Most of us are lucky enough to live in a country with lots of wide open space and some friendly neighbors. But there are some countries that are heavily populated. This is a list of the ten most populous countries in the world.
1. Monaco
Monaco is the world's most densely populated and is the second smallest independent country in the world, with a population of only 32,410 and the area 1.96 square kilometers (485 acres). Monaco is the world's smallest French speaking countries.
2. Singapore
Singapore is a highly populated island nation located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula for tourism
and business destination, Singapore is also one of the richest countries in the world because of its highly developed economy. Singapore has been rated as the most business friendly economy in the world, with thousands of foreign
expatriates working in multinational
corporations state also employs tens of
thousands of foreign blue collared workers
from around the world. With a total population
density of more than 6,300 people per square kilometer, it ranks 2nd in the world.
3. Vatican City
Landlocked in the Vatican City Rome Italy with
about 44 hectares (108.7 acres), Vatican City is the smallest independent state in the world. As the center of Catholicism, in the tiny city state only holds about 821 residents, but due to the small area, he is ranked third in population density.
4. Maldives
Maldives is an archipelago
consisting of a group of atolls located in the
Indian Ocean. Maldives has twentysix atolls
covers an area of 1192 islets show, about two hundred are inhabited by local communities.
According to census 2006, there were 298,842 people living in total only 298 square
kilometers, occupying fourth position in
population density.
5. Bahrain
Bahrain is an island bordered on the Persian Gulf and the smallest Arab nation. Bahrain has the fastest economic growth in the Arab region, the over population as a result of immigration and guest workers from around the world. There are about 987 persons per square kilometers in this small island.
6. Bangladesh
Bangladesh is small country located in South Asia almost surrounded by India. Bangladesh is one of the most highly and densely populated countries in the world. With a land area 144,000 square kilometers (55,600 square miles), population density unusual was the fact that Russia's entire population is slightly smaller than Bangladesh's.
7. Nauru
Nauru is an island nation in the
Micronesian South Pacific covers only 21 square kilometers, making it the world's smallest island nation, also the smallest independent republic,
and the only republican state in the world
without an official capital. There are about 13,048 residents who live on this small island.
8.Taiwan
Taiwan is an island in East Asia off the
coast of main land China. After the Chinese Civil War in 1949, Chiang Kai shek and about 1.3 million refugees fled to main land China to the Republic of China (ROC) in Taipei. The political status of Taiwan is a controversial topic, but Taiwan is an industrialized economy, is one of the wealthiest and most populous countries of Asia.
9. Barbados
Barbados is located in the eastern
Caribbean Sea, Barbados is an independent
island nation in the western Atlantic Ocean a major tourist destination for vacationers from around the world. Barbados's total land area is about 430 square kilometers, and with one of the highest standards of living and literacy
rates around the world, has a relatively high
population of approximately 279,000.
10. Malta
Malta is a small and crowded country is
an archipelago consisting of seven islands in the Mediterranean Sea. After joining the European Union in 2004, the country has seen an increase in investment and economic strength.
The resident population of Malta, in 2005 an estimated 404.039 in Malta and the population density of 1,282 per mile, by far the highest in the EU and one of the highest in the world.
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