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Population Density by Country in 2040

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In the year 2040, the world is projected to have a population density of 70.4 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density is projected to be 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 24581.5 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 22090.3 people/km², and 🇸🇬Singapore with 9070.0 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 165.0 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Africa with a population density of 70.9 people/km², and Latin America and the Caribbean with 35.4 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest population density of 370.6 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Caribbean with a population density of 208.0 people/km², and Micronesia with 184.6 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 162.8 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 26.2.

Similar Population Metrics for 2040

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 2040

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇨Monaco 24581.5436 -59
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 22090.3438 -3,062
3 🇸🇬Singapore 9069.9583 -1,515
4 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 6202.5187 -60,964
5 🇬🇮Gibraltar 4782.2 284
6 🇧🇭Bahrain 2491.9955 19,125
7 🇲🇻Maldives 1882.6617 2,843
8 🇲🇹Malta 1751.5397 -1,190
9 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1556.345 1,361,630
10 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1462.6324 263
11 🇾🇹Mayotte 1354.8453 12,716
12 🇻🇦Holy See 1332.9545 19
13 🇵🇸State of Palestine 1211.2668 122,262
14 🇧🇲Bermuda 1133.6019 -349
15 🇬🇬Guernsey 1005.1016 -101
16 🇯🇪Jersey 906.806 51
17 🇷🇼Rwanda 803.0058 365,668
18 🇧🇮Burundi 775.7733 410,777
19 🇳🇷Nauru 701.95 184
20 🇱🇧Lebanon 647.1485 49,512
21 🇧🇧Barbados 642.6651 -990
22 🇰🇲Comoros 609.2305 17,358
23 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 600.3144 -158,500
24 🇲🇺Mauritius 588.7796 -7,283
25 🇦🇼Aruba 582.7139 -405
26 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 574.5455 44
27 🇳🇱Netherlands 566.1543 5,738
28 🇸🇲San Marino 556.877 -9
29 🇮🇳India 545.7371 7,746,720
30 🇮🇱Israel 535.1141 148,126
31 🇭🇹Haiti 498.1629 108,859
32 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 494.716 -309,307
33 🇵🇭Philippines 431.8222 681,127
34 🇨🇼Curaçao 425.4764 -604
35 🇵🇰Pakistan 421.5153 4,799,041
36 🇧🇪Belgium 392.7672 3,649
37 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 391.1442 53,832
38 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 390.5228 1,128
39 🇷🇪Réunion 371.7912 2,220
40 🇬🇲Gambia 368.8535 59,329
41 🇺🇬Uganda 360.4499 1,349,635
42 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 357.0566 -62
43 🇻🇳Viet Nam 345.994 324,177
44 🇳🇬Nigeria 343.3473 4,924,813
45 🇬🇩Grenada 342.6279 -223
46 🇬🇺Guam 339.4094 837
47 🇲🇼Malawi 331.057 609,186
48 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 329.0021 5,086
49 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 328.3232 -32,905
50 🇰🇼Kuwait 327.2652 53,283
51 🇸🇻El Salvador 320.4996 9,283
52 🇶🇦Qatar 320.3438 42,162
53 🇸🇨Seychelles 311.9125 90
54 🇹🇻Tuvalu 304.6667 42
55 🇬🇧United Kingdom 303.9232 207,853
56 🇯🇵Japan 297.6411 -734,697
57 🇱🇺Luxembourg 294.4683 3,812
58 🇹🇰Tokelau 292.6667 36
59 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 291.0601 -500
60 🇲🇶Martinique 288.5358 -2,146
61 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 287.1235 -5,881
62 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 267.5357 -15
63 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 265.8375 82
64 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 260.3821 52,482
65 🇯🇲Jamaica 247.1006 -18,126
66 🇹🇬Togo 241.2457 237,873
67 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 237.5654 -321
68 🇨🇭Switzerland 231.9509 11,061
69 🇩🇪Germany 231.0986 -215,574
70 🇰🇮Kiribati 226.8595 1,784
71 🇳🇵Nepal 223.5991 206,067
72 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 220.758 -59
73 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 220.4338 -56,911
74 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 215.91 -501
75 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 214.3661 -1,944
76 🇬🇹Guatemala 211.1503 232,890
77 🇦🇸American Samoa 196.9275 -253
78 🇬🇭Ghana 195.8704 625,362
79 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 192.8049 160,183
80 🇪🇹Ethiopia 188.4509 3,620,076
81 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 187.9766 397,124
82 🇮🇹Italy 186.5738 -289,225
83 🇦🇩Andorra 182.2723 -264
84 🇧🇯Benin 181.321 396,835
85 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 178.1269 -152
86 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 173.83 472
87 🇦🇮Anguilla 170.608 -15
88 🇮🇩Indonesia 163.1652 1,280,149
89 🇯🇴Jordan 162.9761 222,300
90 🇨🇾Cyprus 160.6979 4,093
91 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 158.8849 169,886
92 🇹🇴Tonga 157.7923 220
93 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 153.507 319
94 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 147.7611 -220
95 🇪🇬Egypt 145.8774 1,812,606
96 🇩🇰Denmark 144.7058 1,406
97 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 143.8488 970,105
98 🇮🇶Iraq 143.3292 1,037,566
99 🇮🇲Isle of Man 142.4781 -247
100 🇨🇳China 139.8767 -6,693,947
101 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 138.3062 1,508
102 🇹🇭Thailand 136.1056 -236,114
103 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 134.0625 29,167
104 🇸🇳Senegal 133.9922 460,642
105 🇨🇿Czechia 130.9175 -29,879
106 🇰🇪Kenya 127.6137 1,045,116
107 🇲🇾Malaysia 126.3419 322,202
108 🇭🇳Honduras 123.6285 148,296
109 🇫🇷France 123.2161 63,886
110 🇹🇷Türkiye 118.2552 117,879
111 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 117.6668 536,566
112 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 117.4069 2,440,749
113 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 115.5514 18,185
114 🇵🇱Poland 114.893 -222,315
115 🇰🇭Cambodia 113.4625 155,511
116 🇾🇪Yemen 112.0926 1,159,314
117 🇵🇹Portugal 109.6076 -28,281
118 🇦🇹Austria 108.2667 -16,759
119 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 108.2373 586,452
120 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 106.1174 63
121 🇸🇰Slovakia 105.8881 -24,376
122 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 105.6082 47,161
123 🇨🇷Costa Rica 105.1666 5,744
124 🇸🇮Slovenia 101.6369 -5,217
125 🇭🇺Hungary 100.1615 -37,412
126 🇦🇫Afghanistan 97.5639 1,420,875
127 🇹🇯Tajikistan 95.8347 202,194
128 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 95.0298 50,709
129 🇨🇺Cuba 94.8485 -65,499
130 🇲🇦Morocco 94.484 174,706
131 🇦🇲Armenia 93.6454 -18,064
132 🇪🇸Spain 92.7467 -126,186
133 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 92.2856 93
134 🇱🇸Lesotho 90.8391 25,613
135 🇨🇲Cameroon 90.5654 875,894
136 🇦🇱Albania 89.8557 -22,230
137 🇲🇲Myanmar 89.0414 110,600
138 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 87.7668 1,823
139 🇼🇸Samoa 87.3484 2,564
140 🇮🇪Ireland 85.0932 24,474
141 🇩🇲Dominica 85.0653 6
142 🇹🇳Tunisia 83.3421 26,237
143 🇸🇿Eswatini 82.3464 8,964
144 🇪🇨Ecuador 82.2766 115,652
145 🇬🇳Guinea 82.0477 338,418
146 🇱🇷Liberia 79.7517 129,461
147 🇵🇫French Polynesia 78.4932 24
148 🇧🇸Bahamas 78.452 762
149 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 78.1221 -24,646
150 🇷🇸Serbia 78.0267 -47,742
151 🇲🇬Madagascar 77.0837 829,317
152 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 76.1322 4,321,788
153 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 75.3536 -41
154 🇷🇴Romania 74.8001 -116,954
155 🇲🇽Mexico 73.8162 609,433
156 🇵🇦Panama 71.27 40,129
157 🇬🇷Greece 70.9036 -43,476
158 🇳🇮Nicaragua 68.0565 66,205
159 🇲🇿Mozambique 66.2837 1,153,419
160 🇲🇰North Macedonia 65.9057 -12,764
161 🇭🇷Croatia 62.4071 -24,288
162 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 61.1047 336,665
163 🇺🇦Ukraine 60.8833 -311,790
164 🇩🇯Djibouti 60.6831 15,130
165 🇿🇦South Africa 60.6445 539,661
166 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 57.5161 370,919
167 🇧🇬Bulgaria 54.5013 -54,024
168 🇫🇯Fiji 53.851 2,516
169 🇬🇪Georgia 53.7179 -6,429
170 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 53.6166 -29,249
171 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 53.0784 113
172 🇨🇴Colombia 52.1288 169,997
173 🇸🇴Somalia 47.6556 749,560
174 🇦🇴Angola 47.2971 1,472,491
175 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 45.6606 96,287
176 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 44.0718 227
177 🇿🇲Zambia 42.4413 655,904
178 🇲🇪Montenegro 41.5895 -3,980
179 🇨🇰Cook Islands 41.4438 -107
180 🇸🇩Sudan 40.6395 1,318,315
181 🇺🇸United States of America 40.4707 1,282,982
182 🇪🇷Eritrea 40.1892 88,585
183 🇧🇾Belarus 39.7441 -61,066
184 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 39.727 69,921
185 🇱🇹Lithuania 39.6805 -22,268
186 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 39.431 18,124
187 🇲🇸Montserrat 37.8883 -31
188 🇻🇺Vanuatu 37.0396 8,219
189 🇵🇼Palau 36.0913 -82
190 🇳🇪Niger 33.4071 1,000,763
191 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 33.2758 102,988
192 🇲🇱Mali 30.6621 867,626
193 🇵🇪Peru 30.3063 220,777
194 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 29.5371 162,537
195 🇸🇸South Sudan 28.5408 251,325
196 🇪🇪Estonia 28.4541 -6,032
197 🇨🇱Chile 27.282 4,579
198 🇸🇪Sweden 27.1974 24,426
199 🇨🇬Congo 26.6002 188,419
200 🇱🇻Latvia 26.3655 -12,756
201 🇧🇷Brazil 26.2304 98,849
202 🇹🇩Chad 24.8629 714,490
203 🇩🇿Algeria 23.0392 474,466
204 🇧🇹Bhutan 22.4548 3,183
205 🇴🇲Oman 22.3973 85,147
206 🇧🇿Belize 21.5517 3,210
207 🇳🇿New Zealand 21.2051 18,055
208 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 20.863 -41
209 🇵🇾Paraguay 19.9958 61,329
210 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 19.8132 514,962
211 🇺🇾Uruguay 19.2641 -5,395
212 🇳🇴Norway 19.2418 8,147
213 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 19.0076 78,207
214 🇫🇮Finland 18.1247 -12,125
215 🇳🇨New Caledonia 17.9157 1,625
216 🇦🇷Argentina 17.1278 97,179
217 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 13.7538 135,921
218 🇨🇫Central African Republic 13.6866 203,540
219 🇬🇦Gabon 13.4008 61,995
220 🇸🇭Saint Helena 11.3128 -50
221 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 8.9813 232,926
222 🇷🇺Russian Federation 8.4443 -267,064
223 🇲🇷Mauritania 7.4531 167,709
224 🇳🇺Niue 7.3346 6
225 🇧🇼Botswana 5.517 32,714
226 🇱🇾Libya 5.1613 70,448
227 🇬🇫French Guiana 4.9412 6,591
228 🇨🇦Canada 4.8333 187,310
229 🇳🇦Namibia 4.8129 54,776
230 🇬🇾Guyana 4.6101 4,109
231 🇸🇷Suriname 4.5331 3,610
232 🇮🇸Iceland 4.2841 837
233 🇦🇺Australia 3.9516 211,011
234 🇪🇭Western Sahara 2.7175 6,539
235 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.6296 42,638
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.2726 -15
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.1283 -286

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 2040

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 164.9875 16,015,951
2 Africa 70.9165 37,353,932
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 35.3814 2,164,703
4 Europe 32.7002 -1,713,277
5 Americas 29.0694 3,634,319
6 Northern America 22.2112 1,469,616
7 Oceania 6.3062 427,646

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 2040

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Southern Asia 370.5502 15,930,856
2 Caribbean 208.0043 33,342
3 Micronesia 184.6349 3,068
4 Western Europe 182.25 -144,164
5 South-Eastern Asia 170.1319 2,726,066
6 Eastern Asia 132.597 -7,974,750
7 Southern Europe 109.3721 -633,479
8 Eastern Africa 107.6898 13,980,467
9 Western Africa 103.6507 10,934,008
10 Polynesia 88.6615 2,491
11 Central America 83.8738 1,115,190
12 Western Asia 79.4159 4,137,712
13 Northern Europe 69.7398 213,892
14 Middle Africa 50.7108 7,894,412
15 Northern Africa 43.7558 3,883,317
16 Southern Africa 32.0897 661,728
17 Melanesia 30.6837 193,021
18 South America 26.4081 1,016,171
19 Central Asia 25.877 1,196,066
20 Eastern Europe 14.7821 -1,149,526
21 Australia/New Zealand 4.5267 229,066

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 2040

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 162.8469 34,902,283
2 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 130.2453 56,857,032
3 Middle-income countries 85.3756 33,049,752
4 Low-and-middle-income countries 83.9306 55,004,502
5 Low-income countries 76.0118 21,954,749
6 Upper-middle-income countries 51.6095 -1,852,530
7 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 45.5747 -1,245,909
8 High-income countries 36.2354 606,621
9 No income group available 26.1719 109,392

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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