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Population Density by Country in 1954

-1 year 1954 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1954, the world had a population density of 20.6 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density was 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 13867.8 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 6183.4 people/km², and 🇬🇮Gibraltar with 2169.9 people living per square kilometer, if spread out evenly.

The country with the lowest annual population density was 🇬🇱Greenland with 0.1 people per square kilometer. Followed by 🇪🇭Western Sahara 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 47.5 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Europe with a population density of 25.8 people/km², and Northern America with 9.6 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Western Europe had the highest population density of 133.5 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Southern Europe with a population density of 86.2 people/km², and Caribbean with 83.8 people living per square kilometer. While the sub-region with lowest population density for the year was Australia/New Zealand with only 1.4 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 32.3 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 5.5.

Similar Population Metrics for 1954

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 1954

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇨Monaco 13867.7852 -64
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 6183.3594 -2,117
3 🇬🇮Gibraltar 2169.95 109
4 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 2155.2457 106,850
5 🇻🇦Holy See 2055.6818 7
6 🇸🇬Singapore 1833.5007 66,454
7 🇲🇹Malta 996.0143 4,397
8 🇧🇲Bermuda 728.6389 513
9 🇬🇬Guernsey 723.5938 98
10 🇯🇪Jersey 517.2112 631
11 🇧🇧Barbados 515.2395 2,112
12 🇧🇩Bangladesh 343.7143 995,031
13 🇳🇱Netherlands 315.2783 129,316
14 🇧🇪Belgium 290.2564 48,336
15 🇲🇺Mauritius 288.4133 13,686
16 🇲🇻Maldives 266.6617 1,547
17 🇨🇼Curaçao 266.5389 3,033
18 🇦🇼Aruba 263.8556 1,254
19 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 263.5882 12,756
20 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 247.6073 324,077
21 🇯🇵Japan 242.5739 1,039,454
22 🇲🇶Martinique 240.7113 6,714
23 🇬🇩Grenada 240.5176 1,696
24 🇸🇲San Marino 223.1066 185
25 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 216.4435 688,512
26 🇬🇧United Kingdom 209.9285 228,013
27 🇩🇪Germany 201.1264 204,441
28 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 197.4712 751
29 🇳🇷Nauru 188.975 87
30 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 177.6974 2,228
31 🇹🇻Tuvalu 175.6333 76
32 🇧🇭Bahrain 169.2989 4,334
33 🇵🇸State of Palestine 163.4577 11,875
34 🇮🇹Italy 161.609 302,488
35 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 152.7703 -263
36 🇱🇧Lebanon 147.6457 43,127
37 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 146.4284 6,393
38 🇯🇲Jamaica 141.5926 21,621
39 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 140.576 19,790
40 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 134.6932 174,147
41 🇹🇰Tokelau 132.1667 14
42 🇮🇳India 127.3673 8,906,116
43 🇭🇹Haiti 126.0665 56,522
44 🇨🇭Switzerland 123.4934 63,385
45 🇲🇸Montserrat 121.9515 -74
46 🇨🇿Czechia 119.4408 66,184
47 🇱🇺Luxembourg 117.1741 1,886
48 🇬🇺Guam 116.9529 761
49 🇸🇻El Salvador 115.7254 57,350
50 🇷🇪Réunion 115.654 11,604
51 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 112.2068 998
52 🇭🇺Hungary 107.1975 120,951
53 🇩🇰Denmark 103.9394 34,851
54 🇷🇼Rwanda 102.5247 85,112
55 🇦🇸American Samoa 98.7975 101
56 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 96.1818 16
57 🇰🇲Comoros 94.6472 3,483
58 🇧🇮Burundi 94.5891 49,767
59 🇵🇹Portugal 93.6779 42,634
60 🇮🇲Isle of Man 93.4353 -644
61 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 91.9531 243
62 🇻🇳Viet Nam 87.5147 738,247
63 🇵🇱Poland 86.8419 467,648
64 🇸🇨Seychelles 86.8282 393
65 🇹🇴Tonga 85.4085 1,691
66 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 85.066 133,703
67 🇦🇹Austria 84.1005 8,711
68 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 83.3086 528
69 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 82.767 53,089
70 🇷🇸Serbia 81.6681 80,918
71 🇫🇷France 79.2138 458,006
72 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 77.7513 20,164
73 🇸🇰Slovakia 76.0311 67,899
74 🇸🇮Slovenia 75.2606 17,634
75 🇷🇴Romania 75.0477 209,527
76 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 74.3972 87
77 🇵🇭Philippines 73.275 874,661
78 🇭🇷Croatia 72.4222 34,424
79 🇮🇱Israel 71.0639 61,433
80 🇩🇲Dominica 69.4447 785
81 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 69.425 -53
82 🇧🇬Bulgaria 68.9718 58,219
83 🇺🇦Ukraine 67.8727 528,981
84 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 66.6531 634
85 🇨🇰Cook Islands 66.1979 275
86 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 65.6415 124
87 🇦🇮Anguilla 64.1364 138
88 🇳🇵Nepal 61.7456 170,455
89 🇨🇳China 61.4702 13,289,347
90 🇬🇷Greece 60.4714 71,140
91 🇨🇺Cuba 60.069 128,836
92 🇾🇹Mayotte 59.4493 511
93 🇪🇸Spain 57.4452 226,661
94 🇨🇾Cyprus 56.8301 8,557
95 🇰🇮Kiribati 56.6556 882
96 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 56.4525 61,194
97 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 55.6622 86,488
98 🇦🇲Armenia 53.9621 43,933
99 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 53.9559 99
100 🇲🇰North Macedonia 53.7874 16,447
101 🇬🇪Georgia 52.9964 49,302
102 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 51.3157 1,018
103 🇵🇰Pakistan 50.7693 933,935
104 🇦🇱Albania 50.4083 38,306
105 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 48.3442 68
106 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 48.0269 1,957
107 🇹🇭Thailand 44.4584 617,937
108 🇳🇬Nigeria 44.1125 749,587
109 🇮🇪Ireland 42.6401 -14,509
110 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 40.9484 75,522
111 🇱🇹Lithuania 40.6366 29,980
112 🇮🇩Indonesia 39.4401 1,853,344
113 🇧🇾Belarus 36.7103 106,144
114 🇼🇸Samoa 34.2339 2,126
115 🇲🇼Malawi 33.6485 63,172
116 🇬🇲Gambia 33.5783 8,853
117 🇺🇬Uganda 32.1729 182,244
118 🇬🇹Guatemala 32.0932 92,373
119 🇱🇻Latvia 31.8517 18,107
120 🇲🇪Montenegro 31.4488 6,272
121 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 31.3444 136
122 🇹🇷Türkiye 30.712 676,756
123 🇲🇲Myanmar 29.3234 386,292
124 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 29.2036 25,201
125 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 29.0455 5,090
126 🇹🇬Togo 27.6294 26,953
127 🇪🇪Estonia 26.568 12,262
128 🇰🇭Cambodia 26.4249 104,967
129 🇹🇳Tunisia 25.2173 83,552
130 🇬🇭Ghana 25.1799 180,828
131 🇪🇬Egypt 23.3187 579,674
132 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 23.1538 40
133 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 22.686 316
134 🇲🇦Morocco 22.1674 259,238
135 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 21.4897 98,849
136 🇨🇷Costa Rica 20.8406 38,031
137 🇱🇸Lesotho 20.6816 13,898
138 🇧🇯Benin 20.6526 23,712
139 🇲🇾Malaysia 20.6129 183,258
140 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 20.4391 70
141 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 19.9494 3,201
142 🇵🇫French Polynesia 19.4237 2,180
143 🇪🇹Ethiopia 19.038 373,706
144 🇫🇯Fiji 18.5958 8,905
145 🇺🇸United States of America 17.8885 2,526,925
146 🇵🇼Palau 17.8467 215
147 🇸🇪Sweden 17.7087 42,337
148 🇳🇺Niue 17.6712 31
149 🇸🇿Eswatini 17.2741 7,229
150 🇧🇸Bahamas 16.9511 2,852
151 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 16.5656 131
152 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 16.1491 176,836
153 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 16.1326 53,976
154 🇭🇳Honduras 15.9508 48,687
155 🇪🇨Ecuador 15.7091 102,916
156 🇲🇽Mexico 15.6963 876,472
157 🇸🇳Senegal 14.7062 75,459
158 🇮🇶Iraq 14.3263 157,610
159 🇫🇮Finland 13.8477 48,586
160 🇸🇭Saint Helena 13.6385 -2
161 🇺🇾Uruguay 13.4926 29,682
162 🇬🇳Guinea 13.0822 52,643
163 🇵🇦Panama 12.8488 25,391
164 🇦🇫Afghanistan 12.6413 114,417
165 🇳🇮Nicaragua 12.4003 43,140
166 🇹🇯Tajikistan 12.269 54,405
167 🇦🇩Andorra 11.9191 548
168 🇨🇴Colombia 11.6588 363,942
169 🇿🇦South Africa 11.6347 320,544
170 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 11.1903 458,930
171 🇳🇴Norway 11.1575 32,940
172 🇰🇪Kenya 10.9313 172,986
173 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 10.6173 3,828
174 🇱🇷Liberia 10.3278 21,058
175 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 9.9173 40,864
176 🇨🇲Cameroon 9.9064 80,887
177 🇰🇼Kuwait 9.7229 5,263
178 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 9.5866 85,617
179 🇨🇱Chile 9.5365 149,492
180 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 9.5109 215,521
181 🇾🇪Yemen 9.3209 86,155
182 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 8.6622 4,210
183 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 8.1786 97,976
184 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 8.0162 42,608
185 🇳🇿New Zealand 7.9091 45,122
186 🇲🇿Mozambique 7.8804 75,921
187 🇲🇬Madagascar 7.5238 111,285
188 🇧🇷Brazil 7.2068 1,832,750
189 🇪🇷Eritrea 7.1817 15,767
190 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7.0848 260,411
191 🇵🇪Peru 6.7021 238,480
192 🇷🇺Russian Federation 6.6845 1,683,165
193 🇦🇷Argentina 6.584 339,643
194 🇯🇴Jordan 6.5753 40,803
195 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.8856 281,294
196 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 5.2926 94
197 🇧🇹Bhutan 4.9344 5,174
198 🇸🇸South Sudan 4.7099 46,709
199 🇻🇺Vanuatu 4.5465 1,170
200 🇩🇿Algeria 4.2046 231,674
201 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 4.1364 2,983
202 🇲🇱Mali 4.0755 68,586
203 🇵🇾Paraguay 4.0669 37,032
204 🇸🇩Sudan 3.9487 208,183
205 🇸🇴Somalia 3.933 64,405
206 🇦🇴Angola 3.8235 63,220
207 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 3.7396 44,351
208 🇳🇨New Caledonia 3.717 1,178
209 🇿🇲Zambia 3.5275 79,974
210 🇧🇿Belize 3.4053 2,162
211 🇩🇯Djibouti 3.0503 2,256
212 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.0443 58,496
213 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 2.9416 34,212
214 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 2.8677 246,981
215 🇨🇬Congo 2.6735 20,926
216 🇨🇫Central African Republic 2.462 25,215
217 🇶🇦Qatar 2.3836 895
218 🇬🇾Guyana 2.3824 14,949
219 🇳🇪Niger 2.3264 88,001
220 🇹🇩Chad 2.1545 50,181
221 🇬🇦Gabon 1.8828 3,515
222 🇨🇦Canada 1.6846 424,281
223 🇴🇲Oman 1.5568 6,815
224 🇮🇸Iceland 1.5389 3,526
225 🇸🇷Suriname 1.4014 6,401
226 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 1.3468 5,553
227 🇦🇺Australia 1.1714 192,020
228 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 0.912 69,841
229 🇧🇼Botswana 0.8012 9,941
230 🇱🇾Libya 0.7208 26,935
231 🇲🇷Mauritania 0.6934 15,643
232 🇳🇦Namibia 0.6559 6,912
233 🇲🇳Mongolia 0.5355 14,061
234 🇬🇫French Guiana 0.3008 434
235 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.1797 -9
236 🇪🇭Western Sahara 0.0697 1,613
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.0621 719

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 1954

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 47.4737 34,230,247
2 Europe 25.8007 5,635,813
3 Northern America 9.5982 2,952,508
4 Americas 9.3885 7,926,745
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 9.1954 4,974,237
6 Africa 8.3925 5,427,226
7 Oceania 1.6285 305,351

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 1954

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Western Europe 133.5013 914,260
2 Southern Europe 86.1848 923,528
3 Caribbean 83.8409 356,012
4 Southern Asia 79.1772 11,759,752
5 Eastern Asia 61.5214 15,593,888
6 Micronesia 56.1853 3,181
7 Northern Europe 48.288 436,218
8 South-Eastern Asia 40.8518 4,876,686
9 Polynesia 34.8957 6,441
10 Central America 17.0077 1,183,606
11 Eastern Europe 12.9037 3,361,807
12 Western Africa 12.5452 1,481,273
13 Western Asia 11.5478 1,446,623
14 Eastern Africa 10.8073 1,666,478
15 Northern Africa 7.1864 1,390,869
16 South America 7.1597 3,434,619
17 Southern Africa 6.0656 358,524
18 Central Asia 5.0006 553,298
19 Middle Africa 4.4188 530,082
20 Melanesia 4.2906 58,587
21 Australia/New Zealand 1.396 237,142

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 1954

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 32.3141 18,052,679
2 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 23.2979 20,414,593
3 Middle-income countries 23.1609 42,043,882
4 Low-and-middle-income countries 20.8675 44,405,796
5 High-income countries 20.387 8,850,526
6 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 19.6485 32,841,729
7 Upper-middle-income countries 19.1714 23,991,203
8 Low-income countries 8.2993 2,361,914
9 No income group available 5.4985 262,667

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 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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