Most Densely Populated Countries in the World
Countries ranked by population density — the number of people per square kilometre of land area.
Calculated from total population and land area. Microstates and territories are included.
Macau
· 685,900 people
22,863 / km²
people / km²
Monaco
Monaco · 38,423 people
19,021 / km²
people / km²
Singapore
Singapore · 6,110,200 people
8,606 / km²
people / km²
Hong Kong
City of Victoria · 7,527,500 people
6,818 / km²
people / km²
Gibraltar
Gibraltar · 38,000 people
6,333 / km²
people / km²
Bahrain
Manama · 1,594,654 people
2,085 / km²
people / km²
Malta
Valletta · 574,250 people
1,817 / km²
people / km²
Vatican City
Vatican City · 882 people
1,800 / km²
people / km²
Maldives
Malé · 515,132 people
1,717 / km²
people / km²
Sint Maarten
Philipsburg · 41,349 people
1,216 / km²
people / km²
Bermuda
Hamilton · 64,055 people
1,186 / km²
people / km²
Bangladesh
Dhaka · 169,828,911 people
1,151 / km²
people / km²
Jersey
Saint Helier · 103,267 people
890 / km²
people / km²
Palestine
Ramallah · 5,483,450 people
882 / km²
people / km²
Mayotte
Mamoudzou · 320,901 people
858 / km²
people / km²
Guernsey
St. Peter Port · 64,781 people
831 / km²
people / km²
Taiwan
Taipei · 23,317,031 people
644 / km²
people / km²
Barbados
Bridgetown · 267,800 people
623 / km²
people / km²
Mauritius
Port Louis · 1,243,741 people
610 / km²
people / km²
Aruba
Oranjestad · 107,566 people
598 / km²
people / km²
Saint Martin
Marigot · 31,496 people
594 / km²
people / km²
San Marino
City of San Marino · 34,132 people
560 / km²
people / km²
Nauru
Yaren · 11,680 people
556 / km²
people / km²
Rwanda
Kigali · 14,104,969 people
536 / km²
people / km²
Lebanon
Beirut · 5,490,000 people
525 / km²
people / km²
South Korea
Seoul · 51,159,889 people
511 / km²
people / km²
Saint Barthélemy
Gustavia · 10,562 people
503 / km²
people / km²
Comoros
Moroni · 919,901 people
494 / km²
people / km²
Israel
Jerusalem · 10,134,800 people
462 / km²
people / km²
Burundi
Gitega · 12,332,788 people
443 / km²
people / km²
Netherlands
Amsterdam · 18,100,436 people
432 / km²
people / km²
India
New Delhi · 1,417,492,000 people
431 / km²
people / km²
Haiti
Port-au-Prince · 11,867,032 people
428 / km²
people / km²
Tuvalu
Funafuti · 10,643 people
409 / km²
people / km²
Belgium
Brussels · 11,825,551 people
387 / km²
people / km²
Puerto Rico
San Juan · 3,203,295 people
361 / km²
people / km²
Réunion
Saint-Denis · 896,175 people
357 / km²
people / km²
Curaçao
Willemstad · 156,115 people
352 / km²
people / km²
Philippines
Manila · 114,123,600 people
333 / km²
people / km²
Sri Lanka
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte · 21,763,170 people
332 / km²
people / km²
Japan
Tokyo · 123,210,000 people
326 / km²
people / km²
Cayman Islands
George Town · 84,738 people
321 / km²
people / km²
Grenada
St. George's · 109,021 people
317 / km²
people / km²
Martinique
Fort-de-France · 349,925 people
310 / km²
people / km²
Vietnam
Hanoi · 101,343,800 people
306 / km²
people / km²
Pakistan
Islamabad · 241,499,431 people
303 / km²
people / km²
Saint Lucia
Castries · 184,100 people
299 / km²
people / km²
El Salvador
San Salvador · 6,029,976 people
287 / km²
people / km²
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Kingstown · 110,872 people
285 / km²
people / km²
United Kingdom
London · 69,281,437 people
284 / km²
people / km²
Guam
Hagåtña · 153,836 people
280 / km²
people / km²
Kuwait
Kuwait City · 4,881,254 people
274 / km²
people / km²
Qatar
Doha · 3,173,024 people
274 / km²
people / km²
Seychelles
Victoria · 122,729 people
272 / km²
people / km²
Trinidad and Tobago
Port of Spain · 1,367,764 people
267 / km²
people / km²
Luxembourg
Luxembourg · 681,973 people
264 / km²
people / km²
British Virgin Islands
Road Town · 39,471 people
261 / km²
people / km²
Jamaica
Kingston · 2,825,544 people
257 / km²
people / km²
Liechtenstein
Vaduz · 40,900 people
256 / km²
people / km²
United States Virgin Islands
Charlotte Amalie · 87,146 people
251 / km²
people / km²
American Samoa
Pago Pago · 49,710 people
250 / km²
people / km²
Nigeria
Abuja · 223,800,000 people
242 / km²
people / km²
Antigua and Barbuda
Saint John's · 103,603 people
234 / km²
people / km²
Marshall Islands
Majuro · 42,418 people
234 / km²
people / km²
Germany
Berlin · 83,491,249 people
234 / km²
people / km²
Guadeloupe
Basse-Terre · 378,561 people
233 / km²
people / km²
Gambia
Banjul · 2,422,712 people
227 / km²
people / km²
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo · 10,771,504 people
221 / km²
people / km²
Switzerland
Bern · 9,082,848 people
220 / km²
people / km²
São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé · 209,607 people
217 / km²
people / km²
Tokelau
Fakaofo · 2,608 people
217 / km²
people / km²
North Korea
Pyongyang · 25,950,000 people
215 / km²
people / km²
Nepal
Kathmandu · 29,911,840 people
203 / km²
people / km²
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre · 51,320 people
197 / km²
people / km²
Italy
Rome · 58,927,633 people
196 / km²
people / km²
Uganda
Kampala · 45,905,417 people
190 / km²
people / km²
Andorra
Andorra la Vella · 88,406 people
189 / km²
people / km²
Anguilla
The Valley · 16,010 people
176 / km²
people / km²
Malawi
Lilongwe · 20,734,262 people
175 / km²
people / km²
Guatemala
Guatemala City · 18,079,810 people
166 / km²
people / km²
Cyprus
Nicosia · 1,442,614 people
156 / km²
people / km²
Micronesia
Palikir · 105,564 people
150 / km²
people / km²
Indonesia
Jakarta · 284,438,782 people
149 / km²
people / km²
Kiribati
South Tarawa · 120,740 people
149 / km²
people / km²
Isle of Man
Douglas · 84,530 people
148 / km²
people / km²
Kosovo
Pristina · 1,585,566 people
145 / km²
people / km²
China
Beijing · 1,408,280,000 people
145 / km²
people / km²
Togo
Lomé · 8,095,498 people
143 / km²
people / km²
Ghana
Accra · 33,742,380 people
141 / km²
people / km²
Denmark
Copenhagen · 6,011,488 people
139 / km²
people / km²
Syria
Damascus · 25,620,000 people
138 / km²
people / km²
Czechia
Prague · 10,882,341 people
138 / km²
people / km²
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi · 11,294,243 people
135 / km²
people / km²
Tonga
Nuku'alofa · 100,179 people
134 / km²
people / km²
Jordan
Amman · 11,734,000 people
131 / km²
people / km²
Thailand
Bangkok · 65,859,640 people
128 / km²
people / km²
Sierra Leone
Freetown · 9,077,691 people
127 / km²
people / km²
France
Paris · 66,351,959 people
122 / km²
people / km²
Cape Verde
Praia · 491,233 people
122 / km²
people / km²
Poland
Warsaw · 37,392,000 people
120 / km²
people / km²
Azerbaijan
Baku · 10,241,722 people
118 / km²
people / km²
Benin
Porto-Novo · 13,224,860 people
117 / km²
people / km²
Portugal
Lisbon · 10,749,635 people
117 / km²
people / km²
Slovakia
Bratislava · 5,413,813 people
110 / km²
people / km²
Austria
Vienna · 9,200,931 people
110 / km²
people / km²
Turkey
Ankara · 85,664,944 people
109 / km²
people / km²
Egypt
Cairo · 107,271,260 people
107 / km²
people / km²
Iraq
Baghdad · 46,118,793 people
105 / km²
people / km²
Slovenia
Ljubljana · 2,130,638 people
105 / km²
people / km²
Costa Rica
San José · 5,309,625 people
104 / km²
people / km²
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur · 34,231,700 people
103 / km²
people / km²
Armenia
Yerevan · 3,076,200 people
103 / km²
people / km²
Hungary
Budapest · 9,539,502 people
103 / km²
people / km²
Northern Mariana Islands
Saipan · 47,329 people
102 / km²
people / km²
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa · 111,652,998 people
101 / km²
people / km²
Ivory Coast
Yamoussoukro · 31,719,275 people
98 / km²
people / km²
Caribbean Netherlands
Kralendijk · 31,980 people
98 / km²
people / km²
Spain
Madrid · 49,315,949 people
97 / km²
people / km²
Cambodia
Phnom Penh · 17,577,760 people
97 / km²
people / km²
Senegal
Dakar · 18,593,258 people
95 / km²
people / km²
Timor-Leste
Dili · 1,391,221 people
94 / km²
people / km²
Kenya
Nairobi · 53,330,978 people
92 / km²
people / km²
Dominica
Roseau · 67,408 people
90 / km²
people / km²
Cuba
Havana · 9,748,007 people
89 / km²
people / km²
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou · 24,070,553 people
88 / km²
people / km²
Honduras
Tegucigalpa · 9,892,632 people
88 / km²
people / km²
Serbia
Belgrade · 6,567,783 people
85 / km²
people / km²
Uzbekistan
Tashkent · 37,859,698 people
85 / km²
people / km²
Morocco
Rabat · 36,828,330 people
82 / km²
people / km²
Albania
Tirana · 2,363,314 people
82 / km²
people / km²
Wallis and Futuna
Mata-Utu · 11,620 people
82 / km²
people / km²
Moldova
Chișinău · 2,749,076 people
81 / km²
people / km²
Romania
Bucharest · 19,036,031 people
80 / km²
people / km²
Brunei
Bandar Seri Begawan · 455,500 people
79 / km²
people / km²
Greece
Athens · 10,400,720 people
79 / km²
people / km²
Ireland
Dublin · 5,458,600 people
78 / km²
people / km²
Myanmar
Naypyidaw · 51,316,756 people
76 / km²
people / km²
Tajikistan
Dushanbe · 10,499,000 people
73 / km²
people / km²
Tunisia
Tunis · 11,972,169 people
73 / km²
people / km²
Samoa
Apia · 205,557 people
72 / km²
people / km²
Tanzania
Dodoma · 68,153,004 people
72 / km²
people / km²
Eswatini
Mbabane · 1,235,549 people
71 / km²
people / km²
North Macedonia
Skopje · 1,822,612 people
71 / km²
people / km²
Lesotho
Maseru · 2,116,427 people
70 / km²
people / km²
Croatia
Zagreb · 3,866,233 people
68 / km²
people / km²
Afghanistan
Kabul · 43,844,000 people
67 / km²
people / km²
French Polynesia
Papeetē · 279,500 people
67 / km²
people / km²
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo · 3,422,000 people
67 / km²
people / km²
Mexico
Mexico City · 130,575,786 people
66 / km²
people / km²
Ecuador
Quito · 18,103,660 people
65 / km²
people / km²
Cook Islands
Avarua · 15,040 people
64 / km²
people / km²
Cameroon
Yaoundé · 29,442,327 people
62 / km²
people / km²
Yemen
Sana'a · 32,684,503 people
62 / km²
people / km²
Norfolk Island
Kingston · 2,188 people
61 / km²
people / km²
Equatorial Guinea
Ciudad de la Paz · 1,668,768 people
59 / km²
people / km²
Guinea
Conakry · 14,363,931 people
58 / km²
people / km²
Bulgaria
Sofia · 6,437,360 people
58 / km²
people / km²
Georgia
Tbilisi · 4,000,921 people
57 / km²
people / km²
Ukraine
Kyiv · 32,862,000 people
54 / km²
people / km²
Madagascar
Antananarivo · 31,727,042 people
54 / km²
people / km²
Panama
Panama City · 4,064,780 people
54 / km²
people / km²
Turks and Caicos Islands
Cockburn Town · 50,828 people
54 / km²
people / km²
Nicaragua
Managua · 6,803,886 people
52 / km²
people / km²
Iran
Tehran · 85,961,000 people
52 / km²
people / km²
South Africa
Pretoria · 63,100,945 people
52 / km²
people / km²
Guinea-Bissau
Bissau · 1,781,308 people
49 / km²
people / km²
Fiji
Suva · 900,869 people
49 / km²
people / km²
DR Congo
Kinshasa · 112,832,000 people
48 / km²
people / km²
Liberia
Monrovia · 5,248,621 people
47 / km²
people / km²
Colombia
Bogotá · 53,057,212 people
46 / km²
people / km²
Djibouti
Djibouti · 1,066,809 people
46 / km²
people / km²
Montenegro
Podgorica · 623,327 people
45 / km²
people / km²
Lithuania
Vilnius · 2,894,886 people
44 / km²
people / km²
Belarus
Minsk · 9,109,280 people
44 / km²
people / km²
Zimbabwe
Harare · 17,073,087 people
44 / km²
people / km²
Montserrat
Plymouth · 4,386 people
43 / km²
people / km²
Mozambique
Maputo · 34,090,466 people
43 / km²
people / km²
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
West Island · 593 people
42 / km²
people / km²
Faroe Islands
Tórshavn · 54,885 people
39 / km²
people / km²
Palau
Ngerulmud · 16,733 people
36 / km²
people / km²
Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek · 7,281,800 people
36 / km²
people / km²
United States
Washington, D.C. · 340,110,988 people
36 / km²
people / km²
Laos
Vientiane · 7,647,000 people
32 / km²
people / km²
Venezuela
Caracas · 28,517,000 people
31 / km²
people / km²
Somalia
Mogadishu · 19,655,000 people
31 / km²
people / km²
Eritrea
Asmara · 3,607,000 people
31 / km²
people / km²
Estonia
Tallinn · 1,369,995 people
30 / km²
people / km²
Angola
Luanda · 36,170,961 people
29 / km²
people / km²
Bahamas
Nassau · 398,165 people
29 / km²
people / km²
Latvia
Riga · 1,829,000 people
28 / km²
people / km²
Sudan
Khartoum · 51,662,000 people
27 / km²
people / km²
Peru
Lima · 34,350,244 people
27 / km²
people / km²
Chile
Santiago · 20,206,953 people
27 / km²
people / km²
Vanuatu
Port Vila · 321,409 people
26 / km²
people / km²
Zambia
Lusaka · 19,693,423 people
26 / km²
people / km²
Solomon Islands
Honiara · 750,325 people
26 / km²
people / km²
South Sudan
Juba · 15,786,898 people
25 / km²
people / km²
Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby · 11,781,559 people
25 / km²
people / km²
Brazil
Brasília · 213,421,037 people
25 / km²
people / km²
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint-Pierre · 5,819 people
24 / km²
people / km²
Sweden
Stockholm · 10,605,098 people
24 / km²
people / km²
Niger
Niamey · 26,312,034 people
21 / km²
people / km²
Bhutan
Thimphu · 784,043 people
20 / km²
people / km²
Algeria
Algiers · 47,400,000 people
20 / km²
people / km²
New Zealand
Wellington · 5,324,700 people
20 / km²
people / km²
Åland Islands
Mariehamn · 30,654 people
19 / km²
people / km²
Uruguay
Montevideo · 3,499,451 people
19 / km²
people / km²
Belize
Belmopan · 417,634 people
18 / km²
people / km²
Mali
Bamako · 22,395,489 people
18 / km²
people / km²
Republic of the Congo
Brazzaville · 6,142,180 people
18 / km²
people / km²
Oman
Muscat · 5,343,630 people
17 / km²
people / km²
Argentina
Buenos Aires · 46,735,004 people
17 / km²
people / km²
Finland
Helsinki · 5,650,325 people
17 / km²
people / km²
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh · 35,300,280 people
16 / km²
people / km²
Chad
N'Djamena · 19,340,757 people
15 / km²
people / km²
Paraguay
Asunción · 6,109,644 people
15 / km²
people / km²
Norway
Oslo · 5,606,944 people
15 / km²
people / km²
Turkmenistan
Ashgabat · 7,057,841 people
14 / km²
people / km²
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Jamestown · 5,651 people
14 / km²
people / km²
New Caledonia
Nouméa · 264,596 people
14 / km²
people / km²
Christmas Island
Flying Fish Cove · 1,692 people
13 / km²
people / km²
Central African Republic
Bangui · 6,470,307 people
10 / km²
people / km²
Bolivia
Sucre · 11,365,333 people
10 / km²
people / km²
Gabon
Libreville · 2,469,296 people
9.2 / km²
people / km²
Russia
Moscow · 146,028,325 people
8.5 / km²
people / km²
Kazakhstan
Astana · 20,426,568 people
7.5 / km²
people / km²
Niue
Alofi · 1,681 people
6.5 / km²
people / km²
Mauritania
Nouakchott · 4,927,532 people
4.8 / km²
people / km²
Libya
Tripoli · 7,459,000 people
4.2 / km²
people / km²
Canada
Ottawa · 41,651,653 people
4.2 / km²
people / km²
Botswana
Gaborone · 2,359,609 people
4.1 / km²
people / km²
Iceland
Reykjavik · 391,810 people
3.8 / km²
people / km²
Suriname
Paramaribo · 616,500 people
3.8 / km²
people / km²
Namibia
Windhoek · 3,022,401 people
3.7 / km²
people / km²
Guyana
Georgetown · 772,975 people
3.6 / km²
people / km²
Australia
Canberra · 27,536,874 people
3.6 / km²
people / km²
French Guiana
Cayenne · 292,354 people
3.5 / km²
people / km²
Mongolia
Ulan Bator · 3,544,835 people
2.3 / km²
people / km²
Western Sahara
El Aaiún · 600,904 people
2.3 / km²
people / km²
Pitcairn Islands
Adamstown · 35 people
0.7 / km²
people / km²
Falkland Islands
Stanley · 3,662 people
0.3 / km²
people / km²
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Port-aux-Français · 400 people
0.1 / km²
people / km²
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Longyearbyen · 2,530 people
0.0 / km²
people / km²
Greenland
Nuuk · 56,542 people
0.0 / km²
people / km²
Antarctica
· 1,300 people
0.0 / km²
people / km²
Showing all 245 countries by population density.