Population Density: most & least densely populated countries

List of countries ranked by population density

Population density varies drastically across the globe, even among countries with comparable populations. Bangladesh has a population density of 3,544 people per square mile, while Russia has only 22.4 people per square mile — a 157.9 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	47,292	38053	0.8	0.0005%	0.000001%	100%
2	Singapore	22,064	6125852	277	0.07%	0.0005%	100%
3	Vatican	5,493	936	0.17	0.00001%	0.0000003%	n/a
4	Bahrain	5,378	1669503	309	0.02%	0.0005%	90.9%
5	Malta	4,704	581729	124	0.007%	0.0002%	95.7%
6	Maldives	4,620	532057	115	0.006%	0.0002%	42%
7	Bangladesh	3,544	178415186	50.2K	2.14%	0.09%	32.7%
8	Palestine	2,352	5500288	2.33K	0.07%	0.004%	87.1%
9	Barbados	1,703	282798	166	0.003%	0.0003%	59.5%
10	Taiwan	1,662	23229461	14K	0.29%	0.02%	n/a
11	Mauritius	1,608	1240121	771	0.02%	0.001%	39%
12	Nauru	1,568	12125	7.72	0.0001%	0.00001%	100%
13	Rwanda	1,563	14975051	9.52K	0.18%	0.02%	29.9%
14	Lebanon	1,492	5906622	3.95K	0.07%	0.007%	90.7%
15	Burundi	1,487	14833763	9.92K	0.17%	0.02%	24.8%
16	San Marino	1,466	33967	23.2	0.0004%	0.00004%	97.2%
17	Netherlands	1,402	18252623	13K	0.22%	0.02%	95.6%
18	South Korea	1,371	51649918	37.7K	0.64%	0.07%	81.2%
19	India	1,287	1480351380	1.15M	17.9%	2%	35.4%
20	Comoros	1,252	903776	719	0.01%	0.001%	33.5%
21	Israel	1,227	10290887	8.36K	0.12%	0.01%	91.5%
22	Haiti	1,132	12076663	10.6K	0.14%	0.02%	55%
23	Philippines	1,023	117991570	115K	1.43%	0.2%	55.5%
24	Belgium	1,011	11902714	11.8K	0.15%	0.02%	87.6%
25	Sri Lanka	928	22185425	23.9K	0.27%	0.04%	20.3%
26	Curacao	910	155976	171	0.002%	0.0003%	91.4%
27	Grenada	894	117407	131	0.001%	0.0002%	36.6%
28	Japan	872	122677250	141K	1.53%	0.24%	92.2%
29	Pakistan	871	260356147	298K	3.09%	0.52%	39.2%
30	Vietnam	845	102365351	121K	1.24%	0.21%	38.5%
31	Cayman	834	77619	92.7	0.0009%	0.0002%	100%
32	Tuvalu	806	9341	11.6	0.0001%	0.00002%	64.7%
33	El Salvador	799	6399793	8K	0.08%	0.01%	75.1%
34	Saint Lucia	767	180638	236	0.002%	0.0004%	29.1%
35	UK	750	70154914	93.4K	0.85%	0.16%	83.2%
36	Gambia	739	2902554	3.91K	0.03%	0.007%	64.3%
37	Kuwait	738	5100145	6.88K	0.06%	0.01%	100%
38	Seychelles	708	126311	178	0.001%	0.0003%	45.3%
39	Luxembourg	696	693885	994	0.008%	0.002%	94.8%
40	Trinidad	694	1374840	1.98K	0.02%	0.003%	54%
41	Nigeria	690	243824469	352K	2.86%	0.61%	63%
42	Uganda	682	53170946	77.4K	0.62%	0.13%	31.3%
43	Jamaica	678	2834980	4.18K	0.03%	0.007%	58.9%
44	Qatar	673	2999260	4.44K	0.04%	0.008%	99.3%
45	Liechtenstein	663	41038	61.8	0.0005%	0.0001%	14.7%
46	Sao Tome	661	246362	371	0.003%	0.0006%	68.9%
47	Saint Vincent	659	99237	151	0.001%	0.0003%	47.8%
48	Malawi	626	22949294	36.4K	0.27%	0.06%	17.3%
49	Dominican	624	11637906	18.6K	0.14%	0.03%	72.4%
50	Germany	612	82575542	135K	1.03%	0.23%	82%
51	Switzerland	596	9107866	15.3K	0.11%	0.03%	85.5%
52	North Korea	573	26659144	46.5K	0.33%	0.08%	63.9%
53	Antigua	557	94757	170	0.001%	0.0003%	24.4%
54	Nepal	535	29596762	55.3K	0.36%	0.1%	66.8%
55	Italy	513	58562681	114K	0.73%	0.2%	69.6%
56	Marshall	504	35058	69.5	0.0005%	0.0001%	78.7%
57	Togo	473	9990340	21K	0.12%	0.04%	43.8%
58	Saint Kitts	468	47017	100	0.0006%	0.0002%	31.8%
59	Andorra	462	84102	182	0.001%	0.0003%	88.9%
60	Guatemala	459	19049936	41.4K	0.23%	0.07%	56%
61	Kiribati	443	139020	313	0.002%	0.0005%	62.5%
62	UAE	424	11686438	27.4K	0.14%	0.05%	85.8%
63	Ghana	407	35885254	87.9K	0.42%	0.15%	58.4%
64	Indonesia	394	288551776	731K	3.49%	1.27%	58.8%
65	Denmark	390	6032403	15.4K	0.07%	0.03%	88.7%
66	Cyprus	388	1386362	3.57K	0.02%	0.006%	66.7%
67	China	387	1402578808	3.62M	17.3%	6.3%	65.9%
68	Syria	375	26829400	70.9K	0.3%	0.12%	72.1%
69	Tonga	372	103309	278	0.001%	0.0005%	21.2%
70	Thailand	363	71571743	197K	0.88%	0.34%	61.9%
71	Czechia	357	10649126	29.8K	0.13%	0.05%	72.8%
72	Benin	349	15272847	43.5K	0.18%	0.08%	52.5%
73	Cape Verde	340	530391	1.56K	0.006%	0.003%	76.8%
74	Jordan	335	11555022	34.3K	0.14%	0.06%	93%
75	France	330	68788006	208K	0.84%	0.36%	78.8%
76	Azerbaijan	324	10338778	31.9K	0.13%	0.06%	58.6%
77	Sierra Leone	323	9049533	27.9K	0.11%	0.05%	45.4%
78	Ethiopia	319	139917664	436K	1.62%	0.76%	23.6%
79	Egypt	313	120697176	384K	1.43%	0.67%	42.8%
80	Poland	303	35806942	118K	0.45%	0.21%	60%
81	Portugal	302	10667081	35.4K	0.13%	0.06%	61.3%
82	Turkey	289.2	86002379	297K	1.05%	0.52%	89.3%
83	Slovakia	288.7	5359438	18.6K	0.07%	0.03%	53.2%
84	Austria	287.6	9163419	31.9K	0.11%	0.06%	69.5%
85	Malaysia	287	36512221	127K	0.44%	0.22%	76.9%
86	Iraq	286.5	48289334	168K	0.57%	0.29%	69.9%
87	Armenia	274.6	2989841	10.9K	0.04%	0.02%	65.8%
88	Slovenia	273.2	2124138	7.77K	0.03%	0.01%	55.8%
89	Ivory Coast	272.9	33722528	123K	0.39%	0.21%	54%
90	Cuba	271.8	10894785	40.1K	0.14%	0.07%	77.2%
91	Hungary	268.9	9475525	35.2K	0.12%	0.06%	70.5%
92	Cambodia	265	18113986	68.2K	0.22%	0.12%	40.9%
93	Costa Rica	262.6	5181862	19.7K	0.06%	0.03%	79.3%
94	Kenya	261.5	58955623	224K	0.69%	0.39%	31.9%
95	Senegal	260.6	19491599	74.3K	0.23%	0.13%	55.2%
96	Honduras	259	11237619	43.2K	0.13%	0.08%	58.8%
97	Spain	253	48806901	193K	0.6%	0.34%	80.3%
98	East Timor	250.2	1441764	5.74K	0.02%	0.01%	28.7%
99	Burkina Faso	233	24756783	106K	0.29%	0.18%	28.3%
100	Brunei	231	470884	2.04K	0.006%	0.004%	74.9%
101	Dominica	226.3	65539	290	0.0008%	0.0005%	73.5%
102	Morocco	225.1	38871720	172K	0.47%	0.3%	62.8%
103	Uzbekistan	221.9	37939105	170K	0.45%	0.3%	51%
104	Albania	221.4	2342753	10.6K	0.03%	0.02%	58.5%
105	Myanmar	219.1	55292116	252K	0.67%	0.44%	30.4%
106	Tanzania	212.2	73145892	342K	0.84%	0.59%	36.2%
107	Romania	212.1	18839108	88.8K	0.23%	0.15%	52.2%
108	Guinea-Bissau	211.7	2311915	10.9K	0.03%	0.02%	46.1%
109	Yemen	210.9	43325643	204K	0.5%	0.35%	36.8%
110	Tunisia	207.1	12437803	60K	0.15%	0.1%	70.4%
111	Ireland	207	5518360	26.6K	0.07%	0.05%	64.3%
112	Samoa	205.5	220932	1.07K	0.003%	0.002%	17.5%
113	Tajikistan	205	11038274	53.6K	0.13%	0.09%	26.2%
114	Greece	204.6	10181414	49.8K	0.13%	0.09%	79%
115	Lesotho	203.8	2396633	11.7K	0.03%	0.02%	43.7%
116	Serbia	200	6494521	32.5K	0.08%	0.06%	62.4%
117	Ecuador	192.4	18487749	95.9K	0.22%	0.17%	63.2%
118	Eswatini	191.2	1273390	6.64K	0.02%	0.01%	26.2%
119	N. Macedonia	185.5	1805954	9.74K	0.02%	0.02%	62.6%
120	Moldova	184.1	2341166	12.7K	0.03%	0.02%	43.5%
121	Eq. Guinea	183.3	1998075	10.8K	0.02%	0.02%	71.4%
122	Ukraine	179.4	40125599	224K	0.47%	0.39%	69.5%
123	Afghanistan	179	45409324	252K	0.52%	0.44%	25.7%
124	Mexico	177.3	133323134	751K	1.61%	1.31%	79.8%
125	Croatia	176.4	3812193	21.6K	0.05%	0.04%	57.5%
126	Cameroon	168	30864115	183K	0.36%	0.32%	55.4%
127	Guinea	162.9	15546235	94.9K	0.18%	0.16%	38.1%
128	Panama	161.6	4642198	28.6K	0.06%	0.05%	66%
129	Bosnia	157.6	3116111	19.8K	0.04%	0.03%	52.1%
130	Liberia	157.4	5887000	37.2K	0.07%	0.06%	55.5%
131	Nicaragua	152.8	7124343	46.5K	0.09%	0.08%	59.3%
132	Bulgaria	151.7	6359449	41.9K	0.08%	0.07%	73.9%
133	Madagascar	149.3	33750171	225K	0.39%	0.39%	32.4%
134	Iran	148.9	93468444	626K	1.13%	1.09%	77%
135	South Africa	139.8	65683993	468K	0.79%	0.81%	63.7%
136	Georgia	137.8	3697615	26.8K	0.05%	0.05%	61.1%
137	Djibouti	134	1203929	8.95K	0.01%	0.02%	72.9%
138	DR Congo	133.1	117507801	875K	1.34%	1.52%	44.7%
139	Fiji	132.9	938628	7.05K	0.01%	0.01%	59.1%
140	Colombia	126	54105437	428K	0.65%	0.74%	78.5%
141	Mozambique	120.7	36941128	304K	0.43%	0.53%	36.4%
142	Montenegro	117.9	612312	5.19K	0.008%	0.009%	65.5%
143	Lithuania	117.1	2829914	24.2K	0.04%	0.04%	68.8%
144	Zimbabwe	115.6	17361868	149K	0.2%	0.26%	39.9%
145	Belarus	115	9013835	78.4K	0.11%	0.14%	79.2%
146	Bahamas	104.7	405203	3.86K	0.005%	0.007%	81.3%
147	Kyrgyzstan	100.5	7471102	74.1K	0.09%	0.13%	34.7%
148	Palau	99.3	17629	178	0.0002%	0.0003%	79.2%
149	United States	97.3	344023146	3.53M	4.21%	6.14%	80.1%
150	Laos	89.5	8004838	89.1K	0.1%	0.15%	39.6%
151	Venezuela	84.1	28661242	341K	0.35%	0.59%	89.3%
152	Somalia	83.9	20503678	242K	0.23%	0.42%	54.6%
153	Angola	83.6	40555924	481K	0.47%	0.84%	70.7%
154	Estonia	81.2	1339590	16.5K	0.02%	0.03%	70.7%
155	Solomon	79.4	863951	10.8K	0.01%	0.02%	30.7%
156	Eritrea	78.6	3700586	46.8K	0.04%	0.08%	34.5%
157	Zambia	78.5	22697916	287K	0.26%	0.5%	45.5%
158	Latvia	76.2	1829763	24K	0.02%	0.04%	68.5%
159	Sudan	73.3	53335233	721K	0.62%	1.25%	34.9%
160	Vanuatu	72.8	344750	4.71K	0.004%	0.008%	22.3%
161	Peru	70.7	35031596	494K	0.42%	0.86%	85.2%
162	Chile	69.6	19977856	287K	0.24%	0.5%	89%
163	Sweden	67.8	10680056	157K	0.13%	0.27%	88.9%
164	Brazil	66.2	213824938	3.23M	2.61%	5.61%	87.9%
165	Papua	62.6	11002753	175K	0.13%	0.3%	15.4%
166	Niger	59	29080898	489K	0.33%	0.85%	18%
167	Mali	55.1	26143152	471K	0.3%	0.82%	31.6%
168	Bhutan	54.5	803385	14.7K	0.01%	0.03%	42.6%
169	New Zealand	52.8	5374272	102K	0.07%	0.18%	83.9%
170	Algeria	52.3	48222325	920K	0.58%	1.6%	75.3%
171	South Sudan	51	12507858	244K	0.15%	0.42%	21.4%
172	Congo	50.4	6681829	132K	0.08%	0.23%	63.9%
173	Uruguay	50.1	3382789	67.6K	0.04%	0.12%	95.6%
174	Belize	48.7	430409	8.81K	0.005%	0.02%	41.8%
175	Finland	48	5631965	117K	0.07%	0.2%	74.3%
176	Oman	47.8	5761708	119K	0.06%	0.21%	79.4%
177	Paraguay	46.4	7120169	153K	0.09%	0.27%	69.9%
178	Chad	44.7	21893857	486K	0.25%	0.85%	26.9%
179	Saudi Arabia	44.1	36734925	830K	0.43%	1.44%	84.5%
180	Argentina	43.5	46048053	1.06M	0.56%	1.84%	92.3%
181	Turkmenistan	42.7	7776557	181K	0.09%	0.32%	47.1%
182	Norway	40.3	5671119	141K	0.07%	0.24%	83.3%
183	Bolivia	30.5	12798112	418K	0.15%	0.73%	71.2%
184	Gabon	26.6	2663339	99.5K	0.03%	0.17%	91.9%
185	CAR	23.7	5753659	241K	0.07%	0.42%	44.1%
186	Russia	22.4	141906741	6.32M	1.77%	11%	75.1%
187	Kazakhstan	20.2	21161809	1.04M	0.25%	1.81%	62.1%
188	Mauritania	13.7	5505206	398K	0.06%	0.69%	60.6%
189	Canada	12.4	42181965	3.39M	0.51%	5.9%	82.7%
190	Botswana	11.9	2615162	219K	0.03%	0.38%	67.5%
191	Libya	11.1	7559873	679K	0.09%	1.18%	87.9%
192	Suriname	10.4	646767	62K	0.008%	0.11%	65.8%
193	Guyana	10.3	842249	81.5K	0.01%	0.14%	26.5%
194	Iceland	10.2	397129	38.9K	0.005%	0.07%	94.2%
195	Namibia	9.93	3173089	318K	0.04%	0.55%	50.4%
196	Australia	9.34	27799169	2.97M	0.33%	5.16%	87.6%
197	Mongolia	6	3620317	602K	0.04%	1.05%	71%

World population density by year

This chart shows world and regional population density from 1960 to 2026. Asia's population density increased 3.01-fold from 289.9 people per square mile in 1960 to 872 people per square mile in 2026, while Europe went from 294.2 to 363.

Africa, Latin America, and North America had comparable population density of 51.6 people per square mile in 1960, close to the world average of 52.5 at the time. By 2026, population density in Africa grew 5.82-fold to 319 people per square mile, Latin America grew 3.05-fold, and North America grew 1.88-fold.

Urban population share by region, 1960–2024

This chart shows the growth of the urban population share: in 1960, only 34.2% of the world's population lived in urban areas; by 2024, this share increased to 57.6%.