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Population Density by Country in 2039

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In the year 2039, the world is projected to have a population density of 69.9 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density is projected to be 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 24611.4 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 22188.5 people/km², and 🇸🇬Singapore with 9068.7 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 2.6 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 164.5 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Africa with a population density of 69.7 people/km², and Latin America and the Caribbean with 35.3 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest population density of 368.0 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Caribbean with a population density of 207.8 people/km², and Micronesia with 183.6 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 161.4 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 26.1.

Similar Population Metrics for 2039

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 2039

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇨Monaco 24611.4094 -30
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 22188.4531 -3,217
3 🇸🇬Singapore 9068.6991 3,235
4 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 6243.2184 -28,494
5 🇬🇮Gibraltar 4752.2 316
6 🇧🇭Bahrain 2467.6137 19,057
7 🇲🇻Maldives 1873.1783 2,847
8 🇲🇹Malta 1755.3571 -1,215
9 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1545.7384 1,399,681
10 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1455.0882 250
11 🇾🇹Mayotte 1321.0987 12,594
12 🇻🇦Holy See 1288.6364 20
13 🇵🇸State of Palestine 1190.8596 123,440
14 🇧🇲Bermuda 1140.0463 -347
15 🇬🇬Guernsey 1006.6406 -96
16 🇯🇪Jersey 906.4957 21
17 🇷🇼Rwanda 787.9714 362,297
18 🇧🇮Burundi 759.866 414,815
19 🇳🇷Nauru 693.15 168
20 🇧🇧Barbados 644.8326 -874
21 🇱🇧Lebanon 642.1579 52,596
22 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 604.719 -153,435
23 🇰🇲Comoros 599.9033 17,358
24 🇲🇺Mauritius 592.2751 -6,909
25 🇦🇼Aruba 584.9139 -387
26 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 572.5682 43
27 🇳🇱Netherlands 565.9294 9,412
28 🇸🇲San Marino 556.8361 14
29 🇮🇳India 543.0663 8,134,877
30 🇮🇱Israel 528.2358 149,605
31 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 497.7804 -297,098
32 🇭🇹Haiti 494.1824 110,615
33 🇵🇭Philippines 429.5001 712,111
34 🇨🇼Curaçao 426.8856 -591
35 🇵🇰Pakistan 415.2474 4,864,596
36 🇧🇪Belgium 392.6322 4,526
37 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 390.2304 60,768
38 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 385.8776 1,111
39 🇷🇪Réunion 370.9174 2,149
40 🇬🇲Gambia 362.9783 59,586
41 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 358.1509 -54
42 🇺🇬Uganda 353.6907 1,351,453
43 🇻🇳Viet Nam 344.9092 355,779
44 🇬🇩Grenada 343.2412 -194
45 🇳🇬Nigeria 337.9171 4,966,506
46 🇬🇺Guam 337.8762 822
47 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 332.0505 -31,890
48 🇲🇼Malawi 324.6001 611,836
49 🇰🇼Kuwait 324.283 52,990
50 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 323.6828 5,127
51 🇸🇻El Salvador 320.037 9,885
52 🇶🇦Qatar 316.7395 41,356
53 🇸🇨Seychelles 311.7166 89
54 🇹🇻Tuvalu 303.1167 51
55 🇬🇧United Kingdom 303.0595 211,484
56 🇯🇵Japan 299.5949 -737,759
57 🇱🇺Luxembourg 292.9153 4,233
58 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 291.8417 -463
59 🇲🇶Martinique 290.5236 -2,068
60 🇹🇰Tokelau 289.4583 41
61 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 288.2385 -5,559
62 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 267.5877 -1
63 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 265.3 90
64 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 259.2818 53,836
65 🇯🇲Jamaica 248.7445 -17,480
66 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 238.4192 -345
67 🇹🇬Togo 236.8317 242,277
68 🇩🇪Germany 231.7248 -220,972
69 🇨🇭Switzerland 231.7054 8,575
70 🇰🇮Kiribati 224.365 1,838
71 🇳🇵Nepal 222.1801 211,622
72 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 220.8868 -52,182
73 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 220.8557 -27
74 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 217.3386 -499
75 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 215.5746 -1,991
76 🇬🇹Guatemala 208.95 238,681
77 🇦🇸American Samoa 198.25 -276
78 🇬🇭Ghana 193.1215 625,621
79 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 190.558 158,992
80 🇮🇹Italy 187.5541 -291,067
81 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 185.7887 406,780
82 🇪🇹Ethiopia 184.8351 3,611,507
83 🇦🇩Andorra 182.6468 -88
84 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 178.7038 -148
85 🇧🇯Benin 177.811 394,746
86 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 173.16 466
87 🇦🇮Anguilla 170.8636 -30
88 🇮🇩Indonesia 162.4764 1,352,402
89 🇯🇴Jordan 160.5592 206,901
90 🇨🇾Cyprus 160.2321 4,514
91 🇹🇴Tonga 157.4946 167
92 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 156.5383 166,792
93 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 153.4658 579
94 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 149.0611 -248
95 🇩🇰Denmark 144.6712 1,530
96 🇪🇬Egypt 144.0487 1,828,175
97 🇮🇲Isle of Man 142.9196 -258
98 🇮🇶Iraq 140.9139 1,059,504
99 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 140.8137 960,254
100 🇨🇳China 140.5619 -6,462,175
101 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 137.9149 1,646
102 🇹🇭Thailand 136.5537 -221,748
103 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 133.6868 32,932
104 🇸🇳Senegal 131.595 462,406
105 🇨🇿Czechia 131.3127 -31,139
106 🇰🇪Kenya 125.8038 1,057,078
107 🇲🇾Malaysia 125.3565 325,314
108 🇫🇷France 123.0973 67,116
109 🇭🇳Honduras 122.2588 150,496
110 🇹🇷Türkiye 118.0883 138,976
111 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 115.6976 540,980
112 🇵🇱Poland 115.6134 -218,838
113 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 114.6615 2,422,908
114 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 114.2493 20,540
115 🇰🇭Cambodia 112.5907 160,123
116 🇵🇹Portugal 109.909 -27,172
117 🇾🇪Yemen 109.9016 1,154,277
118 🇦🇹Austria 108.4694 -16,699
119 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 106.8688 577,857
120 🇸🇰Slovakia 106.3799 -23,853
121 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 105.9466 49
122 🇨🇷Costa Rica 105.0404 7,141
123 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 103.9113 48,270
124 🇸🇮Slovenia 101.901 -5,419
125 🇭🇺Hungary 100.5795 -38,272
126 🇨🇺Cuba 95.4539 -63,768
127 🇦🇫Afghanistan 95.4025 1,385,922
128 🇹🇯Tajikistan 94.4191 202,964
129 🇦🇲Armenia 94.2883 -18,532
130 🇲🇦Morocco 94.0857 180,814
131 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 93.2415 49,612
132 🇪🇸Spain 92.9915 -119,775
133 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 92.0295 141
134 🇦🇱Albania 90.6772 -22,785
135 🇱🇸Lesotho 89.9916 25,847
136 🇲🇲Myanmar 88.8613 124,763
137 🇨🇲Cameroon 88.6876 874,431
138 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 87.4356 1,996
139 🇼🇸Samoa 86.4532 2,503
140 🇩🇲Dominica 85.0573 6
141 🇮🇪Ireland 84.7392 23,936
142 🇹🇳Tunisia 83.1712 26,881
143 🇸🇿Eswatini 81.8091 9,696
144 🇪🇨Ecuador 81.8017 120,258
145 🇬🇳Guinea 80.6766 335,366
146 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 78.8917 -25,968
147 🇷🇸Serbia 78.6516 -48,165
148 🇵🇫French Polynesia 78.4707 142
149 🇱🇷Liberia 78.3378 142,913
150 🇧🇸Bahamas 78.3094 766
151 🇲🇬Madagascar 75.6612 825,886
152 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 75.5821 -23
153 🇷🇴Romania 75.308 -116,734
154 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 74.236 4,275,987
155 🇲🇽Mexico 73.4967 642,630
156 🇬🇷Greece 71.2358 -43,421
157 🇵🇦Panama 70.7214 41,251
158 🇳🇮Nicaragua 67.5001 67,710
159 🇲🇰North Macedonia 66.4149 -12,610
160 🇲🇿Mozambique 64.8174 1,152,760
161 🇭🇷Croatia 62.8399 -24,090
162 🇺🇦Ukraine 61.4242 -314,909
163 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 60.895 346,285
164 🇿🇦South Africa 60.2026 539,269
165 🇩🇯Djibouti 60.0461 14,405
166 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 56.5623 367,065
167 🇧🇬Bulgaria 55.0038 -54,906
168 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 54.1788 -28,319
169 🇬🇪Georgia 53.8034 -5,454
170 🇫🇯Fiji 53.71 2,637
171 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 52.9305 168
172 🇨🇴Colombia 51.9667 194,281
173 🇸🇴Somalia 46.4946 707,204
174 🇦🇴Angola 46.1233 1,454,320
175 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 45.1589 96,137
176 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 43.9061 232
177 🇲🇪Montenegro 41.8778 -3,984
178 🇨🇰Cook Islands 41.8354 -81
179 🇿🇲Zambia 41.5604 653,706
180 🇺🇸United States of America 40.3283 1,322,014
181 🇧🇾Belarus 40.0462 -61,537
182 🇱🇹Lithuania 40.0436 -23,205
183 🇸🇩Sudan 39.895 1,309,632
184 🇪🇷Eritrea 39.4611 87,817
185 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 39.4189 72,298
186 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 38.7934 18,596
187 🇲🇸Montserrat 38.1845 -30
188 🇻🇺Vanuatu 36.3671 8,175
189 🇵🇼Palau 36.2848 -96
190 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 33.1567 115,316
191 🇳🇪Niger 32.6189 995,895
192 🇵🇪Peru 30.1307 228,738
193 🇲🇱Mali 29.9539 860,695
194 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 29.1761 164,444
195 🇪🇪Estonia 28.5939 -6,117
196 🇸🇸South Sudan 28.0963 250,248
197 🇨🇱Chile 27.2735 8,214
198 🇸🇪Sweden 27.139 23,201
199 🇱🇻Latvia 26.5739 -13,178
200 🇧🇷Brazil 26.2162 138,571
201 🇨🇬Congo 26.0503 187,176
202 🇹🇩Chad 24.289 730,781
203 🇩🇿Algeria 22.8389 479,982
204 🇧🇹Bhutan 22.3712 3,237
205 🇴🇲Oman 22.124 84,044
206 🇧🇿Belize 21.4087 3,316
207 🇳🇿New Zealand 21.136 18,523
208 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 21.0652 -52
209 🇵🇾Paraguay 19.8423 62,836
210 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 19.5736 515,010
211 🇺🇾Uruguay 19.2941 -5,019
212 🇳🇴Norway 19.213 9,411
213 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 18.8408 78,578
214 🇫🇮Finland 18.1651 -12,337
215 🇳🇨New Caledonia 17.8244 1,713
216 🇦🇷Argentina 17.0917 104,464
217 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 13.6269 138,977
218 🇨🇫Central African Republic 13.3577 206,259
219 🇬🇦Gabon 13.1617 61,225
220 🇸🇭Saint Helena 11.4269 -39
221 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 8.8965 224,947
222 🇷🇺Russian Federation 8.4618 -303,911
223 🇳🇺Niue 7.3058 9
224 🇲🇷Mauritania 7.2909 166,625
225 🇧🇼Botswana 5.4583 33,817
226 🇱🇾Libya 5.1186 72,678
227 🇬🇫French Guiana 4.8614 6,534
228 🇨🇦Canada 4.8122 196,805
229 🇳🇦Namibia 4.7458 55,673
230 🇬🇾Guyana 4.5889 4,262
231 🇸🇷Suriname 4.5101 3,567
232 🇮🇸Iceland 4.275 988
233 🇦🇺Australia 3.9244 207,036
234 🇪🇭Western Sahara 2.6927 6,653
235 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.6023 42,421
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.2736 -10
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.129 -273

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 2039

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 164.4614 16,982,180
2 Africa 69.6533 37,300,840
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 35.2707 2,322,544
4 Europe 32.7785 -1,745,385
5 Americas 28.9733 3,840,691
6 Northern America 22.1311 1,518,147
7 Oceania 6.2559 426,748

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 2039

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Southern Asia 368.024 16,409,835
2 Caribbean 207.8377 40,445
3 Micronesia 183.6363 3,091
4 Western Europe 182.3822 -143,749
5 South-Eastern Asia 169.499 2,906,813
6 Eastern Asia 133.2614 -7,691,939
7 Southern Europe 109.8558 -627,181
8 Eastern Africa 105.5931 13,916,266
9 Western Africa 101.8445 10,970,539
10 Polynesia 88.3493 2,533
11 Central America 83.412 1,161,110
12 Western Asia 78.5484 4,176,988
13 Northern Europe 69.6087 215,612
14 Middle Africa 49.4982 7,844,918
15 Northern Africa 43.2491 3,904,815
16 Southern Africa 31.8403 664,302
17 Melanesia 30.3173 195,565
18 South America 26.3473 1,120,989
19 Central Asia 25.5746 1,180,483
20 Eastern Europe 14.8469 -1,190,067
21 Australia/New Zealand 4.4981 225,559

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 2039

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 161.3814 35,512,606
2 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 128.7606 57,363,293
3 Middle-income countries 84.9513 34,115,867
4 Low-and-middle-income countries 83.3378 55,966,554
5 Low-income countries 74.4952 21,850,687
6 Upper-middle-income countries 51.6389 -1,396,739
7 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 45.5853 -678,103
8 High-income countries 36.2168 718,636
9 No income group available 26.0753 121,875

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 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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