Population, per square kilometre by country
Population divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
8,242 units per square kilometre
Singapore
Lowest
2.23 units per square kilometre
Mongolia
Median
82.89 units per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,641
What the numbers show
Population, per square kilometre is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 8,242 units per square kilometre in Singapore; the lowest is 2.23 units per square kilometre in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 82.89 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 208.22 units per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,690.
Over the past decade 161 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Jordan (up 43.1%), and the largest decrease in Marshall Islands (down 23.4%).
Population, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 8,242 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 2 | Bahrain | 1,971 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Maldives | 1,765 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 4 | Malta | 1,727 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 1,319 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 6 | Barbados | 656.6 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 7 | Mauritius | 631.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 8 | Rwanda | 565.65 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 9 | Lebanon | 564.37 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 10 | San Marino | 564.33 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 11 | Burundi | 533.08 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 12 | Netherlands | 530.95 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 13 | Republic of Korea | 529.84 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 14 | India | 483.68 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 15 | Comoros | 456.95 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 16 | Israel | 455.13 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 17 | Haiti | 422.26 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 18 | Belgium | 386.55 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 19 | Philippines | 385.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 20 | Sri Lanka | 356.24 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 21 | Grenada | 344.36 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 22 | Japan | 341.55 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 23 | Tuvalu | 327.2 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 24 | Pakistan | 321.07 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 25 | Viet Nam | 320.18 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 26 | El Salvador | 304.52 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 27 | Saint Lucia | 293.91 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 28 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 283.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 29 | Kuwait | 272.36 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Gambia | 266.58 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Trinidad and Tobago | 266.57 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 32 | Jamaica | 262.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 33 | Seychelles | 260.38 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 34 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 259.8 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 35 | Luxembourg | 258.86 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 36 | Nigeria | 250.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 37 | Uganda | 242.65 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Sao Tome and Principe | 240.49 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 39 | Germany | 240.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 40 | Dominican Republic | 235.1 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 41 | Qatar | 231.16 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Switzerland | 224.96 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 43 | Malawi | 223.85 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 44 | Marshall Islands | 215.71 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 45 | Antigua and Barbuda | 212.08 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 46 | Nepal | 207.15 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 47 | Italy | 199.49 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 48 | Togo | 171.07 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 49 | Guatemala | 169.14 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 50 | Kiribati | 163.62 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 51 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 160.9 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 52 | China | 150.26 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 53 | Denmark | 148.67 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 54 | Indonesia | 148.58 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 55 | Ghana | 148.5 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 56 | United Arab Emirates | 147.62 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Cyprus | 145.56 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 58 | Tonga | 145.27 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 59 | Czechia | 140.78 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 60 | Thailand | 140.35 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 61 | Cape Verde | 129.61 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 62 | Jordan | 128.83 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Syrian Arab Republic | 128.49 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 64 | France | 126.7 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 65 | Benin | 125.14 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Azerbaijan | 122.86 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 67 | Poland | 119.79 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 68 | Sierra Leone | 117.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 69 | Portugal | 115.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 70 | Egypt | 115.06 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 71 | Ethiopia | 114.04 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 72 | Slovakia | 112.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 73 | Türkiye | 110.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 74 | Austria | 110.66 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 75 | Malaysia | 106.91 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 76 | Slovenia | 105.31 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 77 | Armenia | 105.12 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 78 | Hungary | 105.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 79 | Iraq | 103.83 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Albania | 100.22 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 81 | Costa Rica | 99.99 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 82 | Cambodia | 98.71 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 83 | Côte d'Ivoire | 98.01 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Spain | 96.75 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 85 | Kenya | 95.27 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Honduras | 95.14 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 87 | Senegal | 93.89 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 88 | Timor-Leste | 93.09 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 89 | Dominica | 88.68 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 90 | Brunei Darussalam | 87.09 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 91 | Morocco | 84.5 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 92 | Burkina Faso | 84.16 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 93 | Myanmar | 82.94 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 94 | Romania | 82.84 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 95 | Uzbekistan | 80.91 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 96 | Greece | 80.73 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 97 | Serbia | 78.76 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 98 | Tunisia | 78.53 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 99 | Samoa | 77.94 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 100 | Ireland | 77.04 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 101 | Guinea-Bissau | 76.58 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 102 | Lesotho | 76.14 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 103 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 75.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Tajikistan | 74.86 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 105 | Republic of Moldova | 74.64 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 106 | Yemen | 74.61 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 107 | North Macedonia | 72.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 108 | Ecuador | 72.4 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 109 | Eswatini | 71.54 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 110 | Croatia | 68.97 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 111 | Mexico | 66.74 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 112 | Equatorial Guinea | 65.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Ukraine | 65.12 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 114 | Afghanistan | 63.56 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 62.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 116 | Panama | 60.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 117 | Cameroon | 60.02 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 118 | Bulgaria | 59.38 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 119 | Guinea | 58.63 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 120 | Liberia | 57.03 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 121 | Nicaragua | 56.7 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 122 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 55.85 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 123 | Madagascar | 53.62 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Georgia | 53.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 125 | South Africa | 52.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 126 | Fiji | 50.58 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 127 | Djibouti | 49.74 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Colombia | 47.16 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 129 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 46.66 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Montenegro | 46.36 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 131 | Lithuania | 45.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 132 | Belarus | 45.22 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 133 | Mozambique | 42.77 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 134 | Zimbabwe | 42.24 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 135 | Bahamas | 39.9 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 136 | Palau | 38.54 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 137 | Kyrgyzstan | 37.02 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 138 | United States of America | 36.82 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 139 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 33.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 140 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 32.09 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 141 | Estonia | 32.07 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 142 | Latvia | 30.17 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 143 | Angola | 29.48 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Somalia | 29.26 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Eritrea | 28.64 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 146 | Solomon Islands | 28.58 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 147 | Zambia | 27.88 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Sudan | 26.79 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 149 | Chile | 26.46 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 150 | Peru | 26.44 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 151 | Vanuatu | 26.28 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 152 | Sweden | 25.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 153 | Brazil | 25.26 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 154 | Papua New Guinea | 22.94 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Niger | 20.65 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Bhutan | 20.62 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 157 | New Zealand | 19.92 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 158 | Mali | 19.48 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 159 | Algeria | 19.38 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 160 | Uruguay | 19.36 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 161 | Finland | 18.37 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 162 | South Sudan | 18.17 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 163 | Congo | 18.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Belize | 18.02 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 165 | Paraguay | 17.28 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 166 | Argentina | 16.64 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 167 | Oman | 16.31 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Saudi Arabia | 15.68 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Turkmenistan | 15.67 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 170 | Chad | 15.34 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 171 | Norway | 15.15 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 172 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 11.3 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 173 | Gabon | 9.64 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 174 | Russian Federation | 8.78 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 175 | Central African Republic | 8.27 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 176 | Kazakhstan | 7.53 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 177 | Mauritania | 4.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Canada | 4.56 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 179 | Botswana | 4.38 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 180 | Libya | 4.15 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 181 | Suriname | 3.92 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 182 | Guyana | 3.91 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 183 | Iceland | 3.9 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 184 | Namibia | 3.6 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 185 | Australia | 3.46 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 186 | Mongolia | 2.23 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
How this figure is calculated
Population divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Population ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Population International Monetary Fund
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Population divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.