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List of countries/dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km 2
| country |
pop. dens. |
area |
population |
| |
(/sq.km) |
(sq.km) |
(2002-07-01 est.) |
| Macau |
18,000 |
25 |
461,833 |
| Monaco |
16,000 |
2 |
31,987 |
| Hong Kong |
6,688 |
1,092 |
7,303,334 |
| Singapore |
6,430 |
693 |
4,452,732 |
| Gibraltar |
5,000 |
6 |
27,714 |
| Vatican City |
2,000 |
0.44 |
900 |
| Malta |
1,260 |
316 |
397,499 |
| Bermuda |
1,200 |
53 |
63,960 |
| Maldives |
1,070 |
300 |
320,165 |
| Bahrain |
987 |
665 |
656,397 |
| Bangladesh |
926 |
144,000 |
133,376,684 |
| Guernsey |
830 |
78 |
64,587 |
| Jersey |
774 |
116 |
89,775 |
| Barbados |
642 |
431 |
276,607 |
| Taiwan |
627 |
35,980 |
22,548,009 |
| Mauritius |
588 |
2,040 |
1,200,206 |
| Nauru |
587 |
21 |
12,329 |
| Palestinian territories |
545 |
6,220 |
3,389,578 |
| South Korea |
491 |
98,480 |
48,324,000 |
| Mayotte |
457 |
374 |
170,879 |
| San Marino |
455 |
61 |
27,730 |
| Puerto Rico |
435 |
9,104 |
3,957,988 |
| Tuvalu |
429 |
26 |
11,146 |
| Marshall Islands |
407 |
181 |
73,630 |
| Netherlands |
387 |
41,526 |
16,067,754 |
| Martinique |
384 |
1,100 |
422,277 |
| Aruba |
365 |
193 |
70,441 |
| Lebanon |
354 |
10,400 |
3,677,780 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands |
351 |
352 |
123,498 |
| American Samoa |
345 |
199 |
68,688 |
| Belgium |
337 |
30,510 |
10,274,595 |
| Japan |
336 |
377,835 |
126,974,628 |
| India |
318 |
3,287,590 |
1,045,845,226 |
| El Salvador |
302 |
21,040 |
6,353,681 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
299 |
389 |
116,394 |
| Sri Lanka |
298 |
65,610 |
19,576,783 |
| Reunion |
296 |
2,512 |
743,981 |
| Guam |
293 |
549 |
160,796 |
| Israel |
290 |
20,770 |
6,029,529 |
| Comoros |
283 |
2,170 |
614,382 |
| Philippines |
282 |
300,000 |
84,525,639 |
| Rwanda |
281 |
26,338 |
7,398,074 |
| Saint Lucia |
260 |
616 |
160,145 |
| Grenada |
259 |
344 |
89,211 |
| Haiti |
255 |
27,750 |
7,063,722 |
| Vietnam |
246 |
329,560 |
81,098,416 |
| Guadeloupe |
245 |
1,780 |
435,739 |
| United Kingdom |
244 |
244,820 |
59,778,002 |
| Jamaica |
244 |
10,991 |
2,680,029 |
| Germany |
233 |
357,021 |
83,251,851 |
| Burundi |
229 |
27,830 |
6,373,002 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
227 |
5,128 |
1,163,724 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
223 |
960 |
214,258 |
| Liechtenstein |
205 |
160 |
32,842 |
| Micronesia |
194 |
702 |
135,869 |
| Italy |
192 |
301,230 |
57,715,625 |
| North Korea |
184 |
120,540 |
22,224,195 |
| Nepal |
184 |
140,800 |
25,873,917 |
| Pakistan |
184 |
803,940 |
147,663,429 |
| Dominican Republic |
179 |
48,730 |
8,721,594 |
| Switzerland |
177 |
41,290 |
7,301,994 |
| Seychelles |
176 |
455 |
80,098 |
| Luxembourg |
173 |
2,586 |
448,569 |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
170 |
1,001 |
170,372 |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
162 |
477 |
77,311 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
152 |
443 |
67,448 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
148 |
261 |
38,736 |
| Andorra |
146 |
468 |
68,403 |
| Tokelau |
143 |
10 |
1,431 |
| Tonga |
142 |
748 |
106,137 |
| Nigeria |
141 |
923,768 |
129,934,911 |
| British Virgin Islands |
139 |
153 |
21,272 |
| Cayman Islands |
138 |
262 |
36,273 |
| People's Republic of China (mainland) |
134 |
9,596,960 |
1,284,303,705 |
| Moldova |
131 |
33,843 |
4,434,547 |
| Czech Republic |
130 |
78,866 |
10,256,760 |
| Isle of Man |
129 |
572 |
73,873 |
| Gambia |
129 |
11,300 |
1,455,842 |
| Denmark |
125 |
43,094 |
5,368,854 |
| Poland |
124 |
312,685 |
38,625,478 |
| Albania |
123 |
28,748 |
3,544,841 |
| Guatemala |
122 |
108,890 |
13,314,079 |
| Anguilla |
122 |
102 |
12,446 |
| Thailand |
121 |
514,000 |
62,354,402 |
| Indonesia |
121 |
1,919,440 |
231,328,092 |
| Kiribati |
119 |
811 |
96,335 |
| Kuwait |
118 |
17,820 |
2,111,561 |
| Armenia |
112 |
29,800 |
3,330,099 |
| Slovakia |
111 |
48,845 |
5,422,366 |
| Serbia |
110 |
88,361 |
9,780,000 |
| France |
109 |
547,030 |
59,765,983 |
| Portugal |
109 |
92,391 |
10,084,245 |
| Hungary |
108 |
93,030 |
10,075,034 |
| Uganda |
105 |
236,040 |
24,699,073 |
| Cape Verde |
101 |
4,033 |
408,760 |
| Cuba |
101 |
110,860 |
11,224,321 |
| Austria |
97 |
83,858 |
8,169,929 |
| Slovenia |
95 |
20,273 |
1,932,917 |
| Romania |
94 |
237,500 |
22,317,730 |
| Togo |
93 |
56,785 |
5,285,501 |
| Dominica |
93 |
754 |
70,158 |
| Syria |
93 |
185,180 |
17,155,814 |
| Malawi |
90 |
118,480 |
10,701,824 |
| Azerbaijan |
90 |
86,600 |
7,798,497 |
| Cook Islands |
87 |
240 |
20,811 |
| Turkey |
86 |
780,580 |
67308,928 |
| Ghana |
85 |
239,460 |
20,244,154 |
| Cyprus |
83 |
9,250 |
767,314 |
| Montserrat |
83 |
102 |
8,437 |
| Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
81 |
25,333 |
2,054,800 |
| Greece |
81 |
131,940 |
10,645,343 |
| Ukraine |
80 |
603,700 |
48,396,470 |
| Spain |
79 |
504,782 |
40,077,100 |
| Sierra Leone |
78 |
71,740 |
5,614,743 |
| Croatia |
78 |
56,542 |
4,390,751 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
78 |
51,129 |
3,964,388 |
| Costa Rica |
75 |
51,100 |
3,834,934 |
| Lesotho |
73 |
30,355 |
2,207,954 |
| Georgia |
71 |
69,700 |
4,960,951 |
| Egypt |
71 |
1,001,450 |
70,712,345 |
| Cambodia |
71 |
181,040 |
12,775,324 |
| Morocco (excluding Western Sahara) |
70 |
446,550 |
31,167,783 |
| Qatar |
69 |
11,437 |
793,341 |
| Malaysia |
69 |
329,750 |
22,662,365 |
| Bulgaria |
69 |
110,910 |
7,621,337 |
| Swaziland |
65 |
17,363 |
1,123,605 |
| East Timor |
63 |
15,007 |
952,618 |
| Myanmar |
62 |
678,500 |
42,238,224 |
| French Polynesia |
62 |
4,167 |
257,847 |
| Brunei |
61 |
5,770 |
350,898 |
| Samoa |
61 |
2,944 |
178,631 |
| Benin |
60 |
112,620 |
6,787,625 |
| Ethiopia |
60 |
1,127,127 |
67,673,031 |
| Tunisia |
60 |
163,610 |
9815,644 |
| Honduras |
59 |
112,090 |
6,560,608 |
| Jordan |
58 |
92,300 |
5,307,470 |
| Uzbekistan |
57 |
447,400 |
25,563,441 |
| Wallis and Futuna |
57 |
274 |
15,585 |
| Ireland |
55 |
70,280 |
3,883,159 |
| Lithuania |
55 |
65,200 |
3,601,138 |
| Iraq |
55 |
437,072 |
24,001,816 |
| Senegal |
54 |
196,190 |
10,589,571 |
| Kenya |
53 |
582,650 |
31,138,735 |
| Norfolk Island |
53 |
35 |
1,866 |
| Mexico |
52 |
1,972,550 |
103,400,165 |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
52 |
322,460 |
16,804,784 |
| Belarus |
50 |
207,600 |
10,335,382 |
| Ecuador |
47 |
283,560 |
13,447,494 |
| Tajikistan |
47 |
143,100 |
6,719,567 |
| Fiji |
47 |
18,270 |
856,346 |
| Burkina Faso |
46 |
274,200 |
12,603,185 |
| Cocos Islands |
45 |
14 |
632 |
| Bhutan |
45 |
47,000 |
2,094,176 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
44 |
430 |
18,738 |
| Afghanistan |
43 |
647,500 |
27,755,775 |
| Palau |
42 |
458 |
19,409 |
| Iran |
40 |
1,648,000 |
66,622,704 |
| Tanzania |
39 |
945,087 |
37,187,939 |
| Nicaragua |
39 |
129,494 |
5,023,818 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
37 |
36,120 |
1,345,479 |
| Panama |
37 |
78,200 |
2,882,329 |
| Eritrea |
37 |
121,320 |
4,465,651 |
| Latvia |
37 |
64,589 |
2,366,515 |
| Colombia |
36 |
1,138,910 |
41,008,227 |
| South Africa |
36 |
1,219,912 |
43,647,658 |
| Montenegro |
36 |
13,812 |
500,000 |
| Yemen |
35 |
527,970 |
18,701,257 |
| Cameroon |
34 |
475,440 |
16,184,748 |
| Faroe Islands |
33 |
1,399 |
46,011 |
| Guinea |
32 |
245,857 |
7,775,065 |
| Estonia |
31 |
45,226 |
1,415,681 |
| Liberia |
30 |
111,370 |
3,288,198 |
| United Arab Emirates |
30 |
82,,880 |
2,445,989 |
| United States |
29 |
9,629,091 |
280,562,489 |
| Zimbabwe |
29 |
390,580 |
11,376,676 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
29 |
242 |
6,954 |
| Madagascar |
28 |
587,040 |
16,473,477 |
| Venezuela |
27 |
912,050 |
24,287,670 |
| Mozambique |
24 |
801,590 |
19,607,519 |
| Laos |
24 |
236,800 |
5,777,180 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
24 |
198,500 |
4,822,166 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo |
24 |
2,345,410 |
55,225,478 |
| Peru |
22 |
1,285,220 |
27,949,639 |
| Bahamas |
22 |
13,940 |
300,529 |
| Brazil |
21 |
8,511,965 |
176,029,560 |
| Djibouti |
21 |
23,000 |
472,810 |
| Chile |
20 |
756,950 |
15,498,930 |
| Sweden |
20 |
449,964 |
8,876,744 |
| Uruguay |
19 |
176,220 |
3,386,575 |
| Saint Helena |
18 |
410 |
7,317 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
18 |
28,051 |
498,144 |
| Solomon Islands |
17 |
28,450 |
494,786 |
| Vanuatu |
16 |
12,200 |
196,178 |
| Finland |
15 |
337,030 |
5,183,545 |
| Sudan |
15 |
2,505,810 |
37,090,298 |
| New Zealand |
15 |
268,680 |
3,908,037 |
| Paraguay |
14 |
406,750 |
5,884,491 |
| Norway |
14 |
324,220 |
4,525,116 |
| Argentina |
14 |
2,766,890 |
37,812,817 |
| Algeria |
14 |
2,381,740 |
32,277,942 |
| Zambia |
13 |
752,614 |
9,959,037 |
| Oman |
13 |
212,460 |
2,713,462 |
| Somalia |
12 |
637,657 |
7,753,310 |
| Saudi Arabia |
12 |
1,960,582 |
23,513,330 |
| Belize |
11 |
22,966 |
262,999 |
| Papua New Guinea |
11 |
462,840 |
5,172,033 |
| New Caledonia |
11 |
19,060 |
207,858 |
| Turkmenistan |
9.6 |
488,100 |
4,688,963 |
| Mali |
9.1 |
1,240,000 |
11,340,480 |
| Republic of the Congo |
8.7 |
342,000 |
2,958,448 |
| Angola |
8.5 |
1,246,700 |
10,593,171 |
| Russia |
8.5 |
17,075,200 |
144,978,573 |
| Niger |
8.4 |
1,267,000 |
10,639,744 |
| Niue |
8.2 |
260 |
2,134 |
| Bolivia |
7.7 |
1,098,580 |
8,445,134 |
| Chad |
7.0 |
1,284,000 |
8,997,237 |
| Kazakhstan |
6.2 |
2,717,300 |
16,741,519 |
| Central African Republic |
5.8 |
622,984 |
3,642,739 |
| Gabon |
4.6 |
267,667 |
1,233,353 |
| Christmas Island |
3.5 |
135 |
474 |
| Guyana |
3.2 |
214,970 |
698,209 |
| Canada |
3.2 |
9,976,140 |
31,902,268 |
| Libya |
3.1 |
1,759,540 |
5,368,585 |
| Mauritania |
2.7 |
1,030,700 |
2,828,858 |
| Iceland |
2.7 |
103,000 |
279,384 |
| Suriname |
2.7 |
163,270 |
436,494 |
| Botswana |
2.7 |
600,370 |
1,591,232 |
| Australia |
2.5 |
7,686,850 |
19,546,792 |
| Namibia |
2.2 |
825,418 |
1,820,916 |
| French Guiana |
2.0 |
91,000 |
182,333 |
| Mongolia |
1.7 |
1,565,000 |
2,694,432 |
| Pitcairn Islands |
1.0 |
47 |
47 |
| Western Sahara |
1.0 |
266,000 |
256,177 |
| Falkland Islands |
0.24 |
12,173 |
2,967 |
| Svalbard |
0.05 |
62,049 |
2,868 |
| Greenland |
0.03 |
2,166,086 |
56,376 |
| |
| Earth |
42 |
14,894,000 |
6,233,821,945 |
Areas with both high density and large size, in order of increasing size and decreasing density: Macau, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, Japan, India, mainland China, United States, Russia.
See also:
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