Countries by population density

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed, and Antarctica. Highest first.

Place	Per km²	Status
Macao	5,964	Territory of China
Hong Kong	2,722	Territory of China
Sint Maarten	1,292	Territory of Netherlands
Bermuda	1,218	Territory of United Kingdom
Jersey	875	Territory of United Kingdom
Guernsey	869	Territory of United Kingdom
Palestine	659	Status disputed
Aruba	608	Territory of Netherlands
Saint Martin	471	Territory of France
Saint Barthélemy	422	Territory of France
Curaçao	352	Territory of Netherlands
Puerto Rico	350	Territory of United States of America
Guam	311	Territory of United States of America
US Virgin Islands	300	Territory of United States of America
Cayman Islands	287	Territory of United Kingdom
British Virgin Islands	263	Territory of United Kingdom
American Samoa	231	Territory of United States of America
Anguilla	210	Territory of United Kingdom
Isle of Man	147	Territory of United Kingdom
Turks and Caicos Islands	112	Territory of United Kingdom
Northern Mariana Islands	94	Territory of United States of America
French Polynesia	68	Territory of France
Norfolk Island	63	Territory of Australia
Cook Islands	59	Territory of New Zealand
Montserrat	53	Territory of United Kingdom
Chagos Islands	50	Territory of United Kingdom
Wallis and Futuna	42	Territory of France
Faroe Islands	39	Territory of Denmark
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	25	Territory of France
Åland Islands	19	Territory of Finland
New Caledonia	16	Territory of France
Saint Helena	14	Territory of United Kingdom
Niue	7.0	Territory of New Zealand
Western Sahara	2.3	Status disputed
Pitcairn Islands	1.1	Territory of United Kingdom
Falkland Islands	0.37	Territory of United Kingdom
Greenland	0.03	Territory of Denmark
French Southern and Antarctic Lands	0.03	Territory of France
South Georgia	0.01	Territory of United Kingdom
Antarctica	0.00	Governed under the Antarctic Treaty

Questions

Which country has the highest population density?

Monaco has the highest population density: 18,433 people per km² (2025). Next come Singapore (8,500 people per km²) and Bahrain (2,034 people per km²).

Which country has the lowest population density?

Mongolia, with 2.3 people per km² (2025).

What is the typical population density of a country?

The median of the 194 countries is 88 people per km²: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

People per square kilometre of total area, from the population and area figures on this site. Source: World Bank, Wikidata, mostly 2025. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately.

Source: World Bank, Wikidata. Where the World Bank has no estimate, the population is Wikidata’s. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.