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Population Density by Country in 2038

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In the year 2038, the world is projected to have a population density of 69.5 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density is projected to be 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a density of 25534.8 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇨Monaco with a population density of 24333.2 people/km², and 🇸🇬Singapore with 9366.1 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 2.6 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 163.9 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Africa with a population density of 68.2 people/km², and Latin America and the Caribbean with 35.8 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest population density of 362.0 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Caribbean with a population density of 213.0 people/km², and Micronesia with 199.0 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 4.5 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 159.4 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 29.2.

Similar Population Metrics for 2038

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 2038

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 25534.7812 5,894
2 🇲🇨Monaco 24333.2215 89
3 🇸🇬Singapore 9366.0849 7,766
4 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 6694.6729 -23,155
5 🇬🇮Gibraltar 3246.75 -59
6 🇧🇭Bahrain 2137.8397 12,467
7 🇲🇻Maldives 1786.4783 2,983
8 🇲🇹Malta 1714.527 -1,156
9 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1494.5237 1,041,715
10 🇻🇦Holy See 1421.5909 9
11 🇾🇹Mayotte 1334.5413 12,604
12 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1310.3235 -238
13 🇵🇸State of Palestine 1213.1961 132,185
14 🇧🇲Bermuda 1124.9074 -298
15 🇯🇪Jersey 1090.9224 864
16 🇬🇬Guernsey 1037.0859 105
17 🇷🇼Rwanda 786.9339 337,244
18 🇧🇮Burundi 734.7229 428,757
19 🇳🇷Nauru 697.225 79
20 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 671.0262 -67,748
21 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 652.0943 120
22 🇧🇧Barbados 651.7081 -663
23 🇲🇺Mauritius 636.1397 -3,273
24 🇰🇲Comoros 579.46 14,560
25 🇦🇼Aruba 565.3806 -483
26 🇸🇲San Marino 544.3115 -36
27 🇳🇱Netherlands 537.5576 1,551
28 🇮🇳India 536.5435 8,639,552
29 🇮🇱Israel 520.0369 142,643
30 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 503.8706 -251,760
31 🇭🇹Haiti 498.4996 126,391
32 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 497.5682 -41
33 🇨🇼Curaçao 476.8019 366
34 🇵🇭Philippines 473.7227 1,486,075
35 🇱🇧Lebanon 458.9841 22,762
36 🇷🇪Réunion 432.3944 5,440
37 🇹🇻Tuvalu 413.9167 55
38 🇵🇰Pakistan 406.0581 4,828,735
39 🇧🇪Belgium 397.2903 15,176
40 🇬🇩Grenada 392.8838 325
41 🇬🇲Gambia 379.5563 72,236
42 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 355.3986 -4,667
43 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 352.4934 -26,703
44 🇺🇬Uganda 350.6742 1,475,398
45 🇬🇺Guam 348.4048 858
46 🇳🇬Nigeria 339.3803 5,864,846
47 🇻🇳Viet Nam 336.422 245,452
48 🇲🇶Martinique 334.7151 -1,322
49 🇸🇻El Salvador 322.0828 7,231
50 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 319.0219 5,232
51 🇲🇼Malawi 315.4406 618,982
52 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 312.6224 226
53 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 299.9147 -2,521
54 🇯🇵Japan 298.9846 -753,582
55 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 298.1096 -183
56 🇬🇧United Kingdom 290.1093 135,601
57 🇱🇺Luxembourg 284.2701 4,407
58 🇰🇼Kuwait 272.5731 37,235
59 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 267.3769 -90
60 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 265.1083 359
61 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 262.2875 72
62 🇶🇦Qatar 262.0139 25,634
63 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 260.3556 64,909
64 🇯🇲Jamaica 251.8072 -13,749
65 🇸🇨Seychelles 250.0383 309
66 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 248.8729 -767
67 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 246.5464 -261
68 🇳🇵Nepal 238.764 219,441
69 🇨🇭Switzerland 235.9184 31,416
70 🇩🇪Germany 234.0175 -175,682
71 🇹🇬Togo 228.8419 245,516
72 🇰🇮Kiribati 226.739 1,963
73 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 226.2955 134
74 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 222.3182 116
75 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 220.2594 -34,730
76 🇬🇹Guatemala 205.9612 244,993
77 🇬🇭Ghana 194.3537 689,077
78 🇦🇸American Samoa 188.5025 -419
79 🇮🇹Italy 188.3836 -242,350
80 🇹🇴Tonga 187.1838 923
81 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 186.5973 442,378
82 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 185.35 -52
83 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 185.2143 714
84 🇹🇰Tokelau 184.4167 24
85 🇦🇮Anguilla 181.2045 -28
86 🇪🇹Ethiopia 175.5142 3,259,984
87 🇧🇯Benin 175.0361 435,822
88 🇦🇩Andorra 174.9319 26
89 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 168.9937 4,775
90 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 161.4594 179,356
91 🇮🇩Indonesia 159.8427 1,430,226
92 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 156.9913 926
93 🇮🇲Isle of Man 151.3182 70
94 🇯🇴Jordan 148.6652 171,645
95 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 148.1217 69,594
96 🇩🇰Denmark 147.9776 17,571
97 🇨🇾Cyprus 146.3878 4,139
98 🇨🇳China 144.4742 -4,475,033
99 🇮🇶Iraq 141.8745 1,104,624
100 🇪🇬Egypt 140.3811 1,851,440
101 🇹🇭Thailand 139.5709 -174,708
102 🇨🇿Czechia 135.9991 873
103 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 132.5414 19,107
104 🇸🇳Senegal 132.0558 567,176
105 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 128.5231 852,470
106 🇰🇪Kenya 124.8324 1,148,638
107 🇵🇱Poland 122.2569 -189,123
108 🇹🇷Türkiye 119.9606 382,552
109 🇫🇷France 119.886 33,487
110 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 119.6393 660,390
111 🇲🇾Malaysia 118.2133 228,513
112 🇭🇳Honduras 118.0523 132,789
113 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 113.209 -3
114 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 113.0517 2,385,826
115 🇸🇰Slovakia 110.9303 -18,741
116 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 110.0403 16,228
117 🇨🇷Costa Rica 109.9153 16,921
118 🇦🇹Austria 109.7788 -4,886
119 🇵🇹Portugal 106.6065 -36,569
120 🇰🇭Cambodia 105.8704 119,802
121 🇭🇺Hungary 103.0862 -43,039
122 🇸🇮Slovenia 103.0072 -4,616
123 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 102.3627 49,224
124 🇩🇲Dominica 100.9933 -12
125 🇨🇺Cuba 100.3105 -45,227
126 🇦🇱Albania 98.2963 -15,652
127 🇼🇸Samoa 97.6829 3,613
128 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 97.1343 367,094
129 🇲🇦Morocco 95.2014 259,190
130 🇦🇲Armenia 94.9242 -8,754
131 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 94.3502 -10,417
132 🇪🇸Spain 92.165 -118,181
133 🇦🇫Afghanistan 92.0889 1,192,146
134 🇵🇫French Polynesia 91.853 1,359
135 🇹🇯Tajikistan 90.5426 198,941
136 🇲🇲Myanmar 90.0413 170,228
137 🇱🇸Lesotho 88.2353 20,913
138 🇹🇳Tunisia 87.7736 63,771
139 🇾🇪Yemen 87.5468 785,606
140 🇨🇲Cameroon 87.3098 859,821
141 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 86.6128 46
142 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 85.0347 1,548
143 🇪🇨Ecuador 83.7731 148,535
144 🇸🇿Eswatini 83.7063 18,376
145 🇷🇸Serbia 83.7012 -53,662
146 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 82.949 40,379
147 🇧🇸Bahamas 82.9448 1,302
148 🇲🇰North Macedonia 81.3379 -7,686
149 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 80.575 23
150 🇷🇴Romania 80.2093 -77,894
151 🇮🇪Ireland 80.1767 25,331
152 🇬🇳Guinea 79.2418 355,327
153 🇱🇷Liberia 76.0963 132,792
154 🇬🇷Greece 74.3486 -42,497
155 🇨🇰Cook Islands 72.775 28
156 🇲🇬Madagascar 72.0508 800,061
157 🇲🇽Mexico 71.4707 553,394
158 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 71.042 4,415,766
159 🇵🇦Panama 70.9581 46,050
160 🇳🇮Nicaragua 69.2517 74,417
161 🇭🇷Croatia 65.3563 -25,838
162 🇲🇿Mozambique 63.0417 1,108,791
163 🇺🇦Ukraine 62.4507 -259,714
164 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 58.8671 327,902
165 🇩🇯Djibouti 58.8608 13,599
166 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 58.1721 -18,372
167 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 57.3074 372,771
168 🇫🇯Fiji 56.815 5,941
169 🇿🇦South Africa 56.3465 473,928
170 🇧🇬Bulgaria 53.8649 -56,116
171 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 53.5147 242
172 🇬🇪Georgia 51.1482 -13,292
173 🇨🇴Colombia 49.825 170,939
174 🇦🇴Angola 44.4017 1,362,061
175 🇲🇪Montenegro 44.2148 -1,681
176 🇸🇴Somalia 44.1219 700,524
177 🇧🇾Belarus 43.7345 -39,600
178 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 42.9374 103,538
179 🇪🇷Eritrea 41.0446 86,501
180 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 40.8523 259
181 🇲🇸Montserrat 40.1408 -31
182 🇿🇲Zambia 39.9347 641,279
183 🇺🇸United States of America 39.8095 1,283,640
184 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 38.9747 76,909
185 🇸🇩Sudan 38.3179 1,363,461
186 🇱🇹Lithuania 38.2991 -19,170
187 🇵🇼Palau 38.0576 -67
188 🇻🇺Vanuatu 37.9587 9,392
189 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 37.1788 207,420
190 🇳🇪Niger 36.6552 1,540,066
191 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 34.6675 18,552
192 🇵🇪Peru 30.5993 281,121
193 🇲🇱Mali 29.349 930,829
194 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 28.7627 170,470
195 🇪🇪Estonia 28.5843 -5,751
196 🇸🇪Sweden 27.9136 43,548
197 🇧🇷Brazil 27.4382 452,596
198 🇨🇱Chile 27.2097 48,373
199 🇸🇸South Sudan 25.9306 257,043
200 🇱🇻Latvia 25.3956 -13,390
201 🇨🇬Congo 24.5645 164,404
202 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 23.7957 -16
203 🇩🇿Algeria 22.6237 513,840
204 🇧🇹Bhutan 22.2467 3,343
205 🇹🇩Chad 22.0705 700,392
206 🇳🇿New Zealand 21.6091 24,022
207 🇧🇿Belize 21.5326 4,720
208 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 20.4928 420,363
209 🇳🇴Norway 19.8123 32,737
210 🇺🇾Uruguay 19.7033 -2,914
211 🇵🇾Paraguay 19.6909 61,133
212 🇫🇮Finland 18.344 -4,826
213 🇳🇨New Caledonia 18.1431 2,181
214 🇴🇲Oman 17.9848 60,687
215 🇦🇷Argentina 17.7645 217,430
216 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 16.1031 66,058
217 🇨🇫Central African Republic 14.2388 223,546
218 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 13.7962 155,619
219 🇬🇦Gabon 12.3003 49,669
220 🇸🇭Saint Helena 11.3346 -53
221 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 8.459 221,565
222 🇷🇺Russian Federation 8.4234 -417,886
223 🇳🇺Niue 7.6769 0
224 🇲🇷Mauritania 6.8292 154,675
225 🇧🇼Botswana 5.7913 36,910
226 🇬🇫French Guiana 5.2549 8,282
227 🇨🇦Canada 4.7634 260,209
228 🇱🇾Libya 4.7321 63,428
229 🇸🇷Suriname 4.4424 3,560
230 🇬🇾Guyana 4.4215 1,811
231 🇮🇸Iceland 4.0083 1,048
232 🇳🇦Namibia 3.9589 44,024
233 🇦🇺Australia 3.8993 203,196
234 🇪🇭Western Sahara 2.7947 9,726
235 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.5975 40,777
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.3188 -3
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.1373 -160

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 2038

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 163.8841 19,068,624
2 Africa 68.1975 38,939,840
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 35.8387 2,936,223
4 Europe 32.8645 -1,559,424
5 Northern America 21.853 1,543,375
6 Oceania 6.2399 443,263

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 2038

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Southern Asia 362.0291 16,251,151
2 Caribbean 212.9924 101,806
3 Micronesia 198.9807 3,903
4 Western Europe 180.9751 -94,370
5 South-Eastern Asia 170.4758 3,608,039
6 Eastern Asia 136.7217 -5,559,337
7 Southern Europe 110.8594 -567,394
8 Eastern Africa 102.5508 13,665,039
9 Western Africa 102.1837 12,734,524
10 Polynesia 101.8608 5,606
11 Central America 81.6973 1,080,515
12 Western Asia 74.9404 3,811,575
13 Northern Europe 67.8084 213,997
14 Middle Africa 47.4495 7,821,270
15 Northern Africa 42.4224 4,124,856
16 Melanesia 29.8949 206,536
17 Southern Africa 29.8892 594,151
18 South America 27.1776 1,753,902
19 Central Asia 23.6435 957,196
20 Eastern Europe 15.1279 -1,111,657
21 Australia/New Zealand 4.4896 227,218

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 2038

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 159.4311 37,530,959
2 Middle-income countries 83.9145 37,311,056
3 Low-income countries 73.9846 22,968,866
4 Upper-middle-income countries 47.8977 -219,903
5 High-income countries 36.5448 874,818
6 No income group available 29.1814 217,161

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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