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Population Density by Country in 2051

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In the year 2051, the world is projected to have a population density of 74.8 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density is projected to be 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a density of 27700.0 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇨Monaco with a population density of 25377.9 people/km², and 🇸🇬Singapore with 9256.1 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 2.9 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 168.9 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Africa with a population density of 85.4 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 388.4 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Caribbean with a population density of 215.5 people/km², and Micronesia with 212.3 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 176.1 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 30.9.

Similar Population Metrics for 2051

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 2051

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 27700.0156 4,681
2 🇲🇨Monaco 25377.8523 160
3 🇸🇬Singapore 9256.134 -15,815
4 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 6309.9004 -41,661
5 🇬🇮Gibraltar 3123.1 -132
6 🇧🇭Bahrain 2322.007 8,655
7 🇲🇻Maldives 1906.7033 2,004
8 🇾🇹Mayotte 1808.4853 14,006
9 🇻🇦Holy See 1689.7727 13
10 🇲🇹Malta 1654.7238 -1,500
11 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1570.3621 484,670
12 🇵🇸State of Palestine 1492.5617 123,007
13 🇯🇪Jersey 1173.1078 635
14 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1129.75 -529
15 🇬🇬Guernsey 1037.5078 -111
16 🇧🇲Bermuda 1028.8519 -490
17 🇷🇼Rwanda 964.4771 318,276
18 🇧🇮Burundi 948.6849 407,518
19 🇳🇷Nauru 736.575 27
20 🇰🇲Comoros 676.5844 12,853
21 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 669.0566 0
22 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 629.8882 -142,491
23 🇧🇧Barbados 619.7791 -1,288
24 🇮🇱Israel 606.8205 140,677
25 🇲🇺Mauritius 600.6325 -7,010
26 🇮🇳India 563.1472 3,674,062
27 🇭🇹Haiti 550.6765 93,100
28 🇳🇱Netherlands 530.6228 -30,822
29 🇵🇭Philippines 530.1255 1,135,051
30 🇸🇲San Marino 522.582 -177
31 🇦🇼Aruba 519.0056 -772
32 🇱🇧Lebanon 483.5629 8,086
33 🇵🇰Pakistan 482.6273 4,217,322
34 🇨🇼Curaçao 481.4469 45
35 🇬🇲Gambia 468.3205 65,250
36 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 460.4091 -86
37 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 458.1044 -452,232
38 🇷🇪Réunion 451.72 1,956
39 🇺🇬Uganda 445.6548 1,415,345
40 🇹🇻Tuvalu 442.65 59
41 🇳🇬Nigeria 420.4214 5,397,700
42 🇬🇩Grenada 400.9706 60
43 🇲🇼Malawi 399.3176 594,253
44 🇧🇪Belgium 399.099 -7,306
45 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 386.9422 4,793
46 🇬🇺Guam 362.2745 299
47 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 346.6902 -77,959
48 🇻🇳Viet Nam 341.4762 -3,238
49 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 322.7552 148
50 🇸🇻El Salvador 319.6754 -13,991
51 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 310.4274 -29,404
52 🇲🇶Martinique 308.8868 -2,712
53 🇱🇺Luxembourg 303.0977 3,068
54 🇬🇧United Kingdom 295.5024 40,760
55 🇶🇦Qatar 292.0041 24,407
56 🇰🇼Kuwait 289.5508 2,094
57 🇹🇬Togo 289.3358 257,769
58 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 288.2505 -6,534
59 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 287.5227 -760
60 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 285.5444 176
61 🇯🇵Japan 273.5407 -705,050
62 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 273.4959 30,967
63 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 264.15 -22
64 🇰🇮Kiribati 262.312 1,857
65 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 259.8269 -371
66 🇸🇨Seychelles 255.2932 4
67 🇳🇵Nepal 255.117 143,496
68 🇨🇭Switzerland 244.3776 18,443
69 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 237.8538 -1,668
70 🇬🇭Ghana 232.3099 624,515
71 🇬🇹Guatemala 231.2051 172,294
72 🇧🇯Benin 228.2918 479,104
73 🇯🇲Jamaica 227.992 -25,012
74 🇩🇪Germany 225.6862 -270,024
75 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 225.5779 -36
76 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 224.5705 -222
77 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 219.0386 -851
78 🇪🇹Ethiopia 218.0462 3,223,221
79 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 213.6431 -83,710
80 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 210.0006 271,665
81 🇹🇰Tokelau 203.375 11
82 🇹🇴Tonga 202.8315 599
83 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 193.9343 292
84 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 191.6317 151,930
85 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 181.2019 2,701
86 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 179.7154 -154
87 🇮🇹Italy 175.3177 -366,268
88 🇮🇶Iraq 174.0185 1,024,061
89 🇦🇮Anguilla 172.858 -87
90 🇸🇳Senegal 172.3367 618,176
91 🇦🇩Andorra 170.55 -357
92 🇯🇴Jordan 170.4061 123,362
93 🇮🇩Indonesia 166.2576 448,552
94 🇦🇸American Samoa 166.23 -314
95 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 164.3047 892,621
96 🇪🇬Egypt 162.5939 1,496,497
97 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 162.2573 73,700
98 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 152.404 -8,179
99 🇩🇰Denmark 152.3241 12,604
100 🇮🇲Isle of Man 151.4309 -69
101 🇨🇾Cyprus 150.8792 2,259
102 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 150.4949 631,062
103 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 149.5737 2,563,068
104 🇰🇪Kenya 148.4009 962,905
105 🇨🇿Czechia 137.096 6,826
106 🇨🇳China 135.808 -9,140,763
107 🇹🇭Thailand 132.0871 -405,818
108 🇭🇳Honduras 131.6017 94,124
109 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 131.1096 -31,260
110 🇲🇾Malaysia 125.3048 132,463
111 🇹🇷Türkiye 124.7164 136,231
112 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 124.0893 43,711
113 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 122.316 11,818
114 🇫🇷France 119.2502 -77,940
115 🇦🇫Afghanistan 115.875 1,157,425
116 🇼🇸Samoa 114.3134 3,484
117 🇵🇱Poland 113.3883 -214,358
118 🇰🇭Cambodia 112.2337 57,607
119 🇨🇲Cameroon 111.9252 881,277
120 🇨🇷Costa Rica 111.6395 -2,926
121 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 108.9912 -238
122 🇦🇹Austria 107.9157 -19,888
123 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 107.8762 291,496
124 🇹🇯Tajikistan 107.389 165,530
125 🇾🇪Yemen 106.0626 695,382
126 🇸🇰Slovakia 105.3287 -22,465
127 🇲🇦Morocco 101.283 152,871
128 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 100.7583 35,396
129 🇵🇹Portugal 100.0928 -54,766
130 🇸🇮Slovenia 99.1018 -7,658
131 🇩🇲Dominica 98.588 -232
132 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 98.0913 4,891,383
133 🇬🇳Guinea 97.8924 340,638
134 🇭🇺Hungary 96.9518 -40,183
135 🇸🇿Eswatini 96.1678 14,489
136 🇱🇸Lesotho 95.952 14,491
137 🇵🇫French Polynesia 94.1702 -72
138 🇱🇷Liberia 93.6117 125,058
139 🇨🇺Cuba 93.2662 -72,368
140 🇹🇳Tunisia 92.3455 35,541
141 🇲🇲Myanmar 91.7579 8,980
142 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 90.943 -7,129
143 🇲🇬Madagascar 90.0658 805,756
144 🇪🇨Ecuador 90.0347 88,963
145 🇦🇲Armenia 89.9611 -13,012
146 🇦🇱Albania 88.8184 -23,180
147 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 87.6067 2
148 🇪🇸Spain 87.5307 -254,713
149 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 86.394 -397
150 🇧🇸Bahamas 84.0661 -242
151 🇮🇪Ireland 83.9141 11,621
152 🇲🇿Mozambique 81.5979 1,120,786
153 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 80.9536 -21
154 🇵🇦Panama 77.7586 31,174
155 🇲🇰North Macedonia 76.1773 -11,608
156 🇳🇮Nicaragua 75.9917 49,130
157 🇷🇴Romania 75.5038 -85,737
158 🇷🇸Serbia 74.6033 -52,948
159 🇨🇰Cook Islands 73.6604 -3
160 🇲🇽Mexico 73.4106 38,538
161 🇬🇷Greece 69.4648 -58,409
162 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 69.1926 326,849
163 🇩🇯Djibouti 65.2271 9,227
164 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 60.8518 86,006
165 🇿🇦South Africa 60.4673 280,470
166 🇫🇯Fiji 60.0713 3,200
167 🇸🇴Somalia 59.3161 749,881
168 🇦🇴Angola 59.1755 1,447,431
169 🇭🇷Croatia 59.1554 -26,826
170 🇺🇦Ukraine 56.2154 -303,210
171 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 55.7542 99
172 🇳🇪Niger 54.4204 1,899,294
173 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 53.0833 -21,387
174 🇿🇲Zambia 51.2596 643,594
175 🇨🇴Colombia 50.7128 -8,897
176 🇪🇷Eritrea 49.8763 78,061
177 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 49.6096 87,230
178 🇸🇩Sudan 48.6795 1,423,459
179 🇬🇪Georgia 48.4853 -15,597
180 🇻🇺Vanuatu 48.2621 9,749
181 🇧🇬Bulgaria 47.3688 -52,780
182 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 43.2065 18,722
183 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 43.0816 226
184 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 42.5746 49,778
185 🇲🇪Montenegro 42.2852 -2,371
186 🇧🇾Belarus 41.2349 -43,169
187 🇺🇸United States of America 41.1024 577,381
188 🇲🇱Mali 39.6851 984,880
189 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 39.3344 108,208
190 🇲🇸Montserrat 36.3883 -36
191 🇵🇼Palau 36.1446 -65
192 🇱🇹Lithuania 34.6687 -16,570
193 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 33.2358 139,258
194 🇵🇪Peru 32.9721 180,371
195 🇸🇸South Sudan 31.3305 213,120
196 🇨🇬Congo 30.8715 163,368
197 🇹🇩Chad 29.5294 731,854
198 🇸🇪Sweden 29.3185 40,211
199 🇧🇷Brazil 27.6006 -219,307
200 🇨🇱Chile 27.4398 -16,872
201 🇪🇪Estonia 26.8095 -6,444
202 🇩🇿Algeria 25.38 436,386
203 🇧🇿Belize 23.764 3,147
204 🇱🇻Latvia 22.8517 -11,747
205 🇧🇹Bhutan 22.768 -252
206 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 22.6276 259,014
207 🇳🇿New Zealand 22.5074 12,816
208 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 22.2891 -37
209 🇵🇾Paraguay 21.345 41,054
210 🇳🇴Norway 21.0065 22,822
211 🇴🇲Oman 20.6478 60,874
212 🇳🇨New Caledonia 19.3935 1,282
213 🇺🇾Uruguay 19.2094 -10,396
214 🇨🇫Central African Republic 18.8629 217,478
215 🇦🇷Argentina 18.5295 104,412
216 🇫🇮Finland 18.0296 -9,218
217 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 17.6795 43,282
218 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 15.4425 117,095
219 🇬🇦Gabon 14.7584 45,408
220 🇸🇭Saint Helena 9.8346 -39
221 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 9.5692 222,973
222 🇲🇷Mauritania 8.8023 158,053
223 🇷🇺Russian Federation 8.1023 -463,147
224 🇳🇺Niue 8.0942 7
225 🇬🇫French Guiana 6.581 8,512
226 🇧🇼Botswana 6.5407 26,974
227 🇱🇾Libya 5.1146 31,732
228 🇨🇦Canada 5.0661 175,375
229 🇸🇷Suriname 4.6628 1,827
230 🇳🇦Namibia 4.6417 41,330
231 🇬🇾Guyana 4.4613 -610
232 🇦🇺Australia 4.2121 164,291
233 🇮🇸Iceland 4.0797 163
234 🇪🇭Western Sahara 3.2295 7,873
235 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.9228 32,561
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.3089 -17
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.131 -225

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 2051

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 168.9187 4,281,208
2 Africa 85.4038 38,506,594
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 37.0081 746,890
4 Europe 31.7281 -2,415,265
5 Northern America 22.6343 752,004
6 Oceania 6.8554 355,416

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 2051

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Southern Asia 388.3676 9,686,774
2 Caribbean 215.5174 -18,943
3 Micronesia 212.3048 2,348
4 Western Europe 178.0388 -384,331
5 South-Eastern Asia 177.7764 1,418,981
6 Western Africa 129.6357 12,672,424
7 Eastern Africa 129.2403 13,453,669
8 Eastern Asia 128.29 -10,528,664
9 Polynesia 109.6636 3,750
10 Southern Europe 103.7177 -890,465
11 Central America 85.5066 371,490
12 Western Asia 84.1718 2,893,606
13 Northern Europe 69.1187 84,883
14 Middle Africa 63.911 8,418,388
15 Northern Africa 49.0768 3,584,359
16 Melanesia 34.5697 172,211
17 Southern Africa 32.3222 377,754
18 South America 27.9597 394,343
19 Central Asia 26.6964 810,511
20 Eastern Europe 14.3116 -1,225,352
21 Australia/New Zealand 4.822 177,107

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 2051

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 176.103 27,848,330
2 Low-income countries 94.6703 23,374,340
3 Middle-income countries 88.7192 20,029,465
4 Upper-middle-income countries 47.0425 -7,818,865
5 High-income countries 36.4692 -1,292,869
6 No income group available 30.9289 115,911

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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