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Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. 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.
Geography Statistics > Population density > people per sq. km (1972) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Macau :
9,145.5 people/m²
1972
Geography of Macau
# 2
Hong Kong :
3,957.39 people/m²
1972
Geography of Hong Kong
# 3
Singapore :
3,211.94 people/m²
1972
Geography of Singapore
# 4
Bermuda :
1,084 people/m²
1972
Geography of Bermuda
# 5
Malta :
1,007.14 people/m²
1972
Geography of Malta
# 6
Barbados :
561.4 people/m²
1972
Geography of Barbados
# 7
Bangladesh :
523.35 people/m²
1972
Geography of Bangladesh
# 8
Maldives :
424.19 people/m²
1972
Geography of Maldives
# 9
Mauritius :
419.73 people/m²
1972
Geography of Mauritius
# 10
Netherlands :
393.42 people/m²
1972
Geography of Netherlands
# 11
Bahrain :
343.52 people/m²
1972
Geography of Bahrain
# 12
Korea, South :
336.94 people/m²
1972
Geography of Korea, South
# 13
Belgium :
321.17 people/m²
1972
Geography of Belgium
# 14
Puerto Rico :
317.62 people/m²
1972
Geography of Puerto Rico
# 15
Japan :
292.38 people/m²
1972
Geography of Japan
# 16
Grenada :
276.54 people/m²
1972
Geography of Grenada
# 17
Lebanon :
245.98 people/m²
1972
Geography of Lebanon
# 18
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
237.09 people/m²
1972
Geography of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 19
United Kingdom :
231.87 people/m²
1972
Geography of United Kingdom
# 20
Germany :
225.69 people/m²
1972
Geography of Germany
# 21
Virgin Islands :
217.14 people/m²
1972
Geography of Virgin Islands
# 22
Netherlands Antilles :
202.98 people/m²
1972
Geography of Netherlands Antilles
# 23
Sri Lanka :
198.99 people/m²
1972
Geography of Sri Lanka
# 24
India :
192.77 people/m²
1972
Geography of India
# 25
Trinidad and Tobago :
192.76 people/m²
1972
Geography of Trinidad and Tobago
# 26
Italy :
184.9 people/m²
1972
Geography of Italy
# 27
El Salvador :
182.97 people/m²
1972
Geography of El Salvador
# 28
Jamaica :
177.76 people/m²
1972
Geography of Jamaica
# 29
Saint Lucia :
170.66 people/m²
1972
Geography of Saint Lucia
# 30
Haiti :
169.51 people/m²
1972
Geography of Haiti
# 31
Rwanda :
162.93 people/m²
1972
Geography of Rwanda
# 32
Guam :
162.45 people/m²
1972
Geography of Guam
# 33
Switzerland :
159.62 people/m²
1972
Geography of Switzerland
# 34
Antigua and Barbuda :
147.26 people/m²
1972
Geography of Antigua and Barbuda
# 35
Israel :
145.47 people/m²
1972
Geography of Israel
# 36
Burundi :
139.31 people/m²
1972
Geography of Burundi
# 37
Vietnam :
137.51 people/m²
1972
Geography of Vietnam
# 38
Tonga :
134.53 people/m²
1972
Geography of Tonga
# 39
Luxembourg :
134.44 people/m²
1972
Geography of Luxembourg
# 40
Philippines :
129.65 people/m²
1972
Geography of Philippines
# 41
Czech Republic :
127.42 people/m²
1972
Geography of Czech Republic
# 42
Korea, North :
125.29 people/m²
1972
Geography of Korea, North
# 43
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
123.33 people/m²
1972
Geography of Saint Kitts and Nevis
# 44
Seychelles :
121.89 people/m²
1972
Geography of Seychelles
# 45
Denmark :
117.82 people/m²
1972
Geography of Denmark
# 46
Hungary :
115.53 people/m²
1972
Geography of Hungary
# 47
Moldova :
112.48 people/m²
1972
Geography of Moldova
# 48
Poland :
108.53 people/m²
1972
Geography of Poland
# 49
Man, Isle of :
99.97 people/m²
1972
Geography of Man, Isle of
# 50
Dominican Republic :
96.66 people/m²
1972
Geography of Dominican Republic
# 51
Slovakia :
96.03 people/m²
1972
Geography of Slovakia
# 52
Portugal :
94.33 people/m²
1972
Geography of Portugal
# 53
France :
93.98 people/m²
1972
Geography of France
# 54
Armenia :
93.74 people/m²
1972
Geography of Armenia
# 55
Dominica :
93.33 people/m²
1972
Geography of Dominica
# 56
China :
92.43 people/m²
1972
Geography of China
# 57
Austria :
91.09 people/m²
1972
Geography of Austria
# 58
Romania :
89.71 people/m²
1972
Geography of Romania
# 59
Serbia and Montenegro :
88.97 people/m²
1972
Geography of Serbia and Montenegro
# 60
Nepal :
88.7 people/m²
1972
Geography of Nepal
# 61
Slovenia :
87.02 people/m²
1972
Geography of Slovenia
# 62
Pakistan :
83.75 people/m²
1972
Geography of Pakistan
# 63
Ukraine :
82.94 people/m²
1972
Geography of Ukraine
# 64
Albania :
81.81 people/m²
1972
Geography of Albania
# 65
Cuba :
80.23 people/m²
1972
Geography of Cuba
# 66
São Tomé and PrÃncipe :
80.17 people/m²
1972
Geography of São Tomé and PrÃncipe
# 67
Croatia :
79.7 people/m²
1972
Geography of Croatia
# 68
Bulgaria :
77.52 people/m²
1972
Geography of Bulgaria
# 69
Thailand :
74.91 people/m²
1972
Geography of Thailand
# 70
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
71.03 people/m²
1972
Geography of Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 71
Kiribati :
69.26 people/m²
1972
Geography of Kiribati
# 72
Greece :
68.96 people/m²
1972
Geography of Greece
# 73
Georgia :
68.95 people/m²
1972
Geography of Georgia
# 74
Spain :
68.93 people/m²
1972
Geography of Spain
# 75
Indonesia :
68.1 people/m²
1972
Geography of Indonesia
# 76
Cape Verde :
67.92 people/m²
1972
Geography of Cape Verde
# 77
Cyprus :
67.91 people/m²
1972
Geography of Cyprus
# 78
Azerbaijan :
64.74 people/m²
1972
Geography of Azerbaijan
# 79
Macedonia, Republic of :
63.22 people/m²
1972
Geography of Macedonia, Republic of
# 80
Nigeria :
59.81 people/m²
1972
Geography of Nigeria
# 81
Guatemala :
52.79 people/m²
1972
Geography of Guatemala
# 82
Samoa :
51.71 people/m²
1972
Geography of Samoa
# 83
Lithuania :
51.28 people/m²
1972
Geography of Lithuania
# 84
Malawi :
50.84 people/m²
1972
Geography of Malawi
# 85
Gambia, The :
50.09 people/m²
1972
Geography of Gambia, The
# 86
Uganda :
50.01 people/m²
1972
Geography of Uganda
# 87
Turkey :
48.32 people/m²
1972
Geography of Turkey
# 88
Kuwait :
47.41 people/m²
1972
Geography of Kuwait
# 89
Belarus :
44.29 people/m²
1972
Geography of Belarus
# 90
Ireland :
43.9 people/m²
1972
Geography of Ireland
# 91
East Timor :
43.16 people/m²
1972
Geography of East Timor
# 92
Burma :
42.75 people/m²
1972
Geography of Burma
# 93
Togo :
41.82 people/m²
1972
Geography of Togo
# 94
Ghana :
41.6 people/m²
1972
Geography of Ghana
# 95
Cambodia :
40.29 people/m²
1972
Geography of Cambodia
# 96
Sierra Leone :
39.01 people/m²
1972
Geography of Sierra Leone
# 97
Latvia :
38.9 people/m²
1972
Geography of Latvia
# 98
Costa Rica :
37.41 people/m²
1972
Geography of Costa Rica
# 99
Syria :
37.09 people/m²
1972
Geography of Syria
# 100
Egypt :
37.01 people/m²
1972
Geography of Egypt
# 101
Lesotho :
35.36 people/m²
1972
Geography of Lesotho
# 102
Morocco :
35.29 people/m²
1972
Geography of Morocco
# 103
Malaysia :
34.72 people/m²
1972
Geography of Malaysia
# 104
Tunisia :
34.08 people/m²
1972
Geography of Tunisia
# 105
Estonia :
32.88 people/m²
1972
Geography of Estonia
# 106
French Polynesia :
32.32 people/m²
1972
Geography of French Polynesia
# 107
Uzbekistan :
29.99 people/m²
1972
Geography of Uzbekistan
# 108
Fiji :
29.69 people/m²
1972
Geography of Fiji
# 109
Mexico :
28.25 people/m²
1972
Geography of Mexico
# 110
Ethiopia :
27.68 people/m²
1972
Geography of Ethiopia
# 111
Brunei :
26.91 people/m²
1972
Geography of Brunei
# 112
Benin :
26.85 people/m²
1972
Geography of Benin
# 113
Swaziland :
25.69 people/m²
1972
Geography of Swaziland
# 114
Senegal :
25.16 people/m²
1972
Geography of Senegal
# 115
Iraq :
24.73 people/m²
1972
Geography of Iraq
# 116
Honduras :
24.56 people/m²
1972
Geography of Honduras
# 117
United States :
22.92 people/m²
1972
Geography of United States
# 118
Ecuador :
22.87 people/m²
1972
Geography of Ecuador
# 119
Tajikistan :
22.41 people/m²
1972
Geography of Tajikistan
# 120
Guinea-Bissau :
21.43 people/m²
1972
Geography of Guinea-Bissau
# 121
Panama :
21.39 people/m²
1972
Geography of Panama
# 122
Colombia :
21.35 people/m²
1972
Geography of Colombia
# 123
Kenya :
21.27 people/m²
1972
Geography of Kenya
# 124
Afghanistan :
20.39 people/m²
1972
Geography of Afghanistan
# 125
Burkina Faso :
20.35 people/m²
1972
Geography of Burkina Faso
# 126
Sweden :
19.79 people/m²
1972
Geography of Sweden
# 127
Nicaragua :
19.59 people/m²
1972
Geography of Nicaragua
# 128
South Africa :
19.04 people/m²
1972
Geography of South Africa
# 129
Jordan :
18.51 people/m²
1972
Geography of Jordan
# 130
Iran :
18.5 people/m²
1972
Geography of Iran
# 131
Côte d'Ivoire :
18.18 people/m²
1972
Geography of Côte d'Ivoire
# 132
Bahamas, The :
17.79 people/m²
1972
Geography of Bahamas, The
# 133
Guinea :
16.63 people/m²
1972
Geography of Guinea
# 134
Tanzania :
16.44 people/m²
1972
Geography of Tanzania
# 135
Kyrgyzstan :
16.18 people/m²
1972
Geography of Kyrgyzstan
# 136
Uruguay :
16.11 people/m²
1972
Geography of Uruguay
# 137
Liberia :
15.25 people/m²
1972
Geography of Liberia
# 138
Finland :
15.23 people/m²
1972
Geography of Finland
# 139
Cameroon :
14.99 people/m²
1972
Geography of Cameroon
# 140
Zimbabwe :
14.47 people/m²
1972
Geography of Zimbabwe
# 141
Chile :
13.25 people/m²
1972
Geography of Chile
# 142
Venezuela :
13.01 people/m²
1972
Geography of Venezuela
# 143
Norway :
12.93 people/m²
1972
Geography of Norway
# 144
Madagascar :
12.56 people/m²
1972
Geography of Madagascar
# 145
Mozambique :
12.53 people/m²
1972
Geography of Mozambique
# 146
Yemen :
12.39 people/m²
1972
Geography of Yemen
# 147
Laos :
12.33 people/m²
1972
Geography of Laos
# 148
Qatar :
12.25 people/m²
1972
Geography of Qatar
# 149
Brazil :
11.91 people/m²
1972
Geography of Brazil
# 150
Peru :
10.9 people/m²
1972
Geography of Peru
# 151
New Zealand :
10.83 people/m²
1972
Geography of New Zealand
# 152
Equatorial Guinea :
9.71 people/m²
1972
Geography of Equatorial Guinea
# 153
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
9.62 people/m²
1972
Geography of Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 154
Argentina :
9.05 people/m²
1972
Geography of Argentina
# 155
Bhutan :
8.93 people/m²
1972
Geography of Bhutan
# 156
Russia :
8.05 people/m²
1972
Geography of Russia
# 157
Djibouti :
7.83 people/m²
1972
Geography of Djibouti
# 158
Vanuatu :
7.52 people/m²
1972
Geography of Vanuatu
# 159
Sudan :
6.55 people/m²
1972
Geography of Sudan
# 160
New Caledonia :
6.52 people/m²
1972
Geography of New Caledonia
# 161
Zambia :
6.22 people/m²
1972
Geography of Zambia
# 162
Paraguay :
6.2 people/m²
1972
Geography of Paraguay
# 163
Solomon Islands :
6.17 people/m²
1972
Geography of Solomon Islands
# 164
Algeria :
6.13 people/m²
1972
Geography of Algeria
# 165
Papua New Guinea :
5.9 people/m²
1972
Geography of Papua New Guinea
# 166
Somalia :
5.86 people/m²
1972
Geography of Somalia
# 167
Belize :
5.4 people/m²
1972
Geography of Belize
# 168
Angola :
5.09 people/m²
1972
Geography of Angola
# 169
Kazakhstan :
5.02 people/m²
1972
Geography of Kazakhstan
# 170
Turkmenistan :
4.93 people/m²
1972
Geography of Turkmenistan
# 171
Mali :
4.7 people/m²
1972
Geography of Mali
# 172
Congo, Republic of the :
4.12 people/m²
1972
Geography of Congo, Republic of the
# 173
Bolivia :
4.08 people/m²
1972
Geography of Bolivia
# 174
Niger :
3.84 people/m²
1972
Geography of Niger
# 175
Guyana :
3.67 people/m²
1972
Geography of Guyana
# 176
United Arab Emirates :
3.54 people/m²
1972
Geography of United Arab Emirates
# 177
Saudi Arabia :
3.13 people/m²
1972
Geography of Saudi Arabia
# 178
Chad :
3.12 people/m²
1972
Geography of Chad
# 179
Central African Republic :
3.12 people/m²
1972
Geography of Central African Republic
# 180
Oman :
2.6 people/m²
1972
Geography of Oman
# 181
Canada :
2.42 people/m²
1972
Geography of Canada
# 182
Suriname :
2.39 people/m²
1972
Geography of Suriname
# 183
Gabon :
2.15 people/m²
1972
Geography of Gabon
# 184
Iceland :
2.08 people/m²
1972
Geography of Iceland
# 185
Australia :
1.72 people/m²
1972
Geography of Australia
# 186
Botswana :
1.41 people/m²
1972
Geography of Botswana
# 187
Mauritania :
1.29 people/m²
1972
Geography of Mauritania
# 188
Libya :
1.23 people/m²
1972
Geography of Libya
# 189
Namibia :
0.99 people/m²
1972
Geography of Namibia
# 190
Mongolia :
0.85 people/m²
1972
Geography of Mongolia
# 191
Greenland :
0.14 people/m²
1972
Geography of Greenland
Weighted average:
170.5 people/m²
DEFINITION: Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. 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.
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"Population density > people per sq. km (1972) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/geo_pop_den_peo_per_sq_km-density-people-per-sq-km&date=1972
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