List of Countries, Dependencies, and Territories by Population Density

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This list provides the population densities for all the countries of the world and for all but the smallest political dependencies and territories. The places are ranked from most to least crowded. The most densely populated territory in the world is Macau, a special administrative region in China. Close behind is the principality of Monaco on the French Riviera. The most sparsely populated political entity is Greenland, the world’s largest island. The figures are estimates calculated by Encyclopædia Britannica’s World Data editors using a combination of statistical sources, including national sources (print and online), United Nations World Population Prospects, the U.S. Census Bureau International Database, databases of other international organizations, and Encyclopædia Britannica’s own estimates.

country, dependency, or territory	population density (persons per square mile)	population density (persons per square km)	rank
Macau	(2025) 53,438	(2025) 21,052	1
Monaco	(2025) 48,250	(2025) 21,444	2
Singapore	(2025) 21,683	(2025) 8,378	3
Hong Kong	(2025) 17,595	(2025) 6,792	4
Gaza Strip	(2025) 16,674	(2025) 6,444	5
Bahrain	(2025) 5,355.3	(2025) 2,068.6	6
Maldives	(2025) 4,928.9	(2025) 1,885.6	7
Malta	(2025) 4,892.6	(2025) 1,894.9	8
Sint Maarten	(2025) 3,431	(2025) 1,312	9
Bangladesh	(2025) 3,083.7	(2025) 1,190.6	10
Bermuda	(2025) 3,014.3	(2025) 1,172.2	11
Vatican City	(2019) 2,664.7	(2019) 1,029.5	12
Mayotte	(2025) 2,347.9	(2025) 901.6	13
Jersey	(2025) 2,282.6	(2025) 875	14
Guernsey	(2025) 2,216.7	(2025) 852.6	15
West Bank	(2025) 1,926.3	(2025) 743.6	16
Taiwan	(2025) 1,673.5	(2025) 646.1	17
Mauritius	(2025) 1,589.7	(2025) 613.9	18
Barbados	(2025) 1,582.6	(2025) 611.8	19
Aruba	(2025) 1,565.2	(2025) 600	20
Nauru	(2025) 1,537.5	(2025) 585.7	21
San Marino	(2025) 1,420.8	(2025) 559	22
Lebanon	(2025) 1,409.3	(2025) 544.2	23
Rwanda	(2025) 1,387.1	(2025) 535.5	24
South Korea	(2025) 1,332	(2025) 510.4	25
Netherlands	(2025) 1,285.7	(2025) 496.4	26
Burundi	(2025) 1,265.9	(2025) 488.8	27
Comoros	(2025) 1,220.3	(2025) 471.5	28
Haiti	(2025) 1,202.1	(2025) 464.1	29
India	(2025) 1,102.1	(2025) 425.5	30
Israel	(2025) 1,087.8	(2025) 420	31
Belgium	(2024) 1,001.2	(2024) 386.6	32
Philippines	(2025) 983	(2025) 379.5	33
Tuvalu	(2025) 970	(2025) 373.1	34
Puerto Rico	(2025) 934.9	(2025) 361	35
Réunion	(2025) 920.7	(2025) 355.5	36
Curaçao	(2025) 916.4	(2025) 352.9	37
Grenada	(2025) 880.5	(2025) 340.4	38
Sri Lanka	(2025) 858.6	(2025) 331.5	39
Japan	(2025) 843.6	(2025) 325.7	40
Pakistan	(2025) 832	(2025) 321.3	41
Vietnam	(2025) 797.5	(2025) 307.9	42
Martinique	(2025) 790.4	(2025) 305.5	43
Guam	(2025) 722.5	(2025) 279.1	44
El Salvador	(2025) 783.6	(2025) 302.6	45
Cayman Islands	(2025) 762.7	(2025) 294.7	46
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	(2025) 744	(2025) 287.6	47
United Kingdom	(2025) 741.4	(2025) 286.2	48
Kuwait	(2025) 741	(2025) 286.1	49
Saint Lucia	(2025) 734.5	(2025) 283.8	50
Qatar	(2025) 705.1	(2025) 272.2	51
Luxembourg	(2025) 700.4	(2025) 270.3	52
American Samoa	(2025) 693.5	(2025) 268.3	53
Trinidad and Tobago	(2025) 691.4	(2025) 267	54
Netherlands Antilles	(2010) 662.3	(2010) 255	55
Liechtenstein	(2025) 654.8	(2025) 253.8	56
Nigeria	(2025) 654.8	(2025) 252.8	57
Jamaica	(2025) 649.6	(2025) 250.8	58
Seychelles	(2025) 616.9	(2025) 237.9	59
Antigua and Barbuda	(2025) 615.2	(2025) 238	60
Germany	(2025) 604.3	(2025) 233.3	61
Sao Tome and Principe	(2025) 603.9	(2025) 232.9	62
Guadeloupe	(2025) 597.3	(2025) 230.8	63
The Gambia	(2024) 596.3	(2024) 230.2	64
Dominican Republic	(2025) 594.8	(2025) 229.6	65
United States Virgin Islands	(2025) 585.8	(2025) 225.6	66
Switzerland	(2025) 572.5	(2025) 221	67
Marshall Islands	(2025) 555.7	(2025) 214.9	68
North Korea	(2025) 555	(2025) 214.3	69
Nepal	(2025) 530.5	(2025) 204.8	70
Saint Kitts and Nevis	(2025) 515.7	(2025) 200	71
Uganda	(2025) 509.2	(2025) 196.6	72
Italy	(2025) 507.6	(2025) 196	73
Andorra	(2025) 490.6	(2025) 189.7	74
Malawi	(2025) 452.2	(2025) 174.6	75
United Arab Emirates	(2025) 417.7	(2025) 161.2	76
Kiribati	(2025) 411.5	(2025) 158.8	77
Guatemala	(2025) 401.1	(2025) 154.9	78
Tonga	(2025) 397.6	(2025) 153.5	79
Togo	(2025) 393	(2025) 151.7	80
Micronesia	(2025) 389.7	(2025) 150.6	81
Indonesia	(2025) 389.6	(2025) 150.4	82
Isle of Man	(2025) 385.1	(2025) 148.8	83
China	(2025) 381.1	(2025) 147.2	84
Cyprus	(2025) 377.1	(2025) 145.6	85
Kosovo	(2025) 372.7	(2025) 143.9	86
Ghana	(2025) 363.9	(2025) 140.5	87
Denmark	(2025) 361.2	(2025) 139.5	88
Czech Republic	(2025) 360.7	(2025) 139.3	89
Jordan	(2025) 345.5	(2025) 133.4	90
Thailand	(2025) 334.2	(2025) 129	91
Syria	(2025) 330.3	(2025) 127.5	92
Benin	(2025) 317.2	(2025) 122.5	93
France	(2025) 317.2	(2025) 122.5	94
Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)	(2025) 315.4	(2025) 121.8	95
Turkey	(2024) 310.9	(2024) 112.8	96
Poland	(2025) 310.7	(2025) 120	97
Azerbaijan	(2025) 309.4	(2025) 119.5	98
Portugal	(2025) 304.1	(2025) 117.4	99
Slovakia	(2025) 286.1	(2025) 110.5	100
Austria	(2025) 285.3	(2025) 110.2	101
Egypt	(2025) 280.3	(2025) 108.2	102
Sierra Leone	(2025) 278.2	(2025) 107.4	103
Slovenia	(2025) 272.3	(2025) 105.1	104
Iraq	(2025) 272	(2025) 105	105
Costa Rica	(2025) 266.9	(2025) 103.1	106
Côte d’Ivoire	(2025) 266.5	(2025) 102.9	107
Hungary	(2025) 266.2	(2025) 102.8	108
Malaysia	(2025) 261.1	(2025) 100.8	109
Cuba	(2025) 260	(2025) 100.4	110
Ethiopia	(2025) 258.3	(2025) 99.7	111
Senegal	(2025) 252.5	(2025) 97.5	112
Spain	(2025) 252.2	(2025) 97.4	113
Cambodia	(2025) 251.5	(2025) 97.1	114
East Timor	(2025) 244.3	(2025) 94.3	115
Northern Mariana Islands	(2025) 242.9	(2025) 93.6	116
Albania	(2025) 242.2	(2025) 93.5	117
Kenya	(2025) 237.7	(2025) 91.8	118
Honduras	(2025) 231.3	(2025) 89.3	119
Morocco	(2025) 230.7	(2025) 89.1	120
Armenia	(2025) 230.4	(2025) 89	121
Burkina Faso	(2025) 230.3	(2025) 88.9	122
Myanmar	(2025) 221.8	(2025) 85.6	123
Serbia	(2024) 220.8	(2024) 85.3	124
Uzbekistan	(2025) 220.3	(2025) 85.1	125
Dominica	(2025) 216.2	(2025) 83.5	126
Romania	(2025) 207.3	(2025) 80	127
Brunei	(2025) 207.1	(2025) 80	128
Ireland	(2025) 195.7	(2025) 75.6	129
Yemen	(2025) 195.6	(2025) 75.5	130
Samoa	(2025) 194.7	(2025) 75.2	131
Tajikistan	(2025) 193.7	(2025) 74.8	132
Tunisia	(2025) 189	(2025) 73	133
North Macedonia	(2025) 185.2	(2025) 71.5	134
Tanzania	(2025) 185	(2025) 71.4	135
Moldova	(2025) 184.2	(2025) 71.1	136
Greece	(2025) 183.6	(2025) 70.9	137
Ukraine	(2025) 183.3	(2025) 70.8	138
Lesotho	(2025) 182.2	(2025) 70.3	139
Eswatini	(2025) 181.5	(2025) 70.1	140
French Polynesia	(2025) 178.6	(2025) 69	141
Ecuador	(2025) 177.2	(2025) 68.4	142
Mexico	(2025) 176.8	(2025) 68.3	143
Croatia	(2025) 174.6	(2025) 67.4	144
Bosnia and Herzegovina	(2025) 170.6	(2025) 65.9	145
Equatorial Guinea	(2025) 159.5	(2025) 61.6	146
Cameroon	(2025) 155.4	(2025) 60	147
Guinea	(2025) 151.3	(2025) 58.4	148
Bulgaria	(2025) 151.2	(2025) 58.4	149
Liberia	(2025) 150.9	(2025) 58.3	150
Panama	(2025) 150.6	(2025) 58.1	151
Afghanistan	(2025) 144.5	(2025) 55.8	152
Madagascar	(2025) 138.8	(2025) 53.6	153
Nicaragua	(2025) 138	(2025) 53.3	154
Iran	(2025) 137.4	(2025) 53.1	155
Eritrea	(2025) 137.2	(2025) 53	156
Georgia	(2025) 135	(2025) 52.1	157
South Africa	(2025) 134.6	(2025) 52	158
Guinea-Bissau	(2025) 132.9	(2025) 51.3	159
Fiji	(2025) 127.7	(2025) 49.3	160
Djibouti	(2025) 122.5	(2025) 47.3	161
Colombia	(2025) 121.3	(2025) 46.8	162
Democratic Republic of the Congo	(2025) 120.5	(2025) 46.5	163
Lithuania	(2025) 116	(2025) 44.8	164
Montenegro	(2025) 114.6	(2025) 44.2	165
Belarus	(2025) 113.4	(2025) 43.8	166
Mozambique	(2025) 110.5	(2025) 42.6	167
Zimbabwe	(2025) 105.7	(2025) 40.8	168
Faroe Islands	(2025) 101.9	(2025) 39.3	169
Venezuela	(2025) 97.4	(2025) 37.6	170
Kyrgyzstan	(2025) 95.3	(2025) 36.8	171
Palau	(2025) 93.6	(2025) 36.1	172
United States	(2025) 90.3	(2025) 34.9	173
Somalia	(2025) 86.5	(2025) 33.4	174
Laos	(2025) 85	(2025) 32.8	175
Papua New Guinea	(2025) 80.1	(2025) 30.9	176
Estonia	(2025) 79.3	(2025) 30.6	177
The Bahamas	(2025) 76.8	(2025) 29.7	178
Angola	(2025) 75.2	(2025) 29	179
Zambia	(2025) 74.2	(2025) 28.6	180
Latvia	(2025) 74	(2025) 28.6	181
Vanuatu	(2025) 72	(2025) 27.8	182
Solomon Islands	(2025) 71.3	(2025) 27.5	183
Peru	(2025) 69.3	(2025) 26.7	184
Chile	(2025) 69.2	(2025) 26.7	185
Sudan	(2025) 68.9	(2025) 26.6	186
South Sudan	(2025) 63.5	(2025) 24.5	187
Brazil	(2025) 62.8	(2025) 24.2	188
Sweden	(2025) 61.2	(2025) 23.6	189
Niger	(2025) 55.8	(2025) 21.5	190
Bhutan	(2025) 52.9	(2025) 20.4	191
Algeria	(2025) 52	(2025) 20.1	192
Mali	(2025) 51.6	(2025) 19.9	193
New Zealand	(2025) 50.1	(2025) 19.3	194
Republic of the Congo	(2025) 49.9	(2025) 19.3	195
Belize	(2025) 47.1	(2025) 18.2	196
Uruguay	(2025) 46.5	(2025) 18	197
Argentina	(2025) 45.5	(2025) 17.6	198
Oman	(2025) 44.4	(2025) 17.1	199
Finland	(2025) 43.2	(2025) 16.7	200
Saudi Arabia	(2025) 40.5	(2025) 15.6	201
Paraguay	(2025) 39.8	(2025) 15.4	202
Chad	(2025) 39	(2025) 15.1	203
Turkmenistan	(2025) 38.8	(2025) 15	204
Norway	(2025) 37.9	(2025) 14.6	205
New Caledonia	(2025) 37.1	(2025) 14.3	206
Bolivia	(2025) 29.5	(2025) 11.4	207
Central African Republic	(2025) 27.5	(2025) 10.6	208
Gabon	(2025) 24.1	(2025) 9.3	209
Russia	(2025) 22	(2025) 8.5	210
Kazakhstan	(2025) 19.4	(2025) 7.9	211
Suriname	(2025) 19.3	(2025) 4	212
Libya	(2025) 12.5	(2025) 4.8	213
Mauritania	(2025) 11.8	(2025) 4.6	214
Botswana	(2025) 11	(2025) 4.3	215
Canada	(2025) 11	(2025) 4.3	216
Namibia	(2025) 10	(2025) 3.9	217
Iceland	(2025) 9.6	(2025) 3.7	218
Guyana	(2025) 9.5	(2025) 3.7	219
Australia	(2025) 9.4	(2025) 3.6	220
French Guiana	(2025) 9.3	(2025) 3.6	221
Western Sahara	(2025) 6.2	(2025) 2.4	222
Mongolia	(2025) 5.9	(2025) 2.3	223
Greenland	(2025) 0.07	(2025) 0.03	224

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