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	38082	0.8	0.0005%	0.000001%	100%
2	Singapore	21,776	6113174	277	0.07%	0.0005%	100%
3	Vatican	5,886	952	0.17	0.00001%	0.0000003%	n/a
4	Bahrain	5,143	1656695	309	0.02%	0.0005%	100%
5	Malta	4,604	578778	124	0.007%	0.0002%	95.7%
6	Maldives	4,587	531534	115	0.006%	0.0002%	42%
7	Bangladesh	3,458	177841118	50.2K	2.13%	0.09%	32.7%
8	Palestine	2,274	5480218	2.33K	0.06%	0.004%	87.1%
9	Barbados	1,701	282718	166	0.003%	0.0003%	59.5%
10	Taiwan	1,675	23205944	14K	0.29%	0.02%	n/a
11	Mauritius	1,616	1239793	771	0.02%	0.001%	39%
12	Nauru	1,547	12104	7.72	0.0001%	0.00001%	100%
13	Rwanda	1,497	14893241	9.52K	0.18%	0.02%	29.9%
14	Lebanon	1,470	5898001	3.95K	0.07%	0.007%	90.7%
15	San Marino	1,467	34003	23.2	0.0004%	0.00004%	97.2%
16	Burundi	1,417	14732962	9.92K	0.17%	0.02%	24.8%
17	Netherlands	1,384	18211637	13K	0.22%	0.02%	95.6%
18	South Korea	1,373	51633793	37.7K	0.64%	0.07%	81.2%
19	India	1,264	1476762615	1.15M	17.8%	2%	35.4%
20	Comoros	1,206	899184	719	0.01%	0.001%	33.5%
21	Israel	1,194	10252907	8.36K	0.12%	0.01%	91.5%
22	Haiti	1,106	12038932	10.6K	0.14%	0.02%	55%
23	Belgium	1,007	11895018	11.8K	0.15%	0.02%	87.6%
24	Philippines	1,006	117734664	115K	1.42%	0.2%	55.5%
25	Sri Lanka	918	22149346	23.9K	0.27%	0.04%	20.3%
26	Curacao	910	155945	171	0.002%	0.0003%	91.4%
27	Grenada	893	117361	131	0.001%	0.0002%	36.6%
28	Japan	881	122647678	141K	1.52%	0.24%	92.2%
29	Pakistan	844	259345872	298K	3.09%	0.52%	39.2%
30	Vietnam	835	102183444	121K	1.24%	0.21%	38.5%
31	Tuvalu	833	9363	11.6	0.0001%	0.00002%	64.7%
32	Cayman	804	77211	92.7	0.0009%	0.0002%	100%
33	El Salvador	792	6391525	8K	0.08%	0.01%	75.1%
34	Saint Lucia	763	180492	236	0.002%	0.0004%	29.1%
35	UK	741	70024311	93.4K	0.85%	0.16%	83.2%
36	Kuwait	712	5064966	6.88K	0.06%	0.01%	100%
37	Gambia	706	2884750	3.91K	0.03%	0.007%	64.3%
38	Trinidad	691	1373327	1.98K	0.02%	0.003%	54%
39	Seychelles	683	125600	178	0.001%	0.0003%	45.3%
40	Luxembourg	681	691571	994	0.008%	0.002%	94.8%
41	Jamaica	679	2833401	4.18K	0.03%	0.007%	58.9%
42	Saint Vincent	668	99240	151	0.001%	0.0003%	47.8%
43	Nigeria	662	242485845	352K	2.86%	0.61%	63%
44	Liechtenstein	655	40951	61.8	0.0005%	0.0001%	14.7%
45	Uganda	646	52776583	77.4K	0.61%	0.13%	31.3%
46	Qatar	644	2975619	4.44K	0.04%	0.008%	99.3%
47	Sao Tome	635	245039	371	0.003%	0.0006%	68.9%
48	Germany	619	82619736	135K	1.03%	0.23%	82%
49	Dominican	614	11610440	18.6K	0.14%	0.03%	72.4%
50	Malawi	595	22791875	36.4K	0.27%	0.06%	17.3%
51	Switzerland	590	9092598	15.3K	0.11%	0.03%	85.5%
52	North Korea	570	26634259	46.5K	0.33%	0.08%	63.9%
53	Antigua	552	94625	170	0.001%	0.0003%	24.4%
54	Marshall	540	35078	69.5	0.0005%	0.0001%	78.7%
55	Nepal	536	29630474	55.3K	0.36%	0.1%	66.8%
56	Italy	516	58538738	114K	0.72%	0.2%	69.6%
57	Saint Kitts	467	46992	100	0.0006%	0.0002%	31.8%
58	Togo	453	9933235	21K	0.12%	0.04%	43.8%
59	Andorra	452	83764	182	0.001%	0.0003%	88.9%
60	Guatemala	445	18971012	41.4K	0.23%	0.07%	56%
61	Kiribati	430	138472	313	0.002%	0.0005%	62.5%
62	UAE	401	11533895	27.4K	0.13%	0.05%	85.8%
63	Ghana	392	35704448	87.9K	0.42%	0.15%	58.4%
64	China	389	1402614510	3.62M	17.3%	6.3%	65.9%
65	Indonesia	388	287909726	731K	3.48%	1.27%	58.8%
66	Denmark	387	6023286	15.4K	0.07%	0.03%	88.7%
67	Cyprus	381	1382451	3.57K	0.02%	0.006%	66.7%
68	Tonga	375	103290	278	0.001%	0.0005%	21.2%
69	Czechia	366	10693675	29.8K	0.13%	0.05%	72.8%
70	Thailand	363	71559621	197K	0.88%	0.34%	61.9%
71	Syria	348	26481122	70.9K	0.3%	0.12%	72.1%
72	Cape Verde	337	529665	1.56K	0.006%	0.003%	76.8%
73	Jordan	337	11592040	34.3K	0.14%	0.06%	93%
74	Benin	332	15174345	43.5K	0.18%	0.08%	52.5%
75	France	329	68756508	208K	0.84%	0.36%	78.8%
76	Azerbaijan	320	10320163	31.9K	0.13%	0.06%	58.6%
77	Sierra Leone	310	8998687	27.9K	0.11%	0.05%	45.4%
78	Poland	309	35898979	118K	0.45%	0.21%	60%
79	Egypt	303	120120267	384K	1.43%	0.67%	42.8%
80	Ethiopia	303	138940022	436K	1.62%	0.76%	23.6%
81	Portugal	302	10663982	35.4K	0.13%	0.06%	61.3%
82	Slovakia	292.1	5367504	18.6K	0.07%	0.03%	53.2%
83	Austria	288.1	9164347	31.9K	0.11%	0.06%	69.5%
84	Turkey	287.8	85963745	297K	1.05%	0.52%	89.3%
85	Malaysia	280.3	36389490	127K	0.44%	0.22%	76.9%
86	Armenia	278.6	2989711	10.9K	0.04%	0.02%	65.8%
87	Iraq	274.7	48018145	168K	0.57%	0.29%	69.9%
88	Cuba	274	10892659	40.1K	0.13%	0.07%	77.2%
89	Slovenia	273.7	2123263	7.77K	0.03%	0.01%	55.8%
90	Hungary	271.4	9472812	35.2K	0.12%	0.06%	70.5%
91	Costa Rica	260.2	5175007	19.7K	0.06%	0.03%	79.3%
92	Ivory Coast	260.1	33502938	123K	0.39%	0.21%	54%
93	Cambodia	258.8	18053388	68.2K	0.22%	0.12%	40.9%
94	Spain	253.2	48787930	193K	0.6%	0.34%	80.3%
95	Kenya	251.6	58648527	224K	0.69%	0.39%	31.9%
96	Honduras	250.6	11186699	43.2K	0.13%	0.08%	58.8%
97	Senegal	248.9	19371362	74.3K	0.23%	0.13%	55.2%
98	East Timor	244	1437146	5.74K	0.02%	0.01%	28.7%
99	Dominica	228.6	65508	290	0.0008%	0.0005%	73.5%
100	Brunei	227.4	469802	2.04K	0.006%	0.004%	74.9%
101	Albania	224.7	2342445	10.6K	0.03%	0.02%	58.5%
102	Burkina Faso	222.9	24607478	106K	0.29%	0.18%	28.3%
103	Morocco	221	38765910	172K	0.47%	0.3%	62.8%
104	Myanmar	216.3	55188302	252K	0.67%	0.44%	30.4%
105	Romania	214.5	18836893	88.8K	0.23%	0.15%	52.2%
106	Uzbekistan	213.7	37731348	170K	0.45%	0.3%	51%
107	Greece	209.1	10249082	49.8K	0.13%	0.09%	79%
108	Tunisia	204.7	12415813	60K	0.15%	0.1%	70.4%
109	Samoa	203.1	220543	1.07K	0.003%	0.002%	17.5%
110	Serbia	202.9	6494317	32.5K	0.08%	0.06%	62.4%
111	Ireland	202.9	5500964	26.6K	0.07%	0.05%	64.3%
112	Guinea-Bissau	202.8	2298335	10.9K	0.03%	0.02%	46.1%
113	Tanzania	200.5	72586079	342K	0.84%	0.59%	36.2%
114	Lesotho	199.4	2389618	11.7K	0.03%	0.02%	43.7%
115	Yemen	199.1	42974589	204K	0.5%	0.35%	36.8%
116	Tajikistan	197.6	10980672	53.6K	0.13%	0.09%	26.2%
117	Ecuador	189.1	18446207	95.9K	0.22%	0.17%	63.2%
118	Moldova	188.9	2343963	12.7K	0.03%	0.02%	43.5%
119	N. Macedonia	187.4	1805395	9.74K	0.02%	0.02%	62.6%
120	Eswatini	187.1	1270000	6.64K	0.02%	0.01%	26.2%
121	Croatia	178.9	3813345	21.6K	0.05%	0.04%	57.5%
122	Eq. Guinea	174.7	1984968	10.8K	0.02%	0.02%	71.4%
123	Mexico	174.4	133008812	751K	1.61%	1.31%	79.8%
124	Afghanistan	169.4	45060300	252K	0.52%	0.44%	25.7%
125	Ukraine	169.2	39535850	224K	0.47%	0.39%	69.5%
126	Bosnia	160.1	3114242	19.8K	0.04%	0.03%	52.1%
127	Cameroon	159.6	30649220	183K	0.36%	0.32%	55.4%
128	Panama	157.7	4626304	28.6K	0.06%	0.05%	66%
129	Guinea	155.5	15445735	94.9K	0.18%	0.16%	38.1%
130	Bulgaria	153.7	6355610	41.9K	0.08%	0.07%	73.9%
131	Liberia	150.9	5855409	37.2K	0.07%	0.06%	55.5%
132	Nicaragua	148.9	7098301	46.5K	0.08%	0.08%	59.3%
133	Iran	146.2	93175818	626K	1.12%	1.09%	77%
134	Madagascar	142.3	33530646	225K	0.39%	0.39%	32.4%
135	Georgia	137.9	3696618	26.8K	0.05%	0.05%	61.1%
136	South Africa	136.7	65460626	468K	0.79%	0.81%	63.7%
137	Fiji	131.7	937312	7.05K	0.01%	0.01%	59.1%
138	Djibouti	130.6	1199623	8.95K	0.01%	0.02%	72.9%
139	DR Congo	124.8	116492354	875K	1.34%	1.52%	44.7%
140	Colombia	123.5	53941545	428K	0.65%	0.74%	78.5%
141	Montenegro	120.1	611567	5.19K	0.008%	0.009%	65.5%
142	Lithuania	119.5	2825872	24.2K	0.04%	0.04%	68.8%
143	Belarus	116.5	9011944	78.4K	0.11%	0.14%	79.2%
144	Mozambique	114.1	36651096	304K	0.43%	0.53%	36.4%
145	Zimbabwe	111.4	17277165	149K	0.2%	0.26%	39.9%
146	Bahamas	103.8	404651	3.86K	0.005%	0.007%	81.3%
147	Palau	99.6	17618	178	0.0002%	0.0003%	79.2%
148	Kyrgyzstan	97.5	7438528	74.1K	0.09%	0.13%	34.7%
149	United States	96.3	343682585	3.53M	4.18%	6.14%	80.1%
150	Laos	87.2	7975100	89.1K	0.1%	0.15%	39.6%
151	Venezuela	83.4	28635082	341K	0.35%	0.59%	89.3%
152	Estonia	83.2	1342600	16.5K	0.02%	0.03%	70.7%
153	Angola	78.7	40228288	481K	0.47%	0.84%	70.7%
154	Somalia	78.5	20313043	242K	0.23%	0.42%	54.6%
155	Latvia	77.7	1830293	24K	0.02%	0.04%	68.5%
156	Solomon	75.8	858499	10.8K	0.01%	0.02%	30.7%
157	Eritrea	75.6	3683508	46.8K	0.04%	0.08%	34.5%
158	Zambia	74.3	22528646	287K	0.26%	0.5%	45.5%
159	Sudan	69.9	53298472	721K	0.62%	1.25%	34.9%
160	Vanuatu	69.6	342645	4.71K	0.004%	0.008%	22.3%
161	Peru	69.2	34925789	494K	0.42%	0.86%	85.2%
162	Chile	68.9	19946723	287K	0.24%	0.5%	89%
163	Sweden	67.2	10663864	157K	0.13%	0.27%	88.9%
164	Brazil	65.7	213570306	3.23M	2.6%	5.61%	87.9%
165	Papua	60.5	10949849	175K	0.13%	0.3%	15.4%
166	Niger	55.3	28824804	489K	0.33%	0.85%	18%
167	Bhutan	53.8	802266	14.7K	0.01%	0.03%	42.6%
168	New Zealand	52	5362441	102K	0.06%	0.18%	83.9%
169	Mali	52	25940437	471K	0.3%	0.82%	31.6%
170	Algeria	50.9	48034519	920K	0.57%	1.6%	75.3%
171	Uruguay	50.1	3382543	67.6K	0.04%	0.12%	95.6%
172	South Sudan	49	12438782	244K	0.15%	0.42%	21.4%
173	Congo	48	6639487	132K	0.08%	0.23%	63.9%
174	Finland	47.9	5624333	117K	0.07%	0.2%	74.3%
175	Belize	47.4	428711	8.81K	0.005%	0.02%	41.8%
176	Paraguay	45.3	7096151	153K	0.09%	0.27%	69.9%
177	Oman	44.2	5673016	119K	0.06%	0.21%	79.4%
178	Argentina	43.2	46005372	1.06M	0.56%	1.84%	92.3%
179	Saudi Arabia	42.5	36557435	830K	0.43%	1.44%	84.5%
180	Chad	41.8	21567098	486K	0.25%	0.85%	26.9%
181	Turkmenistan	41.3	7737847	181K	0.09%	0.32%	47.1%
182	Norway	39.6	5648774	141K	0.07%	0.24%	83.3%
183	Bolivia	29.7	12751108	418K	0.15%	0.73%	71.2%
184	Gabon	25.5	2647992	99.5K	0.03%	0.17%	91.9%
185	Russia	22.7	142120553	6.32M	1.76%	11%	75.1%
186	CAR	22.2	5701055	241K	0.07%	0.42%	44.1%
187	Kazakhstan	19.8	21086160	1.04M	0.25%	1.81%	62.1%
188	Mauritania	13	5462924	398K	0.06%	0.69%	60.6%
189	Canada	12.2	42045683	3.39M	0.51%	5.9%	82.7%
190	Botswana	11.5	2603835	219K	0.03%	0.38%	67.5%
191	Libya	10.9	7540799	679K	0.09%	1.18%	87.9%
192	Suriname	10.2	645315	62K	0.008%	0.11%	65.8%
193	Guyana	10.2	840939	81.5K	0.01%	0.14%	26.5%
194	Iceland	9.93	395314	38.9K	0.005%	0.07%	94.2%
195	Namibia	9.53	3153904	318K	0.04%	0.55%	50.4%
196	Australia	9.16	27722756	2.97M	0.33%	5.16%	87.6%
197	Mongolia	5.86	3607619	602K	0.04%	1.05%	71%

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 34.2% of the world's population lived in urban areas; by 2024, this share had increased to 57.6%.