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Population, total, per square kilometre by country

Population, total divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
216
Highest
20,570 units per square kilometre
Macau, China
Lowest
0.1385 units per square kilometre
Greenland
Median
96.02 units per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
15,342

What the numbers show

Population, total, per square kilometre is currently reported for 216 countries. The highest value is 20,570 units per square kilometre in Macau, China; the lowest is 0.1385 units per square kilometre in Greenland.

The median across all reporting countries is 96.02 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 455.32 units per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 183 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Jordan (up 43.1%), and the largest decrease in Saint Martin (French Part) (down 26.5%).

Population, total, per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Macau, China 20,570 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% rising
2 Monaco 18,693 units per square kilometre 2023 up 6.9% rising
3 Singapore 8,242 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.9% rising
4 Hong Kong, China 7,177 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.0% rising
5 Gibraltar 3,847 units per square kilometre 2023 up 18.7% rising
6 Bahrain 1,971 units per square kilometre 2023 up 21.1% volatile
7 Maldives 1,765 units per square kilometre 2023 up 32.4% rising
8 Malta 1,727 units per square kilometre 2023 up 30.1% rising
9 Bangladesh 1,319 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.7% rising
10 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1,257 units per square kilometre 2023 up 19.2% rising
11 Bermuda 1,198 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.8% rising
12 Palestine, State of 857.39 units per square kilometre 2023 up 26.6% rising
13 Channel Islands 842.13 units per square kilometre 2021 up 4.4% rising
14 Barbados 656.6 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.7% rising
15 Mauritius 625.26 units per square kilometre 2023 down 0.8% rising
16 Aruba 596.44 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.6% rising
17 Naoero 593.75 units per square kilometre 2023 up 12.9% rising
18 Rwanda 565.65 units per square kilometre 2023 up 25.8% rising
19 Lebanon 564.37 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.5% rising
20 San Marino 564.33 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.5% rising
21 Saint Martin (French Part) 550.3 units per square kilometre 2023 down 26.5% falling
22 Burundi 533.08 units per square kilometre 2023 up 31.1% rising
23 Netherlands 530.95 units per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% rising
24 Korea 529.84 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.4% rising
25 India 483.68 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.0% rising
26 Comoros 456.95 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.1% rising
27 Israel 455.13 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.2% rising
28 Haiti 422.26 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.8% rising
29 Belgium 386.3 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.0% rising
30 Philippines 385.32 units per square kilometre 2023 up 12.6% rising
31 Puerto Rico 361.19 units per square kilometre 2023 down 11.8% rising
32 Sri Lanka 356.24 units per square kilometre 2023 up 8.5% rising
33 Curaçao 348.32 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.5% flat
34 Grenada 344.36 units per square kilometre 2023 up 3.2% rising
35 Japan 341.55 units per square kilometre 2023 down 2.3% rising
36 Tuvalu 327.2 units per square kilometre 2023 down 10.8% rising
37 Pakistan 321.07 units per square kilometre 2023 up 17.3% rising
38 Viet Nam 320.18 units per square kilometre 2023 up 10.6% rising
39 Guam 308.34 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.3% rising
40 El Salvador 304.52 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% rising
41 Cayman Islands 304.32 units per square kilometre 2023 up 24.5% volatile
42 United States Virgin Islands 299.76 units per square kilometre 2023 down 2.9% rising
43 Saint Lucia 293.91 units per square kilometre 2023 up 3.4% rising
44 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 283.25 units per square kilometre 2023 up 6.8% rising
45 Kuwait 272.36 units per square kilometre 2023 up 38.4% volatile
46 Gambia 266.58 units per square kilometre 2023 up 28.2% volatile
47 Trinidad and Tobago 266.57 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% rising
48 Jamaica 262.21 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% rising
49 Seychelles 260.38 units per square kilometre 2023 up 33.2% rising
50 British Virgin Islands 259.9 units per square kilometre 2023 up 23.0% rising
51 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 259.8 units per square kilometre 2023 down 6.3% rising
52 Luxembourg 258.86 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.6% rising
53 Nigeria 250.21 units per square kilometre 2023 up 25.9% rising
54 Liechtenstein 249.04 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.7% rising
55 Uganda 242.65 units per square kilometre 2023 up 37.7% volatile
56 Sao Tome and Principe 240.49 units per square kilometre 2023 up 19.5% rising
57 Germany 238.35 units per square kilometre 2023 up 3.1% rising
58 American Samoa 237.6 units per square kilometre 2023 down 12.0% rising
59 Dominican Republic 235.1 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.4% rising
60 Qatar 231.16 units per square kilometre 2023 up 40.0% volatile
61 Switzerland 224.98 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.9% rising
62 Malawi 223.85 units per square kilometre 2023 up 30.6% rising
63 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 219.4 units per square kilometre 2023 up 4.3% rising
64 Marshall Islands 215.71 units per square kilometre 2023 down 23.4% falling
65 Antigua and Barbuda 212.08 units per square kilometre 2023 up 6.0% rising
66 Nepal 207.15 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.6% rising
67 Italy 199.46 units per square kilometre 2023 down 2.2% rising
68 Saint Kitts and Nevis 179.84 units per square kilometre 2023 down 0.7% rising
69 Andorra 172.03 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.5% rising
70 Guatemala 169.14 units per square kilometre 2023 up 17.8% rising
71 Kiribati 163.62 units per square kilometre 2023 up 16.4% rising
72 Micronesia, Federated States of 160.9 units per square kilometre 2023 up 4.2% flat
73 Togo 151.2 units per square kilometre 2023 up 21.0% rising
74 China 150.26 units per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% rising
75 Denmark 148.67 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.9% rising
76 Indonesia 148.58 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.0% rising
77 Ghana 148.5 units per square kilometre 2023 up 23.4% rising
78 Isle of Man 147.66 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% rising
79 United Arab Emirates 147.62 units per square kilometre 2023 up 36.3% volatile
80 Cyprus 145.56 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.6% rising
81 Tonga 145.27 units per square kilometre 2023 down 2.3% rising
82 Czechia 140.78 units per square kilometre 2023 up 3.4% flat
83 Thailand 140.35 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% rising
84 Cape Verde 129.61 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% rising
85 Jordan 128.83 units per square kilometre 2023 up 43.1% volatile
86 Syrian Arab Republic 128.49 units per square kilometre 2023 up 8.9% rising
87 France 126.86 units per square kilometre 2023 up 3.6% rising
88 Benin 125.14 units per square kilometre 2023 up 31.8% volatile
89 Azerbaijan 122.86 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.8% rising
90 Poland 119.79 units per square kilometre 2023 down 3.6% rising
91 Sierra Leone 117.21 units per square kilometre 2023 up 26.0% rising
92 Portugal 115.47 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% rising
93 Egypt 115.06 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.1% rising
94 Ethiopia 114.04 units per square kilometre 2023 up 30.7% rising
95 Slovakia 112.87 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.3% flat
96 Türkiye 110.87 units per square kilometre 2023 up 12.1% rising
97 Austria 110.66 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.7% rising
98 Malaysia 106.91 units per square kilometre 2023 up 16.4% rising
99 Cuba 106.17 units per square kilometre 2023 down 2.1% rising
100 Slovenia 105.31 units per square kilometre 2023 up 3.0% rising
101 Armenia 105.12 units per square kilometre 2023 down 1.0% falling
102 Hungary 105.11 units per square kilometre 2023 down 3.6% falling
103 Iraq 103.83 units per square kilometre 2023 up 27.8% volatile
104 Costa Rica 99.99 units per square kilometre 2023 up 8.3% rising
105 Cambodia 98.71 units per square kilometre 2023 up 14.9% rising
106 Northern Mariana Islands 98.14 units per square kilometre 2023 down 14.4% falling
107 Côte d'Ivoire 98.01 units per square kilometre 2023 up 30.2% volatile
108 Spain 96.76 units per square kilometre 2023 up 3.9% rising
109 Kenya 95.27 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.5% volatile
110 Honduras 95.14 units per square kilometre 2023 up 19.7% rising
111 Senegal 93.89 units per square kilometre 2023 up 31.8% rising
112 Timor-Leste 93.09 units per square kilometre 2023 up 19.5% rising
113 Dominica 88.68 units per square kilometre 2023 down 4.6% flat
114 Albania 88.02 units per square kilometre 2023 down 14.4% rising
115 Brunei Darussalam 87.09 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.6% rising
116 Morocco 84.5 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.6% rising
117 Burkina Faso 84.16 units per square kilometre 2023 up 30.1% rising
118 Myanmar 82.94 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.8% rising
119 Romania 82.85 units per square kilometre 2023 down 4.6% flat
120 French Polynesia 80.99 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% rising
121 Uzbekistan 80.91 units per square kilometre 2023 up 18.6% rising
122 Greece 80.74 units per square kilometre 2023 down 5.1% rising
123 Serbia 78.76 units per square kilometre 2023 down 3.9% falling
124 Tunisia 78.53 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.5% rising
125 Samoa 77.94 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.2% rising
126 Ireland 77.1 units per square kilometre 2023 up 14.9% rising
127 Guinea-Bissau 76.58 units per square kilometre 2023 up 27.0% rising
128 Lesotho 76.14 units per square kilometre 2023 up 12.4% rising
129 Tanzania, United Republic of 75.21 units per square kilometre 2023 up 36.4% volatile
130 Tajikistan 74.86 units per square kilometre 2023 up 27.5% rising
131 Republic of Moldova 74.64 units per square kilometre 2023 down 14.2% falling
132 Yemen 74.61 units per square kilometre 2023 up 34.4% volatile
133 North Macedonia 72.47 units per square kilometre 2023 down 4.9% falling
134 Ecuador 72.4 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.7% rising
135 Eswatini 71.54 units per square kilometre 2023 up 8.9% rising
136 Croatia 68.97 units per square kilometre 2023 down 8.8% falling
137 Mexico 66.74 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.6% rising
138 Equatorial Guinea 65.87 units per square kilometre 2023 up 37.2% volatile
139 Ukraine 65.12 units per square kilometre 2023 down 18.2% falling
140 Afghanistan 63.56 units per square kilometre 2023 up 31.1% volatile
141 Bosnia and Herzegovina 62.21 units per square kilometre 2023 down 11.8% falling
142 Panama 60.11 units per square kilometre 2023 up 16.8% rising
143 Cameroon 60.02 units per square kilometre 2023 up 32.6% rising
144 Bulgaria 59.38 units per square kilometre 2023 down 10.0% falling
145 Guinea 58.63 units per square kilometre 2023 up 28.7% rising
146 Liberia 57.03 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.9% rising
147 Nicaragua 56.7 units per square kilometre 2023 up 14.0% rising
148 Iran, Islamic Republic of 55.85 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.1% rising
149 Madagascar 53.62 units per square kilometre 2023 up 29.4% volatile
150 Georgia 53.47 units per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% falling
151 South Africa 52.11 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.6% rising
152 Fiji 50.58 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
153 Djibouti 49.74 units per square kilometre 2023 up 17.1% volatile
154 Turks and Caicos Islands 48.63 units per square kilometre 2023 up 37.3% volatile
155 Colombia 47.16 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.4% rising
156 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 46.66 units per square kilometre 2023 up 39.6% volatile
157 Montenegro 46.36 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% flat
158 Lithuania 45.87 units per square kilometre 2023 down 2.9% falling
159 Belarus 45.22 units per square kilometre 2023 down 2.8% falling
160 Mozambique 42.77 units per square kilometre 2023 up 34.3% rising
161 Zimbabwe 42.24 units per square kilometre 2023 up 16.6% rising
162 Bahamas 39.9 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.4% rising
163 Faroe Islands 39.71 units per square kilometre 2023 up 14.9% rising
164 Palau 38.54 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.4% flat
165 Kyrgyzstan 37.02 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.9% rising
166 United States of America 36.81 units per square kilometre 2023 up 6.3% rising
167 Lao People's Democratic Republic 33.21 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.9% rising
168 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 32.09 units per square kilometre 2023 down 5.4% rising
169 Estonia 32.07 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.8% falling
170 Latvia 30.27 units per square kilometre 2023 down 6.4% falling
171 Angola 29.48 units per square kilometre 2023 up 40.5% volatile
172 Somalia 29.26 units per square kilometre 2023 up 42.7% volatile
173 Eritrea 28.64 units per square kilometre 2023 up 12.8% rising
174 Solomon Islands 28.58 units per square kilometre 2023 up 34.5% rising
175 Zambia 27.88 units per square kilometre 2023 up 34.6% volatile
176 Sudan 26.79 units per square kilometre 2023 up 32.4% rising
177 Chile 26.46 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.3% rising
178 Peru 26.44 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.5% rising
179 Vanuatu 26.28 units per square kilometre 2023 up 25.9% rising
180 Sweden 25.87 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.8% rising
181 Brazil 25.26 units per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% rising
182 Papua New Guinea 22.94 units per square kilometre 2023 up 25.1% volatile
183 Niger 20.65 units per square kilometre 2023 up 41.3% volatile
184 Bhutan 20.62 units per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% rising
185 New Zealand 19.75 units per square kilometre 2023 up 17.1% rising
186 Mali 19.48 units per square kilometre 2023 up 36.1% rising
187 Algeria 19.38 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.2% rising
188 Uruguay 19.36 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% rising
189 Finland 18.37 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% rising
190 South Sudan 18.17 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% flat
191 Congo 18.11 units per square kilometre 2023 up 27.3% volatile
192 Belize 18.02 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.3% rising
193 Paraguay 17.28 units per square kilometre 2023 up 14.8% rising
194 Argentina 16.64 units per square kilometre 2023 up 6.9% rising
195 Oman 16.31 units per square kilometre 2023 up 31.7% volatile
196 New Caledonia 15.86 units per square kilometre 2023 up 4.7% rising
197 Saudi Arabia 15.68 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.0% volatile
198 Turkmenistan 15.67 units per square kilometre 2023 up 24.0% rising
199 Chad 15.34 units per square kilometre 2023 up 41.1% volatile
200 Norway 15.15 units per square kilometre 2023 up 8.9% rising
201 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 11.3 units per square kilometre 2023 up 14.6% rising
202 Gabon 9.64 units per square kilometre 2023 up 29.9% rising
203 Russian Federation 8.78 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% flat
204 Central African Republic 8.27 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.0% rising
205 Kazakhstan 7.53 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.8% rising
206 Mauritania 4.87 units per square kilometre 2023 up 34.5% volatile
207 Canada 4.56 units per square kilometre 2023 up 16.5% rising
208 Botswana 4.38 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.9% rising
209 Libya 4.15 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.9% rising
210 Suriname 3.92 units per square kilometre 2023 up 10.5% rising
211 Guyana 3.91 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% rising
212 Iceland 3.82 units per square kilometre 2023 up 18.4% rising
213 Namibia 3.6 units per square kilometre 2023 up 31.5% rising
214 Australia 3.47 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.1% rising
215 Mongolia 2.23 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.0% rising
216 Greenland 0.1385 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% rising

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Population, total divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Population, total ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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  • Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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Population, total, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
264 places, 15,342 data points, 1961–2023
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Population, total divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.