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 22.6 people per square mile — a 157.1 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	47,293	38054	0.8	0.0005%	0.000001%	100%
2	Singapore	22,183	6167445	277	0.07%	0.0005%	100%
3	Vatican	5,493	939	0.17	0.00001%	0.0000003%	n/a
4	Bahrain	5,290	1649267	309	0.02%	0.0005%	90.9%
5	Malta	4,737	586345	124	0.007%	0.0002%	95.7%
6	Maldives	4,620	532468	115	0.006%	0.0002%	42.5%
7	Bangladesh	3,544	178936470	50.2K	2.14%	0.09%	33.2%
8	Palestine	2,368	5563879	2.33K	0.07%	0.004%	87.4%
9	Barbados	1,703	282789	166	0.003%	0.0003%	59.7%
10	Taiwan	1,662	23229461	14K	0.28%	0.02%	n/a
11	Mauritius	1,609	1240721	771	0.02%	0.001%	39%
12	Nauru	1,567	12139	7.72	0.0001%	0.00001%	100%
13	Rwanda	1,564	15062056	9.52K	0.18%	0.02%	30.9%
14	Lebanon	1,493	5921719	3.95K	0.07%	0.007%	91%
15	Burundi	1,486	14909238	9.92K	0.18%	0.02%	25.7%
16	San Marino	1,474	34159	23.2	0.0004%	0.00004%	97.2%
17	Netherlands	1,400	18243998	13K	0.22%	0.02%	95.9%
18	South Korea	1,370	51624449	37.7K	0.63%	0.07%	81.2%
19	India	1,286	1483314140	1.15M	17.9%	2%	35.7%
20	Comoros	1,251	907554	719	0.01%	0.001%	33.9%
21	Israel	1,228	10334048	8.36K	0.12%	0.01%	91.6%
22	Haiti	1,131	12106577	10.6K	0.15%	0.02%	55.6%
23	Philippines	1,023	118213646	115K	1.42%	0.2%	55.8%
24	Belgium	1,016	11967185	11.8K	0.15%	0.02%	87.7%
25	Sri Lanka	916	21926160	23.9K	0.27%	0.04%	20.5%
26	Curacao	911	156236	171	0.002%	0.0003%	91.5%
27	Grenada	894	117405	131	0.001%	0.0002%	36.7%
28	Japan	872	122704252	141K	1.5%	0.24%	92.3%
29	Pakistan	871	261421997	298K	3.11%	0.52%	39.5%
30	Vietnam	844	102486146	121K	1.24%	0.21%	38.8%
31	Cayman	833	77917	92.7	0.0009%	0.0002%	100%
32	Tuvalu	807	9349	11.6	0.0001%	0.00002%	65.4%
33	El Salvador	799	6404781	8K	0.08%	0.01%	75.5%
34	Saint Lucia	766	180676	236	0.002%	0.0004%	29.1%
35	UK	748	70071289	93.4K	0.85%	0.16%	83.3%
36	Gambia	738	2916990	3.91K	0.03%	0.007%	65%
37	Kuwait	719	4981316	6.88K	0.06%	0.01%	100%
38	Seychelles	703	125859	178	0.001%	0.0003%	45.5%
39	Luxembourg	698	697802	994	0.008%	0.002%	94.9%
40	Trinidad	692	1370916	1.98K	0.02%	0.003%	54%
41	Nigeria	689	245016045	352K	2.9%	0.61%	63.8%
42	Qatar	684	3058826	4.44K	0.04%	0.008%	99.4%
43	Uganda	682	53495325	77.4K	0.63%	0.13%	31.9%
44	Jamaica	678	2834177	4.18K	0.03%	0.007%	59.4%
45	Liechtenstein	668	41400	61.8	0.0005%	0.0001%	14.6%
46	Sao Tome	661	247495	371	0.003%	0.0006%	69.2%
47	Saint Vincent	659	99243	151	0.001%	0.0003%	48%
48	Malawi	626	23086106	36.4K	0.27%	0.06%	17.6%
49	Dominican	624	11656588	18.6K	0.14%	0.03%	72.5%
50	Germany	614	82830814	135K	1.02%	0.23%	82.1%
51	Switzerland	599	9155878	15.3K	0.11%	0.03%	85.7%
52	North Korea	573	26668308	46.5K	0.32%	0.08%	64.2%
53	Antigua	557	94846	170	0.001%	0.0003%	24.3%
54	Nepal	535	29619950	55.3K	0.36%	0.1%	67%
55	Italy	514	58708169	114K	0.72%	0.2%	69.7%
56	Marshall	504	35039	69.5	0.0004%	0.0001%	79.1%
57	Saint Kitts	468	47031	100	0.0006%	0.0002%	31.9%
58	Andorra	462	84217	182	0.001%	0.0003%	88.9%
59	Guatemala	459	19115361	41.4K	0.23%	0.07%	56.3%
60	Kiribati	443	139471	313	0.002%	0.0005%	63.4%
61	UAE	430	11885001	27.4K	0.14%	0.05%	86%
62	Togo	418	8873660	21K	0.1%	0.04%	44.4%
63	Ghana	406	36032857	87.9K	0.43%	0.15%	58.9%
64	Indonesia	394	289027659	731K	3.48%	1.27%	59.4%
65	Denmark	391	6042125	15.4K	0.07%	0.03%	88.8%
66	Cyprus	388	1388591	3.57K	0.02%	0.006%	66.7%
67	China	387	1403335670	3.62M	17.2%	6.3%	66.3%
68	Syria	374	26956472	70.9K	0.31%	0.12%	72.1%
69	Tonga	372	103283	278	0.001%	0.0005%	21.2%
70	Thailand	363	71565981	197K	0.87%	0.34%	62.8%
71	Czechia	361	10742283	29.8K	0.13%	0.05%	72.9%
72	Benin	348	15358725	43.5K	0.18%	0.08%	53.4%
73	Cape Verde	340	530853	1.56K	0.006%	0.003%	77.6%
74	Jordan	333	11538682	34.3K	0.14%	0.06%	93.2%
75	France	331	68871753	208K	0.84%	0.36%	78.8%
76	Azerbaijan	323	10333222	31.9K	0.12%	0.06%	58.6%
77	Sierra Leone	323	9090531	27.9K	0.11%	0.05%	45.9%
78	Ethiopia	319	140722974	436K	1.65%	0.76%	24.1%
79	Egypt	313	121012163	384K	1.44%	0.67%	42.9%
80	Portugal	305	10788071	35.4K	0.13%	0.06%	61.5%
81	Poland	304	36007074	118K	0.44%	0.21%	60.1%
82	Turkey	289.7	86225430	297K	1.05%	0.52%	89.5%
83	Slovakia	289.6	5376239	18.6K	0.07%	0.03%	53.2%
84	Austria	288.8	9201502	31.9K	0.11%	0.06%	69.7%
85	Malaysia	286.9	36600906	127K	0.44%	0.22%	77.4%
86	Iraq	286.5	48531417	168K	0.57%	0.29%	69.9%
87	Armenia	281.4	3064036	10.9K	0.04%	0.02%	65.9%
88	Slovenia	273.8	2128778	7.77K	0.03%	0.01%	56%
89	Ivory Coast	272.9	33910252	123K	0.4%	0.21%	54.5%
90	Cuba	271.8	10893750	40.1K	0.13%	0.07%	77.2%
91	Hungary	268.3	9454659	35.2K	0.12%	0.06%	70.7%
92	Cambodia	264.9	18159213	68.2K	0.22%	0.12%	41.1%
93	Costa Rica	262.5	5186356	19.7K	0.06%	0.03%	79.7%
94	Kenya	261.5	59218766	224K	0.7%	0.39%	32.2%
95	Senegal	260.6	19596169	74.3K	0.23%	0.13%	55.8%
96	Honduras	259	11279259	43.2K	0.13%	0.08%	59.3%
97	Spain	255.7	49323658	193K	0.6%	0.34%	80.5%
98	East Timor	250.2	1446322	5.74K	0.02%	0.01%	28.8%
99	Burkina Faso	232.9	24880655	106K	0.29%	0.18%	28.9%
100	Brunei	230.9	471596	2.04K	0.006%	0.004%	75%
101	Dominica	226.2	65501	290	0.0008%	0.0005%	74%
102	Morocco	225	38938817	172K	0.47%	0.3%	63.1%
103	Uzbekistan	221.8	38082870	170K	0.45%	0.3%	51%
104	Albania	220.4	2332078	10.6K	0.03%	0.02%	58.9%
105	Myanmar	219	55361818	252K	0.67%	0.44%	30.6%
106	Romania	212.9	18912567	88.8K	0.23%	0.15%	52.2%
107	Tanzania	212.2	73639263	342K	0.86%	0.59%	36.9%
108	Guinea-Bissau	211.7	2323460	10.9K	0.03%	0.02%	46.7%
109	Yemen	210.8	43598646	204K	0.51%	0.35%	37%
110	Greece	208.4	10371575	49.8K	0.13%	0.09%	79.2%
111	Ireland	208.2	5562212	26.6K	0.07%	0.05%	64.6%
112	Tunisia	207	12450912	60K	0.15%	0.1%	70.7%
113	Samoa	205.5	221158	1.07K	0.003%	0.002%	17.5%
114	Tajikistan	204.9	11080415	53.6K	0.13%	0.09%	26.2%
115	Lesotho	203.8	2402837	11.7K	0.03%	0.02%	44.7%
116	Serbia	200.2	6500256	32.5K	0.08%	0.06%	62.6%
117	Ecuador	192.3	18524711	95.9K	0.22%	0.17%	63.4%
118	Eswatini	191.2	1276995	6.64K	0.02%	0.01%	26.7%
119	N. Macedonia	186	1811466	9.74K	0.02%	0.02%	62.9%
120	Eq. Guinea	183.3	2008950	10.8K	0.02%	0.02%	71.6%
121	Moldova	183.1	2328600	12.7K	0.03%	0.02%	43.7%
122	Ukraine	180.6	40408451	224K	0.48%	0.39%	69.6%
123	Afghanistan	178.9	45682388	252K	0.53%	0.44%	25.9%
124	Croatia	178.2	3849788	21.6K	0.05%	0.04%	57.8%
125	Mexico	177.2	133551566	751K	1.61%	1.31%	80%
126	Cameroon	167.9	31045453	183K	0.36%	0.32%	55.7%
127	Guinea	162.8	15624314	94.9K	0.18%	0.16%	38.5%
128	Panama	161.5	4654479	28.6K	0.06%	0.05%	66.2%
129	Bosnia	157.6	3114736	19.8K	0.04%	0.03%	52.7%
130	Liberia	157.3	5916561	37.2K	0.07%	0.06%	56.1%
131	Nicaragua	152.8	7144725	46.5K	0.09%	0.08%	59.4%
132	Bulgaria	152.5	6390149	41.9K	0.08%	0.07%	74.2%
133	Madagascar	149.3	33936132	225K	0.4%	0.39%	32.9%
134	Iran	148.8	93580141	626K	1.13%	1.09%	77.4%
135	Georgia	146.6	3934050	26.8K	0.05%	0.05%	61.2%
136	South Africa	139.8	65829368	468K	0.79%	0.81%	63.8%
137	Djibouti	134	1207325	8.95K	0.01%	0.02%	73%
138	DR Congo	133.1	118386491	875K	1.38%	1.52%	45.1%
139	Fiji	132.9	939479	7.05K	0.01%	0.01%	59.5%
140	Colombia	125.9	54209462	428K	0.65%	0.74%	78.8%
141	Mozambique	120.7	37173146	304K	0.43%	0.53%	37.2%
142	Montenegro	118.2	613759	5.19K	0.008%	0.009%	65.6%
143	Lithuania	117.7	2845693	24.2K	0.04%	0.04%	69.1%
144	Zimbabwe	115.7	17443108	149K	0.21%	0.26%	40.5%
145	Belarus	115.2	9025821	78.4K	0.11%	0.14%	79.5%
146	Bahamas	104.7	405486	3.86K	0.005%	0.007%	81.3%
147	Kyrgyzstan	100.6	7505771	74.1K	0.09%	0.13%	34.7%
148	Palau	99.2	17620	178	0.0002%	0.0003%	79.3%
149	United States	97.3	344434632	3.53M	4.17%	6.14%	80.2%
150	Laos	89.5	8027464	89.1K	0.1%	0.15%	40.3%
151	Venezuela	84.1	28692435	341K	0.35%	0.59%	89.3%
152	Somalia	83.9	20653532	242K	0.24%	0.42%	55.1%
153	Angola	83.6	40839390	481K	0.48%	0.84%	71.5%
154	Estonia	81.6	1347027	16.5K	0.02%	0.03%	70.7%
155	Solomon	79.4	868694	10.8K	0.01%	0.02%	31.3%
156	Eritrea	78.7	3722489	46.8K	0.04%	0.08%	34.5%
157	Zambia	78.5	22844606	287K	0.27%	0.5%	45.9%
158	Latvia	76	1826986	24K	0.02%	0.04%	68.6%
159	Sudan	73.9	54156832	721K	0.63%	1.25%	34.9%
160	Vanuatu	72.8	346488	4.71K	0.004%	0.008%	22.3%
161	Peru	70.7	35105331	494K	0.42%	0.86%	85.6%
162	Chile	69.6	19992079	287K	0.24%	0.5%	89.2%
163	Sweden	67.7	10665077	157K	0.13%	0.27%	89.1%
164	Brazil	66.2	213964342	3.23M	2.6%	5.61%	88.2%
165	Papua	62.6	11045681	175K	0.13%	0.3%	15.8%
166	Niger	58.9	29294628	489K	0.34%	0.85%	18.4%
167	Mali	55.1	26322576	471K	0.31%	0.82%	32.2%
168	Bhutan	54.5	805057	14.7K	0.01%	0.03%	43.4%
169	New Zealand	52.7	5380024	102K	0.06%	0.18%	84%
170	Algeria	52.2	48345858	920K	0.58%	1.6%	75.8%
171	South Sudan	51	12565048	244K	0.15%	0.42%	21.7%
172	Congo	50.3	6718789	132K	0.08%	0.23%	64.1%
173	Uruguay	50.1	3382672	67.6K	0.04%	0.12%	95.7%
174	Belize	48.7	431659	8.81K	0.005%	0.02%	41.6%
175	Finland	48.1	5647947	117K	0.07%	0.2%	74.5%
176	Oman	47.6	5775345	119K	0.07%	0.21%	79.5%
177	Paraguay	46.4	7138671	153K	0.09%	0.27%	70.4%
178	Saudi Arabia	45.3	37955120	830K	0.45%	1.44%	84.6%
179	Chad	44.4	21855137	486K	0.26%	0.85%	27.6%
180	Argentina	43.5	46083022	1.06M	0.56%	1.84%	92.4%
181	Turkmenistan	42.7	7800189	181K	0.09%	0.32%	47.1%
182	Norway	40.2	5660666	141K	0.07%	0.24%	83.6%
183	Bolivia	30.5	12837312	418K	0.15%	0.73%	71.6%
184	Gabon	26.6	2676097	99.5K	0.03%	0.17%	92.1%
185	CAR	23.7	5798457	241K	0.07%	0.42%	44.6%
186	Russia	22.6	142643173	6.32M	1.75%	11%	75.3%
187	Kazakhstan	20.2	21211812	1.04M	0.25%	1.81%	62.4%
188	Mauritania	13.7	5539189	398K	0.06%	0.69%	61.5%
189	Canada	12.4	42199836	3.39M	0.51%	5.9%	82.9%
190	Botswana	11.9	2624853	219K	0.03%	0.38%	68%
191	Libya	11.1	7580693	679K	0.09%	1.18%	87.9%
192	Suriname	10.4	648096	62K	0.008%	0.11%	65.8%
193	Guyana	10.3	843423	81.5K	0.01%	0.14%	26.5%
194	Iceland	10.2	398674	38.9K	0.005%	0.07%	94.2%
195	Namibia	9.92	3185686	318K	0.04%	0.55%	50.9%
196	Australia	9.39	28010980	2.97M	0.34%	5.16%	87.7%
197	Mongolia	6	3630744	602K	0.04%	1.05%	71.1%

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 873 people per square mile in 2026, while Europe went from 294.2 to 364.

Africa, Latin America, and North America had comparable population density of 51.5 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, 1960–2025

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 2025, this share increased to 57.8%.