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Population Density by Country in 1950

1950 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1950, the world had a population density of 19.2 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density was 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 13240.9 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 6151.2 people/km², and 🇬🇮Gibraltar with 2140.2 people living per square kilometer, if spread out evenly.

The country with the lowest annual population density was 🇪🇭Western Sahara with 0.0 people per square kilometer. Followed by 🇬🇱Greenland with a density of 0.1 people/km², and 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) with 0.2 people living per square kilometer, if said population is spread out evenly across its land mass.

The geographic region with the highest population density was Asia with a density of 44.0 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Europe with a population density of 24.9 people/km², and Northern America with 8.7 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Western Europe had the highest population density of 131.7 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Southern Europe with a population density of 83.3 people/km², and Caribbean with 77.5 people living per square kilometer. While the sub-region with lowest population density for the year was Australia/New Zealand with only 1.3 people/km².

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Lower-middle-income countries has the highest population density of 30.8 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 4.7.

Similar Population Metrics for 1950

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 1950

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇨Monaco 13240.9396 1,214
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 6151.1875 6,406
3 🇬🇮Gibraltar 2140.25 -767
4 🇻🇦Holy See 2000.0 6
5 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 1802.1151 93,341
6 🇸🇬Singapore 1473.9392 39,903
7 🇲🇹Malta 926.5825 6,287
8 🇬🇬Guernsey 694.0469 258
9 🇧🇲Bermuda 687.8056 435
10 🇯🇪Jersey 490.1336 565
11 🇧🇧Barbados 489.6465 5,314
12 🇧🇩Bangladesh 305.205 784,675
13 🇳🇱Netherlands 299.77 133,014
14 🇧🇪Belgium 284.6074 40,399
15 🇲🇺Mauritius 258.8389 15,038
16 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 256.5281 20,692
17 🇲🇻Maldives 248.2817 1,291
18 🇨🇼Curaçao 236.0059 4,231
19 🇬🇩Grenada 226.5294 4
20 🇯🇵Japan 223.8526 1,393,571
21 🇲🇶Martinique 218.8627 5,363
22 🇦🇼Aruba 215.5417 1,349
23 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 215.2818 309,376
24 🇸🇲San Marino 212.5164 213
25 🇬🇧United Kingdom 206.2077 248,045
26 🇩🇪Germany 203.5922 -227,574
27 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 203.1878 -112,578
28 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 181.7462 1,094
29 🇳🇷Nauru 167.7 -2
30 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 157.7885 1,821
31 🇹🇻Tuvalu 157.75 149
32 🇵🇸State of Palestine 156.9447 8,151
33 🇮🇹Italy 156.7428 433,618
34 🇧🇭Bahrain 149.6156 3,156
35 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 140.7394 1,014
36 🇹🇰Tokelau 133.2083 -31
37 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 132.2239 1,681
38 🇱🇧Lebanon 131.9245 38,071
39 🇯🇲Jamaica 129.9603 44,294
40 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 126.72 140,892
41 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 126.4359 16,248
42 🇲🇸Montserrat 126.1068 -8
43 🇮🇳India 120.0801 7,833,647
44 🇭🇹Haiti 117.7856 53,852
45 🇨🇭Switzerland 117.3394 49,101
46 🇨🇿Czechia 115.496 80,758
47 🇱🇺Luxembourg 114.5112 1,582
48 🇬🇺Guam 112.7375 920
49 🇸🇻El Salvador 105.3286 49,825
50 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 103.2614 974
51 🇭🇺Hungary 103.145 90,596
52 🇩🇰Denmark 100.6674 32,336
53 🇷🇪Réunion 99.7196 9,546
54 🇮🇲Isle of Man 95.8278 -285
55 🇦🇸American Samoa 95.1625 631
56 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 92.2131 -582,729
57 🇵🇹Portugal 91.5035 61,191
58 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 91.25 67
59 🇷🇼Rwanda 88.9805 72,440
60 🇰🇲Comoros 86.95 3,710
61 🇧🇮Burundi 86.8637 49,581
62 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 86.0281 247
63 🇦🇹Austria 84.0587 -2,739
64 🇸🇨Seychelles 83.3829 136
65 🇵🇱Poland 80.9495 445,280
66 🇻🇳Viet Nam 80.1164 558,426
67 🇷🇸Serbia 78.4206 74,436
68 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 77.3443 825
69 🇹🇴Tonga 76.6608 1,417
70 🇫🇷France 75.8866 381,517
71 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 72.5861 275
72 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 72.0854 58,606
73 🇸🇮Slovenia 71.7565 13,546
74 🇷🇴Romania 71.2502 222,031
75 🇸🇰Slovakia 70.6793 54,463
76 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 70.3599 21,323
77 🇭🇷Croatia 69.1407 37,322
78 🇩🇲Dominica 66.918 157
79 🇧🇬Bulgaria 66.0323 73,774
80 🇺🇦Ukraine 64.391 479,856
81 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 63.5156 1,098
82 🇵🇭Philippines 61.5663 815,644
83 🇨🇰Cook Islands 61.1792 386
84 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 60.9643 166
85 🇮🇱Israel 59.3336 52,380
86 🇬🇷Greece 58.6233 97,682
87 🇳🇵Nepal 57.0654 180,755
88 🇦🇮Anguilla 57.0114 254
89 🇨🇳China 56.6645 9,578,456
90 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 56.1981 123
91 🇪🇸Spain 55.8763 108,262
92 🇨🇺Cuba 55.5148 121,485
93 🇾🇹Mayotte 54.784 416
94 🇨🇾Cyprus 53.4584 7,122
95 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 52.5989 44,127
96 🇰🇮Kiribati 52.1288 765
97 🇬🇪Georgia 50.6154 39,026
98 🇲🇰North Macedonia 50.2321 34,044
99 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 49.3002 71,846
100 🇵🇰Pakistan 48.9003 474,527
101 🇦🇲Armenia 48.6594 37,919
102 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 47.7792 22
103 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 45.9053 2,215
104 🇦🇱Albania 45.718 36,215
105 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 45.5829 906
106 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 42.8971 121
107 🇮🇪Ireland 42.5147 15,655
108 🇱🇹Lithuania 40.9575 23,514
109 🇳🇬Nigeria 40.8329 707,510
110 🇹🇭Thailand 39.9531 488,628
111 🇧🇾Belarus 38.9673 -39,837
112 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 38.2173 63,968
113 🇮🇩Indonesia 36.4051 1,409,340
114 🇲🇼Malawi 31.197 49,362
115 🇼🇸Samoa 31.0779 1,867
116 🇱🇻Latvia 30.8954 22,522
117 🇬🇲Gambia 30.3143 7,617
118 🇲🇪Montenegro 29.1239 6,607
119 🇬🇹Guatemala 28.9275 83,214
120 🇺🇬Uganda 28.781 157,346
121 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 28.6805 -20
122 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 27.8945 3,117
123 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 27.8895 25,704
124 🇹🇷Türkiye 27.2578 524,720
125 🇲🇲Myanmar 27.1423 317,387
126 🇹🇬Togo 25.7129 22,263
127 🇪🇪Estonia 25.3549 14,493
128 🇰🇭Cambodia 24.1963 103,739
129 🇹🇳Tunisia 23.202 66,392
130 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 22.8556 282
131 🇬🇭Ghana 22.3152 136,895
132 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 21.3064 1
133 🇪🇬Egypt 21.2467 442,477
134 🇧🇯Benin 20.0821 16,030
135 🇲🇦Morocco 20.0453 239,139
136 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 19.4478 26
137 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 19.3248 7,755
138 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 19.2888 74,876
139 🇱🇸Lesotho 19.0866 10,030
140 🇨🇷Costa Rica 18.5759 30,333
141 🇲🇾Malaysia 18.1795 141,256
142 🇪🇹Ethiopia 17.71 386,553
143 🇵🇫French Polynesia 17.5178 1,887
144 🇳🇺Niue 17.25 70
145 🇸🇪Sweden 17.2205 56,918
146 🇫🇯Fiji 16.8751 3,873
147 🇺🇸United States of America 16.2099 2,371,366
148 🇵🇼Palau 16.1511 109
149 🇸🇿Eswatini 15.6449 6,883
150 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 15.454 57
151 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 15.4012 46,529
152 🇧🇸Bahamas 15.2378 1,048
153 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 14.6863 159,099
154 🇭🇳Honduras 14.2833 43,637
155 🇪🇨Ecuador 14.1679 93,096
156 🇲🇽Mexico 14.0871 737,146
157 🇸🇭Saint Helena 13.3962 65
158 🇫🇮Finland 13.2558 43,317
159 🇮🇶Iraq 13.0295 119,701
160 🇸🇳Senegal 12.9646 63,964
161 🇺🇾Uruguay 12.8995 20,499
162 🇦🇩Andorra 12.7755 113
163 🇬🇳Guinea 12.1421 49,044
164 🇵🇦Panama 11.6084 20,958
165 🇦🇫Afghanistan 11.5209 87,800
166 🇳🇮Nicaragua 11.0557 39,210
167 🇳🇴Norway 10.7861 -1,452
168 🇿🇦South Africa 10.6846 272,258
169 🇹🇯Tajikistan 10.6648 57,266
170 🇨🇴Colombia 10.4742 309,808
171 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 10.3348 384,176
172 🇰🇪Kenya 9.9428 124,752
173 🇱🇷Liberia 9.5089 16,872
174 🇨🇲Cameroon 9.2604 65,538
175 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 9.1305 36,317
176 🇾🇪Yemen 8.9263 68,303
177 🇨🇱Chile 8.7969 119,501
178 🇰🇼Kuwait 8.6282 3,949
179 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 8.6164 198,166
180 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 8.6066 76,789
181 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 8.3727 2,819
182 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 8.0706 3,808
183 🇲🇿Mozambique 7.5284 83,552
184 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 7.2993 41,001
185 🇳🇿New Zealand 7.2163 37,840
186 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 7.2155 89,860
187 🇲🇬Madagascar 6.796 95,742
188 🇪🇷Eritrea 6.7901 11,744
189 🇧🇷Brazil 6.4554 1,606,919
190 🇷🇺Russian Federation 6.2642 1,558,972
191 🇦🇷Argentina 6.0956 336,119
192 🇵🇪Peru 5.9988 215,563
193 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5.989 241,062
194 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.4237 243,391
195 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 5.3011 42
196 🇯🇴Jordan 4.9371 29,896
197 🇧🇹Bhutan 4.5936 3,311
198 🇸🇸South Sudan 4.4174 32,124
199 🇻🇺Vanuatu 4.2303 887
200 🇲🇱Mali 3.8477 65,504
201 🇩🇿Algeria 3.7871 254,148
202 🇵🇾Paraguay 3.7205 33,965
203 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 3.6536 1,755
204 🇦🇴Angola 3.592 90,544
205 🇸🇴Somalia 3.5277 63,369
206 🇸🇩Sudan 3.5077 185,337
207 🇳🇨New Caledonia 3.4934 1,050
208 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 3.4069 31,787
209 🇿🇲Zambia 3.1187 65,459
210 🇧🇿Belize 3.0301 1,922
211 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.8523 45,519
212 🇩🇯Djibouti 2.6891 1,946
213 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 2.5836 21,906
214 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 2.4653 229,688
215 🇨🇬Congo 2.4455 17,786
216 🇨🇫Central African Republic 2.306 20,152
217 🇬🇾Guyana 2.122 9,934
218 🇶🇦Qatar 2.0964 777
219 🇳🇪Niger 2.0283 90,887
220 🇹🇩Chad 1.9955 47,720
221 🇬🇦Gabon 1.8353 2,860
222 🇨🇦Canada 1.5113 298,956
223 🇴🇲Oman 1.4776 6,269
224 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 1.4373 93,085
225 🇮🇸Iceland 1.423 3,226
226 🇸🇷Suriname 1.2549 4,480
227 🇦🇺Australia 1.0644 256,535
228 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 1.0502 5,087
229 🇧🇼Botswana 0.7296 9,299
230 🇱🇾Libya 0.6745 10,889
231 🇲🇷Mauritania 0.6389 14,424
232 🇳🇦Namibia 0.6253 6,012
233 🇲🇳Mongolia 0.5016 11,836
234 🇬🇫French Guiana 0.2846 299
235 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.18 22
236 🇬🇱Greenland 0.0563 323
237 🇪🇭Western Sahara 0.0488 1,223

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 1950

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 43.9698 26,190,746
2 Europe 24.894 4,834,879
3 Northern America 8.6903 2,671,106
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 8.3064 4,396,926
5 Africa 7.7002 4,857,894
6 Oceania 1.4817 343,299

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 1950

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Western Europe 131.7324 376,761
2 Southern Europe 83.3276 974,225
3 Caribbean 77.5014 353,895
4 Southern Asia 74.2642 9,891,074
5 Eastern Asia 56.8373 10,697,679
6 Micronesia 52.4176 3,030
7 Northern Europe 47.2813 459,394
8 South-Eastern Asia 37.0314 3,921,260
9 Polynesia 31.7402 6,542
10 Central America 15.2762 1,006,245
11 Eastern Europe 12.1989 3,024,499
12 Western Africa 11.5838 1,350,068
13 Western Asia 10.7211 1,176,457
14 Eastern Africa 9.8901 1,510,842
15 Northern Africa 6.5127 1,199,605
16 South America 6.4575 3,036,786
17 Southern Africa 5.5757 304,482
18 Central Asia 4.4262 504,276
19 Middle Africa 4.1038 492,897
20 Melanesia 3.9061 39,352
21 Australia/New Zealand 1.2695 294,375

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 1950

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 30.7567 16,741,540
2 Middle-income countries 21.2712 33,916,001
3 High-income countries 19.5728 7,591,335
4 Upper-middle-income countries 16.7471 17,174,461
5 Low-income countries 7.9959 1,544,298
6 No income group available 4.6516 243,216

How is Population Density calculated?

Population density indicates the number of people per unit of land area. In this case, the population density is calculated in square kilometers (km²) of the area.

Population Density Formula

Population Density = population / land area in km²

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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