Most densely populated countries (2026)

Population density divides people by land. This table ranks all 217 countries and territories by people per square kilometre (2025). Macao leads at about 20,570 people per km²; among countries with over a million residents, Singapore is the most crowded at 8,242.

The range is extraordinary: the densest entries pack thousands of people into each square kilometre, while Greenland spreads its population at about 0.1 per km². Density says nothing about crowding on its own — it averages deserts, mountains and cities alike.

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Most densely populated countries (2026)
#	Country	Density (P/km²)	Population	Land area (km²)
1	Macao	20,570	685,900	33
2	Monaco	18,693	38,341	2
3	Singapore	8,242	6,111,175	718
4	Hong Kong	7,177	7,498,900	1,050
5	Gibraltar	3,847	40,126	10
6	Bahrain	1,971	1,600,366	800
7	Maldives	1,765	529,676	298
8	Malta	1,727	579,704	320
9	Bangladesh	1,319	175,686,899	129,980
10	Sint Maarten	1,257	43,923	34
11	Bermuda	1,198	64,555	54
12	Palestine	857	5,413,596	6,025
13	Channel Islands	842	168,466	198
14	Barbados	657	282,623	430
15	Taiwan	656	23,213,962	36,197
16	Mauritius	625	1,243,741	1,997
17	Aruba	596	108,785	180
18	Nauru	594	12,025	20
19	Rwanda	566	14,569,341	24,670
20	Lebanon	564	5,849,421	10,230
21	San Marino	564	34,109	60
22	Saint Martin	550	24,941	50
23	Burundi	533	14,390,003	25,680
24	Netherlands	531	18,087,633	33,670
25	South Korea	530	51,684,564	97,600
26	India	484	1,463,865,525	2,973,190
27	Comoros	457	882,847	1,861
28	Israel	455	10,122,800	21,640
29	Haiti	422	11,906,095	27,560
30	Belgium	386	11,941,781	30,494
31	Philippines	385	116,786,962	298,170
32	Puerto Rico	361	3,184,835	8,870
33	Sri Lanka	356	21,756,000	61,860
34	Curaçao	348	156,263	444
35	Grenada	344	117,303	340
36	Japan	342	123,366,734	364,569
37	Tuvalu	327	9,492	30
38	Pakistan	321	255,219,554	770,880
39	Vietnam	320	101,598,527	313,429
40	Guam	308	168,999	540
41	El Salvador	305	6,365,503	20,720
42	Cayman Islands	304	75,844	240
43	U.S. Virgin Islands	300	103,792	350
44	Saint Lucia	294	180,149	610
45	United Kingdom	283	69,487,000	241,930
46	Kuwait	272	4,865,298	17,820
47	Gambia	267	2,822,093	10,120
48	Trinidad and Tobago	267	1,367,764	5,130
49	Jamaica	262	2,837,077	10,830
50	Seychelles	260	122,730	460
51	British Virgin Islands	260	39,732	150
52	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	260	99,924	390
53	Luxembourg	259	686,970	2,575
54	Nigeria	250	237,527,782	910,770
55	Liechtenstein	249	41,024	160
56	Uganda	243	51,384,894	200,520
57	São Tomé and Príncipe	240	240,254	960
58	Germany	238	83,491,249	349,430
59	American Samoa	238	46,029	200
60	Dominican Republic	235	11,520,487	48,198
61	Qatar	231	2,972,215	11,490
62	Switzerland	225	9,092,436	39,510
63	Malawi	224	22,216,120	94,280
64	North Korea	219	26,571,036	120,410
65	Marshall Islands	216	36,282	180
66	Antigua and Barbuda	212	94,209	440
67	Nepal	207	29,618,118	143,350
68	Italy	199	58,915,656	295,720
69	Saint Kitts and Nevis	180	46,922	260
70	Andorra	172	82,904	470
71	Guatemala	169	18,687,881	107,160
72	Kiribati	164	136,488	810
73	Micronesia	161	113,683	700
74	Togo	151	8,591,626	54,390
75	China	150	1,406,585,000	9,388,210
76	Denmark	149	6,009,169	40,000
77	Indonesia	149	285,721,236	1,892,556
78	Ghana	149	35,064,272	227,533
79	Isle of Man	148	84,118	570
80	United Arab Emirates	148	11,513,149	71,020
81	Cyprus	146	1,370,754	9,240
82	Tonga	145	103,742	720
83	Czech Republic	141	10,886,878	77,167
84	Thailand	140	71,619,863	510,890
85	Cape Verde	130	527,326	4,030
86	Jordan	129	11,520,684	88,794
87	Syria	128	25,620,427	183,630
88	France	127	68,720,337	538,950
89	Benin	125	14,814,460	112,760
90	Azerbaijan	123	10,246,996	82,650
91	Poland	120	36,435,861	306,270
92	Sierra Leone	117	8,819,794	72,180
93	Portugal	115	10,804,871	91,606
94	Egypt	115	118,365,995	995,450
95	Ethiopia	114	135,472,051	1,128,499
96	Slovakia	113	5,413,813	48,080
97	Turkey	111	85,878,556	769,630
98	Austria	111	9,208,163	82,520
99	Malaysia	107	35,977,838	328,550
100	Cuba	106	10,937,203	103,800
101	Slovenia	105	2,130,986	20,135
102	Armenia	105	3,086,700	28,199
103	Hungary	105	9,514,251	91,260
104	Iraq	104	47,020,774	434,130
105	Costa Rica	100	5,152,950	51,060
106	Cambodia	99	17,847,982	176,520
107	Northern Mariana Islands	98	43,541	460
108	Ivory Coast	98	32,711,547	318,000
109	Spain	97	49,355,143	499,697
110	Kenya	95	57,532,493	580,876
111	Honduras	95	11,005,850	111,890
112	Senegal	94	18,931,966	192,530
113	Timor-Leste	93	1,418,517	14,870
114	Dominica	89	65,871	750
115	Albania	88	2,349,580	27,400
116	Brunei	87	466,330	5,270
117	Moldova	85	2,360,527	32,930
118	Morocco	85	38,430,770	446,300
119	Burkina Faso	84	24,074,580	273,600
120	Myanmar	83	54,850,648	652,670
121	Romania	83	19,020,271	230,080
122	French Polynesia	81	282,465	3,471
123	Uzbekistan	81	37,053,428	440,650
124	Greece	81	10,413,962	128,900
125	Serbia	79	6,549,143	84,090
126	Tunisia	79	12,348,573	155,360
127	Samoa	78	219,306	2,780
128	Ireland	77	5,484,367	68,890
129	Guinea-Bissau	77	2,249,515	28,120
130	Lesotho	76	2,363,325	30,360
131	Tanzania	75	70,545,865	885,800
132	Tajikistan	75	10,786,734	138,790
133	Yemen	75	41,773,878	527,970
134	North Macedonia	72	1,820,909	25,220
135	Ecuador	72	18,289,896	248,360
136	Eswatini	72	1,256,174	17,200
137	Croatia	69	3,876,200	55,960
138	Mexico	67	131,946,900	1,943,950
139	Equatorial Guinea	66	1,938,431	28,050
140	Ukraine	65	38,980,376	579,400
141	Georgia	65	3,935,766	69,490
142	Afghanistan	64	43,844,111	652,230
143	Bosnia and Herzegovina	62	3,140,095	51,200
144	Panama	60	4,571,189	74,180
145	Cameroon	60	29,879,337	472,710
146	Bulgaria	59	6,433,302	108,560
147	Guinea	59	15,099,727	245,720
148	Liberia	57	5,731,206	96,320
149	Nicaragua	57	7,007,502	120,340
150	Iran	56	92,417,681	1,622,500
151	Madagascar	54	32,740,678	581,800
152	South Africa	52	64,747,319	1,213,090
153	Fiji	51	933,154	18,270
154	Djibouti	50	1,184,076	23,180
155	Turks and Caicos Islands	49	46,855	950
156	Colombia	47	53,425,635	1,109,500
157	DR Congo	47	112,832,473	2,267,050
158	Montenegro	46	623,129	13,450
159	Lithuania	46	2,888,774	62,600
160	Belarus	45	9,085,991	202,983
161	Mozambique	43	35,631,653	786,380
162	Zimbabwe	42	16,950,795	386,850
163	Bahamas	40	403,033	10,010
164	Faroe Islands	40	54,900	1,370
165	Palau	39	17,663	460
166	Kyrgyzstan	37	7,343,064	191,800
167	United States	37	341,784,857	9,147,420
168	Laos	33	7,873,046	230,800
169	Venezuela	32	28,516,896	882,050
170	Estonia	32	1,366,475	42,730
171	Latvia	30	1,847,785	62,230
172	Angola	29	39,040,039	1,246,700
173	Somalia	29	19,654,739	627,340
174	Eritrea	29	3,607,003	121,178
175	Solomon Islands	29	838,645	27,990
176	Zambia	28	21,913,874	743,390
177	Sudan	27	51,662,147	1,868,000
178	Chile	26	19,859,921	742,832
179	Peru	26	34,576,665	1,280,000
180	Vanuatu	26	335,169	12,190
181	Sweden	26	10,596,620	407,270
182	Brazil	25	212,812,405	8,358,140
183	Papua New Guinea	23	10,762,817	452,860
184	Niger	21	27,917,831	1,266,700
185	Bhutan	21	796,682	38,140
186	New Zealand	20	5,324,700	263,310
187	Mali	19	25,198,821	1,220,190
188	Algeria	19	47,435,312	2,381,740
189	Uruguay	19	3,384,688	175,020
190	Finland	18	5,646,436	303,960
191	South Sudan	18	12,188,788	631,930
192	Republic of the Congo	18	6,484,437	341,500
193	Belize	18	422,924	22,810
194	Paraguay	17	7,013,078	396,012
195	Argentina	17	45,851,378	2,736,690
196	Oman	16	5,494,691	309,500
197	New Caledonia	16	295,333	18,280
198	Saudi Arabia	16	36,973,555	2,149,690
199	Turkmenistan	16	7,618,847	469,930
200	Chad	15	21,003,705	1,259,200
201	Norway	15	5,610,870	364,270
202	Bolivia	11	12,581,843	1,083,300
203	Gabon	9.6	2,593,130	257,670
204	Russia	8.8	143,513,328	16,376,870
205	Central African Republic	8.3	5,513,282	622,980
206	Kazakhstan	7.5	20,843,754	2,699,700
207	Mauritania	4.9	5,315,065	1,030,700
208	Canada	4.6	41,651,653	8,788,700
209	Botswana	4.4	2,562,122	566,730
210	Libya	4.2	7,458,555	1,759,540
211	Suriname	3.9	639,850	160,508
212	Guyana	3.9	835,986	211,140
213	Iceland	3.8	392,404	100,830
214	Namibia	3.6	3,092,816	823,290
215	Australia	3.5	27,614,411	7,692,020
216	Mongolia	2.2	3,568,978	1,558,500
217	Greenland	0.1	56,831	410,450

Density uses World Bank land-area figures (2025 estimates); microstates dominate the top of any density table.

Frequently asked questions

Which country is the most densely populated?

Macao is the most densely populated entry at about 20,570 people per km². Among countries above one million people, Singapore leads at 8,242.

Which country has the lowest population density?

Greenland has the lowest density in this ranking, at about 0.1 people per km².

How is population density calculated?

Density here is total population divided by land area (excluding inland water), using World Bank 2025 figures.