List of countries by real population density based on food growing capacity
Ranking
Columns: Country | Population (July 2005 est.) | Land Area (km²) | % of arable land (2005 est.) | Arable Land (km²) | Population Density (pop per km²)
World | 6447437283 | 148940000 | 13.31% | 19823914 | 43 | Singapore | 4425720 | 682.7 | 1.47% | 10 | 6483 | Hong Kong S.A.R. (PRC) | 6898686 | 1042 | 5.05% | 53 | 6621 | Djibouti | 476703 | 22980 | 0.04% | 9 | 21 | Bahrain | 688345 | 665 | 2.82% | 19 | 1035 | Kuwait | 2335648 | 17820 | 0.84% | 150 | 131 | Gaza Strip | 1376289 | 360 | 29% | 104 | 3823 | Puerto Rico (US) | 3911810 | 8870 | 3.69% | 327 | 441 | Oman | 3003265 | 212460 | 0.12% | 255 | 14 | U.S. Virgin Islands (US) | 108708 | 346 | 5.71% | 20 | 314 | French Polynesia (France) | 270735 | 3660 | 0.75% | 27 | 74 | Maldives | 349106 | 300 | 13.33% | 40 | 1164 | Guam (US) | 168564 | 541.3 | 3.64% | 20 | 311 | Seychelles | 81188 | 455 | 2.17% | 10 | 178 | Andorra | 70549 | 468 | 2.13% | 10 | 151 | Western Sahara | 360684 | 266000 | 0.02% | 53 | 1 | United Arab Emirates | 4086602 | 82880 | 0.77% | 638 | 49 | Bermuda (UK) | 65365 | 53.3 | 20.00% | 11 | 1226 | The Bahamas | 301790 | 10070 | 0.58% | 58 | 30 | Aruba (Netherlands) | 96976 | 193 | 10.53% | 20 | 502 | Kiribati | 103176 | 811 | 2.74% | 22 | 127 | Qatar | 863051 | 11437 | 1.64% | 188 | 75 | Martinique (France) | 432900 | 1060 | 9.09% | 96 | 408 | Grenada | 89527 | 344 | 5.88% | 20 | 260 | Cayman Islands (UK) | 44340 | 262 | 3.85% | 10 | 169 | Saint Lucia | 166312 | 606 | 6.45% | 39 | 274 | Iceland | 296737 | 100250 | 0.07% | 70 | 3 | Malta | 398534 | 316 | 31.25% | 99 | 1261 | New Caledonia (France) | 216662 | 18575 | 0.32% | 59 | 12 | Brunei | 361110 | 5270 | 2.08% | 110 | 69 | Solomon Islands | 538133 | 27540 | 0.62% | 171 | 20 | South Korea | 48640671 | 98190 | 16.58% | 16280 | 495 | Marshall Islands | 59096 | 181.3 | 11.11% | 20 | 326 | Taiwan | 22701079 | 32260 | 24.00% | 7742 | 704 | Japan | 127537189 | 374744 | 11.64% | 43620 | 340 | American Samoa (US) | 57881 | 199 | 10.00% | 20 | 291 | San Marino | 28880 | 61.2 | 16.67% | 10 | 472 | Federated States of Micronesia | 108082 | 702 | 5.71% | 40 | 154 | Egypt | 77561884 | 995450 | 2.92% | 29067 | 78 | Papua New Guinea | 5554512 | 452860 | 0.49% | 2219 | 12 | West Bank | 2385615 | 5640 | 16.90% | 953 | 423 | Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) | 220095 | 960 | 10% | 96 | 229 | Lebanon | 3829722 | 10452 | 16.35% | 1673 | 374 | Sri Lanka | 20504264 | 64740 | 13.96% | 9038 | 317 | Sao Tome and Principe | 187604 | 1001 | 8.33% | 83 | 187 | Guadeloupe (France) | 448713 | 1706 | 11.70% | 200 | 263 | Réunion (France) | 776948 | 2507 | 13.94% | 349 | 310 | Netherlands | 16407491 | 33883 | 21.96% | 7441 | 484 | Israel | 6742915 | 20330 | 15.45% | 3141 | 332 | Colombia | 43100021 | 1038700 | 2.01% | 20878 | 41 | Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) | 20569 | 430 | 2.33% | 10 | 48 | Bangladesh | 144319628 | 133910 | 55.39% | 74173 | 1078 | Switzerland | 7489370 | 39770 | 9.91 | 3941 | 188 | Jordan | 5759732 | 91971 | 3.32% | 3053 | 63 | Costa Rica | 4018756 | 50660 | 4.40% | 2229 | 79 | Barbados | 278870 | 431 | 37.21% | 160 | 647 | French Guiana (France) | 195506 | 89150 | 0.13% | 116 | 2 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 117534 | 389 | 17.95% | 70 | 302 | Faroe Islands (Denmark) | 48307 | 1399 | 2.14% | 30 | 35 | Jamaica | 2736513 | 10831 | 15.83% | 1715 | 253 | Philippines | 87857473 | 300000 | 19% | 56652 | 295 | Mauritania | 3086859 | 1030400 | 0.20% | 2061 | 3 | Isle of Man (UK) | 75049 | 572 | 9% | 51 | 131 | Dominica | 72125 | 754 | 6.67% | 50 | 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1075066 | 5128 | 14.62% | 750 | 210 | Yemen | 20745098 | 527970 | 2.91% | 15364 | 39 | Malaysia | 23966096 | 328550 | 5.46% | 17939 | 73 | Northern Mariana Islands (US) | 80362 | 477 | 13.04% | 62 | 168 | Vietnam | 83535576 | 325360 | 20.14% | 65528 | 257 | Nepal | 27676547 | 143350 | 16.07% | 21984 | 202 | Mauritius | 1242821 | 2030 | 49.02% | 995 | 612 | Belgium | 10364388 | 30278 | 27.42% | 8302 | 342 | Slovenia | 2011070 | 20151 | 8.53% | 1719 | 100 | Indonesia | 228895746 | 1826440 | 11.03% | 201456 | 125 | United Kingdom | 60441457 | 241590 | 23.23% | 56121 | 250 | Haiti | 8298163 | 27560 | 28.11% | 7747 | 301 | El Salvador | 6711676 | 20720 | 31.37% | 6500 | 324 | Sierra Leone | 5874481 | 71620 | 7.95% | 5694 | 82 | Vanuatu | 206090 | 12200 | 1.64% | 200 | 17 | Tanzania | 37770570 | 886037 | 4.23% | 37479 | 43 | Venezuela | 25269177 | 882050 | 2.85% | 25138 | 29 | People's Republic of China | 1306313812 | 9326410 | 14.86% | 1385905 | 140 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 60473510 | 2267600 | 2.86% | 64853 | 27 | Cape Verde | 418837 | 4033 | 11.41% | 460 | 104 | Liberia | 2902179 | 96320 | 3.43% | 3304 | 30 | Comoros | 671638 | 2170 | 35.87% | 778 | 310 | Guinea | 9452670 | 245857 | 4.47% | 10990 | 38 | Burundi | 7795426 | 25650 | 35.57% | 9124 | 304 | Antigua and Barbuda | 68722 | 442.6 | 18.18% | 80 | 155 | Somalia | 8752449 | 627337 | 1.64% | 10288 | 14 | Guatemala | 12182548 | 108430 | 13.22% | 14334 | 112 | North Korea | 22912177 | 120410 | 22.40% | 26972 | 190 | East Timor | 1041806 | 15007 | 8.20% | 1231 | 69 | Ecuador | 13363593 | 276840 | 5.71% | 15808 | 17 | Liechtenstein | 33717 | 160 | 25% | 40 | 211 | Dominican Republic | 9088094 | 48380 | 22.49% | 10881 | 188 | Pakistan | 158781792 | 778720 | 24.44% | 190319 | 204 | Rwanda | 9378226 | 24948 | 45.56% | 11366 | 376 | Wallis and Futuna (France) | 16025 | 274 | 7.14% | 20 | 58 | Chile | 15995043 | 748800 | 2.62% | 19619 | 21 | Saudi Arabia | 26417599 | 1960582 | 1.67% | 32742 | 13 | Eritrea | 4669638 | 121320 | 4.78% | 5799 | 38 | Suriname | 460495 | 161470 | 0.36% | 581 | 3 | Tonga | 112445 | 718 | 20% | 144 | 157 | Cyprus | 780133 | 9240 | 10.81% | 999 | 84 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 38958 | 261 | 19.44% | 51 | 149 | Kenya | 34911779 | 569250 | 8.01% | 45597 | 61 | Peru | 28051105 | 1280000 | 2.88% | 36864 | 22 | Luxembourg | 468571 | 2586 | 23.94% | 619 | 181 | India | 1093563426 | 2973190 | 48.83% | 1451809 | 368 | Italy | 58103033 | 294020 | 26.41% | 77651 | 198 | British Virgin Islands (UK) | 22643 | 153 | 20.00% | 31 | 148 | Tajikistan | 6814791 | 142700 | 6.52% | 9304 | 48 | Republic of the Congo | 3602269 | 341500 | 1.45% | 4952 | 11 | Germany | 82431390 | 349223 | 33.13% | 115698 | 236 | Honduras | 7167902 | 111890 | 9.53% | 10663 | 64 | Laos | 6217141 | 230800 | 4.01% | 9255 | 27 | Malawi | 12974924 | 94080 | 20.68% | 19456 | 138 | Portugal | 10566212 | 91951 | 17.29% | 15898 | 115 | Uganda | 28199390 | 199710 | 21.57% | 43077 | 141 | Ethiopia | 73053286 | 1119683 | 10.01% | 112080 | 65 | Albania | 3563112 | 27398 | 20.10% | 5507 | 130 | Swaziland | 1138227 | 17203 | 10.25% | 1763 | 66 | Lesotho | 2118091 | 30355 | 10.87% | 3300 | 70 | Madagascar | 18312163 | 581540 | 5.03% | 29251 | 31 | Armenia | 2982904 | 28400 | 16.78% | 4766 | 105 | Guinea-Bissau | 1414159 | 28000 | 8.31% | 2327 | 51 | Bhutan | 654897 | 47000 | 2.30% | 1081 | 14 | Uzbekistan | 26851195 | 425400 | 10.51% | 44710 | 63 | Austria | 8184691 | 82444 | 16.59% | 13677 | 99 | Georgia | 4677401 | 69700 | 11.51% | 8022 | 67 | The Gambia | 1595086 | 10000 | 27.88% | 2788 | 160 | Panama | 3140232 | 75990 | 7.26% | 5517 | 41 | Norway | 4593041 | 307860 | 2.70% | 8312 | 15 | Ghana | 22025680 | 230940 | 17.54% | 40507 | 95 | Cook Islands | 21388 | 240 | 16.67% | 40 | 89 | Côte d'Ivoire | 17298040 | 318000 | 10.23% | 32531 | 54 | Palau | 20303 | 458 | 8.70% | 40 | 44 | Senegal | 11860429 | 192000 | 12.51% | 24019 | 62 | Myanmar | 46595675 | 657740 | 14.92% | 98135 | 71 | Mozambique | 20154010 | 784090 | 5.43% | 42576 | 26 | Botswana | 1759832 | 585370 | 0.65% | 3805 | 3 | Iraq | 26074906 | 432162 | 13.12% | 56700 | 60 | Montserrat (UK) | 9341 | 102 | 20% | 20 | 92 | Thailand | 64185502 | 511770 | 27.54% | 140941 | 125 | Azerbaijan | 8015567 | 86100 | 20.62% | 17754 | 93 | Gabon | 1395690 | 257667 | 1.21% | 3118 | 5 | Fiji | 893586 | 18270 | 10.95% | 2001 | 49 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4430494 | 51129 | 19.61% | 10026 | 87 | Equatorial Guinea | 567232 | 28051 | 4.63% | 1299 | 20 | Mexico | 106202903 | 1923040 | 12.66% | 243457 | 55 | Algeria | 32560735 | 2381740 | 3.17% | 75501 | 14 | Nigeria | 128765768 | 910768 | 33.02% | 300736 | 141 | Kyrgyzstan | 5146281 | 191300 | 6.55% | 12530 | 27 | Iran | 64737226 | 1636000 | 9.78% | 160001 | 40 | Belize | 281289 | 22806 | 3.05% | 696 | 12 | Syria | 18448752 | 184050 | 24.80% | 45644 | 100 | Greece | 10668354 | 130800 | 20.45% | 26749 | 82 | Morocco | 32793012 | 446300 | 19% | 84797 | 73 | Zimbabwe | 12160782 | 386670 | 8.24% | 31862 | 31 | Afghanistan | 29928987 | 647500 | 12.13% | 78542 | 46 | Slovakia | 5431363 | 48800 | 29.23% | 14264 | 111 | Tunisia | 10079380 | 155360 | 17.05% | 26489 | 65 | Cambodia | 13526825 | 176520 | 20.44% | 36081 | 77 | Macedonia | 2045262 | 24856 | 22.01% | 5471 | 82 | Cuba | 11326153 | 110860 | 27.63% | 30631 | 102 | Sweden | 9001774 | 410934 | 5.93% | 24368 | 22 | Angola | 11706954 | 1246700 | 2.65% | 33038 | 9 | Ireland | 4015676 | 68890 | 16.82% | 11587 | 58 | Czech Republic | 10241138 | 77276 | 38.82% | 29999 | 133 | Samoa | 208937 | 2934 | 21.13% | 620 | 71 | France ( Metropolitan ) | 60656178 | 545630 | 33.46% | 182568 | 111 | Serbia and Montenegro | 10828899 | 102136 | 33.18% | 33889 | 106 | Libya | 5765563 | 1759540 | 1.03% | 18123 | 3 | Brazil | 186112794 | 8456510 | 6.93% | 586036 | 22 | Poland | 38557984 | 304465 | 40.25% | 122547 | 127 | Croatia | 4495904 | 56414 | 25.82% | 14566 | 80 | Nicaragua | 5469181 | 120254 | 14.81% | 17810 | 45 | Turkey | 69660559 | 770760 | 29.81% | 229764 | 90 | South Africa | 44344136 | 1219912 | 12.10% | 147609 | 36 | Spain | 40341462 | 499542 | 27.18% | 135776 | 81 | Benin | 7649360 | 110620 | 23.53% | 26029 | 69 | Bolivia | 8857870 | 1084390 | 2.78% | 30146 | 8 | Cameroon | 17261467 | 469440 | 12.54% | 58868 | 37 | Burkina Faso | 13903886 | 273800 | 17.66% | 48353 | 51 | New Zealand | 4035461 | 268021 | 5.54% | 14848 | 15 | Chad | 9400658 | 1259200 | 2.80% | 35258 | 7 | Finland | 5223442 | 304473 | 6.54% | 19913 | 17 | Estonia | 1332893 | 43211 | 12.05% | 5207 | 31 | Uruguay | 3424889 | 173620 | 7.77% | 13490 | 20 | Namibia | 2028356 | 825418 | 0.99% | 8172 | 2 | Mali | 11379386 | 1220000 | 3.76% | 45872 | 9 | Romania | 22329977 | 230340 | 39.49% | 90961 | 97 | Denmark | 5432335 | 42394 | 52.59% | 22295 | 128 | Mongolia | 2865994 | 1564116 | 0.76% | 11887 | 2 | Moldova | 4340177 | 33371 | 54.52% | 18194 | 130 | Sudan | 37762842 | 2376000 | 6.78% | 161093 | 16 | Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France) | 7012 | 242 | 12.50% | 30 | 29 | Bulgaria | 7450349 | 110550 | 29.94% | 33099 | 67 | Togo | 5399991 | 54385 | 44.20% | 24038 | 99 | Turkmenistan | 4932743 | 488100 | 4.51% | 22013 | 10 | Central African Republic | 4237703 | 622984 | 3.10% | 19313 | 7 | Hungary | 10006835 | 92340 | 49.58% | 45782 | 108 | Zambia | 11115381 | 740724 | 6.99% | 51777 | 15 | Paraguay | 6351059 | 397300 | 7.47% | 29678 | 16 | United States | 295734134 | 9161923 | 18.01% | 1650062 | 32 | Belarus | 9809130 | 207600 | 26.77% | 55575 | 47 | Guyana | 765283 | 196850 | 2.23% | 4390 | 4 | Ukraine | 46959420 | 603700 | 53.80% | 324791 | 78 | Argentina | 39537943 | 2736690 | 10.03% | 274490 | 14 | Saint Helena (UK) | 7479 | 413 | 12.90% | 53 | 18 | Latvia | 2290237 | 63589 | 28.19% | 17926 | 36 | Lithuania | 3596617 | 65200 | 44.81% | 29216 | 55 | Russia | 142775578 | 16995800 | 7.17% | 1218599 | 8 | Niger | 12162856 | 1266700 | 11.43% | 144784 | 10 | Canada | 32386378 | 9093507 | 4.57% | 415573 | 4 | Niue | 2166 | 260 | 11.54% | 30 | 8 | Kazakhstan | 15185844 | 2669800 | 8.28% | 221059 | 6 | Australia | 20090437 | 7617930 | 6.15% | 468503 | 3 | Monaco | 32409 | 1.95 | 0% | 0 | 16620 | Macau S.A.R. ( PRC ) | 449198 | 28.2 | 0% | 0 | 15929 | Gibraltar (UK) | 27884 | 6.5 | 0% | 0 | 4290 | Vatican City | 921 | 0.44 | 0% | 0 | 2093 | Jersey (UK) | 90812 | 116 | 0% | 0 | 783 | Nauru | 13048 | 21 | 0% | 0 | 621 | Tuvalu | 11634 | 26 | 0% | 0 | 447 | Tokelau (New Zealand) | 1405 | 10 | 0% | 0 | 141 | Anguilla (UK) | 13116 | 102 | 0% | 0 | 129 | Norfolk Island (Australia) | 1828 | 34.6 | 0% | 0 | 3 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) | 628 | 14 | 0% | 0 | 3 | Christmas Island (Australia) | 361 | 135 | 0% | 0 | 3 | Falkland Islands (UK) | 2967 | 12173 | 0% | 0 | 0.2 | Svalbard (Norway) | 2701 | 62049 | 0% | 0 | 0.04 | Greenland (Denmark) | 56375 | 2166086 | 0% | 0 | 0.03