World: Countries and Territories by Population Density

Figures as of October 8, 2026

Rank	Country / Region	Capital	Density	Population	Area
1	Macau	None	22,883 per km²	686,500	30 km²
2	Monaco	Monaco	19,236 per km²	38,857	2.02 km²
3	Singapore	Singapore	8,744 per km²	≈6.2 million	710 km²
4	Hong Kong	City of Victoria	6,792 per km²	≈7.5 million	1,104 km²
5	Gibraltar	Gibraltar	6,366 per km²	38,196	6 km²
6	Bahrain	Manama	2,096 per km²	≈1.6 million	765 km²
7	Vatican City	Vatican City	2,005 per km²	882	0.44 km²
8	Malta	Valletta	1,862 per km²	588,254	316 km²
9	Sint Maarten	Philipsburg	1,720 per km²	58,477	34 km²
10	Maldives	Malé	1,717 per km²	515,132	300 km²
11	Bermuda	Hamilton	1,186 per km²	64,055	54 km²
12	Bangladesh	Dhaka	1,151 per km²	≈169.8 million	147,570 km²
13	Jersey	Saint Helier	901 per km²	104,540	116 km²
14	Palestine	Ramallah	893 per km²	≈5.6 million	6,220 km²
15	Guernsey	St. Peter Port	831 per km²	64,781	78 km²
16	Saint Martin	Marigot	729 per km²	38,659	53 km²
17	Taiwan	Taipei	642 per km²	≈23.2 million	36,193 km²
18	Aruba	Oranjestad	615 per km²	110,625	180 km²
19	Barbados	Bridgetown	609 per km²	261,692	430 km²
20	Mauritius	Port Louis	608 per km²	≈1.2 million	2,040 km²
21	Mayotte	Mamoudzou	607 per km²	226,915	374 km²
22	Lebanon	Beirut	564 per km²	≈5.9 million	10,452 km²
23	San Marino	City of San Marino	560 per km²	34,172	61 km²
24	Nauru	Yaren	556 per km²	11,680	21 km²
25	Rwanda	Kigali	547 per km²	≈14.4 million	26,338 km²
26	South Korea	Seoul	510 per km²	≈51.1 million	100,210 km²
27	Comoros	Moroni	507 per km²	944,388	1,862 km²
28	Saint Barthélemy	Gustavia	503 per km²	10,562	21 km²
29	Israel	Jerusalem	496 per km²	≈10.3 million	20,770 km²
30	Burundi	Gitega	443 per km²	≈12.3 million	27,834 km²
31	India	New Delhi	435 per km²	≈1.43 billion	≈3.29 million km²
32	Netherlands	Amsterdam	434 per km²	≈18.2 million	41,850 km²
33	Haiti	Port-au-Prince	428 per km²	≈11.9 million	27,750 km²
34	Tuvalu	Funafuti	409 per km²	10,643	26 km²
35	Belgium	Brussels	391 per km²	≈11.9 million	30,528 km²
36	Puerto Rico	San Juan	359 per km²	≈3.2 million	8,870 km²
37	Curaçao	Willemstad	351 per km²	155,826	444 km²
38	Cayman Islands	George Town	343 per km²	90,577	264 km²
39	Philippines	Manila	335 per km²	≈114.8 million	342,353 km²
40	Martinique	Fort-de-France	335 per km²	378,243	1,128 km²
41	Réunion	Saint-Denis	335 per km²	840,974	2,511 km²
42	Sri Lanka	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	332 per km²	≈21.8 million	65,610 km²
43	Japan	Tokyo	325 per km²	≈122.7 million	377,930 km²
44	Grenada	St. George's	317 per km²	109,021	344 km²
45	Vietnam	Hanoi	309 per km²	102.3 million	331,212 km²
46	Saint Lucia	Castries	299 per km²	184,100	616 km²
47	Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	295 per km²	≈1.5 million	5,130 km²
48	Qatar	Doha	291 per km²	≈3.4 million	11,586 km²
49	El Salvador	San Salvador	287 per km²	≈6.0 million	21,041 km²
50	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	281 per km²	109,296	389 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.