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Urban population, per square kilometre by country

Urban population 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
0.122 units per square kilometre
Greenland
Median
51.61 units per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
15,342

What the numbers show

Urban population, 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 0.122 units per square kilometre in Greenland.

The median across all reporting countries is 51.61 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 393.94 units per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 187 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 138.2%), and the largest decrease in Saint Martin (French Part) (down 26.5%).

Urban population, 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 Malta 1,652 units per square kilometre 2023 up 31.8% rising
8 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1,257 units per square kilometre 2023 up 19.2% rising
9 Bermuda 1,198 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.8% rising
10 Palestine, State of 744.71 units per square kilometre 2023 up 29.7% rising
11 Maldives 732.68 units per square kilometre 2023 up 45.2% volatile
12 Naoero 593.75 units per square kilometre 2023 up 12.9% rising
13 Saint Martin (French Part) 550.3 units per square kilometre 2023 down 26.5% falling
14 San Marino 548.15 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.5% rising
15 Lebanon 510.49 units per square kilometre 2023 up 3.1% rising
16 Netherlands 506.12 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.8% rising
17 Korea 430.04 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% rising
18 Bangladesh 424.22 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.3% volatile
19 Israel 416.48 units per square kilometre 2023 up 21.9% rising
20 Barbados 390.17 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% rising
21 Aruba 368.81 units per square kilometre 2023 down 1.3% rising
22 Puerto Rico 340.16 units per square kilometre 2023 down 11.4% rising
23 Belgium 338.21 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.2% rising
24 Curaçao 318.39 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% flat
25 Japan 314.5 units per square kilometre 2023 down 1.3% rising
26 Cayman Islands 304.32 units per square kilometre 2023 up 24.5% volatile
27 Guam 290.26 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.4% rising
28 United States Virgin Islands 285.6 units per square kilometre 2023 down 2.4% volatile
29 Channel Islands 276.34 units per square kilometre 2021 up 6.0% rising
30 Kuwait 272.36 units per square kilometre 2023 up 38.4% volatile
31 Luxembourg 245.41 units per square kilometre 2023 up 29.3% rising
32 Mauritius 243.88 units per square kilometre 2023 down 3.1% rising
33 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 235.55 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.1% rising
34 Haiti 229.92 units per square kilometre 2023 up 28.9% volatile
35 Qatar 229.5 units per square kilometre 2023 up 40.7% volatile
36 El Salvador 227.19 units per square kilometre 2023 up 12.6% rising
37 Philippines 212.41 units per square kilometre 2023 up 26.3% volatile
38 Tuvalu 209.43 units per square kilometre 2023 down 0.9% volatile
39 Germany 195.22 units per square kilometre 2023 up 4.9% rising
40 American Samoa 193.34 units per square kilometre 2023 down 16.1% rising
41 Switzerland 191.65 units per square kilometre 2023 up 26.3% rising
42 Dominican Republic 170.11 units per square kilometre 2023 up 8.6% volatile
43 Gambia 170.09 units per square kilometre 2023 up 41.1% volatile
44 India 169.62 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.0% volatile
45 Marshall Islands 169.03 units per square kilometre 2023 down 19.6% rising
46 Sao Tome and Principe 164.99 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.2% volatile
47 Rwanda 163.22 units per square kilometre 2023 up 112.6% volatile
48 Nigeria 155.57 units per square kilometre 2023 up 44.6% volatile
49 Jamaica 153.27 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.3% rising
50 Andorra 152.8 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.8% rising
51 Comoros 151.48 units per square kilometre 2023 up 36.3% volatile
52 British Virgin Islands 144.61 units per square kilometre 2023 up 42.1% volatile
53 Trinidad and Tobago 143.82 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.1% rising
54 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 139.41 units per square kilometre 2023 up 8.8% rising
55 Italy 138.7 units per square kilometre 2023 down 1.9% rising
56 Nepal 137.84 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.7% volatile
57 Denmark 131.65 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.1% rising
58 United Arab Emirates 126.46 units per square kilometre 2023 up 39.1% volatile
59 Grenada 125.56 units per square kilometre 2023 up 4.8% rising
60 Burundi 125.56 units per square kilometre 2023 up 138.2% volatile
61 Pakistan 124.64 units per square kilometre 2023 up 28.5% volatile
62 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 123.97 units per square kilometre 2023 down 3.7% rising
63 Viet Nam 122.08 units per square kilometre 2023 up 33.8% volatile
64 Jordan 119.4 units per square kilometre 2023 up 53.4% volatile
65 Seychelles 117.42 units per square kilometre 2023 up 40.3% rising
66 Czechia 102.4 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% flat
67 Kiribati 100.66 units per square kilometre 2023 up 43.3% volatile
68 France 99.94 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.7% rising
69 Türkiye 98.7 units per square kilometre 2023 up 27.0% volatile
70 China 98.47 units per square kilometre 2023 up 24.4% volatile
71 Cape Verde 98.38 units per square kilometre 2023 up 19.5% volatile
72 Cyprus 97.05 units per square kilometre 2023 up 12.7% rising
73 Guatemala 94.05 units per square kilometre 2023 up 24.1% volatile
74 Syrian Arab Republic 92.73 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.6% volatile
75 Northern Mariana Islands 90.26 units per square kilometre 2023 down 13.7% falling
76 Indonesia 86.35 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.3% volatile
77 Ghana 85.84 units per square kilometre 2023 up 35.9% volatile
78 Saint Lucia 85.52 units per square kilometre 2023 up 59.0% rising
79 Thailand 85.52 units per square kilometre 2023 up 36.5% volatile
80 Cuba 81.88 units per square kilometre 2023 down 1.7% rising
81 Malaysia 81.73 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.8% volatile
82 Costa Rica 78.87 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.5% volatile
83 Spain 77.54 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.4% rising
84 Isle of Man 77.05 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% rising
85 Austria 76.61 units per square kilometre 2023 up 10.8% rising
86 Uganda 74.27 units per square kilometre 2023 up 85.3% volatile
87 Hungary 73.88 units per square kilometre 2023 down 3.1% rising
88 Iraq 72.54 units per square kilometre 2023 up 28.5% volatile
89 Azerbaijan 71.88 units per square kilometre 2023 up 16.4% rising
90 Sri Lanka 71.77 units per square kilometre 2023 up 18.6% rising
91 Poland 71.74 units per square kilometre 2023 down 4.6% rising
92 Portugal 70.68 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% rising
93 Armenia 69.06 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% falling
94 Togo 65.39 units per square kilometre 2023 up 34.7% volatile
95 Brunei Darussalam 65.16 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.1% volatile
96 Dominica 64.83 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
97 Benin 64.76 units per square kilometre 2023 up 52.7% volatile
98 Greece 63.6 units per square kilometre 2023 down 3.0% rising
99 Slovakia 60.04 units per square kilometre 2023 down 1.5% falling
100 Slovenia 58.49 units per square kilometre 2023 up 14.3% rising
101 Saint Kitts and Nevis 57.01 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
102 Honduras 55.48 units per square kilometre 2023 up 30.9% volatile
103 Tunisia 54.99 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.6% rising
104 Mexico 53.04 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.5% rising
105 Morocco 52.96 units per square kilometre 2023 up 16.8% rising
106 Sierra Leone 52.52 units per square kilometre 2023 up 41.5% volatile
107 Côte d'Ivoire 52.34 units per square kilometre 2023 up 43.1% volatile
108 Antigua and Barbuda 51.85 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% rising
109 Senegal 51.36 units per square kilometre 2023 up 60.1% volatile
110 Albania 51.23 units per square kilometre 2023 down 8.2% rising
111 French Polynesia 49.97 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.5% rising
112 Ireland 49.43 units per square kilometre 2023 up 18.0% rising
113 Egypt 49.14 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.0% rising
114 Serbia 48.95 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% flat
115 Equatorial Guinea 46.85 units per square kilometre 2023 up 56.9% volatile
116 Ecuador 45.7 units per square kilometre 2023 up 14.2% volatile
117 Turks and Caicos Islands 45.68 units per square kilometre 2023 up 41.2% volatile
118 Ukraine 45.25 units per square kilometre 2023 down 17.6% falling
119 North Macedonia 45.12 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% falling
120 Bulgaria 43.78 units per square kilometre 2023 down 9.0% rising
121 Romania 43.22 units per square kilometre 2023 down 7.7% rising
122 Iran, Islamic Republic of 42.82 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.0% volatile
123 Uzbekistan 41.26 units per square kilometre 2023 up 18.3% rising
124 Cambodia 40.1 units per square kilometre 2023 up 81.1% volatile
125 Panama 39.59 units per square kilometre 2023 up 17.7% rising
126 Croatia 39.48 units per square kilometre 2023 down 5.7% falling
127 Malawi 38 units per square kilometre 2023 up 41.2% volatile
128 Colombia 36.91 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.2% rising
129 Liechtenstein 36.56 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.7% rising
130 Djibouti 36.23 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.5% volatile
131 Micronesia, Federated States of 36.1 units per square kilometre 2023 up 4.8% falling
132 Belarus 35.64 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% rising
133 Guinea-Bissau 34.91 units per square kilometre 2023 up 40.2% volatile
134 Nicaragua 33.53 units per square kilometre 2023 up 17.4% rising
135 South Africa 33.13 units per square kilometre 2023 up 16.6% rising
136 Cameroon 33.09 units per square kilometre 2023 up 40.7% volatile
137 Lesotho 32.49 units per square kilometre 2023 up 53.5% volatile
138 Georgia 32.48 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.2% falling
139 Bahamas 32.45 units per square kilometre 2023 up 4.1% rising
140 Republic of Moldova 32.09 units per square kilometre 2023 down 6.4% falling
141 Bosnia and Herzegovina 32.08 units per square kilometre 2023 down 2.6% flat
142 Lithuania 31.46 units per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% falling
143 Liberia 31.36 units per square kilometre 2023 up 36.0% volatile
144 Tonga 30.72 units per square kilometre 2023 down 11.8% rising
145 Palau 30.5 units per square kilometre 2023 down 1.9% rising
146 Montenegro 30.35 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% flat
147 Kenya 30.14 units per square kilometre 2023 up 19.8% volatile
148 Fiji 29.64 units per square kilometre 2023 up 10.4% rising
149 United States of America 29.48 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.5% rising
150 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 28.64 units per square kilometre 2023 down 5.0% rising
151 Yemen 27.28 units per square kilometre 2023 up 56.3% volatile
152 Tanzania, United Republic of 26.68 units per square kilometre 2023 up 61.0% volatile
153 Timor-Leste 26.62 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.5% volatile
154 Ethiopia 26.3 units per square kilometre 2023 up 61.9% rising
155 Myanmar 25.2 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.0% rising
156 Chile 23.5 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.3% rising
157 Burkina Faso 23.39 units per square kilometre 2023 up 44.0% volatile
158 Sweden 22.93 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.2% rising
159 Estonia 22.66 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.8% falling
160 Peru 22.42 units per square kilometre 2023 up 21.3% rising
161 Brazil 22.13 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% rising
162 Guinea 22.07 units per square kilometre 2023 up 40.1% volatile
163 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 20.71 units per square kilometre 2023 up 52.7% volatile
164 Latvia 20.69 units per square kilometre 2023 down 5.7% falling
165 Angola 20.59 units per square kilometre 2023 up 57.9% volatile
166 Tajikistan 19.61 units per square kilometre 2023 up 26.1% rising
167 Uruguay 18.5 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% rising
168 Eswatini 18.46 units per square kilometre 2023 up 23.2% volatile
169 Madagascar 17.15 units per square kilometre 2023 up 44.4% volatile
170 Zimbabwe 16.6 units per square kilometre 2023 up 39.3% volatile
171 New Zealand 16.57 units per square kilometre 2023 up 14.6% rising
172 Afghanistan 16.19 units per square kilometre 2023 up 40.3% volatile
173 Somalia 15.82 units per square kilometre 2023 up 86.9% volatile
174 Faroe Islands 15.56 units per square kilometre 2023 up 19.3% rising
175 Argentina 15.34 units per square kilometre 2023 up 8.0% rising
176 Mozambique 15.28 units per square kilometre 2023 up 51.5% volatile
177 Algeria 14.49 units per square kilometre 2023 up 30.3% volatile
178 Samoa 13.64 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.4% rising
179 Finland 13.6 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.5% rising
180 Saudi Arabia 13.22 units per square kilometre 2023 up 24.5% volatile
181 Oman 12.98 units per square kilometre 2023 up 37.0% volatile
182 Lao People's Democratic Republic 12.89 units per square kilometre 2023 up 39.6% volatile
183 Kyrgyzstan 12.85 units per square kilometre 2023 up 21.2% rising
184 Norway 12.59 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.1% rising
185 Zambia 12.55 units per square kilometre 2023 up 47.2% volatile
186 Paraguay 11.98 units per square kilometre 2023 up 32.1% volatile
187 Congo 11.53 units per square kilometre 2023 up 28.9% volatile
188 New Caledonia 10.74 units per square kilometre 2023 up 6.3% rising
189 Eritrea 9.94 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.7% rising
190 Sudan 9.32 units per square kilometre 2023 up 37.9% rising
191 Gabon 8.84 units per square kilometre 2023 up 36.6% volatile
192 Bhutan 8.61 units per square kilometre 2023 up 27.1% volatile
193 Solomon Islands 8.58 units per square kilometre 2023 up 82.6% volatile
194 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 8.02 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.1% volatile
195 Belize 7.56 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.6% rising
196 Turkmenistan 7.38 units per square kilometre 2023 up 24.2% rising
197 Russian Federation 6.59 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% flat
198 Mali 6.04 units per square kilometre 2023 up 70.9% volatile
199 Vanuatu 5.85 units per square kilometre 2023 up 12.9% volatile
200 Kazakhstan 4.65 units per square kilometre 2023 up 29.8% rising
201 Chad 4.04 units per square kilometre 2023 up 66.6% volatile
202 South Sudan 3.83 units per square kilometre 2023 up 18.5% rising
203 Canada 3.76 units per square kilometre 2023 up 18.4% rising
204 Niger 3.67 units per square kilometre 2023 up 54.6% volatile
205 Libya 3.65 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.6% volatile
206 Central African Republic 3.61 units per square kilometre 2023 up 23.4% rising
207 Iceland 3.6 units per square kilometre 2023 up 19.1% rising
208 Papua New Guinea 3.45 units per square kilometre 2023 up 44.3% volatile
209 Australia 3.03 units per square kilometre 2023 up 16.3% rising
210 Botswana 2.93 units per square kilometre 2023 up 19.9% volatile
211 Mauritania 2.91 units per square kilometre 2023 up 62.7% volatile
212 Suriname 2.58 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.7% rising
213 Namibia 1.8 units per square kilometre 2023 up 49.0% volatile
214 Mongolia 1.57 units per square kilometre 2023 up 24.3% rising
215 Guyana 1.04 units per square kilometre 2023 up 3.0% flat
216 Greenland 0.122 units per square kilometre 2023 up 3.8% rising

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Urban population 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.

Urban population ÷ Land area (sq. km)

Computed from

  • Urban population World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
  • Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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Indicator
Urban population, 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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Urban population 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.