Labor force, total, per square kilometre by country
Labor force, total divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
12,011 units per square kilometre
Macau, China
Lowest
0.9153 units per square kilometre
Mongolia
Median
34.76 units per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
7,804
What the numbers show
Labor force, total, per square kilometre is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 12,011 units per square kilometre in Macau, China; the lowest is 0.9153 units per square kilometre in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 34.76 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 187.5 units per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13,122.
Over the past decade 161 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Jordan (up 63.4%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (down 19.4%).
Labor force, total, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macau, China | 12,011 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 2 | Singapore | 5,045 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 3 | Hong Kong (China) | 3,667 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 4 | Bahrain | 1,129 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 5 | Malta | 964.36 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 6 | Maldives | 893.67 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.4% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 575.39 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 8 | Chagai | 414.88 units per square kilometre | 2021 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 9 | Barbados | 352.26 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 10 | Mauritius | 313.09 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 11 | Netherlands | 305.01 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 12 | Korea | 303.15 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 13 | State of Palestine | 230.91 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 14 | Burundi | 229.51 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 15 | Rwanda | 224.24 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 16 | Israel | 214.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 17 | India | 198.27 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 18 | Japan | 189.81 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 19 | Haiti | 186.33 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 20 | Viet Nam | 179.89 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 21 | Lebanon | 179.6 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 22 | Belgium | 175.94 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 23 | Qatar | 171.7 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Philippines | 168.96 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 25 | Saint Lucia | 165.5 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 26 | Kuwait | 163.99 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 27 | Comoros | 158.53 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.4% | rising |
| 28 | Jamaica | 147.3 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 29 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 146.05 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 30 | United Kingdom | 144.6 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 31 | Guam | 141.97 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 32 | El Salvador | 140.2 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 33 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 138.14 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 34 | Virgin Islands U.S. | 136.54 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 35 | Luxembourg | 134.1 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 36 | Puerto Rico | 133.91 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 37 | Sri Lanka | 131.1 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 38 | Trinidad and Tobago | 129.51 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 39 | Switzerland | 128.98 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 40 | Germany | 125.27 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 41 | Nigeria | 120.86 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 42 | Dominican Republic | 110.45 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 43 | Uganda | 108.83 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 44 | Pakistan | 105.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 45 | United Arab Emirates | 96.78 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Italy | 87.27 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 47 | Cyprus | 83.02 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 48 | Malawi | 82.76 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 49 | China | 82.51 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 50 | Thailand | 80.81 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 51 | Denmark | 79.74 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 52 | Indonesia | 75.73 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 53 | Gambia | 75.13 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 54 | Czechia | 71.75 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 55 | Guatemala | 68.39 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 56 | Azerbaijan | 61.39 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 57 | Poland | 60.24 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 58 | France | 59.05 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 59 | Portugal | 58.9 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 60 | Nepal | 58.15 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 61 | Slovak Republic | 58.06 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 62 | Austria | 57.71 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 63 | Cambodia | 56.81 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 64 | Ghana | 55.98 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 65 | Benin | 55.52 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 66 | Malaysia | 54.98 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 67 | Cabo Verde | 54.51 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 68 | Hungary | 54.48 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 69 | Slovenia | 52.01 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 70 | Togo | 51.56 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 71 | Armenia | 50.73 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 72 | Spain | 48.34 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 73 | Cuba | 47.69 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 74 | Ethiopia | 47.34 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 75 | Tonga | 47.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 76 | Albania | 46.64 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 77 | Türkiye | 46.2 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 45.84 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 79 | Brunei Darussalam | 44.52 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 80 | Republic of Moldova | 42.27 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 81 | Ireland | 41.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 82 | Timor-Leste | 40.76 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 83 | Kenya | 40.2 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 84 | Serbia | 39.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 85 | Sierra Leone | 38.64 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 86 | Côte d'Ivoire | 38.63 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 87 | Honduras | 37.08 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 88 | Greece | 36.14 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 89 | United Republic of Tanzania | 36.08 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 90 | Romania | 36.06 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 91 | Jordan | 35.55 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.4% | rising |
| 92 | Ukraine | 35.45 units per square kilometre | 2021 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 93 | Ecuador | 35.01 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 94 | Sao Tome and Principe | 34.8 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 95 | Egypt | 34.73 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 96 | French Polynesia | 34.68 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 97 | Myanmar | 34.55 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 98 | Burkina Faso | 34.51 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 99 | Syrian Arab Republic | 33.24 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 100 | Uzbekistan | 32.3 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 101 | North Macedonia | 31.1 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 102 | Croatia | 30.95 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 103 | Mexico | 30.94 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 104 | Guinea-Bissau | 30.15 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 105 | Senegal | 29.9 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.6% | rising |
| 106 | Panama | 29.26 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 107 | Bulgaria | 28.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 108 | Lesotho | 28.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 109 | Madagascar | 27.69 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 110 | Morocco | 27.64 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 111 | Iraq | 27.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 112 | Tunisia | 27.17 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 113 | Georgia | 27.04 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 114 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.68 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 115 | Nicaragua | 26.45 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 116 | Liberia | 26.23 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 117 | Equatorial Guinea | 25.18 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 118 | Lithuania | 24.55 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 119 | Eswatini | 24.31 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 120 | Bahamas | 24.16 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 121 | Belarus | 23.95 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 122 | Colombia | 23.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 123 | Cameroon | 22.91 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 124 | Montenegro | 22.17 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 125 | Least developed countries | 21.34 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 126 | South Africa | 21.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 127 | Fiji | 21.01 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 128 | Samoa | 20.74 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 129 | United States | 18.83 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 130 | Mozambique | 18.62 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 131 | Guinea | 18.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 132 | Tajikistan | 18.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 133 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 17.89 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 134 | Estonia | 17.68 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.9% | flat |
| 135 | Zimbabwe | 16.8 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 136 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 16.2 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 137 | Latvia | 15.56 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 138 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 15.22 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 139 | Solomon Islands | 15.09 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 140 | Peru | 14.54 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 141 | Yemen | 14.52 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 142 | Kyrgyzstan | 14.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 143 | Sweden | 13.9 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 144 | Eritrea | 13.76 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 145 | Afghanistan | 13.56 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 146 | Chile | 13.45 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 147 | Brazil | 12.72 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 148 | Angola | 12.24 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 149 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 12.17 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 150 | New Zealand | 11.53 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 151 | Djibouti | 11.13 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 152 | Bhutan | 10.52 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 153 | Uruguay | 10.17 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 154 | Zambia | 10.03 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 155 | Vanuatu | 9.42 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 156 | Finland | 9.42 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 157 | Niger | 8.71 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 158 | Paraguay | 8.71 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 159 | Norway | 8.34 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 160 | Oman | 8.34 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Argentina | 8.06 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 162 | South Sudan | 8.02 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 163 | Papua New Guinea | 7.89 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 164 | Saudi Arabia | 7.77 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Belize | 7.58 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 166 | Congo | 7.27 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 167 | New Caledonia | 7.12 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 168 | Mali | 7.01 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 169 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 6.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 170 | Sudan | 5.86 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 171 | Algeria | 5.58 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 172 | Somalia | 5.29 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 173 | Chad | 4.88 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 174 | Russia | 4.5 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 175 | Turkmenistan | 4.5 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 176 | Kazakhstan | 3.74 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 177 | Gabon | 3.15 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 178 | Central African Republic | 3.09 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 179 | Canada | 2.52 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 180 | Iceland | 2.34 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 181 | Botswana | 2.02 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 182 | Australia | 1.9 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 183 | Suriname | 1.55 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 184 | Guyana | 1.51 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 185 | Libya | 1.45 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 186 | Namibia | 1.33 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 187 | Mauritania | 1.14 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 188 | Mongolia | 0.9153 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Asia 203.59 units per square kilometre
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 203.59 units per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 71.51 units per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 70.94 units per square kilometre
- Lower middle income 61.13 units per square kilometre
- IDA blend 54.36 units per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific 52.41 units per square kilometre
- Central Europe and the Baltics 44.54 units per square kilometre
- Early-demographic dividend 42.96 units per square kilometre
- Middle income 42.27 units per square kilometre
- Low & middle income 37.59 units per square kilometre
- Upper middle income 34.25 units per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Labor force, total divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Labor force, total ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Labor force, total International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Labor force, total divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.