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List of countries by population density

List of countries/dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km²

country	pop. dens.	area	population
	(/sq.km)	(sq.km)	(2002-07-01 est.)
Macau	18,000	25	461,833
Monaco	16,000	2	31,987
Hong Kong	6,688	1,092	7,303,334
Singapore	6,430	693	4,452,732
Gibraltar	5,000	6	27,714
Vatican City	2,000	0.44	900
Malta	1,260	316	397,499
Bermuda	1,200	53	63,960
Maldives	1,070	300	320,165
Bahrain	987	665	656,397
Bangladesh	926	144,000	133,376,684
Guernsey	830	78	64,587
Jersey	774	116	89,775
Barbados	642	431	276,607
Taiwan	627	35,980	22,548,009
Mauritius	588	2,040	1,200,206
Nauru	587	21	12,329
Palestinian territories	545	6,220	3,389,578
South Korea	491	98,480	48,324,000
Mayotte	457	374	170,879
San Marino	455	61	27,730
Puerto Rico	435	9,104	3,957,988
Tuvalu	429	26	11,146
Marshall Islands	407	181	73,630
Netherlands	387	41,526	16,067,754
Martinique	384	1,100	422,277
Aruba	365	193	70,441
Lebanon	354	10,400	3,677,780
U.S. Virgin Islands	351	352	123,498
American Samoa	345	199	68,688
Belgium	337	30,510	10,274,595
Japan	336	377,835	126,974,628
India	318	3,287,590	1,045,845,226
El Salvador	302	21,040	6,353,681
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	299	389	116,394
Sri Lanka	298	65,610	19,576,783
Reunion	296	2,512	743,981
Guam	293	549	160,796
Israel	290	20,770	6,029,529
Comoros	283	2,170	614,382
Philippines	282	300,000	84,525,639
Rwanda	281	26,338	7,398,074
Saint Lucia	260	616	160,145
Grenada	259	344	89,211
Haiti	255	27,750	7,063,722
Vietnam	246	329,560	81,098,416
Guadeloupe	245	1,780	435,739
United Kingdom	244	244,820	59,778,002
Jamaica	244	10,991	2,680,029
Germany	233	357,021	83,251,851
Burundi	229	27,830	6,373,002
Trinidad and Tobago	227	5,128	1,163,724
Netherlands Antilles	223	960	214,258
Liechtenstein	205	160	32,842
Micronesia	194	702	135,869
Italy	192	301,230	57,715,625
North Korea	184	120,540	22,224,195
Nepal	184	140,800	25,873,917
Pakistan	184	803,940	147,663,429
Dominican Republic	179	48,730	8,721,594
Switzerland	177	41,290	7,301,994
Seychelles	176	455	80,098
Luxembourg	173	2,586	448,569
Sao Tome and Principe	170	1,001	170,372
Northern Mariana Islands	162	477	77,311
Antigua and Barbuda	152	443	67,448
Saint Kitts and Nevis	148	261	38,736
Andorra	146	468	68,403
Tokelau	143	10	1,431
Tonga	142	748	106,137
Nigeria	141	923,768	129,934,911
British Virgin Islands	139	153	21,272
Cayman Islands	138	262	36,273
People's Republic of China (mainland)	134	9,596,960	1,284,303,705
Moldova	131	33,843	4,434,547
Czech Republic	130	78,866	10,256,760
Isle of Man	129	572	73,873
Gambia	129	11,300	1,455,842
Denmark	125	43,094	5,368,854
Poland	124	312,685	38,625,478
Albania	123	28,748	3,544,841
Guatemala	122	108,890	13,314,079
Anguilla	122	102	12,446
Thailand	121	514,000	62,354,402
Indonesia	121	1,919,440	231,328,092
Kiribati	119	811	96,335
Kuwait	118	17,820	2,111,561
Armenia	112	29,800	3,330,099
Slovakia	111	48,845	5,422,366
Serbia	110	88,361	9,780,000
France	109	547,030	59,765,983
Portugal	109	92,391	10,084,245
Hungary	108	93,030	10,075,034
Uganda	105	236,040	24,699,073
Cape Verde	101	4,033	408,760
Cuba	101	110,860	11,224,321
Austria	97	83,858	8,169,929
Slovenia	95	20,273	1,932,917
Romania	94	237,500	22,317,730
Togo	93	56,785	5,285,501
Dominica	93	754	70,158
Syria	93	185,180	17,155,814
Malawi	90	118,480	10,701,824
Azerbaijan	90	86,600	7,798,497
Cook Islands	87	240	20,811
Turkey	86	780,580	67308,928
Ghana	85	239,460	20,244,154
Cyprus	83	9,250	767,314
Montserrat	83	102	8,437
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	81	25,333	2,054,800
Greece	81	131,940	10,645,343
Ukraine	80	603,700	48,396,470
Spain	79	504,782	40,077,100
Sierra Leone	78	71,740	5,614,743
Croatia	78	56,542	4,390,751
Bosnia and Herzegovina	78	51,129	3,964,388
Costa Rica	75	51,100	3,834,934
Lesotho	73	30,355	2,207,954
Georgia	71	69,700	4,960,951
Egypt	71	1,001,450	70,712,345
Cambodia	71	181,040	12,775,324
Morocco (excluding Western Sahara)	70	446,550	31,167,783
Qatar	69	11,437	793,341
Malaysia	69	329,750	22,662,365
Bulgaria	69	110,910	7,621,337
Swaziland	65	17,363	1,123,605
East Timor	63	15,007	952,618
Myanmar	62	678,500	42,238,224
French Polynesia	62	4,167	257,847
Brunei	61	5,770	350,898
Samoa	61	2,944	178,631
Benin	60	112,620	6,787,625
Ethiopia	60	1,127,127	67,673,031
Tunisia	60	163,610	9815,644
Honduras	59	112,090	6,560,608
Jordan	58	92,300	5,307,470
Uzbekistan	57	447,400	25,563,441
Wallis and Futuna	57	274	15,585
Ireland	55	70,280	3,883,159
Lithuania	55	65,200	3,601,138
Iraq	55	437,072	24,001,816
Senegal	54	196,190	10,589,571
Kenya	53	582,650	31,138,735
Norfolk Island	53	35	1,866
Mexico	52	1,972,550	103,400,165
Côte d'Ivoire	52	322,460	16,804,784
Belarus	50	207,600	10,335,382
Ecuador	47	283,560	13,447,494
Tajikistan	47	143,100	6,719,567
Fiji	47	18,270	856,346
Burkina Faso	46	274,200	12,603,185
Cocos Islands	45	14	632
Bhutan	45	47,000	2,094,176
Turks and Caicos Islands	44	430	18,738
Afghanistan	43	647,500	27,755,775
Palau	42	458	19,409
Iran	40	1,648,000	66,622,704
Tanzania	39	945,087	37,187,939
Nicaragua	39	129,494	5,023,818
Guinea-Bissau	37	36,120	1,345,479
Panama	37	78,200	2,882,329
Eritrea	37	121,320	4,465,651
Latvia	37	64,589	2,366,515
Colombia	36	1,138,910	41,008,227
South Africa	36	1,219,912	43,647,658
Montenegro	36	13,812	500,000
Yemen	35	527,970	18,701,257
Cameroon	34	475,440	16,184,748
Faroe Islands	33	1,399	46,011
Guinea	32	245,857	7,775,065
Estonia	31	45,226	1,415,681
Liberia	30	111,370	3,288,198
United Arab Emirates	30	82,,880	2,445,989
United States	29	9,629,091	280,562,489
Zimbabwe	29	390,580	11,376,676
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	29	242	6,954
Madagascar	28	587,040	16,473,477
Venezuela	27	912,050	24,287,670
Mozambique	24	801,590	19,607,519
Laos	24	236,800	5,777,180
Kyrgyzstan	24	198,500	4,822,166
Democratic Republic of the Congo	24	2,345,410	55,225,478
Peru	22	1,285,220	27,949,639
Bahamas	22	13,940	300,529
Brazil	21	8,511,965	176,029,560
Djibouti	21	23,000	472,810
Chile	20	756,950	15,498,930
Sweden	20	449,964	8,876,744
Uruguay	19	176,220	3,386,575
Saint Helena	18	410	7,317
Equatorial Guinea	18	28,051	498,144
Solomon Islands	17	28,450	494,786
Vanuatu	16	12,200	196,178
Finland	15	337,030	5,183,545
Sudan	15	2,505,810	37,090,298
New Zealand	15	268,680	3,908,037
Paraguay	14	406,750	5,884,491
Norway	14	324,220	4,525,116
Argentina	14	2,766,890	37,812,817
Algeria	14	2,381,740	32,277,942
Zambia	13	752,614	9,959,037
Oman	13	212,460	2,713,462
Somalia	12	637,657	7,753,310
Saudi Arabia	12	1,960,582	23,513,330
Belize	11	22,966	262,999
Papua New Guinea	11	462,840	5,172,033
New Caledonia	11	19,060	207,858
Turkmenistan	9.6	488,100	4,688,963
Mali	9.1	1,240,000	11,340,480
Republic of the Congo	8.7	342,000	2,958,448
Angola	8.5	1,246,700	10,593,171
Russia	8.5	17,075,200	144,978,573
Niger	8.4	1,267,000	10,639,744
Niue	8.2	260	2,134
Bolivia	7.7	1,098,580	8,445,134
Chad	7.0	1,284,000	8,997,237
Kazakhstan	6.2	2,717,300	16,741,519
Central African Republic	5.8	622,984	3,642,739
Gabon	4.6	267,667	1,233,353
Christmas Island	3.5	135	474
Guyana	3.2	214,970	698,209
Canada	3.2	9,976,140	31,902,268
Libya	3.1	1,759,540	5,368,585
Mauritania	2.7	1,030,700	2,828,858
Iceland	2.7	103,000	279,384
Suriname	2.7	163,270	436,494
Botswana	2.7	600,370	1,591,232
Australia	2.5	7,686,850	19,546,792
Namibia	2.2	825,418	1,820,916
French Guiana	2.0	91,000	182,333
Mongolia	1.7	1,565,000	2,694,432
Pitcairn Islands	1.0	47	47
Western Sahara	1.0	266,000	256,177
Falkland Islands	0.24	12,173	2,967
Svalbard	0.05	62,049	2,868
Greenland	0.03	2,166,086	56,376

Earth	42	14,894,000	6,233,821,945

Areas with both high density and large size, in order of increasing size and decreasing density: Macau, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, Japan, India, mainland China, United States, Russia.