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Malta is the most densely populated country in the European Union with England in second place, data from the UK Office for National Statistics showed, from AFP:

In a written answer to parliament, the ONS said said the projected population density of England in 2008 was 395 persons per square kilometre. The most recent United Nations figures available for the Netherlands are from 2005, when it had 393 people per square kilometre. Since then its population is believed to have remained steady or fallen slightly.

Tiny island nation Malta is the most densely populated of the 27 EU member states, with 1,274 people per square kilometre. Britain has undergone a recent surge in immigration, with critics saying the system is in chaos. Immigration has become a hot topic for discussion, with the latest figures likely to fuel that debate.

The ONS said the projected population density of the whole of the UK in 2008 was 253 persons per square kilometre -- which would place it fourth in the EU behind Malta, the Netherlands and Belgium -- with Scotland at 66 per square kilometre, Wales at 144 and Northern Ireland at 131...