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Population density: compare countries

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Population density by country

Annual, People per square kilometre

Source: World Bank

Population density: latest observations by country
Date	Macao SAR China	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 2001	16,688.5	44.9	23.0
Dec 31, 2002	16,237.0	46.3	23.7
Dec 31, 2003	16,429.6	47.8	24.4
Dec 31, 2004	16,239.3	49.3	25.1
Dec 31, 2005	16,910.7	50.9	25.9
Dec 31, 2006	17,444.1	52.5	26.7
Dec 31, 2007	17,839.0	54.2	27.6
Dec 31, 2008	18,517.1	55.8	28.4
Dec 31, 2009	18,135.6	57.4	29.3
Dec 31, 2010	18,080.8	59.1	30.2
Dec 31, 2011	18,381.3	60.9	31.3
Dec 31, 2012	18,993.3	62.8	32.3
Dec 31, 2013	19,534.7	64.7	33.4
Dec 31, 2014	20,518.2	66.6	34.6
Dec 31, 2015	21,148.0	68.6	35.7
Dec 31, 2016	21,393.4	70.7	37.0
Dec 31, 2017	21,051.9	72.7	38.4
Dec 31, 2018	20,027.4	74.7	39.7
Dec 31, 2019	20,425.5	76.6	41.0
Dec 31, 2020	20,832.8	78.5	42.3
Dec 31, 2021	20,681.8	80.4	43.7
Dec 31, 2022	20,524.2	82.3	45.2
Dec 31, 2023	20,384.4	84.2	46.7
Dec 31, 2024	20,630.6	86.1	48.2