The most densely populated EU Member State is Malta, which has a population density of approximately 1 220 people per square kilometre. Finland has more room: there, the average number of people per square kilometre is 17.
Number of inhabitants per square kilometre (year: 2001)
Belgium 337,1
Czech Republic 129,7
Denmark 124,3
Germany 230,6
Estonia 30,2
Greece 83,1
Spain 79,8
France 108,8
Ireland 54,6
Italy 192,2
Cyprus -
Latvia 36,5
Lithuania 53,3
Luxembourg 170,9
Hungary 109,5
Malta 1220
The Netherlands 473,7
Austria 95,8
Poland 123,6
Portugal 112,1
Slovenia 98,3
Slovakiet 109,7
Finland 17,0
Sweden 21,6
United Kingdom 241,3
The figures date from 2001, and are taken from the website of the Commission’s statistical office, Eurostat: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu