Number of people per square kilometer (2026)

Monaco leads the world in number of people per square kilometer at 25.6K people/km² in 2026, followed by Macao (22.6K people/km²) and Singapore (8.6K people/km²). China, Hong Kong SAR (6.7K people/km²) and Gibraltar (4.1K people/km²) close out the top 5. Next up, Bahrain (2.1K people/km²) and Maldives (1.8K people/km²). Malta (1.7K people/km²), Bangladesh (1.4K people/km²), and Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (1.3K people/km²) round out the top ten. The gap across this list is wide — Monaco has 20× the value of Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (1.3K people/km²). Six of the top ten are in Asia.