Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per square kilometre by country
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
191
Highest
19.14 1000 No per square kilometre
Monaco
Lowest
0.0001 1000 No per square kilometre
Greenland
Median
0.0524 1000 No per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
11,029
What the numbers show
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per square kilometre is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 19.14 1000 No per square kilometre in Monaco; the lowest is 0.0001 1000 No per square kilometre in Greenland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0524 1000 No per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.2834 1000 No per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 178 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 76.3%), and the largest decrease in Latvia, Republic of (down 8.7%).
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 19.14 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 2 | Singapore | 8.47 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 3 | Gibraltar | 3.53 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 4 | Bahrain, Kingdom of | 2.03 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Malta | 1.3 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 6 | Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands | 1.26 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 7 | Bermuda | 1.12 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 8 | Palestine, State of | 0.739 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Maldives | 0.6739 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Naoero | 0.5631 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 11 | San Marino, Republic of | 0.5566 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 0.5447 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Lebanon | 0.5055 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 14 | Israel | 0.3903 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 15 | Puerto Rico | 0.3837 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 16 | Belgium | 0.3783 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 17 | Japan | 0.3162 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 18 | Guam | 0.3044 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 19 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.2868 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 20 | Cayman Islands | 0.2756 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands | 0.2643 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 22 | Channel Islands | 0.2636 1000 No per square kilometre | 2021 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 23 | Mauritius | 0.262 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 24 | Tuvalu | 0.2615 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Haiti | 0.2543 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Qatar | 0.254 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Kuwait | 0.2516 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 28 | American Samoa | 0.2448 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 29 | El Salvador | 0.2393 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 30 | Marshall Islands | 0.234 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 31 | Luxembourg | 0.2242 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 32 | Barbados | 0.2112 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 0.2002 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Philippines | 0.1854 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 35 | São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of | 0.1849 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Germany | 0.1837 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 37 | India | 0.1743 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Switzerland | 0.1661 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 39 | Gambia, The | 0.159 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Jamaica | 0.1552 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 41 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.155 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 42 | Comoros, Union of the | 0.15 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Andorra, Principality of | 0.1448 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 44 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1439 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 45 | Italy | 0.1432 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 46 | Nigeria | 0.1325 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Denmark | 0.1298 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 48 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1259 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Seychelles | 0.124 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 50 | Grenada | 0.1205 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 51 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.1116 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 52 | British Virgin Islands | 0.1114 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Jordan | 0.1085 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Pakistan | 0.1083 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Czech Republic | 0.1027 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 56 | China, People's Republic of | 0.1016 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Rwanda | 0.1013 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 58 | France | 0.1008 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 59 | Guatemala | 0.0937 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Kiribati | 0.0916 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Cyprus | 0.0893 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 62 | Indonesia | 0.0866 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Cuba | 0.0859 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 64 | Ghana | 0.085 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 0.0837 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Isle of Man | 0.082 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 67 | Malaysia | 0.0818 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Hungary | 0.076 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 69 | Spain | 0.0757 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 70 | Burundi | 0.0751 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Portugal | 0.075 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 72 | Iraq | 0.074 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Poland, Republic of | 0.074 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 74 | Togo | 0.0736 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Thailand | 0.0731 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Dominica | 0.073 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 77 | Azerbaijan, Republic of | 0.0719 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 78 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.0695 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 79 | Albania | 0.0695 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 80 | Uganda | 0.0692 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Greece | 0.0689 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 82 | Armenia, Republic of | 0.0664 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 83 | Sri Lanka | 0.066 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 84 | Austria | 0.0638 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 85 | Slovak Republic | 0.0612 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 86 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0598 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 87 | Serbia, Republic of | 0.0585 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 88 | Benin | 0.0583 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Mexico | 0.058 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 90 | Slovenia, Republic of | 0.0579 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 91 | St. Lucia | 0.0576 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 92 | Morocco | 0.0559 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 93 | Tunisia | 0.0556 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 94 | Honduras | 0.0547 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 95 | French Polynesia | 0.0529 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 96 | Sierra Leone | 0.0524 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Ukraine | 0.0519 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 98 | North Macedonia, Republic of | 0.0493 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 99 | Bulgaria | 0.048 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 100 | Senegal | 0.0479 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Nepal | 0.0477 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Ecuador | 0.047 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 0.0468 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 104 | Ireland | 0.0468 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 105 | Romania | 0.0454 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 106 | Malawi | 0.0427 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Croatia, Republic of | 0.0424 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 108 | Panama | 0.0419 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 109 | Palau | 0.0415 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 110 | Equatorial Guinea, Republic of | 0.041 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Uzbekistan, Republic of | 0.0395 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 112 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0381 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Colombia | 0.038 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 114 | Belarus, Republic of | 0.0372 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 115 | Tonga | 0.0366 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 116 | Liechtenstein | 0.036 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 117 | Djibouti | 0.0353 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Cameroon | 0.0351 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Bahamas, The | 0.0349 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 120 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0347 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 121 | South Africa | 0.0344 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 122 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0341 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 123 | Georgia | 0.0337 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 124 | Nicaragua | 0.0329 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 125 | Montenegro | 0.032 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 126 | Lithuania, Republic of | 0.0309 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 127 | Liberia | 0.0306 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Fiji, Republic of | 0.0302 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 129 | Kenya | 0.0292 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Myanmar | 0.0276 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 131 | Burkina Faso | 0.027 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Cambodia | 0.0252 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of | 0.0248 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 134 | Yemen, Republic of | 0.0243 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Lesotho, Kingdom of | 0.0241 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Guinea | 0.023 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Brazil | 0.0229 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 138 | Sweden | 0.0225 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 139 | Chile | 0.0223 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 140 | Eswatini, Kingdom of | 0.0218 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Peru | 0.0212 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 142 | Estonia, Republic of | 0.0211 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 143 | Madagascar, Republic of | 0.0209 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Eritrea, The State of | 0.0207 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 145 | Tajikistan, Republic of | 0.0204 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 146 | Latvia, Republic of | 0.0203 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 147 | Angola | 0.0199 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Uruguay | 0.0193 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 149 | Mozambique, Republic of | 0.0173 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of | 0.0168 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 151 | New Zealand | 0.0164 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 152 | Finland | 0.0159 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 153 | Faroe Islands | 0.0158 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 154 | Zimbabwe | 0.0158 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Argentina | 0.0158 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 156 | Oman | 0.0155 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0143 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Algeria | 0.0143 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Somalia | 0.0134 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Norway | 0.0129 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 161 | Kyrgyz Republic | 0.0129 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 162 | Samoa | 0.0128 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 163 | Zambia | 0.0127 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Congo, Republic of | 0.0124 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 165 | New Caledonia | 0.0118 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 166 | Paraguay | 0.0117 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Bhutan | 0.01 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 168 | Sudan | 0.0091 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 169 | Belize | 0.0086 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 170 | Mali | 0.0084 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Gabon | 0.0081 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Turkmenistan | 0.0072 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 173 | Vanuatu | 0.0066 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 174 | Solomon Islands | 0.0064 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 175 | South Sudan, Republic of | 0.0049 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 176 | Kazakhstan, Republic of | 0.0042 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 177 | Central African Republic | 0.0037 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 178 | Niger | 0.0036 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Canada | 0.0036 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 180 | Chad | 0.0034 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 181 | Iceland | 0.0033 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 182 | Botswana | 0.0033 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Libya | 0.0032 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 184 | Australia | 0.003 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 185 | Mauritania, Islamic Republic of | 0.0029 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0028 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 187 | Suriname | 0.0024 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 188 | Namibia | 0.0019 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 189 | Mongolia | 0.0015 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 190 | Guyana | 0.001 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 191 | Greenland | 0.0001 1000 No per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0356 1000 No per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.