The 50 largest countries by density (over 5,000 sq.km.)

rank country area sq.km. population
2008-07-01 est.		 humans
per sq.km.
1. Bangladesh 144,000 153,546,901 1,066
2. Palestinian Territory, Occupied 6,220 4,149,173 667
3. Taiwan 35,980 22,920,946 637
4. Korea, South 98,480 49,232,844 500
5. Netherlands 41,526 16,645,313 401
6. Rwanda 26,338 10,186,063 387
7. Lebanon 10,400 3,971,941 382
8. India 3,287,590 1,147,995,898 349
9. Israel 20,770 7,112,359 342
10. Belgium 30,528 10,403,951 341
11. Japan 377,835 127,288,419 337
12. El Salvador 21,040 7,066,403 336
13. Sri Lanka 65,610 21,128,773 322
14. Haiti 27,750 8,924,553 322
15. Burundi 27,830 8,691,005 312
16. Philippines 300,000 92,681,453 309
17. Puerto Rico 13,790 3,958,128 287
18. Vietnam 329,560 86,116,559 261
19. Jamaica 10,991 2,804,332 255
20. United Kingdom 244,820 60,943,912 249
21. Germany 357,021 82,369,548 231
22. Pakistan 803,940 167,762,040 209
23. Trinidad and Tobago 5,128 1,047,366 204
24. Nepal 147,181 29,519,114 201
25. Kosovo 10,887 2,126,708 195
26. Dominican Republic 48,730 9,507,133 195
27. Korea, North 120,540 23,479,089 195
28. Italy 301,230 58,145,321 193
29. Switzerland 41,290 7,581,520 184
30. Gambia, The 11,300 1,735,464 154
31. Nigeria 923,768 138,283,240 150
32. Kuwait 17,820 2,596,799 146
33. China 9,596,960 1,330,044,605 139
34. Uganda 236,040 31,367,972 133
35. Czech Republic 78,866 10,220,911 130
36. Moldova 33,843 4,324,450 128
37. Thailand 514,000 65,493,298 127
38. Denmark 43,094 5,484,723 127
39. Albania 28,748 3,619,778 126
40. Indonesia 1,919,440 237,512,355 124
41. Poland 312,685 38,500,696 123
42. Guatemala 108,890 13,002,206 119
43. Malawi 118,480 13,931,831 118
44. Portugal 92,391 10,676,910 116
45. Slovakia 48,845 5,455,407 112
46. Hungary 93,030 9,930,915 107
47. Syria 185,180 19,747,586 107
48. Serbia 77,474 8,032,338 104
49. Togo 56,785 5,858,673 103
50. Cuba 110,860 11,423,952 103
source: "The World Factbook 2007-2008", CIA.

The 10 largest countries by density (incl. small countries)

rank country area sq.km. population
2008-07-01 est.		 humans
per sq.km.
1. Monaco 1.95 32,796 16,818
2. China, Macao SAR 28.2 460,823 16,341
3. Singapore 692.7 4,608,167 6,652
4. China, Hong Kong SAR 1,092 7,018,636 6,427
5. Gibraltar 6.5 28,002 4,308
6. Holy See (Vatican City) 0.44 824 1,873
7. Malta 316 403,532 1,277
8. Maldives 300 379,174 1,264
9. Bermuda 53.3 66,536 1,248
10. Bahrain 665 718,306 1,080
source: "The World Factbook 2007-2008", CIA.