Most sparsely populated country
Who
Mongolia
What
3,198,913 people
Where
Mongolia ()
When

The most sparsely populated sovereign country is Mongolia, which had an estimated population of 3,198,913 in July 2021, occupying 1,553,556 km² (599,831 miles²) of land. This is equivalent to a density of 2.05 people to every 1 km² (5.3 people to every 1 mile²).


Mongolia has an area of 1,564,116 km² (603,908 miles²) overall, of which 10,560 km² (4,077 miles²) is water.