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Population (UN estimates and projections), per square kilometre by country

Population (UN estimates and projections) 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
18.58 units per square kilometre
Macao
Lowest
0.0015 units per square kilometre
Mongolia
Median
0.0612 units per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,278

What the numbers show

Population (UN estimates and projections), per square kilometre is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 18.58 units per square kilometre in Macao; the lowest is 0.0015 units per square kilometre in Mongolia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0612 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.2957 units per square kilometre.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12,528.

Over the past decade 163 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Jordan (up 51.1%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 17.9%).

Population (UN estimates and projections), per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Macao 18.58 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.5% rising
2 Singapore 7.11 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.5% rising
3 Hong Kong 6.33 units per square kilometre 2023 up 3.6% rising
4 Bahrain 1.59 units per square kilometre 2023 up 21.3% rising
5 Malta 1.45 units per square kilometre 2023 up 26.3% rising
6 Maldives 1.41 units per square kilometre 2023 up 39.0% rising
7 Bangladesh 0.945 units per square kilometre 2023 up 16.3% rising
8 Palestine 0.5533 units per square kilometre 2023 up 30.2% rising
9 Barbados 0.5418 units per square kilometre 2023 up 4.4% rising
10 Mauritius 0.5413 units per square kilometre 2023 up 4.3% rising
11 South Korea 0.472 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.6% rising
12 Netherlands 0.4558 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.2% rising
13 Lebanon 0.4136 units per square kilometre 2023 down 0.8% rising
14 India 0.3625 units per square kilometre 2023 up 18.7% rising
15 Rwanda 0.3522 units per square kilometre 2023 up 34.3% rising
16 Puerto Rico 0.3216 units per square kilometre 2023 down 3.9% rising
17 Belgium 0.3215 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% rising
18 Israel 0.3096 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.4% rising
19 Japan 0.3014 units per square kilometre 2023 down 1.0% rising
20 Burundi 0.2912 units per square kilometre 2023 up 32.8% rising
21 Haiti 0.2889 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.0% rising
22 Sri Lanka 0.2883 units per square kilometre 2023 up 12.9% rising
23 Comoros 0.286 units per square kilometre 2023 up 27.8% rising
24 Philippines 0.2751 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.6% rising
25 Vietnam 0.2446 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.1% rising
26 Saint Lucia 0.2414 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.0% rising
27 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2402 units per square kilometre 2023 up 8.8% rising
28 United Kingdom 0.2345 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.2% rising
29 Guam 0.2281 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% rising
30 El Salvador 0.2277 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.6% rising
31 Kuwait 0.221 units per square kilometre 2023 up 43.9% rising
32 Qatar 0.22 units per square kilometre 2023 up 47.2% volatile
33 Luxembourg 0.2175 units per square kilometre 2023 up 24.0% rising
34 Jamaica 0.212 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.5% rising
35 Germany 0.2083 units per square kilometre 2023 up 3.3% rising
36 United States Virgin Islands 0.2044 units per square kilometre 2023 down 13.3% flat
37 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2036 units per square kilometre 2023 down 2.9% rising
38 Pakistan 0.2022 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.9% rising
39 Switzerland 0.1908 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.5% rising
40 North Korea 0.1778 units per square kilometre 2023 up 6.2% rising
41 Italy 0.1768 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.1% rising
42 Dominican Republic 0.1718 units per square kilometre 2023 up 16.1% rising
43 Gambia 0.158 units per square kilometre 2023 up 35.5% rising
44 Sao Tome and Principe 0.1484 units per square kilometre 2023 up 27.3% rising
45 Nepal 0.1477 units per square kilometre 2023 up 16.6% rising
46 Nigeria 0.1464 units per square kilometre 2023 up 32.6% rising
47 Uganda 0.136 units per square kilometre 2023 up 50.8% rising
48 Malawi 0.1314 units per square kilometre 2023 up 41.8% rising
49 China 0.1264 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% rising
50 United Arab Emirates 0.1254 units per square kilometre 2023 up 36.7% volatile
51 Denmark 0.1251 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.8% rising
52 Cyprus 0.1222 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.8% rising
53 Thailand 0.1192 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.4% rising
54 Czechia 0.1181 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% rising
55 Guatemala 0.1148 units per square kilometre 2023 up 27.9% rising
56 Indonesia 0.1115 units per square kilometre 2023 up 12.6% rising
57 Poland 0.1075 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% rising
58 France 0.1054 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% rising
59 Togo 0.1028 units per square kilometre 2023 up 31.5% rising
60 Portugal 0.0992 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.9% rising
61 Azerbaijan 0.0969 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.0% rising
62 Slovakia 0.0965 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% rising
63 Cape Verde 0.0954 units per square kilometre 2023 up 6.9% rising
64 Austria 0.0948 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.7% rising
65 Ghana 0.0948 units per square kilometre 2023 up 28.8% rising
66 Tonga 0.0935 units per square kilometre 2023 down 0.0% rising
67 Hungary 0.0908 units per square kilometre 2023 down 2.9% flat
68 Cuba 0.0897 units per square kilometre 2023 down 0.2% rising
69 Syria 0.0895 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.4% rising
70 Slovenia 0.0895 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% rising
71 Turkey 0.0886 units per square kilometre 2023 up 18.6% rising
72 Jordan 0.0886 units per square kilometre 2023 up 51.1% rising
73 Albania 0.0851 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% rising
74 Armenia 0.084 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.8% flat
75 Spain 0.0832 units per square kilometre 2023 up 4.5% rising
76 Malaysia 0.0831 units per square kilometre 2023 up 23.2% rising
77 Costa Rica 0.0807 units per square kilometre 2023 up 14.0% rising
78 Egypt 0.0777 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.8% rising
79 Moldova 0.0745 units per square kilometre 2023 down 12.9% falling
80 Benin 0.0728 units per square kilometre 2023 up 35.8% rising
81 Sierra Leone 0.072 units per square kilometre 2023 up 34.8% rising
82 Romania 0.0699 units per square kilometre 2023 down 4.9% falling
83 Ethiopia 0.0691 units per square kilometre 2023 up 41.6% rising
84 Serbia 0.069 units per square kilometre 2023 down 3.2% falling
85 Cambodia 0.069 units per square kilometre 2023 up 18.4% rising
86 Brunei 0.0688 units per square kilometre 2023 up 16.7% rising
87 Greece 0.0687 units per square kilometre 2023 down 5.4% rising
88 Honduras 0.0656 units per square kilometre 2023 up 29.5% rising
89 Iraq 0.0653 units per square kilometre 2023 up 35.8% rising
90 French Polynesia 0.065 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% rising
91 Myanmar 0.0626 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.7% rising
92 Morocco 0.0625 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.5% rising
93 East Timor 0.0612 units per square kilometre 2023 up 31.8% rising
94 Ireland 0.0611 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.9% rising
95 North Macedonia 0.0602 units per square kilometre 2023 down 7.3% rising
96 Croatia 0.0598 units per square kilometre 2023 down 7.4% falling
97 Kenya 0.0596 units per square kilometre 2023 up 31.9% rising
98 Tunisia 0.0593 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% rising
99 Senegal 0.0576 units per square kilometre 2023 up 41.2% rising
100 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0576 units per square kilometre 2023 up 32.2% rising
101 Uzbekistan 0.0559 units per square kilometre 2023 up 14.0% rising
102 Ukraine 0.0558 units per square kilometre 2023 down 17.9% falling
103 Ecuador 0.0543 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.0% rising
104 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.054 units per square kilometre 2023 down 10.2% falling
105 Bulgaria 0.0535 units per square kilometre 2023 down 7.4% falling
106 Mexico 0.0501 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.4% rising
107 Lesotho 0.0495 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.2% rising
108 Burkina Faso 0.0485 units per square kilometre 2023 up 37.8% rising
109 Samoa 0.0478 units per square kilometre 2023 up 10.1% rising
110 Tajikistan 0.0475 units per square kilometre 2023 up 27.5% rising
111 Eswatini 0.0475 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.8% rising
112 Guinea-Bissau 0.0465 units per square kilometre 2023 up 34.6% rising
113 Panama 0.0449 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.0% rising
114 Yemen 0.0439 units per square kilometre 2023 up 37.0% rising
115 Georgia 0.0433 units per square kilometre 2023 down 2.8% falling
116 Iran 0.0431 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.8% rising
117 Tanzania 0.0431 units per square kilometre 2023 up 41.9% rising
118 Equatorial Guinea 0.0412 units per square kilometre 2023 up 39.0% rising
119 Nicaragua 0.0401 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.4% rising
120 Lithuania 0.0388 units per square kilometre 2023 down 3.7% falling
121 South Africa 0.0385 units per square kilometre 2023 up 19.8% rising
122 Montenegro 0.0385 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.5% flat
123 Colombia 0.0374 units per square kilometre 2023 up 21.1% rising
124 Belarus 0.0374 units per square kilometre 2023 down 5.0% flat
125 Fiji 0.0367 units per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% rising
126 Afghanistan 0.0361 units per square kilometre 2023 up 40.9% rising
127 Djibouti 0.035 units per square kilometre 2023 up 27.0% rising
128 Cameroon 0.035 units per square kilometre 2023 up 36.7% rising
129 Guinea 0.0344 units per square kilometre 2023 up 34.5% rising
130 Liberia 0.0342 units per square kilometre 2023 up 28.2% rising
131 Bahamas 0.0326 units per square kilometre 2023 up 10.3% rising
132 Madagascar 0.0324 units per square kilometre 2023 up 36.7% rising
133 United States 0.0309 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.7% rising
134 Estonia 0.0269 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.2% falling
135 Latvia 0.0255 units per square kilometre 2023 down 7.7% falling
136 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0252 units per square kilometre 2023 up 39.2% rising
137 Kyrgyzstan 0.0248 units per square kilometre 2023 up 19.3% rising
138 Zimbabwe 0.0248 units per square kilometre 2023 up 21.9% rising
139 Venezuela 0.0237 units per square kilometre 2023 down 1.8% rising
140 Mozambique 0.0236 units per square kilometre 2023 up 37.0% rising
141 Laos 0.0231 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.6% rising
142 Chile 0.0219 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.6% rising
143 Sweden 0.0214 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.5% rising
144 Brazil 0.0202 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.0% rising
145 Peru 0.02 units per square kilometre 2023 up 19.6% rising
146 Solomon Islands 0.0179 units per square kilometre 2023 up 41.4% rising
147 Eritrea 0.0176 units per square kilometre 2023 up 19.1% rising
148 Angola 0.0163 units per square kilometre 2023 up 42.0% rising
149 Bhutan 0.0162 units per square kilometre 2023 up 18.0% rising
150 Zambia 0.0162 units per square kilometre 2023 up 43.9% rising
151 Vanuatu 0.0161 units per square kilometre 2023 up 25.1% rising
152 New Zealand 0.016 units per square kilometre 2023 up 19.1% rising
153 Sudan 0.0159 units per square kilometre 2023 up 41.3% rising
154 Uruguay 0.0157 units per square kilometre 2023 up 4.9% rising
155 Finland 0.0157 units per square kilometre 2023 up 4.8% rising
156 Somalia 0.0156 units per square kilometre 2023 up 45.7% rising
157 Papua New Guinea 0.0152 units per square kilometre 2023 up 30.9% rising
158 Algeria 0.0134 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.9% rising
159 Belize 0.0132 units per square kilometre 2023 up 31.6% rising
160 Argentina 0.0129 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.2% rising
161 Norway 0.0127 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.3% rising
162 New Caledonia 0.0124 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% rising
163 Paraguay 0.0123 units per square kilometre 2023 up 18.4% rising
164 Oman 0.0122 units per square kilometre 2023 up 26.2% rising
165 Saudi Arabia 0.0117 units per square kilometre 2023 up 21.4% rising
166 Niger 0.011 units per square kilometre 2023 up 48.0% rising
167 South Sudan 0.0109 units per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% flat
168 Turkmenistan 0.0107 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.4% rising
169 Congo 0.0107 units per square kilometre 2023 up 28.3% rising
170 Mali 0.0104 units per square kilometre 2023 up 39.8% rising
171 Chad 0.0082 units per square kilometre 2023 up 46.3% rising
172 Bolivia 0.0079 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.1% rising
173 Russia 0.0073 units per square kilometre 2023 down 1.1% flat
174 Gabon 0.0061 units per square kilometre 2023 up 30.2% rising
175 Kazakhstan 0.0053 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.3% rising
176 Central African Republic 0.0042 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.6% rising
177 Canada 0.0038 units per square kilometre 2023 up 14.9% rising
178 Iceland 0.0031 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.8% rising
179 Libya 0.003 units per square kilometre 2023 up 21.5% rising
180 Botswana 0.003 units per square kilometre 2023 up 19.5% rising
181 Suriname 0.0029 units per square kilometre 2023 up 16.0% rising
182 Australia 0.0028 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.0% rising
183 Mauritania 0.0028 units per square kilometre 2023 up 37.2% rising
184 Guyana 0.0028 units per square kilometre 2023 up 4.8% rising
185 Namibia 0.0023 units per square kilometre 2023 up 30.1% rising
186 Mongolia 0.0015 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.2% rising

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Population (UN estimates and projections) 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 (UN estimates and projections) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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  • Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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Population (UN estimates and projections), per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
189 places, 6,278 data points, 1990–2023
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Population (UN estimates and projections) 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.