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United States - Population Density 2019

Name: United States Population Density 2019
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

36.1 +0.2 from 2018 Global rank: 51st

United States's population density was 36.1 in 2019, increased +0.2 from 35.9 in 2018. This was the 51st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2019▾

Population Density by Country - 2019
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	0.4%
2nd	Mongolia	2.1	1.9%
3rd	Namibia	3.2	2.8%
4th	Australia	3.3	1.5%
5th	Iceland	3.6	2.2%
6th	Suriname	3.8	1.0%
7th	Libya	4.0	1.5%
8th	Guyana	4.1	2.0%
9th	Botswana	4.1	1.4%
10th	Canada	4.2	1.5%
11th	Mauritania	4.3	3.0%
12th	Kazakhstan	7.1	1.5%
13th	Central African Republic	7.9	1.4%
14th	Gabon	8.8	2.5%
15th	Russian Federation	8.9	0.0%
16th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	10.8	1.4%
17th	Chad	13.3	3.3%
18th	Saudi Arabia	14.0	-0.4%
19th	Turkmenistan	14.5	2.2%
20th	Norway	14.6	0.7%
21st	Oman	14.8	-0.1%
22nd	New Caledonia	15.5	0.0%
23rd	Paraguay	16.4	1.4%
24th	Argentina	16.4	0.7%
25th	Congo, Republic of	16.4	2.4%
26th	South Sudan	16.5	3.0%
27th	Belize	16.9	1.5%
28th	Mali	17.3	3.1%
29th	Niger	18.1	3.4%
30th	Finland	18.2	0.1%
31st	Algeria	18.2	1.9%
32nd	New Zealand	18.9	1.4%
33rd	Uruguay	19.4	0.1%
34th	Bhutan	20.1	0.7%
35th	Papua New Guinea	21.2	2.3%
36th	Vanuatu	24.0	2.4%
37th	Sudan	24.4	3.0%
38th	Brazil	24.8	0.7%
39th	Zambia	24.9	3.0%
40th	Sweden	25.2	1.0%
41st	Peru	25.4	1.7%
42nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	25.6	3.7%
43rd	Chile	25.8	1.5%
44th	Angola	26.0	3.4%
45th	Solomon Islands	26.0	2.7%
46th	Eritrea	26.8	1.5%
47th	Latvia	30.8	-0.7%
48th	Estonia	31.0	0.4%
49th	Lao PDR	31.4	1.5%
50th	Kyrgyz Republic	34.4	2.3%
51st	United States	36.1	0.5%
52nd	Faroe Islands	37.1	1.6%
53rd	Mozambique	38.0	3.0%
54th	Palau	38.7	-0.1%
55th	Bahamas, The	39.4	0.5%
56th	Zimbabwe	39.5	1.6%
57th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	41.0	3.2%
58th	Lithuania	44.9	-0.3%
59th	Colombia	45.0	1.8%
60th	Turks and Caicos Islands	45.4	3.9%
61st	Belarus	46.4	-0.2%
62nd	Montenegro	46.6	0.1%
63rd	Djibouti	47.0	1.6%
64th	Madagascar	48.5	2.6%
65th	South Africa	49.1	1.7%
66th	Fiji	50.1	-0.2%
67th	Liberia	52.4	2.0%
68th	Guinea	53.0	2.6%
69th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	53.7	1.1%
70th	Nicaragua	53.9	1.3%
71st	Cameroon	54.0	2.8%
72nd	Panama	57.1	1.6%
73rd	Afghanistan	58.0	3.0%
74th	Equatorial Guinea	59.5	3.3%
75th	Bulgaria	60.9	-1.4%
76th	Mexico	64.7	1.0%
77th	Georgia	65.1	-0.2%
78th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	65.3	-1.2%
79th	Yemen, Republic of	66.5	3.0%
80th	Tanzania	66.8	3.0%
81st	Eswatini	68.6	0.9%
82nd	Tajikistan	68.7	2.4%
83rd	Ecuador	69.8	1.7%
84th	Guinea-Bissau	70.0	2.4%
85th	Croatia	70.6	-1.0%
86th	Ireland	72.2	1.6%
87th	Lesotho	72.8	1.2%
88th	North Macedonia	74.4	-0.7%
89th	Uzbekistan	74.8	1.8%
90th	Samoa	75.5	1.1%
91st	Tunisia	76.4	0.9%
92nd	Burkina Faso	76.6	2.6%
93rd	Ukraine	77.6	-0.6%
94th	Serbia	79.4	-0.5%
95th	French Polynesia	80.4	-0.3%
96th	Myanmar	80.7	0.7%
97th	Morocco	81.1	1.0%
98th	Greece	83.2	-0.1%
99th	Brunei Darussalam	84.0	1.1%
100th	Romania	84.2	-0.5%
101st	Senegal	84.9	2.8%
102nd	Timor-Leste	87.5	2.0%
103rd	Kenya	88.4	1.6%
104th	Côte d'Ivoire	88.7	2.7%
105th	Honduras	88.9	1.8%
106th	Dominica	90.5	-0.4%
107th	Moldova	92.8	-1.6%
108th	Cambodia	93.4	1.3%
109th	Albania	93.7	-1.5%
110th	Spain	94.3	0.7%
111th	Iraq	94.9	2.3%
112th	Costa Rica	97.9	0.8%
113th	Malaysia	101.8	1.6%
114th	Slovenia	103.7	0.7%
115th	Armenia	104.1	-0.2%
116th	Northern Mariana Islands	104.6	-1.9%
117th	Hungary	106.2	-0.1%
118th	Sierra Leone	107.1	2.3%
119th	Türkiye	107.3	1.4%
120th	Austria	107.6	0.4%
121st	Cuba	107.9	-0.2%
122nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	108.0	1.8%
123rd	Syrian Arab Republic	110.8	4.0%
124th	European Union	111.8	0.1%
125th	Portugal	112.3	0.0%
126th	Benin	112.9	2.8%
127th	Slovak Republic	113.4	0.1%
128th	Jordan	120.2	2.0%
129th	Azerbaijan	121.3	0.9%
130th	Poland	124.0	0.0%
131st	France	125.0	0.3%
132nd	Cabo Verde	127.6	0.1%
133rd	United Arab Emirates	133.0	1.1%
134th	Ghana	137.4	2.0%
135th	Czechia	138.2	0.4%
136th	Cyprus	139.3	1.3%
137th	Thailand	140.0	0.2%
138th	Indonesia	145.1	0.9%
139th	Denmark	145.4	0.4%
140th	Tonga	146.8	0.1%
141st	Isle of Man	147.3	0.2%
142nd	China	149.9	0.4%
143rd	Kiribati	153.0	1.5%
144th	Togo	155.6	2.5%
145th	Micronesia, Federated States of	157.5	0.3%
146th	Guatemala	159.6	1.5%
147th	Andorra	162.7	1.7%
148th	St. Kitts and Nevis	180.6	-0.1%
149th	Nepal	198.2	1.2%
150th	Malawi	201.8	2.7%
151st	Italy	202.0	-0.7%
152nd	Antigua and Barbuda	207.6	0.5%
153rd	Seychelles	212.2	0.9%
154th	Uganda	214.4	3.4%
155th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	216.2	0.4%
156th	Switzerland	217.0	0.7%
157th	São Tomé and Principe	222.3	1.5%
158th	Dominican Republic	226.0	1.3%
159th	Qatar	229.6	2.2%
160th	Nigeria	230.0	2.2%
161st	Germany	237.8	0.2%
162nd	Luxembourg	240.8	2.0%
163rd	Liechtenstein	241.0	0.8%
164th	British Virgin Islands	242.6	5.0%
165th	Gambia, The	242.8	2.4%
166th	Marshall Islands	244.5	-2.8%
167th	Kuwait	249.3	2.7%
168th	American Samoa	251.0	-1.4%
169th	Jamaica	260.7	0.1%
170th	Trinidad and Tobago	265.9	0.4%
171st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	267.1	-0.7%
172nd	United Kingdom	275.4	0.5%
173rd	Cayman Islands	280.5	2.1%
174th	St. Lucia	291.2	0.4%
175th	Pakistan	299.4	1.7%
176th	Guam	299.6	-0.5%
177th	El Salvador	300.3	0.0%
178th	Virgin Islands (US)	304.8	-0.3%
179th	Viet Nam	310.0	1.0%
180th	Grenada	341.1	0.3%
181st	Japan	347.4	-0.1%
182nd	Sri Lanka	352.4	0.6%
183rd	Tuvalu	352.7	-1.6%
184th	Curaçao	354.6	-1.2%
185th	Philippines	371.6	1.2%
186th	Puerto Rico (US)	372.3	0.4%
187th	Belgium	376.8	0.5%
188th	Haiti	402.9	1.3%
189th	Israel	418.4	1.9%
190th	Comoros	422.7	1.9%
191st	India	467.2	1.0%
192nd	Burundi	477.2	3.3%
193rd	Netherlands	515.1	0.7%
194th	Rwanda	517.9	2.3%
195th	Korea	530.4	0.3%
196th	Lebanon	566.4	-3.2%
197th	San Marino	577.7	0.4%
198th	Nauru	579.4	1.0%
199th	Aruba	606.7	0.3%
200th	Mauritius	633.9	0.0%
201st	Barbados	654.0	0.2%
202nd	St. Martin (French part)	685.3	-4.8%
203rd	West Bank and Gaza	778.3	2.5%
204th	Channel Islands	836.6	0.4%
205th	Bermuda	1,187.2	0.4%
206th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,187.8	1.7%
207th	Bangladesh	1,266.9	0.9%
208th	Malta	1,574.7	4.1%
209th	Maldives	1,625.8	3.1%
210th	Bahrain	1,902.3	-1.5%
211th	Gibraltar	3,549.4	1.8%
212th	Hong Kong SAR, China	7,150.4	0.7%
213th	Singapore	7,965.9	0.9%
214th	Monaco	18,800.7	-0.1%
215th	Macao SAR, China	20,425.5	2.0%

FAQ

What was United States's population density in 2019?▾

United States's population density in 2019 was 36.1. This ranked 51st globally.

How did United States's population density change in 2019?▾

United States's population density increased by 0.5% in 2019 compared to 2018.

Which country had the highest population density in 2019?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2019 at 20,425.5.

What is the population density of United States in 2019?▾

The population density of United States in 2019 was 36.1. This ranked 51st globally.

How does 2019 compare to 2018 for United States's population density?▾

United States's population density went from 35.9 in 2018 to 36.1 in 2019, a 0.5% increase.

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