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Population Density by Country in 2047

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In the year 2047, the world is projected to have a population density of 73.4 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density is projected to be 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a density of 27085.0 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇨Monaco with a population density of 24999.7 people/km², and 🇸🇬Singapore with 9334.9 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 2.8 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 168.0 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Africa with a population density of 80.1 people/km², and Latin America and the Caribbean with 36.8 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest population density of 381.7 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Caribbean with a population density of 215.5 people/km², and Micronesia with 208.9 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 4.7 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 171.5 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 30.5.

Similar Population Metrics for 2047

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 2047

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 27084.9688 5,194
2 🇲🇨Monaco 24999.6644 141
3 🇸🇬Singapore 9334.8741 -10,740
4 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 6450.5646 -35,995
5 🇬🇮Gibraltar 3170.6 -112
6 🇧🇭Bahrain 2273.1073 10,478
7 🇲🇻Maldives 1874.8583 2,705
8 🇲🇹Malta 1673.7222 -1,521
9 🇾🇹Mayotte 1658.332 14,075
10 🇻🇦Holy See 1600.0 8
11 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1552.6751 661,631
12 🇵🇸State of Palestine 1409.3193 128,042
13 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1194.3529 -548
14 🇯🇪Jersey 1150.5043 685
15 🇧🇲Bermuda 1063.287 -435
16 🇬🇬Guernsey 1041.6641 -35
17 🇷🇼Rwanda 910.8746 329,009
18 🇧🇮Burundi 884.3791 427,021
19 🇳🇷Nauru 728.125 47
20 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 667.0849 47
21 🇰🇲Comoros 648.1531 13,686
22 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 645.2639 -127,573
23 🇧🇧Barbados 631.4302 -1,202
24 🇲🇺Mauritius 613.9399 -6,398
25 🇮🇱Israel 580.3829 145,168
26 🇮🇳India 557.2389 5,077,756
27 🇭🇹Haiti 536.2795 105,587
28 🇦🇼Aruba 535.4083 -701
29 🇳🇱Netherlands 534.0046 -25,543
30 🇸🇲San Marino 532.5656 -125
31 🇵🇭Philippines 514.3431 1,238,086
32 🇨🇼Curaçao 480.9528 62
33 🇱🇧Lebanon 478.6231 17,193
34 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 475.0627 -384,025
35 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 474.5227 -71
36 🇵🇰Pakistan 460.2668 4,425,212
37 🇷🇪Réunion 447.7952 3,036
38 🇬🇲Gambia 442.0462 67,995
39 🇹🇻Tuvalu 433.3 72
40 🇺🇬Uganda 416.8231 1,459,050
41 🇧🇪Belgium 399.6597 -597
42 🇬🇩Grenada 399.6088 164
43 🇳🇬Nigeria 396.2071 5,593,051
44 🇲🇼Malawi 373.8078 608,968
45 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 366.7443 4,935
46 🇬🇺Guam 359.4113 485
47 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 351.0074 -57,194
48 🇻🇳Viet Nam 340.9623 78,024
49 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 323.8633 -28,815
50 🇸🇻El Salvador 321.7711 -7,863
51 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 319.9066 183
52 🇲🇶Martinique 318.6854 -2,439
53 🇱🇺Luxembourg 298.0301 3,508
54 🇬🇧United Kingdom 294.4768 84,465
55 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 292.9379 -5,411
56 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 292.0317 -625
57 🇰🇼Kuwait 287.4732 16,700
58 🇶🇦Qatar 283.121 27,004
59 🇯🇵Japan 281.1459 -728,726
60 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 280.8472 253
61 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 270.455 42,731
62 🇹🇬Togo 270.4157 256,010
63 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 264.3781 13
64 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 263.1474 -285
65 🇸🇨Seychelles 254.6543 130
66 🇰🇮Kiribati 251.719 1,980
67 🇳🇵Nepal 250.8085 173,560
68 🇨🇭Switzerland 242.2225 24,303
69 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 241.6597 -1,404
70 🇯🇲Jamaica 236.7166 -22,165
71 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 228.7129 -831
72 🇩🇪Germany 228.6309 -239,946
73 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 226.2341 -134
74 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 225.9838 9
75 🇬🇹Guatemala 224.377 193,397
76 🇬🇭Ghana 221.0885 652,021
77 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 216.196 -69,335
78 🇧🇯Benin 211.4408 469,082
79 🇪🇹Ethiopia 205.0339 3,271,447
80 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 203.9521 287,521
81 🇹🇴Tonga 198.79 713
82 🇹🇰Tokelau 198.5833 22
83 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 192.0521 381
84 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 182.9141 162,486
85 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 181.9865 -141
86 🇮🇹Italy 179.9501 -318,499
87 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 178.1716 3,415
88 🇦🇮Anguilla 176.2557 -67
89 🇦🇩Andorra 173.0787 -226
90 🇦🇸American Samoa 172.4075 -297
91 🇮🇩Indonesia 165.0135 752,554
92 🇯🇴Jordan 164.5166 138,236
93 🇮🇶Iraq 164.3923 1,057,462
94 🇸🇳Senegal 159.5852 607,238
95 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 157.9106 79,854
96 🇪🇬Egypt 156.3061 1,643,158
97 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 155.0065 -5,839
98 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 153.1529 883,669
99 🇮🇲Isle of Man 151.75 -28
100 🇩🇰Denmark 151.1339 12,935
101 🇨🇾Cyprus 149.7654 2,866
102 🇰🇪Kenya 141.5801 1,019,395
103 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 141.1445 645,821
104 🇨🇳China 139.1941 -7,156,875
105 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 138.0892 2,518,188
106 🇨🇿Czechia 136.6879 8,759
107 🇹🇭Thailand 135.0144 -339,321
108 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 132.3662 -20,075
109 🇭🇳Honduras 127.926 105,739
110 🇹🇷Türkiye 123.7112 243,734
111 🇲🇾Malaysia 123.513 160,324
112 🇫🇷France 119.7197 -50,575
113 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 118.9438 13,282
114 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 117.6876 45,932
115 🇵🇱Poland 116.1811 -213,512
116 🇨🇷Costa Rica 111.6444 2,892
117 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 111.0175 -206
118 🇰🇭Cambodia 110.7659 76,760
119 🇼🇸Samoa 109.3027 3,617
120 🇦🇹Austria 108.7458 -14,544
121 🇦🇫Afghanistan 108.6501 1,186,290
122 🇸🇰Slovakia 107.1274 -21,729
123 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 104.8968 342,586
124 🇨🇲Cameroon 104.2956 889,253
125 🇹🇯Tajikistan 102.6022 179,804
126 🇵🇹Portugal 102.3683 -49,917
127 🇾🇪Yemen 100.6434 735,967
128 🇸🇮Slovenia 100.5218 -6,668
129 🇲🇦Morocco 99.7552 188,941
130 🇩🇲Dominica 99.6927 -191
131 🇭🇺Hungary 98.7648 -42,069
132 🇨🇺Cuba 95.8025 -62,963
133 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 95.5332 37,672
134 🇵🇫French Polynesia 94.0029 391
135 🇱🇸Lesotho 93.8911 16,966
136 🇸🇿Eswatini 92.6617 15,924
137 🇬🇳Guinea 92.2581 348,166
138 🇦🇱Albania 92.0955 -21,586
139 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 91.8201 -7,505
140 🇦🇲Armenia 91.6878 -11,611
141 🇲🇲Myanmar 91.5629 56,675
142 🇹🇳Tunisia 91.2287 51,081
143 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 89.4794 4,843,998
144 🇪🇸Spain 89.3553 -203,458
145 🇪🇨Ecuador 88.45 108,158
146 🇱🇷Liberia 88.3283 128,559
147 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 87.4954 17
148 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 86.4445 237
149 🇲🇬Madagascar 84.5064 809,982
150 🇧🇸Bahamas 84.1187 110
151 🇮🇪Ireland 83.0723 17,259
152 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 81.3036 -3
153 🇲🇰North Macedonia 77.9663 -10,623
154 🇷🇸Serbia 77.3776 -53,416
155 🇷🇴Romania 76.9863 -84,815
156 🇵🇦Panama 75.9386 36,338
157 🇲🇿Mozambique 75.8781 1,133,738
158 🇳🇮Nicaragua 74.211 58,030
159 🇨🇰Cook Islands 73.4792 16
160 🇲🇽Mexico 73.1834 194,058
161 🇬🇷Greece 71.1472 -51,917
162 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 65.7191 346,238
163 🇩🇯Djibouti 63.5229 10,489
164 🇭🇷Croatia 61.0785 -26,857
165 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 60.463 225,088
166 🇿🇦South Africa 59.4288 351,659
167 🇫🇯Fiji 59.2716 4,038
168 🇺🇦Ukraine 58.2513 -285,696
169 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 55.2768 138
170 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 54.7253 -20,583
171 🇸🇴Somalia 54.549 747,792
172 🇦🇴Angola 54.5487 1,434,218
173 🇨🇴Colombia 50.6561 42,146
174 🇬🇪Georgia 49.3489 -14,532
175 🇧🇬Bulgaria 49.3216 -53,264
176 🇳🇪Niger 48.5529 1,809,273
177 🇿🇲Zambia 47.7677 652,906
178 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 47.7027 95,624
179 🇪🇷Eritrea 47.2731 79,875
180 🇸🇩Sudan 45.4406 1,427,774
181 🇻🇺Vanuatu 45.0653 9,749
182 🇲🇪Montenegro 42.9429 -2,187
183 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 42.4343 235
184 🇧🇾Belarus 42.0447 -38,625
185 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 41.6332 59,004
186 🇺🇸United States of America 40.8124 756,240
187 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 40.5799 19,069
188 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 38.8115 133,369
189 🇲🇸Montserrat 37.5971 -25
190 🇵🇼Palau 36.6989 -69
191 🇲🇱Mali 36.4611 982,313
192 🇱🇹Lithuania 35.7296 -16,803
193 🇵🇪Peru 32.3543 215,181
194 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 31.9555 150,507
195 🇸🇸South Sudan 29.7799 224,716
196 🇨🇬Congo 28.9439 166,137
197 🇸🇪Sweden 28.9037 44,397
198 🇧🇷Brazil 27.6579 -22,389
199 🇨🇱Chile 27.4806 890
200 🇪🇪Estonia 27.3834 -6,039
201 🇹🇩Chad 27.2067 731,677
202 🇩🇿Algeria 24.5867 504,082
203 🇱🇻Latvia 23.6052 -11,774
204 🇧🇿Belize 23.1684 3,626
205 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 22.8891 -27
206 🇧🇹Bhutan 22.7419 800
207 🇳🇿New Zealand 22.291 15,965
208 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 22.0808 326,585
209 🇵🇾Paraguay 20.9044 47,872
210 🇳🇴Norway 20.6852 26,227
211 🇴🇲Oman 19.8332 64,599
212 🇺🇾Uruguay 19.4231 -8,061
213 🇳🇨New Caledonia 19.0791 1,606
214 🇦🇷Argentina 18.3506 145,782
215 🇫🇮Finland 18.1455 -8,239
216 🇨🇫Central African Republic 17.4545 221,035
217 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 17.2716 52,838
218 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 14.985 129,436
219 🇬🇦Gabon 14.0311 48,192
220 🇸🇭Saint Helena 10.2449 -37
221 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 9.2315 232,077
222 🇷🇺Russian Federation 8.2067 -394,610
223 🇲🇷Mauritania 8.1924 156,822
224 🇳🇺Niue 7.9846 10
225 🇧🇼Botswana 6.3359 30,980
226 🇬🇫French Guiana 6.1687 8,486
227 🇱🇾Libya 5.0251 43,166
228 🇨🇦Canada 4.9849 193,777
229 🇸🇷Suriname 4.6102 2,293
230 🇬🇾Guyana 4.4664 110
231 🇳🇦Namibia 4.4367 43,000
232 🇦🇺Australia 4.123 178,497
233 🇮🇸Iceland 4.0699 332
234 🇪🇭Western Sahara 3.1058 8,563
235 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.832 38,018
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.3141 -11
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.1331 -218

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 2047

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 168.0391 9,459,537
2 Africa 80.1391 39,177,570
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 36.7962 1,410,510
4 Europe 32.1344 -2,066,216
5 Northern America 22.4527 949,337
6 Oceania 6.6806 386,844

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 2047

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Southern Asia 381.6802 11,695,848
2 Caribbean 215.5071 21,030
3 Micronesia 208.9356 2,871
4 Western Europe 179.3102 -303,240
5 South-Eastern Asia 176.2096 2,084,885
6 Eastern Asia 131.5041 -8,459,317
7 Western Africa 121.2138 12,811,816
8 Eastern Africa 121.0825 13,663,343
9 Polynesia 107.6067 4,541
10 Southern Europe 106.2735 -773,526
11 Central America 84.7369 586,217
12 Western Asia 81.6086 3,235,192
13 Northern Europe 68.8413 143,617
14 Middle Africa 58.7245 8,377,117
15 Northern Africa 47.1378 3,866,765
16 Melanesia 33.2222 184,970
17 Southern Africa 31.6917 458,529
18 South America 27.8235 803,263
19 Central Asia 25.8258 902,929
20 Eastern Europe 14.5726 -1,133,066
21 Australia/New Zealand 4.7286 194,462

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 2047

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 171.5048 31,061,030
2 Low-income countries 88.272 23,555,986
3 Middle-income countries 87.5514 26,240,528
4 Upper-middle-income countries 47.5108 -4,820,502
5 High-income countries 36.579 -620,793
6 No income group available 30.5012 141,862

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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