Population (Arithmetic) Density by Country
WorldPopulationPopulation density by country, measured as a country's population divided by its total area
World BankA map highlights population density by country, measured in people per square kilometer. High population density shaded in red is found in India, Germany, U K, Nigeria, Uganda, and Japan. Lowest shaded light yellow in Canada, Russia, Australia.
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Class | Rank | People per square kilometer | Tropical rain forest (Af) | Tropical monsoon (Am) | Tropical savanna (Aw) | Tropical, subtropical hot desert (BWh) | Midlatitude cold desert (BWk) | Tropical, subtropical hot steppe (BSh) | Midlatitude cold steppe (BSk) | Humid subtropical moist all year, hot summer (Cfa) | Humid subtropical winter-dry, hot to warm summers (Cwa, Cwb) | Marine West Coast (Cfb, Cfc) | Mediterranean (Csa, Csb) | Humid continental, hot summers (Dfa, Dwa, Dsa) | Humid continental, mild summers (Dfb, Dwb, Dsb) | Subarctic, cool summer (Dfc, Dwc, Dsc) | Subarctic, cold winter (Dfd, Dwd) | Tundra (ET) | Ice cap and ice sheet (EF) | |
| 68.2% | 4.53% | 1.31% | 14.3% | 39.1% | 74.6% | |||||||||||||||
| 19.8% | 18.1% | 71.5% | 20.1% | 7.58% | ||||||||||||||||
| 30.5% | 24.2% | 13.9% | 32.1% | 4.79% | 8.55% | 27.1% | ||||||||||||||
| 1.64% | 18.9% | 13.3% | 14.4% | 9.82% | 6.80% | 5.24% | 2.75% | |||||||||||||
| 32.3% | 22.8% | 3.63% | 9.10% | 1.62% | 13.1% | 57.0% | 11.1% | 3.16% | ||||||||||||
| 1.22% | 8.22% | 42.0% | 28.3% | 2.78% | 14.3% | 37.0% | 23.8% | 8.79% | 35.9% | 32.2% | 7.44% | |||||||||
| 13.2% | 17.7% | 12.4% | 2.77% | 8.63% | 2.74% | 4.74% | 16.5% | 7.37% | 7.66% | 6.52% | 2.29% | |||||||||
| 56.1% | 5.24% | 3.41% | 98.5% | 1.43% | 7.98% | 18.0% | 94.9% | |||||||||||||
| 2.38% | 2.11% | 2.83% | 1.05% | 6.48% | 14.9% | 15.2% | 15.6% | 3.11% | 11.4% | 17.1% | 29.3% | 4.37% | ||||||||
| 18.7% | 1.92% | 32.0% | 18.4% | 2.44% | 9.66% | 5.85% | 25.3% | 5.06% | 4.17% | 1.97% | 4.40% | 27.6% | 2.37% | |||||||
| 30.0% | 9.34% | 54.1% | 19.4% | 3.15% | ||||||||||||||||
| 76.3% | 3.57% | 5.81% | 15.3% | 3.53% | 4.00% | 8.68% | 5.69% | 8.16% | ||||||||||||
| 13.4% | 14.2% | 37.2% | 36.3% | 12.6% | 21.1% | 15.7% | 3.19% | 27.8% | 2.69% | 5.26% | ||||||||||