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Macau, China
Aerial view of the Macau Peninsula, one of the most densely populated areas in the world.
List of Countries, Dependencies, and Territories by Population Density
This list provides the population densities for all the countries of the world and for all but the smallest political dependencies and territories. The places are ranked from most to least crowded. The most densely populated territory in the world is Macau, a special administrative region in China. Close behind is the principality of Monaco on the French Riviera. The most sparsely populated political entity is Greenland, the world’s largest island. The figures are estimates calculated by Encyclopædia Britannica’s World Data editors using a combination of statistical sources, including national sources (print and online), United Nations World Population Prospects, the U.S. Census Bureau International Database, databases of other international organizations, and Encyclopædia Britannica’s own estimates.
| country, dependency, or territory | population density (persons per square mile) | population density (persons per square km) | rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macau | (2026) 52,838 | (2026) 20,815 | 1 |
| Monaco | (2026) 48,125 | (2026) 18,333 | 2 |
| Singapore | (2026) 21,905 | (2026) 8,452 | 3 |
| Hong Kong | (2026) 17,631 | (2026) 6,815 | 4 |
| Gaza Strip | (2025) 16,674 | (2025) 6,444 | 5 |
| Bahrain | (2026) 5,352 | (2026) 2,067.3 | 6 |
| Maldives | (2026) 4,084.2 | (2026) 1,945 | 7 |
| Malta | (2026) 4,939.3 | (2026) 1,913 | 8 |
| Sint Maarten | (2026) 3,377 | (2026) 1,291 | 9 |
| Bangladesh | (2026) 3,118.3 | (2026) 1,204 | 10 |
| Bermuda | (2026) 2,995.2 | (2026) 1,164.8 | 11 |
| Vatican City | (2019) 2,664.7 | (2019) 1,029.5 | 12 |
| Mayotte | (2026) 2,383.3 | (2026) 915.2 | 13 |
| Jersey | (2026) 2,260.9 | (2026) 866.7 | 14 |
| Guernsey | (2026) 2,220 | (2026) 846.2 | 15 |
| West Bank | (2026) 1,907.1 | (2026) 736.2 | 16 |
| Taiwan | (2026) 1,663.1 | (2026) 642.1 | 17 |
| Mauritius | (2026) 1,600.6 | (2026) 618.1 | 18 |
| Barbados | (2026) 1,575.1 | (2026) 608.9 | 19 |
| Aruba | (2026) 1,568.5 | (2026) 601.2 | 20 |
| Nauru | (2026) 1,562.5 | (2026) 595.2 | 21 |
| San Marino | (2026) 1,429.2 | (2026) 562.3 | 22 |
| Lebanon | (2026) 1,442.3 | (2026) 556.9 | 23 |
| Rwanda | (2026) 1,417.8 | (2026) 547.4 | 24 |
| South Korea | (2026) 1,319.4 | (2026) 509.4 | 25 |
| Netherlands | (2026) 1,259.8 | (2026) 486.4 | 26 |
| Burundi | (2026) 1,206.3 | (2026) 465.8 | 27 |
| Comoros | (2026) 1,303.6 | (2026) 503.6 | 28 |
| Haiti | (2026) 1,163 | (2026) 449 | 29 |
| India | (2026) 1,123.4 | (2026) 433.8 | 30 |
| Israel | (2026) 1,072.6 | (2026) 414.1 | 31 |
| Belgium | (2026) 1,000.8 | (2026) 386.4 | 32 |
| Philippines | (2026) 853.3 | (2026) 329.5 | 33 |
| Tuvalu | (2026) 1,060 | (2026) 424 | 34 |
| Puerto Rico | (2026) 934.3 | (2026) 360.7 | 35 |
| Réunion | (2026) 930.9 | (2026) 359.5 | 36 |
| Curaçao | (2026) 918.7 | (2026) 353.8 | 37 |
| Grenada | (2025) 880.5 | (2025) 340.4 | 38 |
| Sri Lanka | (2026) 866 | (2026) 334.4 | 39 |
| Japan | (2026) 840 | (2026) 324.2 | 40 |
| Pakistan | (2026) 852.5 | (2026) 329.1 | 41 |
| Vietnam | (2026) 808.6 | (2026) 312.2 | 42 |
| Martinique | (2026) 808 | (2026) 312.3 | 43 |
| Guam | (2025) 722.5 | (2025) 279.1 | 44 |
| El Salvador | (2026) 785.8 | (2026) 303.4 | 45 |
| Cayman Islands | (2026) 492.9 | (2026) 1,277.6 | 46 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | (2026) 745.3 | (2026) 288.1 | 47 |
| United Kingdom | (2026) 747.6 | (2026) 288.6 | 48 |
| Kuwait | (2026) 748.4 | (2026) 289 | 49 |
| Saint Lucia | (2026) 723.1 | (2026) 279.6 | 50 |
| Qatar | (2026) 704.2 | (2026) 271.9 | 51 |
| Luxembourg | (2026) 702.2 | (2026) 271 | 52 |
| American Samoa | (2026) 703.9 | (2026) 272.4 | 53 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | (2026) 692.4 | (2026) 267.4 | 54 |
| Netherlands Antilles | (2010) 662.3 | (2010) 255 | 55 |
| Liechtenstein | (2026) 682.3 | (2026) 264.4 | 56 |
| Nigeria | (2026) 671.3 | (2026) 259.2 | 57 |
| Jamaica | (2026) 653.2 | (2026) 252.2 | 58 |
| Seychelles | (2026) 719.2 | (2026) 277.4 | 59 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | (2026) 623.4 | (2026) 241.2 | 60 |
| Germany | (2026) 609.2 | (2026) 235 | 61 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | (2026) 554.1 | (2026) 213.7 | 62 |
| Guadeloupe | (2026) 601.1 | (2026) 232.2 | 63 |
| The Gambia | (2026) 618.4 | (2026) 238.8 | 64 |
| Dominican Republic | (2026) 602.3 | (2026) 232.6 | 65 |
| United States Virgin Islands | (2026) 573.9 | (2026) 221 | 66 |
| Switzerland | (2026) 579.5 | (2026) 223.8 | 67 |
| Marshall Islands | (2026) 542.9 | (2026) 209.9 | 68 |
| North Korea | (2026) 559.9 | (2026) 216.2 | 69 |
| Nepal | (2026) 535.4 | (2026) 206.7 | 70 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | (2026) 524.8 | (2026) 202.3 | 71 |
| Uganda | (2026) 523.8 | (2026) 202.2 | 72 |
| Italy | (2026) 504.6 | (2026) 194.8 | 73 |
| Andorra | (2026) 495 | (2026) 191.5 | 74 |
| Malawi | (2026) 462.4 | (2026) 178.5 | 75 |
| United Arab Emirates | (2026) 437.7 | (2026) 169 | 76 |
| Kiribati | (2026) 418.2 | (2026) 161.4 | 77 |
| Guatemala | (2026) 437.7 | (2026) 169 | 78 |
| Tonga | (2026) 397.2 | (2026) 153.4 | 79 |
| Togo | (2026) 401.9 | (2026) 155.2 | 80 |
| Micronesia | (2026) 390.1 | (2026) 150.8 | 81 |
| Indonesia | (2026) 393.2 | (2026) 151.8 | 82 |
| Isle of Man | (2026) 384.2 | (2026) 148.4 | 83 |
| China | (2026) 380.9 | (2026) 147.1 | 84 |
| Cyprus | (2026) 432.8 | (2026) 167.1 | 85 |
| Kosovo | (2026) 373.9 | (2026) 144.3 | 86 |
| Ghana | (2026) 371.5 | (2026) 143.4 | 87 |
| Denmark | (2026) 363.9 | (2026) 140.5 | 88 |
| Czech Republic | (2026) 358.7 | (2026) 138.5 | 89 |
| Jordan | (2026) 346.6 | (2026) 135.9 | 90 |
| Thailand | (2026) 334.5 | (2026) 129.1 | 91 |
| Syria | (2026) 332.6 | (2026) 128.4 | 92 |
| Benin | (2026) 282.2 | (2026) 109 | 93 |
| France | (2026) 317.1 | (2026) 122.4 | 94 |
| Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) | (2026) 315.5 | (2026) 128.8 | 95 |
| Turkey | (2026) 307.9 | (2026) 111.7 | 96 |
| Poland | (2026) 309.4 | (2026) 119.4 | 97 |
| Azerbaijan | (2026) 307.8 | (2026) 118.8 | 98 |
| Portugal | (2026) 306.6 | (2026) 118.4 | 99 |
| Slovakia | (2026) 285.7 | (2026) 110.3 | 100 |
| Austria | (2026) 285.8 | (2026) 110.3 | 101 |
| Egypt | (2026) 283.6 | (2026) 109.5 | 102 |
| Sierra Leone | (2026) 281.1 | (2026) 108.5 | 103 |
| Slovenia | (2026) 273 | (2026) 105.4 | 104 |
| Iraq | (2026) 278.3 | (2026) 107.5 | 105 |
| Costa Rica | (2026) 270.8 | (2026) 104.6 | 106 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | (2026) 267.5 | (2026) 103.3 | 107 |
| Hungary | (2026) 264.4 | (2026) 102.1 | 108 |
| Malaysia | (2026) 273.1 | (2026) 105.4 | 109 |
| Cuba | (2026) 218.3 | (2026) 84.3 | 110 |
| Ethiopia | (2026) 263.2 | (2026) 101.6 | 111 |
| Senegal | (2026) 257.7 | (2026) 99.5 | 112 |
| Spain | (2026) 254.7 | (2026) 98.3 | 113 |
| Cambodia | (2026) 250.7 | (2026) 96.8 | 114 |
| East Timor | (2026) 269.6 | (2026) 104.1 | 115 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | (2026) 239.6 | (2026) 92.4 | 116 |
| Albania | (2026) 208.9 | (2026) 80.7 | 117 |
| Kenya | (2026) 241.2 | (2026) 93.1 | 118 |
| Honduras | (2026) 234.2 | (2026) 90.4 | 119 |
| Morocco | (2026) 228.1 | (2026) 88.1 | 120 |
| Armenia | (2026) 276.6 | (2026) 106.8 | 121 |
| Burkina Faso | (2026) 236.6 | (2026) 91.4 | 122 |
| Myanmar | (2026) 221 | (2026) 85.3 | 123 |
| Serbia | (2026) 217.6 | (2026) 84 | 124 |
| Uzbekistan | (2026) 221.4 | (2026) 85.5 | 125 |
| Dominica | (2026) 214.1 | (2026) 82.7 | 126 |
| Romania | (2026) 207.4 | (2026) 80.1 | 127 |
| Brunei | (2026) 209.2 | (2026) 80.8 | 128 |
| Ireland | (2026) 205.9 | (2026) 79.5 | 129 |
| Yemen | (2026) 202.6 | (2026) 78.2 | 130 |
| Samoa | (2026) 196.6 | (2026) 75.9 | 131 |
| Tajikistan | (2026) 198.3 | (2026) 76.6 | 132 |
| Tunisia | (2026) 192.1 | (2026) 74.3 | 133 |
| North Macedonia | (2026) 184.8 | (2026) 71.4 | 134 |
| Tanzania | (2026) 193.3 | (2026) 74.6 | 135 |
| Moldova | (2026) 178.2 | (2026) 68.8 | 136 |
| Greece | (2026) 181.8 | (2026) 70.2 | 137 |
| Ukraine | (2026) 182.2 | (2026) 70.3 | 138 |
| Lesotho | (2026) 183.4 | (2026) 70.8 | 139 |
| Eswatini | (2026) 183.6 | (2026) 70.9 | 140 |
| French Polynesia | (2026) 174 | (2026) 67.2 | 141 |
| Ecuador | (2026) 179.6 | (2026) 69.3 | 142 |
| Mexico | (2026) 178.9 | (2026) 69.1 | 143 |
| Croatia | (2026) 177.2 | (2026) 68.4 | 144 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | (2026) 171.3 | (2026) 66.1 | 145 |
| Equatorial Guinea | (2026) 165 | (2026) 63.7 | 146 |
| Cameroon | (2026) 159.1 | (2026) 61.4 | 147 |
| Guinea | (2026) 155.4 | (2026) 60 | 148 |
| Bulgaria | (2026) 150.8 | (2026) 58.2 | 149 |
| Liberia | (2026) 155.2 | (2026) 59.9 | 150 |
| Panama | (2026) 153.4 | (2026) 59.1 | 151 |
| Afghanistan | (2026) 146.7 | (2026) 56.6 | 152 |
| Madagascar | (2026) 142.9 | (2026) 55.2 | 153 |
| Nicaragua | (2026) 139.4 | (2026) 53.8 | 154 |
| Iran | (2026) 138.7 | (2026) 53.5 | 155 |
| Eritrea | (2026) 78.8 | (2026) 30.4 | 156 |
| Georgia | (2026) 146.7 | (2026) 56.6 | 157 |
| South Africa | (2026) 134.5 | (2026) 51.9 | 158 |
| Guinea-Bissau | (2026) 135.5 | (2026) 52.3 | 159 |
| Fiji | (2026) 128 | (2026) 49.4 | 160 |
| Djibouti | (2026) 123.7 | (2026) 47.8 | 161 |
| Colombia | (2026) 121.7 | (2026) 47 | 162 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | (2026) 128.6 | (2026) 49.7 | 163 |
| Lithuania | (2026) 115 | (2026) 44.4 | 164 |
| Montenegro | (2026) 116.2 | (2026) 44.9 | 165 |
| Belarus | (2026) 112.8 | (2026) 43.5 | 166 |
| Mozambique | (2026) 113.3 | (2026) 43.7 | 167 |
| Zimbabwe | (2026) 107.2 | (2026) 41.4 | 168 |
| Faroe Islands | (2026) 102.8 | (2026) 39.7 | 169 |
| Venezuela | (2026) 98.5 | (2026) 38 | 170 |
| Kyrgyzstan | (2026) 96.8 | (2026) 37.4 | 171 |
| Palau | (2026) 93.6 | (2026) 36.1 | 172 |
| United States | (2026) 89.4 | (2026) 34.5 | 173 |
| Somalia | (2026) 90.7 | (2026) 35 | 174 |
| Laos | (2026) 85.9 | (2026) 33.2 | 175 |
| Papua New Guinea | (2026) 84.1 | (2026) 32.5 | 176 |
| Estonia | (2026) 77.9 | (2026) 30.1 | 177 |
| The Bahamas | (2026) 77.3 | (2026) 29.9 | 178 |
| Angola | (2026) 77.4 | (2026) 29.9 | 179 |
| Zambia | (2026) 77.2 | (2026) 29.8 | 180 |
| Latvia | (2026) 73.7 | (2026) 28.5 | 181 |
| Vanuatu | (2026) 73.9 | (2026) 28.5 | 182 |
| Solomon Islands | (2026) 73.3 | (2026) 28.3 | 183 |
| Peru | (2026) 69.9 | (2026) 27 | 184 |
| Chile | (2026) 64.4 | (2026) 24.9 | 185 |
| Sudan | (2026) 70.7 | (2026) 27.3 | 186 |
| South Sudan | (2026) 65.8 | (2026) 25.4 | 187 |
| Brazil | (2026) 67.9 | (2026) 26.2 | 188 |
| Sweden | (2026) 61.5 | (2026) 23.7 | 189 |
| Niger | (2026) 59.9 | (2026) 23.1 | 190 |
| Bhutan | (2026) 53.3 | (2026) 20.6 | 191 |
| Algeria | (2026) 52.7 | (2026) 20.4 | 192 |
| Mali | (2026) 52.8 | (2026) 20.4 | 193 |
| New Zealand | (2026) 53.4 | (2026) 20.6 | 194 |
| Republic of the Congo | (2026) 47.7 | (2026) 18.4 | 195 |
| Belize | (2026) 47.8 | (2026) 18.5 | 196 |
| Uruguay | (2026) 51.9 | (2026) 20 | 197 |
| Argentina | (2026) 45.9 | (2026) 17.7 | 198 |
| Oman | (2026) 45.3 | (2026) 17.5 | 199 |
| Finland | (2025) 43.3 | (2025) 16.7 | 200 |
| Saudi Arabia | (2026) 46.4 | (2026) 17.9 | 201 |
| Paraguay | (2026) 40.1 | (2026) 15.5 | 202 |
| Chad | (2026) 46.4 | (2026) 17.9 | 203 |
| Turkmenistan | (2026) 39.5 | (2026) 15.2 | 204 |
| Norway | (2026) 37.9 | (2026) 14.7 | 205 |
| New Caledonia | (2026) 36.7 | (2026) 14.2 | 206 |
| Bolivia | (2026) 27.3 | (2026) 10.5 | 207 |
| Central African Republic | (2026) 28 | (2026) 10.8 | 208 |
| Gabon | (2026) 24.7 | (2026) 9.5 | 209 |
| Russia | (2026) 21.6 | (2026) 8.3 | 210 |
| Kazakhstan | (2026) 19.6 | (2026) 7.6 | 211 |
| Suriname | (2026) 10.4 | (2026) 4 | 212 |
| Libya | (2026) 11.4 | (2026) 4.4 | 213 |
| Mauritania | (2026) 13.3 | (2026) 5.2 | 214 |
| Botswana | (2026) 11.2 | (2026) 4.3 | 215 |
| Canada | (2026) 11 | (2026) 4.2 | 216 |
| Namibia | (2026) 10.3 | (2026) 4 | 217 |
| Iceland | (2025) 10 | (2025) 3.9 | 218 |
| Guyana | (2026) 10.1 | (2026) 3.9 | 219 |
| Australia | (2026) 9.5 | (2026) 3.6 | 220 |
| French Guiana | (2026) 9.1 | (2026) 3.5 | 221 |
| Western Sahara | (2026) 6.7 | (2026) 2.6 | 222 |
| Mongolia | (2025) 6 | (2025) 2.3 | 223 |
| Greenland | (2026) 0.7 | (2026) 0.3 | 224 |
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