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World ranking · 2026

Population density by country, 2026

The world averages 64 people per km² of land in 2026. Density ranges from city-states packed at tens of thousands per km² to Arctic and desert countries with fewer than 5.

Highest

  1. 1. Monaco25,562
  2. 2. Macao22,600
  3. 3. Singapore8,647
  4. 4. Hong Kong6,714
  5. 5. Gibraltar4,087

Lowest

  1. 1. Greenland0
  2. 2. Falkland Islands0
  3. 3. Western Sahara2
  4. 4. Mongolia2
  5. 5. Australia4

On the map

Population density by country, 2026

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Darker = more crowded. City-states too small to draw appear as dots.

People per km²

102550100200500

All 237 countries and areas

Population density by country, 2026
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1 Monaco25,56238,087
2 Macao22,600723,188
3 Singapore8,6475,905,748
4 Hong Kong6,7147,378,602
5 Gibraltar4,08740,867
6 Bahrain2,1401,675,572
7 Maldives1,772531,517
8 Malta1,743549,011
9 Bangladesh1,366177,818,044
10 Sint Maarten1,30744,447
11 Bermuda1,19464,459
12 Vatican1,151506
13 Guernsey1,01064,610
14 Palestine9465,692,790
15 Mayotte927347,536
16 Jersey898104,106
17 Barbados658282,724
18 Taiwan65023,011,292
19 Mauritius6231,265,059
20 Rwanda61514,889,693
21 Nauru60512,101
22 Aruba601108,164
23 Lebanon5775,897,467
24 Burundi56814,729,157
25 San Marino55133,605
26 Netherlands54818,448,775
27 Saint Barthelemy52511,550
28 South Korea52251,600,388
29 India4971,476,625,576
30 Comoros483899,010
31 Saint Martin45123,898
32 Israel4469,647,689
33 Curacao437185,440
34 Haiti43712,037,506
35 Philippines392117,724,472
36 Belgium38911,774,642
37 Sri Lanka37223,348,315
38 Puerto Rico3713,222,688
39 Reunion355886,298
40 Grenada345117,362
41 Pakistan336259,299,792
42 Vietnam326102,177,431
43 Japan325122,427,731
44 Cayman Islands32077,196
45 Martinique319337,711
46 Guam315170,185
47 Tuvalu3129,362
48 El Salvador3096,391,254
49 Seychelles295134,959
50 Trinidad and Tobago2951,513,268
51 Saint Lucia293180,488
52 United Kingdom28869,931,528
53 Kuwait2865,102,773
54 Gambia2852,884,079
55 Qatar2743,173,559
56 Nigeria266242,431,832
57 Luxembourg265687,448
58 Uganda26452,761,470
59 Jamaica2622,833,404
60 British Virgin Islands25939,936
61 Sao Tome and Principe255244,994
62 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines25599,244
63 Liechtenstein25240,368
64 Malawi24122,785,535
65 Dominican Republic24011,609,500
66 Germany24083,644,258
67 U.S. Virgin Islands23883,400
68 Guadeloupe229372,453
69 American Samoa22745,318
70 Switzerland2259,007,798
71 Tokelau2242,691
72 North Korea22126,633,691
73 Antigua and Barbuda21594,626
74 Nepal20129,629,410
75 Italy19958,926,166
76 Marshall Islands19535,075
77 Kiribati191138,445
78 Togo1839,930,918
79 Saint Kitts and Nevis18146,992
80 Andorra17883,753
81 Guatemala17718,967,978
82 Anguilla16814,817
83 Micronesia163114,182
84 United Arab Emirates16311,574,682
85 Tonga159103,291
86 Ghana15735,697,557
87 Kosovo1531,666,992
88 Indonesia151287,886,782
89 Cyprus1501,382,334
90 China1471,412,914,089
91 Isle of Man14784,054
92 Syria14426,472,497
93 Denmark1426,023,520
94 Thailand14071,559,614
95 Ethiopia139138,902,185
96 Czechia13610,527,780
97 Benin13515,170,420
98 Cabo Verde131529,630
99 Jordan13111,589,532
100 Azerbaijan12710,454,855
101 Sierra Leone1258,996,744
102 Poland12437,843,188
103 France12166,746,401
104 Egypt121120,101,175
105 Turkey11487,926,082
106 Portugal11310,395,362
107 Slovakia1115,451,342
108 Malaysia11136,385,115
109 Iraq11148,007,437
110 Austria1109,107,266
111 Hungary1069,585,818
112 Côte d'Ivoire10533,494,346
113 Slovenia1052,114,574
114 Armenia1032,930,915
115 Honduras10311,184,760
116 Cuba10210,892,659
117 Costa Rica1015,174,789
118 Kenya10158,636,412
119 Senegal10119,366,548
120 Albania1002,751,025
121 Cambodia10018,051,219
122 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba9731,913
123 Timor Leste971,436,923
124 Spain9547,850,793
125 Northern Mariana Islands9442,914
126 Moldova902,961,253
127 Burkina Faso9024,601,700
128 Uzbekistan8937,724,223
129 Dominica8765,511
130 Morocco8738,762,441
131 Serbia876,641,964
132 Myanmar8555,184,819
133 Tanzania8272,563,780
134 Romania8218,800,605
135 Guinea-Bissau822,297,808
136 Brunei82469,775
137 Yemen8142,961,653
138 Tunisia8012,415,138
139 Wallis and Futuna7911,113
140 Lesotho792,389,336
141 Ireland785,356,950
142 Samoa78220,528
143 French Polynesia77283,076
144 Tajikistan7710,978,598
145 Greece769,897,116
146 Bahamas76404,628
147 Ecuador7418,444,506
148 Eswatini731,269,859
149 North Macedonia721,804,062
150 Equatorial Guinea711,984,468
151 Afghanistan6945,047,068
152 Croatia683,822,345
153 Ukraine6839,535,848
154 Mexico68132,997,658
155 Cameroon6630,640,817
156 Guinea6315,441,992
157 Panama624,625,718
158 Bulgaria626,667,660
159 Liberia615,853,949
160 Bosnia and Herzegovina613,114,242
161 Nicaragua597,097,329
162 Madagascar5833,522,052
163 Iran5793,168,497
164 Georgia553,804,642
165 South Africa5465,453,084
166 Cook Islands5312,826
167 Djibouti521,199,459
168 DR Congo51116,452,162
169 Fiji51937,282
170 Turks and Caicos Islands5047,148
171 Colombia4853,936,226
172 Mozambique4736,639,850
173 Montenegro45626,233
174 Zimbabwe4517,273,580
175 Lithuania452,797,338
176 Belarus448,937,018
177 Montserrat424,328
178 Faroe Islands4156,526
179 Kyrgyzstan397,400,464
180 Palau3817,614
181 United States38349,035,494
182 Laos357,974,018
183 Somalia3220,305,907
184 Angola3240,215,180
185 Venezuela3128,633,711
186 Estonia311,331,062
187 Eritrea303,682,669
188 Zambia3022,521,915
189 Sudan3053,282,719
190 Solomon Islands30858,288
191 Latvia301,835,935
192 Vanuatu28342,564
193 Peru2734,922,148
194 Chile2719,945,850
195 Sweden2610,701,046
196 Brazil26213,562,666
197 Papua New Guinea2410,947,848
198 Saint Pierre and Miquelon245,513
199 Niger2328,814,878
200 South Sudan2212,436,037
201 Mali2125,932,275
202 Bhutan21802,214
203 Algeria2048,028,334
204 New Zealand205,287,479
205 Uruguay203,382,537
206 Congo196,637,786
207 Belize19428,644
208 Norway195,652,989
209 Finland195,621,739
210 Oman185,671,458
211 Paraguay187,095,279
212 Chad1721,560,380
213 Argentina1746,003,734
214 Turkmenistan177,736,632
215 Saudi Arabia1635,165,787
216 New Caledonia16297,892
217 Saint Helena135,148
218 Bolivia1212,749,291
219 Gabon102,647,400
220 Central African Republic95,698,984
221 Russia9143,394,458
222 Kazakhstan821,083,626
223 Niue71,822
224 Mauritania55,461,319
225 Botswana52,603,388
226 Canada540,467,728
227 Libya57,539,852
228 Guyana4840,890
229 Suriname4645,256
230 Iceland4402,329
231 French Guiana4318,872
232 Namibia43,153,246
233 Australia427,227,096
234 Mongolia23,556,798
235 Western Sahara2610,813
236 Falkland Islands03,465
237 Greenland055,629

Questions

Which country is the most densely populated?
Monaco, with 25,562 people per km² in 2026, then Macao (22,600), Singapore (8,647), Hong Kong (6,714). Among large countries (10 million people or more), Bangladesh leads with 1,366.

Which country is the least densely populated?
Greenland, with 0.10 people per km², then Falkland Islands (0.3), Western Sahara (2.3), Mongolia (2.3).

How is population density measured?
People divided by land area, in persons per square kilometre. The UN uses land area, without large lakes and rivers, so its figures can differ from a simple division by total area.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant. 2026 figures are the medium-variant projection. Method