World Population Density 2000

Population density refers to the number of individuals per square kilometer of land area. It is a common biological measurement and is more often used by conservationists as a measure than population size.

For humans, population density is the number of people per unit of area usually per square kilometer (which may include or exclude cultivated or potentially productive area). Commonly this may be calculated for a county, city, country, another territory, or the entire world.

The world population is 6.7 billion, and Earth's area is 510 million square kilometers (197 million square miles). Therefore the worldwide human population density is 6.7 billion divided by 510 million = 13.1 per km² (34.0 per sq mi), or 44.7 per km² (115.5 per sq mi) if only the Earth's land area of 150 million km² (58 million sq mi) is taken into account. This density rises when the population grows. It also includes all continental and island land area, including Antarctica. Considering that over half of the Earth's land mass consists of areas inhospitable to human inhabitation, such as deserts and high mountains, and that population tends to cluster around seaports and fresh water sources, this number by itself does not give accurate measurement of human population density.

Several of the most densely-populated territories in the world are city-states, microstates, micronations, or dependencies. These territories share a relatively small area and a high urbanization level, with an economically specialized city population drawing also on rural resources outside the area, illustrating the difference between high population density and overpopulation.

Cities with high population densities are, by some, considered to be overpopulated, though the extent to which this is the case depends on factors like quality of housing and infrastructure or access to resources. Most of the most densely-populated cities are in southern and eastern Asia, though Cairo and Lagos in Africa also fall into this category.

City population is, however, heavily dependent on the definition of "urban area" used: densities are often higher for the central municipality itself, than when more recently-developed and administratively unincorporated suburban communities are included, as in the concepts of agglomeration or metropolitan area, the latter including sometimes neighboring cities. For instance, Milwaukee has a greater population density when just the inner city is measured, and not the surrounding suburbs as well.

Rank	Country/Region of special position	Population	Area (km²)	Density (Pop per km²)
	World (land only)	6733164238	148940000	45.21
	World (with water)	6733164238	510072000	13.2
1	Monaco	32671	1.95	16754
2	Singapore	4327000	699	6336
3	Gibraltar (UK)	27921	6	4654
4	Vatican City	821	0.44	1866
5	Bahrain	1046814	720	1454
6	Malta	401880	316	1272
7	Bermuda (UK)	64174	53	1211
8	Maldives	329198	298	1105
9	Bangladesh	150448339	143998	1045
10	Guernsey	65726	78	842
11	Jersey	91533	116	789
12	Palestinian territories	4018332	6020	667
13	Nauru	13635	21	649
14	Republic of China (commonly, "Taiwan")	22894384	35980	636
15	Barbados	269556	430	627
16	Saint-Martin (France)	33102	53.2	622
17	Mauritius	1244663	2040	610
18	Aruba (Netherlands)	103484	193	536
19	Mayotte (France)	186452	374	499
20	South Korea	49044790	99538	498
21	San Marino	28117	61	461
22	Puerto Rico (US)	3954584	8875	446
23	Tuvalu	10441	26	402
24	Netherlands	16423431	41528	395
25	Lebanon	4011000	10452	386
26	Martinique (France)	395932	1102	359
27	Comoros	797902	2235	357
28	Rwanda	9037690	26338	343
29	Marshall Islands	61963	181	342
30	Belgium	10419050	30528	341
31	Japan	128084700	377873	339
32	India	1103371000	3287263	336
33	El Salvador	6880951	21041	327
34	Saint-Barthelemy (France)	6852	21	326
35	American Samoa (US)	64869	199	326
36	Israel	7180000	22072	325
37	U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	111818	347	322
38	Sri Lanka	20742910	65610	316
39	Reunion (France)	785139	2510	313
40	Guam (US)	169635	549	309
41	Haiti	8527777	27750	307
42	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	119051	388	307
43	Saint Lucia	160765	539	298
44	Philippines	84566000	300076	282
45	Burundi	7547515	27834	271
46	Grenada	102924	344	260
47	Trinidad and Tobago	1305236	5130	254
48	Vietnam	84238230	331689	254
49	Guadeloupe (France)	405000	1628	249
50	United Kingdom	60776238	242900	246
51	Jamaica	2650713	10991	241
52	Germany	82689210	357022	232
53	Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)	182656	800	228
54	Liechtenstein	34521	160	216
55	Pakistan	165935100	803940	198
56	Italy	58092740	301318	193
57	Dominican Republic	9365818	48671	192
58	North Korea	22487660	120538	187
59	Nepal	27132630	147181	184
60	Antigua and Barbuda	81479	442	184
61	Luxembourg	464904	2586	180
62	Seychelles	80654	455	177
63	Switzerland	7252331	41284	176
64	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	80801	464	174
65	Cayman Islands (UK)	45017	264	171
66	Saint Kitts and Nevis	42696	261	164
67	Sao Tome and Principe	156523	964	162
68	Federated States of Micronesia	110487	702	157
69	Kuwait	2686873	17818	151
70	British Virgin Islands (UK)	22016	151	146
71	Andorra	67151	468	143
72	Nigeria	131529700	923768	142
73	People's Republic of China	1323324000	9596961	138
74	Tonga	102311	747	137
75	Kiribati	99350	726	137
76	The Gambia	1517079	11295	134
77	Anguilla (UK)	12205	91	134
78	Isle of Man (UK)	76538	572	134
79	Transnistria (Moldova)	555347	4163	133
80	Czech Republic	10403136	78866	132
81	Denmark	5417000	43094	126
82	Cape Verde	506807	4033	126
83	Thailand	64232760	513115	125
84	Poland	38529560	312685	123
85	Moldova	4128047	33844	122
86	Uganda	28816230	241038	120
87	Indonesia	222781500	1904569	117
88	Guatemala	12599060	108889	116
89	Portugal	10528000	92391	114
90	Tokelau (New Zealand)	1378	12	115
91	Slovakia	5387000	49033	110
92	France ( Metropolitan )	60495540	551500	110
93	Albania	3129678	28748	109
94	Malawi	12883940	118484	109
95	Hungary	10097730	93032	109
96	Togo	6145004	56785	108
97	Dominica	78940	751	105
98	Syria	19043380	185180	103
99	Cuba	11269400	110861	102
100	Armenia	3016312	29800	101
101	Serbia	7800000	77474	100
102	Austria	8189444	83858	98
103	Azerbaijan	8410801	86600	97
104	Slovenia	2066814	20256	97
105	Turkey	70586256	783562	93
106	Ghana	22112810	238533	93
107	Romania	21711470	238391	91
108	Cyprus	835307	9251	90
109	Spain	45200737	506030	89
110	Costa Rica	4327228	51100	85
111	Greece	11119890	131957	84
112	Malaysia	27730000	329847	84
113	Croatia	4551338	56538	81
114	Republic of Macedonia	2061315	25713	81
115	Northern Cyprus (Cyprus)	264172	3355	78
116	Wallis and Futuna (France)	15480	200	77
117	Sierra Leone	5525478	71740	77
118	Ukraine	46480700	603700	77
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3907074	51197	76
120	Cook Islands (New Zealand)	17954	236	76
121	Benin	8438853	112622	75
122	Cambodia	13388910	181035	74
123	Qatar	796000	11000	72
124	Egypt	72850000	1001449	72
125	Myanmar ( Burma )	47967000	676578	71
126	Ethiopia	78986000	1104300	70
127	Bulgaria	7745000	110912	70
128	Morocco	30495000	446550	68
129	Georgia	4630841	69700	66.4
130	Iraq	28807190	438317	66
131	Samoa	184984	2831	65
132	Brunei	373819	5765	65
133	Honduras	7204723	112492	64
134	French Polynesia (France)	256603	4000	64
135	Jordan	5702776	89342	64
136	East Timor	947064	14874	64
137	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	26288	417	63
138	Tunisia	10102470	163610	62
139	Swaziland	1032438	17364	59
140	Uzbekistan	26593120	447400	59
141	Senegal	11658170	196722	59
142	Lesotho	1794769	30355	59
143	Ireland	4147901	70273	59
144	Kenya	34255720	580367	59
145	Cote d'Ivoire	18153870	322463	56
146	United Arab Emirates	4104000	83600	49
147	Mexico	104266000	1958201	53
148	Ecuador	13542420	283561	53
149	Lithuania	3369600	65300	52
150	Burkina Faso	13227840	274000	48
151	Belarus	9755106	207600	47
152	Fiji	847706	18274	46
153	Bhutan	2162546	47000	46
154	Afghanistan	29863010	652090	46
155	Tajikistan	6506980	143100	45
156	Montenegro	630548	14026	45
157	Montserrat (UK)	4488	102	44
158	Guinea-Bissau	1586344	36125	44
159	Palau	19949	459	43
160	Panama	3231502	75517	43
161	Nicaragua	5486685	130000	42
162	Iran	69515210	1648195	42
163	Tanzania	38328810	945087	41
164	Saint Helena (UK)	4918	122	40
165	Colombia	45600240	1138914	40
166	Yemen	20974660	527968	40
167	South Africa	47431830	1221037	39
168	Guinea	9402098	245857	38
169	Eritrea	4401357	117600	37
170	Latvia	2306988	64600	36
171	Cameroon	16321860	475442	34
172	Djibouti	793078	23200	34
173	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	47017	1399	34
174	Zimbabwe	13009530	390757	33
175	Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan)	145000	4400	33
176	Madagascar	18605920	587041	32
177	United States of America	305825000	9629091	31
178	Republic of Abkhazia (Georgia)	200000	7138	29
179	Estonia	1329697	45100	29
180	Liberia	3283267	111369	29
181	Venezuela	26726000	916445	29
182	Kyrgyzstan	5263794	199900	26
183	Laos	5924145	236800	25
184	Mozambique	19792300	801590	25
185	Democratic Republic of the Congo	57548740	2344858	25
186	Somaliland (Somalia)	3500000	137600	25
187	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France)	5769	242	24
188	The Bahamas	323063	13878	23
189	Brazil	186404900	8514877	22
190	Peru	27968240	1285216	22
191	Chile	16295100	756096	22
192	Sweden	9041262	449964	20
193	Uruguay	3463197	175016	19.8
194	Equatorial Guinea	503519	28051	18
195	South Ossetia	70000	3900	17.9
196	Vanuatu	211367	12189	17.3
197	Solomon Islands	477742	28896	16.5
198	Finland	5302060	338145	15.6
199	Zambia	11668460	752618	15.5
200	Paraguay	6158259	406752	15.1
201	New Zealand	4097000	270534	15
202	Sudan	36232950	2505813	14.5
203	Argentina	38747150	2780400	13.9
204	Algeria	32853800	2381741	13.8
205	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	67	5	13.4
206	Somalia	8227826	637657	12.9
207	Angola	15941390	1246700	12.8
208	New Caledonia (France)	236838	18575	12.8
209	Papua New Guinea	5887138	462840	12.7
210	Belize	276000	23000	12
211	Norway	4751236	385155	12.3
212	Republic of the Congo	3998904	342000	11.7
213	Saudi Arabia	24573100	2149690	11.4
214	Niger	13956980	1267000	11
215	Mali	13518420	1240192	10.9
216	Turkmenistan	4833266	488100	9.9
217	Russia	143201600	17098242	8.4
218	Bolivia	9182015	1098581	8.4
219	Oman	2577000	309500	8.3
220	Chad	9748931	1284000	7.6
221	Central African Republic	4037747	622984	6.5
222	Niue (New Zealand)	1625	260	6.2
223	Kazakhstan	14825110	2724900	5.4
224	Gabon	1383841	267668	5.2
225	Guyana	751218	214969	3.5
226	Libya	5853452	1759540	3.3
227	Canada	33271000	9984670	3
228	Botswana	1764926	581730	3
229	Mauritania	3068742	1025520	3
230	Iceland	309672	103000	3
231	Suriname	452000	163820	3
232	Australia	21468700	7682300	2.84
233	Namibia	2031252	824292	2.5
234	French Guiana (France)	187056	90000	2.1
235	Mongolia	2646487	1564116	1.7
236	Western Sahara	440000	266000	1.3
237	Falkland Islands (UK)	3060	12173	0.25
238	Greenland (Denmark)	56916	2175600	0.03

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