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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.
Geography Statistics > Population density > people per sq. km (1981) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Macau :
9,173.9 people/m²
1981
Geography of Macau
# 2
Hong Kong :
4,974.47 people/m²
1981
Geography of Hong Kong
# 3
Singapore :
3,780.6 people/m²
1981
Geography of Singapore
# 4
Malta :
1,137.99 people/m²
1981
Geography of Malta
# 5
Bermuda :
1,088 people/m²
1981
Geography of Bermuda
# 6
Bangladesh :
646.82 people/m²
1981
Geography of Bangladesh
# 7
Barbados :
580.72 people/m²
1981
Geography of Barbados
# 8
Maldives :
542.58 people/m²
1981
Geography of Maldives
# 9
Bahrain :
522.97 people/m²
1981
Geography of Bahrain
# 10
Mauritius :
482.33 people/m²
1981
Geography of Mauritius
# 11
Netherlands :
420.51 people/m²
1981
Geography of Netherlands
# 12
Korea, South :
392.21 people/m²
1981
Geography of Korea, South
# 13
Puerto Rico :
365.56 people/m²
1981
Geography of Puerto Rico
# 14
Belgium :
325.9 people/m²
1981
Geography of Belgium
# 15
Japan :
321.09 people/m²
1981
Geography of Japan
# 16
Virgin Islands :
280 people/m²
1981
Geography of Virgin Islands
# 17
Lebanon :
265.3 people/m²
1981
Geography of Lebanon
# 18
Grenada :
261.76 people/m²
1981
Geography of Grenada
# 19
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
259.52 people/m²
1981
Geography of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 20
India :
236.39 people/m²
1981
Geography of India
# 21
United Kingdom :
232.93 people/m²
1981
Geography of United Kingdom
# 22
Sri Lanka :
232.25 people/m²
1981
Geography of Sri Lanka
# 23
Germany :
224.84 people/m²
1981
Geography of Germany
# 24
El Salvador :
223.84 people/m²
1981
Geography of El Salvador
# 25
Netherlands Antilles :
219 people/m²
1981
Geography of Netherlands Antilles
# 26
Rwanda :
217.05 people/m²
1981
Geography of Rwanda
# 27
Trinidad and Tobago :
214.64 people/m²
1981
Geography of Trinidad and Tobago
# 28
Haiti :
202.39 people/m²
1981
Geography of Haiti
# 29
Jamaica :
199.66 people/m²
1981
Geography of Jamaica
# 30
Guam :
198.19 people/m²
1981
Geography of Guam
# 31
Saint Lucia :
192.46 people/m²
1981
Geography of Saint Lucia
# 32
Italy :
192.11 people/m²
1981
Geography of Italy
# 33
Israel :
182.81 people/m²
1981
Geography of Israel
# 34
Vietnam :
168.12 people/m²
1981
Geography of Vietnam
# 35
Burundi :
165.96 people/m²
1981
Geography of Burundi
# 36
Philippines :
165.37 people/m²
1981
Geography of Philippines
# 37
Switzerland :
158.85 people/m²
1981
Geography of Switzerland
# 38
Comoros :
154.27 people/m²
1981
Geography of Comoros
# 39
Korea, North :
144.79 people/m²
1981
Geography of Korea, North
# 40
Antigua and Barbuda :
144.18 people/m²
1981
Geography of Antigua and Barbuda
# 41
Seychelles :
141.58 people/m²
1981
Geography of Seychelles
# 42
Luxembourg :
141.16 people/m²
1981
Geography of Luxembourg
# 43
Tonga :
133.9 people/m²
1981
Geography of Tonga
# 44
Czech Republic :
132.83 people/m²
1981
Geography of Czech Republic
# 45
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
124.31 people/m²
1981
Geography of Saint Kitts and Nevis
# 46
Moldova :
123.18 people/m²
1981
Geography of Moldova
# 47
Dominican Republic :
121.14 people/m²
1981
Geography of Dominican Republic
# 48
Denmark :
120.86 people/m²
1981
Geography of Denmark
# 49
Hungary :
119.02 people/m²
1981
Geography of Hungary
# 50
Poland :
117.89 people/m²
1981
Geography of Poland
# 51
Man, Isle of :
113.08 people/m²
1981
Geography of Man, Isle of
# 52
Armenia :
111.56 people/m²
1981
Geography of Armenia
# 53
Pakistan :
110.39 people/m²
1981
Geography of Pakistan
# 54
Nepal :
108.45 people/m²
1981
Geography of Nepal
# 55
Portugal :
107.66 people/m²
1981
Geography of Portugal
# 56
China :
106.57 people/m²
1981
Geography of China
# 57
Slovakia :
105.09 people/m²
1981
Geography of Slovakia
# 58
São Tomé and Príncipe :
100.31 people/m²
1981
Geography of São Tomé and Príncipe
# 59
Dominica :
99.5 people/m²
1981
Geography of Dominica
# 60
Albania :
99.45 people/m²
1981
Geography of Albania
# 61
France :
98.49 people/m²
1981
Geography of France
# 62
Serbia and Montenegro :
97.25 people/m²
1981
Geography of Serbia and Montenegro
# 63
Romania :
97.04 people/m²
1981
Geography of Romania
# 64
Slovenia :
95.21 people/m²
1981
Geography of Slovenia
# 65
Thailand :
92.48 people/m²
1981
Geography of Thailand
# 66
Austria :
91.75 people/m²
1981
Geography of Austria
# 67
Cuba :
88.47 people/m²
1981
Geography of Cuba
# 68
Ukraine :
86.69 people/m²
1981
Geography of Ukraine
# 69
Indonesia :
83.52 people/m²
1981
Geography of Indonesia
# 70
Croatia :
82.4 people/m²
1981
Geography of Croatia
# 71
Kuwait :
81.45 people/m²
1981
Geography of Kuwait
# 72
Kiribati :
81.3 people/m²
1981
Geography of Kiribati
# 73
Bulgaria :
80.25 people/m²
1981
Geography of Bulgaria
# 74
Nigeria :
77.28 people/m²
1981
Geography of Nigeria
# 75
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
77.14 people/m²
1981
Geography of Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 76
Spain :
75.56 people/m²
1981
Geography of Spain
# 77
Greece :
75.48 people/m²
1981
Geography of Greece
# 78
Azerbaijan :
75.29 people/m²
1981
Geography of Azerbaijan
# 79
Georgia :
73.56 people/m²
1981
Geography of Georgia
# 80
Cape Verde :
72.9 people/m²
1981
Geography of Cape Verde
# 81
Macedonia, Republic of :
71.03 people/m²
1981
Geography of Macedonia, Republic of
# 82
Malawi :
67.56 people/m²
1981
Geography of Malawi
# 83
Gambia, The :
67.4 people/m²
1981
Geography of Gambia, The
# 84
Guatemala :
66.28 people/m²
1981
Geography of Guatemala
# 85
Uganda :
65.82 people/m²
1981
Geography of Uganda
# 86
Turkey :
59.18 people/m²
1981
Geography of Turkey
# 87
Cyprus :
56.16 people/m²
1981
Geography of Cyprus
# 88
Samoa :
54.94 people/m²
1981
Geography of Samoa
# 89
Lithuania :
54.77 people/m²
1981
Geography of Lithuania
# 90
Togo :
52.98 people/m²
1981
Geography of Togo
# 91
Burma :
52.31 people/m²
1981
Geography of Burma
# 92
Ghana :
51.2 people/m²
1981
Geography of Ghana
# 93
Syria :
50.71 people/m²
1981
Geography of Syria
# 94
Ireland :
49.98 people/m²
1981
Geography of Ireland
# 95
Costa Rica :
47.27 people/m²
1981
Geography of Costa Rica
# 96
Belarus :
46.8 people/m²
1981
Geography of Belarus
# 97
Sierra Leone :
46.02 people/m²
1981
Geography of Sierra Leone
# 98
Egypt :
45.13 people/m²
1981
Geography of Egypt
# 99
Morocco :
44.27 people/m²
1981
Geography of Morocco
# 100
Lesotho :
43.72 people/m²
1981
Geography of Lesotho
# 101
Malaysia :
42.96 people/m²
1981
Geography of Malaysia
# 102
French Polynesia :
42.52 people/m²
1981
Geography of French Polynesia
# 103
Tunisia :
42.19 people/m²
1981
Geography of Tunisia
# 104
Latvia :
41.24 people/m²
1981
Geography of Latvia
# 105
Uzbekistan :
38.49 people/m²
1981
Geography of Uzbekistan
# 106
East Timor :
38.47 people/m²
1981
Geography of East Timor
# 107
Cambodia :
38.32 people/m²
1981
Geography of Cambodia
# 108
Brunei :
37.78 people/m²
1981
Geography of Brunei
# 109
Mexico :
36.25 people/m²
1981
Geography of Mexico
# 110
Fiji :
35.53 people/m²
1981
Geography of Fiji
# 111
Ethiopia :
35.22 people/m²
1981
Geography of Ethiopia
# 112
Estonia :
35.1 people/m²
1981
Geography of Estonia
# 113
Benin :
34.65 people/m²
1981
Geography of Benin
# 114
Swaziland :
33.89 people/m²
1981
Geography of Swaziland
# 115
Iraq :
33.22 people/m²
1981
Geography of Iraq
# 116
Honduras :
32.95 people/m²
1981
Geography of Honduras
# 117
Senegal :
31.8 people/m²
1981
Geography of Senegal
# 118
Kenya :
29.72 people/m²
1981
Geography of Kenya
# 119
Ecuador :
29.56 people/m²
1981
Geography of Ecuador
# 120
Tajikistan :
29.04 people/m²
1981
Geography of Tajikistan
# 121
Guinea-Bissau :
29.02 people/m²
1981
Geography of Guinea-Bissau
# 122
Côte d'Ivoire :
27.53 people/m²
1981
Geography of Côte d'Ivoire
# 123
Panama :
26.8 people/m²
1981
Geography of Panama
# 124
Colombia :
26.21 people/m²
1981
Geography of Colombia
# 125
Nicaragua :
26.02 people/m²
1981
Geography of Nicaragua
# 126
Jordan :
25.69 people/m²
1981
Geography of Jordan
# 127
United States :
25.05 people/m²
1981
Geography of United States
# 128
Iran :
24.78 people/m²
1981
Geography of Iran
# 129
Burkina Faso :
24.59 people/m²
1981
Geography of Burkina Faso
# 130
South Africa :
23.27 people/m²
1981
Geography of South Africa
# 131
Afghanistan :
23.09 people/m²
1981
Geography of Afghanistan
# 132
Qatar :
22.81 people/m²
1981
Geography of Qatar
# 133
Tanzania :
22.06 people/m²
1981
Geography of Tanzania
# 134
Bahamas, The :
21.45 people/m²
1981
Geography of Bahamas, The
# 135
Sweden :
20.28 people/m²
1981
Geography of Sweden
# 136
Liberia :
20.09 people/m²
1981
Geography of Liberia
# 137
Guinea :
20 people/m²
1981
Geography of Guinea
# 138
Zimbabwe :
19.62 people/m²
1981
Geography of Zimbabwe
# 139
Cameroon :
19.35 people/m²
1981
Geography of Cameroon
# 140
Kyrgyzstan :
19.3 people/m²
1981
Geography of Kyrgyzstan
# 141
Venezuela :
17.65 people/m²
1981
Geography of Venezuela
# 142
Uruguay :
16.76 people/m²
1981
Geography of Uruguay
# 143
Yemen :
16.12 people/m²
1981
Geography of Yemen
# 144
Madagascar :
16.03 people/m²
1981
Geography of Madagascar
# 145
Finland :
15.76 people/m²
1981
Geography of Finland
# 146
Mozambique :
15.73 people/m²
1981
Geography of Mozambique
# 147
Djibouti :
15.28 people/m²
1981
Geography of Djibouti
# 148
Chile :
15.15 people/m²
1981
Geography of Chile
# 149
Brazil :
14.71 people/m²
1981
Geography of Brazil
# 150
Laos :
14.16 people/m²
1981
Geography of Laos
# 151
Peru :
13.88 people/m²
1981
Geography of Peru
# 152
Norway :
13.47 people/m²
1981
Geography of Norway
# 153
United Arab Emirates :
12.82 people/m²
1981
Geography of United Arab Emirates
# 154
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
12.72 people/m²
1981
Geography of Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 155
New Zealand :
11.74 people/m²
1981
Geography of New Zealand
# 156
Somalia :
10.62 people/m²
1981
Geography of Somalia
# 157
Bhutan :
10.59 people/m²
1981
Geography of Bhutan
# 158
Argentina :
10.42 people/m²
1981
Geography of Argentina
# 159
Vanuatu :
9.86 people/m²
1981
Geography of Vanuatu
# 160
Sudan :
8.69 people/m²
1981
Geography of Sudan
# 161
Russia :
8.54 people/m²
1981
Geography of Russia
# 162
Solomon Islands :
8.47 people/m²
1981
Geography of Solomon Islands
# 163
Zambia :
8.42 people/m²
1981
Geography of Zambia
# 164
Equatorial Guinea :
8.32 people/m²
1981
Geography of Equatorial Guinea
# 165
Algeria :
8.16 people/m²
1981
Geography of Algeria
# 166
Paraguay :
8.08 people/m²
1981
Geography of Paraguay
# 167
New Caledonia :
7.88 people/m²
1981
Geography of New Caledonia
# 168
Papua New Guinea :
7.33 people/m²
1981
Geography of Papua New Guinea
# 169
Belize :
6.57 people/m²
1981
Geography of Belize
# 170
Angola :
6.5 people/m²
1981
Geography of Angola
# 171
Turkmenistan :
6.24 people/m²
1981
Geography of Turkmenistan
# 172
Mali :
5.85 people/m²
1981
Geography of Mali
# 173
Kazakhstan :
5.58 people/m²
1981
Geography of Kazakhstan
# 174
Congo, Republic of the :
5.45 people/m²
1981
Geography of Congo, Republic of the
# 175
Saudi Arabia :
5.1 people/m²
1981
Geography of Saudi Arabia
# 176
Niger :
5.05 people/m²
1981
Geography of Niger
# 177
Bolivia :
5.05 people/m²
1981
Geography of Bolivia
# 178
Oman :
4.05 people/m²
1981
Geography of Oman
# 179
Guyana :
3.87 people/m²
1981
Geography of Guyana
# 180
Central African Republic :
3.84 people/m²
1981
Geography of Central African Republic
# 181
Chad :
3.76 people/m²
1981
Geography of Chad
# 182
Gabon :
2.79 people/m²
1981
Geography of Gabon
# 183
Canada :
2.74 people/m²
1981
Geography of Canada
# 184
Iceland :
2.3 people/m²
1981
Geography of Iceland
# 185
Suriname :
2.3 people/m²
1981
Geography of Suriname
# 186
Australia :
1.94 people/m²
1981
Geography of Australia
# 187
Botswana :
1.91 people/m²
1981
Geography of Botswana
# 188
Libya :
1.81 people/m²
1981
Geography of Libya
# 189
Mauritania :
1.61 people/m²
1981
Geography of Mauritania
# 190
Namibia :
1.22 people/m²
1981
Geography of Namibia
# 191
Mongolia :
1.09 people/m²
1981
Geography of Mongolia
# 192
Greenland :
0.15 people/m²
1981
Geography of Greenland
Weighted average:
190.7 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 (1981) 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=1981
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