Population by area · 2025

What country has the most people per km²?

Monaco ranks first in the world for people per km², at 18,397.79.

Ranking by people per km²
#CountryShare of #1people per km²
1 Monaco 18,397.79
2 Singapore 8,511.39
3 Bahrain 2,000.46
4 Malta 1,811.58
5 Maldives 1,777.44
6 Bangladesh 1,351.65
7 Palestine 898.52
8 Barbados 657.26
9 Mauritius 622.80
10 Nauru 601.25
11 Rwanda 590.57
12 Lebanon 571.79
13 San Marino 568.48
14 Burundi 560.36
15 The Netherlands 537.20
16 South Korea 529.55
17 India 492.36
18 Comoros 474.39
19 Israel 467.78
20 Haiti 432.01
21 Philippines 391.68
22 Belgium 391.61
23 Sri Lanka 351.70
24 Grenada 345.01
25 Japan 338.39
26 Pakistan 331.08
27 Vietnam 324.15
28 Tuvalu 316.40
29 El Salvador 307.22
30 Saint Lucia 295.33
31 United Kingdom 287.22
32 Gambia 278.86
33 Kuwait 273.02
34 Luxembourg 266.84
35 Seychelles 266.80
36 Trinidad and Tobago 266.62
37 Jamaica 261.96
38 Nigeria 260.80
39 Qatar 258.68
40 Liechtenstein 256.40
41 Uganda 256.26
42 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 256.22
43 Sao Tome and Principe 250.26
44 Dominican Republic 239.02
45 Germany 238.94
46 Malawi 235.64
47 Switzerland 230.13
48 North Korea 220.67
49 Antigua and Barbuda 214.11
50 Nepal 206.61
51 Marshall Islands 201.57
52 Italy 199.23
53 Saint Kitts and Nevis 180.47
54 Andorra 176.39
55 Guatemala 174.39
56 Kiribati 168.50
57 Micronesia 162.40
58 United Arab Emirates 162.11
59 Togo 157.96
60 Ghana 154.11
61 Indonesia 150.97
62 Denmark 150.23
63 China 149.82
64 Cyprus 148.35
65 Tonga 144.09
66 Czechia 141.08
67 Thailand 140.19
68 Syria 139.52
69 Benin 131.38
70 Cabo Verde 130.85
71 Jordan 129.75
72 France 127.51
73 Azerbaijan 123.98
74 Sierra Leone 122.19
75 Ethiopia 120.05
76 Poland 118.97
77 Egypt 118.91
78 Portugal 117.95
79 Slovakia 112.60
80 Austria 111.59
81 Türkiye 111.58
82 Malaysia 109.50
83 Armenia 109.46
84 Iraq 108.31
85 Slovenia 105.84
86 Cuba 105.37
87 Hungary 104.25
88 Côte d'Ivoire 102.87
89 Cambodia 101.11
90 Costa Rica 100.92
91 Kenya 99.04
92 Spain 98.77
93 Honduras 98.36
94 Senegal 98.33
95 Timor-Leste 95.39
96 Brunei 88.49
97 Burkina Faso 87.99
98 Dominica 87.83
99 Morocco 86.11
100 Albania 85.75
101 Uzbekistan 84.09
102 Myanmar 84.04
103 Romania 82.67
104 Greece 80.79
105 Guinea-Bissau 80.00
106 Tanzania 79.64
107 Ireland 79.61
108 Tunisia 79.48
109 Yemen 79.12
110 Samoa 78.89
111 Serbia 77.88
112 Lesotho 77.84
113 Tajikistan 77.72
114 Ecuador 73.64
115 Eswatini 73.03
116 North Macedonia 72.20
117 Moldova 71.68
118 Croatia 69.27
119 Equatorial Guinea 69.11
120 Mexico 67.88
121 Ukraine 67.28
122 Afghanistan 67.22
123 Cameroon 63.21
124 Panama 61.62
125 Guinea 61.45
126 Bosnia and Herzegovina 61.33
127 Liberia 59.50
128 Bulgaria 59.26
129 Nicaragua 58.23
130 Iran 56.96
131 Georgia 56.64
132 Madagascar 56.27
133 South Africa 53.37
134 Djibouti 51.08
135 Fiji 51.08
136 DR Congo 49.77
137 Colombia 48.15
138 Montenegro 46.33
139 Lithuania 46.15
140 Mozambique 45.31
141 Belarus 44.76
142 Zimbabwe 43.82
143 Bahamas 40.26
144 Palau 38.40
145 Kyrgyzstan 38.29
146 United States 37.36
147 Laos 34.11
148 Venezuela 32.33
149 Estonia 31.98
150 Somalia 31.33
151 Angola 31.31
152 Solomon Islands 29.96
153 Eritrea 29.77
154 Latvia 29.69
155 Zambia 29.48
156 Sudan 27.66
157 Vanuatu 27.50
158 Peru 27.01
159 Chile 26.74
160 Sweden 26.02
161 Brazil 25.46
162 Papua New Guinea 23.77
163 Niger 22.04
164 Bhutan 20.89
165 Mali 20.65
166 New Zealand 20.22
167 Algeria 19.92
168 Uruguay 19.34
169 South Sudan 19.29
170 Republic of the Congo 18.99
171 Finland 18.58
172 Belize 18.54
173 Oman 17.75
174 Paraguay 17.71
175 Saudi Arabia 17.20
176 Argentina 16.75
177 Chad 16.68
178 Turkmenistan 16.21
179 Norway 15.40
180 Bolivia 11.61
181 Gabon 10.06
182 Central African Republic 8.85
183 Russia 8.76
184 Kazakhstan 7.72
185 Mauritania 5.16
186 Canada 4.74
187 Botswana 4.52
188 Libya 4.24
189 Suriname 3.99
190 Guyana 3.96
191 Iceland 3.89
192 Namibia 3.76
193 Australia 3.59
194 Mongolia 2.29

Key facts

Runners-up

Singapore is 2nd and Bahrain 3rd.

Lead

Monaco has 2.2× the figure of Singapore.

Questions

What country has the most people per km²?

Monaco ranks first in the world for people per km², at 18,397.79.

What country has the second most people per km²?

Singapore ranks second, with 8,511.39 (people per km²).

How many countries are in this ranking?

194 countries with data from World Bank (2025). Territories are not ranked.

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