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Population Density by Country in 2031

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In the year 2031, the world is projected to have a population density of 66.1 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density is projected to be 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a density of 24092.4 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇨Monaco with a population density of 24079.9 people/km², and 🇸🇬Singapore with 9193.1 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 158.9 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Africa with a population density of 59.1 people/km², and Latin America and the Caribbean with 34.6 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest population density of 342.6 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Caribbean with a population density of 208.9 people/km², and Micronesia with 189.4 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 4.3 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 148.7 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 27.7.

Similar Population Metrics for 2031

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 2031

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 24092.4375 7,464
2 🇲🇨Monaco 24079.8658 22
3 🇸🇬Singapore 9193.0652 25,765
4 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 6803.3476 -10,248
5 🇬🇮Gibraltar 3275.6 -22
6 🇧🇭Bahrain 2026.9438 12,414
7 🇲🇹Malta 1726.3254 249
8 🇲🇻Maldives 1715.7133 2,554
9 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1427.9658 1,429,486
10 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1324.1765 66
11 🇻🇦Holy See 1293.1818 12
12 🇧🇲Bermuda 1158.8611 -231
13 🇾🇹Mayotte 1115.6293 10,888
14 🇵🇸State of Palestine 1060.7801 129,179
15 🇯🇪Jersey 1034.8448 990
16 🇬🇬Guernsey 1020.8359 187
17 🇷🇼Rwanda 690.0742 331,134
18 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 678.3937 -9,567
19 🇳🇷Nauru 671.4 70
20 🇧🇧Barbados 658.107 -122
21 🇲🇺Mauritius 642.8249 -677
22 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 635.0566 138
23 🇧🇮Burundi 623.7914 389,662
24 🇦🇼Aruba 581.175 -329
25 🇸🇲San Marino 548.082 -28
26 🇳🇱Netherlands 533.9495 32,830
27 🇰🇲Comoros 523.6198 14,999
28 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 517.1988 -124,437
29 🇮🇳India 513.3237 11,033,982
30 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 504.9545 -2
31 🇮🇱Israel 474.6611 138,307
32 🇨🇼Curaçao 468.2064 665
33 🇭🇹Haiti 465.5372 133,989
34 🇱🇧Lebanon 457.3265 -29,220
35 🇵🇭Philippines 437.0765 1,661,776
36 🇷🇪Réunion 415.409 6,659
37 🇹🇻Tuvalu 399.3667 68
38 🇧🇪Belgium 392.9054 22,572
39 🇬🇩Grenada 384.8029 456
40 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 372.9937 -20,383
41 🇵🇰Pakistan 361.7878 4,873,904
42 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 354.2371 23,580
43 🇲🇶Martinique 341.25 -758
44 🇬🇺Guam 336.0351 1,044
45 🇬🇲Gambia 329.5606 71,559
46 🇻🇳Viet Nam 329.0687 417,147
47 🇸🇻El Salvador 317.3402 20,165
48 🇯🇵Japan 312.6279 -712,158
49 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 303.9959 382
50 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 301.7163 -65
51 🇺🇬Uganda 299.4096 1,442,346
52 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 297.918 209
53 🇳🇬Nigeria 294.6224 5,778,931
54 🇬🇧United Kingdom 285.7026 173,054
55 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 281.2771 5,024
56 🇱🇺Luxembourg 271.2195 5,295
57 🇲🇼Malawi 270.1647 600,383
58 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 267.6295 49
59 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 264.6129 -805
60 🇯🇲Jamaica 258.3711 -6,611
61 🇰🇼Kuwait 258.1433 35,223
62 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 257.4531 153
63 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 250.5944 372
64 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 249.7371 81,270
65 🇶🇦Qatar 248.1779 20,321
66 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 245.8538 502
67 🇸🇨Seychelles 244.4934 417
68 🇩🇪Germany 237.1002 -122,443
69 🇨🇭Switzerland 229.685 40,865
70 🇳🇵Nepal 227.0306 275,755
71 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 222.4341 344
72 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 220.8494 18,725
73 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 215.4318 181
74 🇰🇮Kiribati 207.6811 2,043
75 🇦🇸American Samoa 203.575 -430
76 🇹🇬Togo 198.2883 227,568
77 🇮🇹Italy 193.7174 -211,614
78 🇬🇹Guatemala 189.1697 266,993
79 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 185.6981 21
80 🇦🇮Anguilla 182.4716 -3
81 🇹🇴Tonga 176.9931 929
82 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 176.7143 978
83 🇦🇩Andorra 173.7734 139
84 🇬🇭Ghana 173.366 672,361
85 🇹🇰Tokelau 172.2917 21
86 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 166.0926 654,124
87 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 159.9083 5,541
88 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 155.396 3,617
89 🇮🇩Indonesia 153.8589 1,835,327
90 🇪🇹Ethiopia 152.585 3,284,332
91 🇮🇲Isle of Man 150.2028 116
92 🇧🇯Benin 148.9497 404,119
93 🇨🇳China 147.1819 -2,800,544
94 🇩🇰Denmark 144.5758 24,151
95 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 143.4692 186,795
96 🇨🇾Cyprus 142.6244 5,895
97 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 141.7465 62,676
98 🇹🇭Thailand 140.9933 -36,242
99 🇨🇿Czechia 136.1675 -2,921
100 🇯🇴Jordan 135.882 138,197
101 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 130.0262 35,968
102 🇪🇬Egypt 127.502 1,773,735
103 🇵🇱Poland 125.9787 -131,455
104 🇮🇶Iraq 124.1097 1,081,771
105 🇫🇷France 119.0443 95,338
106 🇹🇷Türkiye 116.075 458,128
107 🇸🇰Slovakia 113.0926 -10,576
108 🇲🇾Malaysia 112.5941 301,396
109 🇸🇳Senegal 112.3757 513,520
110 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 112.2834 121
111 🇰🇪Kenya 110.6963 1,184,896
112 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 110.1144 810,876
113 🇦🇹Austria 109.8034 5,310
114 🇵🇹Portugal 109.0752 -29,162
115 🇭🇳Honduras 108.9035 152,439
116 🇨🇷Costa Rica 106.9194 26,473
117 🇭🇺Hungary 106.1425 -34,515
118 🇸🇮Slovenia 104.4114 -3,433
119 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 102.9265 639,975
120 🇨🇺Cuba 102.8829 -33,453
121 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 101.8022 18,681
122 🇦🇱Albania 101.4945 -9,320
123 🇰🇭Cambodia 100.7064 145,658
124 🇩🇲Dominica 100.238 175
125 🇦🇲Armenia 96.7511 -5,943
126 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 96.34 -7,304
127 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 94.8996 2,194,479
128 🇪🇸Spain 93.5506 -82,263
129 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 90.9976 392,041
130 🇲🇦Morocco 90.8172 299,960
131 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 90.1037 48,898
132 🇼🇸Samoa 89.0396 3,364
133 🇵🇫French Polynesia 88.7173 1,933
134 🇷🇸Serbia 88.4104 -48,868
135 🇲🇲Myanmar 87.6654 275,664
136 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 85.3064 83
137 🇹🇳Tunisia 84.7682 73,046
138 🇱🇸Lesotho 83.1705 22,923
139 🇲🇰North Macedonia 83.0267 -4,082
140 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 82.5443 2,506
141 🇷🇴Romania 82.4033 -65,511
142 🇹🇯Tajikistan 81.0948 184,215
143 🇧🇸Bahamas 80.6375 2,171
144 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 80.1393 -3
145 🇦🇫Afghanistan 79.3266 1,175,143
146 🇪🇨Ecuador 79.1818 177,146
147 🇮🇪Ireland 77.4458 27,773
148 🇾🇪Yemen 77.1082 787,719
149 🇬🇷Greece 76.5826 -41,008
150 🇸🇿Eswatini 76.2111 17,871
151 🇨🇲Cameroon 74.7832 805,177
152 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 72.757 41,236
153 🇨🇰Cook Islands 72.025 40
154 🇬🇳Guinea 69.087 354,039
155 🇲🇽Mexico 69.0664 775,856
156 🇭🇷Croatia 68.46 -23,636
157 🇱🇷Liberia 66.5555 128,703
158 🇵🇦Panama 66.2874 52,560
159 🇺🇦Ukraine 65.6398 -268,887
160 🇳🇮Nicaragua 64.6038 85,015
161 🇲🇬Madagascar 62.5354 780,733
162 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 60.4853 -15,348
163 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 58.0151 3,980,594
164 🇧🇬Bulgaria 57.5119 -56,217
165 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 57.3099 412,169
166 🇩🇯Djibouti 54.4674 15,357
167 🇫🇯Fiji 54.3584 6,883
168 🇿🇦South Africa 53.4165 545,843
169 🇲🇿Mozambique 53.3745 1,059,600
170 🇬🇪Georgia 52.4595 -12,334
171 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 51.43 317
172 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 50.5311 370,337
173 🇨🇴Colombia 48.4243 277,916
174 🇧🇾Belarus 45.1635 -42,180
175 🇲🇪Montenegro 44.9343 -1,114
176 🇲🇸Montserrat 41.6214 -12
177 🇱🇹Lithuania 40.5329 -20,594
178 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 39.57 233
179 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 39.2726 97,422
180 🇵🇼Palau 38.875 -43
181 🇺🇸United States of America 38.6772 1,625,690
182 🇦🇴Angola 37.0272 1,259,476
183 🇸🇴Somalia 36.5905 644,247
184 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 36.4461 89,378
185 🇪🇷Eritrea 36.0532 84,950
186 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 35.2921 298,280
187 🇿🇲Zambia 34.0171 613,272
188 🇸🇩Sudan 33.0261 1,298,460
189 🇻🇺Vanuatu 32.7878 8,627
190 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 30.3287 17,167
191 🇪🇪Estonia 29.5326 -5,849
192 🇵🇪Peru 28.93 327,263
193 🇳🇪Niger 28.8142 1,298,556
194 🇸🇪Sweden 27.1422 47,878
195 🇱🇻Latvia 27.0726 -16,505
196 🇧🇷Brazil 26.8933 839,176
197 🇨🇱Chile 26.5724 78,570
198 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 26.0472 180,285
199 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 24.4609 -32
200 🇲🇱Mali 24.2179 847,213
201 🇸🇸South Sudan 22.7179 249,649
202 🇧🇹Bhutan 21.5169 4,562
203 🇨🇬Congo 21.2838 154,290
204 🇩🇿Algeria 21.1239 519,087
205 🇳🇿New Zealand 20.8708 32,473
206 🇧🇿Belize 19.9835 5,361
207 🇺🇾Uruguay 19.7637 -479
208 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 19.0417 468,142
209 🇳🇴Norway 19.0171 36,773
210 🇵🇾Paraguay 18.5393 71,886
211 🇫🇮Finland 18.4058 -275
212 🇹🇩Chad 18.343 640,974
213 🇳🇨New Caledonia 17.2373 2,541
214 🇦🇷Argentina 17.1693 252,017
215 🇴🇲Oman 16.6488 59,162
216 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 15.1122 66,457
217 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 12.7364 171,019
218 🇸🇭Saint Helena 12.3923 -62
219 🇨🇫Central African Republic 11.7481 216,017
220 🇬🇦Gabon 10.957 48,976
221 🇷🇺Russian Federation 8.6103 -437,460
222 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 7.9038 208,955
223 🇳🇺Niue 7.4962 8
224 🇲🇷Mauritania 5.7983 146,465
225 🇧🇼Botswana 5.3155 39,886
226 🇬🇫French Guiana 4.5581 8,047
227 🇨🇦Canada 4.5439 309,715
228 🇱🇾Libya 4.4531 68,961
229 🇬🇾Guyana 4.327 3,576
230 🇸🇷Suriname 4.2577 4,617
231 🇮🇸Iceland 3.9115 1,717
232 🇦🇺Australia 3.7017 232,690
233 🇳🇦Namibia 3.5875 43,319
234 🇪🇭Western Sahara 2.5306 10,364
235 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.423 37,322
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.318 -1
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.1392 -45

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 2031

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 158.9311 25,363,567
2 Africa 59.1447 37,277,941
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 34.6257 4,052,370
4 Europe 33.3039 -1,173,315
5 Northern America 21.1908 1,935,097
6 Oceania 5.8556 491,181

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 2031

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Southern Asia 342.5786 19,231,135
2 Caribbean 208.9371 158,475
3 Micronesia 189.3653 4,585
4 Western Europe 181.043 79,942
5 South-Eastern Asia 163.9193 4,737,056
6 Eastern Asia 139.4857 -3,593,443
7 Southern Europe 113.6235 -465,881
8 Polynesia 96.8282 5,930
9 Eastern Africa 88.3329 13,277,663
10 Western Africa 87.8018 12,135,058
11 Central America 78.1672 1,384,862
12 Western Asia 69.1767 4,039,729
13 Northern Europe 66.7876 269,649
14 Middle Africa 39.3452 7,151,764
15 Northern Africa 38.6891 4,043,614
16 Southern Africa 28.2205 669,842
17 Melanesia 27.1061 215,503
18 South America 26.3252 2,509,033
19 Central Asia 21.9564 949,090
20 Eastern Europe 15.5545 -1,057,025
21 Australia/New Zealand 4.274 265,163

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 2031

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 148.7081 40,856,704
2 Middle-income countries 80.3468 43,542,489
3 Low-income countries 63.2308 22,055,370
4 Upper-middle-income countries 47.7426 2,685,785
5 High-income countries 36.2508 2,040,255
6 No income group available 27.6769 308,727

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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