Most Densely Populated Countries (2026)
Macau is the most densely populated country in the world with 22,900 people per square kilometer. By comparison, the global average population density is approximately 60 people per km².
| Rank | Country | Density |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Macau | 22,900/km² |
| 2 |  Monaco | 19,124/km² |
| 3 |  Singapore | 8,503/km² |
| 4 |  Hong Kong | 6,815/km² |
| 5 |  Gibraltar | 6,555/km² |
| 6 |  Bahrain | 2,077/km² |
| 7 |  Malta | 1,800/km² |
| 8 |  Vatican City | 1,800/km² |
| 9 |  Maldives | 1,759/km² |
| 10 |  Sint Maarten | 1,275/km² |
| 11 |  Bermuda | 1,197/km² |
| 12 |  Bangladesh | 1,176/km² |
| 13 |  Jersey | 890/km² |
| 14 |  Mayotte | 858/km² |
| 15 |  Palestine | 850/km² |
| 16 |  Guernsey | 831/km² |
| 17 |  Barbados | 657/km² |
| 18 |  Taiwan | 644/km² |
| 19 |  Mauritius | 611/km² |
| 20 |  Aruba | 600/km² |
| 21 |  Nauru | 569/km² |
| 22 |  San Marino | 557/km² |
| 23 |  Lebanon | 555/km² |
| 24 |  Rwanda | 541/km² |
| 25 |  South Korea | 516/km² |
| 26 |  Burundi | 505/km² |
| 27 |  Saint Barthélemy | 503/km² |
| 28 |  Saint Martin | 493/km² |
| 29 |  Comoros | 465/km² |
| 30 |  Israel | 455/km² |
| 31 |  India | 441/km² |
| 32 |  Netherlands | 430/km² |
| 33 |  Haiti | 424/km² |
| 34 |  Belgium | 388/km² |
| 35 |  Tuvalu | 371/km² |
| 36 |  Puerto Rico | 361/km² |
| 37 |  Réunion | 357/km² |
| 38 |  Curaçao | 351/km² |
| 39 |  Grenada | 341/km² |
| 40 |  Philippines | 338/km² |
| 41 |  Sri Lanka | 334/km² |
| 42 |  Japan | 328/km² |
| 43 |  Pakistan | 316/km² |
| 44 |  Martinique | 310/km² |
| 45 |  Guam | 306/km² |
| 46 |  Vietnam | 305/km² |
| 47 |  El Salvador | 301/km² |
| 48 |  United States Virgin Islands | 301/km² |
| 49 |  Saint Lucia | 292/km² |
| 50 |  United Kingdom | 283/km² |
| 51 |  Cayman Islands | 282/km² |
| 52 |  Kuwait | 275/km² |
| 53 |  Seychelles | 268/km² |
| 54 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 267/km² |
| 55 |  Luxembourg | 262/km² |
| 56 |  British Virgin Islands | 261/km² |
| 57 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 259/km² |
| 58 |  Jamaica | 258/km² |
| 59 |  Gambia | 258/km² |
| 60 |  Liechtenstein | 253/km² |
| 61 |  Nigeria | 252/km² |
| 62 |  Qatar | 247/km² |
| 63 |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 244/km² |
| 64 |  Dominican Republic | 235/km² |
| 65 |  American Samoa | 235/km² |
| 66 |  Germany | 234/km² |
| 67 |  Guadeloupe | 233/km² |
| 68 |  North Korea | 220/km² |
| 69 |  Switzerland | 218/km² |
| 70 |  Tokelau | 217/km² |
| 71 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 212/km² |
| 72 |  Uganda | 207/km² |
| 73 |  Marshall Islands | 207/km² |
| 74 |  Nepal | 201/km² |
| 75 |  Italy | 196/km² |
| 76 |  Malawi | 183/km² |
| 77 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 179/km² |
| 78 |  Anguilla | 176/km² |
| 79 |  Andorra | 175/km² |
| 80 |  Guatemala | 169/km² |
| 81 |  Togo | 168/km² |
| 82 |  Kiribati | 166/km² |
| 83 |  Micronesia | 161/km² |
| 84 |  Indonesia | 149/km² |
| 85 |  Cyprus | 147/km² |
| 86 |  Isle of Man | 147/km² |
| 87 |  Kosovo | 146/km² |
| 88 |  China | 145/km² |
| 89 |  Ghana | 144/km² |
| 90 |  Thailand | 140/km² |
| 91 |  Denmark | 139/km² |
| 92 |  Tonga | 139/km² |
| 93 |  Czechia | 138/km² |
| 94 |  Syria | 133/km² |
| 95 |  United Arab Emirates | 131/km² |
| 96 |  Cape Verde | 130/km² |
| 97 |  Jordan | 129/km² |
| 98 |  Benin | 128/km² |
| 99 |  France | 126/km² |
| 100 |  Ethiopia | 120/km² |
| 101 |  Sierra Leone | 120/km² |
| 102 |  Azerbaijan | 118/km² |
| 103 |  Poland | 117/km² |
| 104 |  Egypt | 116/km² |
| 105 |  Portugal | 116/km² |
| 106 |  Slovakia | 111/km² |
| 107 |  Turkey | 109/km² |
| 108 |  Austria | 109/km² |
| 109 |  Malaysia | 107/km² |
| 110 |  Iraq | 105/km² |
| 111 |  Slovenia | 105/km² |
| 112 |  Hungary | 103/km² |
| 113 |  Armenia | 102/km² |
| 114 |  Cuba | 100/km² |
| 115 |  Costa Rica | 100/km² |
| 116 |  Ivory Coast | 99/km² |
| 117 |  Caribbean Netherlands | 98/km² |
| 118 |  Kenya | 97/km² |
| 119 |  Spain | 97/km² |
| 120 |  Cambodia | 97/km² |
| 121 |  Honduras | 96/km² |
| 122 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 95/km² |
| 123 |  Senegal | 94/km² |
| 124 |  Timor-Leste | 94/km² |
| 125 |  Dominica | 88/km² |
| 126 |  Burkina Faso | 86/km² |
| 127 |  Morocco | 85/km² |
| 128 |  Serbia | 85/km² |
| 129 |  Albania | 83/km² |
| 130 |  Wallis and Futuna | 82/km² |
| 131 |  Myanmar | 81/km² |
| 132 |  Uzbekistan | 81/km² |
| 133 |  Romania | 80/km² |
| 134 |  Brunei | 80/km² |
| 135 |  Greece | 79/km² |
| 136 |  Yemen | 77/km² |
| 137 |  Ireland | 77/km² |
| 138 |  Lesotho | 77/km² |
| 139 |  Samoa | 77/km² |
| 140 |  Tunisia | 75/km² |
| 141 |  Tajikistan | 74/km² |
| 142 |  Tanzania | 72/km² |
| 143 |  Eswatini | 72/km² |
| 144 |  Moldova | 71/km² |
| 145 |  North Macedonia | 71/km² |
| 146 |  Croatia | 68/km² |
| 147 |  French Polynesia | 68/km² |
| 148 |  Mexico | 67/km² |
| 149 |  Equatorial Guinea | 67/km² |
| 150 |  Ecuador | 66/km² |
| 151 |  Afghanistan | 65/km² |
| 152 |  Cook Islands | 64/km² |
| 153 |  Ukraine | 63/km² |
| 154 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 62/km² |
| 155 |  Cameroon | 61/km² |
| 156 |  Guinea-Bissau | 61/km² |
| 157 |  Norfolk Island | 61/km² |
| 158 |  Guinea | 60/km² |
| 159 |  Panama | 60/km² |
| 160 |  Bulgaria | 58/km² |
| 161 |  Iran | 56/km² |
| 162 |  Madagascar | 54/km² |
| 163 |  Nicaragua | 53/km² |
| 164 |  Georgia | 53/km² |
| 165 |  South Africa | 52/km² |
| 166 |  Fiji | 51/km² |
| 167 |  Liberia | 50/km² |
| 168 |  Djibouti | 50/km² |
| 169 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 49/km² |
| 170 |  DR Congo | 47/km² |
| 171 |  Colombia | 46/km² |
| 172 |  Montenegro | 45/km² |
| 173 |  Belarus | 44/km² |
| 174 |  Lithuania | 44/km² |
| 175 |  Mozambique | 43/km² |
| 176 |  Zimbabwe | 43/km² |
| 177 |  Montserrat | 43/km² |
| 178 |  Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 42/km² |
| 179 |  Faroe Islands | 39/km² |
| 180 |  Palau | 39/km² |
| 181 |  United States | 36/km² |
| 182 |  Kyrgyzstan | 36/km² |
| 183 |  Laos | 33/km² |
| 184 |  Venezuela | 31/km² |
| 185 |  Angola | 30/km² |
| 186 |  Somalia | 30/km² |
| 187 |  Eritrea | 30/km² |
| 188 |  Estonia | 30/km² |
| 189 |  Latvia | 29/km² |
| 190 |  Bahamas | 29/km² |
| 191 |  Zambia | 28/km² |
| 192 |  Solomon Islands | 28/km² |
| 193 |  Sudan | 27/km² |
| 194 |  Peru | 27/km² |
| 195 |  Vanuatu | 27/km² |
| 196 |  Chile | 26/km² |
| 197 |  Brazil | 25/km² |
| 198 |  Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 24/km² |
| 199 |  Papua New Guinea | 23/km² |
| 200 |  Sweden | 23/km² |
| 201 |  Niger | 21/km² |
| 202 |  Bhutan | 21/km² |
| 203 |  Algeria | 20/km² |
| 204 |  Mali | 20/km² |
| 205 |  New Zealand | 20/km² |
| 206 |  South Sudan | 19/km² |
| 207 |  Republic of the Congo | 19/km² |
| 208 |  Uruguay | 19/km² |
| 209 |  Åland Islands | 19/km² |
| 210 |  Belize | 18/km² |
| 211 |  Paraguay | 17/km² |
| 212 |  Finland | 17/km² |
| 213 |  Oman | 17/km² |
| 214 |  Argentina | 16/km² |
| 215 |  Saudi Arabia | 16/km² |
| 216 |  Chad | 16/km² |
| 217 |  New Caledonia | 16/km² |
| 218 |  Turkmenistan | 15/km² |
| 219 |  Norway | 14/km² |
| 220 |  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 14/km² |
| 221 |  Christmas Island | 13/km² |
| 222 |  Bolivia | 11/km² |
| 223 |  Central African Republic | 9/km² |
| 224 |  Gabon | 9/km² |
| 225 |  Russia | 8/km² |
| 226 |  Kazakhstan | 8/km² |
| 227 |  Niue | 6/km² |
| 228 |  Mauritania | 5/km² |
| 229 |  Canada | 4/km² |
| 230 |  Australia | 4/km² |
| 231 |  Libya | 4/km² |
| 232 |  Namibia | 4/km² |
| 233 |  Botswana | 4/km² |
| 234 |  Guyana | 4/km² |
| 235 |  Suriname | 4/km² |
| 236 |  Iceland | 4/km² |
| 237 |  French Guiana | 3/km² |
| 238 |  Mongolia | 2/km² |
| 239 |  Western Sahara | 2/km² |
| 240 |  Pitcairn Islands | 1/km² |
How Is Population Density Measured?
Population density measures how many people live per square kilometer of land area. The global average is approximately 61 people per km². Macau tops the list at 22,900/km², followed by Monaco (19,124/km²).
The most densely populated countries tend to be either city-states and microstates where the entire territory is essentially urban, or small countries with large populations relative to their land area. City-states naturally top density rankings because their borders encompass only urban area, while larger countries include uninhabited land that brings their average down.
Why Density Figures Can Be Misleading
Density figures can be misleading. Australia, for example, has a very low average density because most of its interior is desert, but its coastal cities are quite densely populated. Similarly, countries like Egypt and Russia have vast uninhabitable areas that make their average density appear much lower than what people actually experience.
In larger countries, density is better understood at the subnational or city level rather than as a national average. Two countries with similar average densities can have very different settlement patterns.