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This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by population density, sorted by inhabitants per square kilometre or square mile. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. The list also includes unrecognized but de facto independent countries. The figures in the table are based on areas including internal bodies of water such as bays, lakes, reservoirs and rivers. The list does not include entities not on ISO 3166-1, except for states with limited recognition. Thus constituent countries that are not included on ISO 3166-1, and other entities not on ISO 3166-1 like the European Union, are not included.

Unless otherwise noted, areas and populations are sourced from the United Nations World Population Prospects, which uses the latest censuses and official figures, as well as figures from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Data is current as of 2023.

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• Links for each location go to the relevant demography page, when available.
• Dependencies are shown with their parent states in parentheses.

List of countries and dependencies showing population densities, populations, and areas

Location	Pop. /km	Pop. /sq mi	Population	Area (km)	Area (sq mi)	Notes
Macau (China)	21,000	54,000	704,150	33	13
Monaco	18,000	47,000	36,298	2.0	0.77
Singapore	8,250	21,400	6,014,723	729	281
Hong Kong (China)	6,725	17,420	7,491,609	1,114	430
Gibraltar (UK)	4,800	12,000	32,688	6.8	2.6
Bahrain	1,910	4,900	1,485,510	778	300
Maldives	1,750	4,500	523,787	300	120
Malta	1,700	4,400	535,065	315	122
Vatican City	1,600	4,100	764	0.49	0.19
Sint Maarten (NL)	1,300	3,400	44,222	34	13
Bermuda (UK)	1,200	3,100	64,069	54	21
Bangladesh	1,165	3,020	172,954,319	148,460	57,320
Guernsey (UK)	990	2,600	63,544	64	25
Jersey (UK)	964	2,500	111,803	116	45
Mayotte (France)	913	2,360	335,995	368	142
Palestine (Gaza Strip, West Bank)	892	2,310	5,371,230	6,020	2,320
Taiwan	676	1,750	23,923,277	35,410	13,670
Mauritius	657	1,700	1,300,557	1,979	764
Barbados	654	1,690	281,996	431	166
Nauru	610	1,600	12,780	21	8.1
Saint Martin (France)	610	1,600	32,077	53	20
Aruba (NL)	590	1,500	106,277	180	69
San Marino	550	1,400	33,642	61	24
Rwanda	535	1,390	14,094,683	26,338	10,169
South Korea	516	1,340	51,784,059	100,413	38,770
Lebanon	512	1,330	5,353,930	10,452	4,036
Saint Barthélemy (France)	500	1,300	10,994	22	8.5
Burundi	476	1,230	13,238,559	27,834	10,747
Tuvalu	440	1,100	11,396	26	10
India	435	1,130	1,428,627,663	3,287,263	1,269,219
Curaçao (NL)	433	1,120	192,077	444	171
Netherlands	436	1,130	18,092,525	41,543	16,040
Haiti	423	1,100	11,724,764	27,750	10,710
Israel	416	1,080	9,174,520	22,072	8,522
Réunion (France)	391	1,010	981,796	2,510	970
Philippines	391	1,010	117,337,368	300,000	120,000
Belgium	383	990	11,686,140	30,528	11,787
Comoros	381	990	852,075	2,235	863
Grenada	366	950	126,184	345	133
Puerto Rico (US)	361	930	3,205,691	8,868	3,424
Martinique (France)	337	870	366,981	1,090	420
Sri Lanka	334	870	21,893,579	65,610	25,330
Japan	326	840	123,294,513	377,930	145,920
Guam (US)	320	830	172,952	541	209
El Salvador	303	780	6,364,943	21,041	8,124
Pakistan	302	780	240,485,658	796,095	307,374
Trinidad and Tobago	299	770	1,534,937	5,127	1,980
Vietnam	298	770	98,858,950	331,340	127,930
Saint Lucia	293	760	180,251	616	238
U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	285	740	98,750	347	134
United Kingdom	279	720	67,596,281	242,495	93,628	2022
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	267	690	103,699	389	150
Cayman Islands (UK)	263	680	69,310	264	102
Jamaica	257	670	2,825,544	10,991	4,244
Luxembourg	253	660	654,768	2,586	998
Liechtenstein	247	640	39,585	160	62
Gambia	246	640	2,773,168	11,295	4,361
Nigeria	249	640	230,842,743	923,768	356,669
Kuwait	242	630	4,310,108	17,818	6,880
Guadeloupe (France)	242	630	395,839	1,639	633
São Tomé and Príncipe	241	620	231,856	964	372
Seychelles	236	610	107,660	457	176
Qatar	233	600	2,716,391	11,637	4,493
Germany	233	600	83,294,633	357,581	138,063
Dominican Republic	233	600	11,332,973	48,671	18,792
Marshall Islands	232	600	41,996	181	70
Malawi	221	570	20,931,751	94,552	36,507
American Samoa (US)	221	570	43,915	199	77
North Korea	217	560	26,160,822	120,538	46,540
Antigua and Barbuda	213	550	94,298	442	171
Switzerland	213	550	8,796,669	41,291	15,943
Nepal	210	540	30,896,590	147,181	56,827
British Virgin Islands (UK)	209	540	31,538	151	58
Uganda	201	520	48,582,334	241,550	93,260
Italy	195	510	58,870,763	302,068	116,629
Kiribati	184	480	133,515	726	280
Saint Kitts and Nevis	183	470	47,755	261	101
Anguilla (UK)	175	450	15,900	91	35
Andorra	171	440	80,088	468	181
Guatemala	166	430	18,092,026	108,889	42,042
Micronesia	164	420	115,224	702	271
Togo	159	410	9,053,799	56,785	21,925
Tokelau (New Zealand)	158	410	1,893	12	4.6
Kosovo	153	400	1,663,595	10,905	4,210
China	149	390	1,425,671,352	9,600,000	3,700,000
Cape Verde	148	380	598,682	4,033	1,557
Isle of Man	148	380	84,710	572	221
Indonesia	145	380	277,534,123	1,910,931	737,815
Tonga	144	370	107,773	747	288
Ghana	143	370	34,121,985	238,537	92,100
Northern Cyprus	141	370	476,214	3,355	1,295
Thailand	140	360	71,801,279	513,140	198,120
Denmark	138	360	5,910,913	42,947	16,582
Cyprus	136	350	1,260,138	9,251	3,572
United Arab Emirates	134	350	9,516,871	71,024	27,423
Transnistria	134	350	468,980	3,510	1,360
Czech Republic	133	340	10,495,295	78,871	30,452
Jordan	127	330	11,337,053	89,318	34,486
Syria	125	320	23,227,014	185,180	71,500
Sierra Leone	122	320	8,791,092	72,300	27,900
Poland	120	310	37,691,000	313,931	121,209
Azerbaijan	120	310	10,412,652	86,600	33,400
Benin	119	310	13,712,828	114,763	44,310
Slovakia	110	280	5,422,194	49,035	18,933
France (metropolitan)	117	300	64,756,584	551,500	212,900
Ethiopia	115	300	126,527,060	1,104,300	426,400
Egypt	112	290	112,716,599	1,002,000	387,000
Portugal	111	290	10,247,605	92,225	35,608
Turkey	110	280	85,816,199	783,562	302,535
Hungary	109	280	10,156,239	93,025	35,917
Northern Mariana Islands (US)	109	280	49,796	457	176
Austria	107	280	8,958,961	83,878	32,385
Iraq	105	270	45,504,560	435,052	167,975
Slovenia	105	270	2,119,675	20,273	7,827
Malaysia	104	270	34,308,525	330,621	127,653
Costa Rica	102	260	5,212,173	51,100	19,700
Cuba	102	260	11,194,449	109,884	42,426
Moldova	102	260	3,435,931	33,847	13,068
France (metropolitan & overseas)	101	260	68,000,000	672,000	259,000
Albania	99	260	2,832,439	28,748	11,100
Dominica	97	250	73,040	750	290
Spain	97	250	48,946,035	505,994	195,365
Honduras	94	240	10,593,798	112,492	43,433
Cambodia	94	240	16,944,826	181,039	69,900
Armenia	93	240	2,777,971	29,743	11,484
Kenya	93	240	55,100,587	591,958	228,556
Timor-Leste	91	240	1,360,596	14,919	5,760
Senegal	90	230	17,763,163	196,712	75,951
Ivory Coast	90	230	28,873,034	322,462	124,503
Burkina Faso	86	220	23,251,485	270,764	104,543
French Polynesia (France)	84	220	308,872	3,687	1,424
Romania	83	210	19,892,812	238,398	92,046
Caribbean Netherlands (Netherlands)	83	210	27,148	328	127
North Macedonia	81	210	2,085,679	25,713	9,928
Wallis and Futuna (France)	81	210	11,502	142	55
Serbia	81	210	7,149,077	88,444	34,148
Myanmar	81	210	54,577,997	676,577	261,228
Samoa	79	200	225,681	2,842	1,097
Brunei	78	200	452,524	5,765	2,226
Greece	78	200	10,341,277	131,957	50,949
Uzbekistan	78	200	35,163,944	448,969	173,348
Lesotho	77	200	2,330,318	30,355	11,720
Tunisia	76	200	12,458,223	163,610	63,170
Ireland	72	190	5,056,935	69,825	26,960
Cook Islands	72	190	17,044	236	91
Tajikistan	72	190	10,143,543	141,400	54,600
Tanzania	71	180	67,438,106	947,303	365,756
Croatia	71	180	4,008,617	56,594	21,851
Ecuador	71	180	18,190,484	257,215	99,311
Eswatini	70	180	1,210,822	17,363	6,704
Mexico	65	170	128,455,567	1,964,375	758,449
Yemen	65	170	34,449,825	527,968	203,850
Afghanistan	65	170	42,239,854	652,864	252,072
Bosnia and Herzegovina	63	160	3,210,848	51,209	19,772
Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK)	62	160	15,700	254	98
Equatorial Guinea	61	160	1,714,672	28,051	10,831
Ukraine	61	160	36,744,634	603,500	233,000
Bulgaria	61	160	6,687,717	110,372	42,615
Cameroon	60	160	28,647,293	475,650	183,650
World (excluding Antarctica)	60	160	8,045,311,448	134,740,000	52,020,000
Guinea-Bissau	60	160	2,150,842	36,125	13,948
Panama	59	150	4,468,087	75,320	29,080
Guinea	58	150	14,190,612	245,836	94,918
Norfolk Island (Australia)	57	150	2,220	39	15
Iran	55	140	89,172,767	1,630,848	629,674
Nicaragua	54	140	7,046,311	130,373	50,337
World (all land)	54	140	8,045,311,448	148,940,000	57,510,000
Georgia	53	140	3,728,282	69,700	26,900
Morocco	53	140	37,984,655	710,850	274,460
Madagascar	52	130	30,325,732	587,041	226,658
Fiji	51	130	936,376	18,272	7,055
South Africa	49	130	60,414,495	1,221,037	471,445
Djibouti	49	130	1,136,455	23,200	9,000
Liberia	49	130	5,418,377	111,369	43,000
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	49	130	46,062	948	366
Easter Island	47	120	7750	163.6	63.2
Belarus	46	120	9,498,238	207,600	80,200
Colombia	46	120	52,695,952	1,141,748	440,831
Montenegro	45	120	626,485	13,888	5,362
DR Congo	44	110	102,262,809	2,345,410	905,570
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	43	110	602	14	5.4
Zimbabwe	43	110	16,665,409	390,757	150,872
Montserrat (UK)	43	110	4,387	103	40
Mozambique	42	110	33,897,354	799,380	308,640
Lithuania	42	110	2,718,352	65,286	25,207
Palau	39	100	18,058	459	177
Faroe Islands (Denmark)	38	98	53,270	1,393	538
United States	35	91	339,996,564	9,833,517	3,796,742
Kyrgyzstan	34	88	6,735,348	199,949	77,201
Laos	32	83	7,633,779	236,800	91,400
Venezuela	31	80	28,838,499	929,690	358,960
Eritrea	31	80	3,748,902	121,144	46,774
Bahamas	30	78	412,624	13,940	5,380
Angola	29	75	36,684,203	1,246,700	481,400
Somaliland	29	75	4,914,100	167,283	64,588
Estonia	29	75	1,322,766	45,399	17,529
Somalia	28	73	18,143,379	637,657	246,201
Latvia	28	73	1,862,700	64,594	24,940
Abkhazia	28	73	245,424	8,662	3,344
Vanuatu	27	70	334,506	12,189	4,706
Zambia	27	70	20,569,738	752,612	290,585
Sudan	27	70	48,109,006	1,765,048	681,489
Peru	27	70	34,352,719	1,285,216	496,225
Chile	26	67	19,629,590	756,102	291,933
Solomon Islands	26	67	740,425	28,896	11,157
Brazil	25	65	216,422,446	8,510,346	3,285,863
Sweden	24	62	10,612,086	438,574	169,334
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	24	62	5,840	242	93
Papua New Guinea	22	57	10,329,931	462,840	178,700
Niger	21	54	27,202,843	1,267,000	489,000
Bhutan	21	54	787,425	38,394	14,824
Uruguay	20	52	3,423,109	173,626	67,037
New Zealand	20	52	5,228,100	268,107	103,517
Algeria	19	49	45,606,481	2,381,741	919,595
Åland (Finland)	19	49	30,237	1,583	611
Mali	19	49	23,293,699	1,240,192	478,841
Belize	18	47	410,825	22,965	8,867
Congo	18	47	6,106,869	342,000	132,000
South Sudan	17	44	11,088,796	658,841	254,380
Saudi Arabia	17	44	36,947,025	2,206,714	852,017
Finland	16	41	5,545,475	336,884	130,072
Argentina	16	41	45,773,884	2,796,427	1,079,707
South Ossetia	16	41	57,095	3,632	1,402
New Caledonia (France)	15	39	292,991	19,100	7,400
Paraguay	15	39	6,109,644	406,752	157,048
Oman	15	39	4,644,384	309,980	119,680
Chad	14	36	18,278,568	1,284,000	496,000
Norway	14	36	5,474,360	385,207	148,729
Turkmenistan	13	34	6,516,100	488,100	188,500
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	13	34	5,314	394	152
Christmas Island (Australia)	12	31	1,692	136	53
Bolivia	11	28	12,388,571	1,098,581	424,164
Central African Republic	9	23	5,742,316	622,984	240,535
Gabon	9	23	2,436,567	267,668	103,347
Russia	8	21	144,444,359	17,098,246	6,601,670
Niue	7	18	1,935	260	100
Kazakhstan	7	18	19,606,634	2,724,902	1,052,091
Mauritania	5	13	4,862,989	1,030,700	398,000
Botswana	5	13	2,675,353	582,000	225,000
Libya	4	10	6,888,388	1,676,198	647,184
Canada	4	10	41,012,563	9,984,670	3,855,100
Suriname	4	10	623,237	163,820	63,250
Guyana	4	10	813,834	214,969	83,000
French Guiana (France)	4	10	312,155	83,534	32,253
Iceland	4	10	375,319	103,000	40,000
Australia	3	7.8	26,439,112	7,692,024	2,969,907
Namibia	3	7.8	2,604,172	825,229	318,623
Western Sahara (disputed)	2	5.2	587,259	266,000	103,000
Mongolia	2	5.2	3,447,157	1,564,116	603,909
Pitcairn Islands (UK)	0.9	2.3	40	47	18
Falkland Islands (UK)	0.3	0.78	3,791	12,173	4,700
Greenland (Denmark)	0.03	0.078	56,643	2,166,086	836,330

See also

• List of countries by arable land density
• List of countries and dependencies by area
• List of countries and dependencies by population
• List of sovereign states
• List of cities proper by population density
• List of metropolitan areas by population density
• Urban density

Notes

1. See the Data Portal at the World Population Prospects site. The area figures are listed in the Demographic Yearbook 2022.
2. The De Agostini Atlas Calendar (in Italian) listed the area of Vatican City as 0.44 km (0.17 sq mi) in its 1930 edition but corrected it to 0.49 km (0.19 sq mi) in its 1945–46 edition. The figure of 0.44 km (0.17 sq mi) is still widely cited by many sources despite its inaccuracy. In 2018, there were 618 citizens regardless of residence, including 246 resident citizens. In 2023, there were 764 residents regardless of citizenship. The population density is calculated using the number of residents regardless of citizenship and the revised area of 0.49 km (0.19 sq mi).
3. While the Palestinian Authority is the recognized government for both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the Gaza Strip has been de-facto independent/occupied since 2007.
   The West Bank has a population density of 564/km (1,460/sq mi), and the Gaza Strip 5,749/km (14,890/sq mi).
4. Data are from the TRNC Statistics Institution.
5. Data are from official figures.
6. Includes Svalbard (0.04/km (0.10/sq mi)) and the uninhabited Jan Mayen. Mainland Norway has a density of 17/km (44/sq mi).
7. Area data is from the CIA.
8. A disputed territory with undetermined political status. Formerly Spanish Sahara up to 1976, administration is currently split between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, both of which claim the entire territory. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic's administrative control is limited to approximately 30% of the territory, with the remaining 70% of the territory occupied by Morocco. The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara is the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the territory (see Western Sahara conflict).
9. Pitcairn's tourist site gives an undated figure of exactly 40 as of 2023, while its official government site states the number is "around fifty".

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