List of countries and dependencies by population density

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Population density (people per km²) by country, 2006

This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by human population density and measured by the number of human inhabitants per square kilometre. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories that are recognized by the United Nations. The list also includes but does not rank unrecognized but de facto independent countries. The figures in the following table are based on areas including inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Data are estimates for July 2005, taken from the United Nations World Prospects Report (2004 revision), unless noted otherwise.

Note that figures are simply estimates of population divided by total surface area and are not considered in this article as reflecting density in the urban sense or as indicative of the ability of a territory’s land to support human habitation. Names of dependent territories as well as recognized states with no or limited control over their territory are shown in italics.

Rank	Country/Region of special position	Population	Area (km2)	Density (Pop per km2)	Notes
	World (land only)	6,733,164,238	148,940,000	45.21	[1]
	World (with water)	6,733,164,238	510,072,000	13.20	[1]
1	Monaco	32,000	1.95	21,781	[2]
2	Singapore	4,839,400	710.2	6,814
3	Gibraltar (UK)	27,921	6	4,654
4	Vatican City	826	0.44	1,877	[3]
5	Bahrain	1,046,814	720	1,454	[4]
6	Malta	403,000	316	1,274
7	Bermuda (UK)	64,000	53	1,211
8	Bangladesh	153,122,000	143,998	1063	[5]
9	Maldives	292,000	298	981
10	Guernsey	65,726	78	842	[6]
11	Jersey	91,533	116	789	[7]
12	Palestinian territories	4,018,332	6,020	667
13	Republic of China (commonly, "Taiwan")	22,894,384	35,980	636	[3]
14	Barbados	269,556	430	627
15	Saint-Martin (France)	33,102	53.2	622
16	Mauritius	1,252,000	2,040	614
17	Aruba (Netherlands)	103,484	193	536
18	Mayotte (France)	186,452	374	499	[8]
19	South Korea	49,044,790	99,538	498	[9]
20	Nauru	10,000	21	481
21	San Marino	28,117	61	461
22	Puerto Rico (US)	3,954,584	8,875	446
23	Tuvalu	10,441	26	402
24	Netherlands	16,423,431	41,528	395	[10]
25	Lebanon	4,082,000	10,452	392
26	Martinique (France)	398,000	1,102	361
27	India	1,030,618,000	3,287,263	344
28	Marshall Islands	61,963	181	342
29	Rwanda	8,992,000	26,338	341
30	Belgium	10,415,000	30,528	341
31	Haiti	9,410,000	27,750	339
32	Japan	127,449,000	377,873	337
33	Comoros	616,000	2,235	331
34	Saint-Barthélemy (France)	6,852	21	326
35	U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	110,000	347	316
36	American Samoa (US)	63,000	199	315
37	Réunion (France)	785,139	2,510	313
38	Guam (US)	169,000	549	307
39	Saint Lucia	165,000	539	306
40	Israel	6,692,000	22,072	302
41	Sri Lanka	19,531,000	65,610	298
42	Philippines	88,574,614	300,076	295	[11]
43	El Salvador	6,059,000	21,041	288
44	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	109,000	388	280
45	Burundi	7,547,515	27,834	271
46	Grenada	102,924	344	260
47	Trinidad and Tobago	1,305,236	5,130	254
48	Vietnam	84,074,000	331,689	253
49	Guadeloupe (France)	405,000	1,628	249	[12]
50	United Kingdom	60,776,238	242,900	246
51	Jamaica	2,650,713	10,991	241
52	Germany	82,689,210	357,022	232
53	Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)	182,656	800	228
-	Kosovo	2,100,000	10,908	220
54	Liechtenstein	34,521	160	216
55	Pakistan	165,935,100	803,940	198
56	Italy	58,092,740	301,318	193
57	Dominican Republic	9,365,818	48,671	192
58	North Korea	22,487,660	120,538	187
59	Nepal	27,132,630	147,181	184
60	Antigua and Barbuda	81,479	442	184
61	Luxembourg	464,904	2,586	180
62	Seychelles	80,654	455	177
63	Switzerland	7,252,331	41,284	176
64	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	80,801	464	174
65	Cayman Islands (UK)	45,017	264	171
66	Saint Kitts and Nevis	42,696	261	164
67	Sao Tome and Principe	156,523	964	162
68	Federated States of Micronesia	110,487	702	157
69	Kuwait	2,686,873	17,818	151
70	British Virgin Islands (UK)	22,016	151	146
71	Andorra	67,151	468	143
72	Nigeria	131,529,700	923,768	142
73	People's Republic of China	1,323,324,000	9,596,961	138	[13]
74	Tonga	102,311	747	137	[14]
75	Kiribati	99,350	726	137
76	The Gambia	1,517,079	11,295	134
77	Anguilla (UK)	12,205	91	134
78	Isle of Man (UK)	76,538	572	134
79	Transnistria (Moldova)	555,347	4,163	133	[15]
80	Czech Republic	10,403,136	78,866	132
81	Denmark	5,417,000	43,094	126
82	Cape Verde	506,807	4,033	126
83	Thailand	64,232,760	513,115	125
84	Poland	38,529,560	312,685	123	[14]
85	Moldova	4,128,047	33,844	122
86	Uganda	28,816,230	241,038	120
87	Indonesia	222,781,500	1,904,569	117
88	Guatemala	12,599,060	108,889	116
89	Portugal	10,528,000	92,391	114	[14]
90	Tokelau (New Zealand)	1,378	12	115
91	Slovakia	5,387,000	49,033	110
92	France (Metropolitan)	60,495,540	551,500	110
93	Albania	3,129,678	28,748	109
94	Malawi	12,883,940	118,484	109
95	Hungary	10,097,730	93,032	109
96	Togo	6,145,004	56,785	108
97	Dominica	78,940	751	105
98	Syria	19,043,380	185,180	103
99	Cuba	11,269,400	110,861	102
100	Armenia	3,016,312	29,800	101
101	Serbia	7,800,000	77,474	100	[3]
102	Austria	8,189,444	83,858	98
103	Azerbaijan	8,410,801	86,600	97
104	Slovenia	2,066,814	20,256	97
105	Turkey	71,169,000	783,562	91
106	Ghana	22,112,810	238,533	93
107	Romania	21,711,470	238,391	91
108	Cyprus	836,000	9,251	90
109	Spain	43,060,000	506,030	85
110	Costa Rica	4,328,000	51,100	85
111	Greece	11,064,000	131,957	84
112	Malaysia	27,730,000	329,847	84	[16]
113	Republic of Macedonia	2,114,550	25,713	82.2
114	Croatia	4,443,000	56,538	79
115	Northern Cyprus (Cyprus)	264,172	3,355	78	[17]
116	Wallis and Futuna (France)	15,480	200	77
117	Sierra Leone	5,107,000	71,740	71
118	Ukraine	46,936,000	603,700	78
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,781,000	51,197	74
120	Cook Islands (New Zealand)	179,000	236	81
121	Benin	7,868,000	112,622	70
122	Cambodia	13,388,910	181,035	74	[18]
123	Qatar	796,000	11,000	72
124	Egypt	72,850,000	1,001,449	72
125	Myanmar (Burma)	47,967,000	676,578	71
126	Ethiopia	78,986,000	1,104,300	70
127	Bulgaria	7,745,000	110,912	70
128	Morocco	30,495,000	446,550	68
129	Georgia	4,630,841	69,700	66.4
130	Iraq	28,807,190	438,317	66
131	Samoa	184,984	2,831	65
132	Brunei	373,819	5,765	65
133	Honduras	7,204,723	112,492	64
134	French Polynesia (France)	256,603	4,000	64
135	Jordan	5,566,000	89,342	62
136	East Timor	947,064	14,874	64
137	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	26,288	417	63	[14]
138	Tunisia	10,102,470	163,610	62
139	Swaziland	1,032,438	17,364	59
140	Uzbekistan	26,593,120	447,400	59
141	Senegal	11,658,170	196,722	59
142	Lesotho	1,794,769	30,355	59
143	Ireland	4,147,901	70,273	59
144	Kenya	34,255,720	580,367	59
145	Côte d'Ivoire	18,153,870	322,463	56
146	United Arab Emirates	4,104,000	83,600	49
147	Mexico	104,266,000	1,958,201	53
148	Ecuador	13,542,420	283,561	53
149	Lithuania	3,369,600	65,300	52
150	Burkina Faso	13,227,840	274,000	48
151	Belarus	9,755,106	207,600	47
152	Fiji	847,706	18,274	46
153	Bhutan	2,162,546	47,000	46
154	Afghanistan	29,863,010	652,090	46
155	Tajikistan	6,506,980	143,100	45
156	Montenegro	630,548	14,026	45	[3]
157	Montserrat (UK)	4,488	102	44
158	Guinea-Bissau	1,586,344	36,125	44
159	Palau	19,949	459	43
160	Panama	3,231,502	75,517	43
161	Nicaragua	5,486,685	130,000	42
162	Iran	69,515,210	1,648,195	42
163	Tanzania	38,328,810	945,087	41	[14]
164	Saint Helena (UK)	4,918	122	40
165	Colombia	45,600,240	1,138,914	40
166	Yemen	20,974,660	527,968	40
167	South Africa	47,431,830	1,221,037	39
168	Guinea	9,402,098	245,857	38
169	Eritrea	4,401,357	117,600	37
170	Latvia	2,306,988	64,600	36
171	Cameroon	16,321,860	475,442	34
172	Djibouti	793,078	23,200	34
173	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	47,017	1,399	34
174	Zimbabwe	13,009,530	390,757	33
175	Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan)	145,000	4,400	33	[19]
176	Madagascar	18,605,920	587,041	32
177	United States of America	305,825,000	9,629,091	31
178	Republic of Abkhazia (Georgia)	200,000	7,138	29	[20]
179	Estonia	1,329,697	45,100	29
180	Liberia	3,283,267	111,369	29
181	Venezuela	26,726,000	916,445	29
182	Kyrgyzstan	5,263,794	199,900	26
183	Laos	5,924,145	236,800	25
184	Mozambique	19,792,300	801,590	25
185	Democratic Republic of the Congo	57,548,740	2,344,858	25
186	Somaliland (Somalia)	3,500,000	137,600	25	[21]
187	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France)	5,769	242	24
188	The Bahamas	325,000	13,878	23
189	Brazil	186,075,000	8,514,877	22
190	Peru	27,836,000	1,285,216	22
191	Chile	16,295,100	756,096	22
192	Sweden	9,041,262	449,964	20.0
193	Uruguay	3,463,197	175,016	19.8
194	Equatorial Guinea	503,519	28,051	18.0
195	South Ossetia (Georgia)	70,000	3,900	17.9	[22]
196	Vanuatu	211,367	12,189	17.3
197	Solomon Islands	477,742	28,896	16.5
198	Finland	5,302,060	338,145	15.6
199	Zambia	11,668,460	752,618	15.5
200	Paraguay	6,158,259	406,752	15.1
201	New Zealand	4,097,000	270,534	15
202	Sudan	36,232,950	2,505,813	14.5
203	Argentina	38,747,150	2,780,400	13.9
204	Algeria	32,853,800	2,381,741	13.8
205	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	67	5	13.4
206	Somalia	8,227,826	637,657	12.9
207	Angola	15,941,390	1,246,700	12.8
208	New Caledonia (France)	236,838	18,575	12.8
209	Papua New Guinea	5,887,138	462,840	12.7
210	Belize	276,000	23,000	12
211	Norway	4,751,236	385,155	12.3
212	Republic of the Congo	3,998,904	342,000	11.7
213	Saudi Arabia	24,573,100	2,149,690	11.4
214	Niger	13,956,980	1,267,000	11.0
215	Mali	13,518,420	1,240,192	10.9
216	Turkmenistan	4,833,266	488,100	9.9
217	Russia	143,201,600	17,098,242	8.4
218	Bolivia	9,182,015	1,098,581	8.4
219	Oman	2,577,000	309,500	8.3
220	Chad	9,748,931	1,284,000	7.6
221	Central African Republic	4,037,747	622,984	6.5
222	Kazakhstan	15,194,000	2,724,900	6.0
223	Niue (New Zealand)	2,000	260	6.0
224	Gabon	1,383,841	267,668	5.2
225	Guyana	751,218	214,969	3.5
226	Libya	5,853,452	1,759,540	3.3
227	Canada	33,271,000	9,984,670	3
228	Botswana	1,764,926	581,730	3.0
229	Mauritania	3,068,742	1,025,520	3.0
230	Iceland	309,672	103,000	3.0
231	Suriname	452,000	163,820	3
232	Australia	21,468,700	7,682,300	2.84
233	Namibia	2,031,252	824,292	2.5
234	French Guiana (France)	187,056	90,000	2.1
235	Mongolia	2,646,487	1,564,116	1.7
236	Western Sahara	440,000	266,000	1.3
237	Falkland Islands (UK)	3,140	12,173	0.26
238	Greenland (Denmark)	56,916	2,175,600	0.026

Source: Unless otherwise specified (or unless entered in error without specifying the data source) figures for Population and Population Density figures are sourced from year 2005 data in United Nations World Population Prospects (2004 revision). Area figures given here are taken from various (usually unspecified) sources.

• The European Union is a sui generis supranational union possessing "country-like" characteristics. The entity is composed of 27 member states. Its population density has been estimated at 114, and it would be ranked 93rd if it were included in the list (population: 494,070,000, area: 4,422,773). See also: List of regional organizations by population.
• Macau, a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has a higher population density than any entity on this list, with 520,000 people sharing an area of 29.2 km²—a population density of over 17,000 persons per km².
• The most densely populated sovereign nation is Monaco, with a population density of 16,754 people/km².
• Antarctica is a continent of 14,400,000 km² in area with territorial claims from multiple countries that are not included elsewhere in the above table. With a population of roughly 1000, this results in a population density of ~0.00007 people per km² (far below Greenland's density of 0.026). A peak summer population of ~5000 results in a density of ~0.00035.

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[edit] See also

• List of countries by population
• Population density of Asian countries
• List of African countries by population density
• List of North American countries by population density
• List of South American countries by population density
• List of European Countries (the EU) by density
• Area and population of European countries
• Population density of countries in Oceania
• List of the most densely populated administrative units in the world
• List of countries by real population density (based on food growing capacity)