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 · 38,341 people
18,981 / km²
people / km²
Singapore
Singapore · 6,111,175 people
8,607 / km²
people / km²
Hong Kong
City of Victoria · 7,498,900 people
6,792 / km²
people / km²
Gibraltar
Gibraltar · 40,126 people
6,688 / km²
people / km²
Bahrain
Manama · 1,600,366 people
2,092 / km²
people / km²
Vatican City
Vatican City · 882 people
2,005 / km²
people / km²
Malta
Valletta · 579,704 people
1,835 / km²
people / km²
Maldives
Malé · 529,676 people
1,766 / km²
people / km²
Sint Maarten
Philipsburg · 43,923 people
1,292 / km²
people / km²
Bermuda
Hamilton · 64,555 people
1,195 / km²
people / km²
Bangladesh
Dhaka · 175,686,899 people
1,191 / km²
people / km²
Jersey
Saint Helier · 103,267 people
890 / km²
people / km²
Palestine
Ramallah · 5,413,596 people
870 / km²
people / km²
Mayotte
Mamoudzou · 320,901 people
858 / km²
people / km²
Guernsey
St. Peter Port · 64,781 people
831 / km²
people / km²
Barbados
Bridgetown · 282,623 people
657 / km²
people / km²
Taiwan
Taipei · 23,317,031 people
644 / km²
people / km²
Mauritius
Port Louis · 1,243,741 people
610 / km²
people / km²
Aruba
Oranjestad · 108,785 people
604 / km²
people / km²
Nauru
Yaren · 12,025 people
573 / km²
people / km²
Lebanon
Beirut · 5,849,421 people
560 / km²
people / km²
San Marino
City of San Marino · 34,109 people
559 / km²
people / km²
Rwanda
Kigali · 14,569,341 people
553 / km²
people / km²
Burundi
Gitega · 14,390,003 people
517 / km²
people / km²
South Korea
Seoul · 51,684,564 people
516 / km²
people / km²
Saint Barthélemy
Gustavia · 10,562 people
503 / km²
people / km²
Israel
Jerusalem · 10,122,800 people
487 / km²
people / km²
Comoros
Moroni · 882,847 people
474 / km²
people / km²
Saint Martin
Marigot · 24,941 people
471 / km²
people / km²
India
New Delhi · 1,463,865,525 people
445 / km²
people / km²
Netherlands
Amsterdam · 18,087,633 people
432 / km²
people / km²
Haiti
Port-au-Prince · 11,906,095 people
429 / km²
people / km²
Belgium
Brussels · 11,941,781 people
391 / km²
people / km²
Tuvalu
Funafuti · 9,492 people
365 / km²
people / km²
Puerto Rico
San Juan · 3,184,835 people
359 / km²
people / km²
Réunion
Saint-Denis · 896,175 people
357 / km²
people / km²
Curaçao
Willemstad · 156,263 people
352 / km²
people / km²
Philippines
Manila · 116,786,962 people
341 / km²
people / km²
Grenada
St. George's · 117,303 people
341 / km²
people / km²
Sri Lanka
Colombo · 21,756,000 people
332 / km²
people / km²
Japan
Tokyo · 123,366,734 people
326 / km²
people / km²
Martinique
Fort-de-France · 349,925 people
310 / km²
people / km²
Guam
Hagåtña · 168,999 people
308 / km²
people / km²
Vietnam
Hanoi · 101,598,527 people
307 / km²
people / km²
El Salvador
San Salvador · 6,365,503 people
303 / km²
people / km²
United States Virgin Islands
Charlotte Amalie · 103,792 people
299 / km²
people / km²
Saint Lucia
Castries · 180,149 people
292 / km²
people / km²
Pakistan
Islamabad · 255,219,554 people
289 / km²
people / km²
Cayman Islands
George Town · 75,844 people
287 / km²
people / km²
United Kingdom
London · 69,487,000 people
286 / km²
people / km²
Kuwait
Kuwait City · 4,865,298 people
273 / km²
people / km²
Seychelles
Victoria · 122,730 people
272 / km²
people / km²
Trinidad and Tobago
Port of Spain · 1,367,764 people
267 / km²
people / km²
Luxembourg
Luxembourg · 686,970 people
266 / km²
people / km²
Gambia
Banjul · 2,822,093 people
264 / km²
people / km²
British Virgin Islands
Road Town · 39,732 people
263 / km²
people / km²
Jamaica
Kingston · 2,837,077 people
258 / km²
people / km²
Nigeria
Abuja · 237,527,782 people
257 / km²
people / km²
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Kingstown · 99,924 people
257 / km²
people / km²
Qatar
Doha · 2,972,215 people
257 / km²
people / km²
Liechtenstein
Vaduz · 41,024 people
256 / km²
people / km²
São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé · 240,254 people
249 / km²
people / km²
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo · 11,520,487 people
237 / km²
people / km²
Germany
Berlin · 83,491,249 people
234 / km²
people / km²
Guadeloupe
Basse-Terre · 378,561 people
233 / km²
people / km²
American Samoa
Pago Pago · 46,029 people
231 / km²
people / km²
North Korea
Pyongyang · 26,571,036 people
220 / km²
people / km²
Switzerland
Bern · 9,092,436 people
220 / km²
people / km²
Tokelau
Fakaofo · 2,608 people
217 / km²
people / km²
Antigua and Barbuda
Saint John's · 94,209 people
213 / km²
people / km²
Uganda
Kampala · 51,384,894 people
213 / km²
people / km²
Nepal
Kathmandu · 29,618,118 people
201 / km²
people / km²
Marshall Islands
Majuro · 36,282 people
200 / km²
people / km²
Italy
Rome · 58,915,656 people
196 / km²
people / km²
Malawi
Lilongwe · 22,216,120 people
188 / km²
people / km²
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre · 46,922 people
180 / km²
people / km²
Andorra
Andorra la Vella · 82,904 people
177 / km²
people / km²
Anguilla
The Valley · 16,010 people
176 / km²
people / km²
Guatemala
Guatemala City · 18,687,881 people
172 / km²
people / km²
Kiribati
South Tarawa · 136,488 people
168 / km²
people / km²
Micronesia
Palikir · 113,683 people
162 / km²
people / km²
Togo
Lomé · 8,591,626 people
151 / km²
people / km²
Indonesia
Jakarta · 285,721,236 people
150 / km²
people / km²
Cyprus
Nicosia · 1,370,754 people
148 / km²
people / km²
Isle of Man
Douglas · 84,118 people
147 / km²
people / km²
Ghana
Accra · 35,064,272 people
147 / km²
people / km²
Kosovo
Pristina · 1,585,566 people
145 / km²
people / km²
China
Beijing · 1,406,585,000 people
145 / km²
people / km²
Thailand
Bangkok · 71,619,863 people
140 / km²
people / km²
Denmark
Copenhagen · 6,009,169 people
139 / km²
people / km²
Tonga
Nuku'alofa · 103,742 people
139 / km²
people / km²
Syria
Damascus · 25,620,427 people
138 / km²
people / km²
Czechia
Prague · 10,886,878 people
138 / km²
people / km²
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi · 11,513,149 people
138 / km²
people / km²
Benin
Porto-Novo · 14,814,460 people
132 / km²
people / km²
Cape Verde
Praia · 527,326 people
131 / km²
people / km²
Jordan
Amman · 11,520,684 people
129 / km²
people / km²
France
Paris · 68,720,337 people
125 / km²
people / km²
Sierra Leone
Freetown · 8,819,794 people
123 / km²
people / km²
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa · 135,472,051 people
123 / km²
people / km²
Azerbaijan
Baku · 10,246,996 people
118 / km²
people / km²
Egypt
Cairo · 118,365,995 people
118 / km²
people / km²
Portugal
Lisbon · 10,804,871 people
117 / km²
people / km²
Poland
Warsaw · 36,435,861 people
117 / km²
people / km²
Slovakia
Bratislava · 5,413,813 people
110 / km²
people / km²
Austria
Vienna · 9,208,163 people
110 / km²
people / km²
Türkiye
Ankara · 85,878,556 people
110 / km²
people / km²
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur · 35,977,838 people
109 / km²
people / km²
Iraq
Baghdad · 47,020,774 people
107 / km²
people / km²
Slovenia
Ljubljana · 2,130,986 people
105 / km²
people / km²
Armenia
Yerevan · 3,086,700 people
104 / km²
people / km²
Hungary
Budapest · 9,514,251 people
102 / km²
people / km²
Ivory Coast
Yamoussoukro · 32,711,547 people
101 / km²
people / km²
Costa Rica
San José · 5,152,950 people
101 / km²
people / km²
Cuba
Havana · 10,937,203 people
100 / km²
people / km²
Kenya
Nairobi · 57,532,493 people
99 / km²
people / km²
Cambodia
Phnom Penh · 17,847,982 people
99 / km²
people / km²
Honduras
Tegucigalpa · 11,005,850 people
98 / km²
people / km²
Spain
Madrid · 49,355,143 people
98 / km²
people / km²
Caribbean Netherlands
Kralendijk · 31,980 people
98 / km²
people / km²
Senegal
Dakar · 18,931,966 people
96 / km²
people / km²
Timor-Leste
Dili · 1,418,517 people
95 / km²
people / km²
Northern Mariana Islands
Saipan · 43,541 people
94 / km²
people / km²
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou · 24,074,580 people
88 / km²
people / km²
Dominica
Roseau · 65,871 people
88 / km²
people / km²
Morocco
Rabat · 38,430,770 people
86 / km²
people / km²
Uzbekistan
Tashkent · 37,053,428 people
83 / km²
people / km²
Wallis and Futuna
Mata-Utu · 11,620 people
82 / km²
people / km²
Albania
Tirana · 2,349,580 people
82 / km²
people / km²
Myanmar
Naypyidaw · 54,850,648 people
81 / km²
people / km²
Brunei
Bandar Seri Begawan · 466,330 people
81 / km²
people / km²
Romania
Bucharest · 19,020,271 people
80 / km²
people / km²
Yemen
Sana'a · 41,773,878 people
79 / km²
people / km²
Greece
Athens · 10,413,962 people
79 / km²
people / km²
Ireland
Dublin · 5,484,367 people
78 / km²
people / km²
Lesotho
Maseru · 2,363,325 people
78 / km²
people / km²
Samoa
Apia · 219,306 people
77 / km²
people / km²
Tunisia
Tunis · 12,348,573 people
75 / km²
people / km²
Tajikistan
Dushanbe · 10,786,734 people
75 / km²
people / km²
Tanzania
Dodoma · 70,545,865 people
75 / km²
people / km²
Serbia
Belgrade · 6,549,143 people
74 / km²
people / km²
Eswatini
Lobamba · 1,256,174 people
72 / km²
people / km²
North Macedonia
Skopje · 1,820,909 people
71 / km²
people / km²
Moldova
Chișinău · 2,360,527 people
70 / km²
people / km²
Equatorial Guinea
Malabo · 1,938,431 people
69 / km²
people / km²
Croatia
Zagreb · 3,876,200 people
68 / km²
people / km²
French Polynesia
Papeetē · 282,465 people
68 / km²
people / km²
Afghanistan
Kabul · 43,844,111 people
67 / km²
people / km²
Mexico
Mexico City · 131,946,900 people
67 / km²
people / km²
Ecuador
Quito · 18,289,896 people
66 / km²
people / km²
Ukraine
Kyiv · 38,980,376 people
65 / km²
people / km²
Cook Islands
Avarua · 15,040 people
64 / km²
people / km²
Cameroon
Yaoundé · 29,879,337 people
63 / km²
people / km²
Guinea-Bissau
Bissau · 2,249,515 people
62 / km²
people / km²
Guinea
Conakry · 15,099,727 people
61 / km²
people / km²
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo · 3,140,095 people
61 / km²
people / km²
Norfolk Island
Kingston · 2,188 people
61 / km²
people / km²
Panama
Panama City · 4,571,189 people
61 / km²
people / km²
Bulgaria
Sofia · 6,433,302 people
58 / km²
people / km²
Georgia
Tbilisi · 3,935,766 people
56 / km²
people / km²
Iran
Tehran · 92,417,681 people
56 / km²
people / km²
Madagascar
Antananarivo · 32,740,678 people
56 / km²
people / km²
Nicaragua
Managua · 7,007,502 people
54 / km²
people / km²
South Africa
Pretoria · 64,747,319 people
53 / km²
people / km²
Liberia
Monrovia · 5,731,206 people
51 / km²
people / km²
Fiji
Suva · 933,154 people
51 / km²
people / km²
Djibouti
Djibouti · 1,184,076 people
51 / km²
people / km²
Turks and Caicos Islands
Cockburn Town · 46,855 people
49 / km²
people / km²
DR Congo
Kinshasa · 112,832,473 people
48 / km²
people / km²
Colombia
Bogotá · 53,425,635 people
47 / km²
people / km²
Montenegro
Podgorica · 623,129 people
45 / km²
people / km²
Mozambique
Maputo · 35,631,653 people
44 / km²
people / km²
Lithuania
Vilnius · 2,888,774 people
44 / km²
people / km²
Belarus
Minsk · 9,085,991 people
44 / km²
people / km²
Zimbabwe
Harare · 16,950,795 people
43 / km²
people / km²
Montserrat
Plymouth · 4,386 people
43 / km²
people / km²
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
West Island · 593 people
42 / km²
people / km²
Faroe Islands
Tórshavn · 54,900 people
39 / km²
people / km²
Palau
Ngerulmud · 17,663 people
38 / km²
people / km²
Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek · 7,343,064 people
37 / km²
people / km²
United States
Washington D.C. · 341,784,857 people
36 / km²
people / km²
Laos
Vientiane · 7,873,046 people
33 / km²
people / km²
Angola
Luanda · 39,040,039 people
31 / km²
people / km²
Venezuela
Caracas · 28,516,896 people
31 / km²
people / km²
Somalia
Mogadishu · 19,654,739 people
31 / km²
people / km²
Eritrea
Asmara · 3,607,003 people
31 / km²
people / km²
Estonia
Tallinn · 1,366,475 people
30 / km²
people / km²
Zambia
Lusaka · 21,913,874 people
29 / km²
people / km²
Solomon Islands
Honiara · 838,645 people
29 / km²
people / km²
Bahamas
Nassau · 403,033 people
29 / km²
people / km²
Latvia
Riga · 1,847,785 people
29 / km²
people / km²
Vanuatu
Port Vila · 335,169 people
27 / km²
people / km²
Sudan
Khartoum · 51,662,147 people
27 / km²
people / km²
Peru
Lima · 34,576,665 people
27 / km²
people / km²
Chile
Santiago · 19,859,921 people
26 / km²
people / km²
Brazil
Brasília · 212,812,405 people
25 / km²
people / km²
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint-Pierre · 5,819 people
24 / km²
people / km²
Sweden
Stockholm · 10,596,620 people
24 / km²
people / km²
Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby · 10,762,817 people
23 / km²
people / km²
Niger
Niamey · 27,917,831 people
22 / km²
people / km²
Bhutan
Thimphu · 796,682 people
21 / km²
people / km²
Mali
Bamako · 25,198,821 people
20 / km²
people / km²
Algeria
Algiers · 47,435,312 people
20 / km²
people / km²
New Zealand
Wellington · 5,324,700 people
20 / km²
people / km²
South Sudan
Juba · 12,188,788 people
20 / km²
people / km²
Åland Islands
Mariehamn · 30,654 people
19 / km²
people / km²
Congo
Brazzaville · 6,484,437 people
19 / km²
people / km²
Uruguay
Montevideo · 3,384,688 people
19 / km²
people / km²
Belize
Belmopan · 422,924 people
18 / km²
people / km²
Oman
Muscat · 5,494,691 people
18 / km²
people / km²
Norway
Oslo · 5,610,870 people
17 / km²
people / km²
Paraguay
Asunción · 7,013,078 people
17 / km²
people / km²
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh · 36,973,555 people
17 / km²
people / km²
Finland
Helsinki · 5,646,436 people
17 / km²
people / km²
Argentina
Buenos Aires · 45,851,378 people
16 / km²
people / km²
Chad
N'Djamena · 21,003,705 people
16 / km²
people / km²
New Caledonia
Nouméa · 295,333 people
16 / km²
people / km²
Turkmenistan
Ashgabat · 7,618,847 people
16 / km²
people / km²
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Jamestown · 5,651 people
14 / km²
people / km²
Christmas Island
Flying Fish Cove · 1,692 people
13 / km²
people / km²
Bolivia
Sucre · 12,581,843 people
11 / km²
people / km²
Gabon
Libreville · 2,593,130 people
9.7 / km²
people / km²
Central African Republic
Bangui · 5,513,282 people
8.8 / km²
people / km²
Russia
Moscow · 143,513,328 people
8.4 / km²
people / km²
Kazakhstan
Astana · 20,843,754 people
7.6 / km²
people / km²
Niue
Alofi · 1,681 people
6.5 / km²
people / km²
Mauritania
Nouakchott · 5,315,065 people
5.2 / km²
people / km²
Botswana
Gaborone · 2,562,122 people
4.4 / km²
people / km²
Libya
Tripoli · 7,458,555 people
4.2 / km²
people / km²
Canada
Ottawa · 41,651,653 people
4.2 / km²
people / km²
Suriname
Paramaribo · 639,850 people
3.9 / km²
people / km²
Guyana
Georgetown · 835,986 people
3.9 / km²
people / km²
Iceland
Reykjavik · 392,404 people
3.8 / km²
people / km²
Namibia
Windhoek · 3,092,816 people
3.7 / km²
people / km²
Australia
Canberra · 27,614,411 people
3.6 / km²
people / km²
French Guiana
Cayenne · 292,354 people
3.5 / km²
people / km²
Mongolia
Ulan Bator · 3,568,978 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
Greenland
Nuuk · 56,831 people
0.0 / km²
people / km²
Antarctica
· 1,300 people
0.0 / km²
people / km²
Showing all 244 countries by population density.