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Density

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Density by country

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A map of the world, with colours to highlight thedensity of each country. Numbers on the legend are people per square kilometer.

List of all countries

Flag Position Country Number
1 Monaco 18680.9
2 Singapore 7851.01
3 Bahrain 1929.99
4 Maldives 1747.02
5 Malta 1660.97
6 Bangladesh 1301.26
7 Barbados 656.55
8 Mauritius 632.21
9 Nauru 590.05
10 San Marino 562.58
11 Lebanon 561.53
12 Rwanda 553.35
13 South Korea 529.43
14 Netherlands 525.72
15 Burundi 518.73
16 India 479.43
17 Comoros 448.25
18 Haiti 417.4
19 Belgium 383.03
20 Philippines 382.21
21 Sri Lanka 358.57
22 Grenada 343.86
23 Japan 343.28
24 Tuvalu 333.07
25 Vietnam 318.03
26 Pakistan 316.13
27 El Salvador 303.1
28 Saint Lucia 293.08
29 United Kingdom 280.21
30 Trinidad and Tobago 266.24
31 Jamaica 262.16
32 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 261.66
33 Seychelles 260.6
34 Gambia 260.52
35 Kuwait 257.56
36 Luxembourg 253.69
37 Liechtenstein 246.83
38 Nigeria 245.01
39 Germany 239.86
40 Sao Tome and Principe 235.73
41 Dominican Republic 233.01
42 Qatar 231.27
43 Marshall Islands 222.65
44 Switzerland 222.15
45 North Korea 218.66
46 Malawi 218.17
47 Antigua and Barbuda 211
48 Nepal 207.29
49 Italy 199.56
50 Saint Kitts and Nevis 179.65
51 Andorra 169.59
52 Togo 167.12
53 Guatemala 166.55
54 Kiribati 161.07
55 Micronesia 160.16
56 China 150.42
57 Denmark 147.58
58 Indonesia 147.33
59 Tonga 145.89
60 Ghana 145.69
61 Cyprus 144.09
62 United Arab Emirates 141.86
63 Thailand 140.41
64 Czechia 138.29
65 Cabo Verde 128.97
66 Jordan 126.77
67 France 124.31
68 Azerbaijan 122.71
69 Benin 122.02
70 Syria 121.3
71 Poland 120.3
72 Sierra Leone 114.67
73 Portugal 113.9
74 Egypt 113.13
75 Slovakia 112.97
76 Ethiopia 111.1
77 Turkey 110.42
78 Austria 109.57
79 Cuba 106.55
80 Hungary 105.68
81 Malaysia 105.6
82 Slovenia 104.89
83 Armenia 104.29
84 Iraq 101.52
85 Albania 101.38
86 Costa Rica 99.53
87 Cambodia 97.45
88 Ivory Coast 95.58
89 Spain 95.57
90 Honduras 93.52
91 Timor-Leste 92.08
92 Senegal 91.68
93 Dominica 89.1
94 Moldova 88.02
95 Brunei Darussalam 86.41
96 Morocco 83.64
97 Romania 82.79
98 Myanmar 82.36
99 Burkina Faso 82.27
100 Greece 80.97
101 Uzbekistan 79.29
102 Serbia 79.25
103 Tunisia 78.01
104 Samoa 77.43
105 Lesotho 75.3
106 Ireland 74.98
107 Guinea-Bissau 74.88
108 Tajikistan 73.36
109 Tanzania 73.05
110 North Macedonia 72.63
111 Yemen 72.4
112 Ecuador 71.77
113 Eswatini 70.87
114 Ukraine 70.85
115 Croatia 68.9
116 Mexico 66.16
117 Georgia 64.95
118 Equatorial Guinea 64.3
119 Bosnia and Herzegovina 62.59
120 Afghanistan 62.22
121 Bulgaria 61.19
122 Panama 59.33
123 Cameroon 58.46
124 Guinea 57.2
125 Nicaragua 55.93
126 Liberia 55.79
127 Iran 55.18
128 Madagascar 52.32
129 South Africa 51.42
130 Fiji 50.32
131 Djibouti 49.06
132 Colombia 46.63
133 Montenegro 45.89
134 Belarus 45.46
135 Lithuania 45.23
136 Democratic Republic of the Congo 45.17
137 Zimbabwe 41.54
138 Mozambique 41.53
139 Bahamas 39.71
140 Palau 38.61
141 United States of America (USA) 36.43
142 Kyrgyzstan 36.37
143 Laos 32.75
144 Venezuela 31.99
145 Estonia 31.57
146 Latvia 30.2
147 Angola 28.58
148 Somalia 28.38
149 Eritrea 28.17
150 Solomon Islands 27.91
151 Zambia 27.11
152 Sudan 26.44
153 Chile 26.3
154 Peru 26.15
155 Sweden 25.75
156 Vanuatu 25.68
157 Brazil 25.16
158 Papua New Guinea 22.53
159 Bhutan 20.47
160 Niger 19.98
161 New Zealand 19.43
162 Uruguay 19.37
163 Algeria 19.09
164 Mali 18.91
165 Finland 18.28
166 Congo 17.67
167 Belize 17.66
168 South Sudan 17.44
169 Paraguay 17.07
170 Argentina 16.59
171 Turkmenistan 15.39
172 Oman 15.28
173 Norway 14.98
174 Saudi Arabia 14.97
175 Chad 14.66
176 Bolivia 11.15
177 Gabon 9.43
178 Russia 8.81
179 Central African Republic 8.18
180 Kazakhstan 7.42
181 Mauritania 4.73
182 Canada 4.43
183 Botswana 4.31
184 Guyana 4.17
185 Libya 4.11
186 Suriname 3.88
187 Iceland 3.79
188 Namibia 3.51
189 Australia 3.38
190 Mongolia 2.2

Bar chart

World density by year

World density by year.

Table

Year Number
1961 29.39
1962 29.91
1963 30.55
1964 31.19
1965 31.84
1966 32.52
1967 33.19
1968 33.88
1969 34.59
1970 35.31
1971 36.06
1972 36.79
1973 37.53
1974 38.26
1975 38.97
1976 39.68
1977 40.38
1978 41.1
1979 41.83
1980 42.58
1981 43.34
1982 44.13
1983 44.93
1984 45.73
1985 46.54
1986 47.38
1987 48.23
1988 49.1
1989 49.97
1990 50.85
1991 51.7
1992 43.52
1993 43.79
1994 44.47
1995 45.15
1996 45.82
1997 46.47
1998 47.16
1999 47.82
2000 48.44
2001 49.1
2002 49.74
2003 50.39
2004 50.98
2005 51.63
2006 52.25
2007 52.91
2008 53.59
2009 54.27
2010 54.93
2011 55.6
2012 55.22
2013 55.91
2014 56.59
2015 57.27
2016 57.93
2017 58.59
2018 59.23
2019 59.85
2020 60.46
2021 61.03
2022 61.59

Most densely populated countries

Top 10 countries by population density

Population density - see how populous other parts of the world are!

Everyone knows that each region of the world varies in terms of population density. Antarctica, Arctica, Sahara Desert, and the Euroasian Steppes are probably the least densely populated regions in the world and not without a reason.

The lack of food and areas to farm are the main problem to consider. Let’s not forget about a fairly limited number of animals to hunt. Combined with extreme temperatures, those places are not as interesting as some of the other regions. But what about those places that can boast with the biggest density?

Densely populated regions - where are those?

There are two incredibly populated regions, and these are Macao SAR in China and Monaco.The first place is the administrative region in China, which is similar to Hong Kong. It has different policies and different sets of laws. As a result, it is one of the most attractive places to live. However, because of that, there are more than 20,00 people per square kilometer of land area. The same thing concerns Monaco, where there are 19,000 people per sq. km. We should bear in mind that these data come from 2017-2018 and in the future they may be updated.

The third place in the ranking goes to Singapore. Although it is a fairly less populated country than the two mentioned above, it is still an incredibly high number. There are almost 8,000 Singaporeans per sq. km.

What about the most populated countries around the world?

The top three most countries with the largest number of citizens are China, India, and the USA. They respectively have 1.4 billion, 1.3 billion, and 0.3 billion people. Surprisingly, they have extremely low population density when compared to the general population. For example, The United States has only 36 people per sq. km, and in the case of China, it is 148 people per sq. kilometer. Out of the top three nations, the biggest density can be found in India, and it is still a very low number (455 people per sq. km) when compared to the top rankings.

What about the least populated countries?

According to data gathered in 2018, Greenland has so few residents that the statistics report there are 0 people per sq. km. Another interesting examples of the least populated countries and regions are Mongolia (2 people per sq. km) and Namibia (3 people per sq. km).