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Population Density by Country (2025)

Population density is the number of people living per square kilometer. It helps illustrate how crowded or spacious a country is, with important implications for urban planning, infrastructure needs, resource allocation, and environmental impact.

  • Highest density: 19,478.00 people/km²
  • Lowest density: 2.24 people/km²
  • Global average: 309.48 people/km²
Country Population Density (people/km²) Land Area (km²)Population
Afghanistan flag Afghanistan63.56 people/km²652,230 km²41,454,761
Albania flag Albania100.22 people/km²27,400 km²2,745,972
Algeria flag Algeria19.38 people/km²2,381,741 km²46,164,219
Andorra flag Andorra172.03 people/km²470 km²80,856
Angola flag Angola29.48 people/km²1,246,700 km²36,749,906
Antigua and Barbuda flag Antigua and Barbuda212.08 people/km²440 km²93,316
Argentina flag Argentina16.64 people/km²2,736,690 km²45,538,401
Armenia flag Armenia105.05 people/km²28,470 km²2,990,900
Australia flag Australia3.47 people/km²7,692,020 km²26,658,948
Austria flag Austria110.66 people/km²82,520 km²9,131,761
Azerbaijan flag Azerbaijan122.85 people/km²82,650 km²10,153,958
Bahamas, The flag Bahamas, The39.90 people/km²10,010 km²399,440
Bahrain flag Bahrain1,996.28 people/km²790 km²1,577,059
Bangladesh flag Bangladesh1,317.25 people/km²130,170 km²171,466,990
Barbados flag Barbados656.60 people/km²430 km²282,336
Belarus flag Belarus45.22 people/km²202,990 km²9,178,298
Belgium flag Belgium386.55 people/km²30,494 km²11,787,423
Belize flag Belize18.02 people/km²22,810 km²411,106
Benin flag Benin125.14 people/km²112,760 km²14,111,034
Bhutan flag Bhutan20.62 people/km²38,140 km²786,385
Bolivia flag Bolivia11.30 people/km²1,083,300 km²12,244,159
Bosnia and Herzegovina flag Bosnia and Herzegovina62.21 people/km²51,200 km²3,185,073
Botswana flag Botswana4.38 people/km²566,730 km²2,480,244
Brazil flag Brazil25.26 people/km²8,358,140 km²211,140,729
Brunei Darussalam flag Brunei Darussalam87.09 people/km²5,270 km²458,949
Bulgaria flag Bulgaria59.38 people/km²108,560 km²6,446,596
Burkina Faso flag Burkina Faso84.16 people/km²273,600 km²23,025,776
Burundi flag Burundi533.08 people/km²25,680 km²13,689,450
Cabo Verde flag Cabo Verde129.61 people/km²4,030 km²522,331
Cambodia flag Cambodia98.71 people/km²176,520 km²17,423,880
Cameroon flag Cameroon60.02 people/km²472,710 km²28,372,687
Canada flag Canada4.56 people/km²8,788,700 km²40,097,761
Central African Republic flag Central African Republic8.27 people/km²622,980 km²5,152,421
Democratic Republic of the Congo flag Democratic Republic of the Congo46.66 people/km²2,267,050 km²105,789,731
Chad flag Chad15.34 people/km²1,259,200 km²19,319,064
Chile flag Chile26.44 people/km²743,532 km²19,658,835
China flag China150.26 people/km²9,388,210 km²1,410,710,000
Colombia flag Colombia47.16 people/km²1,109,500 km²52,321,152
Comoros flag Comoros456.95 people/km²1,861 km²850,387
Congo flag Congo18.11 people/km²341,500 km²6,182,885
Costa Rica flag Costa Rica99.99 people/km²51,060 km²5,105,525
Côte d'Ivoire flag Côte d'Ivoire98.01 people/km²318,000 km²31,165,654
Croatia flag Croatia68.97 people/km²55,960 km²3,859,686
Cuba flag Cuba106.17 people/km²103,800 km²11,019,931
Cyprus flag Cyprus145.56 people/km²9,240 km²1,344,976
Czechia flag Czechia140.78 people/km²77,172 km²10,864,042
Denmark flag Denmark148.67 people/km²40,000 km²5,946,952
Djibouti flag Djibouti49.74 people/km²23,180 km²1,152,944
Dominica flag Dominica88.68 people/km²750 km²66,510
Dominican Republic flag Dominican Republic235.10 people/km²48,198 km²11,331,265
Ecuador flag Ecuador72.40 people/km²248,360 km²17,980,083
Egypt flag Egypt115.06 people/km²995,450 km²114,535,772
El Salvador flag El Salvador304.52 people/km²20,720 km²6,309,624
Equatorial Guinea flag Equatorial Guinea65.87 people/km²28,050 km²1,847,549
Eritrea flag Eritrea28.67 people/km²121,041 km²3,470,390
Estonia flag Estonia32.07 people/km²42,730 km²1,370,286
Eswatini flag Eswatini71.54 people/km²17,200 km²1,230,506
Ethiopia flag Ethiopia114.03 people/km²1,128,571 km²128,691,692
Fiji flag Fiji50.58 people/km²18,270 km²924,145
Finland flag Finland18.37 people/km²303,948 km²5,583,911
France flag France124.71 people/km²547,557 km²68,287,487
Gabon flag Gabon9.64 people/km²257,670 km²2,484,789
Gambia, The flag Gambia, The266.59 people/km²10,120 km²2,697,845
Georgia flag Georgia53.47 people/km²69,490 km²3,715,483
Germany flag Germany238.38 people/km²349,360 km²83,280,000
Ghana flag Ghana148.50 people/km²227,533 km²33,787,914
Greece flag Greece80.73 people/km²128,900 km²10,405,588
Grenada flag Grenada344.36 people/km²340 km²117,081
Guatemala flag Guatemala169.14 people/km²107,160 km²18,124,838
Guinea flag Guinea58.63 people/km²245,720 km²14,405,468
Guinea-Bissau flag Guinea-Bissau76.58 people/km²28,120 km²2,153,339
Guyana flag Guyana4.20 people/km²196,850 km²826,353
Haiti flag Haiti422.26 people/km²27,560 km²11,637,398
Honduras flag Honduras95.14 people/km²111,890 km²10,644,851
Hungary flag Hungary105.11 people/km²91,260 km²9,592,186
Iceland flag Iceland3.90 people/km²100,830 km²393,349
India flag India483.68 people/km²2,973,190 km²1,438,069,596
Indonesia flag Indonesia148.58 people/km²1,892,555 km²281,190,067
Iran, Islamic Rep. flag Iran, Islamic Rep.55.85 people/km²1,622,500 km²90,608,707
Iraq flag Iraq103.83 people/km²434,128 km²45,074,049
Ireland flag Ireland77.04 people/km²68,890 km²5,307,600
Israel flag Israel450.86 people/km²21,640 km²9,756,600
Italy flag Italy199.49 people/km²295,720 km²58,993,475
Jamaica flag Jamaica262.21 people/km²10,830 km²2,839,786
Japan flag Japan341.61 people/km²364,500 km²124,516,650
Jordan flag Jordan128.83 people/km²88,794 km²11,439,213
Kazakhstan flag Kazakhstan7.53 people/km²2,699,700 km²20,330,104
Kenya flag Kenya97.23 people/km²569,140 km²55,339,003
Kiribati flag Kiribati163.62 people/km²810 km²132,530
North Korea flag North Korea219.40 people/km²120,410 km²26,418,204
South Korea flag South Korea529.84 people/km²97,600 km²51,712,619
Kuwait flag Kuwait272.36 people/km²17,820 km²4,853,420
Kyrgyzstan flag Kyrgyzstan37.02 people/km²191,800 km²7,099,750
Laos flag Laos33.21 people/km²230,800 km²7,664,993
Latvia flag Latvia30.17 people/km²62,230 km²1,877,445
Lebanon flag Lebanon564.37 people/km²10,230 km²5,773,493
Lesotho flag Lesotho76.14 people/km²30,360 km²2,311,472
Liberia flag Liberia57.03 people/km²96,320 km²5,493,031
Libya flag Libya4.15 people/km²1,759,540 km²7,305,659
Liechtenstein flag Liechtenstein249.06 people/km²160 km²39,850
Lithuania flag Lithuania45.87 people/km²62,604 km²2,871,585
Luxembourg flag Luxembourg258.91 people/km²2,574 km²666,430
Madagascar flag Madagascar53.62 people/km²581,800 km²31,195,932
Malawi flag Malawi223.85 people/km²94,280 km²21,104,482
Malaysia flag Malaysia106.91 people/km²328,550 km²35,126,298
Maldives flag Maldives1,753.31 people/km²300 km²525,994
Mali flag Mali19.48 people/km²1,220,190 km²23,769,127
Malta flag Malta1,727.33 people/km²320 km²552,747
Marshall Islands flag Marshall Islands215.71 people/km²180 km²38,827
Mauritania flag Mauritania4.87 people/km²1,030,700 km²5,022,441
Mauritius flag Mauritius631.47 people/km²1,997 km²1,261,041
Mexico flag Mexico66.74 people/km²1,943,950 km²129,739,759
Micronesia flag Micronesia160.90 people/km²700 km²112,630
Moldova flag Moldova74.73 people/km²32,890 km²2,457,783
Monaco flag Monaco19,478.00 people/km²2 km²38,956
Mongolia flag Mongolia2.24 people/km²1,557,507 km²3,481,145
Montenegro flag Montenegro45.81 people/km²13,450 km²616,177
Morocco flag Morocco84.50 people/km²446,300 km²37,712,505
Mozambique flag Mozambique42.77 people/km²786,380 km²33,635,160
Myanmar flag Myanmar82.94 people/km²652,670 km²54,133,798
Namibia flag Namibia3.60 people/km²823,290 km²2,963,095
Nauru flag Nauru593.75 people/km²20 km²11,875
Nepal flag Nepal207.15 people/km²143,350 km²29,694,614
Netherlands flag Netherlands530.95 people/km²33,670 km²17,877,117
New Zealand flag New Zealand19.84 people/km²263,310 km²5,223,100
Nicaragua flag Nicaragua56.70 people/km²120,340 km²6,823,613
Niger flag Niger20.65 people/km²1,266,700 km²26,159,867
Nigeria flag Nigeria250.21 people/km²910,770 km²227,882,945
North Macedonia flag North Macedonia72.47 people/km²25,220 km²1,827,816
Norway flag Norway15.15 people/km²364,270 km²5,519,594
Oman flag Oman16.31 people/km²309,500 km²5,049,269
Pakistan flag Pakistan321.07 people/km²770,880 km²247,504,495
Palau flag Palau38.54 people/km²460 km²17,727
Panama flag Panama60.11 people/km²74,180 km²4,458,759
Papua New Guinea flag Papua New Guinea22.94 people/km²452,860 km²10,389,635
Paraguay flag Paraguay17.28 people/km²396,012 km²6,844,146
Peru flag Peru26.44 people/km²1,280,000 km²33,845,617
Philippines flag Philippines385.32 people/km²298,170 km²114,891,199
Poland flag Poland119.86 people/km²306,090 km²36,687,353
Portugal flag Portugal115.47 people/km²91,606 km²10,578,174
Qatar flag Qatar231.16 people/km²11,490 km²2,656,032
Romania flag Romania82.84 people/km²230,080 km²19,059,479
Russian Federation flag Russian Federation8.78 people/km²16,376,870 km²143,826,130
Rwanda flag Rwanda565.65 people/km²24,670 km²13,954,471
Saint Kitts and Nevis flag Saint Kitts and Nevis179.84 people/km²260 km²46,758
Saint Lucia flag Saint Lucia293.91 people/km²610 km²179,285
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines flag Saint Vincent and the Grenadines259.80 people/km²390 km²101,323
Samoa flag Samoa77.94 people/km²2,780 km²216,663
San Marino flag San Marino564.33 people/km²60 km²33,860
São Tomé and Principe flag São Tomé and Principe240.49 people/km²960 km²230,871
Saudi Arabia flag Saudi Arabia15.47 people/km²2,149,690 km²33,264,292
Senegal flag Senegal93.89 people/km²192,530 km²18,077,573
Serbia flag Serbia78.76 people/km²84,090 km²6,623,183
Seychelles flag Seychelles260.38 people/km²460 km²119,773
Sierra Leone flag Sierra Leone117.21 people/km²72,180 km²8,460,512
Singapore flag Singapore8,241.85 people/km²718 km²5,917,648
Slovakia flag Slovakia112.87 people/km²48,080 km²5,426,740
Slovenia flag Slovenia105.31 people/km²20,136 km²2,120,461
Solomon Islands flag Solomon Islands28.58 people/km²27,990 km²800,005
Somalia flag Somalia29.26 people/km²627,340 km²18,358,615
South Africa flag South Africa52.11 people/km²1,213,090 km²63,212,384
South Sudan flag South Sudan18.17 people/km²631,930 km²11,483,374
Spain flag Spain96.75 people/km²499,714 km²48,347,910
Sri Lanka flag Sri Lanka356.24 people/km²61,860 km²22,037,000
Sudan flag Sudan26.79 people/km²1,868,000 km²50,042,791
Suriname flag Suriname3.92 people/km²160,508 km²628,886
Sweden flag Sweden25.87 people/km²407,280 km²10,536,632
Switzerland flag Switzerland224.96 people/km²39,510 km²8,888,093
Syria flag Syria127.41 people/km²185,180 km²23,594,623
Tajikistan flag Tajikistan74.86 people/km²138,790 km²10,389,799
Tanzania flag Tanzania75.21 people/km²885,800 km²66,617,606
Thailand flag Thailand140.35 people/km²510,890 km²71,702,435
Timor-Leste flag Timor-Leste93.09 people/km²14,870 km²1,384,286
Togo flag Togo171.07 people/km²54,390 km²9,304,337
Tonga flag Tonga145.27 people/km²720 km²104,597
Trinidad and Tobago flag Trinidad and Tobago266.57 people/km²5,130 km²1,367,510
Tunisia flag Tunisia78.53 people/km²155,360 km²12,200,431
Türkiye flag Türkiye110.87 people/km²769,630 km²85,325,965
Turkmenistan flag Turkmenistan15.67 people/km²469,930 km²7,364,438
Tuvalu flag Tuvalu327.20 people/km²30 km²9,816
Uganda flag Uganda242.65 people/km²200,520 km²48,656,601
Ukraine flag Ukraine65.12 people/km²579,400 km²37,732,836
United Arab Emirates flag United Arab Emirates147.62 people/km²71,020 km²10,483,751
United Kingdom flag United Kingdom282.52 people/km²241,930 km²68,350,000
United States flag United States36.61 people/km²9,147,420 km²334,914,895
Uruguay flag Uruguay19.36 people/km²175,020 km²3,388,081
Uzbekistan flag Uzbekistan80.91 people/km²440,652 km²35,652,307
Vanuatu flag Vanuatu26.28 people/km²12,190 km²320,409
Venezuela flag Venezuela32.09 people/km²882,050 km²28,300,854
Vietnam flag Vietnam320.18 people/km²313,429 km²100,352,192
Yemen flag Yemen74.61 people/km²527,970 km²39,390,799
Zambia flag Zambia27.88 people/km²743,390 km²20,723,965
Zimbabwe flag Zimbabwe42.24 people/km²386,850 km²16,340,822

Source: World Bank (population), World Bank (land area)