Density

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.

Position	Country	Number
1	Monaco	18215.1
2	Singapore	7918.95
3	Bahrain	1882.13
4	Maldives	1714.79
5	Malta	1610.41
6	Bangladesh	1286.17
7	Barbados	652.77
8	Mauritius	623.52
9	Nauru	615.75
10	San Marino	566.78
11	Lebanon	553.56
12	Rwanda	532.89
13	South Korea	531.11
14	Netherlands	518.01
15	Burundi	475.87
16	India	469.66
17	Comoros	433.19
18	Israel	425.84
19	Haiti	410.26
20	Belgium	381.06
21	Philippines	376.27
22	Tuvalu	368.97
23	Grenada	363.71
24	Sri Lanka	354.33
25	Japan	346.4
26	Vietnam	308.36
27	El Salvador	303.7
28	Trinidad and Tobago	295.94
29	Pakistan	294.72
30	Saint Lucia	293.83
31	United Kingdom	277.27
32	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	268.29
33	Jamaica	260.43
34	Gambia	254.35
35	Luxembourg	244.87
36	Kuwait	244.69
37	Liechtenstein	242.22
38	Marshall Islands	241.18
39	Qatar	240.24
40	Germany	238.02
41	Nigeria	228.74
42	Sao Tome and Principe	227.75
43	Dominican Republic	227.69
44	Switzerland	218.6
45	North Korea	214.83
46	Seychelles	214.05
47	Antigua and Barbuda	210.6
48	Malawi	205.53
49	Nepal	204.73
50	Italy	201
51	Saint Kitts and Nevis	183.24
52	Andorra	165.32
53	Micronesia	160.15
54	Guatemala	157.32
55	Kiribati	156.13
56	Togo	155.22
57	China	149.72
58	Tonga	146.19
59	Denmark	145.79
60	Indonesia	144.8
61	Cabo Verde	144.58
62	Ghana	141.43
63	Thailand	139.9
64	Czechia	138.58
65	Cyprus	133.93
66	United Arab Emirates	130.77
67	Poland	123.8
68	France	123.4
69	Jordan	123.08
70	Azerbaijan	122.12
71	Sierra Leone	114.08
72	Slovakia	113.54
73	Syria	113.12
74	Portugal	112.41
75	Benin	112.12
76	Turkey	109.32
77	Cuba	108.87
78	Austria	108.06
79	Egypt	107.96
80	Hungary	106.84
81	Slovenia	104.41
82	Ethiopia	103.84
83	Albania	103.57
84	Malaysia	101.05
85	Costa Rica	100.33
86	Armenia	98.55
87	Iraq	98.03
88	Dominica	95.99
89	Spain	94.82
90	Cambodia	92.89
91	Moldova	91.75
92	Honduras	90.46
93	Timor-Leste	87.42
94	Senegal	85.37
95	Ivory Coast	84.31
96	Brunei Darussalam	83.82
97	Romania	83.73
98	Greece	83
99	Morocco	82.21
100	North Macedonia	82.18
101	Myanmar	81.85
102	Serbia	78.88
103	Burkina Faso	78.66
104	Tunisia	78.28
105	Uzbekistan	77.69
106	Samoa	77.31
107	Ukraine	76.17
108	Lesotho	74.25
109	Ireland	72.37
110	Croatia	72.33
111	Guinea-Bissau	71.69
112	Ecuador	70.82
113	Tanzania	69.66
114	Tajikistan	68.76
115	Eswatini	68.64
116	Georgia	65.13
117	Mexico	64.82
118	Bosnia and Herzegovina	64.81
119	Bulgaria	63.87
120	Yemen	61.15
121	Afghanistan	59.75
122	Panama	57.89
123	Equatorial Guinea	56.9
124	Nicaragua	56.14
125	Cameroon	56.04
126	Iran	53.8
127	Guinea	53.74
128	Liberia	52.82
129	Fiji	50.38
130	Madagascar	48.51
131	South Africa	48.47
132	Djibouti	47.03
133	Belarus	46.21
134	Montenegro	46.19
135	Colombia	45.9
136	Lithuania	44.63
137	Democratic Republic of the Congo	40.96
138	Bahamas	40.61
139	Zimbabwe	40.51
140	Mozambique	39.65
141	Palau	39.07
142	United States of America (USA)	36.24
143	Kyrgyzstan	34.31
144	Venezuela	32.3
145	Laos	31.71
146	Estonia	31.1
147	Latvia	30.54
148	Eritrea	29.38
149	Angola	26.81
150	Somalia	26.36
151	Peru	26.02
152	Chile	25.96
153	Vanuatu	25.57
154	Brazil	25.51
155	Zambia	25.46
156	Sweden	25.42
157	Solomon Islands	24.69
158	Sudan	23.79
159	Papua New Guinea	21.53
160	Bhutan	20.25
161	Uruguay	19.59
162	New Zealand	19.33
163	Niger	19.21
164	Algeria	18.24
165	Finland	18.19
166	Mali	17.39
167	Belize	17.31
168	South Sudan	16.78
169	Saudi Arabia	16.75
170	Congo	16.7
171	Paraguay	16.66
172	Argentina	16.58
173	Norway	14.77
174	Oman	14.68
175	Turkmenistan	13.3
176	Chad	13.22
177	Bolivia	11.02
178	Gabon	8.9
179	Russia	8.8
180	Central African Republic	8.58
181	Kazakhstan	6.95
182	Botswana	4.49
183	Mauritania	4.36
184	Canada	4.24
185	Guyana	4.05
186	Suriname	3.89
187	Libya	3.78
188	Iceland	3.63
189	Australia	3.34
190	Namibia	3.02
191	Mongolia	2.12

World density by year

World density by year.

Year	Number
1961	23.7
1962	24.12
1963	24.64
1964	25.15
1965	25.68
1966	26.22
1967	26.76
1968	27.31
1969	27.88
1970	28.47
1971	29.07
1972	29.65
1973	30.24
1974	30.83
1975	31.4
1976	31.96
1977	32.52
1978	33.09
1979	33.68
1980	34.27
1981	34.88
1982	35.51
1983	36.14
1984	36.77
1985	37.42
1986	38.08
1987	38.76
1988	39.45
1989	40.14
1990	40.84
1991	41.52
1992	42.2
1993	42.87
1994	43.53
1995	44.19
1996	44.84
1997	45.47
1998	46.12
1999	46.76
2000	47.37
2001	48
2002	48.63
2003	49.26
2004	49.83
2005	50.46
2006	51.09
2007	51.73
2008	52.38
2009	53.03
2010	53.67
2011	54.32
2012	54.94
2013	55.62
2014	56.3
2015	56.97
2016	57.64
2017	58.3
2018	58.95
2019	59.57
2020	60.17

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).

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