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World Population density ranking 2026
Population density for 237 countries and areas in 2026, based on the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant.
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World population rankings
Source: United Nations World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant.
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| Rank | Country or area | Population density | Total population | Share of world population | Data type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 25,561.7 people/km² | 38,087 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 2 | China, Macao SAR | 22,599.6 people/km² | 723,188 people | 0.01% | Projection |
| 3 | Singapore | 8,646.8 people/km² | 5,905,748 people | 0.07% | Projection |
| 4 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 6,713.9 people/km² | 7,378,602 people | 0.09% | Projection |
| 5 | Gibraltar | 4,086.7 people/km² | 40,867 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 6 | Bahrain | 2,139.9 people/km² | 1,675,572 people | 0.02% | Projection |
| 7 | Maldives | 1,771.7 people/km² | 531,517 people | 0.01% | Projection |
| 8 | Malta | 1,742.9 people/km² | 549,011 people | 0.01% | Projection |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 1,366.0 people/km² | 177,818,044 people | 2.14% | Projection |
| 10 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,307.3 people/km² | 44,447 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 11 | Bermuda | 1,193.7 people/km² | 64,459 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 12 | Holy See | 1,151.1 people/km² | 506 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 13 | Guernsey | 1,009.5 people/km² | 64,610 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 14 | State of Palestine | 945.6 people/km² | 5,692,790 people | 0.07% | Projection |
| 15 | Mayotte | 926.8 people/km² | 347,536 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 16 | Jersey | 897.5 people/km² | 104,106 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 17 | Barbados | 657.5 people/km² | 282,724 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 18 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 649.9 people/km² | 23,011,292 people | 0.28% | Projection |
| 19 | Mauritius | 623.2 people/km² | 1,265,059 people | 0.02% | Projection |
| 20 | Rwanda | 615.0 people/km² | 14,889,693 people | 0.18% | Projection |
| 21 | Nauru | 605.1 people/km² | 12,101 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 22 | Aruba | 600.9 people/km² | 108,164 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 23 | Lebanon | 576.5 people/km² | 5,897,467 people | 0.07% | Projection |
| 24 | Burundi | 567.6 people/km² | 14,729,157 people | 0.18% | Projection |
| 25 | San Marino | 550.9 people/km² | 33,605 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 26 | Netherlands | 547.9 people/km² | 18,448,775 people | 0.22% | Projection |
| 27 | Saint Barthélemy | 525.0 people/km² | 11,550 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 28 | Republic of Korea | 521.5 people/km² | 51,600,388 people | 0.62% | Projection |
| 29 | India | 496.6 people/km² | 1,476,625,576 people | 17.79% | Projection |
| 30 | Comoros | 483.1 people/km² | 899,010 people | 0.01% | Projection |
| 31 | Saint Martin (French part) | 450.9 people/km² | 23,898 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 32 | Israel | 445.8 people/km² | 9,647,689 people | 0.12% | Projection |
| 33 | Curaçao | 437.4 people/km² | 185,440 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 34 | Haiti | 436.6 people/km² | 12,037,506 people | 0.15% | Projection |
| 35 | Philippines | 392.4 people/km² | 117,724,472 people | 1.42% | Projection |
| 36 | Belgium | 388.9 people/km² | 11,774,642 people | 0.14% | Projection |
| 37 | Sri Lanka | 372.4 people/km² | 23,348,315 people | 0.28% | Projection |
| 38 | Puerto Rico | 370.8 people/km² | 3,222,688 people | 0.04% | Projection |
| 39 | Réunion | 354.5 people/km² | 886,298 people | 0.01% | Projection |
| 40 | Grenada | 345.2 people/km² | 117,362 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 41 | Pakistan | 336.4 people/km² | 259,299,792 people | 3.12% | Projection |
| 42 | Viet Nam | 326.0 people/km² | 102,177,431 people | 1.23% | Projection |
| 43 | Japan | 324.9 people/km² | 122,427,731 people | 1.47% | Projection |
| 44 | Cayman Islands | 320.3 people/km² | 77,196 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 45 | Martinique | 318.6 people/km² | 337,711 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 46 | Guam | 314.6 people/km² | 170,185 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 47 | Tuvalu | 312.1 people/km² | 9,362 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 48 | El Salvador | 308.5 people/km² | 6,391,254 people | 0.08% | Projection |
| 49 | Seychelles | 295.3 people/km² | 134,959 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 50 | Trinidad and Tobago | 295.0 people/km² | 1,513,268 people | 0.02% | Projection |
| 51 | Saint Lucia | 293.0 people/km² | 180,488 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 52 | United Kingdom | 288.1 people/km² | 69,931,528 people | 0.84% | Projection |
| 53 | Kuwait | 286.4 people/km² | 5,102,773 people | 0.06% | Projection |
| 54 | Gambia | 285.0 people/km² | 2,884,079 people | 0.03% | Projection |
| 55 | Qatar | 273.9 people/km² | 3,173,559 people | 0.04% | Projection |
| 56 | Nigeria | 266.2 people/km² | 242,431,832 people | 2.92% | Projection |
| 57 | Luxembourg | 265.4 people/km² | 687,448 people | 0.01% | Projection |
| 58 | Uganda | 264.1 people/km² | 52,761,470 people | 0.64% | Projection |
| 59 | Jamaica | 261.6 people/km² | 2,833,404 people | 0.03% | Projection |
| 60 | British Virgin Islands | 259.3 people/km² | 39,936 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 61 | Sao Tome and Principe | 255.2 people/km² | 244,994 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 62 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 254.5 people/km² | 99,244 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 63 | Liechtenstein | 252.3 people/km² | 40,368 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 64 | Malawi | 241.0 people/km² | 22,785,535 people | 0.27% | Projection |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 240.3 people/km² | 11,609,500 people | 0.14% | Projection |
| 66 | Germany | 240.0 people/km² | 83,644,258 people | 1.01% | Projection |
| 67 | United States Virgin Islands | 238.3 people/km² | 83,400 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 68 | Guadeloupe | 228.8 people/km² | 372,453 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 69 | American Samoa | 226.6 people/km² | 45,318 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 70 | Switzerland | 225.2 people/km² | 9,007,798 people | 0.11% | Projection |
| 71 | Tokelau | 224.3 people/km² | 2,691 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 72 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 221.2 people/km² | 26,633,691 people | 0.32% | Projection |
| 73 | Antigua and Barbuda | 215.1 people/km² | 94,626 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 74 | Nepal | 201.3 people/km² | 29,629,410 people | 0.36% | Projection |
| 75 | Italy | 199.1 people/km² | 58,926,166 people | 0.71% | Projection |
| 76 | Marshall Islands | 194.9 people/km² | 35,075 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 77 | Kiribati | 190.7 people/km² | 138,445 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 78 | Togo | 182.6 people/km² | 9,930,918 people | 0.12% | Projection |
| 79 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 180.7 people/km² | 46,992 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 80 | Andorra | 178.2 people/km² | 83,753 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 81 | Guatemala | 177.0 people/km² | 18,967,978 people | 0.23% | Projection |
| 82 | Anguilla | 168.4 people/km² | 14,817 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 83 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 163.1 people/km² | 114,182 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 84 | United Arab Emirates | 163.0 people/km² | 11,574,682 people | 0.14% | Projection |
| 85 | Tonga | 158.9 people/km² | 103,291 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 86 | Ghana | 156.9 people/km² | 35,697,557 people | 0.43% | Projection |
| 87 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 152.9 people/km² | 1,666,992 people | 0.02% | Projection |
| 88 | Indonesia | 150.7 people/km² | 287,886,782 people | 3.47% | Projection |
| 89 | Cyprus | 149.6 people/km² | 1,382,334 people | 0.02% | Projection |
| 90 | China View China data | 147.2 people/km² | 1,412,914,089 people | 17.02% | Projection |
| 91 | Isle of Man | 146.9 people/km² | 84,054 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 92 | Syrian Arab Republic | 144.1 people/km² | 26,472,497 people | 0.32% | Projection |
| 93 | Denmark | 142.1 people/km² | 6,023,520 people | 0.07% | Projection |
| 94 | Thailand | 140.1 people/km² | 71,559,614 people | 0.86% | Projection |
| 95 | Ethiopia | 138.9 people/km² | 138,902,185 people | 1.67% | Projection |
| 96 | Czechia | 136.4 people/km² | 10,527,780 people | 0.13% | Projection |
| 97 | Benin | 134.5 people/km² | 15,170,420 people | 0.18% | Projection |
| 98 | Cabo Verde | 131.4 people/km² | 529,630 people | 0.01% | Projection |
| 99 | Jordan | 130.5 people/km² | 11,589,532 people | 0.14% | Projection |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 126.5 people/km² | 10,454,855 people | 0.13% | Projection |
| 101 | Sierra Leone | 125.4 people/km² | 8,996,744 people | 0.11% | Projection |
| 102 | Poland | 123.6 people/km² | 37,843,188 people | 0.46% | Projection |
| 103 | France | 121.1 people/km² | 66,746,401 people | 0.80% | Projection |
| 104 | Egypt | 120.7 people/km² | 120,101,175 people | 1.45% | Projection |
| 105 | Türkiye | 114.2 people/km² | 87,926,082 people | 1.06% | Projection |
| 106 | Portugal | 113.0 people/km² | 10,395,362 people | 0.13% | Projection |
| 107 | Slovakia | 111.2 people/km² | 5,451,342 people | 0.07% | Projection |
| 108 | Malaysia | 110.7 people/km² | 36,385,115 people | 0.44% | Projection |
| 109 | Iraq | 110.6 people/km² | 48,007,437 people | 0.58% | Projection |
| 110 | Austria | 110.4 people/km² | 9,107,266 people | 0.11% | Projection |
| 111 | Hungary | 105.9 people/km² | 9,585,818 people | 0.12% | Projection |
| 112 | Côte d'Ivoire | 105.3 people/km² | 33,494,346 people | 0.40% | Projection |
| 113 | Slovenia | 105.0 people/km² | 2,114,574 people | 0.03% | Projection |
| 114 | Armenia | 103.0 people/km² | 2,930,915 people | 0.04% | Projection |
| 115 | Honduras | 102.5 people/km² | 11,184,760 people | 0.13% | Projection |
| 116 | Cuba | 102.0 people/km² | 10,892,659 people | 0.13% | Projection |
| 117 | Costa Rica | 101.3 people/km² | 5,174,789 people | 0.06% | Projection |
| 118 | Kenya | 101.0 people/km² | 58,636,412 people | 0.71% | Projection |
| 119 | Senegal | 100.6 people/km² | 19,366,548 people | 0.23% | Projection |
| 120 | Albania | 100.4 people/km² | 2,751,025 people | 0.03% | Projection |
| 121 | Cambodia | 99.7 people/km² | 18,051,219 people | 0.22% | Projection |
| 122 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 97.3 people/km² | 31,913 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 123 | Timor-Leste | 96.6 people/km² | 1,436,923 people | 0.02% | Projection |
| 124 | Spain | 95.3 people/km² | 47,850,793 people | 0.58% | Projection |
| 125 | Northern Mariana Islands | 93.9 people/km² | 42,914 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 126 | Republic of Moldova | 90.1 people/km² | 2,961,253 people | 0.04% | Projection |
| 127 | Burkina Faso | 89.9 people/km² | 24,601,700 people | 0.30% | Projection |
| 128 | Uzbekistan | 88.7 people/km² | 37,724,223 people | 0.45% | Projection |
| 129 | Dominica | 87.3 people/km² | 65,511 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 130 | Morocco | 86.9 people/km² | 38,762,441 people | 0.47% | Projection |
| 131 | Serbia | 86.6 people/km² | 6,641,964 people | 0.08% | Projection |
| 132 | Myanmar | 84.5 people/km² | 55,184,819 people | 0.66% | Projection |
| 133 | United Republic of Tanzania | 81.9 people/km² | 72,563,780 people | 0.87% | Projection |
| 134 | Romania | 81.7 people/km² | 18,800,605 people | 0.23% | Projection |
| 135 | Guinea-Bissau | 81.7 people/km² | 2,297,808 people | 0.03% | Projection |
| 136 | Brunei Darussalam | 81.5 people/km² | 469,775 people | 0.01% | Projection |
| 137 | Yemen | 81.4 people/km² | 42,961,653 people | 0.52% | Projection |
| 138 | Tunisia | 79.9 people/km² | 12,415,138 people | 0.15% | Projection |
| 139 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 79.4 people/km² | 11,113 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 140 | Lesotho | 78.7 people/km² | 2,389,336 people | 0.03% | Projection |
| 141 | Ireland | 78.4 people/km² | 5,356,950 people | 0.06% | Projection |
| 142 | Samoa | 77.9 people/km² | 220,528 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 143 | French Polynesia | 76.8 people/km² | 283,076 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 144 | Tajikistan | 76.7 people/km² | 10,978,598 people | 0.13% | Projection |
| 145 | Greece | 75.7 people/km² | 9,897,116 people | 0.12% | Projection |
| 146 | Bahamas | 75.5 people/km² | 404,628 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 147 | Ecuador | 74.3 people/km² | 18,444,506 people | 0.22% | Projection |
| 148 | Eswatini | 73.1 people/km² | 1,269,859 people | 0.02% | Projection |
| 149 | North Macedonia | 72.4 people/km² | 1,804,062 people | 0.02% | Projection |
| 150 | Equatorial Guinea | 70.7 people/km² | 1,984,468 people | 0.02% | Projection |
| 151 | Afghanistan | 69.4 people/km² | 45,047,068 people | 0.54% | Projection |
| 152 | Croatia | 68.4 people/km² | 3,822,345 people | 0.05% | Projection |
| 153 | Ukraine | 68.2 people/km² | 39,535,848 people | 0.48% | Projection |
| 154 | Mexico | 67.9 people/km² | 132,997,658 people | 1.60% | Projection |
| 155 | Cameroon | 65.7 people/km² | 30,640,817 people | 0.37% | Projection |
| 156 | Guinea | 62.8 people/km² | 15,441,992 people | 0.19% | Projection |
| 157 | Panama | 62.4 people/km² | 4,625,718 people | 0.06% | Projection |
| 158 | Bulgaria | 61.5 people/km² | 6,667,660 people | 0.08% | Projection |
| 159 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 60.8 people/km² | 3,114,242 people | 0.04% | Projection |
| 160 | Liberia | 60.8 people/km² | 5,853,949 people | 0.07% | Projection |
| 161 | Nicaragua | 59.0 people/km² | 7,097,329 people | 0.09% | Projection |
| 162 | Madagascar | 57.6 people/km² | 33,522,052 people | 0.40% | Projection |
| 163 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 57.2 people/km² | 93,168,497 people | 1.12% | Projection |
| 164 | Georgia | 54.8 people/km² | 3,804,642 people | 0.05% | Projection |
| 165 | South Africa | 53.6 people/km² | 65,453,084 people | 0.79% | Projection |
| 166 | Cook Islands | 53.4 people/km² | 12,826 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 167 | Djibouti | 51.7 people/km² | 1,199,459 people | 0.01% | Projection |
| 168 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 51.4 people/km² | 116,452,162 people | 1.40% | Projection |
| 169 | Fiji | 51.3 people/km² | 937,282 people | 0.01% | Projection |
| 170 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 49.6 people/km² | 47,148 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 171 | Colombia | 48.0 people/km² | 53,936,226 people | 0.65% | Projection |
| 172 | Mozambique | 46.6 people/km² | 36,639,850 people | 0.44% | Projection |
| 173 | Montenegro | 45.3 people/km² | 626,233 people | 0.01% | Projection |
| 174 | Lithuania | 44.7 people/km² | 2,797,338 people | 0.03% | Projection |
| 175 | Zimbabwe | 44.7 people/km² | 17,273,580 people | 0.21% | Projection |
| 176 | Belarus | 44.0 people/km² | 8,937,018 people | 0.11% | Projection |
| 177 | Montserrat | 42.0 people/km² | 4,328 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 178 | Faroe Islands | 40.8 people/km² | 56,526 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 179 | Kyrgyzstan | 38.6 people/km² | 7,400,464 people | 0.09% | Projection |
| 180 | Palau | 38.3 people/km² | 17,614 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 181 | United States of America | 38.2 people/km² | 349,035,494 people | 4.20% | Projection |
| 182 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 34.6 people/km² | 7,974,018 people | 0.10% | Projection |
| 183 | Somalia | 32.4 people/km² | 20,305,907 people | 0.24% | Projection |
| 184 | Angola | 32.3 people/km² | 40,215,180 people | 0.48% | Projection |
| 185 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 31.2 people/km² | 28,633,711 people | 0.34% | Projection |
| 186 | Estonia | 30.6 people/km² | 1,331,062 people | 0.02% | Projection |
| 187 | Eritrea | 30.4 people/km² | 3,682,669 people | 0.04% | Projection |
| 188 | Zambia | 30.3 people/km² | 22,521,915 people | 0.27% | Projection |
| 189 | Sudan | 30.2 people/km² | 53,282,719 people | 0.64% | Projection |
| 190 | Solomon Islands | 29.8 people/km² | 858,288 people | 0.01% | Projection |
| 191 | Latvia | 29.5 people/km² | 1,835,935 people | 0.02% | Projection |
| 192 | Vanuatu | 28.1 people/km² | 342,564 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 193 | Peru | 27.3 people/km² | 34,922,148 people | 0.42% | Projection |
| 194 | Chile | 26.5 people/km² | 19,945,850 people | 0.24% | Projection |
| 195 | Sweden | 26.3 people/km² | 10,701,046 people | 0.13% | Projection |
| 196 | Brazil | 25.6 people/km² | 213,562,666 people | 2.57% | Projection |
| 197 | Papua New Guinea | 24.2 people/km² | 10,947,848 people | 0.13% | Projection |
| 198 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 24.0 people/km² | 5,513 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 199 | Niger | 22.7 people/km² | 28,814,878 people | 0.35% | Projection |
| 200 | South Sudan | 22.0 people/km² | 12,436,037 people | 0.15% | Projection |
| 201 | Mali | 21.3 people/km² | 25,932,275 people | 0.31% | Projection |
| 202 | Bhutan | 20.9 people/km² | 802,214 people | 0.01% | Projection |
| 203 | Algeria | 20.2 people/km² | 48,028,334 people | 0.58% | Projection |
| 204 | New Zealand | 20.0 people/km² | 5,287,479 people | 0.06% | Projection |
| 205 | Uruguay | 19.5 people/km² | 3,382,537 people | 0.04% | Projection |
| 206 | Congo | 19.4 people/km² | 6,637,786 people | 0.08% | Projection |
| 207 | Belize | 18.8 people/km² | 428,644 people | 0.01% | Projection |
| 208 | Finland | 18.6 people/km² | 5,621,739 people | 0.07% | Projection |
| 209 | Norway | 18.6 people/km² | 5,652,989 people | 0.07% | Projection |
| 210 | Oman | 18.3 people/km² | 5,671,458 people | 0.07% | Projection |
| 211 | Paraguay | 17.5 people/km² | 7,095,279 people | 0.09% | Projection |
| 212 | Chad | 17.1 people/km² | 21,560,380 people | 0.26% | Projection |
| 213 | Argentina | 16.5 people/km² | 46,003,734 people | 0.55% | Projection |
| 214 | Turkmenistan | 16.5 people/km² | 7,736,632 people | 0.09% | Projection |
| 215 | Saudi Arabia | 16.4 people/km² | 35,165,787 people | 0.42% | Projection |
| 216 | New Caledonia | 16.3 people/km² | 297,892 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 217 | Saint Helena | 13.2 people/km² | 5,148 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 218 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 11.8 people/km² | 12,749,291 people | 0.15% | Projection |
| 219 | Gabon | 10.3 people/km² | 2,647,400 people | 0.03% | Projection |
| 220 | Central African Republic | 9.1 people/km² | 5,698,984 people | 0.07% | Projection |
| 221 | Russian Federation | 8.8 people/km² | 143,394,458 people | 1.73% | Projection |
| 222 | Kazakhstan | 7.8 people/km² | 21,083,626 people | 0.25% | Projection |
| 223 | Niue | 7.0 people/km² | 1,822 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 224 | Mauritania | 5.3 people/km² | 5,461,319 people | 0.07% | Projection |
| 225 | Botswana | 4.6 people/km² | 2,603,388 people | 0.03% | Projection |
| 226 | Libya | 4.5 people/km² | 7,539,852 people | 0.09% | Projection |
| 227 | Canada | 4.5 people/km² | 40,467,728 people | 0.49% | Projection |
| 228 | Guyana | 4.3 people/km² | 840,890 people | 0.01% | Projection |
| 229 | Suriname | 4.1 people/km² | 645,256 people | 0.01% | Projection |
| 230 | Iceland | 4.0 people/km² | 402,329 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 231 | French Guiana | 3.9 people/km² | 318,872 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 232 | Namibia | 3.8 people/km² | 3,153,246 people | 0.04% | Projection |
| 233 | Australia | 3.5 people/km² | 27,227,096 people | 0.33% | Projection |
| 234 | Western Sahara | 2.3 people/km² | 610,813 people | 0.01% | Projection |
| 235 | Mongolia | 2.3 people/km² | 3,556,798 people | 0.04% | Projection |
| 236 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0.3 people/km² | 3,465 people | 0.00% | Projection |
| 237 | Greenland | 0.1 people/km² | 55,629 people | 0.00% | Projection |
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Estimates cover 1950–2023; 2024 and later are UN medium-variant projections. Rankings use the latest available value for the selected year. The world total is the sum of all countries and areas in the dataset.
China's detailed profile follows this site's original China dataset. World rankings use UN WPP 2024 figures for cross-country comparability.
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