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East Asia & Pacific
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

Within the “East Asia & Pacific” group, Macao SAR, China leads Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in 2023 at 20,570, while Mongolia sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 2. 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 KSingaporeSingapore: 8,2428.2 KHong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 7,1777.2 KNaoeroNaoero: 594594Korea, Rep.Korea, Rep.: 530530PhilippinesPhilippines: 385385JapanJapan: 342342TuvaluTuvalu: 327327Viet NamViet Nam: 320320GuamGuam: 308308American SamoaAmerican Samoa: 238238Korea, Dem. People's Rep.Korea, Dem. People's Rep.: 219219

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Macao SAR, China 20,570
2 Singapore 8,242
3 Hong Kong SAR, China 7,177
4 Naoero 594
5 Korea, Rep. 530
6 Philippines 385
7 Japan 342
8 Tuvalu 327
9 Viet Nam 320
10 Guam 308
11 American Samoa 238
12 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 219
13 Marshall Islands 216
14 Kiribati 164
15 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 161
16 China 150
17 Indonesia 149
18 Tonga 145
19 Thailand 140
20 Malaysia 107
21 Cambodia 99
22 Northern Mariana Islands 98
23 Timor-Leste 93
24 Brunei Darussalam 87
25 Myanmar 83
26 French Polynesia 81
27 Samoa 78
28 Fiji 51
29 Palau 39
30 Lao PDR 33
31 Solomon Islands 29
32 Vanuatu 26
33 Papua New Guinea 23
34 New Zealand 20
35 New Caledonia 16
36 Australia 3
37 Mongolia 2

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the East Asia & Pacific group for Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in 2023, Macao SAR, China leads with a gap of 12,328 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 37 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Mongolia at 2.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.