Most densely populated countries — 2026
People per square kilometre of land area. City-states dominate the top; among larger countries Bangladesh is the standout.
Macau leads with 20,569.7 people per km2, followed by Monaco (18,692.9) and Singapore (8,241.8). The median across the 216 countries with data is 95.3. Data years: 2021–2023.
Top 15
All 216 countries
| Rank | Country | People per km2 | Population | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |  Macau | 20,569.7 | 685,900 | 2023 |
| #2 |  Monaco | 18,692.9 | 38,341 | 2023 |
| #3 |  Singapore | 8,241.8 | 6,111,175 | 2023 |
| #4 |  Hong Kong | 7,177.2 | 7,498,900 | 2023 |
| #5 |  Gibraltar | 3,847.1 | 40,126 | 2023 |
| #6 |  Bahrain | 1,971.3 | 1,600,366 | 2023 |
| #7 |  Maldives | 1,765.1 | 529,676 | 2023 |
| #8 |  Malta | 1,727.3 | 579,704 | 2023 |
| #9 |  Bangladesh | 1,319.2 | 175,686,899 | 2023 |
| #10 |  Sint Maarten | 1,257.3 | 43,923 | 2023 |
| #11 |  Bermuda | 1,198.1 | 64,555 | 2023 |
| #12 |  Palestine | 857.4 | 5,413,596 | 2023 |
| #13 | CHI Channel Islands | 842.1 | 168,466 | 2021 |
| #14 |  Barbados | 656.6 | 282,623 | 2023 |
| #15 |  Mauritius | 625.3 | 1,243,741 | 2023 |
| #16 |  Aruba | 596.4 | 108,785 | 2023 |
| #17 |  Nauru | 593.8 | 12,025 | 2023 |
| #18 |  Rwanda | 565.6 | 14,569,341 | 2023 |
| #19 |  Lebanon | 564.4 | 5,849,421 | 2023 |
| #20 |  San Marino | 564.3 | 34,109 | 2023 |
| #21 |  Saint Martin | 550.3 | 24,941 | 2023 |
| #22 |  Burundi | 533.1 | 14,390,003 | 2023 |
| #23 |  Netherlands | 531.0 | 18,087,633 | 2023 |
| #24 |  South Korea | 529.8 | 51,684,564 | 2023 |
| #25 |  India | 483.7 | 1,463,865,525 | 2023 |
| #26 |  Comoros | 457.0 | 882,847 | 2023 |
| #27 |  Israel | 455.1 | 10,122,800 | 2023 |
| #28 |  Haiti | 422.3 | 11,906,095 | 2023 |
| #29 |  Belgium | 386.3 | 11,941,781 | 2023 |
| #30 |  Philippines | 385.3 | 116,786,962 | 2023 |
| #31 |  Puerto Rico | 361.2 | 3,184,835 | 2023 |
| #32 |  Sri Lanka | 356.2 | 21,756,000 | 2023 |
| #33 |  Curaçao | 348.3 | 156,263 | 2023 |
| #34 |  Grenada | 344.4 | 117,303 | 2023 |
| #35 |  Japan | 341.5 | 123,366,734 | 2023 |
| #36 |  Tuvalu | 327.2 | 9,492 | 2023 |
| #37 |  Pakistan | 321.1 | 255,219,554 | 2023 |
| #38 |  Vietnam | 320.2 | 101,598,527 | 2023 |
| #39 |  Guam | 308.3 | 168,999 | 2023 |
| #40 |  El Salvador | 304.5 | 6,365,503 | 2023 |
| #41 |  Cayman Islands | 304.3 | 75,844 | 2023 |
| #42 |  United States Virgin Islands | 299.8 | 103,792 | 2023 |
| #43 |  Saint Lucia | 293.9 | 180,149 | 2023 |
| #44 |  United Kingdom | 283.2 | 69,487,000 | 2023 |
| #45 |  Kuwait | 272.4 | 4,865,298 | 2023 |
| #46 |  Gambia | 266.6 | 2,822,093 | 2023 |
| #47 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 266.6 | 1,367,764 | 2023 |
| #48 |  Jamaica | 262.2 | 2,837,077 | 2023 |
| #49 |  Seychelles | 260.4 | 122,730 | 2023 |
| #50 |  British Virgin Islands | 259.9 | 39,732 | 2023 |
| #51 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 259.8 | 99,924 | 2023 |
| #52 |  Luxembourg | 258.9 | 686,970 | 2023 |
| #53 |  Nigeria | 250.2 | 237,527,782 | 2023 |
| #54 |  Liechtenstein | 249.0 | 41,024 | 2023 |
| #55 |  Uganda | 242.7 | 51,384,894 | 2023 |
| #56 |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 240.5 | 240,254 | 2023 |
| #57 |  Germany | 238.4 | 83,491,249 | 2023 |
| #58 |  American Samoa | 237.6 | 46,029 | 2023 |
| #59 |  Dominican Republic | 235.1 | 11,520,487 | 2023 |
| #60 |  Qatar | 231.2 | 2,972,215 | 2023 |
| #61 |  Switzerland | 225.0 | 9,092,436 | 2023 |
| #62 |  Malawi | 223.8 | 22,216,120 | 2023 |
| #63 |  North Korea | 219.4 | 26,571,036 | 2023 |
| #64 |  Marshall Islands | 215.7 | 36,282 | 2023 |
| #65 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 212.1 | 94,209 | 2023 |
| #66 |  Nepal | 207.1 | 29,618,118 | 2023 |
| #67 |  Italy | 199.5 | 58,915,656 | 2023 |
| #68 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 179.8 | 46,922 | 2023 |
| #69 |  Andorra | 172.0 | 82,904 | 2023 |
| #70 |  Guatemala | 169.1 | 18,687,881 | 2023 |
| #71 |  Kiribati | 163.6 | 136,488 | 2023 |
| #72 |  Micronesia | 160.9 | 113,683 | 2023 |
| #73 |  Togo | 151.2 | 8,591,626 | 2023 |
| #74 |  China | 150.3 | 1,406,585,000 | 2023 |
| #75 |  Denmark | 148.7 | 6,009,169 | 2023 |
| #76 |  Indonesia | 148.6 | 285,721,236 | 2023 |
| #77 |  Ghana | 148.5 | 35,064,272 | 2023 |
| #78 |  Isle of Man | 147.7 | 84,118 | 2023 |
| #79 |  United Arab Emirates | 147.6 | 11,513,149 | 2023 |
| #80 |  Cyprus | 145.6 | 1,370,754 | 2023 |
| #81 |  Tonga | 145.3 | 103,742 | 2023 |
| #82 |  Czechia | 140.8 | 10,886,878 | 2023 |
| #83 |  Thailand | 140.3 | 71,619,863 | 2023 |
| #84 |  Cape Verde | 129.6 | 527,326 | 2023 |
| #85 |  Jordan | 128.8 | 11,520,684 | 2023 |
| #86 |  Syria | 128.5 | 25,620,427 | 2023 |
| #87 |  France | 126.9 | 68,720,337 | 2023 |
| #88 |  Benin | 125.1 | 14,814,460 | 2023 |
| #89 |  Azerbaijan | 122.9 | 10,246,996 | 2023 |
| #90 |  Poland | 119.8 | 36,435,861 | 2023 |
| #91 |  Sierra Leone | 117.2 | 8,819,794 | 2023 |
| #92 |  Portugal | 115.5 | 10,804,871 | 2023 |
| #93 |  Egypt | 115.1 | 118,365,995 | 2023 |
| #94 |  Ethiopia | 114.0 | 135,472,051 | 2023 |
| #95 |  Slovakia | 112.9 | 5,413,813 | 2023 |
| #96 |  Türkiye | 110.9 | 85,878,556 | 2023 |
| #97 |  Austria | 110.7 | 9,208,163 | 2023 |
| #98 |  Malaysia | 106.9 | 35,977,838 | 2023 |
| #99 |  Cuba | 106.2 | 10,937,203 | 2023 |
| #100 |  Slovenia | 105.3 | 2,130,986 | 2023 |
| #101 |  Armenia | 105.1 | 3,086,700 | 2023 |
| #102 |  Hungary | 105.1 | 9,514,251 | 2023 |
| #103 |  Iraq | 103.8 | 47,020,774 | 2023 |
| #104 |  Costa Rica | 100.0 | 5,152,950 | 2023 |
| #105 |  Cambodia | 98.7 | 17,847,982 | 2023 |
| #106 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 98.1 | 43,541 | 2023 |
| #107 |  Ivory Coast | 98.0 | 32,711,547 | 2023 |
| #108 |  Spain | 96.8 | 49,355,143 | 2023 |
| #109 |  Kenya | 95.3 | 57,532,493 | 2023 |
| #110 |  Honduras | 95.1 | 11,005,850 | 2023 |
| #111 |  Senegal | 93.9 | 18,931,966 | 2023 |
| #112 |  Timor-Leste | 93.1 | 1,418,517 | 2023 |
| #113 |  Dominica | 88.7 | 65,871 | 2023 |
| #114 |  Albania | 88.0 | 2,349,580 | 2023 |
| #115 |  Brunei | 87.1 | 466,330 | 2023 |
| #116 |  Moldova | 85.4 | 2,360,527 | 2023 |
| #117 |  Morocco | 84.5 | 38,430,770 | 2023 |
| #118 |  Burkina Faso | 84.2 | 24,074,580 | 2023 |
| #119 |  Myanmar | 82.9 | 54,850,648 | 2023 |
| #120 |  Romania | 82.8 | 19,020,271 | 2023 |
| #121 |  French Polynesia | 81.0 | 282,465 | 2023 |
| #122 |  Uzbekistan | 80.9 | 37,053,428 | 2023 |
| #123 |  Greece | 80.7 | 10,413,962 | 2023 |
| #124 |  Serbia | 78.8 | 6,549,143 | 2023 |
| #125 |  Tunisia | 78.5 | 12,348,573 | 2023 |
| #126 |  Samoa | 77.9 | 219,306 | 2023 |
| #127 |  Ireland | 77.1 | 5,484,367 | 2023 |
| #128 |  Guinea-Bissau | 76.6 | 2,249,515 | 2023 |
| #129 |  Lesotho | 76.1 | 2,363,325 | 2023 |
| #130 |  Tanzania | 75.2 | 70,545,865 | 2023 |
| #131 |  Tajikistan | 74.9 | 10,786,734 | 2023 |
| #132 |  Yemen | 74.6 | 41,773,878 | 2023 |
| #133 |  North Macedonia | 72.5 | 1,820,909 | 2023 |
| #134 |  Ecuador | 72.4 | 18,289,896 | 2023 |
| #135 |  Eswatini | 71.5 | 1,256,174 | 2023 |
| #136 |  Croatia | 69.0 | 3,876,200 | 2023 |
| #137 |  Mexico | 66.7 | 131,946,900 | 2023 |
| #138 |  Equatorial Guinea | 65.9 | 1,938,431 | 2023 |
| #139 |  Ukraine | 65.1 | 38,980,376 | 2023 |
| #140 |  Georgia | 65.0 | 3,935,766 | 2023 |
| #141 |  Afghanistan | 63.6 | 43,844,111 | 2023 |
| #142 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 62.2 | 3,140,095 | 2023 |
| #143 |  Panama | 60.1 | 4,571,189 | 2023 |
| #144 |  Cameroon | 60.0 | 29,879,337 | 2023 |
| #145 |  Bulgaria | 59.4 | 6,433,302 | 2023 |
| #146 |  Guinea | 58.6 | 15,099,727 | 2023 |
| #147 |  Liberia | 57.0 | 5,731,206 | 2023 |
| #148 |  Nicaragua | 56.7 | 7,007,502 | 2023 |
| #149 |  Iran | 55.8 | 92,417,681 | 2023 |
| #150 |  Madagascar | 53.6 | 32,740,678 | 2023 |
| #151 |  South Africa | 52.1 | 64,747,319 | 2023 |
| #152 |  Fiji | 50.6 | 933,154 | 2023 |
| #153 |  Djibouti | 49.7 | 1,184,076 | 2023 |
| #154 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 48.6 | 46,855 | 2023 |
| #155 |  Colombia | 47.2 | 53,425,635 | 2023 |
| #156 |  DR Congo | 46.7 | 112,832,473 | 2023 |
| #157 |  Montenegro | 46.4 | 623,129 | 2023 |
| #158 |  Lithuania | 45.9 | 2,888,774 | 2023 |
| #159 |  Belarus | 45.2 | 9,085,991 | 2023 |
| #160 |  Mozambique | 42.8 | 35,631,653 | 2023 |
| #161 |  Zimbabwe | 42.2 | 16,950,795 | 2023 |
| #162 |  Bahamas | 39.9 | 403,033 | 2023 |
| #163 |  Faroe Islands | 39.7 | 54,900 | 2023 |
| #164 |  Palau | 38.5 | 17,663 | 2023 |
| #165 |  Kyrgyzstan | 37.0 | 7,343,064 | 2023 |
| #166 |  United States | 36.8 | 341,784,857 | 2023 |
| #167 |  Laos | 33.2 | 7,873,046 | 2023 |
| #168 |  Venezuela | 32.1 | 28,516,896 | 2023 |
| #169 |  Estonia | 32.1 | 1,366,475 | 2023 |
| #170 |  Latvia | 30.3 | 1,847,785 | 2023 |
| #171 |  Angola | 29.5 | 39,040,039 | 2023 |
| #172 |  Somalia | 29.3 | 19,654,739 | 2023 |
| #173 |  Eritrea | 28.6 | 3,607,003 | 2023 |
| #174 |  Solomon Islands | 28.6 | 838,645 | 2023 |
| #175 |  Zambia | 27.9 | 21,913,874 | 2023 |
| #176 |  Sudan | 26.8 | 51,662,147 | 2023 |
| #177 |  Chile | 26.5 | 19,859,921 | 2023 |
| #178 |  Peru | 26.4 | 34,576,665 | 2023 |
| #179 |  Vanuatu | 26.3 | 335,169 | 2023 |
| #180 |  Sweden | 25.9 | 10,596,620 | 2023 |
| #181 |  Brazil | 25.3 | 212,812,405 | 2023 |
| #182 |  Papua New Guinea | 22.9 | 10,762,817 | 2023 |
| #183 |  Niger | 20.7 | 27,917,831 | 2023 |
| #184 |  Bhutan | 20.6 | 796,682 | 2023 |
| #185 |  New Zealand | 19.7 | 5,324,700 | 2023 |
| #186 |  Mali | 19.5 | 25,198,821 | 2023 |
| #187 |  Algeria | 19.4 | 47,435,312 | 2023 |
| #188 |  Uruguay | 19.4 | 3,384,688 | 2023 |
| #189 |  Finland | 18.4 | 5,646,436 | 2023 |
| #190 |  South Sudan | 18.2 | 12,188,788 | 2023 |
| #191 |  Republic of the Congo | 18.1 | 6,484,437 | 2023 |
| #192 |  Belize | 18.0 | 422,924 | 2023 |
| #193 |  Paraguay | 17.3 | 7,013,078 | 2023 |
| #194 |  Argentina | 16.6 | 45,851,378 | 2023 |
| #195 |  Oman | 16.3 | 5,494,691 | 2023 |
| #196 |  New Caledonia | 15.9 | 295,333 | 2023 |
| #197 |  Saudi Arabia | 15.7 | 36,973,555 | 2023 |
| #198 |  Turkmenistan | 15.7 | 7,618,847 | 2023 |
| #199 |  Chad | 15.3 | 21,003,705 | 2023 |
| #200 |  Norway | 15.2 | 5,610,870 | 2023 |
| #201 |  Bolivia | 11.3 | 12,581,843 | 2023 |
| #202 |  Gabon | 9.6 | 2,593,130 | 2023 |
| #203 |  Russia | 8.8 | 143,513,328 | 2023 |
| #204 |  Central African Republic | 8.3 | 5,513,282 | 2023 |
| #205 |  Kazakhstan | 7.5 | 20,843,754 | 2023 |
| #206 |  Mauritania | 4.9 | 5,315,065 | 2023 |
| #207 |  Canada | 4.6 | 41,651,653 | 2023 |
| #208 |  Botswana | 4.4 | 2,562,122 | 2023 |
| #209 |  Libya | 4.2 | 7,458,555 | 2023 |
| #210 |  Suriname | 3.9 | 639,850 | 2023 |
| #211 |  Guyana | 3.9 | 835,986 | 2023 |
| #212 |  Iceland | 3.8 | 392,404 | 2023 |
| #213 |  Namibia | 3.6 | 3,092,816 | 2023 |
| #214 |  Australia | 3.5 | 27,614,411 | 2023 |
| #215 |  Mongolia | 2.2 | 3,568,978 | 2023 |
| #216 |  Greenland | 0.1 | 56,831 | 2023 |
Other rankings
Largest countries by population, Smallest countries and territories by population, Fastest-growing countries, Fastest-shrinking countries, Highest birth rates, Lowest birth rates, Highest fertility rates, Oldest populations (share aged 65+), Youngest populations (share aged 0–14), Least densely populated countries, Highest life expectancy, Most urbanised countries, Richest countries by GDP per capita.
Source: World Bank Indicators (latest available year per country, shown in the last column). Countries with no value for this indicator are omitted, not scored as zero.
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