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Population density (people per km² of land) by country, 2013

Countries216

1. Macau19,534.7

Median87.0

Japan349.632 / 216

World55.9

Top 20

Macau19,534.7

Monaco17,487.4

Singapore7,636.7

Hong Kong6,837.0

Gibraltar3,240.7

Bahrain1,627.5

Maldives1,333.6

Malta1,327.5

Bangladesh1,202.5

Bermuda1,177.3

Sint Maarten1,054.5

Channel Islands817.1

St. Martin748.4

Palestinian Territories677.2

Barbados645.7

Mauritius630.4

Aruba587.1

Lebanon561.4

San Marino550.7

Nauru525.9

Bottom 10

Guyana3.8

Botswana3.8

Mauritania3.6

Libya3.6

Suriname3.5

Iceland3.2

Australia3.0

Namibia2.7

Mongolia1.9

Greenland0.1

Biggest increases since 2012

Qatar+11.3%

Lebanon+9.7%

Oman+8.1%

Saudi Arabia+5.6%

Jordan+5.3%

Kuwait+5.1%

Iraq+4.9%

Turks & Caicos Islands+4.7%

British Virgin Islands+4.5%

United Arab Emirates+4.1%

Biggest decreases since 2012

Syria-4.8%

Estonia-2.8%

Sri Lanka-2.8%

Andorra-2.1%

Bulgaria-2.0%

Bosnia & Herzegovina-1.6%

Albania-1.5%

Marshall Islands-1.4%

San Marino-1.3%

Latvia-1.1%

All countries

#	Country / region	Population density (people per km² of land)	Prior-year rank
1	Macau	19,534.7	1
2	Monaco	17,487.4	2
3	Singapore	7,636.7	3
4	Hong Kong	6,837.0	4
5	Gibraltar	3,240.7	5
6	Bahrain	1,627.5	6
7	Maldives	1,333.6	8
8	Malta	1,327.5	7
9	Bangladesh	1,202.5	9
10	Bermuda	1,177.3	10
11	Sint Maarten	1,054.5	11
12	Channel Islands	817.1	12
13	St. Martin	748.4	13
14	Palestinian Territories	677.2	14
15	Barbados	645.7	15
16	Mauritius	630.4	16
17	Aruba	587.1	17
18	Lebanon	561.4	21
19	San Marino	550.7	18
20	Nauru	525.8	20
21	South Korea	517.6	19
22	Netherlands	498.8	22
23	Rwanda	449.7	23
24	India	435.8	24
25	Puerto Rico	409.4	25
26	Burundi	406.5	26
27	Comoros	374.1	27
28	Israel	372.4	29
29	Haiti	370.9	30
30	Belgium	367.9	28
31	Tuvalu	366.7	31
32	Japan	349.6	32
33	Curaçao	346.4	33
34	Philippines	342.3	35
35	Grenada	333.8	36
36	Sri Lanka	328.3	34
37	U.S. Virgin Islands	308.7	37
38	Guam	307.3	38
39	El Salvador	296.3	39
40	Vietnam	289.4	41
41	St. Lucia	284.2	42
42	Marshall Islands	281.6	40
43	St. Vincent & Grenadines	277.3	43
44	Pakistan	273.8	45
45	American Samoa	270.0	44
46	United Kingdom	265.1	46
47	Trinidad & Tobago	261.3	47
48	Jamaica	257.0	48
49	Cayman Islands	244.4	49
50	Germany	231.2	50
51	Liechtenstein	231.2	51
52	British Virgin Islands	211.4	57
53	Luxembourg	211.1	54
54	Dominican Republic	211.0	53
55	North Korea	210.4	52
56	Gambia	207.9	58
57	Switzerland	204.7	56
58	Italy	203.9	55
59	São Tomé & Príncipe	201.2	60
60	Antigua & Barbuda	200.1	59
61	Nigeria	198.8	61
62	Kuwait	196.8	64
63	Seychelles	195.5	63
64	Nepal	192.5	62
65	St. Kitts & Nevis	181.0	65
66	Uganda	176.2	66
67	Malawi	171.4	67
68	Qatar	165.1	71
69	Andorra	160.0	68
70	Micronesia	154.5	69
71	Tonga	148.7	70
72	Isle of Man	147.6	72
73	China	145.2	73
74	Guatemala	143.6	74
75	Kiribati	140.5	76
76	Denmark	140.4	75
77	Thailand	136.7	78
78	Indonesia	136.3	79
79	Czechia	136.2	77
80	Cyprus	128.1	81
81	Cape Verde	127.1	80
82	Togo	125.0	84
83	Poland	124.2	82
84	France	122.5	85
85	Ghana	120.4	86
86	Syria	118.0	83
87	Northern Mariana Islands	114.7	87
88	Portugal	114.2	88
89	Azerbaijan	113.9	89
90	Slovakia	112.6	90
91	Hungary	109.1	91
92	Cuba	108.4	93
93	United Arab Emirates	108.3	95
94	Armenia	106.1	92
95	Albania	102.8	94
96	Austria	102.8	96
97	Slovenia	102.3	97
98	Moldova	99.6	98
99	Türkiye	98.9	99
100	Egypt	95.8	100
101	Benin	95.0	102
102	Spain	93.2	101
103	Sierra Leone	93.0	105
104	Dominica	93.0	103
105	Costa Rica	92.4	104
106	Malaysia	91.8	106
107	Jordan	90.0	109
108	Ethiopia	87.2	110
109	Romania	86.9	107
110	Cambodia	85.9	111
111	Greece	85.1	108
112	Serbia	81.9	112
113	Iraq	81.3	116
114	Ukraine	79.6	113
115	Honduras	79.4	115
116	French Polynesia	79.1	114
117	Kenya	79.0	117
118	Brunei	78.0	118
119	Timor-Leste	77.9	120
120	Myanmar (Burma)	77.0	121
121	North Macedonia	76.2	119
122	Morocco	75.7	123
123	Croatia	75.7	122
124	Côte d’Ivoire	75.3	124
125	Tunisia	71.7	126
126	Senegal	71.2	128
127	Bosnia & Herzegovina	70.5	125
128	Samoa	70.1	127
129	Uzbekistan	68.2	130
130	Lesotho	67.7	131
131	Ireland	67.1	132
132	Bulgaria	66.0	129
133	Eswatini	65.7	133
134	Georgia	65.0	134
135	Burkina Faso	64.7	135
136	Ecuador	63.6	136
137	Mexico	60.9	137
138	Guinea-Bissau	60.3	138
139	Tajikistan	58.7	139
140	Yemen	55.5	140
141	Tanzania	55.1	141
142	Panama	51.5	142
143	Fiji	50.2	143
144	Nicaragua	49.7	144
145	Iran	49.4	145
146	Afghanistan	48.5	147
147	Equatorial Guinea	48.0	150
148	Lithuania	47.2	146
149	Belarus	46.5	148
150	Liberia	46.4	151
151	Montenegro	46.3	149
152	Guinea	45.5	152
153	Cameroon	45.3	154
154	South Africa	45.1	153
155	Djibouti	42.5	155
156	Colombia	41.6	156
157	Madagascar	41.4	157
158	Palau	38.4	158
159	Bahamas	37.9	159
160	Zimbabwe	36.2	160
161	Turks & Caicos Islands	35.4	163
162	United States	34.6	162
163	Faroe Islands	34.6	161
164	Venezuela	33.9	164
165	Congo - Kinshasa	33.4	166
166	Latvia	32.3	165
167	Mozambique	31.9	168
168	Estonia	30.3	167
169	Kyrgyzstan	30.1	169
170	Laos	28.6	170
171	Eritrea	25.4	171
172	Chile	23.8	172
173	Brazil	23.7	173
174	Sweden	23.6	174
175	Peru	23.3	175
176	Solomon Islands	21.3	176
177	Angola	21.0	178
178	Vanuatu	20.9	177
179	Zambia	20.7	179
180	Somalia	20.5	180
181	Sudan	20.2	181
182	Uruguay	19.1	182
183	Bhutan	19.0	183
184	Papua New Guinea	18.3	184
185	Finland	17.9	185
186	South Sudan	17.7	186
187	New Zealand	16.9	187
188	Algeria	16.1	188
189	Argentina	15.6	189
190	New Caledonia	15.1	190
191	Paraguay	15.1	191
192	Belize	15.0	192
193	Niger	14.6	193
194	Mali	14.3	194
195	Congo - Brazzaville	14.2	195
196	Norway	13.9	196
197	Saudi Arabia	12.9	198
198	Turkmenistan	12.6	197
199	Oman	12.4	199
200	Chad	10.9	200
201	Bolivia	9.9	201
202	Russia	8.8	202
203	Central African Republic	7.5	203
204	Gabon	7.4	204
205	Kazakhstan	6.5	205
206	Canada	3.9	206
207	Guyana	3.8	207
208	Botswana	3.8	208
209	Mauritania	3.6	210
210	Libya	3.6	209
211	Suriname	3.5	211
212	Iceland	3.2	212
213	Australia	3.0	213
214	Namibia	2.7	214
215	Mongolia	1.9	215
216	Greenland	0.1	216

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