Gibraltar vs Macao: Population density

Gibraltar

4,928 people per km²

in 2100

Macao

10,036 people per km²

in 2100

Gibraltar rank

4th

Macao rank

2nd

Population density over time

Macao currently reports 10,036 people per km² against 4,928 people per km² in Gibraltar, a difference of 5,108 people per km².

That makes Macao's figure about 2.0 times Gibraltar's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 152 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Gibraltar ahead.

Gibraltar ranks 4th and Macao ranks 2nd of 234 countries.

Indicator: Population density
Unit: people per km²
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024); UN FAO (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 68,610 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population per square kilometer by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.