Population Density by Country in 1951

In the year 1951, the world had a population density of 19.5 (people/kmยฒ).

The country with the highest population density was ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco with a density of 13656.0 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ดChina, Macao SAR with a population density of 6253.5 people/kmยฒ, and ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎGibraltar with 2146.2 people living per square kilometer, if spread out evenly.

The country with the lowest annual population density was ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญWestern Sahara with 0.1 people per square kilometer. Followed by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑGreenland with a density of 0.1 people/kmยฒ, and ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐFalkland 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 44.5 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Europe with a population density of 25.1 people/kmยฒ, and Northern America with 9.1 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Western Europe had the highest population density of 131.3 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Southern Europe with a population density of 84.0 people/kmยฒ, and Caribbean with 79.1 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/kmยฒ.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Lower-middle-income countries has the highest population density of 30.2 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 4.9.

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 1951

Rank Country Population Density (p/kmยฒ) Overall Population +/-
1 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco 13656.0403 277
2 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ดChina, Macao SAR 6253.5156 881
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎGibraltar 2146.2 -128
4 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆHoly See 2013.6364 6
5 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR 1883.0578 93,299
6 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌSingapore 1563.7416 56,315
7 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡นMalta 953.8254 4,438
8 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌGuernsey 715.9844 440
9 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒBermuda 699.9444 588
10 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ชJersey 500.1379 738
11 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡งBarbados 496.2733 3,295
12 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉBangladesh 322.8263 849,431
13 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑNetherlands 304.848 128,138
14 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชBelgium 285.8761 36,040
15 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บMauritius 266.586 15,953
16 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ทPuerto Rico 258.5748 17,500
17 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ปMaldives 252.3767 1,312
18 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผCuraรงao 246.2465 2,707
19 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผAruba 243.6556 1,152
20 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan 233.1325 1,319,828
21 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉGrenada 229.2162 859
22 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถMartinique 224.0349 5,300
23 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผChina, Taiwan Province of China 222.0502 276,356
24 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒSan Marino 215.0738 163
25 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งUnited Kingdom 207.4096 71,647
26 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทRepublic of Korea 200.8125 222,872
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany 200.201 8,041
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณSaint Kitts and Nevis 185.8019 1,103
29 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ทNauru 175.525 103
30 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ปTuvalu 164.1833 109
31 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จSaint Vincent and the Grenadines 162.4321 1,765
32 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธState of Palestine 158.2967 8,860
33 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นItaly 157.9589 287,362
34 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญBahrain 154.2146 3,590
35 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จSaint Lucia 152.5446 897
36 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡งLebanon 135.6375 38,847
37 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ตGuadeloupe 134.8661 5,904
38 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒJamaica 133.6537 36,763
39 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐTokelau 130.1667 -16
40 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡นTrinidad and Tobago 129.7719 17,348
41 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐSri Lanka 126.8852 150,722
42 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธMontserrat 124.7136 -97
43 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡นHaiti 120.2408 50,384
44 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia 119.0203 7,809,363
45 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญSwitzerland 118.7259 61,780
46 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟCzechia 116.54 80,144
47 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บLuxembourg 115.1197 1,628
48 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บGuam 113.3068 554
49 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ปEl Salvador 107.8815 51,577
50 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌAntigua and Barbuda 105.5 962
51 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บHungary 104.089 79,657
52 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ชRรฉunion 103.4046 9,219
53 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐDenmark 101.4356 29,952
54 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธAmerican Samoa 97.1275 115
55 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒIsle of Man 96.2692 -310
56 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑSaint Barthรฉlemy 93.4091 34
57 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผRwanda 92.3598 79,672
58 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡นPortugal 92.1258 45,600
59 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒComoros 88.9484 3,232
60 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎBurundi 88.8534 50,384
61 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ตDem. People's Republic of Korea 87.8961 -510,319
62 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎLiechtenstein 87.4969 227
63 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จSeychelles 84.6455 306
64 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นAustria 83.9865 -9,213
65 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑPoland 82.3749 451,932
66 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณViet Nam 81.6833 460,845
67 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎUnited States Virgin Islands 79.27 481
68 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธSerbia 79.0638 58,209
69 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ดTonga 78.3862 1,346
70 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉRepublic of Moldova 78.2417 45,606
71 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrance 76.7777 438,040
72 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญMarshall Islands 72.8417 95
73 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐKosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 72.8403 15,816
74 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎSlovenia 72.6352 16,544
75 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ดRomania 72.2613 225,996
76 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐSlovakia 71.898 64,536
77 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ทCroatia 69.9812 43,632
78 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌBulgaria 67.4788 49,567
79 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒDominica 67.2547 318
80 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆUkraine 65.2623 498,083
81 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญPhilippines 65.2269 739,192
82 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡นSao Tome and Principe 64.3349 881
83 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซWallis and Futuna Islands 62.975 393
84 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐCook Islands 62.725 318
85 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑIsrael 62.4591 62,597
86 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎAnguilla 59.2102 193
87 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทGreece 58.9579 61,941
88 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซSaint Martin (French part) 58.7358 124
89 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ตNepal 58.2457 176,054
90 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณChina 57.6832 9,719,074
91 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บCuba 56.5972 118,163
92 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธSpain 56.1653 152,653
93 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡นMayotte 55.7973 414
94 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พCyprus 54.2262 7,406
95 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆBosnia and Herzegovina 53.3282 40,535
96 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎKiribati 53.1983 788
97 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐNorth Macedonia 51.0189 21,732
98 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ชGeorgia 50.9604 44,914
99 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ดDominican Republic 50.7161 72,351
100 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒArmenia 49.7921 35,573
101 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌBritish Virgin Islands 48.0065 -6
102 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐPakistan 47.4547 765,770
103 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒMicronesia (Fed. States of) 47.1471 894
104 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑAlbania 46.5861 30,275
105 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ปCabo Verde 46.4512 2,289
106 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝSint Maarten (Dutch part) 45.6765 102
107 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชIreland 42.9573 20,656
108 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌNigeria 41.7164 720,432
109 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญThailand 41.0366 551,405
110 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡นLithuania 39.2651 26,936
111 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟAzerbaijan 38.5583 57,180
112 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉIndonesia 36.7812 1,537,943
113 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พBelarus 35.4316 68,652
114 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธSamoa 31.9823 2,330
115 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผMalawi 31.7591 54,687
116 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ปLatvia 31.0784 15,478
117 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒGambia 31.0762 7,985
118 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ชMontenegro 29.6896 8,007
119 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡นGuatemala 29.6507 82,466
120 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พCayman Islands 29.5996 103
121 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌUganda 29.5844 162,603
122 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑSierra Leone 28.2029 23,935
123 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑTimor-Leste 28.1278 3,939
124 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทTรผrkiye 28.1234 633,877
125 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒMyanmar 27.6606 338,618
126 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌTogo 26.1886 25,184
127 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ชEstonia 25.6798 13,892
128 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญCambodia 24.7228 101,356
129 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณTunisia 23.6898 74,442
130 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ดFaroe Islands 23.0347 178
131 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญGhana 22.9811 153,888
132 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌEgypt 21.7047 476,821
133 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถBonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 21.4299 56
134 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆMorocco 20.5227 230,057
135 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏBenin 20.1074 17,530
136 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พSyrian Arab Republic 20.0581 76,816
137 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒSaint Pierre and Miquelon 19.7043 30
138 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผGuinea-Bissau 19.5497 4,428
139 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธLesotho 19.4423 11,244
140 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พMalaysia 19.0456 162,276
141 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ทCosta Rica 18.7703 32,540
142 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡นEthiopia 17.9891 329,825
143 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Polynesia 17.8897 1,625
144 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บNiue 17.4692 -4
145 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSweden 17.3636 51,801
146 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏFiji 17.3029 6,935
147 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States of America 17.1063 2,286,672
148 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผPalau 16.6315 153
149 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟEswatini 16.0459 6,991
150 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ตNorthern Mariana Islands 15.8282 93
151 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธBahamas 15.7868 1,331
152 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซBurkina Faso 15.5716 49,144
153 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUzbekistan 15.0094 146,396
154 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณHonduras 14.6826 43,437
155 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จEcuador 14.5266 92,865
156 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝMexico 14.4548 752,329
157 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณSenegal 13.6064 65,765
158 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญSaint Helena 13.5244 37
159 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinland 13.386 34,918
160 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถIraq 13.3005 128,098
161 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พUruguay 13.0281 23,456
162 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณGuinea 12.4612 49,166
163 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra 12.3798 -451
164 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซAfghanistan 12.1352 107,146
165 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆPanama 11.8905 21,799
166 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎNicaragua 11.3815 38,556
167 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏTajikistan 11.0995 58,457
168 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆSouth Africa 10.9018 279,506
169 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ดNorway 10.8339 31,159
170 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ดColombia 10.7493 319,350
171 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทIran (Islamic Republic of) 10.3891 416,195
172 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชKenya 10.1486 133,761
173 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ทLiberia 9.7218 18,065
174 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒCameroon 9.4311 67,258
175 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌKyrgyzstan 9.3197 36,618
176 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑChile 8.9735 132,157
177 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผKuwait 8.8927 4,595
178 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณBrunei Darussalam 8.8794 2,908
179 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ชYemen 8.872 71,335
180 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎCรดte d'Ivoire 8.8345 75,041
181 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟUnited Republic of Tanzania 8.8202 191,962
182 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถEquatorial Guinea 8.2216 4,059
183 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟMozambique 7.6021 72,289
184 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆLao People's Democratic Republic 7.4751 40,631
185 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผZimbabwe 7.4471 90,953
186 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟNew Zealand 7.3657 42,735
187 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌMadagascar 6.9736 102,155
188 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ทEritrea 6.8268 12,773
189 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทBrazil 6.5827 1,644,253
190 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRussian Federation 6.4025 1,452,809
191 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ชVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 6.2553 246,458
192 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ทArgentina 6.2169 340,152
193 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ชPeru 6.1665 219,956
194 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉDemocratic Republic of the Congo 5.5326 256,238
195 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จTurks and Caicos Islands 5.3179 -20
196 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ดJordan 5.3061 33,970
197 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡นBhutan 4.5476 4,722
198 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธSouth Sudan 4.4839 38,138
199 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บVanuatu 4.2953 802
200 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑMali 3.9065 70,084
201 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟAlgeria 3.8921 251,607
202 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡งSolomon Islands 3.8532 2,435
203 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พParaguay 3.8024 34,162
204 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ดAngola 3.6918 46,405
205 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ดSomalia 3.6291 63,573
206 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉSudan 3.6124 189,786
207 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จNew Caledonia 3.5409 966
208 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌPapua New Guinea 3.4777 30,050
209 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒZambia 3.2194 72,829
210 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟBelize 3.118 2,261
211 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ดBolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.8961 48,886
212 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏDjibouti 2.7743 2,017
213 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒTurkmenistan 2.7538 25,791
214 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟKazakhstan 2.6006 236,539
215 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌCongo 2.4997 18,702
216 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซCentral African Republic 2.3456 23,301
217 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พGuyana 2.1798 11,553
218 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆQatar 2.1635 801
219 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ชNiger 2.1195 87,046
220 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉChad 2.0413 45,183
221 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆGabon 1.8459 2,858
222 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCanada 1.5487 386,791
223 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒOman 1.4952 5,927
224 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland 1.4507 2,244
225 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ทSuriname 1.2853 5,798
226 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ชUnited Arab Emirates 1.1199 5,128
227 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บAustralia 1.0958 228,020
228 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆSaudi Arabia 0.8204 61,583
229 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผBotswana 0.7474 9,984
230 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พLibya 0.6833 15,396
231 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ทMauritania 0.6509 13,593
232 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆNamibia 0.6321 5,954
233 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณMongolia 0.51 12,581
234 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Guiana 0.2883 306
235 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐFalkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.181 6
236 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑGreenland 0.0577 411
237 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญWestern Sahara 0.0534 1,310

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 1951

Rank Region Population Density (p/kmยฒ) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 44.4724 27,195,613
2 Europe 25.0803 4,768,004
3 Northern America 9.1482 2,674,492
4 Americas 8.8086 7,157,887
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 8.496 4,483,395
6 Africa 7.8697 4,888,341
7 Oceania 1.5214 320,839

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 1951

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/kmยฒ) Overall Population +/-
1 Western Europe 131.3381 664,958
2 Southern Europe 83.9756 786,335
3 Caribbean 79.1499 339,072
4 Southern Asia 74.0609 10,280,715
5 Eastern Asia 57.9285 11,134,572
6 Micronesia 53.3171 2,680
7 Northern Europe 47.5207 299,729
8 South-Eastern Asia 37.8601 3,995,428
9 Polynesia 32.5245 6,216
10 Central America 15.6683 1,024,964
11 Eastern Europe 12.382 3,016,982
12 Western Africa 11.8419 1,383,612
13 Western Asia 10.6852 1,281,097
14 Eastern Africa 10.099 1,486,745
15 Northern Africa 6.6682 1,239,419
16 South America 6.6004 3,119,358
17 Southern Africa 5.688 313,679
18 Central Asia 4.5995 503,801
19 Middle Africa 4.19 464,886
20 Melanesia 3.9953 41,188
21 Australia/New Zealand 1.3048 270,755

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 1951

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/kmยฒ) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 30.2208 15,677,218
2 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 21.8345 17,188,674
3 Middle-income countries 21.6867 34,762,443
4 High-income countries 19.671 7,802,221
5 Low-and-middle-income countries 19.5566 36,273,899
6 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 18.6359 26,887,446
7 Upper-middle-income countries 17.967 19,085,225
8 Low-income countries 7.8836 1,511,456
9 No income group available 4.8573 248,660

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 (kmยฒ) of the area.

Population Density Formula

Population Density = population / land area in kmยฒ

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

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

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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