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 List of countries by population density - Definition 

List of countries/dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km².

The figures in this table are based on areas including inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers.) Population data is an estimate for July 2004. Only countries, dependencies and territories for which data is available are included in this list.

Rank Country Population Area (km²) Density
1 Macau 445,286 25 17,811
2 Monaco 32,270 1.95 16,549
3 Singapore 4,353,893 693 6,283
4 Hong Kong 6,855,125 1,092 6,278
5 Gibraltar 27,833 6.5 4,282
6 Gaza Strip 1,324,991 360 3,681
7 Vatican City 921 0.44 2,093
8 Malta 396,851 316 1,256
9 Bermuda 64,935 53 1,225
10 Maldives 339,330 300 1,131
11 Bahrain 677,886 665 1,019
12 Bangladesh 141,340,476 144,000 982
13 Guernsey 65,031 78 834
14 Jersey 90,502 116 780
15 Barbados 278,289 431 646
16 Taiwan 22,749,838 35,980 632
17 Nauru 12,809 21 610
18 Mauritius 1,220,481 2,040 598
19 Mayotte 186,026 374 497
20 South Korea 48,233,760 98,480 490
21 San Marino 28,503 61 467
22 Tuvalu 11,468 26 441
23 Puerto Rico 3,897,960 9,104 428
24 West Bank 2,311,204 5,860 394
25 Netherlands 16,318,199 41,526 393
26 Martinique 429,510 1,100 390
27 Lebanon 3,777,218 10,400 363
28 Belgium 10,348,276 30,528 339
29 Japan 127,333,002 377,835 337
30 India 1,065,070,607 3,287,590 324
31 Marshall Islands 57,738 181 319
32 El Salvador 6,587,541 21,040 313
33 Rwanda 8,238,673 26,338 313
34 Virgin Islands 108,775 352 309
35 Réunion 766,153 2,517 304
36 Sri Lanka 19,905,165 65,610 303
37 Guam 166,090 549 303
38 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 117,193 389 301
39 Comoros 651,901 2,170 300
40 Israel 6,199,008 20,770 298
41 American Samoa 57,902 199 291
42 Philippines 86,241,697 300,000 287
43 Haiti 7,942,419 27,750 286
44 Saint Lucia 164,213 616 267
45 Grenada 89,357 344 260
46 Vietnam 82,662,800 329,560 251
47 Guadeloupe 444,515 1,780 250
48 Jamaica 2,713,130 10,991 247
49 United Kingdom 60,270,708 244,820 246
50 Germany 82,424,609 357,021 231
51 Netherlands Antilles 218,126 960 227
52 Burundi 6,231,221 27,830 224
53 Trinidad and Tobago 1,096,585 5,128 214
54 Liechtenstein 33,436 160 209
55 Pakistan 159,196,336 803,940 198
56 Italy 58,057,477 301,230 193
57 Nepal 27,070,666 140,800 192
58 North Korea 22,697,553 120,540 188
59 São Tomé and Príncipe 181,565 1,001 181
60 Dominican Republic 8,833,634 48,730 181
61 Switzerland 7,450,867 41,290 180
62 Luxembourg 462,690 2,586 179
63 Seychelles 80,832 455 178
64 Cayman Islands 43,103 262 165
65 Northern Mariana Islands 78,252 477 164
66 Antigua and Barbuda 68,320 443 154
67 Federated States of Micronesia 108,155 702 154
68 Andorra 69,865 468 149
69 Saint Kitts and Nevis 38,836 261 149
70 Tonga 110,237 748 147
71 British Virgin Islands 22,187 153 145
72 Johnston Atoll 396 2.8 141
73 Tokelau 1,405 10 141
74 The Gambia 1,546,848 11,300 137
75 Nigeria 125,750,356 923,768 136
76 China 1,298,847,624 9,596,960 135
77 Moldova 4,446,455 33,843 131
78 Guatemala 14,280,596 108,890 131
79 Isle of Man 74,655 572 131
80 Czech Republic 10,246,178 78,866 130
81 Anguilla 13,008 102 128
82 Kuwait 2,257,549 17,820 127
83 Thailand 64,865,523 514,000 126
84 Denmark 5,413,392 43,094 126
85 Kiribati 100,798 811 124
86 Indonesia 238,452,952 1,919,440 124
87 Poland 38,626,349 312,685 124
88 Albania 3,544,808 28,748 123
89 European Union 456,285,839 3,976,372 115
90 Portugal 10,524,145 92,391 114
91 Uganda 26,390,258 236,040 112
92 Slovakia 5,423,567 48,845 111
93 France 60,424,213 547,030 110
94 Hungary 10,032,375 93,030 108
95 Serbia and Montenegro 10,825,900 102,350 106
96 Cape Verde 415,294 4,033 103
97 Cuba 11,308,764 110,860 102
98 Malawi 11,906,855 118,480 100
99 Armenia 2,991,360 29,800 100
100 Slovenia 2,011,473 20,273 99
101 Togo 5,556,812 56,785 98
102 Austria 8,174,762 83,870 97
103 Syria 18,016,874 185,180 97
104 Romania 22,355,551 237,500 94
105 Dominica 69,278 754 92
106 Azerbaijan 7,868,385 86,600 91
107 Montserrat 9,245 102 91
108 Cook Islands 21,200 240 88
109 Turkey 68,893,918 780,580 88
110 Ghana 20,757,032 239,460 87
111 Cyprus 775,927 9,250 84
112 Sierra Leone 5,883,889 71,740 82
113 Greece 10,647,529 131,940 81
114 FYR Macedonia 2,040,085 25,333 81
115 Spain 40,280,780 504,782 80
116 Croatia 4,496,869 56,542 80
117 Ukraine 47,732,079 603,700 79
118 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,007,608 51,129 78
119 Costa Rica 3,956,507 51,100 77
120 Egypt 76,117,421 1,001,450 76
121 Cambodia 13,363,421 181,040 74
122 Qatar 840,290 11,437 73
123 Morocco 32,209,101 446,550 72
124 Malaysia 23,522,482 329,750 71
125 East Timor 1,019,252 15,007 68
126 Bulgaria 7,517,973 110,910 68
127 Georgia 4,693,892 69,700 67
128 Swaziland 1,169,241 17,363 67
129 Benin 7,250,033 112,620 64
130 French Polynesia 266,339 4,167 64
131 Brunei 365,251 5,770 63
132 Ethiopia 71,336,571 1,127,127 63
133 Burma 42,720,196 678,500 63
134 Lesotho 1,865,040 30,355 61
135 Tunisia 9,974,722 163,610 61
136 Honduras 6,823,568 112,090 61
137 Jordan 5,611,202 92,300 61
138 Samoa 177,714 2,944 60
139 Uzbekistan 26,410,416 447,400 59
140 Iraq 25,374,691 437,072 58
141 Wallis and Futuna 15,880 274 58
142 Kenya 32,982,109 582,650 57
143 Ireland 3,969,558 70,280 56
144 Lithuania 3,607,899 65,200 55
145 Senegal 10,852,147 196,190 55
146 Mexico 104,959,594 1,972,550 53
147 Norfolk Island 1,841 35 53
148 Cote d'Ivoire 16,944,598 322,460 53
149 Belarus 10,310,520 207,600 50
150 Burkina Faso 13,574,820 274,200 50
151 Tajikistan 7,011,556 143,100 49
152 Fiji 880,874 18,270 48
153 Ecuador 13,212,742 283,560 47
154 Bhutan 2,185,569 47,000 47
155 Turks and Caicos Islands 19,956 430 46
156 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 629 14 45
157 Afghanistan 28,513,677 647,500 44
158 Palau 20,016 458 44
159 Nicaragua 5,359,759 129,494 41
160 Iran 67,503,205 1,648,000 41
161 Guinea-Bissau 1,388,363 36,120 38
162 Panama 3,000,463 78,200 38
163 Tanzania 36,070,799 945,087 38
164 Yemen 20,024,867 527,970 38
165 Guinea 9,246,462 245,857 38
166 Colombia 42,310,775 1,138,910 37
167 Eritrea 4,447,307 121,320 37
168 South Africa 44,448,470 1,219,912 36
169 Latvia 2,306,306 64,589 36
170 Cameroon 16,063,678 475,440 34
171 Faroe Islands 46,662 1,399 33
172 Zimbabwe 12,671,860 390,580 32
173 United Arab Emirates 2,523,915 82,880 30
174 Liberia 3,390,635 111,370 30
175 United States 293,027,571 9,631,418 30
176 Madagascar 17,501,871 587,040 30
177 Estonia 1,341,664 45,226 30
178 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 6,995 242 29
179 Venezuela 25,017,387 912,050 27
180 Laos 6,068,117 236,800 26
181 Kyrgyzstan 5,081,429 198,500 26
182 Democratic Republic of the Congo 58,317,930 2,345,410 25
183 Mozambique 19,111,633 801,590 24
184 Brazil 184,101,109 8,511,965 22
185 The Bahamas 299,697 13,940 21
186 Peru 27,544,305 1,285,220 21
187 Chile 15,823,957 756,950 21
188 Djibouti 466,900 23,000 20
189 Sweden 8,986,400 449,964 20
190 Uruguay 3,399,237 176,220 19
191 Equatorial Guinea 523,051 28,051 19
192 Solomon Islands 523,617 28,450 18
193 Saint Helena 7,415 410 18
194 Vanuatu 202,609 12,200 17
195 Sudan 39,148,162 2,505,810 16
196 Finland 5,214,512 338,145 15
197 Paraguay 6,191,368 406,750 15
198 New Zealand 3,993,817 268,680 15
199 Zambia 11,025,690 752,614 15
200 Argentina 39,144,753 2,766,890 14
201 Norway 4,574,560 324,220 14
202 Oman 2,903,165 212,460 14
203 Algeria 32,129,324 2,381,740 13
204 Saudi Arabia 25,795,938 1,960,582 13
205 Somalia 8,304,601 637,657 13
206 World 6,372,797,742 510,072,000 12
207 Belize 272,945 22,966 12
208 Papua New Guinea 5,420,280 462,840 12
209 New Caledonia 213,679 19,060 11
210 Turkmenistan 4,863,169 488,100 10
211 Mali 11,956,788 1,240,000 10
212 Niger 11,360,538 1,267,000 9
213 Angola 10,978,552 1,246,700 9
214 Republic of the Congo 2,998,040 342,000 9
215 Russia 143,974,059 17,075,200 8
216 Niue 2,156 260 8
217 Bolivia 8,724,156 1,098,580 8
218 Chad 9,538,544 1,284,000 7
219 Central African Republic 3,742,482 622,984 6
220 Kazakhstan 15,143,704 2,717,300 6
221 Gabon 1,355,246 267,667 5
222 Guyana 763,251 214,970 4
223 Canada 32,507,874 9,984,670 3
224 Libya 5,631,585 1,759,540 3
225 Christmas Island 396 135 3
226 Mauritania 2,998,563 1,030,700 3
227 Iceland 293,966 103,000 3
228 Botswana 1,639,231 600,370 3
229 Suriname 436,935 163,270 3
230 Australia 19,913,144 7,686,850 3
231 Namibia 2,014,026 825,418 2
232 French Guiana 191,309 91,000 2
233 Mongolia 2,751,314 1,564,116 2
234 Western Sahara 267,405 266,000 1
235 Pitcairn Islands 46 47 1
236 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,967 12,173 0
237 Svalbard 2,756 62,049 0
238 Greenland 56,384 2,166,086 0

Source: CIA The World Factbook [1] (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/)

Analysis

Countries/dependencies which each have the property that it is the most densely populated country among all countries/dependencies with its size and larger (i.e. there is no country/dependency both larger and more densely populated), in order of increasing size and decreasing density: Macau, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, Japan, India, Mainland China, United States, Russia.

Considering independent countries only the first two entries in this list are replaced by Monaco and Singapore.

Countries/dependencies which each have the property that it is the least densely populated country among all countries/dependencies with its size and larger (i.e. there is no country/dependency both larger and less densely populated), in order of increasing size and increasing density: Greenland, Australia, Canada, Russia.

If Greenland is not counted as a country it is replaced in this list by Mongolia.

See also

External links to information by country

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