Population Density: most & least densely populated countries

List of countries ranked by population density

Population density drastically varies across the globe, even for countries with comparable populations. Bangladesh has a population density of 3,458 people per square mile, while Russia has only 22.7 people per square mile — a 152.4 times difference.

The table below lists 197 countries ranked from the most densely populated — Monaco, to the least densely populated — Mongolia.

Rank	Country	Density, ppl per sq mi	Population	Land area, mi²	% of world population	% of world land	Urban popul.
1	Monaco	48,010	38341	0.8	0.0005%	0.000001%	100%
2	Singapore	21,776	6105665	277	0.07%	0.0005%	100%
3	Vatican	5,886	949	0.17	0.00001%	0.0000003%	n/a
4	Bahrain	5,143	1650128	309	0.02%	0.0005%	90%
5	Malta	4,649	583596	124	0.007%	0.0002%	95%
6	Maldives	4,587	531152	115	0.006%	0.0002%	42.4%
7	Bangladesh	3,458	177398795	50.2K	2.13%	0.09%	41.2%
8	Palestine	2,274	5459557	2.33K	0.06%	0.004%	77.9%
9	Barbados	1,701	282698	166	0.003%	0.0003%	31.5%
10	Taiwan	1,675	23308308	14K	0.29%	0.02%	n/a
11	Mauritius	1,634	1256649	771	0.02%	0.001%	40.9%
12	Nauru	1,547	12088	7.72	0.0001%	0.00001%	100%
13	Rwanda	1,497	14826674	9.52K	0.18%	0.02%	18.1%
14	Lebanon	1,470	5888008	3.95K	0.07%	0.007%	89.6%
15	San Marino	1,467	33996	23.2	0.0004%	0.00004%	97.9%
16	Burundi	1,417	14662443	9.92K	0.17%	0.02%	15.2%
17	Netherlands	1,384	18191638	13K	0.22%	0.02%	93.5%
18	South Korea	1,373	51700480	37.7K	0.64%	0.07%	81.5%
19	India	1,264	1474115403	1.15M	17.8%	2%	36.9%
20	Comoros	1,206	895828	719	0.01%	0.001%	30.4%
21	Israel	1,194	10224104	8.36K	0.12%	0.01%	92.9%
22	Haiti	1,106	12011655	10.6K	0.14%	0.02%	60.5%
23	Belgium	1,009	11909960	11.8K	0.15%	0.02%	98.2%
24	Philippines	1,006	117540050	115K	1.42%	0.2%	48.6%
25	Sri Lanka	918	22125995	23.9K	0.27%	0.04%	19.4%
26	Curacao	909	155910	171	0.002%	0.0003%	89%
27	Grenada	893	117349	131	0.001%	0.0002%	37.3%
28	Japan	881	123324642	141K	1.52%	0.24%	92.1%
29	Pakistan	844	258497127	298K	3.09%	0.52%	38.4%
30	Vietnam	835	102063551	121K	1.24%	0.21%	40.2%
31	Tuvalu	833	9493	11.6	0.0001%	0.00002%	66.9%
32	Cayman	804	76930	92.7	0.0009%	0.0002%	100%
33	El Salvador	792	6386184	8K	0.08%	0.01%	76%
34	Saint Lucia	763	180421	236	0.002%	0.0004%	19.3%
35	UK	741	69945462	93.4K	0.85%	0.16%	84.9%
36	Kuwait	723	5128257	6.88K	0.06%	0.01%	100%
37	Gambia	706	2871879	3.91K	0.03%	0.007%	65.1%
38	Trinidad	691	1372940	1.98K	0.02%	0.003%	53.6%
39	Seychelles	683	125181	178	0.001%	0.0003%	59.2%
40	Luxembourg	682	690832	994	0.008%	0.002%	92.3%
41	Jamaica	679	2837071	4.18K	0.03%	0.007%	57.8%
42	Saint Vincent	668	99920	151	0.001%	0.0003%	54.7%
43	Nigeria	662	241467099	352K	2.86%	0.61%	55%
44	Liechtenstein	651	40646	61.8	0.0005%	0.0001%	14.7%
45	Uganda	646	52490669	77.4K	0.61%	0.13%	27.4%
46	Qatar	644	2964497	4.44K	0.04%	0.008%	99.4%
47	Sao Tome	635	244055	371	0.003%	0.0006%	77%
48	Germany	619	83039665	135K	1.03%	0.23%	77.9%
49	Dominican	614	11591984	18.6K	0.14%	0.03%	85%
50	Malawi	595	22673513	36.4K	0.27%	0.06%	18.6%
51	Switzerland	592	9112950	15.3K	0.11%	0.03%	74.3%
52	North Korea	570	26621357	46.5K	0.33%	0.08%	63.5%
53	Antigua	552	94540	170	0.001%	0.0003%	24.3%
54	Marshall	540	36281	69.5	0.0005%	0.0001%	79.2%
55	Nepal	536	29627185	55.3K	0.36%	0.1%	22.4%
56	Italy	517	58790597	114K	0.72%	0.2%	72.3%
57	Saint Kitts	467	46977	100	0.0006%	0.0002%	31.2%
58	Togo	453	9889741	21K	0.12%	0.04%	45.1%
59	Andorra	452	83589	182	0.001%	0.0003%	87.7%
60	Guatemala	445	18912872	41.4K	0.23%	0.07%	53.5%
61	Kiribati	430	138067	313	0.002%	0.0005%	58.4%
62	UAE	397	11372700	27.4K	0.13%	0.05%	88%
63	Ghana	392	35572974	87.9K	0.42%	0.15%	59.9%
64	China	389	1405773318	3.62M	17.3%	6.3%	65.5%
65	Indonesia	388	287460768	731K	3.48%	1.27%	59.2%
66	Denmark	387	6018959	15.4K	0.07%	0.03%	88.6%
67	Cyprus	381	1380052	3.57K	0.02%	0.006%	67.1%
68	Tonga	375	103744	278	0.001%	0.0005%	23.2%
69	Czechia	365	10753822	29.8K	0.13%	0.05%	74.7%
70	Thailand	363	71619867	197K	0.88%	0.34%	54.3%
71	Syria	348	26304877	70.9K	0.3%	0.12%	58%
72	Cape Verde	337	529186	1.56K	0.006%	0.003%	68.4%
73	Jordan	337	11575983	34.3K	0.14%	0.06%	92.2%
74	Benin	332	15100397	43.5K	0.18%	0.08%	50.7%
75	France	329	68701054	208K	0.84%	0.36%	82%
76	Azerbaijan	320	10308499	31.9K	0.13%	0.06%	58%
77	Sierra Leone	310	8961932	27.9K	0.11%	0.05%	44.8%
78	Poland	309	36176920	118K	0.45%	0.21%	60.3%
79	Egypt	303	119759833	384K	1.43%	0.67%	43.3%
80	Ethiopia	303	138227398	436K	1.62%	0.76%	23.7%
81	Portugal	303	10687819	35.4K	0.13%	0.06%	68.4%
82	Slovakia	292.1	5390674	18.6K	0.07%	0.03%	54.2%
83	Austria	288.1	9171198	31.9K	0.11%	0.06%	59.8%
84	Turkey	287.8	85914550	297K	1.05%	0.52%	77.9%
85	Malaysia	280.3	36304998	127K	0.44%	0.22%	79.2%
86	Armenia	278.6	3011581	10.9K	0.04%	0.02%	63.9%
87	Iraq	274.7	47813338	168K	0.57%	0.29%	71.9%
88	Cuba	274	10937204	40.1K	0.13%	0.07%	77.7%
89	Slovenia	273.5	2124696	7.77K	0.03%	0.01%	56.4%
90	Hungary	271.4	9518980	35.2K	0.12%	0.06%	73.2%
91	Costa Rica	260.2	5170484	19.7K	0.06%	0.03%	83.2%
92	Ivory Coast	260.1	33340347	123K	0.39%	0.21%	53.6%
93	Cambodia	258.8	18011232	68.2K	0.22%	0.12%	26%
94	Albania	256.6	2694925	10.6K	0.03%	0.02%	65.4%
95	Spain	253	48786181	193K	0.6%	0.34%	81.8%
96	Kenya	251.6	58419239	224K	0.69%	0.39%	30%
97	Honduras	250.6	11149564	43.2K	0.13%	0.08%	60.8%
98	Senegal	248.9	19281054	74.3K	0.23%	0.13%	50.1%
99	East Timor	244	1433311	5.74K	0.02%	0.01%	32.8%
100	Dominica	228.6	65870	290	0.0008%	0.0005%	72.3%
101	Brunei	227.4	469088	2.04K	0.006%	0.004%	79.4%
102	Burkina Faso	222.9	24497999	106K	0.29%	0.18%	33.2%
103	Morocco	221	38697192	172K	0.47%	0.3%	65.6%
104	Myanmar	216.3	55119090	252K	0.67%	0.44%	32.5%
105	Romania	214.7	18962595	88.8K	0.23%	0.15%	54.9%
106	Uzbekistan	213.7	37592263	170K	0.45%	0.3%	50.6%
107	Greece	208.7	10276140	49.8K	0.13%	0.09%	81%
108	Tunisia	204.7	12402051	60K	0.15%	0.1%	70.9%
109	Samoa	203.1	220288	1.07K	0.003%	0.002%	17.4%
110	Serbia	202.9	6541064	32.5K	0.08%	0.06%	57.4%
111	Guinea-Bissau	202.8	2288306	10.9K	0.03%	0.02%	45.9%
112	Ireland	202.3	5474763	26.6K	0.07%	0.05%	64.8%
113	Tanzania	200.5	72166806	342K	0.84%	0.59%	38.1%
114	Lesotho	199.4	2384217	11.7K	0.03%	0.02%	30.9%
115	Yemen	199.1	42727988	204K	0.5%	0.35%	40.5%
116	Tajikistan	197.6	10940854	53.6K	0.13%	0.09%	28.5%
117	Ecuador	189.1	18414090	95.9K	0.22%	0.17%	65%
118	Moldova	187.9	2358679	12.7K	0.03%	0.02%	43.6%
119	Eswatini	187.1	1267161	6.64K	0.02%	0.01%	25%
120	N. Macedonia	184	1783115	9.74K	0.02%	0.02%	59.9%
121	Croatia	178.9	3839202	21.6K	0.05%	0.04%	58.9%
122	Eq. Guinea	174.7	1975406	10.8K	0.02%	0.02%	74.9%
123	Mexico	174.4	132790957	751K	1.61%	1.31%	81.9%
124	Afghanistan	169.4	44810409	252K	0.52%	0.44%	27.3%
125	Ukraine	169.2	39426577	224K	0.46%	0.39%	70.3%
126	Bosnia	160.1	3140094	19.8K	0.04%	0.03%	50.7%
127	Cameroon	159.6	30491011	183K	0.36%	0.32%	59.9%
128	Panama	157.7	4614993	28.6K	0.06%	0.05%	69.9%
129	Guinea	155.5	15374667	94.9K	0.18%	0.16%	38.5%
130	Bulgaria	153.7	6403235	41.9K	0.08%	0.07%	77%
131	Liberia	150.9	5829811	37.2K	0.07%	0.06%	54.1%
132	Nicaragua	148.9	7079664	46.5K	0.08%	0.08%	60.2%
133	Iran	146.2	93020793	626K	1.12%	1.09%	77.7%
134	Madagascar	142.3	33368335	225K	0.39%	0.39%	41.2%
135	Georgia	136.9	3672886	26.8K	0.05%	0.05%	61.2%
136	South Africa	136.7	65314246	468K	0.79%	0.81%	69.3%
137	Fiji	131.7	936456	7.05K	0.01%	0.01%	59.2%
138	Djibouti	130.6	1196428	8.95K	0.01%	0.02%	78.7%
139	DR Congo	124.8	115740092	875K	1.34%	1.52%	48.1%
140	Colombia	123.5	53835787	428K	0.65%	0.74%	82.7%
141	Montenegro	120.1	618209	5.19K	0.008%	0.009%	68.8%
142	Lithuania	119.5	2858798	24.2K	0.04%	0.04%	68.9%
143	Belarus	116.5	9074112	78.4K	0.11%	0.14%	81.1%
144	Mozambique	114.1	36441519	304K	0.43%	0.53%	39.3%
145	Zimbabwe	111.4	17210092	149K	0.2%	0.26%	32.7%
146	Bahamas	103.8	404321	3.86K	0.005%	0.007%	83.8%
147	Palau	99.6	17663	178	0.0002%	0.0003%	82.8%
148	Kyrgyzstan	97.6	7419369	74.1K	0.09%	0.13%	38.2%
149	United States	96.3	343323530	3.53M	4.18%	6.14%	83.5%
150	Laos	87.2	7954155	89.1K	0.1%	0.15%	38.9%
151	Venezuela	83.4	28610737	341K	0.35%	0.59%	88.5%
152	Estonia	83.2	1355535	16.5K	0.02%	0.03%	70%
153	Angola	78.7	39983997	481K	0.47%	0.84%	69.3%
154	Somalia	78.5	20177806	242K	0.23%	0.42%	48.5%
155	Latvia	77.5	1844219	24K	0.02%	0.04%	68.8%
156	Solomon	75.8	854419	10.8K	0.01%	0.02%	26.5%
157	Eritrea	75.6	3667774	46.8K	0.04%	0.08%	43.9%
158	Zambia	74.3	22402291	287K	0.26%	0.5%	46.9%
159	Sudan	69.9	52963918	721K	0.62%	1.25%	36.8%
160	Vanuatu	69.6	341110	4.71K	0.004%	0.008%	26.1%
161	Peru	69.2	34854181	494K	0.42%	0.86%	79.1%
162	Chile	68.9	19928941	287K	0.24%	0.5%	88.1%
163	Sweden	67.2	10654722	157K	0.13%	0.27%	89%
164	Brazil	65.7	213415080	3.23M	2.6%	5.61%	88%
165	Papua	60.5	10911445	175K	0.13%	0.3%	13.9%
166	Niger	55.3	28638403	489K	0.33%	0.85%	17.2%
167	Bhutan	53.8	801123	14.7K	0.01%	0.03%	45%
168	New Zealand	52.5	5406623	102K	0.07%	0.18%	87.1%
169	Mali	52	25787988	471K	0.3%	0.82%	46.9%
170	Algeria	50.9	47911682	920K	0.57%	1.6%	75.7%
171	Uruguay	50.1	3384690	67.6K	0.04%	0.12%	95.9%
172	South Sudan	49	12387398	244K	0.15%	0.42%	21.6%
173	Finland	48	5643254	117K	0.07%	0.2%	85.9%
174	Congo	48	6607609	132K	0.08%	0.23%	69.6%
175	Belize	47.4	427523	8.81K	0.005%	0.02%	46.8%
176	Paraguay	45.3	7079103	153K	0.09%	0.27%	63.5%
177	Oman	44.2	5636678	119K	0.06%	0.21%	89%
178	Argentina	43.2	45973765	1.06M	0.56%	1.84%	92.6%
179	Saudi Arabia	42.5	36428123	830K	0.43%	1.44%	85.2%
180	Chad	41.8	21450865	486K	0.25%	0.85%	24.7%
181	Turkmenistan	41.3	7713465	181K	0.09%	0.32%	54.5%
182	Norway	39.6	5642662	141K	0.07%	0.24%	84.3%
183	Bolivia	29.7	12716350	418K	0.15%	0.73%	71.5%
184	Gabon	25.5	2636721	99.5K	0.03%	0.17%	91.3%
185	Russia	22.7	142718132	6.32M	1.76%	11%	75.5%
186	CAR	22.2	5662456	241K	0.07%	0.42%	44.1%
187	Kazakhstan	19.8	21036432	1.04M	0.25%	1.81%	58.4%
188	Mauritania	13	5432542	398K	0.06%	0.69%	58.5%
189	Canada	12.2	41972421	3.39M	0.51%	5.9%	82%
190	Botswana	11.5	2595266	219K	0.03%	0.38%	73.5%
191	Libya	10.9	7523849	679K	0.09%	1.18%	81.9%
192	Iceland	10.4	412970	38.9K	0.005%	0.07%	94.1%
193	Suriname	10.2	644193	62K	0.008%	0.11%	66.5%
194	Guyana	10.2	839919	81.5K	0.01%	0.14%	27.3%
195	Namibia	9.53	3141364	318K	0.04%	0.55%	55.8%
196	Australia	9.16	27677455	2.97M	0.33%	5.16%	86.8%
197	Mongolia	5.86	3599274	602K	0.04%	1.05%	69.3%

Population density by region chart

The chart below plots the world and by-region population density for 1960-2024. Asia and Europe had a population density of around 315 people per square mile in 1960, but by 2024 density in Asia increased 2.91 times to 859 people per square mile, while Europe has grown to 363 only.

Africa, Latin America, and North America had a comparable population density of around 54.8 people per square mile in 1960, which was also close to the world's average of 52.5 at the time. Fast forward to 2024, and population density in Africa has grown 4.87 times to 306 people per square mile, Latin America — 3.01 times growth, and North America — 1.86 times increase in density.

Share of urban population by region

The chart below showcases the growth of the urban population share: in 1960, only 33.7% of the world's population lived in urban areas; by 2024, this share had increased to 57.7%.