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Population density
What this indicator measures
The average number of inhabitants for each square kilometer of land.
How to read this?
A high value = a very densely populated country; a low value = large empty spaces.
Ranking : ranked from highest to lowest
In brief
The "Population density" ranking covers 212 countries and territories. Lowest value: Greenland (0.1 inh./km²). Highest value: Macao SAR China (20,631 inh./km²). Median: 96.8 inh./km² (data: 2023–2024). The top 10% of countries exceed 485.6 inh./km², while the bottom 10% stay below 16.7 inh./km². By continent, the median is highest in North America (247.9 inh./km²) and lowest in South America (22.4 inh./km²).
Median by continent
- North America 247.9 inh./km² (34)
- Asia 132.2 inh./km² (48)
- Europe 97.8 inh./km² (45)
- Oceania 80 inh./km² (19)
- Africa 67.5 inh./km² (51)
- South America 22.4 inh./km² (12)
Why this indicator matters
जनसंख्या घनत्व बताता है कि कोई देश अपने क्षेत्रफल के मुकाबले घनी आबादी वाला है या विरल आबादी वाला। इससे आवास, परिवहन, पर्यावरण और संसाधनों पर पड़ने वाले दबाव की तुलना होती है, और उन देशों की पहचान होती है जहाँ बड़े इलाके लगभग खाली हैं।
What makes this indicator vary
उपजाऊ ज़मीन, डेल्टा, बड़े शहरों और बसावट के लंबे इतिहास के साथ घनत्व बढ़ता है। रेगिस्तान, बहुत ठंडे इलाकों, ऊँचे पहाड़ों और घने जंगलों में यह कम रहता है। प्रवासन और जन्म दर भी समय के साथ इसे बदलते हैं।
Reading precautions
यह देश की पूरी ज़मीन पर औसत है: कोई देश औसतन विरल होते हुए भी बहुत घने शहरों वाला हो सकता है। विश्व बैंक की परिभाषा के अनुसार, क्षेत्रफल में केवल भूमि गिनी जाती है; बड़ी झीलें और अंतर्देशीय जल शामिल नहीं हैं।
Full ranking
ranked from highest to lowest
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1er | 🇲🇴 Macao SAR China | 20,631 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 2e | 🇲🇨 Monaco | 18,537 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 3e | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 8,329 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 4e | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China | 7,166 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 5e | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 1,986 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 6e | 🇲🇹 Malta | 1,805 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 7e | 🇲🇻 Maldives | 1,771 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 8e | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 1,333 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 9e | 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten | 1,275 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 10e | 🇧🇲 Bermuda | 1,197 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 11e | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 655.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 12e | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 622.9 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 13e | 🇦🇼 Aruba | 600 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 14e | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 599.9 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 15e | 🇳🇷 Nauru | 568.9 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 16e | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 567.5 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 17e | 🇸🇲 San Marino | 555.2 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 18e | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 547 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 19e | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 534.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 20e | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 530.2 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 21e | 🇲🇫 St. Martin | 493 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 22e | 🇮🇳 India | 488 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 23e | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 463.5 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 24e | 🇮🇱 Israel | 462.2 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 25e | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 427.2 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 26e | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 388.9 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 27e | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 388.5 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 28e | 🇹🇻 Tuvalu | 371 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 29e | 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico | 361.1 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 30e | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 354.3 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 31e | 🇨🇼 Curaçao | 351.3 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 32e | 🇬🇩 Grenada | 340.7 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 33e | 🇯🇵 Japan | 340.1 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 34e | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 326 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 35e | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 322.2 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 36e | 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands | 310.2 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 37e | 🇬🇺 Guam | 310.1 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 38e | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 305.9 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 39e | 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands | 299.9 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 40e | 🇱🇨 St. Lucia | 294.7 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 41e | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 286.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 42e | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 274.8 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 43e | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 272.7 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 44e | 🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago | 266.8 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 45e | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 265.5 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 263 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 47e | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 262.2 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 48e | 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands | 261.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 49e | 🇻🇨 St. Vincent & Grenadines | 258.7 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 50e | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 255.5 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 51e | 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein | 252.8 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 52e | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 249.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 53e | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 248.7 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 54e | 🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe | 245.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 55e | 🇩🇪 Germany | 239 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 56e | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 237.1 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 57e | 🇦🇸 American Samoa | 235 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 58e | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 229.7 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 59e | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 227.9 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 60e | 🇰🇵 North Korea | 220.1 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 61e | 🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda | 213 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 62e | 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | 207.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 63e | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 206.8 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 64e | 🇮🇹 Italy | 199.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 65e | 🇰🇳 St. Kitts & Nevis | 179.5 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 66e | 🇦🇩 Andorra | 175.1 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 67e | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 171.8 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 68e | 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 165.9 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 69e | 🇫🇲 Micronesia | 161.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 70e | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 154.7 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 71e | 🇹🇬 Togo | 154.6 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 72e | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 151.3 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 73e | 🇨🇳 China | 150.1 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 74e | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 149.8 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 75e | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 149.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 76e | 🇮🇲 Isle of Man | 147 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 77e | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 147 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 78e | 🇹🇴 Tonga | 144.7 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 79e | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 141.3 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 80e | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 140.3 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 81e | 🇸🇾 Syria | 134.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 82e | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 130.2 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 83e | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 130.1 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 84e | 🇧🇯 Benin | 128.3 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 85e | 🇫🇷 France | 127.2 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 86e | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 123.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 87e | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 119.7 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 88e | 🇵🇱 Poland | 119.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 89e | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 117.7 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 90e | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 117.1 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 91e | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 116.7 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 92e | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 112.8 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 93e | 🇦🇹 Austria | 111.2 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 94e | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | 111.1 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 95e | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 108.2 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 96e | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 107.6 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 97e | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 106.1 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 98e | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 105.8 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 99e | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 105.7 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 100e | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 104.8 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 101e | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 101.5 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 102e | 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire | 100.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 103e | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 99.9 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 104e | 🇪🇸 Spain | 97.8 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 105e | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 97.2 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 106e | 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands | 96.9 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 107e | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 96.8 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 108e | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 96.1 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 109e | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 94.2 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 110e | 🇩🇲 Dominica | 88.2 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 111e | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 87.8 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 112e | 🇦🇱 Albania | 86.8 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 113e | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 86.1 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 114e | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 85.3 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 115e | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 83.5 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 116e | 🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) | 83.5 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 117e | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 82.9 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 118e | 🇷🇴 Romania | 82.8 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 119e | 🇬🇷 Greece | 80.7 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 120e | 🇵🇫 French Polynesia | 80 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 121e | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 79 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 122e | 🇼🇸 Samoa | 78.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 123e | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 78.3 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 124e | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 78.3 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 125e | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 77.6 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 126e | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 77 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 127e | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 76.9 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 128e | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 76.3 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 129e | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 75.2 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 130e | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 73 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 131e | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 72.3 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 132e | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 72.3 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 133e | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 69.1 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 134e | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 67.5 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 135e | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 67.3 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 136e | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 66.7 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 137e | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 65.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 138e | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 65.3 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 139e | 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina | 61.8 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 140e | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 61.6 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 141e | 🇵🇦 Panama | 60.9 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 142e | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 60 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 143e | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 59.3 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 144e | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 58.3 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 145e | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 56.7 inh./km² | 2023 |
| 146e | 🇮🇷 Iran | 56.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 147e | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 54.9 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 148e | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 52.8 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 149e | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 50.7 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 150e | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 50.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 151e | 🇹🇨 Turks & Caicos Islands | 49.1 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 152e | 🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa | 48.2 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 153e | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 47.7 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 154e | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 46.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 155e | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 46.1 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 156e | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 45 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 157e | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 44 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 158e | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 43 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 159e | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 40.1 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 160e | 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands | 39.9 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 161e | 🇵🇼 Palau | 38.5 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 162e | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 37.7 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 163e | 🇺🇸 United States | 37.2 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 164e | 🇱🇦 Laos | 33.7 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 165e | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 32.2 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 166e | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 32.1 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 167e | 🇦🇴 Angola | 30.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 168e | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 30.3 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 169e | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 30 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 170e | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 29.3 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 171e | 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 29.3 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 172e | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 28.7 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 173e | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 27 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 174e | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 26.9 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 175e | 🇵🇪 Peru | 26.7 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 176e | 🇨🇱 Chile | 26.6 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 177e | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 26 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 178e | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 25.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 179e | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 23.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 180e | 🇳🇪 Niger | 21.3 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 181e | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 20.8 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 182e | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 20.1 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 183e | 🇲🇱 Mali | 20.1 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 184e | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 19.7 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 185e | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 19.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 186e | 🇨🇬 Congo - Brazzaville | 18.5 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 187e | 🇫🇮 Finland | 18.5 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 188e | 🇧🇿 Belize | 18.3 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 189e | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 17.5 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 190e | 🇴🇲 Oman | 17.1 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 191e | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 16.7 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 192e | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 16.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 193e | 🇹🇩 Chad | 16.1 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 194e | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 15.9 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 195e | 🇳🇨 New Caledonia | 15.8 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 196e | 🇳🇴 Norway | 15.3 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 197e | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 11.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 198e | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 9.9 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 199e | 🇷🇺 Russia | 8.8 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 200e | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 8.6 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 201e | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 7.6 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 202e | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 5 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 203e | 🇨🇦 Canada | 4.7 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 204e | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 4.4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 205e | 🇱🇾 Libya | 4.2 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 206e | 🇸🇷 Suriname | 4 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 207e | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 3.9 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 208e | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 3.8 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 209e | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 3.7 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 210e | 🇦🇺 Australia | 3.5 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 211e | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 2.3 inh./km² | 2024 |
| 212e | 🇬🇱 Greenland | 0.1 inh./km² | 2024 |
Frequently asked questions
Which country has the highest value for "Population density"?
The highest value is in Macao SAR China, at 20,631 inh./km² (2024).
Which country has the lowest value for "Population density"?
The lowest value is in Greenland, at 0.1 inh./km² (2024).
What is the world median value of "Population density"?
The world median is 96.8 inh./km², calculated across 212 countries: half of the countries are above it, the other half below.
What is the value of "Population density" for France?
France scores 127.2 inh./km² (2024), ranking 85 out of 212 countries (ranked from highest to lowest).
Where does the "Population density" data come from?
It comes from Banque mondiale – Indicateurs du développement dans le monde (EN.POP.DNST). Site last updated: November 8, 2026. Each country is shown with the year of its most recent value.
जनसंख्या घनत्व की गणना कैसे होती है?
कुल निवासियों की संख्या को देश के भूमि क्षेत्रफल से भाग दिया जाता है, जो वर्ग किलोमीटर में व्यक्त होता है। परिणाम बताता है कि औसतन हर वर्ग किलोमीटर पर कितने लोग रहते हैं।
क्या ऊँचा घनत्व हमेशा समस्या है?
नहीं। यह सार्वजनिक परिवहन, सेवाओं और आपसी लेन-देन को बढ़ावा दे सकता है। समस्या मुख्यतः तब बनती है जब संसाधन, आवास या जगह कम पड़ने लगे। सब कुछ इलाके के संगठन पर निर्भर करता है।
Source and update
Source : Banque mondiale – Indicateurs du développement dans le monde (EN.POP.DNST). Site last updated: November 8, 2026.
Indicators in the same category : Territory & Borders
- Latitude of the country's centerLatitude tells how far a point is from the equator, to the north or to the south. Here we use the country's geographic center. A country close to 0 is near the equator (warm all year); the farther away it is, the closer it gets to the poles (colder).
- Length of land bordersThe total length of the borders a country shares with its neighbors on land. An island country has no land border. The longer the border, the more kilometers there are to watch over and cross.
- Length of coastlineThe length of a country's coast, meaning the line between land and sea. A landlocked country (with no access to the sea) has a coastline of 0. Islands and countries with very jagged shores often have a very long coastline compared with their size.
- Number of neighboring countriesThe number of countries with which a country shares a land border. Islands have no neighbors of this kind. Countries with many neighbors are often at the crossroads of several cultures and routes.
- Landlocked countryA landlocked country is one with no coast at all: it is entirely surrounded by land. It must go through a neighboring country for its ships or goods to reach the sea.
- Total areaThe country's total surface, including land and inland waters (lakes, rivers).
- Land areaThe surface of the country without lakes and large rivers: land only.