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Population Density by Country in 2015

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In the year 2015, the world had a population density of 57.0 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density was 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 24671.1 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 19226.2 people/km², and 🇸🇬Singapore with 8272.4 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 1.8 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 142.2 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Africa with a population density of 40.6 people/km², and Europe with 33.6 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest population density of 290.2 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Caribbean with a population density of 193.0 people/km², and Western Europe with 176.0 people living per square kilometer. While the sub-region with lowest population density for the year was Australia/New Zealand with only 3.6 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 122.3 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 26.0.

Similar Population Metrics for 2015

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 2015

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇨Monaco 24671.1409 630
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 19226.2188 11,232
3 🇸🇬Singapore 8272.3543 69,312
4 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 6733.247 43,505
5 🇬🇮Gibraltar 3251.95 69
6 🇧🇭Bahrain 1739.645 47,694
7 🇲🇻Maldives 1451.94 18,858
8 🇲🇹Malta 1449.4556 10,671
9 🇻🇦Holy See 1281.8182 -6
10 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1212.4914 1,827,351
11 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1182.4853 1,165
12 🇧🇲Bermuda 1169.3333 -224
13 🇬🇬Guernsey 962.9531 38
14 🇯🇪Jersey 866.9052 1,618
15 🇵🇸State of Palestine 744.9524 109,437
16 🇾🇹Mayotte 665.4533 10,344
17 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 663.997 89,101
18 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 660.7547 -162
19 🇧🇧Barbados 646.7047 572
20 🇲🇺Mauritius 637.0212 706
21 🇱🇧Lebanon 625.5073 -135,633
22 🇦🇼Aruba 579.2083 641
23 🇳🇷Nauru 559.275 247
24 🇸🇲San Marino 550.3279 268
25 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 515.3917 413,118
26 🇳🇱Netherlands 506.1064 82,691
27 🇷🇼Rwanda 480.9153 278,104
28 🇮🇳India 444.9317 15,527,429
29 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 438.3182 202
30 🇧🇮Burundi 413.3776 118,973
31 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 402.3625 -63,374
32 🇨🇼Curaçao 399.934 1,386
33 🇰🇲Comoros 392.378 15,803
34 🇭🇹Haiti 383.1752 150,654
35 🇧🇪Belgium 371.5009 67,435
36 🇮🇱Israel 369.9939 148,894
37 🇷🇪Réunion 368.9978 4,669
38 🇹🇻Tuvalu 362.5667 -24
39 🇲🇶Martinique 361.8066 -3,170
40 🇬🇩Grenada 349.9397 999
41 🇵🇭Philippines 343.4379 1,811,702
42 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 340.2711 91,839
43 🇯🇵Japan 337.6933 -234,026
44 🇬🇺Guam 310.4954 374
45 🇸🇻El Salvador 300.7271 19,636
46 🇻🇳Viet Nam 294.1568 948,773
47 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 293.7243 -511
48 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 285.1023 816
49 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 284.6348 9,353
50 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 274.4972 -1,045
51 🇵🇰Pakistan 273.6733 2,620,662
52 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 273.0308 -456
53 🇬🇧United Kingdom 268.6994 432,552
54 🇯🇲Jamaica 258.0281 9,585
55 🇦🇸American Samoa 256.84 -874
56 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 252.7427 1,356
57 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 245.1404 -1,543
58 🇩🇪Germany 235.4637 211,270
59 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 233.4688 228
60 🇬🇲Gambia 222.6417 64,055
61 🇱🇺Luxembourg 219.8485 13,377
62 🇰🇼Kuwait 219.3705 316,302
63 🇸🇨Seychelles 217.1554 1,238
64 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 215.3926 123,012
65 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 209.7668 134,430
66 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 209.5036 3,561
67 🇶🇦Qatar 208.4043 199,749
68 🇨🇭Switzerland 207.0847 89,624
69 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 204.4102 691
70 🇮🇹Italy 203.5067 -129,664
71 🇳🇬Nigeria 202.0222 4,586,247
72 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 190.6851 405
73 🇳🇵Nepal 187.5944 185,711
74 🇺🇬Uganda 187.5678 1,167,130
75 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 183.8077 -12
76 🇲🇼Malawi 179.1495 463,893
77 🇦🇮Anguilla 165.0625 339
78 🇹🇴Tonga 163.2646 -528
79 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 161.3133 674
80 🇰🇮Kiribati 160.7528 1,783
81 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 156.3736 437
82 🇦🇩Andorra 152.65 47
83 🇬🇹Guatemala 149.3198 284,604
84 🇮🇲Isle of Man 146.1416 -342
85 🇨🇳China 145.1787 7,841,787
86 🇹🇭Thailand 137.592 305,448
87 🇹🇬Togo 137.4008 186,587
88 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 137.0139 5,980
89 🇨🇿Czechia 136.3133 4,257
90 🇮🇩Indonesia 135.5842 2,808,933
91 🇩🇰Denmark 133.9292 27,486
92 🇨🇾Cyprus 128.4935 10,408
93 🇬🇭Ghana 126.8829 678,180
94 🇵🇱Poland 125.9108 -41,736
95 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 125.5477 79,222
96 🇹🇰Tokelau 121.2083 -39
97 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 119.3288 117,894
98 🇫🇷France 115.7274 189,106
99 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 112.7221 -368
100 🇵🇹Portugal 112.6861 -33,533
101 🇸🇰Slovakia 110.6284 4,649
102 🇭🇺Hungary 108.7402 -25,350
103 🇯🇴Jordan 106.9244 687,485
104 🇨🇺Cuba 106.2206 7,300
105 🇦🇱Albania 105.2077 -1,351
106 🇦🇹Austria 104.7325 115,624
107 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 104.5407 -573,907
108 🇹🇷Türkiye 103.4898 1,359,759
109 🇸🇮Slovenia 103.3301 9,382
110 🇪🇹Ethiopia 102.4719 2,749,423
111 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 101.9623 174,072
112 🇦🇲Armenia 101.1311 -12,727
113 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 99.6712 -56,876
114 🇪🇬Egypt 98.1705 2,096,795
115 🇷🇸Serbia 97.9918 -26,184
116 🇧🇯Benin 96.9562 322,253
117 🇨🇷Costa Rica 95.8723 50,498
118 🇲🇾Malaysia 94.5635 453,067
119 🇩🇲Dominica 93.342 -219
120 🇪🇸Spain 92.4275 -3,510
121 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 87.0179 -127
122 🇮🇶Iraq 86.9739 986,119
123 🇷🇴Romania 86.5196 -106,542
124 🇭🇳Honduras 85.2128 166,475
125 🇰🇭Cambodia 85.1632 203,064
126 🇲🇰North Macedonia 84.6129 2,254
127 🇬🇷Greece 82.6069 -59,550
128 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 81.0903 18,822
129 🇰🇪Kenya 80.6772 1,010,993
130 🇵🇫French Polynesia 79.2039 1,826
131 🇲🇲Myanmar 78.8072 407,282
132 🇲🇦Morocco 77.7066 425,780
133 🇺🇦Ukraine 77.6472 -135,056
134 🇭🇷Croatia 76.1202 -32,280
135 🇸🇳Senegal 74.5659 389,337
136 🇹🇳Tunisia 74.36 128,755
137 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 74.2036 609,840
138 🇨🇰Cook Islands 73.7312 -137
139 🇧🇸Bahamas 73.2918 3,387
140 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 73.1026 4,687
141 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 72.7537 510,173
142 🇼🇸Samoa 71.933 1,817
143 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 70.622 612
144 🇱🇸Lesotho 69.78 24,449
145 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 68.8385 -45,194
146 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 68.4138 550,641
147 🇮🇪Ireland 68.2458 48,316
148 🇧🇬Bulgaria 67.431 -64,259
149 🇸🇿Eswatini 65.3076 8,364
150 🇪🇨Ecuador 65.2114 240,810
151 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 63.6173 45,660
152 🇲🇽Mexico 61.3245 1,355,188
153 🇹🇯Tajikistan 59.5672 201,201
154 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 59.3166 1,868,819
155 🇬🇪Georgia 54.2687 -1,000
156 🇾🇪Yemen 54.0117 754,910
157 🇵🇦Panama 53.3467 68,869
158 🇳🇮Nicaragua 52.34 90,262
159 🇦🇫Afghanistan 51.9848 785,358
160 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 50.2169 1,816,699
161 🇫🇯Fiji 50.2025 1,318
162 🇨🇲Cameroon 49.3781 700,381
163 🇲🇸Montserrat 49.1117 -47
164 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 48.0204 51,974
165 🇱🇷Liberia 47.8855 97,998
166 🇧🇾Belarus 47.8074 8,216
167 🇱🇹Lithuania 47.3286 -30,657
168 🇬🇳Guinea 47.314 301,265
169 🇲🇪Montenegro 45.8997 -617
170 🇿🇦South Africa 45.7699 1,313,854
171 🇩🇯Djibouti 43.4107 17,102
172 🇲🇬Madagascar 42.7142 639,659
173 🇨🇴Colombia 41.9331 449,960
174 🇵🇼Palau 38.6826 16
175 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 38.4605 1,873
176 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 36.5902 297,298
177 🇺🇸United States of America 35.4856 2,518,261
178 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 35.2466 637
179 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 34.6957 2,662,765
180 🇲🇿Mozambique 34.1352 816,353
181 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 33.3132 326,228
182 🇱🇻Latvia 32.0111 -18,667
183 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 30.8393 102,259
184 🇪🇪Estonia 30.2456 2,803
185 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 29.4082 102,060
186 🇪🇷Eritrea 27.5705 26,938
187 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 25.9913 -10
188 🇧🇷Brazil 24.5495 1,706,790
189 🇸🇪Sweden 24.1797 102,145
190 🇵🇪Peru 23.992 382,338
191 🇨🇱Chile 23.7334 182,198
192 🇻🇺Vanuatu 22.6775 6,557
193 🇦🇴Angola 22.5617 1,006,802
194 🇸🇴Somalia 21.9401 451,585
195 🇿🇲Zambia 21.8569 513,870
196 🇸🇩Sudan 21.6261 1,171,008
197 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 21.2759 15,370
198 🇸🇸South Sudan 19.8426 124,455
199 🇺🇾Uruguay 19.6472 11,703
200 🇧🇹Bhutan 19.3591 6,570
201 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 19.1719 217,748
202 🇫🇮Finland 18.1212 15,524
203 🇳🇿New Zealand 17.3293 77,098
204 🇳🇴Norway 17.0609 48,151
205 🇩🇿Algeria 16.6026 793,349
206 🇳🇪Niger 15.8902 777,076
207 🇧🇿Belize 15.7769 7,470
208 🇦🇷Argentina 15.4943 429,557
209 🇳🇨New Caledonia 15.4832 794
210 🇵🇾Paraguay 15.2745 88,230
211 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 15.2347 615,924
212 🇲🇱Mali 14.8443 570,251
213 🇨🇬Congo 14.8298 121,058
214 🇸🇭Saint Helena 14.0949 40
215 🇴🇲Oman 13.5437 213,137
216 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 12.2708 103,167
217 🇹🇩Chad 11.2296 414,002
218 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 10.2373 172,811
219 🇷🇺Russian Federation 8.8344 453,053
220 🇬🇦Gabon 7.8725 59,820
221 🇨🇫Central African Republic 7.7359 76,954
222 🇳🇺Niue 7.1019 23
223 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 6.6066 240,615
224 🇧🇼Botswana 4.0675 45,869
225 🇨🇦Canada 3.9294 339,628
226 🇬🇾Guyana 3.8356 4,006
227 🇲🇷Mauritania 3.8287 104,383
228 🇱🇾Libya 3.6942 90,144
229 🇸🇷Suriname 3.6889 5,890
230 🇮🇸Iceland 3.3026 3,417
231 🇬🇫French Guiana 3.1268 5,706
232 🇦🇺Australia 3.1007 357,597
233 🇳🇦Namibia 2.7727 40,164
234 🇲🇳Mongolia 1.9036 63,775
235 🇪🇭Western Sahara 1.849 13,741
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.28 79
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.1362 35

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 2015

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 142.1854 44,457,631
2 Africa 40.6452 31,290,809
3 Europe 33.6062 1,134,838
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 30.7453 6,294,162
5 Northern America 19.326 2,857,690
6 Oceania 4.7596 679,863

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 2015

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Southern Asia 290.1695 22,880,477
2 Caribbean 193.0331 244,854
3 Western Europe 176.0454 769,985
4 Micronesia 169.9251 1,444
5 South-Eastern Asia 143.0589 7,133,150
6 Eastern Asia 138.3958 8,362,922
7 Southern Europe 117.5718 -308,524
8 Polynesia 86.6149 1,937
9 Central America 67.8358 2,043,002
10 Northern Europe 62.8658 633,021
11 Eastern Africa 59.1279 10,577,355
12 Western Africa 59.0874 9,463,865
13 Western Asia 55.2455 4,923,667
14 Northern Africa 29.7106 4,719,572
15 Middle Africa 24.2518 5,097,317
16 Southern Africa 23.9667 1,432,700
17 South America 23.5007 4,006,306
18 Melanesia 20.3084 241,787
19 Central Asia 17.5552 1,157,415
20 Eastern Europe 16.2966 40,356
21 Australia/New Zealand 3.5749 434,695

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 2015

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 122.2574 45,152,132
2 Middle-income countries 70.1441 64,270,092
3 Upper-middle-income countries 45.2893 19,117,960
4 Low-income countries 41.534 15,543,508
5 High-income countries 34.6234 6,560,687
6 No income group available 26.0053 340,706

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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