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Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

Number · lower is better · 191 countries

INFORM (European Commission JRC and partners) (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0updated 2026
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  1. 1Mongolia2.2
  2. 2Australia3.5
  3. 3Namibia3.6
  4. 4Iceland3.8
  5. 5Guyana3.9
  6. 6Suriname3.9
  7. 7Libya4.2
  8. 8Botswana4.4
  9. 9Canada4.6
  10. 10Mauritania4.9
  11. 11Kazakhstan7.5
  12. 12Central African Republic8.3
  13. 13Russian Federation8.8
  14. 14Gabon9.6
  15. 15Bolivia11.3
  16. 16Norway15.2
  17. 17Chad15.3
  18. 18Turkmenistan15.7
  19. 19Saudi Arabia15.7
  20. 20Oman16.3
  21. 21Argentina16.6
  22. 22Paraguay17.3
  23. 23Belize18
  24. 24Congo, Rep.18.1
  25. 25South Sudan18.2
  26. 26Finland18.4
  27. 27Uruguay19.4
  28. 28Algeria19.4
  29. 29Mali19.5
  30. 30New Zealand19.7
  31. 31Bhutan20.6
  32. 32Niger20.7
  33. 33Papua New Guinea22.9
  34. 34Brazil25.3
  35. 35Sweden25.9
  36. 36Vanuatu26.3
  37. 37Peru26.4
  38. 38Chile26.5
  39. 39Sudan26.8
  40. 40Zambia27.9
  41. 41Solomon Islands28.6
  42. 42Eritrea28.6
  43. 43Somalia, Fed. Rep.29.3
  44. 44Angola29.5
  45. 45Latvia30.3
  46. 46Estonia32.1
  47. 47Venezuela, RB32.1
  48. 48Lao PDR33.2
  49. 49United States36.8
  50. 50Kyrgyz Republic37
  51. 51Palau38.5
  52. 52Bahamas, The39.9
  53. 53Zimbabwe42.2
  54. 54Mozambique42.8
  55. 55Belarus45.2
  56. 56Lithuania45.9
  57. 57Montenegro46.4
  58. 58Congo, Dem. Rep.46.7
  59. 59Colombia47.2
  60. 60Djibouti49.7
  61. 61Fiji50.6
  62. 62South Africa52.1
  63. 63Madagascar53.6
  64. 64Iran, Islamic Rep.55.8
  65. 65Nicaragua56.7
  66. 66Liberia57
  67. 67Guinea58.6
  68. 68Bulgaria59.4
  69. 69Cameroon60
  70. 70Panama60.1
  71. 71Bosnia and Herzegovina62.2
  72. 72Afghanistan63.6
  73. 73Georgia65
  74. 74Ukraine65.1
  75. 75Equatorial Guinea65.9
  76. 76Mexico66.7
  77. 77Croatia69
  78. 78Eswatini71.5
  79. 79Ecuador72.4
  80. 80North Macedonia72.5
  81. 81Yemen, Rep.74.6
  82. 82Tajikistan74.9
  83. 83Tanzania75.2
  84. 84Lesotho76.1
  85. 85Guinea-Bissau76.6
  86. 86Ireland77.1
  87. 87Samoa77.9
  88. 88Tunisia78.5
  89. 89Serbia78.8
  90. 90Greece80.7
  91. 91Uzbekistan80.9
  92. 92Romania82.8
  93. 93Myanmar82.9
  94. 94Burkina Faso84.2
  95. 95Morocco84.5
  96. 96Moldova85.4
  97. 97Brunei Darussalam87.1
  98. 98Albania88.1
  99. 99Dominica88.7
  100. 100Timor-Leste93.1
  101. 101Senegal93.9
  102. 102Honduras95.1
  103. 103Kenya95.3
  104. 104Spain96.8
  105. 105Cote d'Ivoire98
  106. 106Cambodia98.7
  107. 107Costa Rica100
  108. 108Iraq103.8
  109. 109Hungary105.1
  110. 110Armenia105.1
  111. 111Slovenia105.3
  112. 112Cuba106.2
  113. 113Malaysia106.9
  114. 114Austria110.7
  115. 115Turkiye110.9
  116. 116Slovak Republic112.9
  117. 117Ethiopia114
  118. 118Egypt, Arab Rep.115.1
  119. 119Portugal115.5
  120. 120Sierra Leone117.2
  121. 121Poland119.8
  122. 122Azerbaijan122.9
  123. 123Benin125.1
  124. 124France126.9
  125. 125Syrian Arab Republic128.5
  126. 126Jordan128.8
  127. 127Cabo Verde129.6
  128. 128Thailand140.3
  129. 129Czechia140.8
  130. 130Tonga145.3
  131. 131Cyprus145.6
  132. 132United Arab Emirates147.6
  133. 133Ghana148.5
  134. 134Indonesia148.6
  135. 135Denmark148.7
  136. 136China150.3
  137. 137Micronesia, Fed. Sts.160.9
  138. 138Kiribati163.6
  139. 139Guatemala169.1
  140. 140Togo171.1
  141. 141St. Kitts and Nevis179.8
  142. 142Italy199.5
  143. 143Nepal207.1
  144. 144Antigua and Barbuda212.1
  145. 145Marshall Islands215.7
  146. 146Korea, Dem. People's Rep.219.4
  147. 147Malawi223.8
  148. 148Switzerland225
  149. 149Qatar231.2
  150. 150Dominican Republic235.1
  151. 151Germany238.4
  152. 152Sao Tome and Principe240.5
  153. 153Uganda242.7
  154. 154Liechtenstein249
  155. 155Nigeria250.2
  156. 156Luxembourg258.9
  157. 157St. Vincent and the Grenadines259.8
  158. 158Seychelles260.4
  159. 159Jamaica262.2
  160. 160Trinidad and Tobago266.6
  161. 161Gambia, The266.6
  162. 162Kuwait272.4
  163. 163United Kingdom283.1
  164. 164St. Lucia293.9
  165. 165El Salvador304.5
  166. 166Viet Nam320.2
  167. 167Pakistan321.1
  168. 168Tuvalu327.2
  169. 169Japan341.5
  170. 170Grenada344.4
  171. 171Sri Lanka356.2
  172. 172Philippines385.3
  173. 173Belgium386.3
  174. 174Haiti422.3
  175. 175Israel455.1
  176. 176Comoros457
  177. 177India483.7
  178. 178Korea, Rep.529.8
  179. 179Netherlands531
  180. 180Burundi533.1
  181. 181Lebanon564.4
  182. 182Rwanda565.6
  183. 183Naoero593.8
  184. 184Mauritius625.3
  185. 185Barbados656.6
  186. 186West Bank and Gaza857.4
  187. 187Bangladesh1,319.2
  188. 188Malta1,727.3
  189. 189Maldives1,765.1
  190. 190Bahrain1,971.3
  191. 191Singapore8,241.8

Population density (people per sq. km of land area)