The following is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by population density, sorted by inhabitants per square kilometre or square mile. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. The list also includes unrecognized but de facto independent countries. The figures in the table are based on areas including internal bodies of water such as bays, lakes, reservoirs and rivers. The list does not include entities not on ISO 3166-1, except for states with limited recognition. Thus constituent countries that are not included on ISO 3166-1, and other entities not on ISO 3166-1 such as the European Union, are not included.
Unless otherwise noted, areas and populations are sourced from the United Nations World Population Prospects, which uses the latest censuses and official figures, as well as figures from the Food and Agriculture Organization, an agency of the UN. The data is from 2025, so any changes from 2025 to 2026 will not have been recorded.
List Links for each location go to the relevant demography page, when available. Dependencies are shown with their parent states in parentheses.
+ List of countries and dependencies showing population densities, populations, and areas Location Density Population Land area / / 8,231,613,070 (China) 720,262 38,857 6,110,200 (China) 7,414,910 (UK) 39,329 882 1,607,049 527,799 539,607 173,562,364 (NL) 43,351 (UK) 64,637 5,371,230 (UK) 103,387 (UK) 67,642 282,468 23,213,962 1,271,169 (NL) 108,066 11,947 14,256,567 5,805,962 (France) 11,258 33,581 14,047,786 18,080,943 51,717,590 (France) 26,129 10,148,000 866,628 1,450,935,791 11,772,557 (NL) 185,482 115,843,670 11,738,764 23,103,565 (US) 3,242,204 117,208 123,753,041 9,646 (US) 167,777 (UK) 74,458 102,300,000 6,338,193 179,744 1,507,782 255,300,000 130,419 109,296 4,934,508 2,759,988 3,048,423 (UK) 39,471 2,839,175 673,036 232,679,478 (New Zealand) 2,507 50,015,093 39,870 235,537 (US) 84,905 84,552,242 11,427,557 (US) 46,765 21,655,286 8,921,981 26,498,823 93,772 37,548 29,651,055 59,342,867 46,843 9,515,236 81,938 18,406,359 138,000 (NL) 26,552 (NL) 2,158 (UK) 14,599 113,161 (NL) 3,270 11,027,129 1,674,125 34,427,414 1,419,321,278 283,487,931 5,977,413 (UK) 84,161 1,358,282 489,308 104,176 71,668,011 10,735,860 24,672,760 524,877 11,552,876 14,462,724 38,539,201 10,336,578 66,548,531 8,642,023 116,538,258 132,059,768 5,506,760 10,425,293 87,473,805 9,120,813 35,557,674 46,042,015 9,676,135 2,118,697 2,973,841 2,791,765 5,129,910 31,934,230 17,638,801 56,432,945 10,825,704 (US) 44,278 18,501,985 49,801,559 1,400,638 3,034,961 9,748,532 66,205 367,000 462,722 23,548,781 6,567,783 54,500,091 19,015,088 36,361,859 (France) 281,807 (France) 11,278 12,277,109 218,020 2,201,352 10,047,817 68,560,157 2,337,423 40,583,165 10,590,928 5,255,018 18,135,478 1,823,009 1,242,822 (UK) 18,195 3,875,325 1,892,517 130,861,007 42,647,492 37,860,222 6,757,689 3,164,253 29,123,744 4,515,577 (Australia) 2,188 14,754,786 5,612,817 6,916,140 (New Zealand) 13,729 91,567,738 31,964,956 3,807,670 64,007,187 38,081,173 928,784 1,168,722 (UK) 46,535 109,276,265 52,886,364 638,479 2,859,110 9,056,696 34,631,766 (UK) 4,389 Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) 602 16,634,373 (Denmark) 55,400 401,283 17,696 341,730,701 7,186,009 4,914,100 7,769,819 28,405,543 1,360,546 37,885,850 19,009,151 1,871,872 819,198 3,535,603 21,314,956 50,448,963 327,778 34,217,848 19,764,772 10,606,999 211,998,574 (France) 5,628 10,576,502 27,032,413 791,525 24,478,596 5,213,944 (Finland) 30,237 47,400,000 3,386,588 11,943,409 6,332,961 5,617,311 417,072 5,281,538 45,696,159 20,299,123 (France) 292,640 7,494,499 33,962,757 6,109,903 5,576,660 56,520 (UK) 5,238 (Australia) 1,692 12,413,315 2,538,952 147,182,123 5,330,690 20,592,571 (New Zealand) 1,819 5,169,396 39,742,430 2,521,139 831,087 7,381,023 634,431 393,396 3,030,131 26,713,205 3,475,540 590,506 (UK) 40 (UK) 3,471 (Denmark) 55,840 1,300 (winter)5,100 (summer)
See also List of countries by arable land density List of countries and dependencies by area List of countries and dependencies by population List of sovereign states List of cities proper by population density List of metropolitan areas by population density Urban density
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