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The 50 largest countries by density (over 5,000 sq.km.)

rank country area sq.km. population
2008-07-01 est.		 humans
per sq.km.
1. Bangladesh 144,000 153,546,896 1,066
2. Taiwan 35,980 22,920,946 637
3. Palestinian Territory, Occupied 6,220 3,907,883 628
4. Korea, South 98,480 48,379,392 491
5. Netherlands 41,526 16,645,313 401
6. Rwanda 26,338 10,186,063 387
7. Lebanon 10,400 3,971,941 382
8. India 3,287,590 1,147,995,904 349
9. Israel 20,770 7,112,359 342
10. Belgium 30,528 10,403,951 341
11. Japan 377,835 127,288,416 337
12. El Salvador 21,040 7,066,403 336
13. Sri Lanka 65,610 21,128,772 322
14. Haiti 27,750 8,924,553 322
15. Philippines 300,000 96,061,680 320
16. Burundi 27,830 8,691,005 312
17. Puerto Rico 13,790 3,958,128 287
18. Vietnam 329,560 86,116,560 261
19. Jamaica 10,991 2,804,332 255
20. United Kingdom 244,820 60,943,912 249
21. Germany 357,021 82,369,552 231
22. Pakistan 803,940 172,800,048 215
23. Trinidad and Tobago 5,128 1,047,366 204
24. Nepal 147,181 29,519,114 201
25. Kosovo 10,887 2,126,708 195
26. Dominican Republic 48,730 9,507,133 195
27. Korea, North 120,540 23,479,088 195
28. Italy 301,230 58,145,320 193
29. Switzerland 41,290 7,581,520 184
30. Nigeria 923,768 146,255,312 158
31. Gambia, The 11,300 1,735,464 154
32. Kuwait 17,820 2,596,799 146
33. China 9,596,960 1,330,044,544 139
34. Uganda 236,040 31,367,972 133
35. Serbia 77,474 10,159,046 131
36. Czech Republic 78,866 10,220,911 130
37. Moldova 33,843 4,324,450 128
38. Thailand 514,000 65,493,296 127
39. Denmark 43,094 5,484,723 127
40. Albania 28,748 3,619,778 126
41. Indonesia 1,919,440 237,512,352 124
42. Poland 312,685 38,500,696 123
43. Guatemala 108,890 13,002,206 119
44. Malawi 118,480 13,931,831 118
45. Portugal 92,391 10,676,910 116
46. Slovakia 48,845 5,455,407 112
47. Hungary 93,030 9,930,915 107
48. Syria 185,180 19,747,586 107
49. Togo 56,785 5,858,673 103
50. Cuba 110,860 11,423,952 103
source: "The World Factbook 2007-2008", CIA.

The 10 largest countries by density (incl. small countries)

rank country area sq.km. population
2008-07-01 est.		 humans
per sq.km.
1. China, Macao SAR 28.2 545,674 19,350
2. Monaco 1.95 32,796 16,818
3. Singapore 692.7 4,608,167 6,652
4. China, Hong Kong SAR 1,092 7,018,636 6,427
5. Gibraltar 6.5 28,002 4,308
6. Holy See (Vatican City) 0.44 824 1,873
7. Maldives 300 385,925 1,286
8. Malta 316 403,532 1,277
9. Bermuda 53.3 66,536 1,248
10. Bahrain 665 718,306 1,080
source: "The World Factbook 2007-2008", CIA.