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Total population (thousands), per square kilometre by country

Total population (thousands) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
215
Highest
21.48 thousands per square kilometre
Macao
Lowest
0.0001 thousands per square kilometre
Greenland
Median
0.0959 thousands per square kilometre
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
10,529

What the numbers show

Total population (thousands), per square kilometre is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 21.48 thousands per square kilometre in Macao; the lowest is 0.0001 thousands per square kilometre in Greenland.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0959 thousands per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.4542 thousands per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 179 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 52.2%), and the largest decrease in Saint Martin (French part) (down 24.4%).

Total population (thousands), per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Macao 21.48 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 9.8% rising
2 Monaco 18.28 thousands per square kilometre 2016 up 16.9% rising
3 Singapore 8.03 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 5.0% flat
4 Hong Kong 7.1 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 3.0% rising
5 Gibraltar 3.8 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 18.1% rising
6 Bahrain 1.94 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 21.3% volatile
7 Maldives 1.76 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 34.4% rising
8 Malta 1.65 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 23.8% rising
9 Bangladesh 1.31 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 9.5% rising
10 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.25 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 25.1% rising
11 Bermuda 1.2 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 1.8% rising
12 Palestine 0.891 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 25.8% rising
13 Barbados 0.6565 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 1.8% rising
14 Mauritius 0.6383 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 1.2% rising
15 Aruba 0.5993 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 5.6% rising
16 Nauru 0.5923 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 13.9% rising
17 Saint Martin (French part) 0.5651 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 24.4% falling
18 San Marino 0.5643 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
19 Lebanon 0.5632 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 8.0% rising
20 Rwanda 0.5595 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 26.0% rising
21 Netherlands 0.5352 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% rising
22 South Korea 0.5303 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 3.7% rising
23 Burundi 0.5259 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 31.6% rising
24 India 0.4815 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 11.2% rising
25 Comoros 0.4526 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 22.3% rising
26 Israel 0.4247 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 19.7% rising
27 Haiti 0.4198 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 14.0% rising
28 Curacao 0.4176 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 14.4% rising
29 Philippines 0.3837 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 13.0% rising
30 Belgium 0.3836 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 4.5% rising
31 Sri Lanka 0.3703 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 9.2% rising
32 Puerto Rico 0.3653 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 10.7% rising
33 Grenada 0.3441 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 3.4% rising
34 Japan 0.342 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 2.5% rising
35 Tuvalu 0.3301 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 10.0% rising
36 Vietnam 0.3191 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 10.9% rising
37 Pakistan 0.3187 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 17.3% rising
38 Guam 0.3071 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 0.2% rising
39 El Salvador 0.3038 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% rising
40 Cayman Islands 0.3013 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 24.9% volatile
41 Saint Lucia 0.2935 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% rising
42 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2924 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 6.5% rising
43 United Kingdom 0.2829 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 6.7% rising
44 Seychelles 0.2754 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 25.7% rising
45 Kuwait 0.269 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 39.9% rising
46 Gambia 0.2635 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 28.6% rising
47 Jamaica 0.2622 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 2.2% rising
48 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2607 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 6.2% rising
49 British Virgin Islands 0.2576 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 24.9% rising
50 Luxembourg 0.2567 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 23.1% rising
51 Qatar 0.2564 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 52.2% volatile
52 Nigeria 0.2476 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 26.2% rising
53 Liechtenstein 0.2466 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 7.3% rising
54 United States Virgin Islands 0.246 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 17.0% rising
55 Germany 0.2415 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 4.1% rising
56 American Samoa 0.2395 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 11.7% rising
57 Uganda 0.2393 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 37.7% rising
58 Sao Tome and Principe 0.2381 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 19.5% rising
59 Dominican Republic 0.2341 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 11.6% rising
60 Switzerland 0.2238 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 10.0% rising
61 Malawi 0.221 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 30.8% rising
62 Marshall Islands 0.2193 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 22.7% falling
63 North Korea 0.2191 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 4.4% rising
64 Antigua and Barbuda 0.2115 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 6.1% rising
65 Nepal 0.2073 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 7.8% rising
66 Italy 0.2014 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 1.7% rising
67 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1797 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 0.7% rising
68 Andorra 0.1708 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 5.8% rising
69 Togo 0.1691 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 27.9% rising
70 Guatemala 0.1678 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 18.0% rising
71 Kiribati 0.1624 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 16.3% rising
72 Micronesia (country) 0.1605 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 4.0% flat
73 China 0.1517 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 3.6% rising
74 Denmark 0.1483 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 5.9% rising
75 Indonesia 0.148 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 9.2% rising
76 Isle of Man 0.1476 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% rising
77 Ghana 0.1471 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 23.7% rising
78 United Arab Emirates 0.1471 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 36.5% volatile
79 Tonga 0.1456 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 2.3% rising
80 Cyprus 0.1448 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 13.9% rising
81 Thailand 0.1404 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 3.0% rising
82 Czechia 0.1403 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 3.1% flat
83 Cape Verde 0.1293 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 1.7% rising
84 Jordan 0.1278 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 49.3% volatile
85 Poland 0.1267 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 1.4% rising
86 Syria 0.1253 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% rising
87 Azerbaijan 0.125 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 9.5% rising
88 Benin 0.1236 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 32.1% rising
89 France 0.1232 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 3.4% rising
90 Sierra Leone 0.1159 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 26.2% rising
91 Slovakia 0.1147 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% flat
92 Egypt 0.114 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 20.5% rising
93 Portugal 0.1139 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 0.5% rising
94 Turkey 0.1133 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 15.1% rising
95 Ethiopia 0.1126 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 30.8% rising
96 Austria 0.1107 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 8.1% rising
97 Cuba 0.1064 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 1.9% rising
98 Malaysia 0.1062 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 16.7% rising
99 Hungary 0.1061 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 3.0% falling
100 Slovenia 0.1052 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 3.1% rising
101 Albania 0.103 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 3.0% rising
102 Armenia 0.1029 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 0.3% falling
103 Iraq 0.1027 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 29.1% rising
104 Costa Rica 0.0997 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 8.6% rising
105 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0992 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 14.0% falling
106 Cambodia 0.0981 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 15.0% rising
107 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0968 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 29.9% rising
108 Spain 0.0959 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 2.1% rising
109 Kenya 0.0943 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 20.8% rising
110 Honduras 0.0943 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 19.9% rising
111 Moldova 0.094 thousands per square kilometre 2020 down 8.4% falling
112 Senegal 0.0928 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 32.4% rising
113 East Timor 0.0926 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 20.0% rising
114 Dominica 0.0889 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 3.3% falling
115 Brunei 0.0867 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 11.9% rising
116 Morocco 0.0841 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 11.8% rising
117 Romania 0.0833 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 4.7% falling
118 Burkina Faso 0.0832 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 30.6% rising
119 Myanmar 0.0827 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 7.9% rising
120 French Polynesia 0.0809 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 2.5% rising
121 Serbia 0.0807 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 3.3% falling
122 Greece 0.0803 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 6.0% rising
123 Uzbekistan 0.0801 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 18.4% rising
124 Tunisia 0.0783 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 9.8% rising
125 Samoa 0.0777 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 11.4% rising
126 Guinea-Bissau 0.0757 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 27.2% rising
127 Lesotho 0.0757 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 12.4% rising
128 Ireland 0.075 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 12.0% rising
129 Tajikistan 0.0741 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 27.9% rising
130 Tanzania 0.0741 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 36.6% rising
131 Yemen 0.0735 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 34.4% rising
132 North Macedonia 0.0728 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 9.1% falling
133 Ecuador 0.0721 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 14.1% rising
134 Eswatini 0.0712 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 8.7% rising
135 Croatia 0.0697 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 8.2% falling
136 Mexico 0.0664 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 9.9% rising
137 Ukraine 0.0656 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 17.7% falling
138 Equatorial Guinea 0.0651 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 38.3% volatile
139 Bulgaria 0.0628 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 6.5% falling
140 Afghanistan 0.0627 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 31.4% rising
141 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0624 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 12.1% falling
142 Panama 0.0597 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 17.1% rising
143 Cameroon 0.0592 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 32.7% rising
144 Guinea 0.0579 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 28.7% rising
145 Liberia 0.0564 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 22.9% rising
146 Nicaragua 0.0563 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 14.0% rising
147 Iran 0.0555 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 13.2% rising
148 Georgia 0.0548 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% falling
149 Madagascar 0.053 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 29.6% rising
150 South Africa 0.0518 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 15.8% rising
151 Fiji 0.0505 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% rising
152 Djibouti 0.0494 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 17.3% rising
153 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0484 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 40.0% volatile
154 Colombia 0.0469 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 13.3% rising
155 Montenegro 0.0467 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 0.9% flat
156 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0459 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 39.7% rising
157 Lithuania 0.0454 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 4.3% falling
158 Belarus 0.0451 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 3.4% falling
159 Mozambique 0.0421 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 34.2% rising
160 Zimbabwe 0.0419 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 16.4% rising
161 Bahamas 0.0398 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 5.6% rising
162 Faroe Islands 0.0397 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 15.0% rising
163 Palau 0.0386 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% flat
164 United States 0.0372 thousands per square kilometre 2022 up 7.9% rising
165 Kyrgyzstan 0.0366 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 22.1% rising
166 Laos 0.033 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 15.9% rising
167 Venezuela 0.032 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 5.0% rising
168 Estonia 0.032 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 5.4% falling
169 Latvia 0.0303 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 6.9% falling
170 Angola 0.029 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 41.0% volatile
171 Somalia 0.0287 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 42.7% rising
172 Eritrea 0.0284 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 12.5% rising
173 Solomon Islands 0.0282 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 35.3% rising
174 Zambia 0.0275 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 34.8% rising
175 Sudan 0.0268 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 34.0% rising
176 Chile 0.0264 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 11.5% rising
177 Peru 0.0263 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 13.4% rising
178 Vanuatu 0.026 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 25.9% rising
179 Sweden 0.0258 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 10.1% rising
180 Brazil 0.0251 thousands per square kilometre 2022 up 7.1% rising
181 Papua New Guinea 0.0227 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 25.7% rising
182 Bhutan 0.0205 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 8.6% rising
183 Niger 0.0203 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 41.5% volatile
184 New Zealand 0.0196 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 16.4% rising
185 Uruguay 0.0194 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% rising
186 Algeria 0.0192 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 20.5% rising
187 Mali 0.0192 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 36.3% rising
188 Finland 0.0184 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 3.0% rising
189 Belize 0.0179 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 20.7% rising
190 Congo 0.0179 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 27.3% rising
191 South Sudan 0.0176 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 1.6% flat
192 Paraguay 0.0172 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 14.9% rising
193 Argentina 0.0166 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 7.3% rising
194 New Caledonia 0.0158 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 5.2% rising
195 Turkmenistan 0.0155 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 24.3% rising
196 Saudi Arabia 0.0153 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 19.3% volatile
197 Norway 0.0151 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 8.9% rising
198 Chad 0.0149 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 39.7% volatile
199 Oman 0.0146 thousands per square kilometre 2022 up 35.0% volatile
200 Bolivia 0.0112 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 14.7% rising
201 Gabon 0.0095 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 30.7% rising
202 Russia 0.0089 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% flat
203 Central African Republic 0.0081 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% rising
204 Kazakhstan 0.0075 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 15.9% rising
205 Mauritania 0.0048 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 34.5% rising
206 Canada 0.0044 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 13.5% rising
207 Botswana 0.0043 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 15.8% rising
208 Libya 0.0041 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 16.6% rising
209 Guyana 0.0039 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% flat
210 Suriname 0.0039 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 10.6% rising
211 Iceland 0.0038 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 18.7% rising
212 Namibia 0.0036 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 31.7% rising
213 Australia 0.0034 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 14.0% rising
214 Mongolia 0.0022 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 20.7% rising
215 Greenland 0.0001 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 1.2% falling

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Total population (thousands) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Total population (thousands) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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  • Total population UNESCO Institute for Statistics
  • Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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Total population (thousands), per square kilometre
Unit
thousands per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
215 places, 10,529 data points, 1970–2023
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Total population (thousands) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.