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Sparsely populated countries Compared by Geography > Land area > Sq. km > Per capita

DEFINITION: Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes." Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Greenland 7,130.32 per 1,000 people 2008
2 Mongolia 518.53 per 1,000 people 2008
3 Namibia 394.17 per 1,000 people 2008
4 Australia 365.7 per 1,000 people 2008
5 Iceland 329.37 per 1,000 people 2008
6 Suriname 327.73 per 1,000 people 2008
7 Botswana 307.62 per 1,000 people 2008
8 Mauritania 306.31 per 1,000 people 2008
9 Libya 285.01 per 1,000 people 2008
10 Canada 273.8 per 1,000 people 2008
11 Guyana 255.39 per 1,000 people 2008
12 Kazakhstan 175.99 per 1,000 people 2008
13 Gabon 173.42 per 1,000 people 2008
14 Central African Republic 140.18 per 1,000 people 2008
15 Chad 124.53 per 1,000 people 2008
16 Bolivia 117.14 per 1,000 people 2008
17 Russia 116.4 per 1,000 people 2008
18 Angola 99.49 per 1,000 people 2008
19 Mali 99.01 per 1,000 people 2008
20 Niger 95.44 per 1,000 people 2008
21 Oman 93.46 per 1,000 people 2008
22 Turkmenistan 90.73 per 1,000 people 2008
23 New Caledonia 81.31 per 1,000 people 2008
24 Papua New Guinea 76.34 per 1,000 people 2008
25 Belize 75.71 per 1,000 people 2008
26 Saudi Arabia 71.06 per 1,000 people 2008
27 Algeria 70.53 per 1,000 people 2008
28 Argentina 67.6 per 1,000 people 2008
29 Somalia 65.63 per 1,000 people 2008
30 Norway 65.52 per 1,000 people 2008
31 New Zealand 64.15 per 1,000 people 2008
32 Zambia 63.7 per 1,000 people 2008
33 Sudan 59.08 per 1,000 people 2008
34 Paraguay 58.16 per 1,000 people 2008
35 Finland 57.98 per 1,000 people 2008
36 Bhutan 56.27 per 1,000 people 2008
37 Uruguay 50.33 per 1,000 people 2008
38 Solomon Islands 48.15 per 1,000 people 2008

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