Population density in Europe

45 countries in Europe, 2024. Unit: people per km² of land. World ranking →

First in the ranking
18,536.9 /km²
Monaco
Median country
97.8 /km²
half above, half below
Range
3.8 to 18,536.9
Iceland - Monaco

How to read it

Across 45 countries in Europe, the highest value is in Monaco (18,536.9 /km²) and the lowest in Iceland (3.8 /km²).

The median country is at 97.8 /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

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Monaco18,536.9
2Malta1,805.0
3San Marino555.2
4Netherlands534.4
5Belgium388.9
6United Kingdom286.4
7Luxembourg263.0
8Liechtenstein252.8
9Germany239.0
10Switzerland227.9
11Italy199.4
12Andorra175.1
13Denmark149.4
14Isle of Man147.0
15Czechia141.3
16France127.2
17Poland119.4
18Portugal116.7
19Slovakia112.8
20Austria111.2
21Slovenia105.7
22Hungary104.8
23Spain97.8
24Albania86.8
25Moldova83.5
26Romania82.8
27Greece80.7
28Ireland78.3
29Serbia75.2
30North Macedonia72.3
31Croatia69.1
32Ukraine65.3
33Bosnia and Herzegovina61.8
34Bulgaria59.3
35Montenegro46.4
36Lithuania46.1
37Belarus45.0
38Faroe Islands39.9
39Estonia32.1
40Latvia30.0
41Sweden26.0
42Finland18.5
43Norway15.3
44Russia8.8
45Iceland3.8
World Bank, WDI · EN.POP.DNST · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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