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Population Density by Country in 1951

-1 year 1951 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1951, the world had a population density of 19.5 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density was 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 13356.0 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 6266.0 people/km², and 🇬🇮Gibraltar with 2108.8 people living per square kilometer, if spread out evenly.

The country with the lowest annual population density was 🇪🇭Western Sahara with 0.1 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 44.8 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Europe with a population density of 25.1 people/km², and Northern America with 8.8 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Western Europe had the highest population density of 132.1 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Southern Europe with a population density of 84.0 people/km², 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/km².

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Lower-middle-income countries has the highest population density of 31.4 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 4.9.

Similar Population Metrics for 1951

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 1951

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇨Monaco 13356.0403 -871
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 6265.9688 940
3 🇬🇮Gibraltar 2108.8 138
4 🇻🇦Holy See 2013.6364 6
5 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 1888.5382 96,617
6 🇸🇬Singapore 1535.7789 44,570
7 🇲🇹Malta 946.6286 6,342
8 🇧🇲Bermuda 695.213 365
9 🇬🇬Guernsey 692.8672 -409
10 🇧🇧Barbados 501.0 4,450
11 🇯🇪Jersey 495.0991 587
12 🇧🇩Bangladesh 311.5049 855,436
13 🇳🇱Netherlands 303.7122 132,468
14 🇧🇪Belgium 285.8645 35,724
15 🇲🇺Mauritius 266.3094 15,292
16 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 258.9054 20,635
17 🇲🇻Maldives 252.72 1,372
18 🇨🇼Curaçao 244.0071 2,554
19 🇬🇩Grenada 227.7324 814
20 🇯🇵Japan 227.3833 1,267,280
21 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 224.0804 313,741
22 🇲🇶Martinique 224.0722 5,681
23 🇦🇼Aruba 223.5083 1,519
24 🇸🇲San Marino 215.7951 187
25 🇬🇧United Kingdom 207.101 185,634
26 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 203.318 138,341
27 🇩🇪Germany 203.1789 -60,533
28 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 186.0077 1,122
29 🇳🇷Nauru 170.375 109
30 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 162.5769 1,914
31 🇹🇻Tuvalu 161.9667 104
32 🇵🇸State of Palestine 158.3734 9,050
33 🇮🇹Italy 157.9551 284,027
34 🇧🇭Bahrain 153.7088 3,254
35 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 141.737 214
36 🇱🇧Lebanon 135.7004 39,184
37 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 134.4238 5,482
38 🇯🇲Jamaica 133.7392 37,557
39 🇹🇰Tokelau 131.625 -7
40 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 129.684 17,078
41 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 129.0401 150,075
42 🇲🇸Montserrat 125.9612 -22
43 🇮🇳India 122.7377 7,968,873
44 🇭🇹Haiti 119.765 55,291
45 🇨🇭Switzerland 118.7261 61,809
46 🇨🇿Czechia 116.5362 79,865
47 🇱🇺Luxembourg 115.1398 1,674
48 🇬🇺Guam 114.4603 944
49 🇸🇻El Salvador 107.7292 49,658
50 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 105.45 952
51 🇭🇺Hungary 104.0875 80,064
52 🇷🇪Réunion 103.5048 9,380
53 🇩🇰Denmark 101.4195 31,434
54 🇦🇸American Samoa 97.1275 155
55 🇮🇲Isle of Man 95.16 -479
56 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 93.5682 35
57 🇵🇹Portugal 92.109 50,192
58 🇷🇼Rwanda 92.006 74,055
59 🇧🇮Burundi 88.7571 48,690
60 🇰🇲Comoros 88.7391 2,949
61 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 87.6835 -508,089
62 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 87.5312 234
63 🇦🇹Austria 83.9859 -9,277
64 🇸🇨Seychelles 83.8085 253
65 🇵🇱Poland 82.4388 466,796
66 🇻🇳Viet Nam 81.7703 478,240
67 🇷🇸Serbia 79.2491 52,721
68 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 79.1014 405
69 🇹🇴Tonga 78.9046 1,500
70 🇫🇷France 76.5292 327,088
71 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 73.9806 227
72 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 73.9178 61,900
73 🇸🇮Slovenia 72.432 13,661
74 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 72.3618 22,339
75 🇷🇴Romania 72.2054 217,494
76 🇸🇰Slovakia 71.8892 64,188
77 🇭🇷Croatia 69.7782 33,939
78 🇩🇲Dominica 67.15 191
79 🇧🇬Bulgaria 66.6882 68,431
80 🇺🇦Ukraine 65.2201 480,724
81 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 64.6359 1,053
82 🇵🇭Philippines 64.3371 846,834
83 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 62.9286 384
84 🇨🇰Cook Islands 62.6104 301
85 🇮🇱Israel 61.8043 54,565
86 🇦🇮Anguilla 59.5852 199
87 🇬🇷Greece 59.3666 96,808
88 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 58.3962 110
89 🇳🇵Nepal 58.2944 181,015
90 🇨🇳China 57.6681 9,691,054
91 🇨🇺Cuba 56.6506 121,037
92 🇪🇸Spain 56.1498 166,510
93 🇾🇹Mayotte 55.9107 429
94 🇨🇾Cyprus 54.2505 7,515
95 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 53.482 46,293
96 🇰🇮Kiribati 53.197 786
97 🇲🇰North Macedonia 51.4802 28,140
98 🇬🇪Georgia 51.1954 41,588
99 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 50.8229 75,284
100 🇦🇲Armenia 50.0281 40,000
101 🇵🇰Pakistan 49.5742 564,516
102 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 47.8214 -9
103 🇦🇱Albania 47.0533 36,957
104 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 46.8764 905
105 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 46.4653 2,298
106 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 46.2059 104
107 🇮🇪Ireland 42.7795 20,556
108 🇳🇬Nigeria 41.6166 720,095
109 🇱🇹Lithuania 41.3472 25,299
110 🇹🇭Thailand 40.9375 517,236
111 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 39.0196 68,659
112 🇧🇾Belarus 38.8304 -15,714
113 🇮🇩Indonesia 37.1648 1,494,116
114 🇼🇸Samoa 31.7693 2,045
115 🇲🇼Malawi 31.7403 53,387
116 🇱🇻Latvia 31.2564 22,416
117 🇬🇲Gambia 31.0882 8,048
118 🇬🇹Guatemala 29.7299 88,757
119 🇲🇪Montenegro 29.6574 8,129
120 🇺🇬Uganda 29.5776 161,019
121 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 29.4876 409
122 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 28.2509 26,160
123 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 28.1325 3,961
124 🇹🇷Türkiye 27.9619 559,106
125 🇲🇲Myanmar 27.6351 326,423
126 🇹🇬Togo 26.1304 23,149
127 🇪🇪Estonia 25.683 14,025
128 🇰🇭Cambodia 24.7764 106,283
129 🇹🇳Tunisia 23.6362 68,587
130 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 22.9957 106
131 🇬🇭Ghana 22.9423 148,491
132 🇪🇬Egypt 21.7051 470,133
133 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 21.3704 41
134 🇲🇦Morocco 20.5884 245,633
135 🇧🇯Benin 20.2259 16,422
136 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 19.7089 79,502
137 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 19.6261 56
138 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 19.5405 4,377
139 🇱🇸Lesotho 19.4336 11,038
140 🇨🇷Costa Rica 19.1882 32,189
141 🇲🇾Malaysia 18.6235 150,464
142 🇪🇹Ethiopia 18.1011 395,833
143 🇵🇫French Polynesia 18.0102 1,741
144 🇳🇺Niue 17.5346 78
145 🇸🇪Sweden 17.3526 50,713
146 🇫🇯Fiji 17.1232 5,192
147 🇺🇸United States of America 16.4632 2,262,440
148 🇵🇼Palau 16.3674 90
149 🇸🇿Eswatini 16.0434 6,956
150 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 15.5952 72
151 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 15.5774 49,916
152 🇧🇸Bahamas 15.4713 1,454
153 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 15.0654 163,405
154 🇭🇳Honduras 14.6894 44,954
155 🇪🇨Ecuador 14.5481 95,787
156 🇲🇽Mexico 14.4586 718,617
157 🇸🇭Saint Helena 13.5256 36
158 🇫🇮Finland 13.3855 35,084
159 🇮🇶Iraq 13.3232 135,300
160 🇸🇳Senegal 13.3026 66,210
161 🇺🇾Uruguay 13.0261 23,357
162 🇦🇩Andorra 12.3979 -468
163 🇬🇳Guinea 12.3411 48,730
164 🇵🇦Panama 11.9 22,304
165 🇦🇫Afghanistan 11.6611 94,351
166 🇳🇮Nicaragua 11.382 39,332
167 🇹🇯Tajikistan 11.0585 55,385
168 🇿🇦South Africa 10.9149 290,170
169 🇳🇴Norway 10.8352 31,300
170 🇨🇴Colombia 10.7566 324,811
171 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 10.5723 389,411
172 🇰🇪Kenya 10.1696 138,695
173 🇱🇷Liberia 9.6899 18,008
174 🇨🇲Cameroon 9.4024 66,781
175 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 9.3204 36,546
176 🇾🇪Yemen 9.0588 71,651
177 🇨🇱Chile 8.9629 130,556
178 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 8.8625 2,829
179 🇰🇼Kuwait 8.8542 4,104
180 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 8.8501 78,033
181 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 8.8449 206,634
182 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 8.2058 3,773
183 🇲🇿Mozambique 7.6328 80,579
184 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 7.4759 40,517
185 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 7.4492 90,915
186 🇳🇿New Zealand 7.3692 43,192
187 🇲🇬Madagascar 6.9624 97,829
188 🇪🇷Eritrea 6.8921 12,972
189 🇧🇷Brazil 6.6511 1,664,477
190 🇷🇺Russian Federation 6.3601 1,584,174
191 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 6.2547 245,917
192 🇦🇷Argentina 6.2163 337,622
193 🇵🇪Peru 6.1695 221,466
194 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.534 256,702
195 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 5.3121 -21
196 🇯🇴Jordan 5.2927 33,256
197 🇧🇹Bhutan 4.6839 3,623
198 🇸🇸South Sudan 4.4776 35,869
199 🇻🇺Vanuatu 4.3013 843
200 🇲🇱Mali 3.9012 64,983
201 🇩🇿Algeria 3.8928 249,587
202 🇵🇾Paraguay 3.8055 34,791
203 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 3.7199 2,066
204 🇦🇴Angola 3.6655 92,563
205 🇸🇴Somalia 3.6285 63,196
206 🇸🇩Sudan 3.6145 191,449
207 🇳🇨New Caledonia 3.5525 1,111
208 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 3.4759 30,726
209 🇿🇲Zambia 3.2081 67,319
210 🇧🇿Belize 3.1223 2,286
211 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.8957 48,584
212 🇩🇯Djibouti 2.7747 2,020
213 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 2.6328 24,386
214 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 2.5514 234,901
215 🇨🇬Congo 2.4985 18,456
216 🇨🇫Central African Republic 2.3387 20,544
217 🇬🇾Guyana 2.1763 11,426
218 🇶🇦Qatar 2.1658 833
219 🇳🇪Niger 2.0997 90,127
220 🇹🇩Chad 2.0332 47,245
221 🇬🇦Gabon 1.8467 2,985
222 🇨🇦Canada 1.549 386,353
223 🇴🇲Oman 1.4983 6,535
224 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 1.4809 94,694
225 🇮🇸Iceland 1.4504 2,262
226 🇸🇷Suriname 1.2885 5,992
227 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 1.123 5,255
228 🇦🇺Australia 1.096 228,790
229 🇧🇼Botswana 0.7462 9,511
230 🇱🇾Libya 0.6818 13,462
231 🇲🇷Mauritania 0.6533 15,109
232 🇳🇦Namibia 0.6326 6,097
233 🇲🇳Mongolia 0.5092 11,750
234 🇬🇫French Guiana 0.2883 300
235 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.1811 5
236 🇬🇱Greenland 0.0575 640
237 🇪🇭Western Sahara 0.0536 1,346

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 1951

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 44.8178 27,000,453
2 Europe 25.1131 4,840,688
3 Northern America 8.8329 2,649,854
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 8.5259 4,497,668
5 Africa 7.8672 5,011,579
6 Oceania 1.5208 321,355

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 1951

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Western Europe 132.1295 488,316
2 Southern Europe 84.0261 845,921
3 Caribbean 79.1005 354,480
4 Southern Asia 75.8342 10,208,672
5 Eastern Asia 57.7579 11,011,634
6 Micronesia 53.4168 3,133
7 Northern Europe 47.5493 418,528
8 South-Eastern Asia 37.9226 4,011,473
9 Polynesia 32.5384 6,302
10 Central America 15.6828 998,097
11 Eastern Europe 12.3682 3,087,923
12 Western Africa 11.809 1,380,193
13 Western Asia 10.9747 1,254,051
14 Eastern Africa 10.1207 1,557,315
15 Northern Africa 6.6714 1,240,197
16 South America 6.6333 3,145,091
17 Southern Africa 5.6938 323,772
18 Central Asia 4.5558 514,623
19 Middle Africa 4.1811 510,102
20 Melanesia 3.9809 39,938
21 Australia/New Zealand 1.3051 271,982

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 1951

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 31.4186 17,199,216
2 Middle-income countries 21.7033 34,713,698
3 High-income countries 19.7903 7,682,013
4 Upper-middle-income countries 17.0697 17,514,482
5 Low-income countries 8.1055 1,677,602
6 No income group available 4.8571 248,284

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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