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Population density (people per km² of land) by country, 2021

Countries216

1. Macau20,681.8

Median92.6

Japan344.834 / 216

World61.0

Top 20

Macau20,681.8

Monaco18,487.0

Singapore7,595.5

Hong Kong7,060.1

Gibraltar3,685.8

Bahrain1,904.3

Maldives1,720.5

Malta1,619.2

Bangladesh1,288.0

Sint Maarten1,222.7

Bermuda1,197.2

Channel Islands842.1

Palestinian Territories817.1

Barbados656.2

Mauritius634.1

St. Martin599.2

Aruba598.3

Nauru585.5

San Marino570.9

Lebanon559.0

Bottom 10

Canada4.4

Botswana4.2

Libya4.1

Guyana3.9

Suriname3.8

Iceland3.7

Namibia3.4

Australia3.3

Mongolia2.2

Greenland0.1

Biggest increases since 2020

Somalia+3.7%

Chad+3.5%

Niger+3.3%

Congo - Kinshasa+3.3%

Uganda+3.3%

Angola+3.2%

Mali+3.1%

Tanzania+3.0%

Mozambique+3.0%

Namibia+3.0%

Biggest decreases since 2020

Qatar-10.4%

St. Martin-5.7%

Singapore-4.1%

Marshall Islands-3.1%

Saudi Arabia-2.4%

Tuvalu-2.0%

Czechia-1.8%

Bosnia & Herzegovina-1.7%

Albania-1.5%

Monaco-1.5%

All countries

#	Country / region	Population density (people per km² of land)	Prior-year rank
1	Macau	20,681.8	1
2	Monaco	18,487.0	2
3	Singapore	7,595.5	3
4	Hong Kong	7,060.1	4
5	Gibraltar	3,685.8	5
6	Bahrain	1,904.3	6
7	Maldives	1,720.5	7
8	Malta	1,619.2	8
9	Bangladesh	1,288.0	9
10	Sint Maarten	1,222.7	10
11	Bermuda	1,197.2	11
12	Channel Islands	842.1	12
13	Palestinian Territories	817.1	13
14	Barbados	656.2	14
15	Mauritius	634.1	16
16	St. Martin	599.2	15
17	Aruba	598.3	17
18	Nauru	585.4	18
19	San Marino	570.9	19
20	Lebanon	559.0	20
21	Rwanda	541.4	22
22	South Korea	530.4	21
23	Netherlands	520.7	23
24	Burundi	504.9	24
25	India	475.7	25
26	Comoros	439.6	26
27	Israel	433.1	27
28	Haiti	412.7	28
29	Belgium	379.9	29
30	Philippines	379.3	30
31	Puerto Rico	367.8	31
32	Sri Lanka	358.2	32
33	Curaçao	346.7	33
34	Japan	344.8	35
35	Grenada	343.2	36
36	Tuvalu	339.8	34
37	Vietnam	315.7	37
38	Pakistan	310.7	38
39	Guam	303.2	41
40	U.S. Virgin Islands	302.5	39
41	El Salvador	301.9	40
42	St. Lucia	292.7	42
43	Cayman Islands	292.1	43
44	United Kingdom	276.8	44
45	Trinidad & Tobago	266.6	45
46	St. Vincent & Grenadines	263.7	46
47	Jamaica	262.0	47
48	Gambia	254.5	49
49	British Virgin Islands	252.1	50
50	Luxembourg	248.6	52
51	American Samoa	246.1	48
52	Liechtenstein	244.9	54
53	Kuwait	244.7	51
54	Nigeria	239.9	57
55	Germany	238.1	55
56	São Tomé & Príncipe	231.2	59
57	Dominican Republic	230.8	58
58	Marshall Islands	229.8	56
59	Uganda	229.0	60
60	Switzerland	220.3	61
61	Qatar	218.0	53
62	North Korea	217.9	62
63	Seychelles	215.8	63
64	Malawi	212.6	65
65	Antigua & Barbuda	209.9	64
66	Nepal	205.6	66
67	Italy	200.0	67
68	St. Kitts & Nevis	179.9	68
69	Andorra	166.7	69
70	Guatemala	164.2	70
71	Micronesia	159.5	71
72	Kiribati	158.5	72
73	China	150.4	73
74	Isle of Man	147.6	74
75	Tonga	146.5	75
76	Denmark	146.4	77
77	Indonesia	146.2	76
78	Togo	145.9	78
79	Ghana	142.9	81
80	Cyprus	142.6	79
81	Thailand	140.4	80
82	Czechia	136.1	82
83	United Arab Emirates	134.8	83
84	Cape Verde	128.2	84
85	France	125.9	85
86	Jordan	124.6	87
87	Azerbaijan	122.7	88
88	Poland	120.8	86
89	Benin	119.0	89
90	Syria	117.8	90
91	Slovakia	113.3	91
92	Portugal	113.1	92
93	Sierra Leone	112.1	94
94	Egypt	111.5	93
95	Türkiye	109.3	95
96	Austria	108.5	96
97	Ethiopia	108.2	99
98	Cuba	107.1	97
99	Hungary	105.5	98
100	Armenia	105.1	100
101	Slovenia	104.7	101
102	Malaysia	104.3	103
103	Northern Mariana Islands	102.1	102
104	Iraq	99.2	105
105	Costa Rica	99.1	104
106	Cambodia	96.2	107
107	Spain	94.9	106
108	Côte d’Ivoire	93.2	110
109	Honduras	92.0	111
110	Kenya	91.6	113
111	Albania	90.9	108
112	Timor-Leste	90.8	114
113	Moldova	90.4	109
114	Dominica	89.6	112
115	Senegal	89.4	115
116	Brunei	85.7	116
117	Romania	83.1	117
118	Morocco	82.8	120
119	Greece	82.0	118
120	Myanmar (Burma)	81.8	121
121	Serbia	81.3	119
122	French Polynesia	80.6	122
123	Burkina Faso	80.4	123
124	Uzbekistan	77.7	127
125	Tunisia	77.6	125
126	Samoa	76.9	126
127	Ukraine	76.5	124
128	Lesotho	74.5	128
129	Ireland	74.2	130
130	Guinea-Bissau	73.2	131
131	North Macedonia	72.8	129
132	Tajikistan	71.8	133
133	Ecuador	71.2	132
134	Tanzania	70.9	136
135	Yemen	70.3	137
136	Eswatini	70.2	135
137	Croatia	69.3	134
138	Mexico	65.7	138
139	Georgia	64.9	139
140	Bosnia & Herzegovina	63.4	140
141	Equatorial Guinea	62.7	141
142	Afghanistan	61.3	143
143	Bulgaria	59.9	142
144	Panama	58.6	144
145	Cameroon	56.9	145
146	Guinea	55.8	147
147	Nicaragua	55.2	146
148	Liberia	54.6	149
149	Iran	54.5	148
150	Madagascar	51.0	152
151	South Africa	50.7	151
152	Fiji	50.2	150
153	Djibouti	48.4	153
154	Turks & Caicos Islands	47.6	154
155	Montenegro	46.5	155
156	Colombia	46.1	157
157	Belarus	45.8	156
158	Lithuania	44.9	158
159	Congo - Kinshasa	43.7	159
160	Zimbabwe	40.8	160
161	Mozambique	40.3	162
162	Bahamas	39.6	161
163	Faroe Islands	38.9	164
164	Palau	38.7	163
165	United States	36.3	165
166	Kyrgyzstan	35.7	166
167	Laos	32.3	168
168	Venezuela	32.0	167
169	Estonia	31.1	169
170	Latvia	30.3	170
171	Angola	27.7	172
172	Eritrea	27.6	171
173	Somalia	27.5	174
174	Solomon Islands	27.2	173
175	Zambia	26.4	177
176	Chile	26.2	175
177	Peru	25.9	176
178	Sudan	25.7	179
179	Sweden	25.6	178
180	Vanuatu	25.1	181
181	Brazil	25.1	180
182	Papua New Guinea	22.1	182
183	Bhutan	20.3	183
184	Uruguay	19.4	184
185	Niger	19.3	186
186	New Zealand	19.3	185
187	Algeria	18.8	187
188	Mali	18.3	189
189	Finland	18.2	188
190	Belize	17.3	190
191	Congo - Brazzaville	17.3	192
192	South Sudan	17.2	191
193	Paraguay	16.8	193
194	Argentina	16.6	194
195	New Caledonia	15.6	195
196	Turkmenistan	15.1	196
197	Norway	14.8	197
198	Oman	14.5	199
199	Saudi Arabia	14.3	198
200	Chad	14.2	200
201	Bolivia	11.0	201
202	Gabon	9.2	202
203	Russia	8.8	203
204	Central African Republic	8.2	204
205	Kazakhstan	7.3	205
206	Mauritania	4.6	206
207	Canada	4.4	207
208	Botswana	4.2	208
209	Libya	4.1	209
210	Guyana	3.9	210
211	Suriname	3.8	211
212	Iceland	3.7	212
213	Namibia	3.4	214
214	Australia	3.3	213
215	Mongolia	2.2	215
216	Greenland	0.1	216

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