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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 (1998) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Macau :
15,347.09 people/m²
1998
Geography of Macau
# 2
Hong Kong :
6,279.94 people/m²
1998
Geography of Hong Kong
# 3
Singapore :
5,855.22 people/m²
1998
Geography of Singapore
# 4
Bermuda :
1,239.16 people/m²
1998
Geography of Bermuda
# 5
Malta :
1,203.12 people/m²
1998
Geography of Malta
# 6
Bangladesh :
951.87 people/m²
1998
Geography of Bangladesh
# 7
Maldives :
915.81 people/m²
1998
Geography of Maldives
# 8
Bahrain :
901.5 people/m²
1998
Geography of Bahrain
# 9
Barbados :
615.29 people/m²
1998
Geography of Barbados
# 10
Mauritius :
571.64 people/m²
1998
Geography of Mauritius
# 11
Korea, South :
468.82 people/m²
1998
Geography of Korea, South
# 12
Netherlands :
463.34 people/m²
1998
Geography of Netherlands
# 13
Puerto Rico :
424.02 people/m²
1998
Geography of Puerto Rico
# 14
Japan :
346.8 people/m²
1998
Geography of Japan
# 15
Belgium :
337.51 people/m²
1998
Geography of Belgium
# 16
India :
330.35 people/m²
1998
Geography of India
# 17
Lebanon :
325.53 people/m²
1998
Geography of Lebanon
# 18
Virgin Islands :
307.88 people/m²
1998
Geography of Virgin Islands
# 19
Grenada :
294.41 people/m²
1998
Geography of Grenada
# 20
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
294.29 people/m²
1998
Geography of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 21
El Salvador :
291.27 people/m²
1998
Geography of El Salvador
# 22
Sri Lanka :
290.48 people/m²
1998
Geography of Sri Lanka
# 23
Marshall Islands :
282.95 people/m²
1998
Geography of Marshall Islands
# 24
Haiti :
279.88 people/m²
1998
Geography of Haiti
# 25
Rwanda :
277.45 people/m²
1998
Geography of Rwanda
# 26
Israel :
275.92 people/m²
1998
Geography of Israel
# 27
Guam :
274.83 people/m²
1998
Geography of Guam
# 28
Saint Lucia :
249.1 people/m²
1998
Geography of Saint Lucia
# 29
Trinidad and Tobago :
248.75 people/m²
1998
Geography of Trinidad and Tobago
# 30
Burundi :
245.65 people/m²
1998
Geography of Burundi
# 31
Philippines :
244.22 people/m²
1998
Geography of Philippines
# 32
United Kingdom :
242.2 people/m²
1998
Geography of United Kingdom
# 33
Jamaica :
236.08 people/m²
1998
Geography of Jamaica
# 34
Germany :
235.25 people/m²
1998
Geography of Germany
# 35
Vietnam :
235.09 people/m²
1998
Geography of Vietnam
# 36
Comoros :
232.28 people/m²
1998
Geography of Comoros
# 37
Netherlands Antilles :
223.61 people/m²
1998
Geography of Netherlands Antilles
# 38
Italy :
193.5 people/m²
1998
Geography of Italy
# 39
Korea, North :
178.76 people/m²
1998
Geography of Korea, North
# 40
Switzerland :
177.75 people/m²
1998
Geography of Switzerland
# 41
Seychelles :
171.4 people/m²
1998
Geography of Seychelles
# 42
Pakistan :
170.69 people/m²
1998
Geography of Pakistan
# 43
Antigua and Barbuda :
167.93 people/m²
1998
Geography of Antigua and Barbuda
# 44
Dominican Republic :
165.85 people/m²
1998
Geography of Dominican Republic
# 45
Luxembourg :
164.71 people/m²
1998
Geography of Luxembourg
# 46
Nepal :
163.14 people/m²
1998
Geography of Nepal
# 47
Micronesia, Federated States of :
153.58 people/m²
1998
Geography of Micronesia, Federated States of
# 48
São Tomé and Príncipe :
139.93 people/m²
1998
Geography of São Tomé and Príncipe
# 49
Tonga :
137.36 people/m²
1998
Geography of Tonga
# 50
Czech Republic :
133.23 people/m²
1998
Geography of Czech Republic
# 51
China :
133.16 people/m²
1998
Geography of China
# 52
Moldova :
130.71 people/m²
1998
Geography of Moldova
# 53
Man, Isle of :
129.6 people/m²
1998
Geography of Man, Isle of
# 54
Poland :
127.04 people/m²
1998
Geography of Poland
# 55
Denmark :
124.94 people/m²
1998
Geography of Denmark
# 56
Gambia, The :
123.43 people/m²
1998
Geography of Gambia, The
# 57
Nigeria :
123.09 people/m²
1998
Geography of Nigeria
# 58
Thailand :
117.94 people/m²
1998
Geography of Thailand
# 59
Kiribati :
117.81 people/m²
1998
Geography of Kiribati
# 60
Uganda :
115.95 people/m²
1998
Geography of Uganda
# 61
Malawi :
115.83 people/m²
1998
Geography of Malawi
# 62
Hungary :
114.33 people/m²
1998
Geography of Hungary
# 63
Kuwait :
113.75 people/m²
1998
Geography of Kuwait
# 64
Slovakia :
112.07 people/m²
1998
Geography of Slovakia
# 65
Albania :
112.03 people/m²
1998
Geography of Albania
# 66
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
111.47 people/m²
1998
Geography of Saint Kitts and Nevis
# 67
Indonesia :
110.88 people/m²
1998
Geography of Indonesia
# 68
Portugal :
110.7 people/m²
1998
Geography of Portugal
# 69
Armenia :
110.6 people/m²
1998
Geography of Armenia
# 70
Cape Verde :
106.74 people/m²
1998
Geography of Cape Verde
# 71
France :
106.16 people/m²
1998
Geography of France
# 72
Serbia and Montenegro :
104.13 people/m²
1998
Geography of Serbia and Montenegro
# 73
Cuba :
100.47 people/m²
1998
Geography of Cuba
# 74
Slovenia :
98.44 people/m²
1998
Geography of Slovenia
# 75
Guatemala :
98.36 people/m²
1998
Geography of Guatemala
# 76
Romania :
98.01 people/m²
1998
Geography of Romania
# 77
Austria :
96.82 people/m²
1998
Geography of Austria
# 78
Dominica :
95.74 people/m²
1998
Geography of Dominica
# 79
Azerbaijan :
95.23 people/m²
1998
Geography of Azerbaijan
# 80
Togo :
92.13 people/m²
1998
Geography of Togo
# 81
Syria :
86.89 people/m²
1998
Geography of Syria
# 82
Ukraine :
86.55 people/m²
1998
Geography of Ukraine
# 83
Turkey :
84.66 people/m²
1998
Geography of Turkey
# 84
Greece :
84.06 people/m²
1998
Geography of Greece
# 85
Ghana :
83.54 people/m²
1998
Geography of Ghana
# 86
Croatia :
80.47 people/m²
1998
Geography of Croatia
# 87
Spain :
79.53 people/m²
1998
Geography of Spain
# 88
Macedonia, Republic of :
78.37 people/m²
1998
Geography of Macedonia, Republic of
# 89
Bulgaria :
74.64 people/m²
1998
Geography of Bulgaria
# 90
Cyprus :
73.49 people/m²
1998
Geography of Cyprus
# 91
Costa Rica :
73.4 people/m²
1998
Geography of Costa Rica
# 92
Burma :
70.71 people/m²
1998
Geography of Burma
# 93
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
70.67 people/m²
1998
Geography of Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 94
Georgia :
69.48 people/m²
1998
Geography of Georgia
# 95
Cambodia :
69.2 people/m²
1998
Geography of Cambodia
# 96
Malaysia :
66.84 people/m²
1998
Geography of Malaysia
# 97
Egypt :
65.07 people/m²
1998
Geography of Egypt
# 98
French Polynesia :
62.28 people/m²
1998
Geography of French Polynesia
# 99
Samoa :
61.4 people/m²
1998
Geography of Samoa
# 100
Benin :
61.32 people/m²
1998
Geography of Benin
# 101
Ethiopia :
61.27 people/m²
1998
Geography of Ethiopia
# 102
Morocco :
60.96 people/m²
1998
Geography of Morocco
# 103
Brunei :
60.33 people/m²
1998
Geography of Brunei
# 104
Tunisia :
60.08 people/m²
1998
Geography of Tunisia
# 105
Sierra Leone :
59.74 people/m²
1998
Geography of Sierra Leone
# 106
Lesotho :
57.87 people/m²
1998
Geography of Lesotho
# 107
Swaziland :
57.59 people/m²
1998
Geography of Swaziland
# 108
Lithuania :
56.72 people/m²
1998
Geography of Lithuania
# 109
Uzbekistan :
56.54 people/m²
1998
Geography of Uzbekistan
# 110
Honduras :
54.56 people/m²
1998
Geography of Honduras
# 111
Iraq :
54.1 people/m²
1998
Geography of Iraq
# 112
Ireland :
53.9 people/m²
1998
Geography of Ireland
# 113
Jordan :
52.39 people/m²
1998
Geography of Jordan
# 114
East Timor :
52.2 people/m²
1998
Geography of East Timor
# 115
Kenya :
51.54 people/m²
1998
Geography of Kenya
# 116
Senegal :
51.12 people/m²
1998
Geography of Senegal
# 117
Qatar :
50.93 people/m²
1998
Geography of Qatar
# 118
Côte d'Ivoire :
50.31 people/m²
1998
Geography of Côte d'Ivoire
# 119
Mexico :
49.9 people/m²
1998
Geography of Mexico
# 120
Belarus :
48.53 people/m²
1998
Geography of Belarus
# 121
Guinea-Bissau :
45.95 people/m²
1998
Geography of Guinea-Bissau
# 122
Fiji :
43.48 people/m²
1998
Geography of Fiji
# 123
Ecuador :
43.18 people/m²
1998
Geography of Ecuador
# 124
Tajikistan :
42.95 people/m²
1998
Geography of Tajikistan
# 125
Nicaragua :
39.14 people/m²
1998
Geography of Nicaragua
# 126
Burkina Faso :
38.97 people/m²
1998
Geography of Burkina Faso
# 127
Latvia :
38.84 people/m²
1998
Geography of Latvia
# 128
Panama :
38.12 people/m²
1998
Geography of Panama
# 129
Iran :
37.8 people/m²
1998
Geography of Iran
# 130
Tanzania :
37.7 people/m²
1998
Geography of Tanzania
# 131
Colombia :
36.68 people/m²
1998
Geography of Colombia
# 132
South Africa :
34.5 people/m²
1998
Geography of South Africa
# 133
United Arab Emirates :
33.9 people/m²
1998
Geography of United Arab Emirates
# 134
Guinea :
32.94 people/m²
1998
Geography of Guinea
# 135
Eritrea :
32.8 people/m²
1998
Geography of Eritrea
# 136
Estonia :
32.7 people/m²
1998
Geography of Estonia
# 137
Yemen :
31.94 people/m²
1998
Geography of Yemen
# 138
Zimbabwe :
31.9 people/m²
1998
Geography of Zimbabwe
# 139
Cameroon :
30.61 people/m²
1998
Geography of Cameroon
# 140
United States :
30.12 people/m²
1998
Geography of United States
# 141
Bahamas, The :
29.24 people/m²
1998
Geography of Bahamas, The
# 142
Djibouti :
28.91 people/m²
1998
Geography of Djibouti
# 143
Liberia :
28.07 people/m²
1998
Geography of Liberia
# 144
Venezuela :
26.54 people/m²
1998
Geography of Venezuela
# 145
Madagascar :
26.25 people/m²
1998
Geography of Madagascar
# 146
Kyrgyzstan :
25.01 people/m²
1998
Geography of Kyrgyzstan
# 147
Mozambique :
21.86 people/m²
1998
Geography of Mozambique
# 148
Laos :
21.82 people/m²
1998
Geography of Laos
# 149
Sweden :
21.57 people/m²
1998
Geography of Sweden
# 150
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
21.17 people/m²
1998
Geography of Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 151
Chile :
20.07 people/m²
1998
Geography of Chile
# 152
Brazil :
19.96 people/m²
1998
Geography of Brazil
# 153
Peru :
19.62 people/m²
1998
Geography of Peru
# 154
Uruguay :
18.81 people/m²
1998
Geography of Uruguay
# 155
Finland :
16.92 people/m²
1998
Geography of Finland
# 156
Equatorial Guinea :
15.26 people/m²
1998
Geography of Equatorial Guinea
# 157
Vanuatu :
15.09 people/m²
1998
Geography of Vanuatu
# 158
Norway :
14.57 people/m²
1998
Geography of Norway
# 159
New Zealand :
14.24 people/m²
1998
Geography of New Zealand
# 160
Solomon Islands :
14.15 people/m²
1998
Geography of Solomon Islands
# 161
Zambia :
13.8 people/m²
1998
Geography of Zambia
# 162
Sudan :
13.26 people/m²
1998
Geography of Sudan
# 163
Argentina :
13.19 people/m²
1998
Geography of Argentina
# 164
Paraguay :
12.91 people/m²
1998
Geography of Paraguay
# 165
Bhutan :
12.65 people/m²
1998
Geography of Bhutan
# 166
Algeria :
12.44 people/m²
1998
Geography of Algeria
# 167
New Caledonia :
11.21 people/m²
1998
Geography of New Caledonia
# 168
Papua New Guinea :
11.16 people/m²
1998
Geography of Papua New Guinea
# 169
Angola :
10.58 people/m²
1998
Geography of Angola
# 170
Somalia :
10.56 people/m²
1998
Geography of Somalia
# 171
Belize :
10.46 people/m²
1998
Geography of Belize
# 172
Saudi Arabia :
9.96 people/m²
1998
Geography of Saudi Arabia
# 173
Congo, Republic of the :
9.43 people/m²
1998
Geography of Congo, Republic of the
# 174
Turkmenistan :
9.34 people/m²
1998
Geography of Turkmenistan
# 175
Mali :
9.02 people/m²
1998
Geography of Mali
# 176
Russia :
8.97 people/m²
1998
Geography of Russia
# 177
Niger :
8.68 people/m²
1998
Geography of Niger
# 178
Oman :
7.61 people/m²
1998
Geography of Oman
# 179
Bolivia :
7.36 people/m²
1998
Geography of Bolivia
# 180
Chad :
6.12 people/m²
1998
Geography of Chad
# 181
Central African Republic :
5.85 people/m²
1998
Geography of Central African Republic
# 182
Kazakhstan :
5.58 people/m²
1998
Geography of Kazakhstan
# 183
Gabon :
4.71 people/m²
1998
Geography of Gabon
# 184
Guyana :
3.75 people/m²
1998
Geography of Guyana
# 185
Canada :
3.33 people/m²
1998
Geography of Canada
# 186
Botswana :
3.02 people/m²
1998
Geography of Botswana
# 187
Libya :
2.9 people/m²
1998
Geography of Libya
# 188
Suriname :
2.73 people/m²
1998
Geography of Suriname
# 189
Iceland :
2.73 people/m²
1998
Geography of Iceland
# 190
Mauritania :
2.44 people/m²
1998
Geography of Mauritania
# 191
Australia :
2.44 people/m²
1998
Geography of Australia
# 192
Namibia :
2.19 people/m²
1998
Geography of Namibia
# 193
Mongolia :
1.5 people/m²
1998
Geography of Mongolia
# 194
Greenland :
0.14 people/m²
1998
Geography of Greenland
Weighted average:
264.4 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 (1998) 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=1998
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