Population Density by Country in 1956

In the year 1956, the world had a population density of 21.5 (people/kmยฒ).

The country with the highest population density was ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco with a density of 13884.2 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ดChina, Macao SAR with a population density of 6022.5 people/kmยฒ, and ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR with 2371.5 people living per square kilometer, if spread out evenly.

The country with the lowest annual population density was ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑGreenland with 0.1 people per square kilometer. Followed by ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญWestern Sahara 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 50.0 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Europe with a population density of 26.4 people/kmยฒ, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 9.7 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Western Europe had the highest population density of 135.5 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Southern Europe with a population density of 87.7 people/kmยฒ, and Caribbean with 87.3 people living per square kilometer. While the sub-region with lowest population density for the year was Australia/New Zealand with only 1.5 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 35.1 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 5.9.

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 1956

Rank Country Population Density (p/kmยฒ) Overall Population +/-
1 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco 13884.2282 399
2 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ดChina, Macao SAR 6022.5156 -3,299
3 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR 2371.5127 119,251
4 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎGibraltar 2164.1 82
5 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆHoly See 2080.6818 3
6 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌSingapore 1951.0695 67,067
7 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡นMalta 1043.5571 4,541
8 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒBermuda 733.8796 549
9 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌGuernsey 704.5703 333
10 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡งBarbados 531.6628 832
11 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ชJersey 519.6552 510
12 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉBangladesh 348.8336 1,119,081
13 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑNetherlands 323.8795 137,600
14 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บMauritius 301.2468 15,064
15 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชBelgium 293.3318 47,968
16 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ปMaldives 278.5317 1,801
17 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผCuraรงao 277.908 3,264
18 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผChina, Taiwan Province of China 270.1793 339,865
19 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผAruba 267.1917 1,641
20 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ทPuerto Rico 266.9773 10,196
21 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถMartinique 252.3344 5,383
22 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉGrenada 248.7985 2,065
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan 241.5493 878,336
24 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒSan Marino 233.3852 331
25 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทRepublic of Korea 230.0664 710,191
26 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งUnited Kingdom 211.8374 245,247
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany 205.053 275,122
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณSaint Kitts and Nevis 204.9038 958
29 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ทNauru 198.175 151
30 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จSaint Vincent and the Grenadines 190.1551 2,437
31 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญBahrain 177.7401 4,495
32 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ปTuvalu 174.9167 45
33 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธState of Palestine 167.8556 13,868
34 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นItaly 163.5389 250,873
35 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡งLebanon 156.5841 46,500
36 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ตGuadeloupe 152.9005 6,482
37 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡นTrinidad and Tobago 148.8558 20,878
38 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒJamaica 144.9721 16,251
39 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จSaint Lucia 144.3385 481
40 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐSri Lanka 142.4304 185,243
41 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐTokelau 137.1667 22
42 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia 137.1108 9,191,188
43 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡นHaiti 131.0883 69,219
44 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธMontserrat 128.1893 -247
45 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญSwitzerland 126.6741 63,677
46 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ชRรฉunion 125.407 12,263
47 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บGuam 124.0397 1,163
48 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟCzechia 121.2069 66,859
49 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ปEl Salvador 121.0997 61,943
50 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บLuxembourg 118.6326 1,573
51 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌAntigua and Barbuda 116.4773 986
52 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บHungary 108.8493 -54,696
53 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผRwanda 108.2492 83,877
54 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐDenmark 105.1932 32,867
55 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธAmerican Samoa 99.51 88
56 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎBurundi 98.0446 49,332
57 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒComoros 97.1862 2,929
58 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑSaint Barthรฉlemy 96.6818 -10
59 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎLiechtenstein 95.0344 281
60 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡นPortugal 94.6576 34,726
61 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณViet Nam 92.6447 790,713
62 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ดTonga 92.2215 1,968
63 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒIsle of Man 90.2876 -655
64 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑPoland 90.0802 482,842
65 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จSeychelles 88.2505 573
66 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ตDem. People's Republic of Korea 87.6354 202,268
67 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎUnited States Virgin Islands 85.1429 518
68 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉRepublic of Moldova 85.0272 82,718
69 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นAustria 84.2441 6,305
70 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธSerbia 83.4115 51,004
71 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐKosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 82.4867 21,856
72 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญPhilippines 80.2645 1,075,857
73 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrance 79.7258 361,624
74 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญMarshall Islands 78.8889 130
75 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐSlovakia 78.8785 71,319
76 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ดRomania 76.7921 225,759
77 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎSlovenia 76.377 16,277
78 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑIsrael 75.1129 62,258
79 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ทCroatia 73.0936 34,799
80 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒDominica 70.6013 1,198
81 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌBulgaria 70.0773 76,041
82 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆUkraine 69.7349 569,108
83 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซSaint Martin (French part) 68.8491 116
84 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡นSao Tome and Principe 68.6656 576
85 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐCook Islands 68.3896 277
86 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซWallis and Futuna Islands 67.8857 -120
87 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎAnguilla 65.767 11
88 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ตNepal 64.2671 174,289
89 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณChina 64.1961 12,413,803
90 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทGreece 62.9446 83,430
91 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡นMayotte 62.72 588
92 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บCuba 62.7154 137,057
93 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝSint Maarten (Dutch part) 61.3676 109
94 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ดDominican Republic 59.7281 96,363
95 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎKiribati 59.146 948
96 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆBosnia and Herzegovina 58.9546 60,072
97 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พCyprus 58.7932 9,345
98 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธSpain 58.3847 231,828
99 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒArmenia 58.232 55,221
100 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐNorth Macedonia 56.0151 16,730
101 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑAlbania 54.7713 47,872
102 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ชGeorgia 54.5652 55,862
103 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐPakistan 54.334 891,947
104 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒMicronesia (Fed. States of) 54.2 1,136
105 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌBritish Virgin Islands 49.0 28
106 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ปCabo Verde 48.9974 2,199
107 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญThailand 46.5958 644,596
108 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌNigeria 45.6938 786,554
109 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟAzerbaijan 44.1563 103,896
110 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡นLithuania 43.5916 31,529
111 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชIreland 41.9742 -15,655
112 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉIndonesia 41.6874 1,977,518
113 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พBelarus 39.6105 66,702
114 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒGambia 35.4494 9,487
115 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธSamoa 35.442 2,470
116 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผMalawi 34.9933 70,441
117 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡นGuatemala 34.1602 102,107
118 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พCayman Islands 34.0394 73
119 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌUganda 33.9835 191,815
120 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ปLatvia 33.0185 21,955
121 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ชMontenegro 32.4124 6,281
122 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทTรผrkiye 31.8003 751,131
123 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒMyanmar 30.5156 421,165
124 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑSierra Leone 30.194 31,149
125 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑTimor-Leste 29.7941 5,772
126 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌTogo 28.3947 25,886
127 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญCambodia 27.9053 122,491
128 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ชEstonia 27.1465 11,047
129 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญGhana 26.7089 194,741
130 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณTunisia 26.0334 58,423
131 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌEgypt 24.5653 617,841
132 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆMorocco 23.5978 294,964
133 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ดFaroe Islands 23.3487 358
134 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถBonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 22.9192 -3
135 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ทCosta Rica 22.8077 41,470
136 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พSyrian Arab Republic 22.315 113,693
137 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธLesotho 21.6214 15,498
138 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พMalaysia 21.2358 196,145
139 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏBenin 21.1536 26,545
140 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Polynesia 20.8572 2,424
141 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒSaint Pierre and Miquelon 20.663 17
142 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผGuinea-Bissau 20.1514 2,871
143 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡นEthiopia 20.1279 430,929
144 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏFiji 19.382 10,850
145 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผPalau 18.513 270
146 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟEswatini 18.11 7,419
147 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บNiue 18.1 32
148 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSweden 17.9509 47,529
149 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States of America 17.9351 2,907,283
150 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธBahamas 17.9178 3,797
151 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUzbekistan 17.2919 220,647
152 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ตNorthern Mariana Islands 17.0952 175
153 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณHonduras 16.9554 53,708
154 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จEcuador 16.6421 112,867
155 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซBurkina Faso 16.5603 59,140
156 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝMexico 16.4992 894,548
157 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณSenegal 15.2006 80,946
158 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถIraq 15.0942 152,142
159 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra 14.266 610
160 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinland 14.162 46,323
161 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พUruguay 13.8423 31,943
162 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญSaint Helena 13.5872 -4
163 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆPanama 13.5725 27,303
164 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณGuinea 13.3792 54,105
165 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎNicaragua 13.1807 47,484
166 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏTajikistan 13.0244 59,662
167 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซAfghanistan 12.4561 119,396
168 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ดColombia 12.3801 406,964
169 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆSouth Africa 12.2451 363,243
170 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทIran (Islamic Republic of) 11.8695 467,869
171 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณBrunei Darussalam 11.8308 4,067
172 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชKenya 11.6473 214,040
173 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผKuwait 11.4506 21,163
174 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ดNorway 11.3784 29,720
175 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ทLiberia 10.7631 23,448
176 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌKyrgyzstan 10.3756 46,573
177 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎCรดte d'Ivoire 10.2235 99,785
178 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒCameroon 10.2005 86,113
179 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟUnited Republic of Tanzania 10.1264 249,020
180 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑChile 9.9351 161,569
181 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ชYemen 9.8019 84,754
182 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถEquatorial Guinea 8.9087 4,124
183 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผZimbabwe 8.6997 103,434
184 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆLao People's Democratic Republic 8.3948 44,658
185 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟNew Zealand 8.2534 46,616
186 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟMozambique 8.1439 87,123
187 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌMadagascar 7.8737 115,139
188 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทBrazil 7.7344 1,980,059
189 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ชVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7.6601 270,771
190 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ทEritrea 7.5316 17,881
191 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ดJordan 7.49 43,944
192 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ชPeru 7.091 255,649
193 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRussian Federation 6.8873 1,863,652
194 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ทArgentina 6.8168 334,237
195 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉDemocratic Republic of the Congo 6.1486 307,054
196 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จTurks and Caicos Islands 5.5195 119
197 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡นBhutan 5.225 4,680
198 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธSouth Sudan 4.8621 47,489
199 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บVanuatu 4.7638 1,344
200 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟAlgeria 4.3973 230,362
201 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พParaguay 4.2648 39,737
202 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉSudan 4.2002 223,317
203 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡งSolomon Islands 4.1772 3,002
204 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑMali 4.1627 65,289
205 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ดSomalia 4.1371 66,092
206 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ดAngola 4.0283 82,475
207 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌPapua New Guinea 3.9351 48,236
208 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จNew Caledonia 3.917 1,810
209 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒZambia 3.7104 82,766
210 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟBelize 3.6035 2,226
211 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏDjibouti 3.2516 2,434
212 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ดBolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.1585 65,259
213 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟKazakhstan 3.0093 273,486
214 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒTurkmenistan 2.9881 42,617
215 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌCongo 2.7986 22,833
216 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆQatar 2.5644 1,097
217 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พGuyana 2.5392 16,997
218 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซCentral African Republic 2.5209 25,040
219 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ชNiger 2.455 91,884
220 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉChad 2.2299 52,393
221 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆGabon 1.9153 4,212
222 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCanada 1.7779 470,285
223 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆSaudi Arabia 1.7165 110,000
224 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒOman 1.6169 8,194
225 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland 1.6067 3,223
226 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ชUnited Arab Emirates 1.5145 5,805
227 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ทSuriname 1.5034 7,574
228 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บAustralia 1.2275 219,784
229 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผBotswana 0.8319 9,617
230 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พLibya 0.7511 34,900
231 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ทMauritania 0.7342 18,539
232 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆNamibia 0.6738 7,478
233 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณMongolia 0.555 23,782
234 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Guiana 0.3219 1,041
235 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐFalkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.1802 12
236 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญWestern Sahara 0.0854 2,143
237 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑGreenland 0.0663 1,067

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 1956

Rank Region Population Density (p/kmยฒ) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 49.9777 34,476,093
2 Europe 26.3546 5,660,500
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 9.7276 5,295,671
4 Northern America 9.6667 3,379,201
5 Africa 8.7859 5,865,818
6 Oceania 1.7057 342,821

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 1956

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/kmยฒ) Overall Population +/-
1 Western Europe 135.5001 894,549
2 Southern Europe 87.7469 861,316
3 Caribbean 87.3468 380,203
4 Southern Asia 84.5266 12,155,494
5 Eastern Asia 63.9389 14,684,197
6 Micronesia 59.1691 3,973
7 Northern Europe 48.9101 454,331
8 South-Eastern Asia 43.2176 5,350,049
9 Polynesia 36.6023 7,206
10 Central America 17.9279 1,230,789
11 Eastern Europe 13.2915 3,450,304
12 Western Africa 13.0114 1,572,564
13 Western Asia 12.4193 1,643,368
14 Eastern Africa 11.3837 1,843,229
15 South America 7.6 3,684,679
16 Northern Africa 7.5721 1,461,950
17 Southern Africa 6.3741 403,255
18 Central Asia 5.277 642,985
19 Middle Africa 4.6006 584,820
20 Melanesia 4.4988 65,242
21 Australia/New Zealand 1.4617 266,400

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 1956

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/kmยฒ) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 35.1421 21,005,030
2 Middle-income countries 24.2364 42,934,879
3 High-income countries 21.0372 9,078,270
4 Upper-middle-income countries 19.035 21,929,849
5 Low-income countries 8.8993 2,734,058
6 No income group available 5.9439 272,897

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 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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