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Geography Statistics > Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Djibouti: 11,487.87 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 2   Maldives: 5,580.8 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 3   French Polynesia: 3,979.72 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 4   Seychelles: 3,962.81 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 5   Grenada: 3,621.74 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 6   Saint Lucia: 2,900.8 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 7   Kiribati: 2,619.53 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 8   Papua New Guinea: 2,178.82 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 9   Micronesia, Federated States of: 2,113.95 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 10   Solomon Islands: 2,106.03 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 11   Oman: 1,931.3 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 12   Sri Lanka: 1,779.43 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 13   Trinidad and Tobago: 1,528.36 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 14   United Arab Emirates: 1,453.5 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 15   Egypt: 1,411.56 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 16   New Caledonia: 1,392.72 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 17   Bangladesh: 1,335.32 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 18   Bahrain: 1,271.58 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 19   Marshall Islands: 1,053.38 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 20   Japan: 1,002.26 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 21   Nepal: 969.27 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 22   Yemen: 941.67 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 23   Vietnam: 926.9 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 24   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 920.52 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 25   São Tomé and Príncipe: 818.88 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 26   Barbados: 811.65 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 27   Vanuatu: 784.94 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 28   China: 765.59 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 29   Costa Rica: 730.96 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 30   Jamaica: 716.86 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 31   Mauritius: 716.11 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 32   Brunei: 707.59 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 33   Tanzania: 706.63 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 34   Netherlands Antilles: 671.51 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 35   Haiti: 663.85 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 36   Burundi: 643.68 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 37   Colombia: 621.2 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 38   Antigua and Barbuda: 616.57 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 39   Rwanda: 605.01 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 40   Eritrea: 585.95 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 41   Korea, South: 567.12 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 42   Kenya: 561.05 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 43   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 557.04 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 44   Slovenia: 556.96 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 45   Guinea: 554.9 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 46   Philippines: 548.23 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 47   Sierra Leone: 545.87 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 48   East Timor: 533.74 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 49   Jordan: 526.48 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 50   Ethiopia: 524.03 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 51   Guam: 517.55 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 52   Tonga: 517.03 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 53   Tajikistan: 511.66 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 54   Indonesia: 497.69 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 55   India: 488.84 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 56   Somalia: 483.58 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 57   Pakistan: 476.65 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 58   Malaysia: 473.8 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 59   Swaziland: 473.39 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 60   Laos: 470.38 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 61   Cape Verde: 465.38 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 62   Comoros: 462.54 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 63   Uganda: 452.65 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 64   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 450.82 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 65   Switzerland: 449.85 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 66   Guatemala: 446.94 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 67   Lesotho: 445.41 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 68   Madagascar: 439.26 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 69   Malawi: 421.22 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 70   El Salvador: 410.27 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 71   Bahamas, The: 402.5 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 72   Dominica: 396.23 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 73   Liberia: 366.28 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 74   Ecuador: 365.06 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 75   Bhutan: 355.96 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 76   Netherlands: 355.87 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 77   Mauritania: 354.26 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 78   Honduras: 350.71 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 79   Virgin Islands: 350.38 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 80   Guinea-Bissau: 350.34 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 81   Burma: 345.21 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 82   Uzbekistan: 343.04 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 83   Congo, Republic of the: 308.85 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 84   Korea, North: 308.4 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 85   Cambodia: 305.38 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 86   Iceland: 305.23 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 87   Thailand: 304.62 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 88   Côte d'Ivoire: 297.67 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 89   Albania: 295.64 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 90   Mozambique: 293.54 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 91   Portugal: 291.59 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 92   Kuwait: 287.35 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 93   Lebanon: 281.18 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 94   Dominican Republic: 275.62 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 95   Ghana: 272.28 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 96   Georgia: 266.68 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 97   Senegal: 265.77 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 98   Zimbabwe: 259.42 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 99   Kyrgyzstan: 257.17 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 100   Italy: 245.21 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 101   Samoa: 236.46 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 102   Cyprus: 232.64 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 103   Equatorial Guinea: 226.28 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 104   Nigeria: 220.95 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 105   Azerbaijan: 220.71 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 106   Gambia, The: 219.17 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 107   Angola: 218.96 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 108   Armenia: 218.76 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 109   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 212.15 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 110   Burkina Faso: 211.46 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 111   Malta: 210.72 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 112   Fiji: 209.25 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 113   Botswana: 208.08 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 114   Qatar: 207.73 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 115   Suriname: 205.14 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 116   Peru: 204.08 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 117   Belize: 203.09 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 118   Austria: 201.83 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 119   Mali: 195.74 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 120   Syria: 193.05 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 121   Chad: 191.44 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 122   Israel: 183.46 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 123   Benin: 181.03 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 124   Panama: 177.59 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 125   Croatia: 174.13 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 126   Greece: 173.3 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 127   Germany: 171.83 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 128   Slovakia: 169.63 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 129   Algeria: 160.91 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 130   Namibia: 160.78 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 131   Iraq: 149.91 people/km² of arable lan  1999 Time series
= 132   Afghanistan: 145.16 people/km² of arable lan  1989 Time series
= 132   Morocco: 145.16 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 134   Togo: 142.52 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 135   Iran: 140.32 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 136   Zambia: 139.7 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 137   Ireland: 135.21 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 138   Puerto Rico: 132.24 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 139   Luxembourg: 130.92 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 140   South Africa: 129.44 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 141   Central African Republic: 126.79 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 142   Sudan: 125.23 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 143   Tunisia: 125.06 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 144   Cameroon: 124.83 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 145   Norway: 121.64 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 146   Moldova: 121.3 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 147   Saudi Arabia: 119.34 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 148   Poland: 119.14 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 149   Turkmenistan: 115.82 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 150   Guyana: 111.79 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 151   Macedonia, Republic of: 111.77 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 152   Nicaragua: 110.46 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 153   Serbia and Montenegro: 109.97 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 154   United Kingdom: 108.28 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 155   Romania: 107.85 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 156   Bolivia: 106.49 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 157   Chile: 105.27 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 158   Mexico: 99.88 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 159   Turkey: 98.89 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 160   Finland: 91.35 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 161   Mongolia: 89.7 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 162   Cuba: 89.6 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 163   Czech Republic: 89.01 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 164   Paraguay: 79.9 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 165   France: 76.64 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 166   Niger: 75.2 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 167   Venezuela: 74.26 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 168   Hungary: 73.9 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 169   Spain: 73.81 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 170   Gabon: 73.46 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 171   Bulgaria: 73.18 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 172   Estonia: 70.38 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 173   Latvia: 67.84 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 174   Lithuania: 59.83 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 175   Sweden: 52.75 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 176   Brazil: 52.27 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 177   Belarus: 49.82 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 178   Libya: 49.25 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 179   Ukraine: 46.71 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 180   New Zealand: 37.42 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 181   Denmark: 34.86 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 182   Belgium: 34.76 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 183   United States: 32.62 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 184   Russia: 31.73 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 185   Kazakhstan: 28.92 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
# 186   Uruguay: 20.64 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
= 187   Canada: 13.98 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
= 187   Argentina: 13.98 people/km² of arable lan  2003 Time series
# 189   Australia: 4.86 people/km² of arable lan  2005 Time series
Weighted average: 556.3 people/km² of arable lan  



DEFINITION: Rural population density is the rural population divided by the arable land area. Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

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