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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 (1980) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Macau :
8,937.3 people/m²
1980
Geography of Macau
# 2
Hong Kong :
4,859.02 people/m²
1980
Geography of Hong Kong
# 3
Singapore :
3,602.99 people/m²
1980
Geography of Singapore
# 4
Malta :
1,137.5 people/m²
1980
Geography of Malta
# 5
Bermuda :
1,080 people/m²
1980
Geography of Bermuda
# 6
Bangladesh :
631.37 people/m²
1980
Geography of Bangladesh
# 7
Barbados :
579.17 people/m²
1980
Geography of Barbados
# 8
Maldives :
526.99 people/m²
1980
Geography of Maldives
# 9
Bahrain :
502.89 people/m²
1980
Geography of Bahrain
# 10
Mauritius :
475.86 people/m²
1980
Geography of Mauritius
# 11
Netherlands :
417.65 people/m²
1980
Geography of Netherlands
# 12
Korea, South :
386.14 people/m²
1980
Geography of Korea, South
# 13
Puerto Rico :
361.44 people/m²
1980
Geography of Puerto Rico
# 14
Belgium :
325.74 people/m²
1980
Geography of Belgium
# 15
Japan :
318.82 people/m²
1980
Geography of Japan
# 16
Virgin Islands :
277.14 people/m²
1980
Geography of Virgin Islands
# 17
Grenada :
265 people/m²
1980
Geography of Grenada
# 18
Lebanon :
263.76 people/m²
1980
Geography of Lebanon
# 19
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
257.44 people/m²
1980
Geography of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 20
United Kingdom :
232.84 people/m²
1980
Geography of United Kingdom
# 21
India :
231.18 people/m²
1980
Geography of India
# 22
Sri Lanka :
228.16 people/m²
1980
Geography of Sri Lanka
# 23
Germany :
224.51 people/m²
1980
Geography of Germany
# 24
El Salvador :
221.33 people/m²
1980
Geography of El Salvador
# 25
Netherlands Antilles :
217.08 people/m²
1980
Geography of Netherlands Antilles
# 26
Trinidad and Tobago :
210.87 people/m²
1980
Geography of Trinidad and Tobago
# 27
Rwanda :
210.66 people/m²
1980
Geography of Rwanda
# 28
Haiti :
197.86 people/m²
1980
Geography of Haiti
# 29
Jamaica :
196.95 people/m²
1980
Geography of Jamaica
# 30
Guam :
193.77 people/m²
1980
Geography of Guam
# 31
Italy :
191.88 people/m²
1980
Geography of Italy
# 32
Saint Lucia :
189.34 people/m²
1980
Geography of Saint Lucia
# 33
Israel :
179.21 people/m²
1980
Geography of Israel
# 34
Vietnam :
164.98 people/m²
1980
Geography of Vietnam
# 35
Philippines :
161.28 people/m²
1980
Geography of Philippines
# 36
Burundi :
160.83 people/m²
1980
Geography of Burundi
# 37
Switzerland :
157.98 people/m²
1980
Geography of Switzerland
# 38
Comoros :
150.29 people/m²
1980
Geography of Comoros
# 39
Antigua and Barbuda :
143.67 people/m²
1980
Geography of Antigua and Barbuda
# 40
Korea, North :
142.81 people/m²
1980
Geography of Korea, North
# 41
Luxembourg :
140.89 people/m²
1980
Geography of Luxembourg
# 42
Seychelles :
140 people/m²
1980
Geography of Seychelles
# 43
Tonga :
134.29 people/m²
1980
Geography of Tonga
# 44
Czech Republic :
132.42 people/m²
1980
Geography of Czech Republic
# 45
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
123.33 people/m²
1980
Geography of Saint Kitts and Nevis
# 46
Moldova :
122 people/m²
1980
Geography of Moldova
# 47
Denmark :
120.88 people/m²
1980
Geography of Denmark
# 48
Hungary :
119.09 people/m²
1980
Geography of Hungary
# 49
Dominican Republic :
118.19 people/m²
1980
Geography of Dominican Republic
# 50
Poland :
116.83 people/m²
1980
Geography of Poland
# 51
Man, Isle of :
112.24 people/m²
1980
Geography of Man, Isle of
# 52
Armenia :
109.8 people/m²
1980
Geography of Armenia
# 53
Pakistan :
107.32 people/m²
1980
Geography of Pakistan
# 54
Portugal :
106.73 people/m²
1980
Geography of Portugal
# 55
Nepal :
106.01 people/m²
1980
Geography of Nepal
# 56
China :
105.21 people/m²
1980
Geography of China
# 57
Slovakia :
103.62 people/m²
1980
Geography of Slovakia
# 58
São Tomé and Príncipe :
98.18 people/m²
1980
Geography of São Tomé and Príncipe
# 59
France :
97.95 people/m²
1980
Geography of France
# 60
Dominica :
97.8 people/m²
1980
Geography of Dominica
# 61
Albania :
97.49 people/m²
1980
Geography of Albania
# 62
Romania :
96.38 people/m²
1980
Geography of Romania
# 63
Serbia and Montenegro :
95.88 people/m²
1980
Geography of Serbia and Montenegro
# 64
Slovenia :
94.4 people/m²
1980
Geography of Slovenia
# 65
Austria :
91.61 people/m²
1980
Geography of Austria
# 66
Thailand :
90.69 people/m²
1980
Geography of Thailand
# 67
Cuba :
87.82 people/m²
1980
Geography of Cuba
# 68
Ukraine :
86.38 people/m²
1980
Geography of Ukraine
# 69
Croatia :
82.05 people/m²
1980
Geography of Croatia
# 70
Indonesia :
81.86 people/m²
1980
Geography of Indonesia
# 71
Bulgaria :
80.1 people/m²
1980
Geography of Bulgaria
# 72
Kiribati :
79.59 people/m²
1980
Geography of Kiribati
# 73
Kuwait :
77.16 people/m²
1980
Geography of Kuwait
# 74
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
76.44 people/m²
1980
Geography of Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 75
Nigeria :
75.15 people/m²
1980
Geography of Nigeria
# 76
Spain :
74.85 people/m²
1980
Geography of Spain
# 77
Greece :
74.81 people/m²
1980
Geography of Greece
# 78
Azerbaijan :
74.1 people/m²
1980
Geography of Azerbaijan
# 79
Georgia :
73 people/m²
1980
Geography of Georgia
# 80
Cape Verde :
71.77 people/m²
1980
Geography of Cape Verde
# 81
Macedonia, Republic of :
70.58 people/m²
1980
Geography of Macedonia, Republic of
# 82
Malawi :
65.72 people/m²
1980
Geography of Malawi
# 83
Gambia, The :
65.24 people/m²
1980
Geography of Gambia, The
# 84
Guatemala :
64.66 people/m²
1980
Geography of Guatemala
# 85
Uganda :
63.81 people/m²
1980
Geography of Uganda
# 86
Turkey :
57.8 people/m²
1980
Geography of Turkey
# 87
Cyprus :
55.47 people/m²
1980
Geography of Cyprus
# 88
Samoa :
54.78 people/m²
1980
Geography of Samoa
# 89
Lithuania :
54.45 people/m²
1980
Geography of Lithuania
# 90
Burma :
51.22 people/m²
1980
Geography of Burma
# 91
Togo :
51.19 people/m²
1980
Geography of Togo
# 92
Ghana :
49.67 people/m²
1980
Geography of Ghana
# 93
Ireland :
49.37 people/m²
1980
Geography of Ireland
# 94
Syria :
48.85 people/m²
1980
Geography of Syria
# 95
Belarus :
46.48 people/m²
1980
Geography of Belarus
# 96
Costa Rica :
45.97 people/m²
1980
Geography of Costa Rica
# 97
Sierra Leone :
45.18 people/m²
1980
Geography of Sierra Leone
# 98
Egypt :
44.06 people/m²
1980
Geography of Egypt
# 99
Morocco :
43.17 people/m²
1980
Geography of Morocco
# 100
Lesotho :
42.56 people/m²
1980
Geography of Lesotho
# 101
Malaysia :
41.89 people/m²
1980
Geography of Malaysia
# 102
French Polynesia :
41.28 people/m²
1980
Geography of French Polynesia
# 103
Tunisia :
41.09 people/m²
1980
Geography of Tunisia
# 104
Latvia :
41 people/m²
1980
Geography of Latvia
# 105
Uzbekistan :
37.5 people/m²
1980
Geography of Uzbekistan
# 106
Cambodia :
37.46 people/m²
1980
Geography of Cambodia
# 107
East Timor :
37.35 people/m²
1980
Geography of East Timor
# 108
Brunei :
36.63 people/m²
1980
Geography of Brunei
# 109
Mexico :
35.4 people/m²
1980
Geography of Mexico
# 110
Estonia :
34.84 people/m²
1980
Geography of Estonia
# 111
Fiji :
34.68 people/m²
1980
Geography of Fiji
# 112
Ethiopia :
34.26 people/m²
1980
Geography of Ethiopia
# 113
Benin :
33.53 people/m²
1980
Geography of Benin
# 114
Swaziland :
32.85 people/m²
1980
Geography of Swaziland
# 115
Iraq :
32.22 people/m²
1980
Geography of Iraq
# 116
Honduras :
31.89 people/m²
1980
Geography of Honduras
# 117
Senegal :
30.95 people/m²
1980
Geography of Senegal
# 118
Ecuador :
28.76 people/m²
1980
Geography of Ecuador
# 119
Kenya :
28.61 people/m²
1980
Geography of Kenya
# 120
Tajikistan :
28.24 people/m²
1980
Geography of Tajikistan
# 121
Guinea-Bissau :
28.2 people/m²
1980
Geography of Guinea-Bissau
# 122
Côte d'Ivoire :
26.24 people/m²
1980
Geography of Côte d'Ivoire
# 123
Panama :
26.19 people/m²
1980
Geography of Panama
# 124
Colombia :
25.64 people/m²
1980
Geography of Colombia
# 125
Nicaragua :
25.26 people/m²
1980
Geography of Nicaragua
# 126
United States :
24.81 people/m²
1980
Geography of United States
# 127
Jordan :
24.72 people/m²
1980
Geography of Jordan
# 128
Burkina Faso :
24.07 people/m²
1980
Geography of Burkina Faso
# 129
Iran :
23.91 people/m²
1980
Geography of Iran
# 130
Afghanistan :
23.32 people/m²
1980
Geography of Afghanistan
# 131
South Africa :
22.71 people/m²
1980
Geography of South Africa
# 132
Tanzania :
21.34 people/m²
1980
Geography of Tanzania
# 133
Bahamas, The :
20.99 people/m²
1980
Geography of Bahamas, The
# 134
Qatar :
20.84 people/m²
1980
Geography of Qatar
# 135
Sweden :
20.25 people/m²
1980
Geography of Sweden
# 136
Guinea :
19.53 people/m²
1980
Geography of Guinea
# 137
Liberia :
19.4 people/m²
1980
Geography of Liberia
# 138
Kyrgyzstan :
18.94 people/m²
1980
Geography of Kyrgyzstan
# 139
Zimbabwe :
18.9 people/m²
1980
Geography of Zimbabwe
# 140
Cameroon :
18.81 people/m²
1980
Geography of Cameroon
# 141
Venezuela :
17.11 people/m²
1980
Geography of Venezuela
# 142
Uruguay :
16.65 people/m²
1980
Geography of Uruguay
# 143
Finland :
15.69 people/m²
1980
Geography of Finland
# 144
Madagascar :
15.59 people/m²
1980
Geography of Madagascar
# 145
Yemen :
15.53 people/m²
1980
Geography of Yemen
# 146
Mozambique :
15.37 people/m²
1980
Geography of Mozambique
# 147
Chile :
14.92 people/m²
1980
Geography of Chile
# 148
Djibouti :
14.67 people/m²
1980
Geography of Djibouti
# 149
Brazil :
14.38 people/m²
1980
Geography of Brazil
# 150
Laos :
13.89 people/m²
1980
Geography of Laos
# 151
Peru :
13.53 people/m²
1980
Geography of Peru
# 152
Norway :
13.44 people/m²
1980
Geography of Norway
# 153
United Arab Emirates :
12.48 people/m²
1980
Geography of United Arab Emirates
# 154
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
12.35 people/m²
1980
Geography of Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 155
New Zealand :
11.62 people/m²
1980
Geography of New Zealand
# 156
Bhutan :
10.38 people/m²
1980
Geography of Bhutan
# 157
Somalia :
10.34 people/m²
1980
Geography of Somalia
# 158
Argentina :
10.27 people/m²
1980
Geography of Argentina
# 159
Vanuatu :
9.61 people/m²
1980
Geography of Vanuatu
# 160
Russia :
8.48 people/m²
1980
Geography of Russia
# 161
Sudan :
8.4 people/m²
1980
Geography of Sudan
# 162
Solomon Islands :
8.18 people/m²
1980
Geography of Solomon Islands
# 163
Zambia :
8.15 people/m²
1980
Geography of Zambia
# 164
Algeria :
7.9 people/m²
1980
Geography of Algeria
# 165
Paraguay :
7.84 people/m²
1980
Geography of Paraguay
# 166
New Caledonia :
7.82 people/m²
1980
Geography of New Caledonia
# 167
Equatorial Guinea :
7.82 people/m²
1980
Geography of Equatorial Guinea
# 168
Papua New Guinea :
7.16 people/m²
1980
Geography of Papua New Guinea
# 169
Belize :
6.4 people/m²
1980
Geography of Belize
# 170
Angola :
6.28 people/m²
1980
Geography of Angola
# 171
Turkmenistan :
6.09 people/m²
1980
Geography of Turkmenistan
# 172
Mali :
5.72 people/m²
1980
Geography of Mali
# 173
Kazakhstan :
5.52 people/m²
1980
Geography of Kazakhstan
# 174
Congo, Republic of the :
5.28 people/m²
1980
Geography of Congo, Republic of the
# 175
Bolivia :
4.94 people/m²
1980
Geography of Bolivia
# 176
Niger :
4.9 people/m²
1980
Geography of Niger
# 177
Saudi Arabia :
4.8 people/m²
1980
Geography of Saudi Arabia
# 178
Guyana :
3.87 people/m²
1980
Geography of Guyana
# 179
Oman :
3.84 people/m²
1980
Geography of Oman
# 180
Central African Republic :
3.74 people/m²
1980
Geography of Central African Republic
# 181
Chad :
3.68 people/m²
1980
Geography of Chad
# 182
Gabon :
2.7 people/m²
1980
Geography of Gabon
# 183
Canada :
2.7 people/m²
1980
Geography of Canada
# 184
Suriname :
2.28 people/m²
1980
Geography of Suriname
# 185
Iceland :
2.27 people/m²
1980
Geography of Iceland
# 186
Australia :
1.91 people/m²
1980
Geography of Australia
# 187
Botswana :
1.85 people/m²
1980
Geography of Botswana
# 188
Libya :
1.73 people/m²
1980
Geography of Libya
# 189
Mauritania :
1.57 people/m²
1980
Geography of Mauritania
# 190
Namibia :
1.2 people/m²
1980
Geography of Namibia
# 191
Mongolia :
1.06 people/m²
1980
Geography of Mongolia
# 192
Greenland :
0.15 people/m²
1980
Geography of Greenland
Weighted average:
186.6 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 (1980) 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=1980
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