Population Density by Country

All 195 countries by 2026 population density (people per km² of surface area). Monaco is densest at 19,044/km²; Mongolia is lowest at 2.27/km².

The world average is 60.9/km².

Areas: UN Demographic Yearbook 2024 · Population: UN World Population Prospects 2024 (2026)

#1 densestEurope

Monaco

19,044/km²

49,322/mi² · 2 km²

#2 densestAsia

Singapore

8,028/km²

20,794/mi² · 736 km²

#3 densestAsia

Bahrain

2,153/km²

5,575/mi² · 778 km²

#4 densestAsia

Maldives

1,772/km²

4,589/mi² · 300 km²

#5 densestEurope

Malta

1,743/km²

4,514/mi² · 315 km²

#6 densestAsia

Bangladesh

1,198/km²

3,102/mi² · 148,460 km²

#7 densestEurope

Vatican City

1,127/km²

2,920/mi² · 0.44 km²

#8 densestAsia

Palestine

946/km²

2,449/mi² · 6,020 km²

#9 densestAmericas

Barbados

656/km²

1,699/mi² · 431 km²

#10 densestAfrica

Mauritius

639/km²

1,656/mi² · 1,979 km²

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United States

35.5 /km²

91.9 /mi² · 349.0M people on 9,833,517 km²

Bangladesh

1,198 /km²

3,102 /mi² · 177.8M people on 148,460 km²

If United States had Bangladesh's density of 1,198/km², its 9,833,517 km² would hold about 11.8 billion people — versus 349.0M today.

United States Bangladesh

Area is held constant at the UN Demographic Yearbook 2024 surface area; the line is population ÷ that area, 1950–2026.

Density by region

Sums of the 195 countries in each region

Each region total is the sum of its countries' surface areas and 2026 populations; density is that regional population divided by that regional area.

Americas40,242,946 km² · 30.1% · 35 countries · 26.3/km²

Asia31,889,640 km² · 23.9% · 48 countries · 152/km²

Africa30,014,024 km² · 22.5% · 54 countries · 52.7/km²

Europe23,051,277 km² · 17.2% · 44 countries · 32.2/km²

Oceania8,488,125 km² · 6.3% · 14 countries · 5.45/km²

All 195 Countries by Population Density

Ranked 1 = densest. Click any column to sort. Density is 2026 population per km² of surface area.


1	Monaco	19,044	49,322	38,087	2
2	Singapore*	8,028	20,794	5.9M	736
3	Bahrain	2,153	5,575	1.7M	778
4	Maldives	1,772	4,589	531,517	300
5	Malta	1,743	4,514	549,011	315
6	Bangladesh	1,198	3,102	177.8M	148,460
7	Vatican City*	1,127	2,920	496 (2023)	0.44
8	Palestine	946	2,449	5.7M	6,020
9	Barbados	656	1,699	282,724	431
10	Mauritius	639	1,656	1.3M	1,979
11	Nauru	576	1,493	12,102	21
12	Rwanda	565	1,464	14.9M	26,338
13	Lebanon	564	1,461	5.9M	10,452
14	San Marino	551	1,427	33,605	61
15	Burundi	529	1,371	14.7M	27,834
16	South Korea	514	1,330	51.6M	100,460
17	Comoros*	483	1,251	899,010	1,861
18	India	449	1,163	1.48B	3,287,263
19	Netherlands	444	1,150	18.4M	41,543
20	Israel	437	1,132	9.6M	22,072
21	Haiti	434	1,123	12.0M	27,750
22	Philippines	392	1,016	117.7M	300,000
23	Belgium	386	999	11.8M	30,528
24	Tuvalu	360	933	9,362	26
25	Sri Lanka	356	922	23.3M	65,610
26	Grenada	340	881	117,362	345
27	Pakistan	326	844	259.3M	796,096
28	Japan*	324	839	122.4M	377,930
29	Vietnam	308	799	102.2M	331,345
30	El Salvador	304	787	6.4M	21,041
31	Seychelles	295	765	134,959	457
32	Trinidad and Tobago	295	764	1.5M	5,127
33	Saint Lucia	293	759	180,488	616
34	Kuwait	286	742	5.1M	17,818
35	United Kingdom*	286	741	69.9M	244,376
36	Qatar	273	706	3.2M	11,637
37	Luxembourg	266	689	687,449	2,586
38	Nigeria	262	680	242.4M	923,768
39	Jamaica	258	668	2.8M	10,991
40	Gambia	255	661	2.9M	11,295
41	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	255	661	99,244	389
42	Sao Tome and Principe	254	658	244,994	964
43	Liechtenstein	252	653	40,368	160
44	Dominican Republic	239	618	11.6M	48,671
45	Germany	234	606	83.6M	357,581
46	North Korea	221	572	26.6M	120,538
47	Uganda	218	566	52.8M	241,550
48	Switzerland	218	565	9.0M	41,291
49	Antigua and Barbuda	214	554	94,625	442
50	Nepal	201	521	29.6M	147,181
51	Italy	195	505	58.9M	302,068
52	Marshall Islands	194	502	35,075	181
53	Malawi	194	501	22.8M	117,726
54	Kiribati*	191	494	138,445	726
55	Saint Kitts and Nevis	180	466	46,992	261
56	Andorra	179	464	83,753	468
57	Togo	175	453	9.9M	56,785
58	Guatemala	174	451	19.0M	108,889
59	United Arab Emirates*	163	422	11.6M	71,024
60	Micronesia	163	421	114,183	702
61	Indonesia	152	394	287.9M	1,892,410
62	Ghana	150	388	35.7M	238,537
63	Cyprus	149	387	1.4M	9,251
64	China	147	381	1.41B	9,600,000
65	Syria	143	370	26.5M	185,180
66	Denmark*	140	363	6.0M	42,947
67	Thailand	139	361	71.6M	513,140
68	Tonga	138	358	103,291	747
69	Czech Republic	133	346	10.5M	78,871
70	Benin	132	342	15.2M	114,763
71	Cabo Verde	131	340	529,630	4,033
72	Jordan	130	336	11.6M	89,318
73	Ethiopia	126	326	138.9M	1,104,300
74	Sierra Leone	124	322	9.0M	72,300
75	Poland	121	313	37.8M	312,679
76	France	121	313	66.7M	551,500
77	Azerbaijan	121	313	10.5M	86,600
78	Egypt	120	310	120.1M	1,002,000
79	Portugal	113	292	10.4M	92,225
80	Turkey	112	291	87.9M	783,562
81	Slovakia	111	288	5.5M	49,035
82	Iraq	110	286	48.0M	435,052
83	Malaysia	110	285	36.4M	330,621
84	Austria	109	281	9.1M	83,878
85	Slovenia	104	270	2.1M	20,273
86	Côte d'Ivoire	104	269	33.5M	322,462
87	Hungary	103	267	9.6M	93,025
88	Costa Rica	101	262	5.2M	51,170
89	Cambodia	99.7	258	18.1M	181,035
90	Honduras	99.4	258	11.2M	112,492
91	Cuba	99.1	257	10.9M	109,884
92	Kenya	99.1	257	58.6M	591,958
93	Armenia	98.5	255	2.9M	29,743
94	Senegal	98.5	255	19.4M	196,712
95	Timor-Leste	96.1	249	1.4M	14,954
96	Albania	95.7	248	2.8M	28,748
97	Spain	94.6	245	47.9M	506,009
98	Burkina Faso	90.1	233	24.6M	272,969
99	Moldova	87.5	227	3.0M	33,847
100	Dominica	87.3	226	65,510	750
101	Morocco	86.8	225	38.8M	446,550
102	Uzbekistan	84.0	218	37.7M	448,969
103	Myanmar	81.6	211	55.2M	676,577
104	Brunei	81.5	211	469,774	5,765
105	Yemen	81.4	211	43.0M	527,968
106	Romania	78.9	204	18.8M	238,398
107	Lesotho	78.7	204	2.4M	30,355
108	Tajikistan	77.6	201	11.0M	141,400
109	Samoa	77.6	201	220,528	2,842
110	Ireland	76.7	199	5.4M	69,825
111	Tanzania	76.6	198	72.6M	947,303
112	Tunisia	75.9	197	12.4M	163,610
113	Serbia*	75.1	195	6.6M	88,444
114	Greece	75.0	194	9.9M	131,957
115	Eswatini	73.1	189	1.3M	17,363
116	Ecuador	71.7	186	18.4M	257,215
117	Equatorial Guinea	70.7	183	2.0M	28,051
118	North Macedonia	70.2	182	1.8M	25,713
119	Afghanistan	69.0	179	45.0M	652,864
120	Mexico	67.7	175	133.0M	1,964,375
121	Croatia	67.5	175	3.8M	56,594
122	Ukraine	65.5	170	39.5M	603,500
123	Cameroon	64.4	167	30.6M	475,650
124	Guinea-Bissau	63.6	165	2.3M	36,125
125	Guinea	62.8	163	15.4M	245,836
126	Panama	61.4	159	4.6M	75,320
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	60.8	158	3.1M	51,209
128	Bulgaria	60.4	156	6.7M	110,372
129	Iran	57.1	148	93.2M	1,630,848
130	Madagascar	57.1	148	33.5M	587,041
131	Georgia	54.6	141	3.8M	69,700
132	Nicaragua	54.4	141	7.1M	130,374
133	South Africa	53.6	139	65.5M	1,221,037
134	Liberia	52.6	136	5.9M	111,369
135	Djibouti	51.7	134	1.2M	23,200
136	Fiji	51.3	133	937,281	18,272
137	Democratic Republic of the Congo	49.7	129	116.5M	2,345,410
138	Colombia	47.2	122	53.9M	1,141,748
139	Mozambique	45.8	119	36.6M	799,380
140	Montenegro	45.1	117	626,233	13,888
141	Zimbabwe	44.2	114	17.3M	390,757
142	Belarus	43.0	111	8.9M	207,600
143	Lithuania	42.8	111	2.8M	65,286
144	Palau	38.4	99.4	17,615	459
145	Kyrgyzstan*	37.0	95.9	7.4M	199,949
146	United States	35.5	91.9	349.0M	9,833,517
147	Laos	33.7	87.2	8.0M	236,800
148	Angola	32.3	83.5	40.2M	1,246,700
149	Somalia	31.8	82.5	20.3M	637,657
150	Venezuela	30.8	79.8	28.6M	929,690
151	Eritrea	30.4	78.7	3.7M	121,144
152	Zambia	29.9	77.5	22.5M	752,612
153	Solomon Islands	29.7	76.9	858,288	28,896
154	Estonia	29.3	75.9	1.3M	45,399
155	Bahamas	29.0	75.2	404,628	13,940
156	Latvia	28.4	73.6	1.8M	64,594
157	Sudan*	28.4	73.5	53.3M	1,878,000
158	Vanuatu	28.1	72.8	342,565	12,189
159	Peru	27.2	70.4	34.9M	1,285,216
160	Chile	26.4	68.3	19.9M	756,102
161	Brazil	25.1	65.0	213.6M	8,510,417
162	Sweden	24.4	63.2	10.7M	438,574
163	Papua New Guinea	23.7	61.3	10.9M	462,840
164	Niger	22.7	58.9	28.8M	1,267,000
165	Mali	20.9	54.2	25.9M	1,240,192
166	Bhutan	20.9	54.1	802,215	38,394
167	Algeria	20.2	52.2	48.0M	2,381,741
168	New Zealand	19.7	51.1	5.3M	268,164
169	Uruguay	19.5	50.5	3.4M	173,626
170	Congo	19.4	50.3	6.6M	342,000
171	South Sudan	18.9	48.9	12.4M	658,841
172	Belize	18.7	48.3	428,645	22,966
173	Oman	18.3	47.4	5.7M	309,980
174	Paraguay	17.4	45.2	7.1M	406,752
175	Chad	16.8	43.5	21.6M	1,284,000
176	Finland*	16.6	43.0	5.6M	338,467
177	Argentina*	16.5	42.9	46.0M	2,780,400
178	Saudi Arabia	15.9	41.3	35.2M	2,206,714
179	Turkmenistan	15.9	41.1	7.7M	488,100
180	Norway*	14.6	37.9	5.7M	386,194
181	Bolivia	11.6	30.1	12.7M	1,098,581
182	Gabon	9.89	25.6	2.6M	267,668
183	Central African Republic	9.15	23.7	5.7M	622,984
184	Russia	8.39	21.7	143.4M	17,098,246
185	Kazakhstan	7.74	20.0	21.1M	2,724,910
186	Mauritania	5.30	13.7	5.5M	1,030,700
187	Libya	4.50	11.7	7.5M	1,676,198
188	Botswana	4.48	11.6	2.6M	581,730
189	Canada	4.05	10.5	40.5M	9,984,670
190	Suriname	3.94	10.2	645,257	163,820
191	Guyana	3.91	10.1	840,890	214,969
192	Iceland	3.91	10.1	402,329	103,000
193	Namibia	3.82	9.90	3.2M	825,229
194	Australia*	3.54	9.17	27.2M	7,692,060
195	Mongolia	2.27	5.89	3.6M	1,564,116

Notes

* Singapore — Yearbook footnote: land area of the main island and other islands.
* Vatican City — Yearbook footnote 144: surface area is 0.44 km².
* Comoros — The Yearbook figure (2,235 km²) includes Mayotte, which the UN population estimates count separately; FAO surface area (2023) used.
* Japan — Yearbook footnote: area as of 1 October 2007.
* United Kingdom — Excludes the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man (counted separately by the UN).
* Kiribati — Yearbook footnote: land area only; excludes 84 km² of uninhabited islands.
* United Arab Emirates — Yearbook footnote: land area only.
* Denmark — Excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland (counted separately by the UN).
* Serbia — Area includes Kosovo, which the UN population estimates (WPP 2024) count separately, so population density is understated.
* Kyrgyzstan — The Yearbook file lists 199.949 (in thousand km²); its density column confirms 199,949 km².
* Sudan — Not reported in the Demographic Yearbook 2024; FAO surface area (2023) used.
* Finland — Includes the Åland Islands (1,583 km²), listed separately in the Yearbook; the UN population estimates include them in Finland.
* Argentina — The Yearbook figure (2,796,427 km²) follows Argentina's national definition (continental areas and islands, excluding Antarctica); FAO surface area (2023) used to match the territory of the UN population estimates.
* Norway — Includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen (62,422 km²), listed separately in the Yearbook; the UN population estimates include them in Norway.
* Australia — Includes Norfolk Island (36 km²), listed separately in the Yearbook; the UN population estimates include it in Australia.

About the data

Areas are the UN Demographic Yearbook 2024 surface areas reported by national statistical offices.
Exceptions: Sudan (not reported in the Yearbook), Comoros and Argentina (the Yearbook figure covers territory the UN population estimates count separately) use FAO surface area for 2023.
Finland, Norway and Australia add territories the Yearbook lists separately but the UN population estimates include: the Åland Islands; Svalbard and Jan Mayen; Norfolk Island.
FAO surface area is not used generally because recent FAO figures include some coastal waters for several countries (for example Canada 15,634,410 km², Monaco 74.9 km², Norway 624,500 km²).
Areas are national definitions as reported to the UN and can differ from other published figures.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is population density?

Population density is the number of people per km² of surface area (land plus inland waters). The world average is 60.9 per km²; national values run from Mongolia's 2.27 per km² to Monaco's 19,044 per km².

Which country has the highest population density?

Monaco, at about 19,044 people per km² in 2026. 7 of the 10 densest countries have less than 1,000 km² of surface area.

Which country has the lowest population density?

Mongolia, at about 2.27 people per km².

What is the world average population density?

About 60.9 people per km² in 2026 — the UN world population (8,300,678,396) divided by the 136,258,937 km² of surface area in the UN Demographic Yearbook 2024.

What is the population density of the United States?

About 35.5 people per km² (91.9 per mi²) in 2026 — well below the world average.

How is population density calculated?

Population density is total population divided by surface area (land plus inland waters); this page uses 2026 UN population and UN Demographic Yearbook 2024 surface area.

Where does this data come from?

Surface area is from the UN Demographic Yearbook 2024 (FAO 2023 for Sudan, Comoros and Argentina). Population is from UN World Population Prospects 2024 for 2026.