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Population Density by Country in 2025

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In the year 2025, the world is projected to have a population density of 62.8 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density is projected to be 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 24195.3 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 22560.0 people/km², and 🇸🇬Singapore with 8915.9 people living per square kilometer, if spread out evenly.

The country with the lowest annual population density is projected to be 🇬🇱Greenland with 0.1 people per square kilometer. Followed by 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) with a density of 0.3 people/km², and 🇲🇳Mongolia with 2.3 people living per square kilometer, if said population is spread out evenly across its land mass.

The geographic region with the highest population density is projected to be Asia with a density of 153.6 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Africa with a population density of 51.8 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 323.5 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Caribbean with a population density of 203.7 people/km², and Western Europe with 180.2 people living per square kilometer. While the sub-region with lowest population density for the year is projected to be Australia/New Zealand with only 4.1 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 138.8 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 25.6.

Similar Population Metrics for 2025

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 2025

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇨Monaco 24195.302 -88
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 22560.0469 8,771
3 🇸🇬Singapore 8915.8719 36,183
4 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 6824.1956 2,128
5 🇬🇮Gibraltar 3274.25 23
6 🇧🇭Bahrain 1930.6201 12,861
7 🇲🇻Maldives 1717.4117 -2,305
8 🇲🇹Malta 1708.8794 1,496
9 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1355.3162 1,705,149
10 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1305.9853 97
11 🇻🇦Holy See 1210.2273 7
12 🇧🇲Bermuda 1181.0741 -172
13 🇬🇬Guernsey 1000.4219 226
14 🇯🇪Jersey 981.8147 1,053
15 🇾🇹Mayotte 949.3893 10,046
16 🇵🇸State of Palestine 933.6552 125,919
17 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 677.0413 22,318
18 🇧🇧Barbados 657.164 247
19 🇳🇷Nauru 648.925 87
20 🇲🇺Mauritius 641.9754 1,128
21 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 614.6604 228
22 🇷🇼Rwanda 608.7257 323,562
23 🇦🇼Aruba 589.1306 -151
24 🇸🇲San Marino 550.5328 -25
25 🇧🇮Burundi 537.5006 357,320
26 🇳🇱Netherlands 526.3382 50,410
27 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 522.4268 -55,844
28 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 501.9545 28
29 🇱🇧Lebanon 498.2995 -116,334
30 🇮🇳India 489.2411 12,791,636
31 🇰🇲Comoros 474.5164 15,428
32 🇨🇼Curaçao 457.1616 871
33 🇮🇱Israel 436.5745 137,263
34 🇭🇹Haiti 435.6163 142,051
35 🇵🇭Philippines 402.8812 1,749,902
36 🇷🇪Réunion 398.6972 7,328
37 🇧🇪Belgium 387.8896 28,141
38 🇹🇻Tuvalu 385.4833 89
39 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 376.819 5,327
40 🇬🇩Grenada 375.1559 648
41 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 350.8531 48,933
42 🇲🇶Martinique 345.1123 -614
43 🇵🇰Pakistan 324.2384 4,748,912
44 🇬🇺Guam 323.9612 1,144
45 🇯🇵Japan 323.6535 -677,009
46 🇻🇳Viet Nam 319.4037 590,180
47 🇸🇻El Salvador 310.1462 29,093
48 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 300.3787 2,517
49 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 294.3352 477
50 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 292.3008 551
51 🇬🇲Gambia 287.6687 69,685
52 🇬🇧United Kingdom 280.878 215,529
53 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 278.0757 -749
54 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 266.2128 140
55 🇯🇲Jamaica 260.6832 -1,908
56 🇱🇺Luxembourg 257.9535 6,341
57 🇳🇬Nigeria 257.5553 5,448,884
58 🇺🇬Uganda 256.671 1,371,724
59 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 251.0198 4,646
60 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 250.3094 233
61 🇰🇼Kuwait 246.2178 37,036
62 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 243.7801 544
63 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 238.7065 96,421
64 🇩🇪Germany 238.6937 -59,021
65 🇸🇨Seychelles 238.1696 575
66 🇶🇦Qatar 237.9786 19,931
67 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 237.8833 394
68 🇲🇼Malawi 233.0357 562,362
69 🇨🇭Switzerland 222.6598 52,319
70 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 218.5859 71,373
71 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 216.633 489
72 🇦🇸American Samoa 215.805 -396
73 🇳🇵Nepal 214.5478 333,407
74 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 207.6883 218
75 🇮🇹Italy 197.7155 -181,336
76 🇰🇮Kiribati 190.0606 2,202
77 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 184.3654 90
78 🇦🇮Anguilla 181.4318 20
79 🇹🇬Togo 174.1158 210,727
80 🇬🇹Guatemala 173.9131 277,219
81 🇦🇩Andorra 171.4426 224
82 🇹🇴Tonga 168.6092 918
83 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 167.6986 1,092
84 🇹🇰Tokelau 161.125 17
85 🇬🇭Ghana 155.7519 662,951
86 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 153.2671 3,867
87 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 151.4166 5,710
88 🇮🇲Isle of Man 148.7456 179
89 🇨🇳China 148.3731 -964,451
90 🇮🇩Indonesia 147.5743 2,180,128
91 🇹🇭Thailand 140.8386 60,412
92 🇩🇰Denmark 140.7856 28,711
93 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 138.4094 1,048,403
94 🇨🇾Cyprus 138.1503 7,905
95 🇨🇿Czechia 136.1342 5,242
96 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 136.0853 72,717
97 🇪🇹Ethiopia 132.9386 3,231,958
98 🇵🇱Poland 129.3844 -504,387
99 🇯🇴Jordan 128.8613 61,659
100 🇧🇯Benin 128.1855 376,692
101 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 127.7582 187,459
102 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 127.1448 44,986
103 🇫🇷France 117.8922 120,355
104 🇪🇬Egypt 116.8069 1,785,515
105 🇸🇰Slovakia 114.9233 -55,406
106 🇹🇷Türkiye 112.6508 434,384
107 🇵🇹Portugal 110.8672 -25,758
108 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 109.9683 231
109 🇮🇶Iraq 109.5289 1,030,557
110 🇭🇺Hungary 109.0342 -105,410
111 🇦🇹Austria 108.9946 16,496
112 🇲🇾Malaysia 106.614 352,490
113 🇸🇮Slovenia 105.1625 -1,437
114 🇨🇺Cuba 104.4665 -22,886
115 🇨🇷Costa Rica 103.4117 33,045
116 🇦🇱Albania 102.9866 -4,649
117 🇭🇳Honduras 100.1519 163,972
118 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 98.9893 -61,102
119 🇰🇪Kenya 98.7105 1,127,896
120 🇩🇲Dominica 98.2467 310
121 🇦🇲Armenia 97.562 -1,451
122 🇸🇳Senegal 97.0644 469,523
123 🇰🇭Cambodia 95.5259 168,819
124 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 95.422 746,103
125 🇪🇸Spain 94.3956 -57,032
126 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 94.0944 19,329
127 🇷🇸Serbia 91.9566 -41,315
128 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 89.3162 599,769
129 🇲🇦Morocco 86.4246 353,975
130 🇵🇫French Polynesia 85.1819 2,392
131 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 85.0 474,078
132 🇲🇲Myanmar 84.7048 365,043
133 🇷🇴Romania 84.4257 -167,609
134 🇲🇰North Macedonia 83.5879 -569
135 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 83.5335 134
136 🇼🇸Samoa 82.0604 3,250
137 🇹🇳Tunisia 81.4888 98,666
138 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 81.3393 -39
139 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 80.6362 2,019,955
140 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 79.8139 47,424
141 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 79.6262 3,122
142 🇬🇷Greece 78.4536 -39,839
143 🇱🇸Lesotho 78.4381 25,025
144 🇧🇸Bahamas 77.975 2,542
145 🇮🇪Ireland 74.9026 30,902
146 🇪🇨Ecuador 74.7438 186,102
147 🇹🇯Tajikistan 73.4936 183,911
148 🇨🇰Cook Islands 71.2604 29
149 🇸🇿Eswatini 71.1201 12,927
150 🇭🇷Croatia 70.9244 -22,347
151 🇦🇫Afghanistan 68.5601 1,145,101
152 🇾🇪Yemen 68.1865 778,980
153 🇺🇦Ukraine 66.9044 606,856
154 🇲🇽Mexico 66.5058 902,944
155 🇨🇲Cameroon 64.6943 759,277
156 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 64.0133 40,644
157 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 62.1434 -13,025
158 🇵🇦Panama 61.8342 58,089
159 🇧🇬Bulgaria 60.5667 -53,782
160 🇬🇳Guinea 60.5285 346,297
161 🇳🇮Nicaragua 60.1405 94,171
162 🇱🇷Liberia 58.7337 121,151
163 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 55.5092 584,265
164 🇲🇬Madagascar 54.6538 744,411
165 🇬🇪Georgia 53.3819 -8,457
166 🇫🇯Fiji 51.9974 7,069
167 🇿🇦South Africa 50.518 641,314
168 🇩🇯Djibouti 50.3994 15,917
169 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 49.26 362
170 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 48.1134 3,488,763
171 🇨🇴Colombia 46.8197 280,578
172 🇧🇾Belarus 46.3878 -42,137
173 🇲🇿Mozambique 45.569 983,687
174 🇲🇪Montenegro 45.2956 -532
175 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 44.9148 354,653
176 🇱🇹Lithuania 42.6126 -23,780
177 🇲🇸Montserrat 42.3252 -5
178 🇵🇼Palau 39.225 -3
179 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 38.7166 179
180 🇺🇸United States of America 37.5622 1,774,911
181 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 36.1975 101,970
182 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 33.9615 101,039
183 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 32.6548 513,929
184 🇪🇷Eritrea 32.1075 73,219
185 🇦🇴Angola 31.2367 1,147,053
186 🇸🇴Somalia 30.736 579,574
187 🇪🇪Estonia 30.2512 -4,350
188 🇿🇲Zambia 29.1999 574,801
189 🇱🇻Latvia 28.7784 -19,170
190 🇻🇺Vanuatu 28.7286 7,918
191 🇸🇩Sudan 28.6761 1,258,560
192 🇵🇪Peru 27.3543 333,815
193 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 26.8449 16,404
194 🇸🇪Sweden 26.3511 59,350
195 🇧🇷Brazil 26.1784 1,142,268
196 🇨🇱Chile 26.1508 33,572
197 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 25.1609 -30
198 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 23.6301 185,208
199 🇳🇪Niger 23.1436 1,095,232
200 🇧🇹Bhutan 20.7672 4,949
201 🇸🇸South Sudan 20.3374 200,104
202 🇲🇱Mali 20.2908 751,923
203 🇳🇿New Zealand 20.0477 40,248
204 🇺🇾Uruguay 19.7664 138
205 🇩🇿Algeria 19.7007 629,261
206 🇨🇬Congo 18.6932 140,170
207 🇧🇿Belize 18.5199 5,762
208 🇫🇮Finland 18.3676 3,869
209 🇳🇴Norway 18.2577 39,831
210 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 17.6723 510,142
211 🇵🇾Paraguay 17.3844 83,216
212 🇦🇷Argentina 16.5977 277,712
213 🇳🇨New Caledonia 16.3497 2,868
214 🇴🇲Oman 15.4465 66,105
215 🇹🇩Chad 15.4272 582,862
216 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 14.2084 77,365
217 🇸🇭Saint Helena 13.3231 -60
218 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 11.7661 178,727
219 🇬🇦Gabon 9.83 48,249
220 🇨🇫Central African Republic 9.7876 185,666
221 🇷🇺Russian Federation 8.7626 -450,682
222 🇳🇺Niue 7.4423 0
223 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 7.4289 224,593
224 🇲🇷Mauritania 4.9754 135,343
225 🇧🇼Botswana 4.8759 43,292
226 🇨🇦Canada 4.3362 324,260
227 🇱🇾Libya 4.199 73,556
228 🇬🇾Guyana 4.1913 5,304
229 🇸🇷Suriname 4.0655 5,372
230 🇬🇫French Guiana 3.9839 7,698
231 🇮🇸Iceland 3.7909 2,287
232 🇦🇺Australia 3.5091 257,483
233 🇳🇦Namibia 3.2677 44,351
234 🇪🇭Western Sahara 2.2909 10,951
235 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.2716 43,256
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.3136 10
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.1387 117

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 2025

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 153.562 30,761,759
2 Africa 51.7759 35,205,184
3 Europe 33.5581 -660,662
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 33.3006 4,840,736
5 Northern America 20.5428 2,099,086
6 Oceania 5.4943 528,605

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 2025

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Southern Asia 323.5177 21,360,047
2 Caribbean 203.6607 227,999
3 Western Europe 180.2433 215,186
4 Micronesia 179.8744 5,147
5 South-Eastern Asia 156.9292 5,626,647
6 Eastern Asia 140.8025 -1,549,458
7 Southern Europe 115.5862 -382,247
8 Polynesia 92.3093 6,260
9 Eastern Africa 76.6432 12,555,648
10 Western Africa 76.2047 11,274,813
11 Central America 74.5823 1,564,295
12 Northern Europe 65.6739 334,816
13 Western Asia 63.9868 4,262,606
14 Northern Africa 35.4789 4,210,484
15 Middle Africa 33.0725 6,397,330
16 Southern Africa 26.6095 766,909
17 South America 25.3667 3,048,442
18 Melanesia 24.6481 219,467
19 Central Asia 20.446 1,061,917
20 Eastern Europe 15.873 -828,417
21 Australia/New Zealand 4.0604 297,731

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 2025

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 138.8453 43,971,005
2 Middle-income countries 76.8622 49,124,005
3 Low-income countries 54.4146 20,992,097
4 Upper-middle-income countries 47.3001 5,153,000
5 High-income countries 35.8552 2,133,612
6 No income group available 25.6027 524,994

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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