List of countries by population density

List of countries/dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km². The figures in the following table are based on areas including inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Population data is generally an estimate for July 2005. Only sovereign states are numbered, but non-sovereign territories are also included for purposes of comparison.

Rank	Country	Population	Area (km²)	Density
—	World	6,445,398,968	148,940,000	43
—	Macau, SAR, PRC	449,198	25.4	17,684
1	Monaco	32,409	1.95	16,620
2	Singapore	4,425,720	692.7	6,389
—	Hong Kong, SAR, PRC	6,898,686	1,092	6,317
—	Gibraltar	27,884	6.5	4,289
—	Gaza Strip	1,376,289	360	3,823
3	Vatican City	921	0.44	2,093
4	Malta	398,534	316	1,261
—	Bermuda	65,365	53.3	1,226
5	Maldives	349,106	300	1,163
6	Bahrain	688,345	665	1,035
7	Bangladesh	144,319,628	144,000	1,002
—	Guernsey	65,228	78	836
—	Jersey	90,812	116	782
8	Barbados	279,254	431	647
9	Republic of China (Taiwan)	22,894,384	35,980	636
10	Nauru	13,048	21	621
11	Mauritius	1,230,602	2,040	603
—	Mayotte	193,633	374	517
12	South Korea	48,422,644	98,480	491
13	San Marino	28,880	61.2	471
14	Tuvalu	11,636	26	447
—	Puerto Rico	3,916,632	9,104	430
—	West Bank	2,385,615	5,860	407
15	Netherlands	16,407,491	41,526	395
—	Martinique	432,900	1,100	393
—	Aruba	71,566	193	370
16	Lebanon	3,826,018	10,400	367
17	Belgium	10,364,388	30,528	339
18	Japan	127,417,244	377,835	337
19	India	1,080,264,388	3,287,590	328
20	Marshall Islands	59,071	181.3	325
21	Rwanda	8,440,820	26,338	320
22	El Salvador	6,704,932	21,040	318
23	Comoros	671,247	2,170	309
—	Virgin Islands	108,708	352	308
—	Réunion	776,948	2,517	308
—	Guam	168,564	549	307
24	Sri Lanka	20,064,776	65,610	305
25	Israel	6,276,883	20,770	302
26	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	117,534	389	302
27	Philippines	87,857,473	300,000	292
28	Haiti	8,121,622	27,750	292
—	American Samoa	57,881	199	290
29	Saint Lucia	166,312	616	269
30	Grenada	89,502	344	260
31	Vietnam	83,535,576	329,560	253
—	Guadeloupe	448,713	1,780	252
32	Jamaica	2,731,832	10,991	248
33	United Kingdom	59,553,800	244,820	243
34	Germany	82,431,390	357,021	230
—	Netherlands Antilles	219,958	960	229
35	Burundi	6,370,609	27,830	228
36	Trinidad and Tobago	1,088,644	5,128	212
37	Liechtenstein	33,717	160	210
38	Pakistan	162,419,946	803,940	202
39	Nepal	27,676,547	140,800	196
40	Italy	58,103,033	301,230	192
41	North Korea	22,912,177	120,540	190
42	São Tomé and Príncipe	187,410	1,001	187
43	Dominican Republic	8,950,034	48,730	183
44	Switzerland	7,489,370	41,290	181
45	Luxembourg	468,571	2,586	181
46	Seychelles	81,188	455	178
—	Cayman Islands	44,270	262	168
—	Northern Mariana Islands	80,362	477	168
47	Antigua and Barbuda	68,722	443	155
48	Federated States of Micronesia	108,105	702	153
49	Andorra	70,549	468	150
50	Tonga	112,422	748	150
51	Saint Kitts and Nevis	38,958	261	149
—	British Virgin Islands	22,643	153	147
—	Johnston Atoll	396	2.8	141
52	The Gambia	1,593,256	11,300	140
—	Tokelau	1,405	10	140
53	Nigeria	128,771,988	923,768	139
54	People's Republic of China	1,306,313,812	9,596,960	136
55	Guatemala	14,655,189	108,890	134
56	Moldova	4,455,421	33,843	131
57	Kuwait	2,335,648	17,820	131
—	Isle of Man	75,049	572	131
58	Czech Republic	10,241,138	78,866	129
—	Anguilla	13,254	102	129
59	Thailand	65,444,371	514,000	127
60	Kiribati	103,092	811	127
61	Indonesia	241,973,879	1,919,440	126
62	Denmark	5,432,335	43,094	126
63	Albania	3,563,112	28,748	123
64	Poland	38,635,144	312,685	123
65	Uganda	27,269,482	236,040	115
66	Portugal	10,566,212	92,391	114
—	European Union	456,285,839	3,976,372	114
67	Slovakia	5,431,363	48,845	111
68	France (Metropolitan)	60,656,178	547,030	110
69	Hungary	10,006,835	93,030	107
70	Serbia and Montenegro	10,829,175	102,350	105
71	Cape Verde	418,224	4,033	103
72	Malawi	12,158,924	118,480	102
73	Cuba	11,346,670	110,860	102
74	Armenia	2,982,904	29,800	100
75	Togo	5,681,519	56,785	100
76	Syria	18,448,752	185,180	99
77	Slovenia	2,011,070	20,273	99
78	Austria	8,184,691	83,870	97
79	Romania	22,329,977	237,500	94
80	Dominica	69,029	754	91
81	Azerbaijan	7,911,974	86,600	91
—	Montserrat	9,341	102	91
82	Turkey	69,660,559	780,580	89
—	Cook Islands	21,388	240	89
83	Ghana	21,029,853	239,460	87
84	Spain	43,209,511	504,782	85
85	Cyprus	780,133	9,250	84
86	Sierra Leone	6,017,643	71,740	83
87	Greece	10,668,354	131,940	80
88	Republic of Macedonia	2,045,262	25,333	80
89	Croatia	4,495,904	56,542	79
90	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,025,476	51,129	78
91	Costa Rica	4,016,173	51,100	78
92	Ukraine	47,425,336	603,700	78
93	Egypt	77,505,756	1,001,450	77
94	Qatar	863,051	11,437	75
95	Cambodia	13,607,069	181,040	75
96	Morocco	32,725,847	446,550	73
97	Malaysia	23,953,136	329,750	72
98	East Timor	1,040,880	15,007	69
99	Swaziland	1,173,900	17,363	67
100	Bulgaria	7,450,349	110,910	67
101	Georgia	4,677,401	69,700	67
102	Benin	7,460,025	112,620	66
103	Ethiopia	73,053,286	1,127,127	64
104	Brunei	372,361	5,770	64
—	French Polynesia	270,485	4,167	64
105	Myanmar	42,909,464	678,500	63
106	Jordan	5,759,732	92,300	62
107	Honduras	6,975,204	112,090	62
108	Tunisia	10,074,951	163,610	61
109	Lesotho	1,867,035	30,355	61
110	Samoa	177,287	2,944	60
111	Uzbekistan	26,851,195	447,400	60
112	Iraq	26,074,906	437,072	59
113	Kenya	33,829,590	582,650	58
—	Wallis and Futuna	16,025	274	58
114	Ireland	4,015,676	70,280	57
115	Senegal	11,126,832	196,190	56
116	Lithuania	3,596,617	65,200	55
117	Mexico	106,202,903	1,972,550	53
118	Côte d'Ivoire	17,298,040	322,460	53
—	Norfolk Island	1,841	35	52
119	Burkina Faso	13,925,313	274,200	50
120	Tajikistan	7,163,506	143,100	50
121	Belarus	10,300,483	207,600	49
122	Fiji	893,354	18,270	48
123	Bhutan	2,232,291	47,000	47
124	Ecuador	13,363,593	283,560	47
—	Turks and Caicos Islands	20,556	430	47
125	Afghanistan	29,928,987	647,500	46
126	Palau	20,303	458	44
—	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	629	14	44
127	Nicaragua	5,465,100	129,494	42
128	Iran	68,017,860	1,648,000	41
129	Yemen	20,727,063	527,970	39
130	Guinea-Bissau	1,416,027	36,120	39
131	Tanzania	36,766,356	945,087	38
132	Panama	3,039,150	78,200	38
133	Guinea	9,467,866	245,857	38
134	Colombia	42,954,279	1,138,910	37
135	Eritrea	4,561,599	121,320	37
136	South Africa	44,344,136	1,219,912	36
137	Latvia	2,290,237	64,589	35
138	Cameroon	16,380,005	475,440	34
—	Faroe Islands	46,962	1,399	33
139	Zimbabwe	12,746,990	390,580	32
140	Liberia	3,482,211	111,370	31
141	United Arab Emirates	2,563,212	82,880	30
142	Madagascar	18,040,341	587,040	30
143	United States	295,734,134	9,631,418	30
144	Estonia	1,332,893	45,226	29
—	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	7,012	242	28
145	Venezuela	25,375,281	912,050	27
146	Laos	6,217,141	236,800	26
147	Kyrgyzstan	5,146,281	198,500	25
148	Democratic Republic of the Congo	60,085,004	2,345,410	25
149	Mozambique	19,406,703	801,590	24
150	Brazil	186,112,794	8,511,965	21
151	Peru	27,925,628	1,285,220	21
152	The Bahamas	301,790	13,940	21
153	Chile	16,136,137	756,950	21
154	Djibouti	476,703	23,000	20
155	Sweden	9,001,774	449,964	20
156	Uruguay	3,415,920	176,220	19
157	Equatorial Guinea	535,881	28,051	19
158	Solomon Islands	538,032	28,450	18
—	Saint Helena	7,460	410	18
159	Vanuatu	205,754	12,200	16
160	Sudan	40,187,486	2,505,810	16
161	Paraguay	6,347,884	406,750	15
162	Finland	5,223,442	338,145	15
163	New Zealand	4,035,461	268,680	15
164	Zambia	11,261,795	752,614	14
165	Argentina	39,537,943	2,766,890	14
166	Norway	4,593,041	324,220	14
167	Oman	3,001,583	212,460	14
168	Algeria	32,531,853	2,381,740	13
169	Saudi Arabia	26,417,599	1,960,582	13
170	Somalia	8,591,629	637,657	13
171	Belize	279,457	22,966	12
172	Papua New Guinea	5,545,268	462,840	11
—	New Caledonia	216,494	19,060	11
173	Turkmenistan	4,952,081	488,100	10
174	Mali	12,291,529	1,240,000	9
175	Niger	11,665,937	1,267,000	9
176	Angola	11,190,786	1,246,700	8
177	Republic of the Congo	3,039,126	342,000	8
178	Russia	143,420,309	17,075,200	8
179	Bolivia	8,857,870	1,098,580	8
180	Chad	9,826,419	1,284,000	7
181	Central African Republic	3,799,897	622,984	6
182	Kazakhstan	15,185,844	2,717,300	5
183	Gabon	1,389,201	267,667	5
184	Guyana	765,283	214,970	3
185	Canada	32,805,041	9,984,670	3
186	Libya	5,765,563	1,759,540	3
187	Mauritania	3,086,859	1,030,700	2
188	Iceland	296,737	103,000	2
189	Botswana	1,640,115	600,370	2
190	Suriname	438,144	163,270	2
191	Australia	20,090,437	7,686,850	2
192	Namibia	2,030,692	825,418	2
—	Christmas Island	396	135	2
—	French Guiana	195,506	91,000	2
193	Mongolia	2,791,272	1,564,116	1
—	Western Sahara	273,008	266,000	1
—	Pitcairn Islands	46	47	0.98
—	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2,967	12,173	0.24
—	Svalbard	2,756	62,049	0.04
—	Greenland	56,375	2,166,086	0.03

Sources: CIA The World Factbook [1]; US Census Bureau [2]

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