Note that figures are simply estimates of population divided by total surface area and should not be considered either as reflecting density in the urban sense or as indicative of the ability of a territory’s land to support human habitation. Names of dependent territories as well as recognized states with no or limited control over their territory are shown in italics.
| Rank |
Country/Region of special position |
Population |
Area (km²) |
Density (Pop per km²) |
Notes |
|
World (land only) |
6,655,452,799 |
148,940,000 |
44.69 |
[1] |
| 1 |
Macau S.A.R. (PRC) |
538,100 |
29.2 |
18,428 |
|
| 2 |
Monaco |
32,671 |
1.95 |
16,754 |
[2] |
| 3 |
Singapore |
4,588,600 |
707.1 |
6,489 |
|
| 4 |
Hong Kong S.A.R. (PRC) |
7,040,885 |
1,099 |
6,407 |
|
| 5 |
Gibraltar (UK) |
27,921 |
6 |
4,654 |
|
| 6 |
Vatican City |
821 |
0.44 |
1,866 |
[3] |
| 7 |
Bahrain |
1,046,814 |
720 |
1,454 |
[4] |
| 8 |
Malta |
401,880 |
316 |
1,272 |
|
| 9 |
Bermuda (UK) |
64,174 |
53 |
1,211 |
|
| 10 |
Maldives |
329,198 |
298 |
1,105 |
|
| 11 |
Bangladesh |
150,448,339 |
143,998 |
1,045 |
[5] |
| 12 |
Channel Islands (Crown dependency) |
149,463 |
195 |
766 |
|
| 13 |
Palestinian territories |
4,018,332 |
6,020 |
667 |
|
| 14 |
Nauru |
13,635 |
21 |
649 |
|
| 15 |
Taiwan (Republic of China) |
22,894,384 |
35,980 |
636 |
[3] |
| 16 |
Barbados |
269,556 |
430 |
627 |
|
| 17 |
Saint-Martin (France) |
33,102 |
53.2 |
622 |
|
| 18 |
Mauritius |
1,244,663 |
2,040 |
610 |
|
| 19 |
Aruba (Netherlands) |
103,484 |
193 |
536 |
|
| 20 |
Mayotte (France) |
186,452 |
374 |
499 |
[6] |
| 21 |
South Korea |
49,044,790 |
99,538 |
493 |
|
| 22 |
San Marino |
28,117 |
61 |
461 |
|
| 23 |
Puerto Rico (US) |
3,954,584 |
8,875 |
446 |
|
| 24 |
Tuvalu |
10,441 |
26 |
402 |
|
| 25 |
Netherlands |
16,423,431 |
41,528 |
395 |
[7] |
| 26 |
Martinique (France) |
395,932 |
1,102 |
359 |
|
| 27 |
Comoros |
797,902 |
2,235 |
357 |
|
| 28 |
Lebanon |
3,576,818 |
10,400 |
344 |
|
| 29 |
Rwanda |
9,037,690 |
26,338 |
343 |
|
| 30 |
Marshall Islands |
61,963 |
181 |
342 |
|
| 31 |
Belgium |
10,419,050 |
30,528 |
341 |
|
| 32 |
Japan |
128,084,700 |
377,873 |
339 |
|
| 33 |
India |
1,103,371,000 |
3,287,263 |
336 |
|
| 34 |
El Salvador |
6,880,951 |
21,041 |
327 |
|
| 35 |
Saint-Barthélemy (France) |
6,852 |
21 |
326 |
|
| 35 |
American Samoa (US) |
64,869 |
199 |
326 |
|
| 37 |
Israel |
7,180,000 |
22,072 |
325 |
|
| 38 |
U.S. Virgin Islands (US) |
111,818 |
347 |
322 |
|
| 39 |
Sri Lanka |
20,742,910 |
65,610 |
316 |
|
| 40 |
Réunion (France) |
785,139 |
2,510 |
313 |
|
| 41 |
Guam (US) |
169,635 |
549 |
309 |
|
| 42 |
Haiti |
8,527,777 |
27,750 |
307 |
|
| 42 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
119,051 |
388 |
307 |
|
| 44 |
Saint Lucia |
160,765 |
539 |
298 |
|
| 45 |
Philippines |
83,054,480 |
300,000 |
277 |
|
| 46 |
Burundi |
7,547,515 |
27,834 |
271 |
|
| 47 |
Grenada |
102,924 |
344 |
260 |
|
| 48 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
1,305,236 |
5,130 |
254 |
|
| 48 |
Vietnam |
84,238,230 |
331,689 |
254 |
|
| 50 |
Guadeloupe (France) |
405,000 |
1,628 |
249 |
[8] |
| 51 |
United Kingdom |
60,776,238 |
242,900 |
246 |
|
| 52 |
Jamaica |
2,650,713 |
10,991 |
241 |
|
| 53 |
Germany |
82,689,210 |
357,022 |
232 |
|
| 54 |
Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) |
182,656 |
800 |
228 |
|
| 57 |
Liechtenstein |
34,521 |
160 |
216 |
|
| 58 |
Pakistan |
157,935,100 |
796,095 |
198 |
|
| 58 |
Italy |
58,092,740 |
301,318 |
193 |
|
| 59 |
Dominican Republic |
9,365,818 |
48,671 |
192 |
|
| 60 |
North Korea |
22,487,660 |
120,538 |
187 |
|
| 61 |
Nepal |
27,132,630 |
147,181 |
184 |
|
| 62 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
81,479 |
442 |
184 |
|
| 63 |
Luxembourg |
464,904 |
2,586 |
180 |
|
| 64 |
Seychelles |
80,654 |
455 |
177 |
|
| 65 |
Switzerland |
7,252,331 |
41,284 |
176 |
|
| 66 |
Northern Mariana Islands (US) |
80,801 |
464 |
174 |
|
| 67 |
Cayman Islands (UK) |
45,017 |
264 |
171 |
|
| 68 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
42,696 |
261 |
164 |
|
| 69 |
Sao Tome and Principe |
156,523 |
964 |
162 |
|
| 70 |
Federated States of Micronesia |
110,487 |
702 |
157 |
|
| 71 |
Kuwait |
2,686,873 |
17,818 |
151 |
|
| 72 |
British Virgin Islands (UK) |
22,016 |
151 |
146 |
|
| 73 |
Andorra |
67,151 |
468 |
143 |
|
| 74 |
Nigeria |
131,529,700 |
923,768 |
142 |
|
| 75 |
People's Republic of China |
1,323,324,000 |
9,596,961 |
138 |
[9] |
| 76 |
Tonga |
102,311 |
747 |
137 |
[10] |
| 77 |
Kiribati |
99,350 |
726 |
137 |
|
| 78 |
The Gambia |
1,517,079 |
11,295 |
134 |
|
| 79 |
Anguilla (UK) |
12,205 |
91 |
134 |
|
| 80 |
Isle of Man (UK) |
76,538 |
572 |
134 |
|
| 81 |
Transnistria (Moldova) |
555,347 |
4163 |
133 |
[11] |
| 82 |
Czech Republic |
10,219,600 |
78,866 |
130 |
|
| 83 |
Denmark |
5,471,590 |
43,094 |
127 |
|
| 84 |
Cape Verde |
506,807 |
4,033 |
126 |
|
| 85 |
Thailand |
64,232,760 |
513,115 |
125 |
|
| 86 |
Poland |
38,529,560 |
312,685 |
123 |
[10] |
| 87 |
Moldova |
4,128,047 |
33,844 |
122 |
|
| 88 |
Uganda |
28,816,230 |
241,038 |
120 |
|
| 89 |
Indonesia |
222,781,500 |
1,904,569 |
117 |
|
| 90 |
Guatemala |
12,599,060 |
108,889 |
116 |
|
| 91 |
Tokelau (New Zealand) |
1,378 |
12 |
115 |
|
| 92 |
Portugal |
10,494,500 |
91,982 |
114 |
|
| 93 |
European Union |
494,070,000 |
4,422,773 |
112 |
|
| 94 |
Slovakia |
5,400,908 |
49,033 |
110 |
|
| 95 |
France (Metropolitan) |
60,495,540 |
551,500 |
110 |
|
| 96 |
Albania |
3,129,678 |
28,748 |
109 |
|
| 97 |
Malawi |
12,883,940 |
118,484 |
109 |
|
| 98 |
Hungary |
10,097,730 |
93,032 |
109 |
|
| 99 |
Togo |
6,145,004 |
56,785 |
108 |
|
| 100 |
Dominica |
78,940 |
751 |
105 |
|
| 101 |
Syria |
19,043,380 |
185,180 |
103 |
|
| 102 |
Cuba |
11,269,400 |
110,861 |
102 |
|
| 103 |
Armenia |
3,016,312 |
29,800 |
101 |
|
| 104 |
Serbia |
7,800,000 |
77,474 |
100 |
[3] |
| 105 |
Austria |
8,189,444 |
83,858 |
98 |
|
| 106 |
Azerbaijan |
8,410,801 |
86,600 |
97 |
|
| 107 |
Slovenia |
2,066,814 |
20,256 |
97 |
|
| 108 |
Turkey |
70,586,256 |
783,562 |
93 |
|
| 109 |
Ghana |
22,112,810 |
238,533 |
93 |
|
| 110 |
Romania |
21,711,470 |
238,391 |
91 |
|
| 111 |
Cyprus |
835,307 |
9,251 |
90 |
|
| 112 |
Spain |
45,200,737 |
506,030 |
89 |
|
| 113 |
Costa Rica |
4,327,228 |
51,100 |
85 |
|
| 114 |
Greece |
11,119,890 |
131,957 |
84 |
|
| 115 |
Croatia |
4,551,338 |
56,538 |
81 |
|
| 116 |
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
2,034,060 |
25,713 |
79 |
|
| 117 |
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus |
264,172 |
3,355 |
78 |
[12] |
| 118 |
Cambodia |
14,071,010 |
181,035 |
78 |
|
| 119 |
Wallis and Futuna (France) |
15,480 |
200 |
77 |
|
| 120 |
Sierra Leone |
5,525,478 |
71,740 |
77 |
|
| 121 |
Ukraine |
46,480,700 |
603,700 |
77 |
|
| 122 |
Malaysia |
27,250,370 |
329,847 |
77 |
|
| 123 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3,907,074 |
51,197 |
76 |
|
| 124 |
Cook Islands (New Zealand) |
17,954 |
236 |
76 |
|
| 125 |
Benin |
8,438,853 |
112,622 |
75 |
|
| 126 |
Myanmar |
50,519,490 |
676,578 |
75 |
|
| 127 |
Egypt |
74,032,880 |
1,001,449 |
74 |
|
| 128 |
Qatar |
812,842 |
11,000 |
74 |
|
| 129 |
Morocco |
31,478,460 |
446,550 |
70 |
|
| 130 |
Ethiopia |
77,430,700 |
1,104,300 |
70 |
|
| 131 |
Bulgaria |
7,725,965 |
110,912 |
70 |
|
| 132 |
Iraq |
28,807,190 |
438,317 |
66 |
|
| 133 |
Samoa |
184,984 |
2,831 |
65 |
|
| 134 |
Brunei |
373,819 |
5,765 |
65 |
|
| 135 |
Honduras |
7,204,723 |
112,492 |
64 |
|
| 136 |
Georgia |
4,474,404 |
69,700 |
64 |
|
| 137 |
French Polynesia (France) |
256,603 |
4,000 |
64 |
|
| 138 |
Jordan |
5,702,776 |
89,342 |
64 |
|
| 139 |
East Timor |
947,064 |
14,874 |
64 |
|
| 140 |
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) |
26,288 |
417 |
63 |
[10] |
| 141 |
Tunisia |
10,102,470 |
163,610 |
62 |
|
| 142 |
Swaziland |
1,032,438 |
17,364 |
59 |
|
| 143 |
Uzbekistan |
26,593,120 |
447,400 |
59 |
|
| 144 |
Senegal |
11,658,170 |
196,722 |
59 |
|
| 145 |
Lesotho |
1,794,769 |
30,355 |
59 |
|
| 146 |
Ireland |
4,147,901 |
70,273 |
59 |
|
| 147 |
Kenya |
34,255,720 |
580,367 |
59 |
|
| 148 |
Côte d'Ivoire |
18,153,870 |
322,463 |
56 |
|
| 149 |
Mexico |
107,029,400 |
1,958,201 |
55 |
|
| 150 |
United Arab Emirates |
4,495,823 |
83,600 |
54 |
|
| 151 |
Ecuador |
13,542,420 |
283,561 |
53 |
|
| 152 |
Lithuania |
3,369,600 |
65,300 |
52 |
|
| 153 |
Burkina Faso |
13,227,840 |
274,000 |
48 |
|
| 154 |
Belarus |
9,755,106 |
207,600 |
47 |
|
| 155 |
Fiji |
847,706 |
18,274 |
46 |
|
| 156 |
Bhutan |
2,162,546 |
47,000 |
46 |
|
| 157 |
Afghanistan |
29,863,010 |
652,090 |
46 |
|
| 158 |
Tajikistan |
6,506,980 |
143,100 |
45 |
|
| 159 |
Montenegro |
630,548 |
14,026 |
45 |
[3] |
| 160 |
Montserrat (UK) |
4,488 |
102 |
44 |
|
| 161 |
Guinea-Bissau |
1,586,344 |
36,125 |
44 |
|
| 162 |
Palau |
19,949 |
459 |
43 |
|
| 163 |
Panama |
3,231,502 |
75,517 |
43 |
|
| 164 |
Nicaragua |
5,486,685 |
130,000 |
42 |
|
| 165 |
Iran |
69,515,210 |
1,648,195 |
42 |
|
| 166 |
Tanzania |
38,328,810 |
945,087 |
41 |
[10] |
| 167 |
Saint Helena (UK) |
4,918 |
122 |
40 |
|
| 168 |
Colombia |
45,600,240 |
1,138,914 |
40 |
|
| 169 |
Yemen |
20,974,660 |
527,968 |
40 |
|
| 170 |
South Africa |
47,431,830 |
1,221,037 |
39 |
|
| 171 |
Guinea |
9,402,098 |
245,857 |
38 |
|
| 172 |
Eritrea |
4,401,357 |
117,600 |
37 |
|
| 173 |
Latvia |
2,306,988 |
64,600 |
36 |
|
| 174 |
Cameroon |
16,321,860 |
475,442 |
34 |
|
| 175 |
Djibouti |
793,078 |
23,200 |
34 |
|
| 176 |
Faroe Islands (Denmark) |
47,017 |
1,399 |
34 |
|
| 177 |
Zimbabwe |
13,009,530 |
390,757 |
33 |
|
| 178 |
Nagorno-Karabakh |
145,000 |
4,400 |
33 |
[13] |
| 179 |
Madagascar |
18,605,920 |
587,041 |
32 |
|
| 180 |
United States |
301,140,000 |
9,629,091 |
31 |
|
| 181 |
Republic of Abkhazia (Georgia) |
200,000 |
7,138 |
29 |
[14] |
| 182 |
Estonia |
1,329,697 |
45,100 |
29 |
|
| 183 |
Liberia |
3,283,267 |
111,369 |
29 |
|
| 184 |
Venezuela |
26,749,110 |
912,050 |
29 |
|
| 185 |
Kyrgyzstan |
5,263,794 |
199,900 |
26 |
|
| 186 |
Laos |
5,924,145 |
236,800 |
25 |
|
| 187 |
Mozambique |
19,792,300 |
801,590 |
25 |
|
| 188 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
57,548,740 |
2,344,858 |
25 |
|
| 189 |
Somaliland (Somalia) |
3,500,000 |
137,600 |
25 |
[15] |
| 190 |
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France) |
5,769 |
242 |
24 |
|
| 191 |
The Bahamas |
323,063 |
13,878 |
23 |
|
| 192 |
Brazil |
186,404,900 |
8,514,877 |
22 |
|
| 193 |
Peru |
27,968,240 |
1,285,216 |
22 |
|
| 194 |
Chile |
16,295,100 |
756,096 |
22 |
|
| 195 |
Sweden |
9,041,262 |
449,964 |
20.0 |
|
| 196 |
Uruguay |
3,463,197 |
175,016 |
19.8 |
|
| 197 |
Equatorial Guinea |
503,519 |
28,051 |
18.0 |
|
| 198 |
South Ossetia |
70,000 |
3,900 |
17.9 |
[16] |
| 199 |
Vanuatu |
211,367 |
12,189 |
17.3 |
|
| 200 |
Solomon Islands |
477,742 |
28,896 |
16.5 |
|
| 201 |
Finland |
5,302,060 |
338,145 |
15.6 |
|
| 202 |
Zambia |
11,668,460 |
752,618 |
15.5 |
|
| 203 |
Paraguay |
6,158,259 |
406,752 |
15.1 |
|
| 204 |
New Zealand |
4,028,384 |
270,534 |
14.9 |
|
| 205 |
Sudan |
36,232,950 |
2,505,813 |
14.5 |
|
| 206 |
Argentina |
38,747,150 |
2,780,400 |
13.9 |
|
| 207 |
Algeria |
32,853,800 |
2,381,741 |
13.8 |
|
| 208 |
Pitcairn Islands (UK) |
67 |
5 |
13.4 |
|
| 209 |
Somalia |
8,227,826 |
637,657 |
12.9 |
|
| 210 |
Angola |
15,941,390 |
1,246,700 |
12.8 |
|
| 211 |
New Caledonia (France) |
236,838 |
18,575 |
12.8 |
|
| 212 |
Papua New Guinea |
5,887,138 |
462,840 |
12.7 |
|
| 213 |
Belize |
294,835 |
22,966 |
12.3 |
|
| 214 |
Norway |
4,751,236 |
385,155 |
12.3 |
|
| 215 |
Republic of the Congo |
3,998,904 |
342,000 |
11.7 |
|
| 216 |
Saudi Arabia |
24,573,100 |
2,149,690 |
11.4 |
|
| 217 |
Niger |
13,956,980 |
1,267,000 |
11.0 |
|
| 218 |
Mali |
13,518,420 |
1,240,192 |
10.9 |
|
| 219 |
Turkmenistan |
4,833,266 |
488,100 |
9.9 |
|
| 220 |
Russia |
143,201,600 |
17,098,242 |
8.4 |
|
| 221 |
Bolivia |
9,182,015 |
1,098,581 |
8.4 |
|
| 222 |
Oman |
2,577,000 |
309,500 |
8.3 |
|
| 223 |
Chad |
9,748,931 |
1,284,000 |
7.6 |
|
| 224 |
Central African Republic |
4,037,747 |
622,984 |
6.5 |
|
| 225 |
Niue (New Zealand) |
1,625 |
260 |
6.2 |
|
| 226 |
Kazakhstan |
14,825,110 |
2,724,900 |
5.4 |
|
| 227 |
Gabon |
1,383,841 |
267,668 |
5.2 |
|
| 228 |
Guyana |
751,218 |
214,969 |
3.5 |
|
| 229 |
Libya |
5,853,452 |
1,759,540 |
3.3 |
|
| 230 |
Canada |
33,390,141 |
9,970,610 |
3.2 |
|
| 231 |
Botswana |
1,764,926 |
581,730 |
3.0 |
|
| 232 |
Mauritania |
3,068,742 |
1,025,520 |
3.0 |
|
| 233 |
Iceland |
309,672 |
103,000 |
3.0 |
|
| 234 |
Suriname |
449,238 |
163,820 |
2.7 |
|
| 235 |
Australia |
21,050,000 |
7,682,300 |
2.6 |
|
| 236 |
Namibia |
2,031,252 |
824,292 |
2.5 |
|
| 237 |
French Guiana (France) |
187,056 |
90,000 |
2.1 |
|
| 238 |
Mongolia |
2,646,487 |
1,564,116 |
1.7 |
|
| 239 |
Western Sahara |
341,421 |
266,000 |
1.3 |
|
| 240 |
Falkland Islands (UK) |
3,060 |
12,173 |
0.25 |
|
| 241 |
Greenland (Denmark) |
56,916 |
2,175,600 |
0.026 |
|