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Population density (people per km 2) by country. This 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.
For example, Russia has a population density of just 9/km², while Canada is even lower at 4/km². The United States of America has a population density of 36/km², which is quite low considering the U.S. is also the country with the third-highest population in the world.
All top 8 countries/territories by population density have a population below 10 million. Of the 95 larger countries having a population of over 10 million, Bangladesh (1,333) has the greatest density, followed by Taiwan (655.6), Rwanda (588.9), the Netherlands (541.4) and Burundi (541.3).
List of countries and dependencies in the world ranked by population, from the most populated. Growth rate, median age, fertility rate, area, density, population density, urbanization, urban population, share of world population.
We have estimated the population density by using population estimates from multiple sources and land area estimates by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. We obtain it by dividing the population estimates by the land area estimates.
Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates.
Population density by country Population density can vary widely within a country. In particular, large countries such as Russia or the US have large, almost uninhabitable desert areas that are sparsely populated.
Six of the ten most densely populated countries have a population density of higher than 1,000 people per km 2, while seven countries have between 500 and 1,000 people per km 2. Several factors contribute to the countries’ high population density.
Population density is a measure of the intensity of land-use, and can be calculated for a block, city, county, state, country, continent or the entire world.
Understanding population density by country helps in analyzing the pressures and opportunities each country faces concerning its population distribution. This list highlights countries and territories where the land area is small, or the population is concentrated in urbanized areas.