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Latin America & Caribbean
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

Within the “Latin America & Caribbean” group, Sint Maarten (Dutch part) leads Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in 2023 at 1,257, while Guyana sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 4. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.03146299431.3 KSint Maarten (Dutch part)Sint Maarten (Dutch part): 1,2571.3 KBarbadosBarbados: 657657ArubaAruba: 596596St. Martin (French part)St. Martin (French part): 550550HaitiHaiti: 422422Puerto Rico (US)Puerto Rico (US): 361361CuracaoCuracao: 348348GrenadaGrenada: 344344El SalvadorEl Salvador: 305305Cayman IslandsCayman Islands: 304304Virgin Islands (U.S.)Virgin Islands (U.S.): 300300St. LuciaSt. Lucia: 294294

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1,257
2 Barbados 657
3 Aruba 596
4 St. Martin (French part) 550
5 Haiti 422
6 Puerto Rico (US) 361
7 Curacao 348
8 Grenada 344
9 El Salvador 305
10 Cayman Islands 304
11 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 300
12 St. Lucia 294
13 Trinidad and Tobago 267
14 Jamaica 262
15 British Virgin Islands 260
16 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 260
17 Dominican Republic 235
18 Antigua and Barbuda 212
19 St. Kitts and Nevis 180
20 Guatemala 169
21 Cuba 106
22 Costa Rica 100
23 Honduras 95
24 Dominica 89
25 Ecuador 72
26 Mexico 67
27 Panama 60
28 Nicaragua 57
29 Turks and Caicos Islands 49
30 Colombia 47
31 Bahamas, The 40
32 Venezuela, RB 32
33 Chile 26
34 Peru 26
35 Brazil 25
36 Uruguay 19
37 Belize 18
38 Paraguay 17
39 Argentina 17
40 Bolivia 11
41 Suriname 4
42 Guyana 4

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Latin America & Caribbean group for Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in 2023, Sint Maarten (Dutch part) leads with a gap of 601 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 42 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Guyana at 4.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.