List of countries by population density

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Population density by country, 2006

List of countries and dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km². The list includes de facto sovereign states and dependent territories that are recognized by the United Nations. The figures in the following table are based on areas including inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Data is as of July 2005 and is taken from the United Nations World Populations Prospects Report (2004 revision).

Note that figures are simply estimates of population divided by total surface area and should not be considered either as reflecting density in the urban sense or as indicative of the ability of a territory’s land to support human habitation. Names of dependent territories as well as recognized states with no or limited control over their territory are shown in italics.

		Population	Area (km²)	Density (Pop per km²)
—	World (land only)	6,464,750,000	134,682,000	48
Rank	Country or Region	Population	Area (km²)	Density (Pop per km²)
1	Monaco	35,253	1.49	23,660<ref>The Monaco government uses a larger surface area figure resulting in a population density of 18,078 per km².</ref>
2	Macau (PRC)	460,162	26	17,699
3	Hong Kong (PRC)	7,040,885	1,099	6,407
4	Singapore	4,325,539	683	6,333
5	Gibraltar (UK)	27,921	6	4,654
6	Vatican City	783	0.44	1,780
7	Malta	401,630	316	1,271
8	Bermuda (UK)	64,174	53	1,211
9	Maldives	329,198	298	1,105
10	Bahrain	726,617	694	1,047
11	Bangladesh	141,822,300	143,998	985<ref>Latest figure from the World Bank Development Indicators Database is 1,090 per km²</ref>
12	Channel Islands (UK)	149,463	195	766
13	Nauru	13,635	21	649
14	Republic of China (Taiwan)	22,894,384	35,980	636<ref name="cia">Population density calculated using surface area and population figures from CIA World Factbook. Republic of China (Taiwan) as of 2005; Serbia as of 2002; Montenegro as of 2004.</ref>
15	Barbados	269,556	430	627
16	Palestinian territories	3,702,212	6,020	615
17	Mauritius	1,244,663	2,040	610
18	Aruba (Netherlands)	99,468	180	553
19	South Korea	47,816,940	99,538	480
20	San Marino	28,117	61	461
21	Puerto Rico (US)	3,954,584	8,875	446
22	Tuvalu	10,441	26	402
23	Netherlands	16,299,170	41,528	392
24	Martinique (France)	395,932	1,102	359
25	Comoros	797,902	2,235	357
26	Lebanon	3,576,818	10,400	344
27	Rwanda	9,037,690	26,338	343
28	Marshall Islands	61,963	181	342
29	Belgium	10,419,050	30,528	341
30	Japan	128,084,700	377,873	339
31	India	1,103,371,000	3,287,263	336
32	El Salvador	6,880,951	21,041	327
33	American Samoa (US)	64,869	199	326
34	U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	111,818	347	322
35	Sri Lanka	20,742,910	65,610	316
36	Réunion (France)	785,139	2,510	313
37	Guam (US)	169,635	549	309
38	Haiti	8,527,777	27,750	307
39	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	119,051	388	307
40	Israel	6,724,564	22,145	304
41	Saint Lucia	160,765	539	298
42	Philippines	83,054,480	300,000	277
43	Burundi	7,547,515	27,834	271
44	Guadeloupe (France)	448,484	1,705	263
45	Grenada	102,924	344	260
46	Trinidad and Tobago	1,305,236	5,130	254
47	Vietnam	84,238,230	331,689	254
48	United Kingdom	59,667,840	242,900	246
49	Jamaica	2,650,713	10,991	241
50	Germany	82,689,210	357,022	232
51	Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)	182,656	800	228
52	Liechtenstein	34,521	160	216
53	Pakistan	157,935,100	796,095	198
54	Italy	58,092,740	301,318	193
55	North Korea	22,487,660	120,538	187
56	Nepal	27,132,630	147,181	184
57	Antigua and Barbuda	81,479	442	184
58	Dominican Republic	8,894,907	48,671	183
59	Luxembourg	464,904	2,586	180
60	Seychelles	80,654	455	177
61	Switzerland	7,252,331	41,284	176
62	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	80,801	464	174
63	Cayman Islands (UK)	45,017	264	171
64	Saint Kitts and Nevis	42,696	261	164
65	Sao Tome and Principe	156,523	964	162
66	Federated States of Micronesia	110,487	702	157
67	Kuwait	2,686,873	17,818	151
68	British Virgin Islands (UK)	22,016	151	146
69	Andorra	67,151	468	143
70	Nigeria	131,529,700	923,768	142
71	People's Republic of China	1,315,844,000	9,596,961	137
72	Tonga	102,311	747	137<ref name="inconsistent">The UN figure is not consistent with the figure based on dividing the population by the area. The calculated figure is listed on this table instead.</ref>
73	Kiribati	99,350	726	137
74	The Gambia	1,517,079	11,295	134
75	Anguilla (UK)	12,205	91	134
76	Isle of Man (UK)	76,538	572	134
77	Czech Republic	10,219,600	78,866	130
78	Denmark	5,430,590	43,094	126
79	Cape Verde	506,807	4,033	126
80	Thailand	64,232,760	513,115	125
81	Moldova	4,205,747	33,851	124
82	Poland	38,529,560	312,685	123<ref name="inconsistent"/>
83	Uganda	28,816,230	241,038	120
84	Indonesia	222,781,500	1,904,569	117
85	Guatemala	12,599,060	108,889	116
86	Tokelau (New Zealand)	1,378	12	115
87	Portugal	10,494,500	91,982	114
88	Slovakia	5,400,908	49,033	110
89	France (Metropolitan)	60,495,540	551,500	110
90	Albania	3,129,678	28,748	109
91	Malawi	12,883,940	118,484	109
92	Hungary	10,097,730	93,032	109
93	Togo	6,145,004	56,785	108
94	Serbia	9,396,411	88,361	106<ref name="cia">Population density calculated using surface area and population figures from CIA World Factbook. Republic of China (Taiwan) as of 2005; Serbia as of 2002; Montenegro as of 2004.</ref>
95	Dominica	78,940	751	105
96	Syria	19,043,380	185,180	103
97	Cuba	11,269,400	110,861	102
98	Armenia	3,016,312	29,800	101
99	Austria	8,189,444	83,858	98
100	Azerbaijan	8,410,801	86,600	97
101	Slovenia	1,966,814	20,256	97
102	Turkey	73,192,840	783,562	93
103	Ghana	22,112,810	238,533	93
104	Romania	21,711,470	238,391	91
105	Cyprus	835,307	9,251	90
106	Spain	43,064,190	505,992	85
107	Costa Rica	4,327,228	51,100	85
108	Greece	11,119,890	131,957	84
109	Croatia	4,551,338	56,538	81
110	Republic of Macedonia	2,034,060	25,713	79
111	Cambodia	14,071,010	181,035	78
112	Wallis and Futuna (France)	15,480	200	77
113	Sierra Leone	5,525,478	71,740	77
114	Ukraine	46,480,700	603,700	77
115	Malaysia	25,347,370	329,847	77
116	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,907,074	51,197	76
117	Cook Islands (New Zealand)	17,954	236	76
118	Benin	8,438,853	112,622	75
119	Myanmar	50,519,490	676,578	75
120	Egypt	74,032,880	1,001,449	74
121	Qatar	812,842	11,000	74
122	Morocco	31,478,460	446,550	70
123	Ethiopia	77,430,700	1,104,300	70
124	Bulgaria	7,725,965	110,912	70
125	Iraq	28,807,190	438,317	66
126	Samoa	184,984	2,831	65
127	Brunei	373,819	5,765	65
128	Honduras	7,204,723	112,088	64
129	Georgia	4,474,404	69,700	64
130	French Polynesia (France)	256,603	4,000	64
131	Jordan	5,702,776	89,342	64
132	East Timor	947,064	14,874	64
132	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	26,288	417	63<ref name="inconsistent"/>
134	Tunisia	10,102,470	163,610	62
135	Swaziland	1,032,438	17,364	59
136	Uzbekistan	26,593,120	447,400	59
137	Senegal	11,658,170	196,722	59
138	Lesotho	1,794,769	30,355	59
139	Republic of Ireland	4,147,901	70,273	59
140	Kenya	34,255,720	580,367	59
141	Côte d'Ivoire	18,153,870	322,463	56
142	Mexico	107,029,400	1,958,201	55
143	United Arab Emirates	4,495,823	83,600	54
144	Lithuania	3,431,033	65,300	53
145	Burkina Faso	13,227,840	274,000	48
146	Belarus	9,755,106	207,600	47
147	Ecuador	13,228,420	283,561	47
148	Fiji	847,706	18,274	46
149	Bhutan	2,162,546	47,000	46
150	Afghanistan	29,863,010	652,090	46
151	Tajikistan	6,506,980	143,100	45
152	Montenegro	630,548	14,026	45<ref name="cia">Population density calculated using surface area and population figures from CIA World Factbook. Republic of China (Taiwan) as of 2005; Serbia as of 2002; Montenegro as of 2004.</ref>
153	Montserrat (UK)	4,488	102	44
154	Guinea-Bissau	1,586,344	36,125	44
155	Palau	19,949	459	43
156	Panama	3,231,502	75,517	43
157	Nicaragua	5,486,685	130,000	42
158	Iran	69,515,210	1,648,195	42
159	Tanzania	38,328,810	945,087	41<ref name="inconsistent"/>
160	Saint Helena (UK)	4,918	122	40
161	Colombia	45,600,240	1,138,914	40
162	Yemen	20,974,660	527,968	40
163	South Africa	47,431,830	1,221,037	39
164	Guinea	9,402,098	245,857	38
165	Eritrea	4,401,357	117,600	37
166	Latvia	2,306,988	64,600	36
167	Cameroon	16,321,860	475,442	34
168	Djibouti	793,078	23,200	34
169	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	47,017	1,399	34
170	Zimbabwe	13,009,530	390,757	33
171	Madagascar	18,605,920	587,041	32
172	United States	298,212,900	9,629,091	31
173	Estonia	1,329,697	45,100	29
174	Liberia	3,283,267	111,369	29
175	Venezuela	26,749,110	912,050	29
176	Kyrgyzstan	5,263,794	199,900	26
177	Laos	5,924,145	236,800	25
178	Mozambique	19,792,300	801,590	25
179	Democratic Republic of the Congo	57,548,740	2,344,858	25
180	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France)	5,769	242	24
181	The Bahamas	323,063	13,878	23
182	Brazil	186,404,900	8,514,877	22
183	Peru	27,968,240	1,285,216	22
184	Chile	16,295,100	756,096	22
185	Sweden	9,041,262	449,964	20.0
186	Uruguay	3,463,197	175,016	19.8
187	Equatorial Guinea	503,519	28,051	18.0
188	Vanuatu	211,367	12,189	17.3
189	Solomon Islands	477,742	28,896	16.5
190	Finland	5,249,060	338,145	15.5
191	Zambia	11,668,460	752,618	15.5
192	Paraguay	6,158,259	406,752	15.1
193	New Zealand	4,028,384	270,534	14.9
194	Sudan	36,232,950	2,505,813	14.5
195	Argentina	38,747,150	2,780,400	13.9
196	Algeria	32,853,800	2,381,741	13.8
197	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	67	5	13.4
198	Somalia	8,227,826	637,657	12.9
199	Angola	15,941,390	1,246,700	12.8
200	New Caledonia (France)	236,838	18,575	12.8
201	Papua New Guinea	5,887,138	462,840	12.7
202	Norway	4,620,275	385,155	12.0
203	Belize	269,736	22,966	11.7
204	Republic of the Congo	3,998,904	342,000	11.7
205	Saudi Arabia	24,573,100	2,149,690	11.4
206	Niger	13,956,980	1,267,000	11.0
207	Mali	13,518,420	1,240,192	10.9
208	Turkmenistan	4,833,266	488,100	9.9
209	Russia	143,201,600	17,098,242	8.4
210	Bolivia	9,182,015	1,098,581	8.4
211	Oman	2,566,981	309,500	8.3
212	Chad	9,748,931	1,284,000	7.6
213	Central African Republic	4,037,747	622,984	6.5
214	Niue (New Zealand)	1,445	260	5.6
215	Kazakhstan	14,825,110	2,724,900	5.4
216	Gabon	1,383,841	267,668	5.2
217	Guyana	751,218	214,969	3.5
218	Libya	5,853,452	1,759,540	3.3
219	Canada	32,268,240	9,970,610	3.2
220	Botswana	1,764,926	581,730	3.0
221	Mauritania	3,068,742	1,025,520	3.0
222	Iceland	294,561	103,000	2.9
223	Suriname	449,238	163,820	2.7
224	Australia	20,155,130	7,741,220	2.6
225	Namibia	2,031,252	824,292	2.5
226	French Guiana (France)	187,056	90,000	2.1
227	Mongolia	2,646,487	1,564,116	1.7
228	Western Sahara	341,421	266,000	1.3
229	Falkland Islands (UK)	3,060	12,173	0.25
230	Greenland (Denmark)	56,916	2,175,600	0.026