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Countries with the highest
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

In 2018, Macao SAR, China leads Population density (people per sq. km of land area) with 20,027. Monaco follows at 18,823, and the gap between the top two positions is 1,204. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

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Ranking leaders

0.05.0 K10 K15 K20 KMacao SAR, ChinaMacao SAR, China: 20,02720 KMonacoMonaco: 18,82319 KSingaporeSingapore: 7,8977.9 KHong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 7,0987.1 KGibraltarGibraltar: 3,4853.5 KBahrainBahrain: 1,9321.9 KMaldivesMaldives: 1,5771.6 KMaltaMalta: 1,5121.5 KBangladeshBangladesh: 1,2561.3 KBermudaBermuda: 1,1821.2 KSint Maarten (Dutch part)Sint Maarten (Dutch part): 1,1681.2 KChannel IslandsChannel Islands: 833833

Full table

#CountryValue
101 Slovenia 103
102 Malaysia 100
103 Ethiopia 100
104 Costa Rica 97
105 Albania 95
106 Moldova 94
107 Spain 94
108 Iraq 93
109 Cambodia 92
110 Dominica 91
111 Honduras 87
112 Kenya 87
113 Cote d'Ivoire 86
114 Timor-Leste 86
115 Romania 85
116 Greece 83
117 Brunei Darussalam 83
118 Senegal 83
119 French Polynesia 81
120 Morocco 80
121 Myanmar 80
122 Serbia 80
123 Ukraine 78
124 Tunisia 76
125 North Macedonia 75
126 Burkina Faso 75
127 Samoa 75
128 Uzbekistan 73
129 Lesotho 72
130 Croatia 71
131 Ireland 71
132 Ecuador 69
133 Guinea-Bissau 68
134 Eswatini 68
135 Tajikistan 67
136 Bosnia and Herzegovina 66
137 Georgia 65
138 Tanzania 65
139 Yemen, Rep. 65
140 Mexico 64
141 Bulgaria 62
142 Equatorial Guinea 58
143 Afghanistan 56
144 Panama 56
145 Nicaragua 53
146 Iran, Islamic Rep. 53
147 Cameroon 52
148 Guinea 52
149 Liberia 51
150 Fiji 50

Analytical takeaways

  • Macao SAR, China leads the global ranking for Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in 2018, with a lead of 1,204 over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Channel Islands at 833.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.