Population · density

Most Densely Populated Countries

Q: What is the most densely populated country?

Monaco, with 19,171 people/km². Among large countries, Bangladesh (1,350 people/km²).

Monaco is the most densely populated country in the world, with 19,171 people/km². Among large countries (10 million+ people), Bangladesh is the most crowded at 1,350 people/km², while Mongolia has just 2.3 people/km².

19,171

People/km² in Monaco

1,350

Most crowded large country: Bangladesh

2.3

Least dense: Mongolia

196

Countries ranked

Most densely populated large countries (10m+ people)

1,350/km²

591/km²

560/km²

534/km²

533/km²

492/km²

471/km²

432/km²

394/km²

392/km²

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Population density of every country

Rank	Country	People per km²	People per mi²	Population	Land area	Continent
1	Monaco	19,171	49,651	38,341	2.00 km²	Europe
2	Singapore	8,619	22,324	6.1 million	709 km²	Asia
3	Bahrain	2,106	5,454	1.6 million	760 km²	Asia
4	Vatican City	2,005	5,192	882	0.44 km²	Europe
5	Malta	1,835	4,751	579,704	316 km²	Europe
6	Maldives	1,777	4,604	529,676	298 km²	Asia
7	Bangladesh	1,350	3,496	175.7 million	130,170 km²	Asia
8	Palestine	899	2,329	5.4 million	6,020 km²	Asia
9	Barbados	657	1,702	282,623	430 km²	Americas
10	Mauritius	613	1,587	1.2 million	2,030 km²	Africa
11	Rwanda	591	1,530	14.6 million	24,668 km²	Africa
12	Nauru	573	1,483	12,025	21 km²	Oceania
13	Lebanon	572	1,481	5.8 million	10,230 km²	Asia
14	Burundi	560	1,451	14.4 million	25,680 km²	Africa
15	San Marino	559	1,448	34,109	61 km²	Europe
16	Netherlands	534	1,382	18.1 million	33,893 km²	Europe
17	South Korea	533	1,381	51.7 million	96,920 km²	Asia
18	India	492	1,275	1.46 billion	2,973,193 km²	Asia
19	Israel	471	1,220	10.1 million	21,497 km²	Asia
20	Haiti	432	1,119	11.9 million	27,560 km²	Americas
21	Comoros	395	1,023	882,847	2,235 km²	Africa
22	Belgium	394	1,022	11.9 million	30,278 km²	Europe
23	Philippines	392	1,014	116.8 million	298,170 km²	Asia
24	Tuvalu	365	946	9,492	26 km²	Oceania
25	Grenada	341	883	117,303	344 km²	Americas
26	Japan	338	877	123.4 million	364,485 km²	Asia
27	Sri Lanka	337	872	21.8 million	64,630 km²	Asia
28	Pakistan	331	857	255.2 million	770,875 km²	Asia
29	Vietnam	328	849	101.6 million	310,070 km²	Asia
30	El Salvador	307	796	6.4 million	20,721 km²	Americas
31	Saint Lucia	297	770	180,149	606 km²	Americas
32	United Kingdom	287	744	69.5 million	241,930 km²	Europe
33	Gambia	279	722	2.8 million	10,120 km²	Africa
34	Kuwait	273	707	4.9 million	17,818 km²	Asia
35	Seychelles	270	699	122,730	455 km²	Africa
36	Trinidad and Tobago	267	691	1.4 million	5,128 km²	Americas
37	Luxembourg	266	688	686,970	2,586 km²	Europe
38	Jamaica	262	678	2.8 million	10,831 km²	Americas
39	Nigeria	261	675	237.5 million	910,768 km²	Africa
40	Uganda	261	675	51.4 million	197,100 km²	Africa
41	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	257	665	99,924	389 km²	Americas
42	Qatar	257	664	3.0 million	11,586 km²	Asia
43	Liechtenstein	256	664	41,024	160 km²	Europe
44	Sao Tome and Principe	249	645	240,254	964 km²	Africa
45	Germany	239	620	83.5 million	348,672 km²	Europe
46	Dominican Republic	238	618	11.5 million	48,320 km²	Americas
47	Malawi	236	612	22.2 million	94,080 km²	Africa
48	Switzerland	227	589	9.1 million	39,997 km²	Europe
49	North Korea	221	572	26.6 million	120,408 km²	Asia
50	Antigua and Barbuda	213	551	94,209	443 km²	Americas
51	Nepal	207	535	29.6 million	143,351 km²	Asia
52	Marshall Islands	200	519	36,282	181 km²	Oceania
53	Italy	200	519	58.9 million	294,140 km²	Europe
54	Saint Kitts and Nevis	180	466	46,922	261 km²	Americas
55	Andorra	177	459	82,904	468 km²	Europe
56	Guatemala	174	452	18.7 million	107,159 km²	Americas
57	Kiribati	168	436	136,488	811 km²	Oceania
58	Micronesia	162	419	113,683	702 km²	Oceania
59	Togo	158	409	8.6 million	54,385 km²	Africa
60	Indonesia	158	408	285.7 million	1,811,569 km²	Asia
61	Ghana	154	399	35.1 million	227,533 km²	Africa
62	China	151	391	1.41 billion	9,326,410 km²	Asia
63	Cyprus	148	384	1.4 million	9,241 km²	Europe
64	Kosovo	145	375	1.6 million	10,887 km²	Europe
65	Tonga	145	375	103,742	717 km²	Oceania
66	Denmark	142	367	6.0 million	42,434 km²	Europe
67	Czechia	141	365	10.9 million	77,247 km²	Europe
68	Thailand	140	363	71.6 million	510,890 km²	Asia
69	Syria	138	357	25.6 million	185,887 km²	Asia
70	United Arab Emirates	138	357	11.5 million	83,600 km²	Asia
71	Benin	134	347	14.8 million	110,622 km²	Africa
72	Cape Verde	131	339	527,326	4,033 km²	Africa
73	Jordan	130	336	11.5 million	88,802 km²	Asia
74	Azerbaijan	124	321	10.2 million	82,629 km²	Europe
75	Ethiopia	124	320	135.5 million	1,096,570 km²	Africa
76	Sierra Leone	123	319	8.8 million	71,620 km²	Africa
77	Poland	120	310	36.4 million	304,255 km²	Europe
78	Egypt	119	308	118.4 million	995,450 km²	Africa
79	Portugal	118	306	10.8 million	91,470 km²	Europe
80	Slovakia	113	291	5.4 million	48,105 km²	Europe
81	Austria	112	289	9.2 million	82,445 km²	Europe
82	Türkiye	112	289	85.9 million	769,632 km²	Asia
83	Malaysia	109	284	36.0 million	328,657 km²	Asia
84	Armenia	109	283	3.1 million	28,203 km²	Europe
85	Iraq	108	278	47.0 million	437,367 km²	Asia
86	France	107	278	68.7 million	640,427 km²	Europe
87	Hungary	106	275	9.5 million	89,608 km²	Europe
88	Slovenia	106	274	2.1 million	20,151 km²	Europe
89	Côte d'Ivoire	103	266	32.7 million	318,003 km²	Africa
90	Cambodia	101	262	17.8 million	176,515 km²	Asia
91	Kenya	101	262	57.5 million	569,140 km²	Africa
92	Costa Rica	101	261	5.2 million	51,060 km²	Americas
93	Cuba	100	258	10.9 million	109,820 km²	Americas
94	Spain	99	256	49.4 million	498,980 km²	Europe
95	Honduras	98	255	11.0 million	111,890 km²	Americas
96	Senegal	98	255	18.9 million	192,530 km²	Africa
97	Timor-Leste	95	247	1.4 million	14,874 km²	Asia
98	Brunei	89	229	466,330	5,265 km²	Asia
99	Burkina Faso	88	228	24.1 million	273,800 km²	Africa
100	Dominica	88	227	65,871	751 km²	Americas
101	Uzbekistan	87	226	37.1 million	425,400 km²	Asia
102	Albania	86	222	2.3 million	27,398 km²	Europe
103	Serbia	85	219	6.5 million	77,474 km²	Europe
104	Myanmar	84	217	54.9 million	653,508 km²	Asia
105	Romania	83	214	19.0 million	229,891 km²	Europe
106	Guinea-Bissau	80	207	2.2 million	28,120 km²	Africa
107	Greece	80	206	10.4 million	130,647 km²	Europe
108	Tanzania	80	206	70.5 million	885,800 km²	Africa
109	Ireland	80	206	5.5 million	68,883 km²	Europe
110	Tunisia	79	206	12.3 million	155,360 km²	Africa
111	Yemen	79	205	41.8 million	527,968 km²	Asia
112	Lesotho	78	202	2.4 million	30,355 km²	Africa
113	Samoa	78	201	219,306	2,821 km²	Oceania
114	Tajikistan	76	197	10.8 million	141,510 km²	Asia
115	Eswatini	73	189	1.3 million	17,204 km²	Africa
116	Moldova	72	186	2.4 million	32,891 km²	Europe
117	North Macedonia	72	185	1.8 million	25,433 km²	Europe
118	Croatia	69	179	3.9 million	55,974 km²	Europe
119	Equatorial Guinea	69	179	1.9 million	28,051 km²	Africa
120	Mexico	68	176	131.9 million	1,943,945 km²	Americas
121	Ukraine	67	174	39.0 million	579,330 km²	Europe
122	Afghanistan	67	174	43.8 million	652,230 km²	Asia
123	Ecuador	66	171	18.3 million	276,841 km²	Americas
124	Cameroon	63	164	29.9 million	472,710 km²	Africa
125	Panama	61	159	4.6 million	74,340 km²	Americas
126	Guinea	61	159	15.1 million	245,717 km²	Africa
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	61	159	3.1 million	51,187 km²	Europe
128	Iran	60	156	92.4 million	1,531,595 km²	Asia
129	Liberia	60	154	5.7 million	96,320 km²	Africa
130	Bulgaria	59	154	6.4 million	108,489 km²	Europe
131	Nicaragua	58	151	7.0 million	119,990 km²	Americas
132	Georgia	56	146	3.9 million	69,700 km²	Europe
133	Madagascar	56	146	32.7 million	581,540 km²	Africa
134	Morocco	54	139	38.4 million	716,300 km²	Africa
135	South Africa	53	138	64.7 million	1,214,470 km²	Africa
136	Colombia	51	133	53.4 million	1,038,700 km²	Americas
137	Djibouti	51	132	1.2 million	23,180 km²	Africa
138	Fiji	51	132	933,154	18,274 km²	Oceania
139	DR Congo	50	129	112.8 million	2,267,048 km²	Africa
140	Montenegro	46	120	623,129	13,452 km²	Europe
141	Lithuania	46	119	2.9 million	62,680 km²	Europe
142	Mozambique	45	117	35.6 million	786,380 km²	Africa
143	Belarus	45	116	9.1 million	202,900 km²	Europe
144	Zimbabwe	44	113	17.0 million	386,847 km²	Africa
145	Bahamas	40	104	403,033	10,010 km²	Americas
146	Palau	38	100	17,663	459 km²	Oceania
147	Kyrgyzstan	38	99	7.3 million	191,801 km²	Asia
148	United States	37	97	341.8 million	9,147,593 km²	Americas
149	Eritrea	36	92	3.6 million	101,000 km²	Africa
150	Laos	34	88	7.9 million	230,800 km²	Asia
151	Venezuela	32	84	28.5 million	882,050 km²	Americas
152	Estonia	32	83	1.4 million	42,388 km²	Europe
153	Somalia	31	81	19.7 million	627,337 km²	Africa
154	Angola	31	81	39.0 million	1,246,700 km²	Africa
155	Solomon Islands	30	78	838,645	27,986 km²	Oceania
156	Sudan	30	77	51.7 million	1,731,671 km²	Africa
157	Latvia	30	77	1.8 million	62,249 km²	Europe
158	Zambia	29	76	21.9 million	743,398 km²	Africa
159	Vanuatu	27	71	335,169	12,189 km²	Oceania
160	Peru	27	70	34.6 million	1,279,996 km²	Americas
161	Chile	27	69	19.9 million	743,812 km²	Americas
162	Sweden	26	67	10.6 million	410,335 km²	Europe
163	Brazil	25	66	212.8 million	8,358,140 km²	Americas
164	Papua New Guinea	24	62	10.8 million	452,860 km²	Oceania
165	Niger	22	57	27.9 million	1,266,700 km²	Africa
166	Bhutan	21	54	796,682	38,394 km²	Asia
167	Mali	21	53	25.2 million	1,220,190 km²	Africa
168	New Zealand	20	52	5.3 million	264,537 km²	Oceania
169	Algeria	20	52	47.4 million	2,381,740 km²	Africa
170	Uruguay	19	50	3.4 million	175,015 km²	Americas
171	Republic of the Congo	19	49	6.5 million	341,500 km²	Africa
172	South Sudan	19	49	12.2 million	644,329 km²	Africa
173	Finland	19	48	5.6 million	303,815 km²	Europe
174	Belize	19	48	422,924	22,806 km²	Americas
175	Norway	18	48	5.6 million	304,282 km²	Europe
176	Oman	18	46	5.5 million	309,500 km²	Asia
177	Paraguay	18	46	7.0 million	397,302 km²	Americas
178	Saudi Arabia	17	45	37.0 million	2,149,690 km²	Asia
179	Argentina	17	43	45.9 million	2,736,690 km²	Americas
180	Chad	17	43	21.0 million	1,259,200 km²	Africa
181	Turkmenistan	16	42	7.6 million	469,930 km²	Asia
182	Bolivia	12	30	12.6 million	1,083,301 km²	Americas
183	Gabon	10	26	2.6 million	257,667 km²	Africa
184	Central African Republic	8.8	23	5.5 million	622,984 km²	Africa
185	Russia	8.8	23	143.5 million	16,377,742 km²	Europe
186	Kazakhstan	7.7	20	20.8 million	2,699,700 km²	Asia
187	Mauritania	5.2	13	5.3 million	1,030,700 km²	Africa
188	Canada	4.6	12	41.7 million	9,093,507 km²	Americas
189	Botswana	4.5	12	2.6 million	566,730 km²	Africa
190	Guyana	4.2	11	835,986	196,849 km²	Americas
191	Libya	4.2	11	7.5 million	1,759,540 km²	Africa
192	Suriname	4.1	11	639,850	156,000 km²	Americas
193	Iceland	3.9	10	392,404	100,250 km²	Europe
194	Namibia	3.8	10	3.1 million	823,290 km²	Africa
195	Australia	3.6	9	27.6 million	7,682,300 km²	Oceania
196	Mongolia	2.3	6	3.6 million	1,553,556 km²	Asia

Data: Population: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0); land area: CIA World Factbook (public domain).

City-states top the list

The most densely populated places are small city-states and territories — Monaco, Singapore, Bahrain, Vatican City, Malta and Maldives — where almost all the land is urban.

The most crowded large countries

Among countries with more than 10 million people, Bangladesh (1,350/km²), Rwanda (591/km²), Burundi (560/km²), Netherlands (534/km²), South Korea (533/km²), India (492/km²), Israel (471/km²) and Haiti (432/km²) are the most densely populated.

The least densely populated countries

Mongolia (2.3/km²), Australia (3.6/km²), Namibia (3.8/km²), Iceland (3.9/km²), Suriname (4.1/km²), Libya (4.2/km²), Guyana (4.2/km²) and Botswana (4.5/km²) have the most space per person — deserts, tundra and ice cover much of their land.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the most densely populated country?

Monaco, with 19,171 people/km². Among large countries, Bangladesh (1,350 people/km²).

What is the least densely populated country?

Mongolia, with 2.3 people/km², followed by Australia, Namibia and Iceland.

What is the population density of the United States?

About 37 people/km² — #148 of 196.

How is population density calculated?

Population divided by land area (km²), excluding lakes and rivers.