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Population Density by Country in 2074

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In the year 2074, the world is projected to have a population density of 78.5 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density is projected to be 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 27131.9 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 16017.6 people/km², and 🇸🇬Singapore with 8039.0 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 0.2 people/km², and 🇪🇭Western Sahara with 3.1 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 163.2 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Africa with a population density of 110.4 people/km², and Latin America and the Caribbean with 34.6 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest population density of 410.6 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Micronesia with a population density of 209.3 people/km², and Caribbean with 193.6 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 5.5 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 194.8 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 26.5.

Similar Population Metrics for 2074

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 2074

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇨Monaco 27131.8792 227
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 16017.625 -8,562
3 🇸🇬Singapore 8038.9941 -43,798
4 🇬🇮Gibraltar 5123.8 -16
5 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 3612.2384 -88,428
6 🇧🇭Bahrain 3307.0428 19,065
7 🇾🇹Mayotte 2669.872 15,256
8 🇻🇦Holy See 2432.9545 17
9 🇲🇻Maldives 1869.7667 -3,824
10 🇵🇸State of Palestine 1755.9218 65,093
11 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1735.0864 -155,232
12 🇲🇹Malta 1474.0921 -4,194
13 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1427.7206 -175
14 🇧🇮Burundi 1250.5054 304,052
15 🇷🇼Rwanda 1198.4958 195,775
16 🇳🇷Nauru 943.2 112
17 🇬🇬Guernsey 897.8906 -186
18 🇰🇲Comoros 897.1908 12,842
19 🇯🇪Jersey 866.6724 -94
20 🇧🇲Bermuda 834.1296 -430
21 🇮🇱Israel 763.8813 134,226
22 🇱🇧Lebanon 726.2521 17,135
23 🇵🇰Pakistan 601.6096 2,957,397
24 🇭🇹Haiti 570.2646 3,565
25 🇮🇳India 563.414 -4,118,431
26 🇺🇬Uganda 554.1235 763,865
27 🇳🇱Netherlands 546.7945 -18,032
28 🇧🇧Barbados 539.2419 -1,406
29 🇲🇼Malawi 531.5249 451,465
30 🇬🇲Gambia 526.7895 29,887
31 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 525.5682 -51
32 🇸🇲San Marino 510.8852 -50
33 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 488.3802 3,580
34 🇳🇬Nigeria 488.0107 2,550,994
35 🇦🇼Aruba 486.2194 -429
36 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 477.778 227
37 🇶🇦Qatar 473.6461 62,468
38 🇵🇭Philippines 438.5947 -420,388
39 🇰🇼Kuwait 435.3262 64,727
40 🇲🇺Mauritius 419.1603 -11,215
41 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 400.5113 -210,895
42 🇹🇬Togo 391.8588 229,677
43 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 381.2708 -75,032
44 🇧🇪Belgium 377.7322 -12,866
45 🇹🇻Tuvalu 377.6833 65
46 🇬🇺Guam 374.9566 405
47 🇹🇰Tokelau 364.5833 8
48 🇷🇪Réunion 361.1776 -1,348
49 🇨🇼Curaçao 356.2724 -1,071
50 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 341.8868 58
51 🇻🇳Viet Nam 330.8298 -413,419
52 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 328.022 -484,672
53 🇬🇧United Kingdom 313.3275 -11,305
54 🇪🇹Ethiopia 306.0452 3,032,875
55 🇱🇺Luxembourg 305.4755 -1,301
56 🇸🇻El Salvador 299.6699 -32,418
57 🇧🇯Benin 294.689 325,828
58 🇰🇮Kiribati 291.7893 800
59 🇬🇩Grenada 285.9515 -905
60 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 285.0453 229,047
61 🇸🇨Seychelles 284.4902 -662
62 🇬🇭Ghana 270.6901 359,946
63 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 269.15 18
64 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 268.0552 -29,388
65 🇬🇹Guatemala 253.1186 18,764
66 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 252.2801 1,003,535
67 🇳🇵Nepal 241.6694 -62,851
68 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 236.6863 95,657
69 🇯🇵Japan 233.4034 -613,089
70 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 231.5276 -1,502
71 🇨🇭Switzerland 228.8093 -10,574
72 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 223.4121 -11,422
73 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 221.6981 -349
74 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 221.3068 2,788,932
75 🇯🇴Jordan 220.175 96,453
76 🇲🇶Martinique 218.0108 -1,063
77 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 215.374 54,513
78 🇸🇳Senegal 209.7343 351,438
79 🇩🇪Germany 209.3905 -157,419
80 🇮🇶Iraq 208.6133 589,721
81 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 197.4359 -486
82 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 194.5969 -30,012
83 🇪🇬Egypt 190.5161 867,637
84 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 190.1493 35
85 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 190.0737 -127,230
86 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 189.8943 -589
87 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 187.1229 -138
88 🇾🇪Yemen 180.3602 814,354
89 🇹🇴Tonga 173.2638 387
90 🇰🇪Kenya 171.6207 408,779
91 🇦🇸American Samoa 170.865 -42
92 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 169.9536 271,030
93 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 169.0464 -1,299
94 🇦🇫Afghanistan 166.7429 1,146,550
95 🇮🇩Indonesia 166.5268 -517,028
96 🇯🇲Jamaica 161.0792 -31,901
97 🇨🇾Cyprus 155.063 -7,664
98 🇭🇳Honduras 154.3298 41,626
99 🇨🇲Cameroon 153.8819 803,508
100 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 152.3696 25,142
101 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 151.9446 448,756
102 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 149.711 40,408
103 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 146.7409 4,503,959
104 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 144.0 -318
105 🇩🇰Denmark 142.1783 -2,415
106 🇮🇹Italy 141.7625 -326,507
107 🇲🇾Malaysia 141.1375 -15,144
108 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 140.6551 1,662
109 🇦🇮Anguilla 137.892 -109
110 🇦🇩Andorra 136.95 -675
111 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 136.0306 35
112 🇹🇯Tajikistan 131.7801 94,674
113 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 131.002 -28,332
114 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 130.9217 -11,837
115 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 129.6005 -3,244
116 🇰🇭Cambodia 129.0577 12,317
117 🇲🇬Madagascar 123.2348 671,462
118 🇫🇷France 122.9362 34,051
119 🇬🇳Guinea 119.9397 179,776
120 🇱🇷Liberia 118.3432 101,104
121 🇮🇲Isle of Man 118.1565 -383
122 🇼🇸Samoa 117.6772 2,595
123 🇨🇿Czechia 114.1384 -36,162
124 🇲🇿Mozambique 112.0675 837,437
125 🇹🇭Thailand 108.9744 -429,968
126 🇱🇸Lesotho 108.4757 5,035
127 🇹🇷Türkiye 106.7499 -581,875
128 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 98.6768 -148
129 🇨🇳China 98.6718 -12,782,373
130 🇵🇹Portugal 97.4386 -22,389
131 🇦🇹Austria 96.5065 -27,153
132 🇲🇦Morocco 95.5293 -122,903
133 🇨🇷Costa Rica 93.8395 -34,253
134 🇦🇴Angola 91.1453 1,607,481
135 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 90.5405 32
136 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 87.6336 -1,679
137 🇸🇮Slovenia 87.5903 -7,632
138 🇭🇺Hungary 87.5189 -27,088
139 🇸🇿Eswatini 87.4305 -4,399
140 🇸🇴Somalia 87.2271 663,946
141 🇪🇨Ecuador 86.3968 -51,193
142 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 85.4528 248,675
143 🇲🇲Myanmar 85.2319 -198,366
144 🇵🇱Poland 84.4045 -312,069
145 🇸🇰Slovakia 84.1411 -35,318
146 🇮🇪Ireland 83.7327 -16,915
147 🇵🇦Panama 81.0594 5,480
148 🇹🇳Tunisia 79.082 -53,349
149 🇩🇲Dominica 76.9927 -309
150 🇧🇸Bahamas 76.791 -812
151 🇳🇮Nicaragua 76.6862 -6,036
152 🇪🇸Spain 75.4524 -266,485
153 🇩🇯Djibouti 75.3041 7,273
154 🇲🇽Mexico 74.8397 -407,106
155 🇦🇲Armenia 72.8116 -18,501
156 🇿🇦South Africa 72.1208 282,913
157 🇿🇲Zambia 70.999 552,264
158 🇨🇺Cuba 68.9576 -73,695
159 🇵🇫French Polynesia 65.9555 -2,096
160 🇸🇩Sudan 65.2804 1,078,760
161 🇦🇱Albania 62.6496 -22,205
162 🇪🇷Eritrea 61.4125 54,068
163 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 60.6893 -47
164 🇳🇪Niger 59.667 822,240
165 🇷🇸Serbia 59.2929 -38,359
166 🇻🇺Vanuatu 59.1923 7,179
167 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 57.9786 -588,047
168 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 57.9278 46,544
169 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 57.3751 11,267
170 🇷🇴Romania 56.7907 -104,753
171 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 56.4403 -16,385
172 🇬🇷Greece 55.9713 -52,723
173 🇲🇱Mali 54.0215 722,442
174 🇫🇯Fiji 53.266 -2,740
175 🇨🇴Colombia 49.9343 -277,316
176 🇬🇪Georgia 48.2019 -14,154
177 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 48.1642 -304
178 🇭🇷Croatia 47.3425 -21,784
179 🇲🇰North Macedonia 47.0396 -13,614
180 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 46.8834 39
181 🇨🇬Congo 45.9743 188,043
182 🇹🇩Chad 44.9009 644,850
183 🇺🇸United States of America 43.9453 894,610
184 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 43.8514 -14,346
185 🇸🇸South Sudan 39.9917 140,925
186 🇺🇦Ukraine 39.973 -355,595
187 🇧🇬Bulgaria 39.6418 -40,287
188 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 38.657 73,727
189 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 35.6383 -22,522
190 🇨🇰Cook Islands 33.9896 -3
191 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 33.5949 -39,257
192 🇵🇪Peru 32.3917 -60,375
193 🇴🇲Oman 32.1464 82,096
194 🇲🇪Montenegro 30.9211 -4,264
195 🇲🇸Montserrat 30.8932 -10
196 🇧🇾Belarus 28.4845 -64,420
197 🇵🇼Palau 28.1946 -93
198 🇸🇪Sweden 28.0321 3,299
199 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 27.5793 450,242
200 🇱🇹Lithuania 27.2716 -21,523
201 🇩🇿Algeria 26.9744 96,754
202 🇨🇫Central African Republic 24.9257 167,949
203 🇨🇱Chile 23.508 -149,256
204 🇧🇷Brazil 23.4652 -1,224,136
205 🇵🇾Paraguay 22.9398 5,030
206 🇪🇪Estonia 22.7498 -7,589
207 🇧🇿Belize 22.7267 -1,712
208 🇳🇿New Zealand 22.1409 1,131
209 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 21.8414 7,308
210 🇧🇹Bhutan 21.6405 -5,194
211 🇬🇦Gabon 21.5256 58,789
212 🇱🇻Latvia 19.1643 -12,011
213 🇳🇨New Caledonia 18.9941 -16
214 🇳🇴Norway 18.8262 -10,023
215 🇫🇮Finland 16.5478 -14,672
216 🇺🇾Uruguay 16.4453 -20,406
217 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 16.3724 30,945
218 🇦🇷Argentina 16.2347 -206,365
219 🇲🇷Mauritania 13.1683 162,557
220 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 12.7152 -43
221 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 11.3589 151,369
222 🇳🇺Niue 8.4827 13
223 🇸🇭Saint Helena 8.0449 -19
224 🇷🇺Russian Federation 7.862 -199,132
225 🇬🇫French Guiana 7.644 6,313
226 🇧🇼Botswana 6.7937 5,593
227 🇳🇦Namibia 6.654 28,775
228 🇱🇾Libya 5.8887 11,052
229 🇨🇦Canada 5.4436 156,250
230 🇦🇺Australia 4.8751 208,573
231 🇬🇾Guyana 4.8523 -1,042
232 🇸🇷Suriname 4.8232 -186
233 🇮🇸Iceland 4.1276 -1,485
234 🇲🇳Mongolia 3.2903 22,342
235 🇪🇭Western Sahara 3.1106 832
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.2123 -20
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.1059 -273

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 2074

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 163.2305 -14,419,317
2 Africa 110.4204 28,538,779
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 34.6103 -2,586,960
4 Americas 29.6265 -1,536,846
5 Europe 28.9394 -2,294,760
6 Northern America 24.2114 1,050,114
7 Oceania 7.7656 301,327

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 2074

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Southern Asia 410.6208 -904,664
2 Micronesia 209.3032 1,326
3 Caribbean 193.6244 -184,041
4 Eastern Africa 174.5011 11,136,666
5 Western Europe 173.1684 -193,049
6 South-Eastern Asia 169.1562 -2,040,157
7 Western Africa 156.5462 7,186,846
8 Western Asia 101.9349 2,069,760
9 Middle Africa 94.9127 8,018,567
10 Eastern Asia 94.5136 -14,292,907
11 Polynesia 94.1295 880
12 Central America 88.188 -415,655
13 Southern Europe 86.1767 -815,239
14 Northern Europe 69.9285 -95,263
15 Northern Africa 56.5617 1,878,783
16 Melanesia 39.9707 89,417
17 Southern Africa 38.4366 317,917
18 Central Asia 34.4879 748,651
19 South America 25.0955 -1,987,264
20 Eastern Europe 12.3867 -1,191,209
21 Australia/New Zealand 5.4506 209,704

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 2074

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 194.7784 9,797,064
2 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 168.6678 27,493,818
3 Low-income countries 125.2322 17,696,754
4 Low-and-middle-income countries 95.5854 11,487,603
5 Middle-income countries 90.1756 -6,209,151
6 Upper-middle-income countries 44.5841 -16,006,215
7 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 41.0009 -16,864,593
8 High-income countries 35.4556 -858,378
9 No income group available 26.4953 -38,743

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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