Population density in Asia

50 countries in Asia, 2023. Unit: people per km² of land. World ranking →

First in the ranking
20,569.7 /km²
Macao
Median country
134.6 /km²
half above, half below
World
62.1 /km²
World Bank aggregate
Range
2.2 to 20,569.7
Mongolia - Macao

How to read it

Across 50 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Macao (20,569.7 /km²) and the lowest in Mongolia (2.2 /km²).

The median country is at 134.6 /km²: half are above, half below.

Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area…

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Source: FAO population estimates, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations… · via World Bank WDI (EN.POP.DNST) · licence

Population density over time

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Ranking of countries

2023
In chart Share of the highest value
1Macao20,569.7
2Singapore8,241.8
3Hong Kong7,177.2
4Bahrain1,971.3
5Maldives1,765.1
6Bangladesh1,319.2
7Palestine857.4
8Lebanon564.4
9South Korea529.8
10India483.7
11Israel455.1
12Philippines385.3
13Sri Lanka356.2
14Japan341.5
15Pakistan321.1
16Vietnam320.2
17Kuwait272.4
18Qatar231.2
19North Korea219.4
20Nepal207.1
21China150.3
22Indonesia148.6
23United Arab Emirates147.6
24Cyprus145.6
25Thailand140.3
26Jordan128.8
27Syria128.5
28Azerbaijan122.9
29Türkiye110.9
30Malaysia106.9
31Armenia105.1
32Iraq103.8
33Cambodia98.7
34Timor-Leste93.1
35Brunei87.1
36Myanmar82.9
37Uzbekistan80.9
38Tajikistan74.9
39Yemen74.6
40Georgia65.0
41Afghanistan63.6
42Iran55.8
43Kyrgyzstan37.0
44Laos33.2
45Bhutan20.6
46Oman16.3
47Saudi Arabia15.7
48Turkmenistan15.7
49Kazakhstan7.5
50Mongolia2.2
World Bank, WDI · EN.POP.DNST · 2023 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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