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  1. Population density (people per km 2) by country. This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by population density, sorted by inhabitants per square kilometre or square mile. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.

  2. The most densely populated country is Macau with 21,674 people/km². The least densely populated country is Greenland with 0.14 people/km². Frequently Asked Questions.

  3. List of countries and dependencies by population density. Population density (people per km 2) by country in 2018. This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by human population density, and measured by the number of human inhabitants per square kilometer or square mile.

    Rank
    Country (or Dependent Territory)
    Area(km 2)
    Area(mi 2)
    Macau ( China )
    32.9
    13
    1
    2.02
    0.78
    2
    722.5
    279
    Hong Kong ( China )
    1,106
    427
  4. Jan 17, 2024 · Of the 94 larger countries having a population of over 10 million, Bangladesh (1,342) has the greatest density, followed by Taiwan (676.4), Rwanda (595.4), the Netherlands (524.8) and the Republic of Korea (522.9). In the list of 237, 12 have more than 1000 humans per square kilometer.

    Rank
    Country/territory
    Density (2024)(per Sq Km)
    Density (2024)(per Sq Mile)
    1
    Monaco
    24,266
    62,849
    2
    China, Macao SAR
    22,284
    57,715
    3
    Singapore
    8,862
    22,952
    4
    China, Hong Kong SAR
    6,821
    17,667
  5. Population density. Population per unit of area. Gapminder - Population v7 (2022); Gapminder - Systema Globalis (2022); HYDE (2017); United Nations - World Population Prospects (2022); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

  6. Feb 25, 2021 · Six of the ten most densely populated countries have a population density of higher than 1,000 people per km 2, while seven countries have between 500 and 1,000 people per km 2. Several factors contribute to the countries’ high population density.

  7. Sep 6, 2019 · The five most densely populated are Macao, Monaco, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Gibraltar. Singapore has 8,430 people per km²; that's more than 200 times as dense as the United States and 2,000 times as Australia. Of the larger countries 1, Bangladesh is the most densely populated, with 1,342 people per km².

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