ATLAS · POPULATION DENSITY

Population Density by Country

The whole world, recoloured by population density. Population Density worldwide (world figure): 61.6 (2022). On the map below, paler countries sit at the low end and the deepest green at the high end. Tap any nation to open its full profile. People per square kilometre of land, World Bank.

HIGHEST

20,570

LOWEST

0.14

WORLD

61.6

216 countries with a figure

Source: World Bank Open Data (CC-BY 4.0), 2023 · geometry: Natural Earth (public domain)

How the map is coloured

18.3426

No figure — the source has no value for this country (shown in words, never as zero).

The top 25

216 countries and territories have a population density figure. Here are the highest:

#	Country	Population Density
1	Macao SAR, China	20,570
2	Monaco	18,693
3	Singapore	8,242
4	Hong Kong SAR, China	7,177
5	Gibraltar	3,847
6	Bahrain	1,971
7	Maldives	1,765
8	Malta	1,727
9	Bangladesh	1,319
10	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,257
11	Bermuda	1,198
12	West Bank and Gaza	857
13	Channel Islands	842
14	Barbados	657
15	Mauritius	625
16	Aruba	596
17	Nauru	594
18	Rwanda	566
19	Lebanon	564
20	San Marino	564
21	St. Martin (French part)	550
22	Burundi	533
23	Netherlands	531
24	Korea, Rep.	530
25	India	484

Macao SAR, China ranks 1st of 216.Every country’s full standing is on its profile.

Understand the number

ATLAS · FIELD GUIDE

Population Density, and Why the Average Is Almost Always a Lie

Population density sounds like a simple measure of how crowded a country is — but the national average hides enormous variation. A plain-language guide to what density really measures, why a country can be 'empty' and 'crowded' at once, and how to read the world map of it.

THE WORLD, BY THE NUMBERS

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