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Population Density by Country in 2024

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In the year 2024, the world had a population density of 62.3 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density was 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 24266.1 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 22283.8 people/km², and 🇸🇬Singapore with 8861.9 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 🇲🇳Mongolia with 2.2 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 152.6 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Africa with a population density of 50.6 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 320.2 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Caribbean with a population density of 202.6 people/km², and Western Europe with 180.0 people living per square kilometer. While the sub-region with lowest population density for the year was Australia/New Zealand with only 4.0 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 137.1 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 2024

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 2024

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇨Monaco 24266.1074 -123
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 22283.8281 8,907
3 🇸🇬Singapore 8861.9466 37,479
4 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 6821.3662 4,091
5 🇬🇮Gibraltar 3271.75 27
6 🇧🇭Bahrain 1914.0639 13,066
7 🇲🇻Maldives 1726.29 -3,022
8 🇲🇹Malta 1703.9381 1,617
9 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1342.1004 1,735,448
10 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1303.1912 93
11 🇻🇦Holy See 1194.3182 7
12 🇧🇲Bermuda 1183.9815 -142
13 🇬🇬Guernsey 996.6953 251
14 🇯🇪Jersey 972.7802 1,043
15 🇾🇹Mayotte 922.656 10,004
16 🇵🇸State of Palestine 912.7846 125,363
17 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 676.3686 25,317
18 🇧🇧Barbados 656.5326 296
19 🇳🇷Nauru 644.2 102
20 🇲🇺Mauritius 641.3685 1,336
21 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 610.1321 252
22 🇷🇼Rwanda 595.4114 321,113
23 🇦🇼Aruba 589.875 -117
24 🇸🇲San Marino 551.041 -37
25 🇳🇱Netherlands 524.8174 52,006
26 🇧🇮Burundi 523.7633 355,645
27 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 522.9472 -47,123
28 🇱🇧Lebanon 510.1705 -126,546
29 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 500.8636 20
30 🇮🇳India 484.9067 12,982,108
31 🇰🇲Comoros 466.2034 15,513
32 🇨🇼Curaçao 455.1073 871
33 🇭🇹Haiti 430.4483 142,902
34 🇮🇱Israel 430.2385 136,996
35 🇵🇭Philippines 397.0207 1,766,365
36 🇷🇪Réunion 395.7398 7,459
37 🇧🇪Belgium 386.9402 29,351
38 🇹🇻Tuvalu 382.6 84
39 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 376.0702 7,689
40 🇬🇩Grenada 373.1971 684
41 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 350.0401 53,023
42 🇲🇶Martinique 345.6759 -581
43 🇯🇵Japan 325.4342 -665,040
44 🇬🇺Guam 321.8373 1,154
45 🇵🇰Pakistan 318.0908 4,729,227
46 🇻🇳Viet Nam 317.4691 622,418
47 🇸🇻El Salvador 308.7012 30,786
48 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 299.8442 2,967
49 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 293.5154 533
50 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 289.9813 567
51 🇬🇲Gambia 280.8106 69,123
52 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 280.1586 -709
53 🇬🇧United Kingdom 279.9751 222,803
54 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 265.8538 140
55 🇯🇲Jamaica 260.8253 -1,171
56 🇱🇺Luxembourg 255.4417 6,670
57 🇳🇬Nigeria 251.6027 5,393,889
58 🇺🇬Uganda 249.8624 1,349,114
59 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 248.8875 222
60 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 246.2307 4,549
61 🇰🇼Kuwait 244.1003 38,422
62 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 243.4558 512
63 🇩🇪Germany 238.8469 -47,788
64 🇸🇨Seychelles 236.8993 586
65 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 236.675 99,871
66 🇶🇦Qatar 236.2387 20,387
67 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 235.6389 414
68 🇲🇼Malawi 227.1339 553,699
69 🇨🇭Switzerland 221.33 54,038
70 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 217.9602 79,310
71 🇦🇸American Samoa 217.7225 -371
72 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 215.4909 516
73 🇳🇵Nepal 212.2578 340,687
74 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 206.2532 224
75 🇮🇹Italy 198.3199 -176,466
76 🇰🇮Kiribati 187.0021 2,239
77 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 184.0269 86
78 🇦🇮Anguilla 181.0909 40
79 🇬🇹Guatemala 171.3179 278,984
80 🇦🇩Andorra 170.9383 250
81 🇹🇬Togo 170.2678 207,859
82 🇹🇴Tonga 167.2054 907
83 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 166.1436 1,085
84 🇹🇰Tokelau 159.5417 21
85 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 152.9099 3,922
86 🇬🇭Ghana 152.8414 661,575
87 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 149.9903 5,786
88 🇨🇳China 148.4561 -629,267
89 🇮🇲Isle of Man 148.4336 178
90 🇮🇩Indonesia 146.4198 2,232,386
91 🇹🇭Thailand 140.707 74,098
92 🇩🇰Denmark 140.107 28,831
93 🇨🇾Cyprus 137.28 8,177
94 🇨🇿Czechia 136.0534 7,221
95 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 135.0509 74,215
96 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 132.5353 1,109,873
97 🇵🇱Poland 131.3603 -705,605
98 🇪🇹Ethiopia 129.7197 3,205,715
99 🇯🇴Jordan 128.2172 52,727
100 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 126.5807 48,277
101 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 125.146 187,349
102 🇧🇯Benin 124.8676 371,562
103 🇫🇷France 117.6717 122,752
104 🇸🇰Slovakia 116.306 -80,190
105 🇪🇬Egypt 115.0075 1,796,910
106 🇹🇷Türkiye 112.0842 437,735
107 🇵🇹Portugal 111.1415 -24,707
108 🇭🇺Hungary 110.4053 -142,835
109 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 109.4639 230
110 🇦🇹Austria 108.7888 17,472
111 🇮🇶Iraq 107.1658 1,021,222
112 🇲🇾Malaysia 105.53 359,779
113 🇸🇮Slovenia 105.2222 -970
114 🇨🇺Cuba 104.6721 -21,027
115 🇦🇱Albania 103.1469 -4,138
116 🇨🇷Costa Rica 102.7559 33,926
117 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 101.2671 -88,696
118 🇭🇳Honduras 98.6432 165,149
119 🇩🇲Dominica 97.8233 325
120 🇦🇲Armenia 97.5962 -500
121 🇰🇪Kenya 96.7803 1,113,904
122 🇸🇳Senegal 94.6427 462,943
123 🇰🇭Cambodia 94.5776 174,549
124 🇪🇸Spain 94.5018 -49,666
125 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 93.0921 735,657
126 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 92.7965 19,271
127 🇷🇸Serbia 92.4863 -39,971
128 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 87.1354 593,586
129 🇲🇦Morocco 85.6183 365,686
130 🇷🇴Romania 85.2718 -221,737
131 🇵🇫French Polynesia 84.5231 2,462
132 🇲🇲Myanmar 84.1352 379,136
133 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 83.8594 496,347
134 🇲🇰North Macedonia 83.5991 7
135 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 83.1463 120
136 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 81.7071 -64
137 🇼🇸Samoa 80.9067 3,280
138 🇹🇳Tunisia 80.8382 103,560
139 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 79.0735 3,251
140 🇬🇷Greece 78.7549 -39,007
141 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 78.3685 1,997,518
142 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 78.1347 47,014
143 🇱🇸Lesotho 77.6048 25,572
144 🇧🇸Bahamas 77.4958 2,593
145 🇮🇪Ireland 74.4435 31,876
146 🇪🇨Ecuador 73.9949 185,905
147 🇹🇯Tajikistan 72.1979 186,941
148 🇭🇷Croatia 71.3222 -22,124
149 🇨🇰Cook Islands 71.1312 33
150 🇸🇿Eswatini 70.3839 12,638
151 🇦🇫Afghanistan 66.8 1,140,587
152 🇾🇪Yemen 66.7081 782,219
153 🇲🇽Mexico 66.0399 922,903
154 🇺🇦Ukraine 65.4868 1,035,655
155 🇨🇲Cameroon 63.0714 753,417
156 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 62.5666 40,518
157 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 62.3939 -12,618
158 🇧🇬Bulgaria 61.0596 -53,068
159 🇵🇦Panama 61.0427 59,334
160 🇳🇮Nicaragua 59.3529 95,396
161 🇬🇳Guinea 59.1273 342,267
162 🇱🇷Liberia 57.4849 119,409
163 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 55.1403 617,491
164 🇬🇪Georgia 53.4958 -7,374
165 🇲🇬Madagascar 53.3807 736,982
166 🇫🇯Fiji 51.6186 6,773
167 🇿🇦South Africa 49.9833 664,406
168 🇩🇯Djibouti 49.7122 15,940
169 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 48.8753 369
170 🇧🇾Belarus 46.5972 -42,857
171 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 46.5914 3,412,127
172 🇨🇴Colombia 46.5795 259,319
173 🇲🇪Montenegro 45.3303 -427
174 🇲🇿Mozambique 44.3277 968,626
175 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 43.9972 355,273
176 🇱🇹Lithuania 43.0015 -24,925
177 🇲🇸Montserrat 42.4466 -20
178 🇵🇼Palau 39.2413 -12
179 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 38.5877 178
180 🇺🇸United States of America 37.3666 1,803,056
181 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 35.6601 104,176
182 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 33.5211 102,208
183 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 32.0754 548,138
184 🇪🇷Eritrea 31.5133 70,739
185 🇪🇪Estonia 30.3465 -3,932
186 🇦🇴Angola 30.3238 1,129,262
187 🇸🇴Somalia 29.8194 570,389
188 🇱🇻Latvia 29.0909 -19,718
189 🇿🇲Zambia 28.4302 569,664
190 🇻🇺Vanuatu 28.0824 7,837
191 🇸🇩Sudan 27.9642 1,254,250
192 🇵🇪Peru 27.0946 330,945
193 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 26.277 16,303
194 🇸🇪Sweden 26.2033 61,045
195 🇨🇱Chile 26.109 29,395
196 🇧🇷Brazil 26.039 1,189,254
197 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 25.2826 -26
198 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 23.2208 185,504
199 🇳🇪Niger 22.2933 1,058,765
200 🇧🇹Bhutan 20.6382 4,956
201 🇸🇸South Sudan 19.9893 192,590
202 🇳🇿New Zealand 19.8938 41,265
203 🇺🇾Uruguay 19.7656 138
204 🇲🇱Mali 19.682 733,813
205 🇩🇿Algeria 19.4306 657,297
206 🇫🇮Finland 18.3541 4,330
207 🇨🇬Congo 18.2856 138,211
208 🇧🇿Belize 18.2664 5,807
209 🇳🇴Norway 18.1263 40,152
210 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 17.4322 521,937
211 🇵🇾Paraguay 17.1765 84,927
212 🇦🇷Argentina 16.4975 281,595
213 🇳🇨New Caledonia 16.1907 2,945
214 🇴🇲Oman 15.2296 68,200
215 🇹🇩Chad 14.9676 574,761
216 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 14.0405 80,424
217 🇸🇭Saint Helena 13.4705 -55
218 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 11.601 178,897
219 🇬🇦Gabon 9.6424 48,405
220 🇨🇫Central African Republic 9.4957 177,977
221 🇷🇺Russian Federation 8.7909 -475,055
222 🇳🇺Niue 7.4404 1
223 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 7.3446 230,784
224 🇲🇷Mauritania 4.8452 133,097
225 🇧🇼Botswana 4.7989 43,996
226 🇨🇦Canada 4.3005 324,542
227 🇬🇾Guyana 4.1635 5,610
228 🇱🇾Libya 4.1548 74,810
229 🇸🇷Suriname 4.0307 5,499
230 🇬🇫French Guiana 3.8905 7,662
231 🇮🇸Iceland 3.7677 2,354
232 🇦🇺Australia 3.4755 259,660
233 🇳🇦Namibia 3.2137 44,607
234 🇪🇭Western Sahara 2.2496 11,056
235 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.2432 45,380
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.3125 18
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.1384 136

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 2024

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 152.5676 31,616,088
2 Africa 50.5903 34,869,463
3 Europe 33.5855 -552,402
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 33.0594 4,937,632
5 Northern America 20.4295 2,127,566
6 Oceania 5.4318 531,852

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 2024

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Southern Asia 320.1619 21,600,505
2 Caribbean 202.6087 238,045
3 Western Europe 180.0368 234,600
4 Micronesia 178.1949 5,212
5 South-Eastern Asia 155.6487 5,770,940
6 Eastern Asia 140.9182 -1,178,425
7 Southern Europe 115.8727 -364,301
8 Polynesia 91.5255 6,353
9 Eastern Africa 74.7667 12,411,809
10 Western Africa 74.3577 11,123,639
11 Central America 73.9419 1,592,285
12 Northern Europe 65.4665 344,466
13 Western Asia 63.0909 4,324,396
14 Northern Africa 34.9277 4,263,569
15 Middle Africa 32.0959 6,279,227
16 Southern Africa 26.3165 791,219
17 South America 25.1917 3,107,302
18 Melanesia 24.2344 219,362
19 Central Asia 20.1711 1,098,672
20 Eastern Europe 15.9172 -767,167
21 Australia/New Zealand 4.0227 300,925

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 2024

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 137.116 44,705,726
2 Middle-income countries 76.2365 50,247,610
3 Low-income countries 52.9925 20,784,565
4 Upper-middle-income countries 47.2006 5,541,884
5 High-income countries 35.7973 1,938,729
6 No income group available 25.1495 559,295

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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