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Population Density by Country in 2050

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In the year 2050, the world is projected to have a population density of 74.5 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density is projected to be 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a density of 27552.1 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇨Monaco with a population density of 25278.2 people/km², and 🇸🇬Singapore with 9278.5 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 2.9 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 168.8 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Africa with a population density of 84.1 people/km², and Latin America and the Caribbean with 37.0 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest population density of 386.8 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Caribbean with a population density of 215.6 people/km², and Micronesia with 211.5 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 4.8 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 175.0 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 30.8.

Similar Population Metrics for 2050

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 2050

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 27552.0625 4,788
2 🇲🇨Monaco 25278.1879 137
3 🇸🇬Singapore 9278.5286 -14,776
4 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 6347.0346 -39,960
5 🇬🇮Gibraltar 3135.6 -118
6 🇧🇭Bahrain 2310.6475 9,134
7 🇲🇻Maldives 1899.6967 2,200
8 🇾🇹Mayotte 1771.044 14,075
9 🇻🇦Holy See 1661.3636 12
10 🇲🇹Malta 1659.4825 -1,498
11 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1566.4508 533,606
12 🇵🇸State of Palestine 1472.0511 123,941
13 🇯🇪Jersey 1167.5948 644
14 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1145.5 -542
15 🇬🇬Guernsey 1039.0 -80
16 🇧🇲Bermuda 1037.8056 -477
17 🇷🇼Rwanda 951.2617 321,612
18 🇧🇮Burundi 932.8967 411,889
19 🇳🇷Nauru 734.75 46
20 🇰🇲Comoros 669.6435 12,981
21 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 668.9151 15
22 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 633.8754 -139,877
23 🇧🇧Barbados 622.764 -1,279
24 🇲🇺Mauritius 604.0567 -6,892
25 🇮🇱Israel 600.2768 142,575
26 🇮🇳India 561.8513 4,032,013
27 🇭🇹Haiti 547.2639 95,063
28 🇳🇱Netherlands 531.5264 -30,027
29 🇵🇭Philippines 526.3054 1,156,993
30 🇸🇲San Marino 525.3115 -156
31 🇦🇼Aruba 523.25 -756
32 🇱🇧Lebanon 482.6568 10,451
33 🇨🇼Curaçao 481.3314 53
34 🇵🇰Pakistan 477.128 4,261,259
35 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 464.0682 -75
36 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 462.5984 -437,075
37 🇬🇲Gambia 461.8323 66,071
38 🇷🇪Réunion 450.9008 2,140
39 🇹🇻Tuvalu 440.3833 77
40 🇺🇬Uganda 438.5336 1,430,408
41 🇳🇬Nigeria 414.4404 5,496,940
42 🇬🇩Grenada 400.7441 94
43 🇧🇪Belgium 399.3215 -6,168
44 🇲🇼Malawi 393.0039 599,693
45 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 381.9406 4,810
46 🇬🇺Guam 361.6885 335
47 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 347.8987 -73,598
48 🇻🇳Viet Nam 341.4482 20,792
49 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 322.1286 154
50 🇸🇻El Salvador 320.3115 -12,369
51 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 313.8086 -29,375
52 🇲🇶Martinique 311.4349 -2,690
53 🇱🇺Luxembourg 301.8958 3,158
54 🇬🇧United Kingdom 295.3146 50,407
55 🇶🇦Qatar 289.8718 25,003
56 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 289.5007 -6,293
57 🇰🇼Kuwait 289.3374 5,512
58 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 288.7273 -724
59 🇹🇬Togo 284.5906 258,411
60 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 284.5028 199
61 🇯🇵Japan 275.4186 -710,292
62 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 272.8269 33,672
63 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 264.2938 -24
64 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 260.7449 -345
65 🇰🇮Kiribati 259.7383 1,880
66 🇸🇨Seychelles 255.2374 47
67 🇳🇵Nepal 254.1182 150,525
68 🇨🇭Switzerland 243.8926 20,351
69 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 238.8578 -1,601
70 🇯🇲Jamaica 230.2699 -24,329
71 🇬🇹Guatemala 229.57 178,129
72 🇬🇭Ghana 229.5499 631,521
73 🇩🇪Germany 226.4523 -264,056
74 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 225.7662 -22
75 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 225.0682 -216
76 🇧🇯Benin 224.0514 477,193
77 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 221.4843 -861
78 🇪🇹Ethiopia 214.8123 3,244,476
79 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 214.3277 -81,146
80 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 208.5155 274,005
81 🇹🇰Tokelau 202.4583 11
82 🇹🇴Tonga 201.8846 632
83 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 193.5093 303
84 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 189.5041 153,344
85 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 180.5104 2,872
86 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 180.3135 -157
87 🇮🇹Italy 176.5368 -355,377
88 🇦🇮Anguilla 173.7955 -78
89 🇮🇶Iraq 171.6432 1,038,234
90 🇦🇩Andorra 171.284 -333
91 🇸🇳Senegal 169.1314 616,043
92 🇯🇴Jordan 168.9972 126,830
93 🇦🇸American Samoa 167.7875 -309
94 🇮🇩Indonesia 166.0056 514,514
95 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 161.5039 888,677
96 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 161.2057 75,682
97 🇪🇬Egypt 161.0728 1,532,003
98 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 153.1328 -7,716
99 🇩🇰Denmark 152.0288 12,429
100 🇮🇲Isle of Man 151.5393 -55
101 🇨🇾Cyprus 150.6261 2,418
102 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 148.1782 636,630
103 🇰🇪Kenya 146.7326 974,680
104 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 146.6822 2,559,527
105 🇨🇿Czechia 137.0041 7,360
106 🇨🇳China 136.733 -8,618,685
107 🇹🇭Thailand 132.8663 -390,427
108 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 131.473 -28,816
109 🇭🇳Honduras 130.7233 97,506
110 🇲🇾Malaysia 124.8895 140,466
111 🇹🇷Türkiye 124.5176 169,679
112 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 122.521 44,491
113 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 121.511 12,122
114 🇫🇷France 119.386 -71,898
115 🇵🇱Poland 114.0856 -212,700
116 🇦🇫Afghanistan 114.0855 1,166,451
117 🇼🇸Samoa 113.0799 3,498
118 🇰🇭Cambodia 111.9034 61,987
119 🇨🇷Costa Rica 111.6828 -1,497
120 🇨🇲Cameroon 110.0302 885,080
121 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 109.5197 -245
122 🇦🇹Austria 108.1471 -18,296
123 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 107.1771 303,245
124 🇹🇯Tajikistan 106.2263 167,235
125 🇸🇰Slovakia 105.7852 -22,305
126 🇾🇪Yemen 104.7339 707,672
127 🇲🇦Morocco 100.9298 162,364
128 🇵🇹Portugal 100.6828 -53,772
129 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 99.4842 36,080
130 🇸🇮Slovenia 99.4765 -7,435
131 🇩🇲Dominica 98.8893 -220
132 🇭🇺Hungary 97.3975 -40,515
133 🇬🇳Guinea 96.4989 344,217
134 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 95.937 4,876,487
135 🇱🇸Lesotho 95.4667 14,979
136 🇸🇿Eswatini 95.3246 14,791
137 🇵🇫French Polynesia 94.1729 52
138 🇨🇺Cuba 93.9329 -69,969
139 🇱🇷Liberia 92.3038 126,902
140 🇹🇳Tunisia 92.1043 39,409
141 🇲🇲Myanmar 91.7348 21,225
142 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 91.1603 -7,161
143 🇦🇲Armenia 90.4112 -12,613
144 🇪🇨Ecuador 89.6673 93,522
145 🇦🇱Albania 89.6588 -22,871
146 🇲🇬Madagascar 88.6789 807,960
147 🇪🇸Spain 88.0247 -241,669
148 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 87.6067 -2
149 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 86.4481 -227
150 🇧🇸Bahamas 84.1032 -156
151 🇮🇪Ireland 83.7346 12,922
152 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 81.0643 -10
153 🇲🇿Mozambique 80.1705 1,124,137
154 🇵🇦Panama 77.3302 32,390
155 🇲🇰North Macedonia 76.6391 -11,400
156 🇷🇴Romania 75.8759 -85,462
157 🇳🇮Nicaragua 75.5745 51,276
158 🇷🇸Serbia 75.2946 -53,154
159 🇨🇰Cook Islands 73.6396 13
160 🇲🇽Mexico 73.3814 75,864
161 🇬🇷Greece 69.9048 -56,720
162 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 68.3433 330,321
163 🇩🇯Djibouti 64.8221 9,549
164 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 60.7872 124,387
165 🇿🇦South Africa 60.2302 298,500
166 🇫🇯Fiji 59.8891 3,457
167 🇭🇷Croatia 59.6362 -26,927
168 🇸🇴Somalia 58.1229 747,143
169 🇦🇴Angola 58.0156 1,444,604
170 🇺🇦Ukraine 56.735 -298,771
171 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 55.6474 104
172 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 53.4995 -21,233
173 🇳🇪Niger 52.9275 1,882,738
174 🇨🇴Colombia 50.7149 4,267
175 🇿🇲Zambia 50.3914 647,226
176 🇪🇷Eritrea 49.2308 78,330
177 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 49.1494 89,295
178 🇬🇪Georgia 48.7071 -15,241
179 🇸🇩Sudan 47.8708 1,431,385
180 🇧🇬Bulgaria 47.8559 -52,835
181 🇻🇺Vanuatu 47.4625 9,747
182 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 42.9199 222
183 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 42.5548 18,812
184 🇲🇪Montenegro 42.4547 -2,312
185 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 42.3551 51,542
186 🇧🇾Belarus 41.4451 -42,132
187 🇺🇸United States of America 41.0372 614,519
188 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 39.2139 112,572
189 🇲🇱Mali 38.879 982,157
190 🇲🇸Montserrat 36.7087 -30
191 🇵🇼Palau 36.2815 -61
192 🇱🇹Lithuania 34.9332 -16,551
193 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 32.9249 142,297
194 🇵🇪Peru 32.8279 188,887
195 🇸🇸South Sudan 30.9504 215,752
196 🇨🇬Congo 30.3921 164,027
197 🇸🇪Sweden 29.2189 40,957
198 🇹🇩Chad 28.9486 731,001
199 🇧🇷Brazil 27.6241 -172,782
200 🇨🇱Chile 27.459 -12,091
201 🇪🇪Estonia 26.9566 -6,346
202 🇩🇿Algeria 25.1921 458,501
203 🇧🇿Belize 23.6229 3,291
204 🇱🇻Latvia 23.0403 -11,725
205 🇧🇹Bhutan 22.7716 -26
206 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 22.503 276,677
207 🇳🇿New Zealand 22.4573 13,727
208 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 22.4543 -39
209 🇵🇾Paraguay 21.2417 42,535
210 🇳🇴Norway 20.9304 23,514
211 🇴🇲Oman 20.449 62,174
212 🇳🇨New Caledonia 19.3212 1,362
213 🇺🇾Uruguay 19.268 -9,896
214 🇨🇫Central African Republic 18.5133 218,156
215 🇦🇷Argentina 18.4902 115,119
216 🇫🇮Finland 18.0598 -9,082
217 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 17.5852 45,274
218 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 15.3327 120,766
219 🇬🇦Gabon 14.5809 46,080
220 🇸🇭Saint Helena 9.9333 -38
221 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 9.4862 224,758
222 🇲🇷Mauritania 8.6491 157,584
223 🇷🇺Russian Federation 8.1299 -441,532
224 🇳🇺Niue 8.0615 10
225 🇧🇼Botswana 6.4922 27,963
226 🇬🇫French Guiana 6.4776 8,490
227 🇱🇾Libya 5.0948 34,579
228 🇨🇦Canada 5.0465 180,234
229 🇸🇷Suriname 4.6508 1,933
230 🇳🇦Namibia 4.5912 41,686
231 🇬🇾Guyana 4.464 -455
232 🇦🇺Australia 4.1905 167,568
233 🇮🇸Iceland 4.0779 195
234 🇪🇭Western Sahara 3.1995 8,085
235 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.9014 34,005
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.3105 -22
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.1316 -230

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 2050

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 168.7611 5,605,911
2 Africa 84.0965 38,761,378
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 36.9673 906,870
4 Europe 31.8355 -2,328,104
5 Northern America 22.5928 794,007
6 Oceania 6.8131 363,401

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 2050

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Southern Asia 386.8144 10,196,817
2 Caribbean 215.584 -10,565
3 Micronesia 211.5258 2,457
4 Western Europe 178.3836 -366,823
5 South-Eastern Asia 177.4401 1,574,211
6 Eastern Asia 129.1601 -9,988,242
7 Western Africa 127.5381 12,765,754
8 Eastern Africa 127.2126 13,525,054
9 Polynesia 109.1836 3,974
10 Southern Europe 104.3905 -862,679
11 Central America 85.3451 424,590
12 Western Asia 83.5576 2,993,318
13 Northern Europe 69.0631 97,451
14 Middle Africa 62.6148 8,406,325
15 Northern Africa 48.6051 3,666,326
16 Melanesia 34.2418 175,675
17 Southern Africa 32.1763 397,919
18 South America 27.9345 492,845
19 Central Asia 26.4877 829,807
20 Eastern Europe 14.3786 -1,196,053
21 Australia/New Zealand 4.7994 181,295

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 2050

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 175.0002 28,703,977
2 Low-income countries 93.0764 23,447,599
3 Middle-income countries 88.4566 21,672,274
4 Upper-middle-income countries 47.1806 -7,031,703
5 High-income countries 36.5038 -1,136,933
6 No income group available 30.8301 120,523

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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