THE GLOBAL INDEX #002
Population density2023
Population divided by land area; inland waters are excluded from the area denominator.
Top 10
people/km² · 2023Complete ranking
Download CSV ↓| Rank | Country / territory | Value (people/km²) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20,569.7 | 2023 | |
| 02 | 18,692.9 | 2023 | |
| 03 | 8,241.85 | 2023 | |
| 04 | 7,177.24 | 2023 | |
| 05 | 3,847.1 | 2023 | |
| 06 | 1,971.32 | 2023 | |
| 07 | 1,765.08 | 2023 | |
| 08 | 1,727.33 | 2023 | |
| 09 | 1,319.18 | 2023 | |
| 10 | 1,257.32 | 2023 | |
| 11 | 1,198.11 | 2023 | |
| 12 | 857.39 | 2023 | |
| 13 | 656.6 | 2023 | |
| 14 | 625.26 | 2023 | |
| 15 | 596.44 | 2023 | |
| 16 | 593.75 | 2023 | |
| 17 | 565.65 | 2023 | |
| 18 | 564.37 | 2023 | |
| 19 | 564.33 | 2023 | |
| 20 | 550.3 | 2023 | |
| 21 | 533.08 | 2023 | |
| 22 | 530.95 | 2023 | |
| 23 | 529.84 | 2023 | |
| 24 | 483.68 | 2023 | |
| 25 | 456.95 | 2023 | |
| 26 | 455.13 | 2023 | |
| 27 | 422.26 | 2023 | |
| 28 | 386.3 | 2023 | |
| 29 | 385.32 | 2023 | |
| 30 | 361.19 | 2023 | |
| 31 | 356.24 | 2023 | |
| 32 | 348.32 | 2023 | |
| 33 | 344.36 | 2023 | |
| 34 | 341.54 | 2023 | |
| 35 | 327.2 | 2023 | |
| 36 | 321.07 | 2023 | |
| 37 | 320.18 | 2023 | |
| 38 | 308.34 | 2023 | |
| 39 | 304.52 | 2023 | |
| 40 | 304.32 | 2023 | |
| 41 | 299.76 | 2023 | |
| 42 | 293.91 | 2023 | |
| 43 | 283.25 | 2023 | |
| 44 | 272.36 | 2023 | |
| 45 | 266.59 | 2023 | |
| 46 | 266.57 | 2023 | |
| 47 | 262.21 | 2023 | |
| 48 | 260.38 | 2023 | |
| 49 | 259.9 | 2023 | |
| 50 | 259.8 | 2023 | |
| 51 | 258.86 | 2023 | |
| 52 | 250.21 | 2023 | |
| 53 | 249.04 | 2023 | |
| 54 | 242.65 | 2023 | |
| 55 | 240.49 | 2023 | |
| 56 | 238.35 | 2023 | |
| 57 | 237.6 | 2023 | |
| 58 | 235.1 | 2023 | |
| 59 | 231.16 | 2023 | |
| 60 | 224.98 | 2023 | |
| 61 | 223.85 | 2023 | |
| 62 | 219.4 | 2023 | |
| 63 | 215.71 | 2023 | |
| 64 | 212.08 | 2023 | |
| 65 | 207.15 | 2023 | |
| 66 | 199.46 | 2023 | |
| 67 | 179.84 | 2023 | |
| 68 | 172.03 | 2023 | |
| 69 | 169.14 | 2023 | |
| 70 | 163.62 | 2023 | |
| 71 | 160.9 | 2023 | |
| 72 | 151.2 | 2023 | |
| 73 | 150.26 | 2023 | |
| 74 | 148.67 | 2023 | |
| 75 | 148.58 | 2023 | |
| 76 | 148.5 | 2023 | |
| 77 | 147.66 | 2023 | |
| 78 | 147.62 | 2023 | |
| 79 | 145.56 | 2023 | |
| 80 | 145.27 | 2023 | |
| 81 | 140.79 | 2023 | |
| 82 | 140.35 | 2023 | |
| 83 | 129.61 | 2023 | |
| 84 | 128.83 | 2023 | |
| 85 | 128.49 | 2023 | |
| 86 | 126.86 | 2023 | |
| 87 | 125.14 | 2023 | |
| 88 | 122.85 | 2023 | |
| 89 | 119.79 | 2023 | |
| 90 | 117.21 | 2023 | |
| 91 | 115.48 | 2023 | |
| 92 | 115.06 | 2023 | |
| 93 | 114.04 | 2023 | |
| 94 | 112.87 | 2023 | |
| 95 | 110.87 | 2023 | |
| 96 | 110.66 | 2023 | |
| 97 | 106.91 | 2023 | |
| 98 | 106.17 | 2023 | |
| 99 | 105.31 | 2023 | |
| 100 | 105.12 | 2023 | |
| 101 | 105.11 | 2023 | |
| 102 | 103.83 | 2023 | |
| 103 | 99.99 | 2023 | |
| 104 | 98.71 | 2023 | |
| 105 | 98.14 | 2023 | |
| 106 | 98.01 | 2023 | |
| 107 | 96.76 | 2023 | |
| 108 | 95.27 | 2023 | |
| 109 | 95.14 | 2023 | |
| 110 | 93.89 | 2023 | |
| 111 | 93.09 | 2023 | |
| 112 | 88.68 | 2023 | |
| 113 | 88.02 | 2023 | |
| 114 | 87.09 | 2023 | |
| 115 | 85.44 | 2023 | |
| 116 | 84.5 | 2023 | |
| 117 | 84.16 | 2023 | |
| 118 | 82.94 | 2023 | |
| 119 | 82.85 | 2023 | |
| 120 | 80.99 | 2023 | |
| 121 | 80.91 | 2023 | |
| 122 | 80.74 | 2023 | |
| 123 | 78.76 | 2023 | |
| 124 | 78.53 | 2023 | |
| 125 | 77.94 | 2023 | |
| 126 | 77.1 | 2023 | |
| 127 | 76.58 | 2023 | |
| 128 | 76.14 | 2023 | |
| 129 | 75.21 | 2023 | |
| 130 | 74.86 | 2023 | |
| 131 | 74.61 | 2023 | |
| 132 | 72.47 | 2023 | |
| 133 | 72.4 | 2023 | |
| 134 | 71.54 | 2023 | |
| 135 | 68.97 | 2023 | |
| 136 | 66.74 | 2023 | |
| 137 | 65.87 | 2023 | |
| 138 | 65.12 | 2023 | |
| 139 | 65 | 2023 | |
| 140 | 63.56 | 2023 | |
| 141 | 62.21 | 2023 | |
| 142 | 60.11 | 2023 | |
| 143 | 60.02 | 2023 | |
| 144 | 59.38 | 2023 | |
| 145 | 58.63 | 2023 | |
| 146 | 57.03 | 2023 | |
| 147 | 56.7 | 2023 | |
| 148 | 55.85 | 2023 | |
| 149 | 53.62 | 2023 | |
| 150 | 52.11 | 2023 | |
| 151 | 50.58 | 2023 | |
| 152 | 49.74 | 2023 | |
| 153 | 48.63 | 2023 | |
| 154 | 47.16 | 2023 | |
| 155 | 46.66 | 2023 | |
| 156 | 46.36 | 2023 | |
| 157 | 45.87 | 2023 | |
| 158 | 45.22 | 2023 | |
| 159 | 42.77 | 2023 | |
| 160 | 42.24 | 2023 | |
| 161 | 39.9 | 2023 | |
| 162 | 39.71 | 2023 | |
| 163 | 38.54 | 2023 | |
| 164 | 37.02 | 2023 | |
| 165 | 36.81 | 2023 | |
| 166 | 33.21 | 2023 | |
| 167 | 32.09 | 2023 | |
| 168 | 32.07 | 2023 | |
| 169 | 30.27 | 2023 | |
| 170 | 29.48 | 2023 | |
| 171 | 29.26 | 2023 | |
| 172 | 28.64 | 2023 | |
| 173 | 28.58 | 2023 | |
| 174 | 27.88 | 2023 | |
| 175 | 26.79 | 2023 | |
| 176 | 26.46 | 2023 | |
| 177 | 26.44 | 2023 | |
| 178 | 26.28 | 2023 | |
| 179 | 25.87 | 2023 | |
| 180 | 25.26 | 2023 | |
| 181 | 22.94 | 2023 | |
| 182 | 20.65 | 2023 | |
| 183 | 20.62 | 2023 | |
| 184 | 19.75 | 2023 | |
| 185 | 19.48 | 2023 | |
| 186 | 19.38 | 2023 | |
| 187 | 19.36 | 2023 | |
| 188 | 18.37 | 2023 | |
| 189 | 18.17 | 2023 | |
| 190 | 18.11 | 2023 | |
| 191 | 18.02 | 2023 | |
| 192 | 17.28 | 2023 | |
| 193 | 16.64 | 2023 | |
| 194 | 16.31 | 2023 | |
| 195 | 15.86 | 2023 | |
| 196 | 15.68 | 2023 | |
| 197 | 15.67 | 2023 | |
| 198 | 15.34 | 2023 | |
| 199 | 15.15 | 2023 | |
| 200 | 11.3 | 2023 | |
| 201 | 9.64 | 2023 | |
| 202 | 8.78 | 2023 | |
| 203 | 8.27 | 2023 | |
| 204 | 7.53 | 2023 | |
| 205 | 4.87 | 2023 | |
| 206 | 4.56 | 2023 | |
| 207 | 4.38 | 2023 | |
| 208 | 4.15 | 2023 | |
| 209 | 3.92 | 2023 | |
| 210 | 3.91 | 2023 | |
| 211 | 3.82 | 2023 | |
| 212 | 3.6 | 2023 | |
| 213 | 3.47 | 2023 | |
| 214 | 2.23 | 2023 | |
| 215 | 0.14 | 2023 |
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How this ranking works
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No observation (2)
Channel Islands · Kosovo
Source & definition
- Indicator definition
- Population divided by land area; inland waters are excluded from the area denominator.
- Unit
- people/km²
- Source & definition
- World Bank ·
EN.POP.DNST
Original metadata
Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.
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"id": "EN.POP.DNST",
"name": "Population density (people per sq. km of land area)",
"unit": "",
"source": {
"id": "2",
"value": "World Development Indicators"
},
"sourceNote": "Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.",
"sourceOrganization": "FAO population estimates, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO);\nWorld Bank population estimates, World Bank (WB), publisher: World Bank (WB)",
"topics": [
{
"id": "16",
"value": "Urban Development "
}
]
}