This is a list of countries ordered by physiological density. " Arable land" is defined by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, the source of "Arable land (hectares per person)" as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

List

Data are for the year 2021, and are from the UN FAO unless otherwise specified. ^{[1] [2]} Locations with no arable land are omitted.

Location	Arable m² / person	Persons / arable km2	% arable	Arable land (km2)	Population
World	1,800	570	11%	14,000,000	7,900,000,000
Kazakhstan	15,456	65	11%	296,697	19,196,465
Australia	12,062	83	4%	312,650	25,921,089
Canada	10,027	100	4%	382,590	38,155,012
Argentina	9,322	107	15%	422,088	45,276,780
Russia	8,384	119	7%	1,216,490	145,102,755
Lithuania	8,178	122	36%	22,790	2,786,651
Ukraine	7,563	132	57%	329,240	43,531,422
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	7,402	135	10%	40	5,404
Latvia	7,268	138	22%	13,620	1,873,919
Paraguay	7,062	142	12%	47,340	6,703,799
Niger	7,009	143	14%	177,000	25,252,722
Uruguay	5,927	169	12%	20,306	3,426,260
Belarus	5,872	170	28%	56,240	9,578,167
Moldova	5,589	179	52%	17,110	3,061,506
Estonia	5,268	190	16%	7,000	1,328,701
Guyana	5,220	192	2%	4,200	804,567
Niue	5,163	194	4%	10	1,937
Bulgaria	5,084	197	32%	35,005	6,885,868
United States	4,681	214	17%	1,577,368	336,997,624
Sudan	4,598	217	11%	209,948	45,657,202
Montserrat	4,528	221	20%	20	4,417
Romania	4,443	225	37%	85,880	19,328,560
Hungary	4,263	235	45%	41,397	9,709,786
Finland	4,052	247	7%	22,430	5,535,992
Bolivia	4,030	248	4%	48,684	12,079,472
Denmark	4,026	248	59%	23,570	5,854,240
Mongolia	3,981	251	0.9%	13,328	3,347,782
Mali	3,808	263	7%	83,410	21,904,983
Serbia	3,584	279	31%	26,150	7,296,769
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3,400	294	9%	20	5,883
Central African Republic	3,298	303	3%	18,000	5,457,154
Iceland	3,267	306	1%	1,210	370,335
Namibia	3,162	316	1%	8,000	2,530,151
Chad	3,085	324	4%	53,000	17,179,740
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,082	324	20%	10,080	3,270,943
Togo	3,065	326	49%	26,500	8,644,829
Turkmenistan	3,059	327	4%	19,400	6,341,855
Poland	2,892	346	36%	110,788	38,307,726
France	2,783	359	33%	179,566	64,531,444
Burkina Faso	2,760	362	22%	61,000	22,100,683
Isle of Man	2,753	363	41%	232	84,263
Brazil	2,718	368	7%	582,528	214,326,223
Cuba	2,584	387	28%	29,086	11,256,372
Libya	2,554	392	1%	17,200	6,735,277
Zimbabwe	2,501	400	10%	40,000	15,993,524
Belize	2,500	400	4%	1,000	400,031
Cambodia	2,484	403	23%	41,201	16,589,023
Slovakia	2,434	411	28%	13,260	5,447,622
Spain	2,432	411	23%	115,501	47,486,935
Sweden	2,422	413	6%	25,352	10,467,097
Thailand	2,395	417	34%	171,500	71,601,103
Czech Republic	2,355	425	32%	24,753	10,510,751
Turkey	2,345	426	26%	198,810	84,775,404
Tunisia	2,309	433	18%	28,313	12,262,946
Guinea	2,291	437	13%	31,000	13,531,906
Cameroon	2,280	439	13%	62,000	27,198,628
Senegal	2,269	441	20%	38,300	16,876,720
South Sudan	2,228	449	4%	23,947	10,748,272
Nicaragua	2,194	456	12%	15,030	6,850,540
Syria	2,186	458	25%	46,606	21,324,367
Benin	2,154	464	25%	28,000	12,996,895
Tanzania	2,123	471	15%	135,025	63,588,334
Croatia	2,111	474	15%	8,570	4,060,135
Albania	2,101	476	22%	5,999	2,854,710
Myanmar	2,043	490	17%	109,900	53,798,084
Greece	2,041	490	17%	21,319	10,445,365
Morocco	2,026	494	17%	75,120	37,076,584
Azerbaijan	2,026	494	25%	20,890	10,312,992
South Africa	2,020	495	10%	120,000	59,392,255
Malawi	2,011	497	42%	40,000	19,889,742
North Macedonia	1,983	504	17%	4,170	2,103,330
Kyrgyzstan	1,972	507	7%	12,874	6,527,743
Afghanistan	1,952	512	12%	78,290	40,099,462
Zambia	1,951	512	5%	38,000	19,473,125
Eritrea	1,906	525	6%	6,900	3,620,312
Tonga	1,886	530	28%	200	106,017
Sierra Leone	1,881	532	22%	15,840	8,420,641
Lesotho	1,880	532	14%	4,290	2,281,454
Iran	1,786	560	10%	156,990	87,923,432
Mozambique	1,761	568	7%	56,500	32,077,072
Nigeria	1,728	579	40%	368,720	213,401,323
Algeria	1,705	587	3%	75,306	44,177,969
Gambia	1,667	600	43%	4,400	2,639,916
Laos	1,648	607	5%	12,240	7,425,057
Armenia	1,589	629	16%	4,434	2,790,974
Mexico	1,585	631	10%	200,840	126,705,138
Angola	1,557	642	4%	53,730	34,503,774
Uganda	1,505	665	34%	69,000	45,853,778
Norway	1,488	672	2%	8,040	5,403,021
Eswatini	1,485	674	10%	1,770	1,192,271
Austria	1,479	676	16%	13,198	8,922,082
Guinea-Bissau	1,456	687	11%	3,000	2,060,721
Ghana	1,434	697	21%	47,089	32,833,031
DR Congo	1,427	701	6%	136,800	95,894,118
Germany	1,398	715	33%	116,580	83,408,554
Gabon	1,388	720	1%	3,250	2,341,179
Ethiopia	1,356	737	14%	163,140	120,283,026
Pakistan	1,318	758	40%	305,100	231,402,117
Panama	1,298	770	8%	5,650	4,351,267
Ivory Coast	1,274	785	11%	35,000	27,478,249
Peru	1,273	786	3%	42,903	33,715,471
Italy	1,214	824	24%	71,928	59,240,329
Bhutan	1,209	827	2%	940	777,486
New Zealand	1,201	833	2%	6,160	5,129,727
Uzbekistan	1,178	849	9%	40,161	34,081,449
El Salvador	1,142	876	35%	7,210	6,314,167
Iraq	1,141	876	11%	49,690	43,533,592
India	1,097	911	52%	1,544,479	1,407,563,842
Kenya	1,094	914	10%	58,000	53,005,614
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1,050	952	19%	50	47,606
Madagascar	1,038	964	5%	30,000	28,915,653
Burundi	1,012	988	49%	12,700	12,551,213
Botswana	1,004	996	0.5%	2,600	2,588,423
Honduras	990	1,010	9%	10,180	10,278,345
Luxembourg	977	1,023	24%	625	639,321
Mauritania	975	1,026	0.4%	4,500	4,614,974
Liberia	963	1,039	5%	5,000	5,193,416
Indonesia	961	1,041	14%	263,000	273,753,191
Saudi Arabia	954	1,048	2%	34,300	35,950,396
Suriname	946	1,057	0.4%	580	612,985
Congo	942	1,061	2%	5,500	5,835,806
Rwanda	942	1,061	51%	12,684	13,461,888
Portugal	938	1,066	11%	9,652	10,290,103
Venezuela	922	1,085	3%	26,000	28,199,867
United Kingdom	893	1,120	25%	60,098	67,281,039
North Korea	884	1,132	19%	22,950	25,971,909
Guatemala	883	1,133	15%	15,540	17,608,483
Haiti	878	1,139	36%	10,050	11,447,569
Ireland	874	1,144	6%	4,360	4,986,526
Wallis and Futuna	860	1,163	7%	10	11,627
Tajikistan	859	1,163	6%	8,380	9,750,064
Slovenia	854	1,171	9%	1,810	2,119,410
Cabo Verde	850	1,176	12%	500	587,925
Timor-Leste	844	1,185	7%	1,115	1,320,942
Fiji	831	1,204	4%	768	924,610
Georgia	830	1,204	4%	3,120	3,757,980
Dominica	829	1,207	8%	60	72,412
Comoros	791	1,264	35%	650	821,625
Dominican Republic	789	1,268	18%	8,770	11,117,873
Cyprus	765	1,308	10%	952	1,244,188
China	763	1,310	12%	1,088,620	1,425,893,465
Belgium	746	1,341	29%	8,656	11,611,419
Nepal	704	1,421	15%	21,137	30,034,989
Vietnam	696	1,436	22%	67,870	97,468,029
Chile	674	1,484	2%	13,139	19,493,184
Somalia	645	1,551	2%	11,000	17,065,581
Sri Lanka	630	1,587	22%	13,720	21,773,441
Vanuatu	627	1,596	2%	200	319,137
San Marino	588	1,700	33%	20	33,745
Mauritius	577	1,732	38%	750	1,298,915
Ecuador	575	1,738	4%	10,240	17,797,737
Netherlands	573	1,745	30%	10,030	17,501,696
Guadeloupe	549	1,820	13%	218	396,051
Mayotte	546	1,832	46%	173	316,014
Samoa	516	1,938	4%	113	218,764
Philippines	491	2,037	19%	55,900	113,880,328
Bangladesh	479	2,088	62%	81,100	169,356,251
Costa Rica	471	2,121	5%	2,430	5,153,957
Switzerland	455	2,198	10%	3,955	8,691,406
French Guiana	446	2,240	0.2%	133	297,449
Liechtenstein	443	2,257	11%	17	39,039
Antigua and Barbuda	429	2,330	9%	40	93,219
Jamaica	424	2,356	11%	1,200	2,827,695
Israel	424	2,361	17%	3,770	8,900,059
Colombia	387	2,585	2%	19,930	51,516,562
Yemen	351	2,848	2%	11,580	32,981,641
Réunion	351	2,852	13%	339	966,129
Papua New Guinea	333	3,006	0.7%	3,310	9,949,437
Japan	328	3,050	11%	40,860	124,612,530
Solomon Islands	325	3,078	0.8%	230	707,851
Equatorial Guinea	324	3,084	2%	530	1,634,466
British Virgin Islands	321	3,112	7%	10	31,122
Martinique	297	3,371	10%	109	368,796
Cook Islands	294	3,401	2%	5	17,003
Egypt	282	3,551	3%	30,770	109,262,178
South Korea	259	3,859	14%	13,430	51,830,139
Taiwan	250	3,997	17%	5,970	23,859,912
Lebanon	249	4,015	14%	1,393	5,592,631
Barbados	249	4,017	16%	70	281,200
Malaysia	246	4,065	3%	8,260	33,573,874
Grenada	241	4,154	9%	30	124,610
Turks and Caicos Islands	222	4,511	1%	10	45,114
American Samoa	215	4,643	5%	10	45,035
New Caledonia	207	4,821	0.3%	60	287,800
Bahamas	196	5,099	0.8%	80	407,906
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	192	5,217	5%	20	104,332
Aruba	188	5,327	11%	20	106,537
Oman	183	5,472	0.3%	826	4,520,471
Sao Tome and Principe	179	5,578	4%	40	223,107
Jordan	179	5,597	2%	1,992	11,148,278
Micronesia	177	5,657	3%	20	113,131
Palau	166	6,008	0.7%	3	18,024
Trinidad and Tobago	164	6,103	5%	250	1,525,663
Kiribati	155	6,444	2%	20	128,874
Puerto Rico	154	6,486	6%	502	3,256,028
Saint Lucia	149	6,729	4%	27	179,651
Malta	148	6,753	24%	78	526,748
Montenegro	142	7,055	0.7%	89	627,859
Marshall Islands	119	8,410	3%	5	42,050
Andorra	95	10,572	2%	7	79,034
US Virgin Islands	90	11,121	3%	9	100,091
Brunei	90	11,134	0.8%	40	445,373
French Polynesia	82	12,161	0.7%	25	304,032
Palestine	82	12,252	7%	419	5,133,392
Qatar	78	12,801	2%	210	2,688,235
Maldives	75	13,371	13%	39	521,457
Western Sahara	71	14,140	0.02%	40	565,581
Guam	59	17,053	2%	10	170,534
United Arab Emirates	54	18,619	0.7%	503	9,365,145
Bermuda	47	21,395	6%	3	64,185
Cayman Islands	29	34,068	0.8%	2	68,136
Djibouti	27	36,852	0.1%	30	1,105,557
Kuwait	19	53,126	0.4%	80	4,250,114
Northern Mariana Islands	16	61,851	0.2%	1	49,481
Bahrain	14	69,679	3%	21	1,463,265
Seychelles	14	70,981	0.3%	2	106,471
Faroe Islands	13	75,556	0.05%	1	52,889
Hong Kong	2.7	374,729	2%	20	7,494,578
Singapore	0.9	1,060,904	0.8%	6	5,941,060

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