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

• Links for each location go to the relevant demography page, when available.
• Dependancies are shown with their controlling states in parentheses.

List of island countries and dependencies by population density

Location	Density /km^2	Density /mi^2	Population	Area km^2	Area mi^2
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

• List of archipelagos
• List of archipelagos by number of islands
• List of artificial islands
• List of divided islands
• List of islands
• List of islands by area
• List of islands by population
• List of islands by population density
• List of island countries

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.