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|Rank | Country/Region | Population | Area (km2) | Density (Pop per km2) |
— | World (land only) | 6,464,750,000 | 134,682,000 | 48 |
1 | {{flag|Monaco}} | 35,253 | 1.49 | 23,660The Monaco government uses a larger surface area figure resulting in a population density of 18,078 per km². |
2 | {{flag|Macau|name=Macau S.A.R.}} (PRC) | 460,162 | 26 | 17,699 |
3 | {{flag|Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong S.A.R.}} (PRC) | 7,040,885 | 1,099 | 6,407 |
4 | {{flag|Singapore}} | 4,483,900 | 704.0 | 6,369 |
5 | {{flag|Gibraltar}} (UK) | 27,921 | 6 | 4,654 |
6 | {{flag|Vatican City}} | 783 | 0.44 | 1,780 |
7 | {{flag|Malta}} | 401,630 | 316 | 1,271 |
8 | {{flag|Bermuda}} (UK) | 64,174 | 53 | 1,211 |
9 | {{flag|Maldives}} | 329,198 | 298 | 1,105 |
10 | {{flag|Bahrain}} | 726,617 | 694 | 1,047 |
11 | {{flag|Bangladesh}} | 141,822,300 | 143,998 | 985Latest figure from the World Bank Development Indicators Database is 1,090 per km² |
12 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Channel Islands (British Crown Dependency) | 149,463 | 195 | 766 |
13 | {{flag|Nauru}} | 13,635 | 21 | 649 |
14 | {{flag|Taiwan}} (ROC) | 22,894,384 | 35,980 | 636Population density calculated using surface area and population figures from [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html CIA World Factbook]. Republic of China (Taiwan) as of 2005; Serbia as of 2002; Montenegro as of 2004. |
15 | {{flag|Barbados}} | 269,556 | 430 | 627 |
– | {{flag|Saint Martin}} (France) | 33,102 | 53.2 | 622 |
16 | {{flag|Palestinian territories}} | 3,702,212 | 6,020 | 615 |
17 | {{flag|Mauritius}} | 1,244,663 | 2,040 | 610 |
18 | {{flag|Aruba}} (Netherlands) | 99,468 | 180 | 553 |
– | {{flag|Mayotte}} (France) | 180,610 | 374 | 483Population density calculated using surface area and population figures from [http://www.insee.fr/fr/insee_regions/reunion/zoom/mayotte/accueil.htm INSEE Mayotte]. |
19 | {{flag|South Korea}} | 48,846,823 | 99,538 | 480 |
20 | {{flag|San Marino}} | 28,117 | 61 | 461 |
21 | {{flag|Puerto Rico}} (US) | 3,954,584 | 8,875 | 446 |
22 | {{flag|Tuvalu}} | 10,441 | 26 | 402 |
23 | {{flag|Netherlands}} | 16,299,170 | 41,528 | 392 |
24 | {{flag|Martinique}} (France) | 395,932 | 1,102 | 359 |
25 | {{flag|Comoros}} | 797,902 | 2,235 | 357 |
26 | {{flag|Lebanon}} | 3,576,818 | 10,400 | 344 |
27 | {{flag|Rwanda}} | 9,037,690 | 26,338 | 343 |
28 | {{flag|Marshall Islands}} | 61,963 | 181 | 342 |
29 | {{flag|Belgium}} | 10,419,050 | 30,528 | 341 |
30 | {{flag|Japan}} | 128,084,700 | 377,873 | 339 |
31 | {{flag|India}} | 1,103,371,000 | 3,287,263 | 336 |
32 | {{flag|El Salvador}} | 6,880,951 | 21,041 | 327 |
– | {{flag|Saint Barthélemy}} (France) | 6,852 | 21 | 326 |
33 | {{flag|American Samoa}} (US) | 64,869 | 199 | 326 |
34 | {{flag|U.S. Virgin Islands}} (US) | 111,818 | 347 | 322 |
35 | {{flag|Sri Lanka}} | 20,742,910 | 65,610 | 316 |
36 | {{flag|Réunion}} (France) | 785,139 | 2,510 | 313 |
37 | {{flag|Guam}} (US) | 169,635 | 549 | 309 |
38 | {{flag|Haiti}} | 8,527,777 | 27,750 | 307 |
39 | {{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} | 119,051 | 388 | 307 |
40 | {{flag|Israel}} | 6,724,564 | 22,145 | 304 |
41 | {{flag|Saint Lucia}} | 160,765 | 539 | 298 |
42 | {{flag|Philippines}} | 83,054,480 | 300,000 | 277 |
43 | {{flag|Burundi}} | 7,547,515 | 27,834 | 271 |
44 | {{flag|Grenada}} | 102,924 | 344 | 260 |
45 | {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} | 1,305,236 | 5,130 | 254 |
46 | {{flag|Vietnam}} | 84,238,230 | 331,689 | 254 |
47 | {{flag|Guadeloupe}} (France) | 405,000Figure without the territories of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy detached from Guadeloupe on February 22, 2007. | 1,628Figure without the territories of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy detached from Guadeloupe on February 22, 2007. | 249Figure without the territories of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy detached from Guadeloupe on February 22, 2007. |
48 | {{flag|United Kingdom}} | 59,667,840 | 242,900 | 246 |
49 | {{flag|Jamaica}} | 2,650,713 | 10,991 | 241 |
50 | {{flag|Germany}} | 82,689,210 | 357,022 | 232 |
51 | {{flag|Netherlands Antilles}} (Netherlands) | 182,656 | 800 | 228 |
52 | {{flag|Liechtenstein}} | 34,521 | 160 | 216 |
53 | {{flag|Pakistan}} | 157,935,100 | 796,095 | 198 |
54 | {{flag|Italy}} | 58,092,740 | 301,318 | 193 |
55 | {{flag|North Korea}} | 22,487,660 | 120,538 | 187 |
56 | {{flag|Nepal}} | 27,132,630 | 147,181 | 184 |
57 | {{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}} | 81,479 | 442 | 184 |
58 | {{flag|Dominican Republic}} | 8,894,907 | 48,671 | 183 |
59 | {{flag|Luxembourg}} | 464,904 | 2,586 | 180 |
60 | {{flag|Seychelles}} | 80,654 | 455 | 177 |
61 | {{flag|Switzerland}} | 7,252,331 | 41,284 | 176 |
62 | {{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}} (US) | 80,801 | 464 | 174 |
63 | {{flag|Cayman Islands}} (UK) | 45,017 | 264 | 171 |
64 | {{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} | 42,696 | 261 | 164 |
65 | {{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}} | 156,523 | 964 | 162 |
66 | {{flag|Federated States of Micronesia}} | 110,487 | 702 | 157 |
67 | {{flag|Kuwait}} | 2,686,873 | 17,818 | 151 |
68 | {{flag|British Virgin Islands}} (UK) | 22,016 | 151 | 146 |
69 | {{flag|Andorra}} | 67,151 | 468 | 143 |
70 | {{flag|Nigeria}} | 131,529,700 | 923,768 | 142 |
71 | {{flag|People's Republic of China}} | 1,315,844,000 | 9,596,961 | 137 |
72 | {{flag|Tonga}} | 102,311 | 747 | 137The UN figure is not consistent with the figure based on dividing the population by the area. The calculated figure is listed on this table instead. |
73 | {{flag|Kiribati}} | 99,350 | 726 | 137 |
74 | {{flag|The Gambia}} | 1,517,079 | 11,295 | 134 |
75 | {{flag|Anguilla}} (UK) | 12,205 | 91 | 134 |
76 | {{flag|Isle of Man}} (UK) | 76,538 | 572 | 134 |
{{flag|Transnistria}} | 555,347 | 4163 | 133Population figure based upon the 2004 census, density figure thus calculated.[http://pridnestrovie.net/facts.html] | |
77 | {{flag|Czech Republic}} | 10,219,600 | 78,866 | 130 |
78 | {{flag|Denmark}} | 5,430,590 | 43,094 | 126 |
79 | {{flag|Cape Verde}} | 506,807 | 4,033 | 126 |
80 | {{flag|Thailand}} | 64,232,760 | 513,115 | 125 |
81 | {{flag|Moldova}} | 4,205,747 | 33,851 | 124 |
82 | {{flag|Poland}} | 38,529,560 | 312,685 | 123 |
83 | {{flag|Uganda}} | 28,816,230 | 241,038 | 120 |
84 | {{flag|Indonesia}} | 222,781,500 | 1,904,569 | 117 |
85 | {{flag|Guatemala}} | 12,599,060 | 108,889 | 116 |
86 | {{flag|Tokelau}} (New Zealand) | 1,378 | 12 | 115 |
87 | {{flag|Portugal}} | 10,494,500 | 91,982 | 114 |
— | {{flag|European Union}} | 494,070,000 | 4,422,773 | 112 |
88 | {{flag|Slovakia}} | 5,400,908 | 49,033 | 110 |
89 | {{flag|France}} (Metropolitan) | 60,495,540 | 551,500 | 110 |
90 | {{flag|Albania}} | 3,129,678 | 28,748 | 109 |
91 | {{flag|Malawi}} | 12,883,940 | 118,484 | 109 |
92 | {{flag|Hungary}} | 10,097,730 | 93,032 | 109 |
93 | {{flag|Togo}} | 6,145,004 | 56,785 | 108 |
94 | {{flag|Serbia}} | 9,396,411 | 88,361 | 106Population density calculated using surface area and population figures from [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html CIA World Factbook]. Republic of China (Taiwan) as of 2005; Serbia as of 2002; Montenegro as of 2004. |
95 | {{flag|Dominica}} | 78,940 | 751 | 105 |
96 | {{flag|Syria}} | 19,043,380 | 185,180 | 103 |
97 | {{flag|Cuba}} | 11,269,400 | 110,861 | 102 |
98 | {{flag|Armenia}} | 3,016,312 | 29,800 | 101 |
99 | {{flag|Austria}} | 8,189,444 | 83,858 | 98 |
100 | {{flag|Azerbaijan}} | 8,410,801 | 86,600 | 97 |
101 | {{flag|Slovenia}} | 1,966,814 | 20,256 | 97 |
102 | {{flag|Turkey}} | 73,192,840 | 783,562 | 93 |
103 | {{flag|Ghana}} | 22,112,810 | 238,533 | 93 |
104 | {{flag|Romania}} | 21,711,470 | 238,391 | 91 |
105 | {{flag|Cyprus}} | 835,307 | 9,251 | 90 |
106 | {{flag|Spain}} | 43,064,190 | 505,992 | 85 |
107 | {{flag|Costa Rica}} | 4,327,228 | 51,100 | 85 |
108 | {{flag|Greece}} | 11,119,890 | 131,957 | 84 |
109 | {{flag|Croatia}} | 4,551,338 | 56,538 | 81 |
110 | {{flag|Macedonia}} | 2,034,060 | 25,713 | 79 |
{{flag|Northern Cyprus}} | 264,172 | 3,355 | 78Population figure based upon the 2006 census, density figure thus calculated.[http://nufussayimi.devplan.org/population%20%20and%20housing%20%20census.pdf] | |
111 | {{flag|Cambodia}} | 14,071,010 | 181,035 | 78 |
112 | {{flag|Wallis and Futuna}} (France) | 15,480 | 200 | 77 |
113 | {{flag|Sierra Leone}} | 5,525,478 | 71,740 | 77 |
114 | {{flag|Ukraine}} | 46,480,700 | 603,700 | 77 |
115 | {{flag|Malaysia}} | 25,347,370 | 329,847 | 77 |
116 | {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} | 3,907,074 | 51,197 | 76 |
117 | {{flag|Cook Islands}} (New Zealand) | 17,954 | 236 | 76 |
118 | {{flag|Benin}} | 8,438,853 | 112,622 | 75 |
119 | {{flag|Myanmar}} | 50,519,490 | 676,578 | 75 |
120 | {{flag|Egypt}} | 74,032,880 | 1,001,449 | 74 |
121 | {{flag|Qatar}} | 812,842 | 11,000 | 74 |
122 | {{flag|Morocco}} | 31,478,460 | 446,550 | 70 |
123 | {{flag|Ethiopia}} | 77,430,700 | 1,104,300 | 70 |
124 | {{flag|Bulgaria}} | 7,725,965 | 110,912 | 70 |
125 | {{flag|Iraq}} | 28,807,190 | 438,317 | 66 |
126 | {{flag|Samoa}} | 184,984 | 2,831 | 65 |
127 | {{flag|Brunei}} | 373,819 | 5,765 | 65 |
128 | {{flag|Honduras}} | 7,204,723 | 112,088 | 64 |
129 | {{flag|Georgia}} | 4,474,404 | 69,700 | 64 |
130 | {{flag|French Polynesia}} (France) | 256,603 | 4,000 | 64 |
131 | {{flag|Jordan}} | 5,702,776 | 89,342 | 64 |
132 | {{flag|East Timor}} | 947,064 | 14,874 | 64 |
132 | {{flag|Turks and Caicos Islands}} (UK) | 26,288 | 417 | 63 |
134 | {{flag|Tunisia}} | 10,102,470 | 163,610 | 62 |
135 | {{flag|Swaziland}} | 1,032,438 | 17,364 | 59 |
136 | {{flag|Uzbekistan}} | 26,593,120 | 447,400 | 59 |
137 | {{flag|Senegal}} | 11,658,170 | 196,722 | 59 |
138 | {{flag|Lesotho}} | 1,794,769 | 30,355 | 59 |
139 | {{flag|Ireland}} | 4,147,901 | 70,273 | 59 |
140 | {{flag|Kenya}} | 34,255,720 | 580,367 | 59 |
141 | {{flag|Côte d'Ivoire}} | 18,153,870 | 322,463 | 56 |
142 | {{flag|Mexico}} | 107,029,400 | 1,958,201 | 55 |
143 | {{flag|United Arab Emirates}} | 4,495,823 | 83,600 | 54 |
144 | {{flag|Lithuania}} | 3,431,033 | 65,300 | 53 |
145 | {{flag|Burkina Faso}} | 13,227,840 | 274,000 | 48 |
146 | {{flag|Belarus}} | 9,755,106 | 207,600 | 47 |
147 | {{flag|Ecuador}} | 13,228,420 | 283,561 | 47 |
148 | {{flag|Fiji}} | 847,706 | 18,274 | 46 |
149 | {{flag|Bhutan}} | 2,162,546 | 47,000 | 46 |
150 | {{flag|Afghanistan}} | 29,863,010 | 652,090 | 46 |
151 | {{flag|Tajikistan}} | 6,506,980 | 143,100 | 45 |
152 | {{flag|Montenegro}} | 630,548 | 14,026 | 45Population density calculated using surface area and population figures from [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html CIA World Factbook]. Republic of China (Taiwan) as of 2005; Serbia as of 2002; Montenegro as of 2004. |
153 | {{flag|Montserrat}} (UK) | 4,488 | 102 | 44 |
154 | {{flag|Guinea-Bissau}} | 1,586,344 | 36,125 | 44 |
155 | {{flag|Palau}} | 19,949 | 459 | 43 |
156 | {{flag|Panama}} | 3,231,502 | 75,517 | 43 |
157 | {{flag|Nicaragua}} | 5,486,685 | 130,000 | 42 |
158 | {{flag|Iran}} | 69,515,210 | 1,648,195 | 42 |
159 | {{flag|Tanzania}} | 38,328,810 | 945,087 | 41 |
160 | {{flag|Saint Helena}} (UK) | 4,918 | 122 | 40 |
161 | {{flag|Colombia}} | 45,600,240 | 1,138,914 | 40 |
162 | {{flag|Yemen}} | 20,974,660 | 527,968 | 40 |
163 | {{flag|South Africa}} | 47,431,830 | 1,221,037 | 39 |
164 | {{flag|Guinea}} | 9,402,098 | 245,857 | 38 |
165 | {{flag|Eritrea}} | 4,401,357 | 117,600 | 37 |
166 | {{flag|Latvia}} | 2,306,988 | 64,600 | 36 |
167 | {{flag|Cameroon}} | 16,321,860 | 475,442 | 34 |
168 | {{flag|Djibouti}} | 793,078 | 23,200 | 34 |
169 | {{flag|Faroe Islands}} (Denmark) | 47,017 | 1,399 | 34 |
170 | {{flag|Zimbabwe}} | 13,009,530 | 390,757 | 33 |
{{flag|Nagorno-Karabakh}} | 145,000 | 4,400 | 33Population figure 2002 estimate, density figure calculated using this estimate.[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9403253/Armenia#856556.hook] | |
171 | {{flag|Madagascar}} | 18,605,920 | 587,041 | 32 |
172 | {{flag|United States}} | 298,212,900 | 9,629,091 | 31 |
{{flag|Abkhazia}} | 215,972 | 7,138 | 30Population figure from the 2003 census, surface area based upon the 83% of Abkhazia controlled by the Republic of Abkhazia at the present moment, density figure calculated using these two figures.[http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/europe/caucasus/176_abkhazia_today.pdf]{{Failed verification|date=February 2007}} | |
173 | {{flag|Estonia}} | 1,329,697 | 45,100 | 29 |
174 | {{flag|Liberia}} | 3,283,267 | 111,369 | 29 |
175 | {{flag|Venezuela}} | 26,749,110 | 912,050 | 29 |
176 | {{flag|Kyrgyzstan}} | 5,263,794 | 199,900 | 26 |
177 | {{flag|Laos}} | 5,924,145 | 236,800 | 25 |
178 | {{flag|Mozambique}} | 19,792,300 | 801,590 | 25 |
179 | {{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} | 57,548,740 | 2,344,858 | 25 |
{{flag|Somaliland}} | 3,500,000 | 137,600 | 25Population figure 2005 estimate, density figure calculated using this estimate.[http://www.somalilandgov.com/] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/3794847.stm] | |
180 | {{flag|Saint Pierre and Miquelon}} (France) | 5,769 | 242 | 24 |
181 | {{flag|The Bahamas}} | 323,063 | 13,878 | 23 |
182 | {{flag|Brazil}} | 186,404,900 | 8,514,877 | 22 |
183 | {{flag|Peru}} | 27,968,240 | 1,285,216 | 22 |
184 | {{flag|Chile}} | 16,295,100 | 756,096 | 22 |
185 | {{flag|Sweden}} | 9,041,262 | 449,964 | 20.0 |
186 | {{flag|Uruguay}} | 3,463,197 | 175,016 | 19.8 |
187 | {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}} | 503,519 | 28,051 | 18.0 |
{{flag|South Ossetia}} | 70,000 | 3,900 | 17.9Population figure 2002 estimate, density figure calculated using this estimate.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/3797729.stm] | |
188 | {{flag|Vanuatu}} | 211,367 | 12,189 | 17.3 |
189 | {{flag|Solomon Islands}} | 477,742 | 28,896 | 16.5 |
190 | {{flag|Finland}} | 5,249,060 | 338,145 | 15.5 |
191 | {{flag|Zambia}} | 11,668,460 | 752,618 | 15.5 |
192 | {{flag|Paraguay}} | 6,158,259 | 406,752 | 15.1 |
193 | {{flag|New Zealand}} | 4,028,384 | 270,534 | 14.9 |
194 | {{flag|Sudan}} | 36,232,950 | 2,505,813 | 14.5 |
195 | {{flag|Argentina}} | 38,747,150 | 2,780,400 | 13.9 |
196 | {{flag|Algeria}} | 32,853,800 | 2,381,741 | 13.8 |
197 | {{flag|Pitcairn Islands}} (UK) | 67 | 5 | 13.4 |
198 | {{flag|Somalia}} | 8,227,826 | 637,657 | 12.9 |
199 | {{flag|Angola}} | 15,941,390 | 1,246,700 | 12.8 |
200 | {{flag|New Caledonia}} (France) | 236,838 | 18,575 | 12.8 |
201 | {{flag|Papua New Guinea}} | 5,887,138 | 462,840 | 12.7 |
202 | {{flag|Norway}} | 4,620,275 | 385,155 | 12.0 |
203 | {{flag|Belize}} | 269,736 | 22,966 | 11.7 |
204 | {{flag|Republic of the Congo}} | 3,998,904 | 342,000 | 11.7 |
205 | {{flag|Saudi Arabia}} | 24,573,100 | 2,149,690 | 11.4 |
206 | {{flag|Niger}} | 13,956,980 | 1,267,000 | 11.0 |
207 | {{flag|Mali}} | 13,518,420 | 1,240,192 | 10.9 |
208 | {{flag|Turkmenistan}} | 4,833,266 | 488,100 | 9.9 |
209 | {{flag|Russia}} | 143,201,600 | 17,098,242 | 8.4 |
210 | {{flag|Bolivia}} | 9,182,015 | 1,098,581 | 8.4 |
211 | {{flag|Oman}} | 2,566,981 | 309,500 | 8.3 |
212 | {{flag|Chad}} | 9,748,931 | 1,284,000 | 7.6 |
213 | {{flag|Central African Republic}} | 4,037,747 | 622,984 | 6.5 |
214 | {{flag|Niue}} (New Zealand) | 1,445 | 260 | 5.6 |
215 | {{flag|Kazakhstan}} | 14,825,110 | 2,724,900 | 5.4 |
216 | {{flag|Gabon}} | 1,383,841 | 267,668 | 5.2 |
217 | {{flag|Guyana}} | 751,218 | 214,969 | 3.5 |
218 | {{flag|Libya}} | 5,853,452 | 1,759,540 | 3.3 |
219 | {{flag|Canada}} | 32,268,240 | 9,970,610 | 3.2 |
220 | {{flag|Botswana}} | 1,764,926 | 581,730 | 3.0 |
221 | {{flag|Mauritania}} | 3,068,742 | 1,025,520 | 3.0 |
222 | {{flag|Iceland}} | 294,561 | 103,000 | 2.9 |
223 | {{flag|Suriname}} | 449,238 | 163,820 | 2.7 |
224 | {{flag|Australia}} | 20,155,130 | 7,741,220 | 2.6 |
225 | {{flag|Namibia}} | 2,031,252 | 824,292 | 2.5 |
226 | {{flag|French Guiana}} (France) | 187,056 | 90,000 | 2.1 |
227 | {{flag|Mongolia}} | 2,646,487 | 1,564,116 | 1.7 |
228 | {{flag|Western Sahara}} | 341,421 | 266,000 | 1.3 |
229 | {{flag|Falkland Islands}} (UK) | 3,060 | 12,173 | 0.25 |
230 | {{flag|Greenland}} (Denmark) | 56,916 | 2,175,600 | 0.026 |