Macao vs Monaco: Population density

Macao

10,036 people per km²

in 2100

Monaco

22,797 people per km²

in 2100

Macao rank

2nd

Monaco rank

1st

Population density over time

Monaco currently reports 22,797 people per km² against 10,036 people per km² in Macao, a difference of 12,761 people per km².

That makes Monaco's figure about 2.3 times Macao's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 161 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Monaco ahead.

Macao ranks 2nd and Monaco ranks 1st 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.