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Top 10 Most Densely Populated Countries

The most crowded countries and territories on Earth, by people per square kilometre.

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  • 📏 Ranked by population density
  • 🔄 Refreshed weekly
  • 📚 Source: World Bank Open Data

  1. Macao SAR, China

    Data year 2025

    20,631 people/km²

    No change

  2. Monaco

    Data year 2020

    18,537 people/km²

    No change

  3. Singapore

    Data year 2024

    8,329 people/km²

    No change
  1. 4Hong Kong SAR, ChinaData year 20247,166 people/km²No change
  2. 5GibraltarData year 20243,933 people/km²No change
  3. 6BahrainData year 20241,986 people/km²No change
  4. 7MaltaData year 20221,805 people/km²No change
  5. 8MaldivesData year 20241,771 people/km²No change
  6. 9BangladeshData year 20241,333 people/km²No change
  7. 10Sint Maarten (Dutch part)Data year 20251,275 people/km²No change
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  1. 11BermudaData year 20241,197 people/km²No change
  2. 12West Bank and GazaData year 2021878 people/km²No change
  3. 13Channel IslandsData year 2025842 people/km²No change
  4. 14BarbadosData year 2024655 people/km²No change
  5. 15MauritiusData year 2024623 people/km²No change
  6. 16ArubaData year 2024600 people/km²No change
  7. 17RwandaData year 2023600 people/km²No change
  8. 18NaoeroData year 2023569 people/km²No change
  9. 19LebanonData year 2023568 people/km²No change
  10. 20San MarinoData year 2023555 people/km²No change
  11. 21BurundiData year 2023547 people/km²No change
  12. 22NetherlandsData year 2024534 people/km²No change
  13. 23Korea, Rep.Data year 2022530 people/km²No change
  14. 24St. Martin (French part)Data year 2025493 people/km²No change
  15. 25IndiaData year 2024488 people/km²No change
  16. 26ComorosData year 2024464 people/km²No change
  17. 27IsraelData year 2022462 people/km²No change
  18. 28HaitiData year 2024427 people/km²No change
  19. 29BelgiumData year 2022389 people/km²No change
  20. 30PhilippinesData year 2024389 people/km²No change
  21. 31TuvaluData year 2023371 people/km²No change
  22. 32Puerto Rico (US)Data year 2025361 people/km²No change
  23. 33Sri LankaData year 2024354 people/km²No change
  24. 34CuracaoData year 2024351 people/km²No change
  25. 35GrenadaData year 2024341 people/km²No change
  26. 36JapanData year 2024340 people/km²No change
  27. 37PakistanData year 2024326 people/km²No change
  28. 38Viet NamData year 2024322 people/km²No change
  29. 39Cayman IslandsData year 2024310 people/km²No change
  30. 40GuamData year 2024310 people/km²No change
  31. 41El SalvadorData year 2025306 people/km²No change
  32. 42Virgin Islands (U.S.)Data year 2024300 people/km²No change
  33. 43St. LuciaData year 2024295 people/km²No change
  34. 44United KingdomData year 2024286 people/km²No change
  35. 45KuwaitData year 2024275 people/km²No change
  36. 46Gambia, TheData year 2023273 people/km²No change
  37. 47Trinidad and TobagoData year 2024267 people/km²No change
  38. 48SeychellesData year 2024266 people/km²No change
  39. 49LuxembourgData year 2024263 people/km²No change
  40. 50JamaicaData year 2024262 people/km²No change

How this list is ranked

Population density (World Bank indicator EN.POP.DNST), latest year available for each country, from the last 6 years only.

Data from World Bank Open Data, refreshed weekly. Arrows show how each entry moved since the previous update.

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