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High income
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

Within the “High income” group, Macao SAR, China leads Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in 2023 at 20,570, while Greenland sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 0. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.05.1 K10 K15 K21 KMacao SAR, ChinaMacao SAR, China: 20,57021 KMonacoMonaco: 18,69319 KSingaporeSingapore: 8,2428.2 KHong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 7,1777.2 KGibraltarGibraltar: 3,8473.8 KBahrainBahrain: 1,9712.0 KMaltaMalta: 1,7271.7 KSint Maarten (Dutch part)Sint Maarten (Dutch part): 1,2571.3 KBermudaBermuda: 1,1981.2 KBarbadosBarbados: 657657ArubaAruba: 596596NaoeroNaoero: 594594

Country table

#CountryValue
51 Hungary 105
52 Costa Rica 100
53 Northern Mariana Islands 98
54 Spain 97
55 Brunei Darussalam 87
56 Romania 83
57 French Polynesia 81
58 Greece 81
59 Ireland 77
60 Croatia 69
61 Panama 60
62 Bulgaria 59
63 Turks and Caicos Islands 49
64 Lithuania 46
65 Bahamas, The 40
66 Faroe Islands 40
67 Palau 39
68 United States 37
69 Estonia 32
70 Latvia 30
71 Chile 26
72 Sweden 26
73 New Zealand 20
74 Uruguay 19
75 Finland 18
76 Oman 16
77 New Caledonia 16
78 Saudi Arabia 16
79 Norway 15
80 Russian Federation 9
81 Canada 5
82 Guyana 4
83 Iceland 4
84 Australia 3
85 Greenland 0

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the High income group for Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in 2023, Macao SAR, China leads with a gap of 1,877 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 85 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Greenland at 0.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.