Population Density by Country in 2003

In the year 2003, the world had a population density of 49.0 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density was 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 21688.9 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 14454.2 people/km², and 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with 6266.1 people living per square kilometer, if spread out evenly.

The country with the lowest annual population density was 🇬🇱Greenland with 0.1 people per square kilometer. Followed by 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) with a density of 0.3 people/km², and 🇪🇭Western Sahara with 1.2 people living per square kilometer, if said population is spread out evenly across its land mass.

The geographic region with the highest population density was Asia with a density of 123.8 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Europe with a population density of 32.9 people/km², and Africa with 29.9 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest population density of 243.3 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Caribbean with a population density of 177.5 people/km², and Micronesia with 171.5 people living per square kilometer. While the sub-region with lowest population density for the year was Australia/New Zealand with only 3.0 people/km².

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Lower-middle-income countries has the highest population density of 101.2 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 21.9.