List of countries by real population density based on food growing capacity

This is a list of countries ordered by physiological density. It adopts definitions of "country" on a case by case basis. The "United Kingdom" is considered as a single country while constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands are regarded separately.

Ranking

Rank	Country	Population (July 2005 est.)[1]	Land Area (km²)[2]	% of arable land (2005 est.)[3][4]	Arable Land (km²)	Population Density (pop per km²)	Real Population Density (pop per km² of arable land)
-	World	6,447,437,283	148,940,000	13.31%	19,823,914	43	325
001	Singapore	4,425,720	682.7	1.47%	10	6,483	440,998
002	Hong Kong S.A.R. (PRC)	6,898,686	1,042	5.05%	53	6,621	131,101
003	Djibouti	476,703	22,980	0.04%	9	21	51,861
004	Bahrain	688,345	665	2.82%	19	1,035	36,706
005	Kuwait	2,335,648	17,820	0.84%	150	131	15,603
006	Puerto Rico (US)	3,911,810	8,870	3.69%	327	441	11,952
007	Oman	3,003,265	212,460	0.12%	255	14	11,780
008	U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	108,708	346	5.71%	20	314	11,141
009	French Polynesia (France)	270,735	3,660	0.75%	27	74	9,863
010	Maldives	349,106	300	13.33%	40	1,164	8,730
011	Guam (US)	168,564	541.3	3.64%	20	311	8,555
012	Seychelles	81,188	455	2.17%	10	178	8,223
013	Andorra	70,549	468	2.13%	10	151	7,077
014	Western Sahara	360,684	266,000	0.02%	53	1	6,780
015	United Arab Emirates	4,086,602	82,880	0.77%	638	49	6,404
016	Bermuda (UK)	65,365	53.3	20.00%	11	1,226	6,132
017	The Bahamas	301,790	10,070	0.58%	58	30	5,167
018	Aruba (Netherlands)	96,976	193	10.53%	20	502	4,772
019	Kiribati	103,176	811	2.74%	22	127	4,643
020	Qatar	863,051	11,437	1.64%	188	75	4,601
021	Martinique (France)	432,900	1,060	9.09%	96	408	4,493
022	Grenada	89,527	344	5.88%	20	260	4,426
023	Cayman Islands (UK)	44,340	262	3.85%	10	169	4,396
024	Saint Lucia	166,312	606	6.45%	39	274	4,255
025	Iceland	296,737	100,250	0.07%	70	3	4,229
026	Malta	398,534	316	31.25%	99	1,261	4,036
027	New Caledonia (France)	216,662	18,575	0.32%	59	12	3,645
028	Brunei	361,110	5,270	2.08%	110	69	3,294
029	Solomon Islands	538,133	27,540	0.62%	171	20	3,152
030	South Korea	48,640,671	98,190	16.58%	16,280	495	2,988
031	Marshall Islands	59,096	181.3	11.11%	20	326	2,934
032	Taiwan	22,701,079	32,260	24.00%	7,742	704	2,932
033	Japan	127,537,189	374,744	11.64%	43,620	340	2,924
034	American Samoa (US)	57,881	199	10.00%	20	291	2,909
035	San Marino	28,880	61.2	16.67%	10	472	2,831
036	Federated States of Micronesia	108,082	702	5.71%	40	154	2,696
037	Egypt	77,561,884	995,450	2.92%	29,067	78	2,668
038	Papua New Guinea	5,554,512	452,860	0.49%	2,219	12	2,503
039	Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)	220,095	960	10%	96	229	2,293
040	Lebanon	3,829,722	10,452	16.35%	1,673	374	2,290
041	Sri Lanka	20,504,264	64,740	13.96%	9,038	317	2,269
042	Sao Tome and Principe	187,604	1,001	8.33%	83	187	2,250
043	Guadeloupe (France)	448,713	1,706	11.70%	200	263	2,248
044	Réunion (France)	776,948	2,507	13.94%	349	310	2,223
045	Netherlands	16,407,491	33,883	21.96%	7,441	484	2,205
046	Israel	6,742,915	20,330	15.45%	3,141	332	2,147
047	Colombia	43,100,021	1,038,700	2.01%	20,878	41	2,064
048	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	20,569	430	2.33%	10	48	2,053
049	Bangladesh	144,319,628	133,910	55.39%	74,173	1,078	1,946
050	Switzerland	7,489,370	39,770	9.91	3,941	188	1,900
051	Jordan	5,759,732	91,971	3.32%	3,053	63	1,886
052	Costa Rica	4,018,756	50,660	4.40%	2,229	79	1,803
053	Barbados	278,870	431	37.21%	160	647	1,739
054	French Guiana (France)	195,506	89,150	0.13%	116	2	1,687
055	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	117,534	389	17.95%	70	302	1,683
056	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	48,307	1,399	2.14%	30	35	1,614
057	Jamaica	2,736,513	10,831	15.83%	1,715	253	1,596
060	Philippines	85,599,000[5]	300,000	19%	57,000	285	1,502
061	Mauritania	3,086,859	1,030,400	0.20%	2,061	3	1,498
062	Isle of Man (UK)	75,049	572	9%	51	131	1,458
063	Dominica	72,125	754	6.67%	50	96	1,434
064	Trinidad and Tobago	1,075,066	5,128	14.62%	750	210	1,434
065	Yemen	20,745,098	527,970	2.91%	15,364	39	1,350
066	Malaysia	23,966,096	328,550	5.46%	17,939	73	1,336
067	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	80,362	477	13.04%	62	168	1,292
068	Vietnam	83,535,576	325,360	20.14%	65,528	257	1,275
069	Nepal	27,676,547	143,350	16.07%	21,984	202	1,259
070	Mauritius	1,242,821	2,030	49.02%	995	612	1,249
071	Belgium	10,364,388	30,278	27.42%	8,302	342	1,248
072	Slovenia	2,011,070	20,151	8.53%	1,719	100	1,170
073	Indonesia	228,895,746	1,826,440	11.03%	201,456	125	1,136
074	United Kingdom	60,441,457	241,590	23.23%	56,121	250	1,077
075	Haiti	8,298,163	27,560	28.11%	7,747	301	1,071
076	El Salvador	6,711,676	20,720	31.37%	6,500	324	1,033
077	Sierra Leone	5,874,481	71,620	7.95%	5,694	82	1,032
078	Vanuatu	206,090	12,200	1.64%	200	17	1,030
079	Tanzania	37,770,570	886,037	4.23%	37,479	43	1,008
080	Venezuela	25,269,177	882,050	2.85%	25,138	29	1,005
081	China	1,306,313,812	9,326,410	14.86%	1,385,905	140	943
082	Democratic Republic of the Congo	60,473,510	2,267,600	2.86%	64,853	27	932
083	Cape Verde	418,837	4,033	11.41%	460	104	910
084	Liberia	2,902,179	96,320	3.43%	3,304	30	878
085	Comoros	671,638	2,170	35.87%	778	310	863
086	Guinea	9,452,670	245,857	4.47%	10,990	38	860
087	Burundi	7,795,426	25,650	35.57%	9,124	304	854
088	Antigua and Barbuda	68,722	442.6	18.18%	80	155	854
089	Somalia	8,752,449	627,337	1.64%	10,288	14	851
090	Guatemala	12,182,548	108,430	13.22%	14,334	112	850
091	North Korea	22,912,177	120,410	22.40%	26,972	190	849
092	East Timor	1,041,806	15,007	8.20%	1,231	69	847
093	Ecuador	13,363,593	276,840	5.71%	15,808	17	845
094	Liechtenstein	33,717	160	25%	40	211	843
095	Dominican Republic	9,088,094	48,380	22.49%	10,881	188	835
096	Pakistan	158,781,792	778,720	24.44%	190,319	204	834
097	Rwanda	9,378,226	24,948	45.56%	11,366	376	825
098	Wallis and Futuna (France)	16,025	274	7.14%	20	58	819
099	Chile	15,995,043	748,800	2.62%	19,619	21	815
100	Saudi Arabia	26,417,599	1,960,582	1.67%	32,742	13	807
101	Eritrea	4,669,638	121,320	4.78%	5,799	38	787
102	Suriname	460,495	161,470	0.36%	581	3	792
103	Tonga	112,445	718	20%	144	157	783
104	Cyprus	780,133	9,240	10.81%	999	84	781
105	Saint Kitts and Nevis	38,958	261	19.44%	51	149	768
106	Kenya	34,911,779	569,250	8.01%	45,597	61	766
107	Peru	28,051,105	1,280,000	2.88%	36,864	22	761
108	Luxembourg	468,571	2,586	23.94%	619	181	757
109	India	1,093,563,426	2,973,190	48.83%	1,451,809	368	753
110	Italy	58,103,033	294,020	26.41%	77,651	198	748
111	British Virgin Islands (UK)	22,643	153	20.00%	31	148	740
112	Tajikistan	6,814,791	142,700	6.52%	9,304	48	732
113	Republic of the Congo	3,602,269	341,500	1.45%	4,952	11	727
114	Germany	82,431,390	349,223	33.13%	115,698	236	712
115	Honduras	7,167,902	111,890	9.53%	10,663	64	672
116	Laos	6,217,141	230,800	4.01%	9,255	27	672
117	Malawi	12,974,924	94,080	20.68%	19,456	138	667
118	Portugal	10,566,212	91,951	17.29%	15,898	115	665
119	Uganda	28,199,390	199,710	21.57%	43,077	141	655
120	Ethiopia	73,053,286	1,119,683	10.01%	112,080	65	652
121	Albania	3,563,112	27,398	20.10%	5,507	130	647
122	Swaziland	1,138,227	17,203	10.25%	1,763	66	646
123	Lesotho	2,118,091	30,355	10.87%	3,300	70	642
124	Madagascar	18,312,163	581,540	5.03%	29,251	31	626
125	Armenia	2,982,904	28,400	16.78%	4,766	105	626
126	Guinea-Bissau	1,414,159	28,000	8.31%	2,327	51	608
127	Bhutan	654,897	47,000	2.30%	1,081	14	606
128	Uzbekistan	26,851,195	425,400	10.51%	44,710	63	601
129	Austria	8,184,691	82,444	16.59%	13,677	99	598
130	Georgia	4,677,401	69,700	11.51%	8,022	67	583
131	The Gambia	1,595,086	10,000	27.88%	2,788	160	572
132	Panama	3,140,232	75,990	7.26%	5,517	41	569
133	Norway	4,593,041	307,860	2.70%	8,312	15	553
134	Ghana	22,025,680	230,940	17.54%	40,507	95	544
135	Cook Islands [6]	21,388	240	16.67%	40	89	535
136	Côte d'Ivoire	17,298,040	318,000	10.23%	32,531	54	532
137	Palau	20,303	458	8.70%	40	44	510
138	Senegal	11,860,429	192,000	12.51%	24,019	62	494
139	Myanmar	46,595,675	657,740	14.92%	98,135	71	475
140	Mozambique	20,154,010	784,090	5.43%	42,576	26	473
141	Botswana	1,759,832	585,370	0.65%	3,805	3	463
142	Iraq	26,074,906	432,162	13.12%	56,700	60	460
143	Montserrat (UK)	9,341	102	20%	20	92	458
144	Thailand	64,185,502	511,770	27.54%	140,941	125	455
145	Azerbaijan	8,015,567	86,100	20.62%	17,754	93	451
146	Gabon	1,395,690	257,667	1.21%	3,118	5	448
147	Fiji	893,586	18,270	10.95%	2,001	49	447
148	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,430,494	51,129	19.61%	10,026	87	442
149	Equatorial Guinea	567,232	28,051	4.63%	1,299	20	437
150	Mexico	106,202,903	1,923,040	12.66%	243,457	55	436
151	Algeria	32,560,735	2,381,740	3.17%	75,501	14	431
152	Nigeria	128,765,768	910,768	33.02%	300,736	141	428
153	Kyrgyzstan	5,146,281	191,300	6.55%	12,530	27	411
154	Iran	64,737,226	1,636,000	9.78%	160,001	40	405
155	Belize	281,289	22,806	3.05%	696	12	404
156	Syria	18,448,752	184,050	24.80%	45,644	100	404
157	Greece	10,668,354	130,800	20.45%	26,749	82	399
158	Morocco	32,793,012	446,300	19%	84,797	73	387
159	Zimbabwe	12,160,782	386,670	8.24%	31,862	31	382
160	Afghanistan	29,928,987	647,500	12.13%	78,542	46	381
161	Slovakia	5,431,363	48,800	29.23%	14,264	111	381
162	Tunisia	10,079,380	155,360	17.05%	26,489	65	381
163	Cambodia	13,526,825	176,520	20.44%	36,081	77	375
164	Macedonia	2,045,262	24,856	22.01%	5,471	82	374
165	Cuba	11,326,153	110,860	27.63%	30,631	102	370
166	Sweden	9,001,774	410,934	5.93%	24,368	22	369
167	Angola	11,706,954	1,246,700	2.65%	33,038	9	354
168	Ireland	4,015,676	68,890	16.82%	11,587	58	347
169	Czech Republic	10,241,138	77,276	38.82%	29,999	133	341
170	Samoa	208,937	2,934	21.13%	620	71	337
171	France (Metropolitan)	60,656,178	545,630	33.46%	182,568	111	332
172	Serbia and Montenegro	10,828,899	102,136	33.18%	33,889	106	320
173	Libya	5,765,563	1,759,540	1.03%	18,123	3	318
174	Brazil	186,112,794	8,456,510	6.93%	586,036	22	318
175	Poland	38,557,984	304,465	40.25%	122,547	127	315
176	Croatia	4,495,904	56,414	25.82%	14,566	80	309
177	Nicaragua	5,469,181	120,254	14.81%	17,810	45	307
178	Turkey	69,660,559	770,760	29.81%	229,764	90	303
179	South Africa	44,344,136	1,219,912	12.10%	147,609	36	300
180	Spain	40,341,462	499,542	27.18%	135,776	81	297
181	Benin	7,649,360	110,620	23.53%	26,029	69	294
182	Bolivia	8,857,870	1,084,390	2.78%	30,146	8	294
183	Cameroon	17,261,467	469,440	12.54%	58,868	37	293
184	Burkina Faso	13,903,886	273,800	17.66%	48,353	51	288
185	New Zealand	4,035,461	268,021	5.54%	14,848	15	272
186	Chad	9,400,658	1,259,200	2.80%	35,258	7	267
187	Finland	5,223,442	304,473	6.54%	19,913	17	262
188	Estonia	1,332,893	45,339	12.05%	5,207	31	256
189	Uruguay	3,424,889	173,620	7.77%	13,490	20	254
190	Namibia	2,028,356	825,418	0.99%	8,172	2	248
191	Mali	11,379,386	1,220,000	3.76%	45,872	9	248
192	Romania	22,329,977	230,340	39.49%	90,961	97	245
193	Denmark	5,432,335	42,394	52.59%	22,295	128	244
194	Mongolia	2,865,994	1,564,116	0.76%	11,887	2	241
195	Moldova	4,340,177	33,371	54.52%	18,194	130	239
196	Sudan	37,762,842	2,376,000	6.78%	161,093	16	234
197	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France)	7,012	242	12.50%	30	29	232
198	Bulgaria	7,450,349	110,550	29.94%	33,099	67	225
199	Togo	5,399,991	54,385	44.20%	24,038	99	225
200	Turkmenistan	4,932,743	488,100	4.51%	22,013	10	224
201	Central African Republic	4,237,703	622,984	3.10%	19,313	7	219
202	Hungary	10,006,835	92,340	49.58%	45,782	108	219
203	Zambia	11,115,381	740,724	6.99%	51,777	15	215
204	Paraguay	6,351,059	397,300	7.47%	29,678	16	214
205	United States	295,734,134	9,161,923	18.01%	1,650,062	32	179
206	Belarus	9,809,130	207,600	26.77%	55,575	47	177
207	Guyana	765,283	196,850	2.23%	4,390	4	174
208	Ukraine	46,959,420	603,700	53.80%	324,791	78	145
209	Argentina	39,537,943	2,736,690	10.03%	274,490	14	144
210	Saint Helena (UK)	7,479	413	12.90%	53	18	140
211	Latvia	2,290,237	64,589	28.19%	17,926	36	128
212	Lithuania	2,956,617	65,300	44.81%	29,216	45	101
213	Russia	142,775,578	16,995,800	7.17%	1,218,599	8	117
214	Niger	12,162,856	1,266,700	11.43%	144,784	10	84
215	Canada	32,386,378	9,093,507	4.57%	415,573	4	78
216	Niue [6]	2,166	260	11.54%	30	8	72
217	Kazakhstan	15,185,844	2,669,800	8.28%	221,059	6	69
218	Australia	20,090,437	7,617,930	6.15%	468,503	3	43
219	Monaco	32,409	1.95	0%	0	16,620	-
220	Macau S.A.R. (PRC)	449,198	28.2	0%	0	15,929	-
221	Gibraltar (UK)	27,884	6.5	0%	0	4,290	-
222	Vatican City	921	0.44	0%	0	2,093	-
223	Jersey (UK)	90,812	116	0%	0	783	-
224	Nauru	13,048	21	0%	0	621	-
225	Tuvalu	11,634	26	0%	0	447	-
226	Tokelau (New Zealand)	1,405	10	0%	0	141	-
227	Anguilla (UK)	13,116	102	0%	0	129	-
228	Norfolk Island (Australia)	1,828	34.6	0%	0	3	-
229	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	628	14	0%	0	3	-
230	Christmas Island (Australia)	361	135	0%	0	3	-
231	Falkland Islands (UK)	2,967	12,173	0%	0	0.2	-
232	Svalbard (Norway)	2,701	62,049	0%	0	0.04	-
233	Greenland (Denmark)	56,375	2,166,086	0%	0	0.03	-

See also

• List of sovereign states and dependent territories by population density

Notes

References

• de Blij, H. J.; Murphy, Alexander B.; Fouberg, Erin H. (2006). "Appendix B: Area and Demographic Data for the World's States". Human Geography: People, Place, and Culture (8th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. pp. A10–A17. ISBN 978-0-471-67951-6.
• Muller, Peter O. (January 2000). "Physiologic Population Density for Each of the World's States, Year 2000" (DOC). University of Missouri–St. Louis. Retrieved 2011-04-15.

External links

• Arable land (hectares per person) (worldbank.org)