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Population Density by Country in 2012

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In the year 2012, the world had a population density of 54.9 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density was 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 23288.9 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 18211.5 people/km², and 🇸🇬Singapore with 7878.5 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 1.7 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 137.7 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Africa with a population density of 37.6 people/km², and Europe with 33.5 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest population density of 279.0 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Caribbean with a population density of 189.4 people/km², and Western Europe with 174.0 people living per square kilometer. While the sub-region with lowest population density for the year was Australia/New Zealand with only 3.4 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 116.9 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 25.1.

Similar Population Metrics for 2012

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 2012

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇨Monaco 23288.9262 751
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 18211.4531 10,539
3 🇸🇬Singapore 7878.4839 98,927
4 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 6582.4022 66,626
5 🇬🇮Gibraltar 3215.95 487
6 🇧🇭Bahrain 1564.4183 28,865
7 🇲🇹Malta 1364.7841 7,008
8 🇻🇦Holy See 1320.4545 -8
9 🇲🇻Maldives 1291.7983 13,187
10 🇧🇲Bermuda 1177.0463 -5
11 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1168.4002 1,926,713
12 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1033.5 3,350
13 🇬🇬Guernsey 956.2188 216
14 🇯🇪Jersey 839.8534 792
15 🇵🇸State of Palestine 695.0434 96,746
16 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 679.7358 -334
17 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 656.144 98,337
18 🇧🇧Barbados 642.3198 687
19 🇲🇺Mauritius 634.8495 2,423
20 🇾🇹Mayotte 596.1947 6,660
21 🇦🇼Aruba 567.2861 795
22 🇸🇲San Marino 543.1475 188
23 🇳🇷Nauru 522.175 253
24 🇱🇧Lebanon 506.1913 194,873
25 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 501.6442 468,060
26 🇳🇱Netherlands 498.5091 82,010
27 🇷🇼Rwanda 447.7627 258,738
28 🇮🇳India 428.6599 16,773,368
29 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 420.8454 -37,902
30 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 418.8864 117
31 🇨🇼Curaçao 386.671 2,303
32 🇧🇮Burundi 377.4751 363,026
33 🇰🇲Comoros 367.8412 14,645
34 🇭🇹Haiti 366.6632 153,646
35 🇲🇶Martinique 365.0811 -2,424
36 🇧🇪Belgium 364.3285 73,029
37 🇹🇻Tuvalu 361.8167 145
38 🇷🇪Réunion 360.8574 4,433
39 🇮🇱Israel 350.7881 133,768
40 🇬🇩Grenada 340.9191 1,022
41 🇯🇵Japan 339.2928 -162,727
42 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 335.175 116,460
43 🇵🇭Philippines 326.7744 1,686,022
44 🇬🇺Guam 307.5638 840
45 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 299.3514 -728
46 🇸🇻El Salvador 297.3595 24,382
47 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 290.0139 -805
48 🇻🇳Viet Nam 284.9354 960,311
49 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 281.0455 882
50 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 278.8258 10,521
51 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 277.1359 -594
52 🇦🇸American Samoa 268.4575 -659
53 🇬🇧United Kingdom 262.8675 513,894
54 🇵🇰Pakistan 262.3052 3,249,951
55 🇯🇲Jamaica 254.8307 14,014
56 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 247.5332 -248
57 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 235.9336 1,356
58 🇩🇪Germany 233.9499 131,117
59 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 228.1531 309
60 🇸🇨Seychelles 208.5536 1,476
61 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 207.6314 126,631
62 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 206.6919 108,812
63 🇱🇺Luxembourg 204.8589 12,253
64 🇬🇲Gambia 203.6575 63,586
65 🇮🇹Italy 203.3623 174,417
66 🇨🇭Switzerland 199.9334 84,668
67 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 199.2591 886
68 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 197.838 3,877
69 🇰🇼Kuwait 190.5187 251,596
70 🇳🇬Nigeria 186.7386 4,641,887
71 🇳🇵Nepal 185.6944 51,348
72 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 184.5519 226
73 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 183.5654 46
74 🇺🇬Uganda 171.532 989,114
75 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 166.1084 6,207
76 🇹🇴Tonga 165.3877 -378
77 🇲🇼Malawi 164.7903 438,725
78 🇶🇦Qatar 164.4795 102,220
79 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 154.6171 364
80 🇰🇮Kiribati 153.7431 1,699
81 🇦🇮Anguilla 152.8977 120
82 🇦🇩Andorra 151.0904 399
83 🇮🇲Isle of Man 147.4441 -158
84 🇨🇳China 142.3501 10,110,030
85 🇬🇹Guatemala 141.1749 296,684
86 🇨🇿Czechia 136.1484 10,693
87 🇹🇭Thailand 135.3658 439,938
88 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 132.4725 6,080
89 🇩🇰Denmark 132.1168 25,115
90 🇮🇩Indonesia 130.9428 3,114,242
91 🇹🇬Togo 127.3513 177,985
92 🇵🇱Poland 126.1484 -1,799
93 🇨🇾Cyprus 125.1685 10,933
94 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 123.0503 -532,539
95 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 122.0006 88,221
96 🇹🇰Tokelau 120.0 98
97 🇬🇭Ghana 118.0397 663,128
98 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 114.7569 128,306
99 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 114.5711 -184
100 🇵🇹Portugal 114.3892 -55,116
101 🇫🇷France 114.3883 274,357
102 🇸🇰Slovakia 110.3192 6,353
103 🇭🇺Hungary 109.6004 -23,458
104 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 106.6599 -89,953
105 🇨🇺Cuba 105.9339 12,122
106 🇦🇱Albania 105.5622 -6,426
107 🇸🇮Slovenia 102.7587 3,464
108 🇦🇲Armenia 102.3897 -13,106
109 🇦🇹Austria 102.1539 43,839
110 🇷🇸Serbia 98.9281 -26,661
111 🇹🇷Türkiye 97.8132 1,233,896
112 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 94.6276 174,981
113 🇪🇹Ethiopia 94.4513 2,642,207
114 🇪🇸Spain 93.074 -90,337
115 🇨🇷Costa Rica 92.7652 55,785
116 🇩🇲Dominica 91.8513 245
117 🇪🇬Egypt 91.6574 2,012,315
118 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 90.5071 -222
119 🇲🇾Malaysia 90.2761 477,571
120 🇧🇯Benin 88.8088 290,703
121 🇷🇴Romania 87.5238 -72,694
122 🇲🇰North Macedonia 84.2724 2,412
123 🇬🇷Greece 83.807 -48,289
124 🇰🇭Cambodia 81.6784 214,167
125 🇯🇴Jordan 81.2202 24,434
126 🇭🇳Honduras 80.6092 169,045
127 🇺🇦Ukraine 78.3785 -76,169
128 🇮🇶Iraq 78.0057 1,741,858
129 🇵🇫French Polynesia 77.7915 1,216
130 🇭🇷Croatia 77.4938 -21,753
131 🇲🇲Myanmar 76.8697 427,836
132 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 76.5081 24,353
133 🇰🇪Kenya 75.2948 1,082,389
134 🇨🇰Cook Islands 74.9979 -73
135 🇲🇦Morocco 74.7304 450,494
136 🇹🇳Tunisia 71.8933 123,382
137 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 71.7693 -68,942
138 🇧🇸Bahamas 71.3066 3,962
139 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 70.535 5,104
140 🇼🇸Samoa 70.0085 1,804
141 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 69.3537 449,294
142 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 69.2161 457,067
143 🇧🇬Bulgaria 69.0832 -57,818
144 🇸🇳Senegal 68.7261 360,390
145 🇱🇸Lesotho 67.6785 17,940
146 🇮🇪Ireland 66.7654 20,762
147 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 65.3811 556
148 🇸🇿Eswatini 64.0122 6,436
149 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 62.5502 524,193
150 🇪🇨Ecuador 62.3445 243,210
151 🇲🇽Mexico 59.0818 1,571,980
152 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 58.7737 44,517
153 🇹🇯Tajikistan 55.6002 175,211
154 🇬🇪Georgia 54.7468 -18,298
155 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 53.9467 1,400,921
156 🇵🇦Panama 50.6203 66,658
157 🇳🇮Nicaragua 50.1131 88,534
158 🇫🇯Fiji 49.8664 2,536
159 🇾🇪Yemen 49.6683 754,191
160 🇱🇹Lithuania 48.9187 -35,448
161 🇲🇸Montserrat 48.301 48
162 🇧🇾Belarus 47.7736 -4,908
163 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 47.4747 1,105,102
164 🇦🇫Afghanistan 46.9223 1,088,677
165 🇲🇪Montenegro 45.8334 1,053
166 🇨🇲Cameroon 45.1297 592,604
167 🇱🇷Liberia 44.9724 94,837
168 🇬🇳Guinea 43.9064 261,606
169 🇿🇦South Africa 43.5325 725,348
170 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 42.5539 49,733
171 🇩🇯Djibouti 41.169 17,487
172 🇨🇴Colombia 40.743 464,594
173 🇲🇬Madagascar 39.4748 618,078
174 🇵🇼Palau 39.013 -282
175 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 34.9397 27
176 🇺🇸United States of America 34.6158 2,759,460
177 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 34.2906 280,588
178 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 33.7689 1,479
179 🇱🇻Latvia 33.0023 -22,906
180 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 32.1573 371,404
181 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 31.3173 2,353,033
182 🇲🇿Mozambique 31.1397 747,022
183 🇪🇪Estonia 30.4303 -5,032
184 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 29.3637 84,371
185 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 28.2011 92,321
186 🇪🇷Eritrea 26.849 39,650
187 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 26.2043 -24
188 🇧🇷Brazil 23.9261 1,762,673
189 🇸🇪Sweden 23.4595 90,273
190 🇵🇪Peru 23.2403 281,640
191 🇨🇱Chile 23.0316 165,774
192 🇻🇺Vanuatu 21.1086 6,119
193 🇦🇴Angola 20.204 946,717
194 🇸🇩Sudan 19.92 801,600
195 🇿🇲Zambia 19.8344 482,006
196 🇸🇴Somalia 19.8303 368,575
197 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 19.7167 14,383
198 🇺🇾Uruguay 19.4643 9,743
199 🇸🇸South Sudan 18.9692 431,921
200 🇧🇹Bhutan 18.7828 7,813
201 🇫🇮Finland 17.9042 25,409
202 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 17.7241 219,406
203 🇳🇿New Zealand 16.6487 29,309
204 🇳🇴Norway 16.4978 65,430
205 🇩🇿Algeria 15.6443 733,671
206 🇦🇷Argentina 15.0269 436,706
207 🇳🇨New Caledonia 14.8415 5,049
208 🇧🇿Belize 14.7768 7,564
209 🇵🇾Paraguay 14.6449 80,750
210 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 14.3377 668,419
211 🇳🇪Niger 14.1742 695,098
212 🇸🇭Saint Helena 13.8179 36
213 🇨🇬Congo 13.8016 114,021
214 🇲🇱Mali 13.5345 435,062
215 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 11.6159 100,102
216 🇴🇲Oman 11.4235 328,909
217 🇹🇩Chad 10.1294 435,298
218 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 9.757 173,412
219 🇷🇺Russian Federation 8.7709 312,186
220 🇨🇫Central African Republic 7.6621 29,877
221 🇬🇦Gabon 7.1281 65,288
222 🇳🇺Niue 6.975 13
223 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 6.3351 239,209
224 🇧🇼Botswana 3.8386 41,233
225 🇨🇦Canada 3.815 377,199
226 🇬🇾Guyana 3.7794 3,346
227 🇸🇷Suriname 3.5776 5,899
228 🇲🇷Mauritania 3.5278 114,969
229 🇱🇾Libya 3.5019 104,413
230 🇮🇸Iceland 3.202 2,267
231 🇦🇺Australia 2.9587 393,146
232 🇬🇫French Guiana 2.9105 5,858
233 🇳🇦Namibia 2.6327 36,340
234 🇲🇳Mongolia 1.7929 50,348
235 🇪🇭Western Sahara 1.6765 16,997
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.2624 54
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.1369 -97

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 2012

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 137.686 48,894,916
2 Africa 37.5891 28,856,826
3 Europe 33.4612 1,263,510
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 29.7951 6,578,480
5 Northern America 18.8437 3,136,533
6 Oceania 4.5217 673,777

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 2012

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Southern Asia 279.0296 24,332,620
2 Caribbean 189.4224 292,785
3 Western Europe 173.9525 702,333
4 Micronesia 168.3504 1,885
5 South-Eastern Asia 138.1532 7,540,792
6 Eastern Asia 135.9419 10,750,025
7 Southern Europe 118.268 -121,897
8 Polynesia 85.8414 1,944
9 Central America 65.2023 2,280,632
10 Northern Europe 61.6645 680,641
11 Western Africa 54.5052 9,006,125
12 Eastern Africa 54.4848 10,190,084
13 Western Asia 51.9673 5,223,292
14 Northern Africa 27.9077 4,242,872
15 South America 22.8199 4,005,063
16 Southern Africa 22.8147 827,297
17 Middle Africa 21.9841 4,590,448
18 Melanesia 18.9179 247,493
19 Central Asia 16.7059 1,048,186
20 Eastern Europe 16.3044 2,433
21 Australia/New Zealand 3.415 422,455

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 2012

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 116.8874 45,909,187
2 Middle-income countries 67.6373 66,843,952
3 Upper-middle-income countries 44.148 20,934,766
4 Low-income countries 38.5035 14,889,876
5 High-income countries 34.0472 7,281,190
6 No income group available 25.0794 389,023

How is Population Density calculated?

Population density indicates the number of people per unit of land area. In this case, the population density is calculated in square kilometers (km²) of the area.

Population Density Formula

Population Density = population / land area in km²

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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