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

rank country area sq.km. population
2010-07-01 est.		 humans
per sq.km.
1. Bangladesh 144,000 158,065,841 1,098
2. Palestinian Territory, Occupied 6,220 4,119,083 662
3. Taiwan 35,980 23,024,956 640
4. Korea, South 98,480 48,636,068 494
5. Rwanda 26,338 11,055,976 420
6. Netherlands 41,526 16,783,092 404
7. Lebanon 10,400 4,125,247 397
8. India 3,287,590 1,173,108,018 357
9. Burundi 27,830 9,863,117 354
10. Israel 20,770 7,353,985 354
11. Belgium 30,528 10,423,493 341
12. Japan 377,835 126,804,433 336
13. Philippines 300,000 99,900,177 333
14. Haiti 27,750 9,203,083 332
15. Sri Lanka 65,610 21,513,990 328
16. Puerto Rico 13,790 3,977,663 288
17. El Salvador 21,040 6,052,064 288
18. Viet Nam 329,560 89,571,130 272
19. Jamaica 10,991 2,847,232 259
20. United Kingdom 244,820 61,284,806 250
21. Trinidad and Tobago 5,128 1,228,691 240
22. Germany 357,021 82,282,988 230
23. Pakistan 803,940 177,276,594 221
24. Dominican Republic 48,730 9,794,487 201
25. Nepal 147,181 28,951,852 197
26. Italy 301,230 58,090,681 193
27. Korea, North 120,540 22,757,275 189
28. Switzerland 41,290 7,623,438 185
29. Kosovo 10,887 1,815,048 167
30. Nigeria 923,768 152,217,341 165
31. Gambia, The 11,300 1,824,158 161
32. Kuwait 17,820 2,789,132 157
33. Uganda 236,040 33,398,682 141
34. China 9,596,960 1,330,141,295 139
35. Malawi 118,480 15,447,500 130
36. Czech Republic 78,866 10,201,707 129
37. Thailand 514,000 66,404,688 129
38. Denmark 43,094 5,515,575 128
39. Moldova 33,843 4,317,483 128
40. Albania 28,748 3,659,616 127
41. Indonesia 1,919,440 242,968,342 127
42. Guatemala 108,890 13,550,440 124
43. Poland 312,685 38,463,689 123
44. Syria 185,180 22,198,110 120
45. Cyprus 9,250 1,102,677 119
46. Portugal 92,391 10,735,765 116
47. Slovakia 48,845 5,470,306 112
48. Togo 56,785 6,199,841 109
49. Hungary 93,030 9,880,059 106
50. Cuba 110,860 11,477,459 104
source: "The World Factbook 2010", CIA.

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

rank country area sq.km. population
2010-07-01 est.		 humans
per sq.km.
1. China, Macao SAR 28.2 567,957 20,140
2. Monaco 1.95 30,586 15,685
3. Singapore 692.7 4,701,069 6,787
4. China, Hong Kong SAR 1,092 7,089,705 6,492
5. Gibraltar 6.5 28,877 4,443
6. Holy See (Vatican City) 0.44 829 1,884
7. Maldives 300 395,650 1,319
8. Malta 316 406,771 1,287
9. Bermuda 53.3 68,268 1,281
10. Bahrain 665 738,004 1,110
source: "The World Factbook 2010", CIA.