The Americas: Countries and Territories by Population Density

Figures as of October 8, 2026

Rank	Country / Region	Capital	Density	Population	Area
1	Sint Maarten	Philipsburg	1,720 per km²	58,477	34 km²
2	Bermuda	Hamilton	1,186 per km²	64,055	54 km²
3	Saint Martin	Marigot	729 per km²	38,659	53 km²
4	Aruba	Oranjestad	615 per km²	110,625	180 km²
5	Barbados	Bridgetown	609 per km²	261,692	430 km²
6	Saint Barthélemy	Gustavia	503 per km²	10,562	21 km²
7	Haiti	Port-au-Prince	428 per km²	≈11.9 million	27,750 km²
8	Puerto Rico	San Juan	359 per km²	≈3.2 million	8,870 km²
9	Curaçao	Willemstad	351 per km²	155,826	444 km²
10	Cayman Islands	George Town	343 per km²	90,577	264 km²
11	Martinique	Fort-de-France	335 per km²	378,243	1,128 km²
12	Grenada	St. George's	317 per km²	109,021	344 km²
13	Saint Lucia	Castries	299 per km²	184,100	616 km²
14	Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	295 per km²	≈1.5 million	5,130 km²
15	El Salvador	San Salvador	287 per km²	≈6.0 million	21,041 km²
16	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	281 per km²	109,296	389 km²
17	British Virgin Islands	Road Town	258 per km²	38,984	151 km²
18	Jamaica	Kingston	252 per km²	≈2.8 million	10,991 km²
19	United States Virgin Islands	Charlotte Amalie	251 per km²	87,146	347 km²
20	Guadeloupe	Basse-Terre	246 per km²	400,132	1,628 km²
21	Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's	241 per km²	106,365	442 km²
22	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	237 per km²	≈11.5 million	48,671 km²
23	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	208 per km²	54,338	261 km²
24	Anguilla	The Valley	176 per km²	16,010	91 km²
25	Guatemala	Guatemala City	169 per km²	≈18.4 million	108,889 km²
26	Costa Rica	San José	101 per km²	≈5.2 million	51,100 km²
27	Caribbean Netherlands	Kralendijk	97.5 per km²	31,980	328 km²
28	Honduras	Tegucigalpa	90.6 per km²	≈10.2 million	112,492 km²
29	Dominica	Roseau	87.2 per km²	65,514	751 km²
30	Cuba	Havana	85.9 per km²	≈9.4 million	109,884 km²
31	Mexico	Mexico City	66.8 per km²	≈131.2 million	≈1.96 million km²
32	Ecuador	Quito	65.5 per km²	≈18.1 million	276,841 km²
33	Panama	Panama City	53.9 per km²	≈4.1 million	75,417 km²
34	Turks and Caicos Islands	Cockburn Town	53.6 per km²	50,828	948 km²
35	Nicaragua	Managua	52.7 per km²	≈6.9 million	130,373 km²
36	Colombia	Bogotá	46.8 per km²	≈53.4 million	≈1.14 million km²
37	Montserrat	Plymouth	43.0 per km²	4,386	102 km²
38	United States	Washington, D.C.	36.5 per km²	≈341.8 million	≈9.37 million km²
39	Venezuela	Caracas	31.2 per km²	≈28.6 million	916,445 km²
40	Bahamas	Nassau	28.6 per km²	398,165	13,943 km²
41	Chile	Santiago	26.7 per km²	≈20.2 million	756,102 km²
42	Peru	Lima	26.6 per km²	≈34.2 million	≈1.29 million km²
43	Brazil	Brasília	25.2 per km²	≈214.2 million	≈8.52 million km²
44	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Saint-Pierre	24.0 per km²	5,819	242 km²
45	Uruguay	Montevideo	19.2 per km²	≈3.5 million	181,034 km²
46	Belize	Belmopan	18.2 per km²	418,982	22,966 km²
47	Argentina	Buenos Aires	16.7 per km²	≈46.5 million	≈2.78 million km²
48	Paraguay	Asunción	15.0 per km²	≈6.1 million	406,752 km²
49	Bolivia	Sucre	10.3 per km²	≈11.4 million	≈1.10 million km²
50	Guyana	Georgetown	4.4 per km²	956,044	214,969 km²
51	Canada	Ottawa	4.2 per km²	≈41.8 million	≈9.98 million km²
52	Suriname	Paramaribo	3.8 per km²	616,500	163,820 km²
53	French Guiana	Cayenne	3.0 per km²	254,541	83,534 km²
54	Falkland Islands	Stanley	0.30 per km²	3,662	12,173 km²
55	Greenland	Nuuk	0.03 per km²	56,945	≈2.17 million km²

This list was last updated on October 8, 2026. Includes overseas territories and other regions as well as independent countries. Population and area are rounded in the table; the country pages show the exact figures.