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Population density (people per km² of land) by country, 2020

Countries216

1. Macau20,832.8

Median92.0

Japan346.435 / 216

World60.4

Top 20

Macau20,832.8

Monaco18,771.6

Singapore7,919.0

Hong Kong7,124.8

Gibraltar3,617.3

Bahrain1,875.4

Maldives1,673.7

Malta1,610.9

Bangladesh1,277.5

Sint Maarten1,206.1

Bermuda1,192.3

Channel Islands839.6

Palestinian Territories797.9

Barbados655.1

St. Martin635.7

Mauritius634.0

Aruba603.3

Nauru582.1

San Marino579.5

Lebanon557.4

Bottom 10

Canada4.2

Botswana4.2

Libya4.0

Guyana3.8

Suriname3.8

Iceland3.6

Australia3.3

Namibia3.3

Mongolia2.1

Greenland0.1

Biggest increases since 2019

Qatar+5.9%

Saudi Arabia+5.0%

Somalia+3.9%

Faroe Islands+3.7%

Syria+3.4%

Uganda+3.4%

Niger+3.4%

Angola+3.3%

Serbia+3.3%

Congo - Kinshasa+3.3%

Biggest decreases since 2019

St. Martin-7.2%

Guyana-6.8%

Marshall Islands-3.0%

Tuvalu-1.7%

Venezuela-1.7%

Lebanon-1.6%

Albania-1.5%

Oman-1.5%

Bahrain-1.4%

Bosnia & Herzegovina-1.4%

All countries

#	Country / region	Population density (people per km² of land)	Prior-year rank
1	Macau	20,832.8	1
2	Monaco	18,771.6	2
3	Singapore	7,919.0	3
4	Hong Kong	7,124.8	4
5	Gibraltar	3,617.3	5
6	Bahrain	1,875.4	6
7	Maldives	1,673.7	7
8	Malta	1,610.9	8
9	Bangladesh	1,277.5	9
10	Sint Maarten	1,206.1	10
11	Bermuda	1,192.3	11
12	Channel Islands	839.6	12
13	Palestinian Territories	797.9	13
14	Barbados	655.1	15
15	St. Martin	635.7	14
16	Mauritius	634.0	16
17	Aruba	603.3	17
18	Nauru	582.2	18
19	San Marino	579.5	19
20	Lebanon	557.4	20
21	South Korea	531.1	21
22	Rwanda	529.6	22
23	Netherlands	518.0	23
24	Burundi	491.3	24
25	India	471.8	25
26	Comoros	431.0	26
27	Israel	425.8	27
28	Haiti	408.0	28
29	Belgium	378.4	29
30	Philippines	375.9	31
31	Puerto Rico	370.0	30
32	Sri Lanka	354.3	34
33	Curaçao	350.2	32
34	Tuvalu	346.6	33
35	Japan	346.4	35
36	Grenada	342.2	36
37	Vietnam	312.9	37
38	Pakistan	304.8	41
39	U.S. Virgin Islands	303.7	38
40	El Salvador	300.9	39
41	Guam	300.3	40
42	St. Lucia	292.2	42
43	Cayman Islands	286.2	43
44	United Kingdom	275.9	44
45	Trinidad & Tobago	266.4	46
46	St. Vincent & Grenadines	265.5	45
47	Jamaica	261.4	47
48	American Samoa	248.8	48
49	Gambia	248.6	51
50	British Virgin Islands	247.6	52
51	Kuwait	246.9	49
52	Luxembourg	244.9	54
53	Qatar	243.2	57
54	Liechtenstein	243.1	53
55	Germany	238.0	55
56	Marshall Islands	237.3	50
57	Nigeria	235.0	56
58	Dominican Republic	228.4	58
59	São Tomé & Príncipe	226.5	59
60	Uganda	221.7	62
61	Switzerland	218.6	60
62	North Korea	217.1	61
63	Seychelles	214.0	63
64	Antigua & Barbuda	208.7	64
65	Malawi	207.2	66
66	Nepal	202.1	67
67	Italy	201.0	65
68	St. Kitts & Nevis	180.3	68
69	Andorra	164.6	69
70	Guatemala	162.0	70
71	Micronesia	158.5	71
72	Kiribati	155.7	72
73	China	150.3	73
74	Isle of Man	147.5	74
75	Tonga	146.8	75
76	Indonesia	146.4	77
77	Denmark	145.8	76
78	Togo	143.2	78
79	Cyprus	140.9	80
80	Thailand	140.2	79
81	Ghana	140.1	82
82	Czechia	138.6	81
83	United Arab Emirates	132.4	83
84	Cape Verde	127.7	84
85	France	125.4	85
86	Poland	122.5	86
87	Jordan	122.4	88
88	Azerbaijan	122.1	87
89	Benin	115.9	90
90	Syria	114.6	92
91	Slovakia	113.5	89
92	Portugal	112.4	91
93	Egypt	109.8	93
94	Sierra Leone	109.6	97
95	Türkiye	108.3	96
96	Austria	108.1	95
97	Cuba	107.7	94
98	Hungary	106.0	98
99	Ethiopia	105.4	102
100	Armenia	105.0	100
101	Slovenia	104.4	101
102	Northern Mariana Islands	103.3	99
103	Malaysia	103.1	103
104	Costa Rica	98.6	104
105	Iraq	97.0	105
106	Spain	94.8	106
107	Cambodia	94.8	108
108	Albania	92.3	107
109	Moldova	91.7	109
110	Côte d’Ivoire	90.9	112
111	Honduras	90.4	111
112	Dominica	90.1	110
113	Kenya	89.9	113
114	Timor-Leste	89.2	114
115	Senegal	87.2	115
116	Brunei	84.9	117
117	Romania	83.7	116
118	Greece	83.0	118
119	Serbia	82.0	122
120	Morocco	82.0	119
121	Myanmar (Burma)	81.2	120
122	French Polynesia	80.4	121
123	Burkina Faso	78.5	124
124	Ukraine	77.1	123
125	Tunisia	77.1	125
126	Samoa	76.2	126
127	Uzbekistan	76.2	127
128	Lesotho	73.6	129
129	North Macedonia	73.6	128
130	Ireland	73.2	130
131	Guinea-Bissau	71.6	132
132	Ecuador	70.6	133
133	Tajikistan	70.2	134
134	Croatia	69.9	131
135	Eswatini	69.3	135
136	Tanzania	68.8	136
137	Yemen	68.4	137
138	Mexico	65.2	140
139	Georgia	65.1	139
140	Bosnia & Herzegovina	64.4	138
141	Equatorial Guinea	61.2	142
142	Bulgaria	60.3	141
143	Afghanistan	59.9	143
144	Panama	57.9	144
145	Cameroon	55.4	145
146	Nicaragua	54.6	146
147	Guinea	54.4	148
148	Iran	54.1	147
149	Liberia	53.5	149
150	Fiji	50.1	150
151	South Africa	49.9	151
152	Madagascar	49.8	152
153	Djibouti	47.7	153
154	Turks & Caicos Islands	46.7	156
155	Montenegro	46.6	154
156	Belarus	46.2	155
157	Colombia	45.6	157
158	Lithuania	44.9	158
159	Congo - Kinshasa	42.3	159
160	Zimbabwe	40.1	160
161	Bahamas	39.5	161
162	Mozambique	39.1	163
163	Palau	38.7	162
164	Faroe Islands	38.5	164
165	United States	36.2	165
166	Kyrgyzstan	35.1	166
167	Venezuela	32.2	167
168	Laos	31.8	168
169	Estonia	31.1	169
170	Latvia	30.5	170
171	Eritrea	27.2	171
172	Angola	26.8	173
173	Solomon Islands	26.6	172
174	Somalia	26.5	175
175	Chile	26.1	174
176	Peru	25.7	176
177	Zambia	25.6	178
178	Sweden	25.4	177
179	Sudan	25.0	180
180	Brazil	25.0	179
181	Vanuatu	24.5	181
182	Papua New Guinea	21.7	182
183	Bhutan	20.2	183
184	Uruguay	19.4	184
185	New Zealand	19.3	185
186	Niger	18.7	188
187	Algeria	18.5	186
188	Finland	18.2	187
189	Mali	17.8	189
190	Belize	17.1	190
191	South Sudan	16.9	191
192	Congo - Brazzaville	16.8	192
193	Paraguay	16.6	194
194	Argentina	16.5	193
195	New Caledonia	15.5	195
196	Turkmenistan	14.8	198
197	Norway	14.8	197
198	Saudi Arabia	14.7	199
199	Oman	14.6	196
200	Chad	13.7	200
201	Bolivia	10.9	201
202	Gabon	9.0	203
203	Russia	8.9	202
204	Central African Republic	8.1	204
205	Kazakhstan	7.2	205
206	Mauritania	4.5	206
207	Canada	4.2	207
208	Botswana	4.2	208
209	Libya	4.0	210
210	Guyana	3.8	209
211	Suriname	3.8	211
212	Iceland	3.6	212
213	Australia	3.3	213
214	Namibia	3.3	214
215	Mongolia	2.1	215
216	Greenland	0.1	216

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