Countries in Europe by population density

Territories and other places

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

Place	Per km²	Status
Jersey	875	Territory of United Kingdom
Guernsey	869	Territory of United Kingdom
Isle of Man	147	Territory of United Kingdom
Faroe Islands	39	Territory of Denmark
Åland Islands	19	Territory of Finland

Questions

Which country in Europe has the highest population density?

Monaco has the highest population density in Europe: 18,433 people per km² (2025). Next come Malta (1,835 people per km²) and the Vatican City (1,800 people per km²).

Which country in Europe has the lowest population density?

Iceland, with 3.8 people per km² (2025).

What is the typical population density of a country in Europe?

The median of the 44 countries in Europe is 100 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. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

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.