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List of countries by population density:Population density by country, 2006
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Population density by country, 2006

List of countries and dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km². The list includes de facto sovereign states and dependent territories that are recognized by the United Nations. The figures in the following table are based on areas including inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Data is as of July 2005 and is taken from the United Nations World Populations Prospects Report (2004 revision).

Note that figures are simply estimates of population divided by total surface area and should not be considered either 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.

Population Area (km²) Density (Pop per km²)
— World (land only) 6,464,750,000 134,682,000 48
Rank Country or Region Population Area (km²) Density (Pop per km²)
1 Monaco 35,253 1.49 23,660[1]
2 Macau (PRC) 460,162 26 17,699
3 Hong Kong (PRC) 7,040,885 1,099 6,407
4 Singapore 4,325,539 683 6,333
5 Gibraltar (UK) 27,921 6 4,654
6 Vatican City 783 0.44 1,780
7 Malta 401,630 316 1,271
8 Bermuda (UK) 64,174 53 1,211
9 Maldives 329,198 298 1,105
10 Bahrain 726,617 694 1,047
11 Bangladesh 141,822,300 143,998 985[2]
12 Channel Islands (UK) 149,463 195 766
13 Nauru 13,635 21 649
14 Republic of China (Taiwan) 22,894,384 35,980 636[3]
15 Barbados 269,556 430 627
16 Palestinian territories 3,702,212 6,020 615
17 Mauritius 1,244,663 2,040 610
18 Aruba (Netherlands) 99,468 180 553
19 South Korea 47,816,940 99,538 480
20 San Marino 28,117 61 461
21 Puerto Rico (US) 3,954,584 8,875 446
22 Tuvalu 10,441 26 402
23 Netherlands 16,299,170 41,528 392
24 Martinique (France) 395,932 1,102 359
25 Comoros 797,902 2,235 357
26 Lebanon 3,576,818 10,400 344
27 Rwanda 9,037,690 26,338 343
28 Marshall Islands 61,963 181 342
29 Belgium 10,419,050 30,528 341
30 Japan 128,084,700 377,873 339
31 India 1,103,371,000 3,287,263 336
32 El Salvador 6,880,951 21,041 327
33 American Samoa (US) 64,869 199 326
34 U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 111,818 347 322
35 Sri Lanka 20,742,910 65,610 316
36 Réunion (France) 785,139 2,510 313
37 Guam (US) 169,635 549 309
38 Haiti 8,527,777 27,750 307
39 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 119,051 388 307
40 Israel 6,724,564 22,145 304
41 Saint Lucia 160,765 539 298
42 Philippines 83,054,480 300,000 277
43 Burundi 7,547,515 27,834 271
44 Guadeloupe (France) 448,484 1,705 263
45 Grenada 102,924 344 260
46 Trinidad and Tobago 1,305,236 5,130 254
47 Vietnam 84,238,230 331,689 254
48 United Kingdom 59,667,840 242,900 246
49 Jamaica 2,650,713 10,991 241
50 Germany 82,689,210 357,022 232
51 Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) 182,656 800 228
52 Liechtenstein 34,521 160 216
53 Pakistan 157,935,100 796,095 198
54 Italy 58,092,740 301,318 193
55 North Korea 22,487,660 120,538 187
56 Nepal 27,132,630 147,181 184
57 Antigua and Barbuda 81,479 442 184
58 Dominican Republic 8,894,907 48,671 183
59 Luxembourg 464,904 2,586 180
60 Seychelles 80,654 455 177
61 Switzerland 7,252,331 41,284 176
62 Northern Mariana Islands (US) 80,801 464 174
63 Cayman Islands (UK) 45,017 264 171
64 Saint Kitts and Nevis 42,696 261 164
65 Sao Tome and Principe 156,523 964 162
66 Federated States of Micronesia 110,487 702 157
67 Kuwait 2,686,873 17,818 151
68 British Virgin Islands (UK) 22,016 151 146
69 Andorra 67,151 468 143
70 Nigeria 131,529,700 923,768 142
71 People's Republic of China 1,315,844,000 9,596,961 137
72 Tonga 102,311 747 137[4]
73 Kiribati 99,350 726 137
74 The Gambia 1,517,079 11,295 134
75 Anguilla (UK) 12,205 91 134
76 Isle of Man (UK) 76,538 572 134
77 Czech Republic 10,219,600 78,866 130
78 Denmark 5,430,590 43,094 126
79 Cape Verde 506,807 4,033 126
80 Thailand 64,232,760 513,115 125
81 Moldova 4,205,747 33,851 124
82 Poland 38,529,560 312,685 123[4]
83 Uganda 28,816,230 241,038 120
84 Indonesia 222,781,500 1,904,569 117
85 Guatemala 12,599,060 108,889 116
86 Tokelau (New Zealand) 1,378 12 115
87 Portugal 10,494,500 91,982 114
88 Slovakia 5,400,908 49,033 110
89 France (Metropolitan) 60,495,540 551,500 110
90 Albania 3,129,678 28,748 109
91 Malawi 12,883,940 118,484 109
92 Hungary 10,097,730 93,032 109
93 Togo 6,145,004 56,785 108
94 Serbia 9,396,411 88,361 106[3]
95 Dominica 78,940 751 105
96 Syria 19,043,380 185,180 103
97 Cuba 11,269,400 110,861 102
98 Armenia 3,016,312 29,800 101
99 Austria 8,189,444 83,858 98
100 Azerbaijan 8,410,801 86,600 97
101 Slovenia 1,966,814 20,256 97
102 Turkey 73,192,840 783,562 93
103 Ghana 22,112,810 238,533 93
104 Romania 21,711,470 238,391 91
105 Cyprus 835,307 9,251 90
106 Spain 43,064,190 505,992 85
107 Costa Rica 4,327,228 51,100 85
108 Greece 11,119,890 131,957 84
109 Croatia 4,551,338 56,538 81
110 Republic of Macedonia 2,034,060 25,713 79
111 Cambodia 14,071,010 181,035 78
112 Wallis and Futuna (France) 15,480 200 77
113 Sierra Leone 5,525,478 71,740 77
114 Ukraine 46,480,700 603,700 77
115 Malaysia 25,347,370 329,847 77
116 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,907,074 51,197 76
117 Cook Islands (New Zealand) 17,954 236 76
118 Benin 8,438,853 112,622 75
119 Myanmar 50,519,490 676,578 75
120 Egypt 74,032,880 1,001,449 74
121 Qatar 812,842 11,000 74
122 Morocco 31,478,460 446,550 70
123 Ethiopia 77,430,700 1,104,300 70
124 Bulgaria 7,725,965 110,912 70
125 Iraq 28,807,190 438,317 66
126 Samoa 184,984 2,831 65
127 Brunei 373,819 5,765 65
128 Honduras 7,204,723 112,088 64
129 Georgia 4,474,404 69,700 64
130 French Polynesia (France) 256,603 4,000 64
131 Jordan 5,702,776 89,342 64
132 East Timor 947,064 14,874 64
132 Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 26,288 417 63[4]
134 Tunisia 10,102,470 163,610 62
135 Swaziland 1,032,438 17,364 59
136 Uzbekistan 26,593,120 447,400 59
137 Senegal 11,658,170 196,722 59
138 Lesotho 1,794,769 30,355 59
139 Republic of Ireland 4,147,901 70,273 59
140 Kenya 34,255,720 580,367 59
141 Côte d'Ivoire 18,153,870 322,463 56
142 Mexico 107,029,400 1,958,201 55
143 United Arab Emirates 4,495,823 83,600 54
144 Lithuania 3,431,033 65,300 53
145 Burkina Faso 13,227,840 274,000 48
146 Belarus 9,755,106 207,600 47
147 Ecuador 13,228,420 283,561 47
148 Fiji 847,706 18,274 46
149 Bhutan 2,162,546 47,000 46
150 Afghanistan 29,863,010 652,090 46
151 Tajikistan 6,506,980 143,100 45
152 Montenegro 630,548 14,026 45[3]
153 Montserrat (UK) 4,488 102 44
154 Guinea-Bissau 1,586,344 36,125 44
155 Palau 19,949 459 43
156 Panama 3,231,502 75,517 43
157 Nicaragua 5,486,685 130,000 42
158 Iran 69,515,210 1,648,195 42
159 Tanzania 38,328,810 945,087 41[4]
160 Saint Helena (UK) 4,918 122 40
161 Colombia 45,600,240 1,138,914 40
162 Yemen 20,974,660 527,968 40
163 South Africa 47,431,830 1,221,037 39
164 Guinea 9,402,098 245,857 38
165 Eritrea 4,401,357 117,600 37
166 Latvia 2,306,988 64,600 36
167 Cameroon 16,321,860 475,442 34
168 Djibouti 793,078 23,200 34
169 Faroe Islands (Denmark) 47,017 1,399 34
170 Zimbabwe 13,009,530 390,757 33
171 Madagascar 18,605,920 587,041 32
172 United States 298,212,900 9,629,091 31
173 Estonia 1,329,697 45,100 29
174 Liberia 3,283,267 111,369 29
175 Venezuela 26,749,110 912,050 29
176 Kyrgyzstan 5,263,794 199,900 26
177 Laos 5,924,145 236,800 25
178 Mozambique 19,792,300 801,590 25
179 Democratic Republic of the Congo 57,548,740 2,344,858 25
180 Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France) 5,769 242 24
181 The Bahamas 323,063 13,878 23
182 Brazil 186,404,900 8,514,877 22
183 Peru 27,968,240 1,285,216 22
184 Chile 16,295,100 756,096 22
185 Sweden 9,041,262 449,964 20.0
186 Uruguay 3,463,197 175,016 19.8
187 Equatorial Guinea 503,519 28,051 18.0
188 Vanuatu 211,367 12,189 17.3
189 Solomon Islands 477,742 28,896 16.5
190 Finland 5,249,060 338,145 15.5
191 Zambia 11,668,460 752,618 15.5
192 Paraguay 6,158,259 406,752 15.1
193 New Zealand 4,028,384 270,534 14.9
194 Sudan 36,232,950 2,505,813 14.5
195 Argentina 38,747,150 2,780,400 13.9
196 Algeria 32,853,800 2,381,741 13.8
197 Pitcairn Islands (UK) 67 5 13.4
198 Somalia 8,227,826 637,657 12.9
199 Angola 15,941,390 1,246,700 12.8
200 New Caledonia (France) 236,838 18,575 12.8
201 Papua New Guinea 5,887,138 462,840 12.7
202 Norway 4,620,275 385,155 12.0
203 Belize 269,736 22,966 11.7
204 Republic of the Congo 3,998,904 342,000 11.7
205 Saudi Arabia 24,573,100 2,149,690 11.4
206 Niger 13,956,980 1,267,000 11.0
207 Mali 13,518,420 1,240,192 10.9
208 Turkmenistan 4,833,266 488,100 9.9
209 Russia 143,201,600 17,098,242 8.4
210 Bolivia 9,182,015 1,098,581 8.4
211 Oman 2,566,981 309,500 8.3
212 Chad 9,748,931 1,284,000 7.6
213 Central African Republic 4,037,747 622,984 6.5
214 Niue (New Zealand) 1,445 260 5.6
215 Kazakhstan 14,825,110 2,724,900 5.4
216 Gabon 1,383,841 267,668 5.2
217 Guyana 751,218 214,969 3.5
218 Libya 5,853,452 1,759,540 3.3
219 Canada 32,268,240 9,970,610 3.2
220 Botswana 1,764,926 581,730 3.0
221 Mauritania 3,068,742 1,025,520 3.0
222 Iceland 294,561 103,000 2.9
223 Suriname 449,238 163,820 2.7
224 Australia 20,155,130 7,741,220 2.6
225 Namibia 2,031,252 824,292 2.5
226 French Guiana (France) 187,056 90,000 2.1
227 Mongolia 2,646,487 1,564,116 1.7
228 Western Sahara 341,421 266,000 1.3
229 Falkland Islands (UK) 3,060 12,173 0.25
230 Greenland (Denmark) 56,916 2,175,600 0.026

Source: United Nations World Population Prospects (2004 revision). Data is for 2005.

Notes

  1. ^ The Monaco government uses a larger surface area figure resulting in a population density of 18,078 per km².
  2. ^ Latest figure from the World Bank Development Indicators Database is 1,090 per km²
  3. ^ a b c Population density calculated using surface area and population figures from CIA World Factbook. Republic of China (Taiwan) as of 2005; Serbia as of 2002; Montenegro as of 2004.
  4. ^ a b c d The UN figure is not consistent with the figure based on dividing the population by the area. The calculated figure is listed on this table instead.

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