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WORLD STATISTICS

Geography

Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

people per square kilometre. Produced by FAO & UN DESA World Population Prospects.
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Indicator code
EN.POP.DNST
Unit
people per square kilometre
Frequency
annual
Default classification
Latest available
Original producer
FAO & UN DESA World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank — World Development Indicators
License
CC BY 4.0
Source record
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.POP.DNST

World trend

1990 – 2023

Highest

Most recent year per country (within 5 years of the latest).

  1. 1Macao SAR, China20,631 /km²2024
  2. 2Monaco18,537 /km²2024
  3. 3Singapore8,329 /km²2024
  4. 4Hong Kong SAR, China7,166 /km²2024
  5. 5Gibraltar3,933 /km²2024
  6. 6Bahrain1,986 /km²2024
  7. 7Malta1,805 /km²2024
  8. 8Maldives1,771 /km²2024
  9. 9Bangladesh1,333 /km²2024
  10. 10Sint Maarten (Dutch part)1,275 /km²2024

Lowest

Most recent year per country (within 5 years of the latest).

  1. 216Greenland0.14 /km²2024
  2. 215Mongolia2.26 /km²2024
  3. 214Australia3.54 /km²2024
  4. 213Namibia3.68 /km²2024
  5. 212Iceland3.83 /km²2024
  6. 211Guyana3.94 /km²2024
  7. 210Suriname3.95 /km²2024
  8. 209Libya4.19 /km²2024
  9. 208Botswana4.45 /km²2024
  10. 207Canada4.69 /km²2024

Revision history

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