Urban and rural population 2050, per square kilometre by country
Urban and rural population 2050 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
213
Highest
1,032 units per square kilometre
Maldives
Lowest
0 units per square kilometre
Singapore
Median
26.69 units per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
12,288
What the numbers show
Urban and rural population 2050, per square kilometre is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 1,032 units per square kilometre in Maldives; the lowest is 0 units per square kilometre in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 26.69 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 59.96 units per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 38.7%), and the largest decrease in Netherlands (down 53.9%).
Urban and rural population 2050, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maldives | 1,032 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 894.96 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 3 | Burundi | 407.52 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 4 | Rwanda | 402.43 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 5 | Mauritius | 389 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 6 | India | 314.06 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 7 | Comoros | 305.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 296.54 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 9 | Barbados | 266.42 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 10 | Aruba | 228.86 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 11 | Grenada | 218.8 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 12 | Liechtenstein | 211.16 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 13 | Saint Lucia | 208.39 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 14 | Vietnam | 198.09 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 15 | Pakistan | 196.43 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 16 | Haiti | 192.34 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 17 | Malawi | 185.85 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 18 | Philippines | 172.92 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 19 | Uganda | 168.39 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 20 | Antigua and Barbuda | 160.23 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 21 | Seychelles | 152.72 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 22 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 135.83 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 23 | Trinidad and Tobago | 134.9 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 24 | Micronesia (country) | 124.81 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 25 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 122.83 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 26 | Palestine | 117.99 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 27 | Tuvalu | 117.75 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 28 | British Virgin Islands | 115.29 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 29 | Tonga | 114.55 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 30 | Jamaica | 108.95 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 31 | South Korea | 99.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 32 | Togo | 97.08 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 33 | Gambia | 96.5 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 34 | Nigeria | 94.64 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 87.74 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 36 | North Korea | 80 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 37 | El Salvador | 77.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 38 | Sao Tome and Principe | 75.5 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 39 | Guatemala | 75.08 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 40 | Malta | 72.83 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 41 | Isle of Man | 70.61 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 42 | Nepal | 69.3 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 43 | East Timor | 66.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 44 | Egypt | 65.92 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 45 | Kenya | 65.13 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 46 | Dominican Republic | 64.99 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 47 | Sierra Leone | 64.69 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 48 | Samoa | 64.3 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 49 | Kiribati | 62.95 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 50 | Ghana | 62.65 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 51 | Indonesia | 62.23 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 52 | Italy | 61.29 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 53 | Burkina Faso | 60.77 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 54 | Benin | 60.39 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 55 | Cambodia | 58.6 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 56 | Myanmar | 57.74 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 57 | Tajikistan | 55.25 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 58 | Thailand | 54.83 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 59 | Lebanon | 53.88 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 60 | Slovakia | 53.72 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 61 | Moldova | 53.09 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 62 | Eswatini | 53.08 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 63 | China | 52.23 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | 51.8 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 65 | Poland | 50.77 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 66 | Tanzania | 48.53 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 67 | Cyprus | 48.51 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 68 | Belgium | 47.82 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 69 | United Kingdom | 47.81 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 70 | Afghanistan | 47.37 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 71 | Yemen | 47.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 72 | Slovenia | 46.78 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 73 | Marshall Islands | 46.68 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 74 | Cote d'Ivoire | 45.66 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 75 | American Samoa | 44.26 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 76 | Portugal | 44.17 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 77 | Germany | 43.79 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 78 | Lesotho | 43.64 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 79 | Albania | 42.88 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 80 | Senegal | 42.54 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 81 | Guinea-Bissau | 41.66 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 82 | Romania | 39.75 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 83 | Honduras | 39.66 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 84 | Uzbekistan | 39.65 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 85 | Czechia | 38.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 86 | Guinea | 36.56 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 87 | Madagascar | 36.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 88 | Israel | 36.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 89 | Curacao | 35.88 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 90 | Armenia | 35.81 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 91 | Syria | 35.76 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 92 | Austria | 34.05 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 93 | Switzerland | 33.26 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 94 | Morocco | 31.54 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 95 | Hungary | 31.53 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 96 | Iraq | 31.28 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 97 | Cape Verde | 31.23 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 98 | French Polynesia | 31.02 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 99 | Serbia | 30.49 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 100 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30.13 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 101 | Croatia | 29.77 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 102 | Mozambique | 27.5 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 103 | North Macedonia | 27.42 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 104 | Ireland | 27.07 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 105 | Japan | 27.01 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 106 | Cameroon | 26.93 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 107 | Ecuador | 26.69 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 108 | France | 26.16 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 109 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 25.96 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 110 | Liberia | 25.66 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 111 | Zimbabwe | 25.64 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 112 | Malaysia | 25.18 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 113 | Netherlands | 25.14 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 114 | Cuba | 24.28 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 115 | Faroe Islands | 24.28 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 116 | Kyrgyzstan | 24.08 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 117 | Dominica | 23.85 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 118 | Tunisia | 23.54 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 119 | Nicaragua | 23.18 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 120 | Brunei | 21.93 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 121 | Georgia | 21.5 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 122 | United Arab Emirates | 21.48 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Puerto Rico | 21.28 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Costa Rica | 21.12 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 125 | Fiji | 20.94 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 126 | Panama | 20.52 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 127 | Vanuatu | 20.43 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 128 | Laos | 20.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 129 | Solomon Islands | 20 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 130 | Ukraine | 19.88 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 131 | Papua New Guinea | 19.49 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 132 | Andorra | 19.23 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 133 | Spain | 19.05 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 134 | Equatorial Guinea | 19.02 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 135 | South Africa | 18.98 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 136 | Eritrea | 18.7 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 137 | Guam | 18.08 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 138 | Sudan | 17.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 139 | Denmark | 17.02 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 140 | Niger | 16.99 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Greece | 16.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 142 | Bulgaria | 16.44 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 143 | Montenegro | 16.26 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 144 | San Marino | 16.13 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Zambia | 15.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 146 | South Sudan | 14.34 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 147 | Lithuania | 14.33 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 148 | Mexico | 13.7 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 149 | Djibouti | 13.51 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Somalia | 13.44 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 151 | Mali | 13.44 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 152 | Luxembourg | 13.43 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 153 | Iran | 13.03 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 154 | Turkey | 12.45 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 155 | Bhutan | 12.01 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 156 | United States Virgin Islands | 11.57 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Chad | 11.3 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Belize | 10.46 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Colombia | 10.24 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 160 | Latvia | 9.57 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 161 | Belarus | 9.51 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 162 | Jordan | 9.43 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 163 | Estonia | 9.38 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 164 | Angola | 8.89 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 165 | Turkmenistan | 8.3 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 166 | Palau | 8.03 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 167 | Northern Mariana Islands | 7.88 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 168 | United States | 7.48 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 169 | Bahamas | 7.45 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 170 | Congo | 6.58 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 171 | Paraguay | 5.3 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 172 | New Caledonia | 5.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 173 | Algeria | 4.9 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 174 | Finland | 4.79 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 175 | Central African Republic | 4.66 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 176 | Peru | 4.02 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 177 | Venezuela | 3.45 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 178 | Oman | 3.33 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 179 | Bolivia | 3.29 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 180 | New Zealand | 3.16 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 181 | Brazil | 3.13 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 182 | Chile | 2.96 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 183 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.95 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 184 | Sweden | 2.95 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 185 | Kazakhstan | 2.88 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 186 | Guyana | 2.88 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 187 | Norway | 2.56 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 188 | Saudi Arabia | 2.43 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 189 | Russia | 2.22 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 190 | Mauritania | 1.96 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 191 | Qatar | 1.86 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 192 | Namibia | 1.8 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 193 | Botswana | 1.44 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 194 | Suriname | 1.34 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 195 | Argentina | 1.3 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 196 | Uruguay | 0.8626 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 197 | Gabon | 0.8064 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 198 | Canada | 0.7814 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 199 | Mongolia | 0.6508 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 200 | Libya | 0.5039 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 201 | Australia | 0.4303 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 202 | Iceland | 0.2248 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 203 | Greenland | 0.0163 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 204 | Macao | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 205 | Bahrain | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 205 | Bermuda | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 205 | Cayman Islands | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 205 | Gibraltar | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 205 | Hong Kong | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 205 | Kuwait | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 205 | Monaco | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 205 | Nauru | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 205 | Singapore | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Urban and rural population 2050 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.
Urban and rural population 2050 ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Urban and rural population projected to 2050 HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Urban and rural population 2050 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.