Countries by population density

Did you know Bangladesh is more densely packed than almost any country on Earth, despite having no megacity that dominates its population? Density shapes housing, infrastructure, and quality of life in ways most people don't consider.

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Population density by country
Rank	Country	People per km²
1	Monaco	26128.523
2	Macao	22011.141
3	Singapore	8272.159
4	Hong Kong	6793.371
5	Gibraltar	3760.95
6	Bahrain	1958.441
7	Maldives	1747.022
8	Malta	1676.8
9	Bangladesh	1301.259
10	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1239.368
11	Bermuda	1199.046
12	Vatican City	1151.136
13	Guernsey	995.711
14	Jersey	892.159
15	Palestine	881.274
16	Mayotte	814.049
17	Taiwan	661.398
18	Barbados	656.553
19	Mauritius	628.635
20	Aruba	598.789
21	Nauru	590.05
22	Rwanda	563.859
23	Lebanon	561.534
24	San Marino	558.852
25	Saint Martin (French part)	544.726
26	Netherlands, Kingdom of the	531.746
27	Korea, Republic of	523.357
28	Burundi	513.337
29	Saint Barthélemy	496.364
30	India	479.426
31	Comoros	448.247
32	Curaçao	437.133
33	Israel	420.605
34	Haiti	417.266
35	Belgium	384.498
36	Philippines	379.881
37	Puerto Rico	372.868
38	Sri Lanka	364.165
39	Réunion	348.616
40	Grenada	343.862
41	Tuvalu	333.067
42	Japan	331.713
43	Martinique	329.678
44	Viet Nam	318.053
45	Pakistan	316.133
46	Guam	305.323
47	El Salvador	303.104
48	Cayman Islands	297.06
49	Trinidad and Tobago	291.603
50	Saint Lucia	290.229
51	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	280.873
52	Seychelles	274.666
53	Jamaica	262.155
54	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	261.656
55	Gambia	260.521
56	Kuwait	257.577
57	Luxembourg	252.244
58	Qatar	249.651
59	Virgin Islands (British)	248.825
60	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	247.163
61	Liechtenstein	245.731
62	Nigeria	245.013
63	American Samoa	241.708
64	Germany	241.239
65	Uganda	236.792
66	Guadeloupe	236.301
67	Sao Tome and Principe	235.734
68	Dominican Republic	232.467
69	Marshall Islands	222.65
70	Switzerland	219.849
71	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	218.66
72	Malawi	217.539
73	Antigua and Barbuda	211
74	Nepal	201.897
75	Italy	201.433
76	Tokelau	190.833
77	Kiribati	179.709
78	Saint Kitts and Nevis	179.652
79	Andorra	169.585
80	Togo	167.122
81	Guatemala	166.554
82	Tonga	161.603
83	Anguilla	161.131
84	Micronesia, Federated States of	160.162
85	Kosovo	157.537
86	China	148.456
87	Isle of Man	147.084
88	Indonesia	145.913
89	Ghana	145.685
90	United Arab Emirates	144.206
91	Cyprus	144.088
92	Thailand	140.412
93	Denmark	139.239
94	Czechia	138.249
95	Cabo Verde	128.968
96	Jordan	126.768
97	Ethiopia	125.384
98	Poland	125.364
99	Azerbaijan	124.553
100	Syrian Arab Republic	122.27
101	Benin	122.025
102	France	120.203
103	Sierra Leone	115.372
104	Portugal	113.248
105	Egypt	113.133
106	Türkiye	113.121
107	Slovakia	111.623
108	Austria	109.85
109	Hungary	106.973
110	Malaysia	105.602
111	Slovenia	105.037
112	Cuba	103.597
113	Albania	103.205
114	Iraq	101.515
115	Armenia	101.211
116	Northern Mariana Islands	100.827
117	Costa Rica	99.525
118	Honduras	95.934
119	Côte d'Ivoire	95.582
120	Spain	95.209
121	Cambodia	95.019
122	Kenya	93.421
123	Moldova, Republic of	92.451
124	Timor-Leste	92.084
125	Senegal	91.68
126	Dominica	89.102
127	Serbia	88.501
128	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	87.277
129	Morocco	83.641
130	Romania	83.306
131	Myanmar	82.286
132	Burkina Faso	82.27
133	Uzbekistan	82.132
134	Wallis and Futuna	81.986
135	Greece	79.594
136	Brunei Darussalam	78.989
137	Tunisia	77.973
138	French Polynesia	76.107
139	Samoa	76.064
140	Lesotho	75.3
141	Guinea-Bissau	74.877
142	Ireland	74.744
143	Bahamas	74.195
144	North Macedonia	73.866
145	Tanzania, United Republic of	73.054
146	Yemen	72.396
147	Ecuador	71.766
148	Tajikistan	71.155
149	Ukraine	70.857
150	Eswatini	70.202
151	Croatia	69.898
152	Mexico	65.644
153	Equatorial Guinea	64.298
154	Bulgaria	62.972
155	Bosnia and Herzegovina	62.597
156	Afghanistan	62.497
157	Cook Islands	61.348
158	Panama	59.328
159	Cameroon	59.291
160	Guinea	57.2
161	Nicaragua	55.93
162	Liberia	55.786
163	Iran, Islamic Republic of	54.965
164	Georgia	54.609
165	Madagascar	52.316
166	South Africa	51.096
167	Fiji	50.324
168	Djibouti	49.055
169	Turks and Caicos Islands	48.261
170	Colombia	46.043
171	Belarus	45.208
172	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	45.167
173	Lithuania	44.984
174	Montenegro	44.501
175	Montserrat	43.233
176	Zimbabwe	41.538
177	Mozambique	41.527
178	Faroe Islands	38.997
179	Palau	38.607
180	United States of America	37.336
181	Kyrgyzstan	36.266
182	Lao People's Democratic Republic	32.751
183	Estonia	31.061
184	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	30.785
185	Latvia	30.229
186	Angola	28.583
187	Somalia	28.377
188	Eritrea	28.144
189	Sudan	27.978
190	Solomon Islands	27.124
191	Zambia	27.11
192	Peru	26.151
193	Chile	25.968
194	Sweden	25.746
195	Vanuatu	25.681
196	Brazil	25.162
197	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	24.922
198	Papua New Guinea	22.531
199	Bhutan	20.339
200	Niger	19.983
201	Uruguay	19.578
202	South Sudan	19.536
203	New Zealand	19.372
204	Algeria	19.094
205	Mali	18.909
206	Finland	18.418
207	Norway	17.937
208	Congo	17.672
209	Belize	17.656
210	Paraguay	16.715
211	Argentina	16.265
212	New Caledonia	15.707
213	Turkmenistan	15.386
214	Oman	15.283
215	Saudi Arabia	14.967
216	Chad	14.656
217	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	13.7
218	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	11.149
219	Gabon	9.434
220	Russian Federation	8.89
221	Central African Republic	8.183
222	Kazakhstan	7.421
223	Niue	7.006
224	Mauritania	4.73
225	Libya	4.31
226	Botswana	4.305
227	Canada	4.269
228	Guyana	4.174
229	Suriname	3.995
230	Iceland	3.794
231	French Guiana	3.629
232	Namibia	3.51
233	Australia	3.411
234	Mongolia	2.174
235	Western Sahara	2.138
236	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0.287
237	Greenland	0.136

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