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Population density (people per km² of land) by country, 2000

Countries209

1. Macau21,530.0

Median73.4

Japan348.023 / 209

World48.4

Top 20

Macau21,530.0

Monaco16,011.3

Hong Kong6,347.6

Singapore6,011.8

Gibraltar2,770.9

Malta1,219.0

Bermuda1,139.8

Bangladesh1,033.6

Maldives940.1

Bahrain898.0

Channel Islands748.0

Barbados609.4

Mauritius584.7

Nauru508.4

Aruba503.3

South Korea487.3

Palestinian Territories485.4

Netherlands471.7

San Marino446.6

Puerto Rico429.6

Bottom 10

Canada3.4

Libya3.0

Suriname3.0

Botswana3.0

Iceland2.8

Mauritania2.5

Australia2.5

Namibia2.2

Mongolia1.5

Greenland0.1

Biggest increases since 1999

French Polynesia+7.1%

United Arab Emirates+7.0%

Vietnam+5.8%

Equatorial Guinea+5.4%

Qatar+5.3%

Saudi Arabia+4.6%

Turks & Caicos Islands+4.3%

Somalia+4.1%

Congo - Brazzaville+3.9%

Liberia+3.8%

Biggest decreases since 1999

Timor-Leste-10.7%

Indonesia-2.1%

Georgia-1.9%

Uzbekistan-1.2%

Poland-1.0%

Croatia-1.0%

Latvia-1.0%

Ukraine-0.8%

Lithuania-0.7%

Albania-0.6%

All countries

#	Country / region	Population density (people per km² of land)	Prior-year rank
1	Macau	21,530.0	1
2	Monaco	16,011.3	2
3	Hong Kong	6,347.6	3
4	Singapore	6,011.8	4
5	Gibraltar	2,770.9	5
6	Malta	1,219.0	6
7	Bermuda	1,139.8	7
8	Bangladesh	1,033.6	8
9	Maldives	940.1	9
10	Bahrain	898.0	10
11	Channel Islands	748.0	11
12	Barbados	609.4	12
13	Mauritius	584.7	13
14	Nauru	508.4	14
15	Aruba	503.3	15
16	South Korea	487.3	16
17	Palestinian Territories	485.4	17
18	Netherlands	471.7	18
19	San Marino	446.6	19
20	Puerto Rico	429.6	20
21	Lebanon	423.2	21
22	India	355.8	22
23	Japan	348.0	23
24	Belgium	338.0	–
25	Rwanda	333.0	24
26	Tuvalu	318.1	25
27	Grenada	316.0	26
28	U.S. Virgin Islands	310.4	27
29	Sri Lanka	307.7	28
30	Haiti	301.3	29
31	Guam	296.4	30
32	St. Vincent & Grenadines	291.1	31
33	Israel	290.6	33
34	Comoros	288.1	34
35	El Salvador	286.8	32
36	American Samoa	284.3	35
37	Marshall Islands	281.7	36
38	Philippines	267.0	37
39	St. Lucia	260.0	38
40	Trinidad & Tobago	257.3	39
41	Burundi	252.0	40
42	Vietnam	248.0	44
43	United Kingdom	243.4	41
44	Jamaica	240.8	42
45	Germany	235.6	43
46	Liechtenstein	204.0	45
47	Pakistan	200.9	46
48	North Korea	196.5	47
49	Italy	192.6	48
50	Switzerland	181.8	49
51	Dominican Republic	177.7	50
52	Seychelles	176.4	51
53	St. Kitts & Nevis	174.0	52
54	Nepal	171.2	53
55	Antigua & Barbuda	170.3	54
56	Luxembourg	169.5	–
57	Cayman Islands	165.3	56
58	Micronesia	160.1	55
59	São Tomé & Príncipe	150.0	57
60	Northern Mariana Islands	148.6	58
61	Gambia	143.8	60
62	Tonga	142.6	59
63	Andorra	139.8	61
64	Nigeria	138.8	62
65	British Virgin Islands	134.9	66
66	China	134.5	63
67	Denmark	133.5	65
68	Isle of Man	132.7	67
69	Czechia	132.7	64
70	Poland	124.9	68
71	Thailand	123.3	69
72	Uganda	120.1	72
73	Malawi	120.0	71
74	Indonesia	115.1	70
75	Hungary	113.9	73
76	Armenia	113.1	78
77	France	113.0	75
78	Albania	112.7	74
79	Cape Verde	112.5	79
80	Portugal	112.5	77
81	Slovakia	112.0	76
82	Kuwait	109.7	81
83	Kiribati	109.4	80
84	Guatemala	109.2	82
85	Cuba	103.4	83
86	Cyprus	102.6	85
87	Moldova	101.8	84
88	Slovenia	98.8	86
89	Romania	97.7	87
90	Azerbaijan	97.4	89
91	Austria	97.1	88
92	Dominica	91.3	90
93	Syria	90.5	91
94	Togo	88.0	93
95	Ghana	86.3	94
96	Ukraine	85.5	92
97	Türkiye	85.0	95
98	Greece	83.8	96
99	Spain	81.3	97
100	Bosnia & Herzegovina	81.2	99
101	Croatia	79.9	98
102	North Macedonia	79.7	100
103	Costa Rica	77.1	101
104	Bulgaria	73.9	102
105	Egypt	73.4	104
106	Georgia	71.3	103
107	Cambodia	70.6	105
108	Malaysia	69.9	107
109	Myanmar (Burma)	69.3	106
110	French Polynesia	69.2	110
111	Ethiopia	67.4	109
112	Lesotho	66.0	108
113	Samoa	64.2	111
114	Benin	64.0	114
115	Morocco	63.7	112
116	Tunisia	62.9	113
117	Brunei	61.9	115
118	Sierra Leone	61.3	117
119	Jordan	61.0	118
120	Eswatini	60.5	116
121	Honduras	58.8	120
122	Uzbekistan	56.9	119
123	Iraq	55.8	125
124	Lithuania	55.8	121
125	Côte d’Ivoire	55.7	124
126	Qatar	55.6	126
127	Ireland	55.2	123
128	Kenya	53.8	127
129	Senegal	51.8	128
130	Ecuador	51.1	129
131	Mexico	50.7	130
132	Timor-Leste	50.1	122
133	Belarus	49.2	131
134	United Arab Emirates	49.2	132
135	Fiji	46.0	133
136	Tajikistan	44.9	134
137	Guinea-Bissau	43.9	135
138	Burkina Faso	43.6	136
139	Nicaragua	41.7	137
140	Palau	41.7	138
141	Iran	40.8	139
142	Panama	40.5	140
143	South Africa	38.9	141
144	Tanzania	38.7	143
145	Latvia	38.0	142
146	Yemen	37.2	144
147	Colombia	35.2	145
148	Guinea	34.3	146
149	Estonia	33.0	147
150	Faroe Islands	32.8	148
151	Bahamas	32.4	149
152	Djibouti	32.2	150
153	Cameroon	31.5	151
154	Afghanistan	30.9	152
155	United States	30.8	153
156	Zimbabwe	30.7	154
157	Liberia	30.4	155
158	Madagascar	28.4	156
159	Venezuela	27.8	157
160	Kyrgyzstan	25.5	158
161	Equatorial Guinea	25.1	159
162	Laos	23.5	160
163	Mozambique	23.1	161
164	Congo - Kinshasa	22.3	164
165	Eritrea	22.2	162
166	Sweden	21.8	163
167	Chile	20.9	165
168	Brazil	20.8	166
169	Peru	20.8	167
170	Turks & Caicos Islands	19.7	168
171	Uruguay	18.7	169
172	Finland	17.0	170
173	Solomon Islands	15.7	171
174	Vanuatu	15.3	172
175	Bhutan	15.0	173
176	New Zealand	14.7	174
177	Somalia	14.1	175
178	Argentina	13.6	176
179	Zambia	13.5	177
180	Angola	13.0	180
181	Algeria	13.0	178
182	Paraguay	12.8	179
183	Norway	12.3	181
184	Papua New Guinea	12.2	183
185	New Caledonia	12.2	182
186	Belize	10.6	184
187	Turkmenistan	9.8	185
188	Mali	9.5	186
189	Congo - Brazzaville	9.2	188
190	Niger	9.1	189
191	Russia	8.9	187
192	Bolivia	7.9	190
193	Saudi Arabia	7.5	192
194	Oman	7.4	191
195	Chad	6.8	193
196	Central African Republic	6.2	194
197	Kazakhstan	5.7	195
198	Gabon	5.0	196
199	Guyana	3.9	197
200	Canada	3.4	198
201	Libya	3.0	199
202	Suriname	3.0	200
203	Botswana	3.0	201
204	Iceland	2.8	202
205	Mauritania	2.5	203
206	Australia	2.5	204
207	Namibia	2.2	205
208	Mongolia	1.5	206
209	Greenland	0.1	207

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