Table # 15
Highest Population Density Per Square Mile

Rank

1998

2000

 2003 2006
1 Macau Macau Macau Macau
59,000 57,628 57,628 64,745
2 Singapore Monaco Monaco Monaco
16,415 45,333 45,333 44,000
3 Hong Kong Hong Kong Singapore Singapore
16,383 16,949 17,528 18,652
4 Malta Singapore Hong Kong Hong Kong
3,035 16,714 16,513 16,915
5 Bangladesh Malta Malta Malta
2,454 3,157 3,205 3,278
6 Maldives Bahrain Bangladesh Bahrain
2,435 2,594 2,639 2,793
7 Bahrain Maldives Bahrain Bangladesh
2,387 2,469 2,545 2,637
8 Barbados Bangladesh Maldives Maldives
1,596 2,305 2,461 2,573
9 Taiwan Taiwan Channel Islands Channel Islands
1,555 1,593 2000 1987
10 Mauritius Barbados Taiwan Taiwan
1,483 1,560 1,616 1,633
11 South Korea Mauritius Mauritius Barbados
1,218 1,510 1,550 1,626
12 Netherlands Nauru Barbados Palestinian Territory
1,197 1,360 1,524 1,609
13

Puerto Rico

 Palestinian Territory Palestinian Territory Mauritius
1,129 1,283 1,504 1,592

Source: Population Reference Bureau Data Sheets:
1998, 2000, 2003, 2006

Chart created by Russ Long