,964	173,732	20.0	52
193	Uruguay	3,463,197	175,016	67,574	19.8	51
194	Equatorial Guinea	503,519	28,051	10,831	18.0	47
195	South Ossetia (Georgia)	70,000	3,900	1,500	17.9	46	[25]
196	Vanuatu	211,367	12,189	4,706	17.3	45
197	Solomon Islands	477,742	28,896	11,157	16.5	43
198	Finland	5,302,060	338,145	130,559	15.6	40
199	Zambia	11,668,460	752,618	290,587	15.5	40
200	Paraguay	6,158,259	406,752	157,048	15.1	39
201	New Zealand	4,097,000	270,534	104,454	15	39
202	Sudan	36,232,950	2,505,813	967,500	14.5	38
203	Argentina	38,747,150	2,780,400	1,073,500	13.9	36
204	Algeria	32,853,800	2,381,741	919,595	13.8	36
205	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	67	5	1.9	13.4	35
206	Somalia	8,227,826	637,657	246,201	12.9	33
207	Angola	15,941,390	1,246,700	481,400	12.8	33
208	New Caledonia (France)	236,838	18,575	7,172	12.8	33
209	Papua New Guinea	5,887,138	462,840	178,700	12.7	33
210	Belize	276,000	23,000	8,900	12	31
211	Norway	4,751,236	385,155	148,709	12.3	32
212	Republic of the Congo	3,998,904	342,000	132,000	11.7	30
213	Saudi Arabia	24,573,100	2,149,690	830,000	11.4	30
214	Niger	13,956,980	1,267,000	489,000	11.0	28
215	Mali	13,518,420	1,240,192	478,841	10.9	28
216	Turkmenistan	4,833,266	488,100	188,500	9.9	26
217	Russia	143,201,600	17,098,242	6,601,668	8.4	22
218	Bolivia	9,182,015	1,098,581	424,164	8.4	22
219	Oman	2,577,000	309,500	119,500	8.3	21
220	Chad	9,748,931	1,284,000	496,000	7.6	20
221	Central African Republic	4,037,747	622,984	240,535	6.5	17
222	Kazakhstan	15,194,000	2,724,900	1,052,100	6.0	16
223	Niue (New Zealand)	2,000	260	100	6.0	16
224	Gabon	1,383,841	267,668	103,347	5.2	13
225	Guyana	751,218	214,969	83,000	3.5	9.1
226	Libya	5,853,452	1,759,540	679,360	3.3	8.5
227	Canada	33,271,000	9,984,670	3,855,100	3	7.8
228	Botswana	1,764,926	581,730	224,610	3.0	7.8
229	Mauritania	3,068,742	1,025,520	395,960	3.0	7.8
230	Iceland	309,672	103,000	40,000	3.0	7.8
231	Suriname	452,000	163,820	63,250	3	7.8
232	Australia	21,468,700	7,682,300	2,966,200	2.84	7.4
233	Namibia	2,031,252	824,292	318,261	2.5	6.5
234	French Guiana (France)	187,056	90,000	35,000	2.1	5.4
235	Mongolia	2,646,487	1,564,116	603,909	1.7	4.4
236	Western Sahara	440,000	266,000	103,000	1.3	3.4
237	Falkland Islands (UK)	3,140	12,173	4,700	0.26	0.67
238	Greenland (Denmark)	57,000supporting source 56,916[citation needed]	2,175,600	840,000	0.026	0.067

Source: Unless otherwise specified (or unless entered in error without specifying the data source) figures for Population and Population Density figures are sourced from year 2005 data in United Nations World Population Prospects (2004 revision). Area figures given here are taken from various (usually unspecified) sources.

• The European Union is a sui generis supranational union possessing "country-like" characteristics. The entity is composed of 27 member states. Its population density has been estimated at 114, and it would be ranked 93rd if it were included in the list (population: 494,070,000, area: 4,422,773). See also: List of regional organizations by population.
• Macau, a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has a higher population density than any entity on this list, with 520,000 people sharing an area of 29.2 km²—a population density of over 17,000 persons per km².
• The most densely populated sovereign nation is Monaco, with a population density of 16,754 people/km².
• Antarctica is a continent of 14,400,000 km² in area with territorial claims from multiple countries that are not included elsewhere in the above table. With a population of roughly 1000, this results in a population density of ~0.00007 people per km² (far below Greenland's density of 0.026). A peak summer population of ~5000 results in a density of ~0.00035.

[edit] Notes

[edit] See also

• List of countries by population
• Population density of Asian countries
• List of African countries by population density
• List of North American countries by population density
• List of South American countries by population density
• List of European Countries (the EU) by density
• Area and population of European countries
• Population density of countries in Oceania
• List of cities by population density
• List of the most densely populated administrative units in the world
• List of countries by real population density (based on food growing capacity)