Papua New Guinea - Population Density 2025
23.8
+0.9 from 2024
Papua New Guinea's population density was 23.8 in 2025. This was the 180th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2025▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Macao SAR, China | 20,598.7 | 0.1% |
| 2nd | Monaco | 18,564.1 | -0.7% |
| 3rd | Singapore | 8,108.2 | -1.6% |
| 4th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 7,071.8 | -1.5% |
| 5th | Gibraltar | 3,987.7 | 3.7% |
| 6th | Bahrain | 1,993.7 | 1.1% |
| 7th | Maldives | 1,847.2 | 4.7% |
| 8th | Malta | 1,780.0 | 3.0% |
| 9th | Bangladesh | 1,341.3 | 1.7% |
| 10th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,291.6 | 2.7% |
| 11th | Bermuda | 1,206.2 | 0.7% |
| 12th | West Bank and Gaza | 896.5 | 4.6% |
| 13th | Barbados | 658.4 | 0.3% |
| 14th | Mauritius | 624.3 | -0.2% |
| 15th | Nauru | 600.8 | 1.2% |
| 16th | Rwanda | 589.3 | 4.2% |
| 17th | Aruba | 589.1 | -1.2% |
| 18th | Lebanon | 561.7 | -0.5% |
| 19th | Burundi | 560.7 | 5.2% |
| 20th | San Marino | 553.5 | -1.9% |
| 21st | Netherlands | 537.8 | 1.3% |
| 22nd | Korea | 529.1 | -0.1% |
| 23rd | India | 491.8 | 1.7% |
| 24th | St. Martin (French part) | 478.2 | -13.1% |
| 25th | Comoros | 474.0 | 3.7% |
| 26th | Israel | 470.5 | 3.4% |
| 27th | Haiti | 431.9 | 2.3% |
| 28th | Philippines | 392.4 | 1.8% |
| 29th | Belgium | 390.4 | 1.1% |
| 30th | Sri Lanka | 360.7 | 1.2% |
| 31st | Puerto Rico (US) | 355.2 | -1.7% |
| 32nd | Grenada | 346.2 | 0.5% |
| 33rd | Curaçao | 342.1 | -1.8% |
| 34th | Japan | 338.7 | -0.8% |
| 35th | Pakistan | 332.3 | 3.5% |
| 36th | Viet Nam | 325.5 | 1.7% |
| 37th | Cayman Islands | 316.2 | 3.9% |
| 38th | Tuvalu | 314.1 | -4.0% |
| 39th | Guam | 312.7 | 1.4% |
| 40th | El Salvador | 306.4 | 0.6% |
| 41st | Virgin Islands (US) | 297.4 | -0.8% |
| 42nd | St. Lucia | 295.1 | 0.4% |
| 43rd | Seychelles | 289.7 | 11.3% |
| 44th | United Kingdom | 285.7 | 0.9% |
| 45th | Gambia, The | 278.4 | 4.4% |
| 46th | Kuwait | 276.9 | 1.7% |
| 47th | British Virgin Islands | 268.5 | 3.3% |
| 48th | Luxembourg | 267.3 | 3.3% |
| 49th | Trinidad and Tobago | 266.8 | 0.1% |
| 50th | Jamaica | 263.2 | 0.4% |
| 51st | Nigeria | 260.2 | 4.0% |
| 52nd | Uganda | 257.0 | 5.9% |
| 53rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 256.2 | -1.4% |
| 54th | Liechtenstein | 252.9 | 1.5% |
| 55th | São Tomé and Principe | 249.5 | 3.7% |
| 56th | Dominican Republic | 239.8 | 2.0% |
| 57th | Germany | 238.5 | 0.1% |
| 58th | Malawi | 234.8 | 4.9% |
| 59th | American Samoa | 231.5 | -2.6% |
| 60th | Switzerland | 228.4 | 1.5% |
| 61st | Qatar | 227.1 | -1.8% |
| 62nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 221.0 | 0.7% |
| 63rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 214.3 | 1.1% |
| 64th | Nepal | 213.3 | 3.0% |
| 65th | Marshall Islands | 201.1 | -6.8% |
| 66th | Italy | 197.8 | -0.8% |
| 67th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 179.2 | -0.4% |
| 68th | Togo | 178.7 | 4.5% |
| 69th | Andorra | 176.6 | 2.6% |
| 70th | Guatemala | 173.8 | 2.7% |
| 71st | Kiribati | 169.0 | 3.3% |
| 72nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 162.7 | 1.1% |
| 73rd | Ghana | 154.0 | 3.7% |
| 74th | United Arab Emirates | 153.4 | 3.9% |
| 75th | China | 150.6 | 0.2% |
| 76th | Denmark | 150.1 | 1.0% |
| 77th | Indonesia | 149.9 | 0.9% |
| 78th | Cyprus | 148.8 | 2.2% |
| 79th | Isle of Man | 147.9 | 0.1% |
| 80th | Tonga | 144.7 | -0.4% |
| 81st | Thailand | 140.6 | 0.2% |
| 82nd | Czechia | 140.3 | -0.3% |
| 83rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 136.0 | 5.9% |
| 84th | Jordan | 133.2 | 3.4% |
| 85th | Benin | 131.2 | 4.9% |
| 86th | Cabo Verde | 130.5 | 0.7% |
| 87th | France | 127.8 | 0.8% |
| 88th | Azerbaijan | 123.8 | 0.8% |
| 89th | Sierra Leone | 122.2 | 4.3% |
| 90th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 118.4 | 2.9% |
| 91st | Poland | 117.2 | -2.2% |
| 92nd | Portugal | 116.6 | 1.0% |
| 93rd | Türkiye | 112.9 | 1.9% |
| 94th | Slovak Republic | 112.5 | -0.3% |
| 95th | Austria | 111.9 | 1.1% |
| 96th | European Union | 111.9 | 0.0% |
| 97th | Malaysia | 109.4 | 2.4% |
| 98th | Iraq | 108.2 | 4.3% |
| 99th | Slovenia | 106.1 | 0.7% |
| 100th | Armenia | 105.9 | 0.7% |
| 101st | Cuba | 105.2 | -0.9% |
| 102nd | Hungary | 104.4 | -0.6% |
| 103rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 102.6 | 4.7% |
| 104th | Cambodia | 101.4 | 2.8% |
| 105th | Costa Rica | 101.1 | 1.1% |
| 106th | Kenya | 98.6 | 3.5% |
| 107th | Senegal | 98.4 | 4.8% |
| 108th | Honduras | 98.2 | 3.3% |
| 109th | Spain | 97.6 | 0.8% |
| 110th | Timor-Leste | 96.2 | 3.3% |
| 111th | Northern Mariana Islands | 95.2 | -3.0% |
| 112th | Brunei Darussalam | 88.7 | 1.8% |
| 113th | Burkina Faso | 87.9 | 4.5% |
| 114th | Dominica | 87.7 | -1.1% |
| 115th | Morocco | 86.2 | 2.0% |
| 116th | Albania | 85.3 | -3.2% |
| 117th | Myanmar | 84.1 | 1.4% |
| 118th | Uzbekistan | 83.9 | 3.7% |
| 119th | Moldova | 82.3 | -3.6% |
| 120th | Romania | 81.9 | -1.2% |
| 121st | French Polynesia | 81.3 | 0.3% |
| 122nd | Guinea-Bissau | 79.8 | 4.3% |
| 123rd | Tunisia | 79.6 | 1.3% |
| 124th | Tanzania | 79.4 | 5.5% |
| 125th | Ireland | 79.4 | 2.9% |
| 126th | Samoa | 79.3 | 1.7% |
| 127th | Greece | 79.2 | -1.9% |
| 128th | Yemen, Republic of | 78.5 | 5.2% |
| 129th | Serbia | 78.5 | -0.3% |
| 130th | Tajikistan | 78.0 | 4.2% |
| 131st | Lesotho | 77.8 | 2.2% |
| 132nd | Ecuador | 73.7 | 1.8% |
| 133rd | Eswatini | 73.1 | 2.1% |
| 134th | North Macedonia | 71.3 | -1.7% |
| 135th | Equatorial Guinea | 69.0 | 4.8% |
| 136th | Croatia | 67.8 | -1.6% |
| 137th | Mexico | 67.7 | 1.4% |
| 138th | Afghanistan | 66.3 | 4.4% |
| 139th | Georgia | 64.9 | -0.2% |
| 140th | Cameroon | 63.0 | 5.0% |
| 141st | Panama | 61.6 | 2.5% |
| 142nd | Guinea | 61.4 | 4.7% |
| 143rd | Ukraine | 60.9 | -6.4% |
| 144th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 60.3 | -3.0% |
| 145th | Liberia | 59.3 | 4.0% |
| 146th | Bulgaria | 58.5 | -1.5% |
| 147th | Nicaragua | 58.1 | 2.4% |
| 148th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 56.8 | 1.8% |
| 149th | Madagascar | 56.2 | 4.7% |
| 150th | South Africa | 53.6 | 2.9% |
| 151st | Djibouti | 51.1 | 2.8% |
| 152nd | Fiji | 50.8 | 0.3% |
| 153rd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 50.5 | 3.9% |
| 154th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 49.4 | 6.0% |
| 155th | Colombia | 48.2 | 2.3% |
| 156th | Montenegro | 46.2 | -0.4% |
| 157th | Lithuania | 46.1 | 0.4% |
| 158th | Mozambique | 45.1 | 5.5% |
| 159th | Belarus | 44.6 | -1.4% |
| 160th | Zimbabwe | 43.6 | 3.3% |
| 161st | Faroe Islands | 41.2 | 3.6% |
| 162nd | Bahamas, The | 40.1 | 0.5% |
| 163rd | Palau | 38.5 | -0.1% |
| 164th | Kyrgyz Republic | 38.4 | 3.6% |
| 165th | United States | 37.1 | 0.7% |
| 166th | Lao PDR | 34.1 | 2.8% |
| 167th | Estonia | 32.4 | 1.0% |
| 168th | Angola | 31.2 | 5.9% |
| 169th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 31.2 | 6.5% |
| 170th | Latvia | 29.9 | -1.3% |
| 171st | Solomon Islands | 29.8 | 4.4% |
| 172nd | Eritrea | 29.6 | 3.2% |
| 173rd | Zambia | 29.3 | 5.3% |
| 174th | Sudan | 28.2 | 5.1% |
| 175th | Vanuatu | 27.4 | 4.4% |
| 176th | Peru | 27.0 | 2.0% |
| 177th | Chile | 26.8 | 1.2% |
| 178th | Sweden | 26.2 | 1.3% |
| 179th | Brazil | 25.5 | 0.9% |
| 180th | Papua New Guinea | 23.8 | 3.8% |
| 181st | Niger | 21.9 | 6.0% |
| 182nd | Bhutan | 20.9 | 1.4% |
| 183rd | Mali | 20.6 | 5.6% |
| 184th | New Zealand | 20.0 | 1.3% |
| 185th | Algeria | 20.0 | 3.1% |
| 186th | Uruguay | 19.3 | -0.1% |
| 187th | Congo, Republic of | 18.9 | 4.5% |
| 188th | South Sudan | 18.8 | 3.4% |
| 189th | Belize | 18.5 | 2.7% |
| 190th | Finland | 18.4 | 0.4% |
| 191st | Paraguay | 17.7 | 2.6% |
| 192nd | Argentina | 16.7 | 0.6% |
| 193rd | Oman | 16.6 | 1.6% |
| 194th | Chad | 16.3 | 6.1% |
| 195th | Turkmenistan | 16.3 | 3.9% |
| 196th | Saudi Arabia | 16.2 | 3.3% |
| 197th | New Caledonia | 16.0 | 0.8% |
| 198th | Norway | 15.4 | 1.4% |
| 199th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 11.5 | 2.2% |
| 200th | Gabon | 10.1 | 4.4% |
| 201st | Russian Federation | 8.7 | -0.6% |
| 202nd | Central African Republic | 8.4 | 2.1% |
| 203rd | Kazakhstan | 7.7 | 2.7% |
| 204th | Mauritania | 5.1 | 5.4% |
| 205th | Canada | 4.7 | 3.6% |
| 206th | Botswana | 4.5 | 2.9% |
| 207th | Libya | 4.3 | 2.5% |
| 208th | Suriname | 4.0 | 1.8% |
| 209th | Iceland | 4.0 | 3.7% |
| 210th | Guyana | 3.8 | -3.0% |
| 211th | Namibia | 3.8 | 5.4% |
| 212th | Australia | 3.5 | 1.6% |
| 213th | Mongolia | 2.3 | 3.2% |
| 214th | Greenland | 0.1 | 0.5% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's population density in 2025?▾
Papua New Guinea's population density in 2025 was 23.8. This ranked 180th globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's population density change in 2025?▾
Papua New Guinea's population density increased by 3.8% in 2025 compared to 2024.
Which country had the highest population density in 2025?▾
Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2025 at 20,598.7.
What is the population density of Papua New Guinea in 2025?▾
The population density of Papua New Guinea in 2025 was 23.8. This ranked 180th globally.
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