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 at 20,570/km², while Greenland sits at the bottom on 0.14/km².

The top 10

1. Macao SAR, China — 20,570/km²
2. Monaco — 18,693/km²
3. Singapore — 8,242/km²
4. Hong Kong SAR, China — 7,177/km²
5. Gibraltar — 3,847/km²
6. Bahrain — 1,971/km²
7. Maldives — 1,765/km²
8. Malta — 1,727/km²
9. Bangladesh — 1,319/km²
10. Sint Maarten (Dutch part) — 1,257/km²

At the other end of the table

• Greenland — 0.14/km²
• Mongolia — 2.2/km²
• Australia — 3.5/km²

What the numbers show

The global average sits at about 455.5/km², with 26 of 216 countries above it and a median of 95.3/km². Macao SAR, China reports roughly 148,472× the figure of Greenland — a reminder of how unevenly population density is spread.

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.