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Population density (people per km² of land) by country, 2011

Countries214

1. Macau18,381.3

Median86.8

Japan350.732 / 214

World55.6

Top 20

Macau18,381.3

Monaco16,746.9

Singapore7,363.2

Hong Kong6,734.9

Gibraltar3,166.0

Bahrain1,558.0

Malta1,300.8

Maldives1,245.6

Bermuda1,180.2

Bangladesh1,179.9

Sint Maarten1,007.9

Channel Islands806.6

St. Martin741.4

Palestinian Territories645.0

Barbados642.2

Mauritius627.1

Aruba570.0

San Marino543.7

South Korea513.8

Nauru504.9

Bottom 10

Guyana3.8

Botswana3.7

Libya3.6

Suriname3.5

Mauritania3.4

Iceland3.2

Australia2.9

Namibia2.6

Mongolia1.8

Greenland0.1

Biggest increases since 2010

Oman+11.6%

Kuwait+6.4%

Saudi Arabia+4.6%

Equatorial Guinea+4.4%

Liberia+4.0%

Angola+4.0%

Niger+3.8%

Afghanistan+3.8%

Solomon Islands+3.7%

British Virgin Islands+3.7%

Biggest decreases since 2010

Andorra-3.6%

Bahrain-3.4%

Seychelles-2.6%

Libya-2.4%

Lithuania-2.2%

San Marino-2.0%

Germany-1.8%

Bosnia & Herzegovina-1.8%

Latvia-1.8%

Palau-1.7%

All countries

#	Country / region	Population density (people per km² of land)	Prior-year rank
1	Macau	18,381.3	1
2	Monaco	16,746.9	2
3	Singapore	7,363.2	3
4	Hong Kong	6,734.9	4
5	Gibraltar	3,166.0	5
6	Bahrain	1,558.0	6
7	Malta	1,300.8	7
8	Maldives	1,245.6	8
9	Bermuda	1,180.2	9
10	Bangladesh	1,179.9	10
11	Sint Maarten	1,007.9	–
12	Channel Islands	806.6	11
13	St. Martin	741.4	–
14	Palestinian Territories	645.0	13
15	Barbados	642.2	12
16	Mauritius	627.1	14
17	Aruba	570.0	15
18	San Marino	543.7	16
19	South Korea	513.8	17
20	Nauru	504.9	18
21	Lebanon	498.1	19
22	Netherlands	495.0	20
23	Rwanda	428.6	23
24	India	424.2	22
25	Puerto Rico	416.4	21
26	Burundi	378.4	24
27	Belgium	363.9	25
28	Haiti	359.8	26
29	Tuvalu	359.3	27
30	Comoros	359.0	29
31	Israel	358.9	28
32	Japan	350.7	30
33	Curaçao	339.7	–
34	Sri Lanka	335.0	31
35	Grenada	329.6	32
36	Philippines	329.5	33
37	U.S. Virgin Islands	309.4	34
38	Guam	308.4	35
39	El Salvador	293.9	36
40	Marshall Islands	288.4	37
41	Vietnam	282.4	40
42	St. Lucia	281.6	39
43	St. Vincent & Grenadines	280.4	38
44	American Samoa	274.5	41
45	Pakistan	264.3	43
46	United Kingdom	261.5	42
47	Trinidad & Tobago	258.9	44
48	Jamaica	254.9	45
49	Cayman Islands	231.7	47
50	Germany	230.3	46
51	Liechtenstein	227.0	48
52	North Korea	208.4	49
53	Dominican Republic	205.9	50
54	Italy	203.0	51
55	Luxembourg	201.3	53
56	Switzerland	200.2	52
57	Antigua & Barbuda	196.2	55
58	Gambia	196.0	57
59	São Tomé & Príncipe	193.4	58
60	Nepal	191.6	56
61	British Virgin Islands	191.4	59
62	Seychelles	190.1	54
63	Nigeria	188.2	60
64	St. Kitts & Nevis	180.3	61
65	Kuwait	175.8	63
66	Uganda	166.3	64
67	Andorra	165.5	62
68	Malawi	161.9	65
69	Micronesia	153.9	66
70	Tonga	149.4	67
71	Isle of Man	148.0	68
72	China	143.3	69
73	Qatar	139.9	70
74	Denmark	139.3	71
75	Guatemala	138.0	73
76	Kiribati	136.6	75
77	Czechia	135.9	72
78	Thailand	135.1	74
79	Indonesia	132.9	76
80	Cape Verde	126.9	77
81	Syria	124.6	79
82	Poland	124.3	78
83	Cyprus	124.1	80
84	France	121.2	81
85	Togo	119.5	83
86	Northern Mariana Islands	116.5	82
87	Portugal	115.3	84
88	Ghana	114.7	86
89	Slovakia	112.3	85
90	Azerbaijan	111.0	88
91	Hungary	110.1	87
92	Armenia	106.4	89
93	Albania	106.0	90
94	Cuba	105.8	91
95	Slovenia	101.9	92
96	Austria	101.7	93
97	United Arab Emirates	100.0	95
98	Moldova	99.7	94
99	Türkiye	96.4	96
100	Spain	93.5	97
101	Dominica	92.1	98
102	Egypt	91.5	99
103	Costa Rica	90.3	100
104	Benin	89.5	103
105	Malaysia	88.8	102
106	Sierra Leone	88.5	105
107	Romania	87.5	101
108	Greece	86.2	104
109	Jordan	84.3	107
110	Cambodia	83.4	108
111	Serbia	82.7	106
112	Ethiopia	82.5	109
113	Ukraine	79.9	110
114	French Polynesia	78.3	111
115	North Macedonia	76.8	112
116	Croatia	76.5	113
117	Honduras	76.3	115
118	Brunei	75.8	116
119	Myanmar (Burma)	75.6	114
120	Kenya	75.1	118
121	Timor-Leste	74.7	119
122	Iraq	74.1	121
123	Morocco	73.7	120
124	Bosnia & Herzegovina	73.1	117
125	Côte d’Ivoire	72.3	122
126	Tunisia	70.1	123
127	Samoa	68.8	124
128	Bulgaria	67.7	125
129	Senegal	67.3	129
130	Ireland	66.5	127
131	Lesotho	66.3	128
132	Uzbekistan	66.1	130
133	Georgia	65.7	126
134	Eswatini	65.0	131
135	Ecuador	61.7	132
136	Burkina Faso	60.9	133
137	Mexico	59.3	134
138	Guinea-Bissau	57.2	135
139	Tajikistan	55.9	136
140	Yemen	52.2	137
141	Tanzania	52.0	138
142	Fiji	50.0	139
143	Panama	49.7	141
144	Nicaragua	48.4	142
145	Lithuania	48.3	140
146	Iran	48.1	143
147	Belarus	46.6	144
148	Montenegro	46.1	145
149	Afghanistan	45.0	146
150	Equatorial Guinea	44.3	148
151	Liberia	43.8	150
152	South Africa	43.7	147
153	Guinea	43.4	149
154	Cameroon	42.8	151
155	Djibouti	40.9	153
156	Colombia	40.8	152
157	Palau	39.3	154
158	Madagascar	39.2	155
159	Bahamas	37.1	156
160	Zimbabwe	35.1	158
161	Faroe Islands	34.8	157
162	United States	34.1	159
163	Latvia	33.1	160
164	Venezuela	33.1	161
165	Turks & Caicos Islands	32.5	163
166	Estonia	31.3	162
167	Congo - Kinshasa	31.3	164
168	Mozambique	30.1	165
169	Kyrgyzstan	28.9	166
170	Laos	27.8	167
171	Eritrea	24.8	168
172	Brazil	23.4	169
173	Chile	23.3	170
174	Sweden	23.2	171
175	Peru	22.9	172
176	Vanuatu	20.0	174
177	Solomon Islands	19.8	175
178	Somalia	19.7	173
179	Angola	19.4	178
180	Zambia	19.4	177
181	Uruguay	19.0	176
182	Bhutan	18.6	179
183	Finland	17.7	180
184	Papua New Guinea	17.4	181
185	New Zealand	16.6	182
186	Algeria	15.5	183
187	Argentina	15.2	184
188	Paraguay	14.6	185
189	New Caledonia	14.6	186
190	Belize	14.3	187
191	Norway	13.6	188
192	Niger	13.6	191
193	Congo - Brazzaville	13.5	190
194	Mali	13.5	189
195	Turkmenistan	12.1	192
196	Saudi Arabia	11.7	193
197	Chad	10.1	194
198	Oman	9.9	196
199	Bolivia	9.6	195
200	Russia	8.7	197
201	Central African Republic	7.3	198
202	Gabon	6.9	199
203	Kazakhstan	6.3	200
204	Canada	3.8	202
205	Guyana	3.8	201
206	Botswana	3.7	204
207	Libya	3.6	203
208	Suriname	3.5	205
209	Mauritania	3.4	206
210	Iceland	3.2	207
211	Australia	2.9	208
212	Namibia	2.6	209
213	Mongolia	1.8	210
214	Greenland	0.1	211

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