List of island countries by population density

This is a list of island countries by population density.

Unless otherwise noted, areas and populations are sourced from the United Nations World Population Prospects, which uses the latest censuses and official figures, as well as figures from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Data are current as of 2023.[a]

Island countries by population density

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  • Dependancies are shown with their controlling states in parentheses.
List of island countries and dependencies by population density
Location Density
/km2 		Density
/mi2 		Population Area
km2 		Area
mi2
 Macau (China) 21,000 54,000 704,150 33 13
 Singapore 8,250 21,400 6,014,723 729 281
 Bahrain 1,910 4,900 1,485,510 778 300
 Maldives 1,750 4,500 523,787 300 120
 Malta 1,700 4,400 535,065 315 122
 Sint Maarten (NL) 1,300 3,400 44,222 34 13
 Bermuda (UK) 1,200 3,100 64,069 54 21
 Guernsey (UK) 990 2,600 63,544 64 25
 Jersey (UK) 964 2,500 111,803 116 45
 Mayotte (France) 913 2,360 335,995 368 142
 Taiwan 676 1,750 23,923,277 35,410 13,670
 Mauritius 657 1,700 1,300,557 1,979 764
 Barbados 654 1,690 281,996 431 166
 Nauru 610 1,600 12,780 21 8.1
 Saint Martin (France) 610 1,600 32,077 53 20
 Aruba (NL) 590 1,500 106,277 180 69
 Saint Barthélemy (France) 500 1,300 10,994 22 8.5
 Tuvalu 440 1,100 11,396 26 10
 Curaçao (NL) 433 1,120 192,077 444 171
 Haiti 423 1,100 11,724,764 27,750 10,710
 Réunion (France) 391 1,010 981,796 2,510 970
 Philippines 391 1,010 117,337,368 300,000 120,000
 Comoros 381 990 852,075 2,235 863
 Puerto Rico (US) 368 950 3,260,314 8,868 3,424
 Grenada 366 950 126,184 345 133
 Martinique (France) 337 870 366,981 1,090 420
 Sri Lanka 334 870 21,893,579 65,610 25,330
 Japan 326 840 123,294,513 377,930 145,920
 Guam (US) 320 830 172,952 541 209
 Trinidad and Tobago 299 770 1,534,937 5,127 1,980
 Saint Lucia 293 760 180,251 616 238
 U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 285 740 98,750 347 134
 United Kingdom 277 720 67,736,802 244,376 94,354
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 267 690 103,699 389 150
 Cayman Islands (UK) 263 680 69,310 264 102
 Jamaica 257 670 2,825,544 10,991 4,244
 Guadeloupe (France) 242 630 395,839 1,639 633
 São Tomé and Príncipe 241 620 231,856 964 372
 Seychelles 236 610 107,660 457 176
 Dominican Republic 233 600 11,332,973 48,671 18,792
 Marshall Islands 232 600 41,996 181 70
 American Samoa (US) 221 570 43,915 199 77
 Antigua and Barbuda 213 550 94,298 442 171
 British Virgin Islands (UK) 209 540 31,538 151 58
 Kiribati 184 480 133,515 726 280
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 183 470 47,755 261 101
 Anguilla (UK) 175 450 15,900 91 35
 Micronesia 164 420 115,224 702 271
 Tokelau (NZ) 158 410 1,893 12 4.6
 Cape Verde 148 380 598,682 4,033 1,557
 Isle of Man (UK) 148 380 84,710 572 221
 Tonga 144 370 107,773 747 288
 Cyprus 136 350 1,260,138 9,251 3,572
 Northern Cyprus 114 300 382,836 3,355 1,295 [b]
 Northern Mariana Islands (US) 109 280 49,796 457 176
 Cuba 102 260 11,194,449 109,884 42,426
 Dominica 97 250 73,040 750 290
 East Timor 91 240 1,360,596 14,919 5,760
 French Polynesia (France) 84 220 308,872 3,687 1,424
 Caribbean Netherlands (NL) 83 210 27,148 328 127
 Wallis and Futuna (France) 81 210 11,502 142 55
 Samoa 79 200 225,681 2,842 1,097
 Brunei 78 200 452,524 5,765 2,226
 Ireland 72 190 5,056,935 69,825 26,960
 Cook Islands 72 190 17,044 236 91
 Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK) 62 160 15,700 254 98 [5]
 Norfolk Island (Australia) 57 150 2,220 39 15 [6]
 Madagascar 52 130 30,325,732 587,041 226,658
 Fiji 51 130 936,376 18,272 7,055
 Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 49 130 46,062 948 366
 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK) 43 110 5,314 123 47
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) 43 110 602 14 5.4 [7]
 Montserrat (UK) 43 110 4,387 103 40
 Palau 39 100 18,058 459 177
 Faroe Islands (Denmark) 38 98 53,270 1,393 538
 Bahamas 30 78 412,624 13,940 5,380
 Vanuatu 27 70 334,506 12,189 4,706
 Solomon Islands 26 67 740,425 28,896 11,157
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) 24 62 5,840 242 93
 Papua New Guinea 22 57 10,329,931 462,840 178,700
 New Zealand 20 52 5,228,100 268,107 103,517
 Åland (Finland) 19 49 30,237 1,583 611
 New Caledonia (France) 15 39 292,991 19,100 7,400
 Christmas Island (Australia) 12 31 1,692 136 53 [8]
 Niue 7 18 1,935 260 100
 Iceland 4 10 375,319 103,000 40,000
 Pitcairn Islands (UK) 0.9 2.3 40 47 18 [c]
 Falkland Islands (UK) 0.3 0.78 3,791 12,173 4,700
 Greenland (Denmark) 0.03 0.078 56,643 2,166,086 836,330

See also

Notes

  1. ^ See the Data Portal at the World Population Prospects site.[1] The area figures are listed in the Demographic Yearbook 2022.[2]
  2. ^ Data are from the TRNC State Planning Organization.[3][4]
  3. ^ Pitcairn's tourist site gives an undated figure of exactly 40 as of 2023,[9] while its official government site states the number is "around fifty".[10]

References

  1. ^ "World Population Prospects". population.un.org. Retrieved 14 Jul 2023.
  2. ^ "Demographic Yearbook – Table 3: Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density" (PDF). United Nations Statistics Division. 2022. Retrieved 30 Nov 2023.
  3. ^ Population figure is from 2022. "The population of the TRNC was calculated as 382 thousand 836". aa.com.tr. 10 Oct 2022. Retrieved 14 Jul 2023.
  4. ^ Area estimate is from 2020. "Northern Cyprus". City Population. 30 Nov 2020. Retrieved 14 Jul 2023.
  5. ^ Data are from 2020. "Akrotiri and Dhekelia". City Population. 8 Apr 2023. Retrieved 14 Jul 2023.
  6. ^ Data are from 2021. "Norfolk Island". City Population. 30 Oct 2022. Retrieved 14 Jul 2023.
  7. ^ Data are from 2021. "Cocos (Keeling) Islands". City Population. 30 Oct 2022. Retrieved 14 Jul 2023.
  8. ^ Data are from 2021. "Australia: Christmas Island". City Population. 1 Nov 2022. Retrieved 14 Jul 2023.
  9. ^ "Visit Pitcairn". visitpitcairn.pn. Retrieved 14 Jul 2023.
  10. ^ "Pitcairn Islands". government.pn. Retrieved 30 Nov 2023.