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Population Density by Country in 2016

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In the year 2016, the world had a population density of 57.6 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density was 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 24879.5 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 19584.0 people/km², and 🇸🇬Singapore with 8363.0 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 1.9 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 143.6 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Africa with a population density of 41.7 people/km², and Europe with 33.7 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest population density of 293.8 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Caribbean with a population density of 194.1 people/km², and Western Europe with 176.8 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 124.0 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 26.2.

Similar Population Metrics for 2016

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 2016

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇨Monaco 24879.5302 -9
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 19584.0156 11,667
3 🇸🇬Singapore 8363.0059 54,518
4 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 6766.0846 28,672
5 🇬🇮Gibraltar 3256.5 22
6 🇧🇭Bahrain 1800.3333 47,344
7 🇲🇻Maldives 1514.175 18,483
8 🇲🇹Malta 1484.7778 11,582
9 🇻🇦Holy See 1262.5 -11
10 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1227.5069 2,081,786
11 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1216.0588 1,118
12 🇧🇲Bermuda 1167.9259 72
13 🇬🇬Guernsey 962.2812 -124
14 🇯🇪Jersey 880.4784 1,531
15 🇵🇸State of Palestine 763.0977 109,032
16 🇾🇹Mayotte 694.088 11,132
17 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 666.3223 75,570
18 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 656.8113 -256
19 🇧🇧Barbados 648.0209 560
20 🇲🇺Mauritius 637.3946 810
21 🇱🇧Lebanon 611.7908 -145,007
22 🇦🇼Aruba 582.6361 593
23 🇳🇷Nauru 571.825 255
24 🇸🇲San Marino 554.6557 260
25 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 518.5812 218,048
26 🇳🇱Netherlands 508.5832 84,104
27 🇷🇼Rwanda 492.8087 297,777
28 🇮🇳India 450.2357 16,012,241
29 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 447.3864 197
30 🇧🇮Burundi 420.1668 233,385
31 🇨🇼Curaçao 402.6875 949
32 🇰🇲Comoros 400.9844 16,230
33 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 394.931 -65,815
34 🇭🇹Haiti 388.6194 149,529
35 🇮🇱Israel 376.9814 153,568
36 🇧🇪Belgium 373.7643 69,630
37 🇷🇪Réunion 370.651 3,597
38 🇹🇻Tuvalu 361.7333 -26
39 🇲🇶Martinique 358.816 -3,170
40 🇬🇩Grenada 352.8412 974
41 🇵🇭Philippines 349.5842 1,876,101
42 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 341.6872 85,754
43 🇯🇵Japan 337.0111 -280,125
44 🇬🇺Guam 311.1765 363
45 🇸🇻El Salvador 301.6655 19,252
46 🇻🇳Viet Nam 297.1406 921,489
47 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 292.33 -465
48 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 286.419 8,953
49 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 286.3856 765
50 🇵🇰Pakistan 276.9884 2,490,421
51 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 271.6987 -583
52 🇬🇧United Kingdom 270.4743 429,126
53 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 268.4944 -1,116
54 🇯🇲Jamaica 258.79 6,917
55 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 258.3174 1,331
56 🇦🇸American Samoa 252.24 -966
57 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 244.3821 -926
58 🇩🇪Germany 236.2044 305,123
59 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 235.0594 281
60 🇬🇲Gambia 228.9729 64,089
61 🇰🇼Kuwait 227.1908 -37,618
62 🇱🇺Luxembourg 225.232 14,510
63 🇶🇦Qatar 223.9915 161,438
64 🇸🇨Seychelles 219.9311 1,299
65 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 217.9129 120,507
66 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 213.1589 3,457
67 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 210.8597 128,762
68 🇨🇭Switzerland 209.3643 92,708
69 🇳🇬Nigeria 207.151 4,756,046
70 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 205.8284 557
71 🇮🇹Italy 203.1206 -98,895
72 🇺🇬Uganda 193.9286 1,374,756
73 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 193.1104 342
74 🇳🇵Nepal 189.2988 316,010
75 🇲🇼Malawi 184.0852 469,471
76 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 183.7981 7
77 🇦🇮Anguilla 168.3352 237
78 🇰🇮Kiribati 163.241 1,830
79 🇹🇴Tonga 162.6269 -301
80 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 160.5431 -17,472
81 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 157.0364 491
82 🇦🇩Andorra 154.3415 1,543
83 🇬🇹Guatemala 152.025 295,189
84 🇨🇳China 146.0302 8,506,677
85 🇮🇲Isle of Man 145.8907 55
86 🇹🇬Togo 140.8596 189,663
87 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 138.5594 6,477
88 🇹🇭Thailand 138.204 319,832
89 🇮🇩Indonesia 137.0275 2,707,492
90 🇨🇿Czechia 136.3625 3,329
91 🇩🇰Denmark 134.6147 30,636
92 🇬🇭Ghana 129.8862 688,547
93 🇨🇾Cyprus 129.6409 10,795
94 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 126.637 75,506
95 🇵🇱Poland 125.8422 -331
96 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 120.6931 107,642
97 🇹🇰Tokelau 118.875 -17
98 🇫🇷France 116.053 169,993
99 🇵🇹Portugal 112.3308 -31,832
100 🇯🇴Jordan 112.2222 253,333
101 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 111.8884 -394
102 🇸🇰Slovakia 110.7663 8,869
103 🇭🇺Hungary 108.4183 -32,933
104 🇨🇺Cuba 106.2404 -3,065
105 🇦🇹Austria 105.8724 72,507
106 🇪🇹Ethiopia 105.2932 2,893,243
107 🇹🇷Türkiye 105.2741 1,386,673
108 🇦🇱Albania 105.156 -1,484
109 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 104.4593 184,208
110 🇸🇮Slovenia 103.7849 8,934
111 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 103.2293 92,056
112 🇦🇲Armenia 100.6828 -12,792
113 🇪🇬Egypt 100.2401 2,023,667
114 🇧🇯Benin 99.8589 332,349
115 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 98.0817 -47,654
116 🇷🇸Serbia 97.6502 -26,232
117 🇨🇷Costa Rica 96.8509 49,428
118 🇲🇾Malaysia 95.9562 462,104
119 🇩🇲Dominica 93.4333 356
120 🇪🇸Spain 92.5111 87,456
121 🇮🇶Iraq 89.1395 894,142
122 🇭🇳Honduras 86.7374 166,109
123 🇰🇭Cambodia 86.307 211,057
124 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 86.1464 -117
125 🇷🇴Romania 86.049 -109,976
126 🇲🇰North Macedonia 84.7026 2,214
127 🇰🇪Kenya 82.4735 1,075,370
128 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 82.3512 18,676
129 🇬🇷Greece 82.172 -54,248
130 🇵🇫French Polynesia 79.6801 1,683
131 🇲🇲Myanmar 79.4323 409,517
132 🇲🇦Morocco 78.6629 427,831
133 🇺🇦Ukraine 77.39 -162,934
134 🇸🇳Senegal 76.6185 401,015
135 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 76.1435 623,921
136 🇭🇷Croatia 75.5645 -29,848
137 🇹🇳Tunisia 75.1828 127,023
138 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 73.9388 498,141
139 🇧🇸Bahamas 73.9038 3,171
140 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 73.8931 4,428
141 🇨🇰Cook Islands 73.1083 -162
142 🇼🇸Samoa 72.6304 2,130
143 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 72.468 599
144 🇱🇸Lesotho 70.615 26,254
145 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 70.4514 564,316
146 🇮🇪Ireland 68.9775 51,739
147 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 67.992 -41,482
148 🇧🇬Bulgaria 66.8472 -62,299
149 🇪🇨Ecuador 66.1926 246,556
150 🇸🇿Eswatini 65.8022 8,812
151 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 65.2401 45,605
152 🇲🇽Mexico 62.0234 1,383,461
153 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 61.4152 1,849,137
154 🇹🇯Tajikistan 60.9736 201,311
155 🇾🇪Yemen 55.4463 760,005
156 🇵🇦Panama 54.2801 69,607
157 🇬🇪Georgia 54.2684 956
158 🇦🇫Afghanistan 53.3442 980,059
159 🇳🇮Nicaragua 53.0932 91,012
160 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 51.1473 1,214,081
161 🇨🇲Cameroon 50.8779 697,586
162 🇫🇯Fiji 50.2666 1,024
163 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 49.8726 51,933
164 🇲🇸Montserrat 49.3641 99
165 🇱🇷Liberia 48.859 89,539
166 🇬🇳Guinea 48.5552 308,708
167 🇧🇾Belarus 47.8444 6,786
168 🇱🇹Lithuania 46.8481 -29,525
169 🇿🇦South Africa 46.217 -222,315
170 🇲🇪Montenegro 45.8488 -789
171 🇩🇯Djibouti 44.1442 16,903
172 🇲🇬Madagascar 43.8332 662,397
173 🇨🇴Colombia 42.3836 562,495
174 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 40.2595 1,545
175 🇵🇼Palau 38.7304 28
176 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 37.36 298,237
177 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 35.9194 2,885,381
178 🇺🇸United States of America 35.7701 2,686,582
179 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 35.7401 730
180 🇲🇿Mozambique 35.2202 890,141
181 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 33.5443 97,267
182 🇱🇻Latvia 31.7141 -18,290
183 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 31.378 104,378
184 🇪🇪Estonia 30.2748 -265
185 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 29.8586 105,827
186 🇪🇷Eritrea 27.7792 23,625
187 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 25.9348 -16
188 🇧🇷Brazil 24.7495 1,635,956
189 🇸🇪Sweden 24.4349 105,792
190 🇵🇪Peru 24.3208 459,493
191 🇨🇱Chile 24.0172 245,313
192 🇦🇴Angola 23.3855 1,047,247
193 🇻🇺Vanuatu 23.2336 7,002
194 🇸🇴Somalia 22.7833 606,296
195 🇿🇲Zambia 22.5558 525,191
196 🇸🇩Sudan 22.3094 1,240,974
197 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 21.8121 15,514
198 🇺🇾Uruguay 19.7104 10,194
199 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 19.651 216,243
200 🇸🇸South Sudan 19.6153 -380,844
201 🇧🇹Bhutan 19.5281 6,405
202 🇫🇮Finland 18.1733 15,992
203 🇳🇿New Zealand 17.6219 77,884
204 🇳🇴Norway 17.2128 44,315
205 🇩🇿Algeria 16.9369 798,999
206 🇳🇪Niger 16.5167 810,162
207 🇧🇿Belize 16.1031 7,413
208 🇦🇷Argentina 15.6416 392,795
209 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 15.5447 716,919
210 🇳🇨New Caledonia 15.5223 637
211 🇵🇾Paraguay 15.4937 89,101
212 🇲🇱Mali 15.3256 604,148
213 🇨🇬Congo 15.1884 123,817
214 🇴🇲Oman 14.2102 199,450
215 🇸🇭Saint Helena 14.1282 -14
216 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 12.4882 101,093
217 🇹🇩Chad 11.5888 490,620
218 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 10.397 173,049
219 🇷🇺Russian Federation 8.8613 428,481
220 🇬🇦Gabon 8.0964 55,557
221 🇨🇫Central African Republic 7.8721 92,735
222 🇳🇺Niue 7.1577 6
223 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 6.6965 244,673
224 🇧🇼Botswana 4.1509 48,619
225 🇨🇦Canada 3.9714 423,184
226 🇲🇷Mauritania 3.9312 106,959
227 🇬🇾Guyana 3.8562 4,106
228 🇱🇾Libya 3.7479 89,778
229 🇸🇷Suriname 3.7273 6,066
230 🇮🇸Iceland 3.3486 5,813
231 🇬🇫French Guiana 3.1972 5,869
232 🇦🇺Australia 3.1495 393,333
233 🇳🇦Namibia 2.822 41,132
234 🇲🇳Mongolia 1.9452 65,837
235 🇪🇭Western Sahara 1.9002 13,523
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.2882 122
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.1362 8

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 2016

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 143.6111 44,974,428
2 Africa 41.6944 30,716,521
3 Europe 33.661 1,287,428
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 31.0544 6,234,879
5 Northern America 19.4859 3,109,830
6 Oceania 4.8418 715,324

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 2016

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Southern Asia 293.7694 23,205,241
2 Caribbean 194.0938 225,026
3 Western Europe 176.7702 808,847
4 Micronesia 170.3954 1,457
5 South-Eastern Asia 144.6571 7,091,041
6 Eastern Asia 139.1217 8,755,108
7 Southern Europe 117.3804 -190,282
8 Polynesia 86.8739 2,230
9 Central America 68.6726 2,081,471
10 Northern Europe 63.2536 637,525
11 Eastern Africa 60.7398 10,868,153
12 Western Africa 60.6739 9,775,738
13 Western Asia 56.2572 4,773,442
14 Northern Africa 30.3248 4,721,795
15 Middle Africa 25.0642 5,448,333
16 Southern Africa 24.2178 -97,498
17 South America 23.7264 3,928,382
18 Melanesia 20.763 240,420
19 Central Asia 17.8487 1,149,596
20 Eastern Europe 16.2986 31,338
21 Australia/New Zealand 3.6319 471,217

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 2016

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 124.0237 45,425,661
2 Middle-income countries 70.9473 63,270,633
3 Upper-middle-income countries 45.6331 17,844,972
4 Low-income countries 42.6461 17,126,468
5 High-income countries 34.8098 6,529,777
6 No income group available 26.1943 111,532

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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