Monaco packs in over 19,000 people per km²—one of the densest places on Earth. Across 216 countries with 2023 data, Macao SAR, China tops the table for population density (20,570 people per km²), while Greenland sits at the bottom (0.14).

The top 10

1. Macao SAR, China — 20,570
2. Monaco — 18,693
3. Singapore — 8,242
4. Hong Kong SAR, China — 7,177
5. Gibraltar — 3,847
6. Bahrain — 1,971
7. Maldives — 1,765
8. Malta — 1,727
9. Bangladesh — 1,319
10. Sint Maarten (Dutch part) — 1,257

At the other end of the table

• Greenland — 0.14
• Mongolia — 2.2
• Australia — 3.5

What the numbers show

The global average sits at about 455.5 people per km², with 26 of 216 countries above it. The median country (95.3) trails the leader by a wide margin. The top country reports roughly 148,472× the figure of the lowest — a reminder of how unevenly population density is distributed.

Explore the complete, sortable ranking on the Population Density by country map, or test your instincts in the daily map-guessing game. Data: World Bank Open Data, 2023.