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

rank country area sq.km. population
2009-07-01 est.		 humans
per sq.km.
1. Bangladesh 144,000 156,050,883 1,084
2. Palestinian Territory, Occupied 6,220 4,013,126 645
3. Taiwan 35,980 22,974,347 639
4. Korea, South 98,480 48,508,972 493
5. Netherlands 41,526 16,715,999 403
6. Rwanda 26,338 10,473,282 398
7. Lebanon 10,400 4,017,095 386
8. India 3,287,590 1,166,079,217 355
9. Israel 20,770 7,233,701 348
10. El Salvador 21,040 7,185,218 342
11. Belgium 30,528 10,414,336 341
12. Japan 377,835 127,078,679 336
13. Philippines 300,000 97,976,603 327
14. Haiti 27,750 9,035,536 326
15. Sri Lanka 65,610 21,324,791 325
16. Burundi 27,830 8,988,091 323
17. Puerto Rico 13,790 3,971,020 288
18. Vietnam 329,560 86,967,524 264
19. Jamaica 10,991 2,825,928 257
20. United Kingdom 244,820 61,113,205 250
21. Trinidad and Tobago 5,128 1,229,953 240
22. Germany 357,021 82,329,758 231
23. Pakistan 803,940 176,242,949 219
24. Dominican Republic 48,730 9,650,054 198
25. Nepal 147,181 28,563,377 194
26. Italy 301,230 58,126,212 193
27. Korea, North 120,540 22,665,345 188
28. Switzerland 41,290 7,604,467 184
29. Kosovo 10,887 1,804,838 166
30. Nigeria 923,768 149,229,090 162
31. Gambia, The 11,300 1,782,893 158
32. Kuwait 17,820 2,691,158 151
33. China 9,596,960 1,338,612,968 139
34. Uganda 236,040 32,369,558 137
35. Czech Republic 78,866 10,211,904 129
36. Thailand 514,000 65,905,410 128
37. Moldova 33,843 4,320,748 128
38. Denmark 43,094 5,500,510 128
39. Albania 28,748 3,639,453 127
40. Indonesia 1,919,440 240,271,522 125
41. Poland 312,685 38,482,919 123
42. Guatemala 108,890 13,276,517 122
43. Malawi 118,480 14,268,711 120
44. Portugal 92,391 10,707,924 116
45. Slovakia 48,845 5,463,046 112
46. Syria 185,180 20,178,485 109
47. Hungary 93,030 9,905,596 106
48. Togo 56,785 6,019,877 106
49. Cuba 110,860 11,451,652 103
50. Armenia 29,800 2,967,004 100
source: "The World Factbook 2008 and of 2009", CIA.

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

rank country area sq.km. population
2009-07-01 est.		 humans
per sq.km.
1. China, Macao SAR 28.2 559,846 19,853
2. Monaco 1.95 32,965 16,905
3. Singapore 692.7 4,657,542 6,724
4. China, Hong Kong SAR 1,092 7,055,071 6,461
5. Gibraltar 6.5 28,034 4,313
6. Holy See (Vatican City) 0.44 826 1,877
7. Maldives 300 396,334 1,321
8. Malta 316 405,165 1,282
9. Bermuda 53.3 67,837 1,273
10. Bahrain 665 727,785 1,094
source: "The World Factbook 2008 and of 2009", CIA.