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Population Density by Country in 2030

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In the year 2030, the world is projected to have a population density of 65.5 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density is projected to be 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 24068.5 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 23855.3 people/km², and 🇸🇬Singapore with 9153.7 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 2.4 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 158.1 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Africa with a population density of 57.9 people/km², and Latin America and the Caribbean with 34.4 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest population density of 339.5 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Caribbean with a population density of 208.2 people/km², and Micronesia with 187.9 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 4.2 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 147.1 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 27.4.

Similar Population Metrics for 2030

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 2030

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇨Monaco 24068.4564 12
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 23855.3438 7,710
3 🇸🇬Singapore 9153.7152 27,987
4 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 6811.5441 -7,768
5 🇬🇮Gibraltar 3277.1 -8
6 🇧🇭Bahrain 2011.0843 12,422
7 🇲🇹Malta 1725.1587 486
8 🇲🇻Maldives 1708.9433 1,508
9 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1416.7945 1,478,831
10 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1321.9265 87
11 🇻🇦Holy See 1273.8636 5
12 🇧🇲Bermuda 1163.0741 -224
13 🇾🇹Mayotte 1086.8773 10,676
14 🇵🇸State of Palestine 1039.3604 128,715
15 🇯🇪Jersey 1026.2672 1,000
16 🇬🇬Guernsey 1017.8281 198
17 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 678.5653 -2,585
18 🇷🇼Rwanda 676.4025 330,852
19 🇳🇷Nauru 667.9 70
20 🇧🇧Barbados 658.3291 -69
21 🇲🇺Mauritius 643.0663 -303
22 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 632.2264 162
23 🇧🇮Burundi 608.8836 384,054
24 🇦🇼Aruba 582.9083 -295
25 🇸🇲San Marino 548.4836 -21
26 🇳🇱Netherlands 532.9156 36,793
27 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 518.3814 -109,592
28 🇰🇲Comoros 515.5357 15,090
29 🇮🇳India 509.5517 11,395,637
30 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 505.1364 -6
31 🇮🇱Israel 468.2785 137,972
32 🇨🇼Curaçao 466.579 715
33 🇱🇧Lebanon 460.825 -42,360
34 🇭🇹Haiti 460.6626 134,790
35 🇵🇭Philippines 431.5111 1,677,476
36 🇷🇪Réunion 412.7286 6,743
37 🇹🇻Tuvalu 397.2333 60
38 🇧🇪Belgium 392.1481 23,290
39 🇬🇩Grenada 383.4324 476
40 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 375.0255 -14,937
41 🇵🇰Pakistan 355.4766 4,856,418
42 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 353.831 27,351
43 🇲🇶Martinique 341.9547 -736
44 🇬🇺Guam 334.0961 1,054
45 🇻🇳Viet Nam 327.6865 449,259
46 🇬🇲Gambia 322.4952 71,446
47 🇸🇻El Salvador 316.3236 21,966
48 🇯🇵Japan 314.5097 -706,085
49 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 302.3423 415
50 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 301.694 294
51 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 297.5227 278
52 🇺🇬Uganda 292.1833 1,445,413
53 🇳🇬Nigeria 288.306 5,726,620
54 🇬🇧United Kingdom 284.9777 178,892
55 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 276.0786 4,957
56 🇱🇺Luxembourg 269.1452 5,450
57 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 267.491 59
58 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 266.9114 -804
59 🇲🇼Malawi 263.8151 600,348
60 🇯🇲Jamaica 258.9434 -5,783
61 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 256.4375 172
62 🇰🇼Kuwait 256.1775 34,829
63 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 248.5167 376
64 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 248.0289 83,785
65 🇶🇦Qatar 246.4432 19,876
66 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 245.5335 541
67 🇸🇨Seychelles 243.5821 416
68 🇩🇪Germany 237.4417 -115,615
69 🇨🇭Switzerland 228.6382 42,869
70 🇳🇵Nepal 225.1201 286,625
71 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 221.6136 378
72 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 220.6578 27,433
73 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 214.2532 182
74 🇦🇸American Samoa 205.7075 -423
75 🇰🇮Kiribati 204.8478 2,071
76 🇮🇹Italy 194.4227 -205,858
77 🇹🇬Togo 194.1198 225,871
78 🇬🇹Guatemala 186.6707 268,587
79 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 185.5654 48
80 🇦🇮Anguilla 182.4432 8
81 🇹🇴Tonga 175.5754 914
82 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 175.2907 1,014
83 🇦🇩Andorra 173.4649 151
84 🇹🇰Tokelau 170.4583 23
85 🇬🇭Ghana 170.4133 671,348
86 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 162.3468 722,155
87 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 158.521 5,641
88 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 155.0562 3,794
89 🇮🇩Indonesia 152.8836 1,892,132
90 🇮🇲Isle of Man 149.9965 120
91 🇪🇹Ethiopia 149.2964 3,292,954
92 🇨🇳China 147.4589 -2,519,257
93 🇧🇯Benin 145.3869 399,374
94 🇩🇰Denmark 143.9938 25,195
95 🇨🇾Cyprus 141.9679 6,237
96 🇹🇭Thailand 141.048 -19,632
97 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 140.8585 187,792
98 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 140.8583 63,492
99 🇨🇿Czechia 136.2019 -2,401
100 🇯🇴Jordan 134.3942 126,023
101 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 129.5838 37,173
102 🇵🇱Poland 126.3922 -121,712
103 🇪🇬Egypt 125.7238 1,766,548
104 🇮🇶Iraq 121.625 1,075,575
105 🇫🇷France 118.8717 95,019
106 🇹🇷Türkiye 115.4876 446,102
107 🇸🇰Slovakia 113.2934 -9,115
108 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 111.988 149
109 🇲🇾Malaysia 111.6651 309,034
110 🇸🇳Senegal 109.7277 506,109
111 🇦🇹Austria 109.7272 7,276
112 🇵🇹Portugal 109.3894 -28,638
113 🇰🇪Kenya 108.6635 1,176,153
114 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 107.5826 799,350
115 🇭🇳Honduras 107.4914 155,602
116 🇭🇺Hungary 106.5162 -33,145
117 🇨🇷Costa Rica 106.3894 27,645
118 🇸🇮Slovenia 104.5757 -3,183
119 🇨🇺Cuba 103.187 -31,491
120 🇦🇱Albania 101.8176 -8,383
121 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 100.5978 634,268
122 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 100.5434 18,754
123 🇩🇲Dominica 99.984 206
124 🇰🇭Cambodia 99.8937 148,629
125 🇦🇲Armenia 96.948 -5,265
126 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 96.5491 -6,444
127 🇪🇸Spain 93.712 -79,800
128 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 92.4419 2,159,618
129 🇲🇦Morocco 90.1331 310,685
130 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 90.064 402,265
131 🇷🇸Serbia 89.0404 -47,820
132 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 88.3664 48,809
133 🇵🇫French Polynesia 88.1813 2,016
134 🇼🇸Samoa 87.8542 3,345
135 🇲🇲Myanmar 87.2317 290,988
136 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 85.0747 69
137 🇹🇳Tunisia 84.2873 76,450
138 🇲🇰North Macedonia 83.1797 -3,543
139 🇷🇴Romania 82.683 -63,223
140 🇱🇸Lesotho 82.4093 23,296
141 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 82.1009 2,607
142 🇧🇸Bahamas 80.2251 2,248
143 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 80.2107 -17
144 🇹🇯Tajikistan 79.8143 182,245
145 🇪🇨Ecuador 78.4625 180,118
146 🇦🇫Afghanistan 77.516 1,176,056
147 🇮🇪Ireland 77.0383 27,939
148 🇬🇷Greece 76.8973 -41,334
149 🇾🇪Yemen 75.6165 787,389
150 🇸🇿Eswatini 75.2166 16,666
151 🇨🇲Cameroon 73.0632 798,077
152 🇨🇰Cook Islands 71.8896 25
153 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 71.2898 41,076
154 🇭🇷Croatia 68.8804 -23,369
155 🇲🇽Mexico 68.6662 792,416
156 🇬🇳Guinea 67.6477 353,291
157 🇺🇦Ukraine 66.1041 -269,097
158 🇵🇦Panama 65.5746 53,191
159 🇱🇷Liberia 65.2209 128,401
160 🇳🇮Nicaragua 63.8914 86,448
161 🇲🇬Madagascar 61.1976 775,960
162 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 60.7807 -14,896
163 🇧🇬Bulgaria 58.0295 -55,998
164 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 57.0505 432,884
165 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 56.2767 3,901,706
166 🇫🇯Fiji 53.9777 7,030
167 🇩🇯Djibouti 53.8019 15,494
168 🇿🇦South Africa 52.9641 558,652
169 🇬🇪Georgia 52.6334 -11,827
170 🇲🇿Mozambique 52.0368 1,044,339
171 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 51.0926 324
172 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 49.5784 366,820
173 🇨🇴Colombia 48.1716 290,029
174 🇧🇾Belarus 45.3707 -41,890
175 🇲🇪Montenegro 45.0113 -1,014
176 🇲🇸Montserrat 41.7573 -16
177 🇱🇹Lithuania 40.8637 -20,837
178 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 39.4101 210
179 🇵🇼Palau 38.9543 -30
180 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 38.7663 96,805
181 🇺🇸United States of America 38.4978 1,655,656
182 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 36.0541 91,573
183 🇦🇴Angola 36.0244 1,240,706
184 🇸🇴Somalia 35.5738 631,418
185 🇪🇷Eritrea 35.3575 83,591
186 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 34.9475 333,317
187 🇿🇲Zambia 33.1944 609,897
188 🇸🇩Sudan 32.2921 1,292,845
189 🇻🇺Vanuatu 32.0865 8,471
190 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 29.7355 16,999
191 🇪🇪Estonia 29.6655 -5,702
192 🇵🇪Peru 28.6718 333,653
193 🇳🇪Niger 27.8029 1,263,359
194 🇱🇻Latvia 27.3408 -16,875
195 🇸🇪Sweden 27.0222 49,889
196 🇧🇷Brazil 26.7893 899,399
197 🇨🇱Chile 26.4741 69,416
198 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 25.6488 180,526
199 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 24.5696 -18
200 🇲🇱Mali 23.531 829,013
201 🇸🇸South Sudan 22.2818 242,384
202 🇧🇹Bhutan 21.3965 4,678
203 🇩🇿Algeria 20.9037 529,466
204 🇨🇬Congo 20.8345 152,542
205 🇳🇿New Zealand 20.746 33,674
206 🇺🇾Uruguay 19.7659 -264
207 🇧🇿Belize 19.747 5,429
208 🇳🇴Norway 18.8952 37,446
209 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 18.822 476,677
210 🇫🇮Finland 18.4056 396
211 🇵🇾Paraguay 18.3588 74,126
212 🇹🇩Chad 17.837 633,221
213 🇳🇨New Caledonia 17.0968 2,595
214 🇦🇷Argentina 17.078 257,901
215 🇴🇲Oman 16.4568 59,671
216 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 14.9698 67,387
217 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 12.5778 172,655
218 🇸🇭Saint Helena 12.5513 -62
219 🇨🇫Central African Republic 11.4037 213,053
220 🇬🇦Gabon 10.7677 48,565
221 🇷🇺Russian Federation 8.6368 -427,940
222 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 7.8261 210,215
223 🇳🇺Niue 7.4942 -7
224 🇲🇷Mauritania 5.6569 145,007
225 🇧🇼Botswana 5.2446 40,436
226 🇨🇦Canada 4.5097 312,838
227 🇬🇫French Guiana 4.4607 7,968
228 🇱🇾Libya 4.4117 69,824
229 🇬🇾Guyana 4.308 3,889
230 🇸🇷Suriname 4.2276 4,776
231 🇮🇸Iceland 3.8939 1,814
232 🇦🇺Australia 3.6711 237,712
233 🇳🇦Namibia 3.5347 43,602
234 🇪🇭Western Sahara 2.4915 10,447
235 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.399 37,561
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.3179 5
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.1392 -20

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 2030

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 158.1073 26,309,985
2 Africa 57.8886 36,960,375
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 34.4219 4,209,200
4 Europe 33.3556 -1,109,445
5 Northern America 21.0862 1,968,232
6 Oceania 5.7973 497,648

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 2030

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Southern Asia 339.5407 19,659,988
2 Caribbean 208.1935 170,928
3 Micronesia 187.8591 4,705
4 Western Europe 180.9626 95,266
5 South-Eastern Asia 162.8378 4,888,807
6 Eastern Asia 139.7768 -3,272,583
7 Southern Europe 113.9762 -453,431
8 Polynesia 96.0909 5,936
9 Eastern Africa 86.3435 13,191,918
10 Western Africa 85.8121 11,995,637
11 Central America 77.5999 1,411,284
12 Western Asia 68.33 4,074,856
13 Northern Europe 66.6199 279,685
14 Middle Africa 38.2523 7,033,903
15 Northern Africa 38.1622 4,056,265
16 Southern Africa 27.9661 682,652
17 Melanesia 26.6997 215,621
18 South America 26.1791 2,626,988
19 Central Asia 21.7136 958,917
20 Eastern Europe 15.6123 -1,030,965
21 Australia/New Zealand 4.2402 271,386

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 2030

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 147.1065 41,277,274
2 Middle-income countries 79.7931 44,385,453
3 Low-income countries 61.7332 21,937,319
4 Upper-middle-income countries 47.6887 3,108,179
5 High-income countries 36.1909 2,169,426
6 No income group available 27.4042 343,797

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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