List of countries and dependencies by population density

This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by human population density, and measured by the number of human inhabitants per square kilometre or square mile. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. The list also includes but does not rank unrecognized but de facto independent countries. The figures in the following table are based on areas including inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Data are estimates for July 2005, taken from the United Nations World Prospects Report (2004 revision), unless stated differently.
Main table.
The names of dependent territories are shown in italics. Area figures provided here have been obtained from the main articles of the respective countries and territories.
Density of the most populous countries.
This list consists of the top 100 most populous countries (see also List of countries and dependencies by population).