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Population Density by Country in 1957

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In the year 1957, the world had a population density of 21.9 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density was 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 14136.2 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 5912.5 people/km², and 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with 2482.7 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 51.1 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Europe with a population density of 26.6 people/km², and Latin America and the Caribbean with 10.0 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Western Europe had the highest population density of 136.4 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Caribbean with a population density of 89.1 people/km², and Southern Europe with 88.4 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/km².

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Lower-middle-income countries has the highest population density of 36.0 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 6.2.

Similar Population Metrics for 1957

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 1957

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇨Monaco 14136.2416 352
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 5912.4688 -3,744
3 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 2482.6806 125,096
4 🇬🇮Gibraltar 2171.25 61
5 🇻🇦Holy See 2086.3636 2
6 🇸🇬Singapore 2050.7994 69,164
7 🇲🇹Malta 1055.8667 3,214
8 🇧🇲Bermuda 744.4074 588
9 🇬🇬Guernsey 709.875 346
10 🇧🇧Barbados 533.6221 853
11 🇯🇪Jersey 524.1595 535
12 🇧🇩Bangladesh 357.6901 1,186,631
13 🇳🇱Netherlands 328.0607 143,971
14 🇲🇺Mauritius 308.8158 15,666
15 🇧🇪Belgium 294.9987 52,969
16 🇨🇼Curaçao 285.8396 3,462
17 🇲🇻Maldives 284.7233 1,914
18 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 279.849 344,942
19 🇦🇼Aruba 276.3722 1,664
20 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 268.0182 7,898
21 🇲🇶Martinique 257.4939 5,555
22 🇬🇩Grenada 255.2176 2,300
23 🇯🇵Japan 243.715 753,874
24 🇸🇲San Marino 238.8115 331
25 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 237.4503 750,993
26 🇬🇧United Kingdom 212.9117 276,325
27 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 208.6712 1,000
28 🇩🇪Germany 205.909 321,608
29 🇳🇷Nauru 205.6 146
30 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 196.5423 2,545
31 🇧🇭Bahrain 183.7759 4,957
32 🇹🇻Tuvalu 176.3 38
33 🇵🇸State of Palestine 170.2439 14,886
34 🇮🇹Italy 164.4066 262,757
35 🇱🇧Lebanon 161.2074 48,093
36 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 156.961 6,739
37 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 152.9385 21,011
38 🇯🇲Jamaica 146.4831 16,475
39 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 145.4904 198,523
40 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 145.1867 564
41 🇮🇳India 140.2317 9,366,417
42 🇹🇰Tokelau 139.4167 32
43 🇭🇹Haiti 133.6148 70,091
44 🇷🇪Réunion 130.4266 12,835
45 🇨🇭Switzerland 128.29 65,568
46 🇬🇺Guam 126.256 1,235
47 🇲🇸Montserrat 125.6117 -284
48 🇸🇻El Salvador 124.1556 64,691
49 🇨🇿Czechia 121.9921 54,379
50 🇱🇺Luxembourg 119.2444 1,596
51 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 118.7386 1,004
52 🇷🇼Rwanda 111.7742 86,806
53 🇭🇺Hungary 108.6673 21,747
54 🇩🇰Denmark 105.936 30,117
55 🇧🇮Burundi 99.9553 49,832
56 🇦🇸American Samoa 99.685 -18
57 🇰🇲Comoros 98.9062 3,473
58 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 96.925 324
59 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 96.6136 7
60 🇻🇳Viet Nam 95.3517 906,103
61 🇹🇴Tonga 95.1046 1,780
62 🇵🇹Portugal 95.1032 47,247
63 🇵🇱Poland 91.6938 505,276
64 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 89.711 297,575
65 🇸🇨Seychelles 89.5908 652
66 🇮🇲Isle of Man 89.1075 -695
67 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 87.5753 84,853
68 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 86.7071 577
69 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 84.5069 22,206
70 🇦🇹Austria 84.4087 20,855
71 🇷🇸Serbia 83.9944 38,449
72 🇵🇭Philippines 83.9198 1,117,348
73 🇫🇷France 80.4129 396,116
74 🇸🇰Slovakia 80.2789 66,008
75 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 79.6056 128
76 🇮🇱Israel 78.0242 63,759
77 🇷🇴Romania 77.7349 208,035
78 🇸🇮Slovenia 77.1749 15,855
79 🇭🇷Croatia 73.6968 32,634
80 🇩🇲Dominica 72.422 1,533
81 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 70.9811 110
82 🇧🇬Bulgaria 70.7781 75,883
83 🇺🇦Ukraine 70.7339 588,351
84 🇨🇰Cook Islands 69.4792 246
85 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 69.2328 513
86 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 66.8643 -166
87 🇦🇮Anguilla 65.8239 -1
88 🇨🇳China 65.6253 15,026,203
89 🇳🇵Nepal 65.4517 174,405
90 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 64.8971 131
91 🇾🇹Mayotte 64.3413 628
92 🇨🇺Cuba 64.0117 139,705
93 🇬🇷Greece 63.5528 75,678
94 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 61.7601 99,975
95 🇰🇮Kiribati 60.4766 984
96 🇦🇲Armenia 60.2352 58,815
97 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 60.1234 59,601
98 🇨🇾Cyprus 59.8358 9,922
99 🇪🇸Spain 58.8777 263,508
100 🇲🇰North Macedonia 56.6699 15,897
101 🇦🇱Albania 56.5578 50,022
102 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 55.85 1,174
103 🇵🇰Pakistan 55.532 955,086
104 🇬🇪Georgia 55.4025 60,513
105 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 49.5931 2,602
106 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 49.2857 60
107 🇹🇭Thailand 47.8815 669,120
108 🇳🇬Nigeria 46.5687 807,022
109 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 45.4647 112,403
110 🇱🇹Lithuania 44.1225 34,961
111 🇮🇩Indonesia 42.7493 2,080,775
112 🇮🇪Ireland 41.75 -14,998
113 🇧🇾Belarus 39.9662 77,653
114 🇼🇸Samoa 36.4263 3,101
115 🇬🇲Gambia 36.4045 9,846
116 🇲🇼Malawi 35.7593 74,417
117 🇬🇹Guatemala 35.1295 105,637
118 🇺🇬Uganda 34.9627 199,481
119 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 34.3361 70
120 🇱🇻Latvia 33.3835 23,478
121 🇲🇪Montenegro 32.867 6,277
122 🇹🇷Türkiye 32.7945 779,057
123 🇲🇲Myanmar 31.1707 434,827
124 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 30.6358 32,238
125 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 30.1923 6,070
126 🇹🇬Togo 28.8755 26,419
127 🇰🇭Cambodia 28.5909 125,726
128 🇬🇭Ghana 27.5811 202,167
129 🇪🇪Estonia 27.3959 10,635
130 🇹🇳Tunisia 26.3247 32,140
131 🇪🇬Egypt 25.193 631,921
132 🇲🇦Morocco 24.2706 305,634
133 🇨🇷Costa Rica 23.64 43,518
134 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 23.6383 444
135 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 22.9538 121,023
136 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 22.936 14
137 🇱🇸Lesotho 22.2023 19,775
138 🇲🇾Malaysia 21.8478 206,023
139 🇵🇫French Polynesia 21.4395 1,866
140 🇧🇯Benin 21.3999 28,997
141 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 20.7478 22
142 🇪🇹Ethiopia 20.4994 312,020
143 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 20.2527 2,825
144 🇫🇯Fiji 19.9939 11,507
145 🇵🇼Palau 19.112 281
146 🇧🇸Bahamas 18.6647 4,207
147 🇸🇿Eswatini 18.5409 7,543
148 🇳🇺Niue 18.275 59
149 🇺🇸United States of America 18.2506 2,864,135
150 🇸🇪Sweden 18.0638 44,500
151 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 17.8253 233,161
152 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 17.512 206
153 🇭🇳Honduras 17.4561 55,529
154 🇪🇨Ecuador 17.1048 116,965
155 🇲🇽Mexico 16.9655 932,622
156 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 16.78 61,127
157 🇸🇳Senegal 15.628 83,634
158 🇦🇩Andorra 15.5968 641
159 🇮🇶Iraq 15.3959 109,853
160 🇫🇮Finland 14.3019 38,275
161 🇺🇾Uruguay 14.0291 32,756
162 🇵🇦Panama 13.9496 28,646
163 🇸🇭Saint Helena 13.609 21
164 🇬🇳Guinea 13.6024 55,571
165 🇳🇮Nicaragua 13.5824 49,197
166 🇹🇯Tajikistan 13.4517 62,645
167 🇨🇴Colombia 12.7521 428,933
168 🇦🇫Afghanistan 12.6448 125,553
169 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 12.5545 4,277
170 🇿🇦South Africa 12.5491 379,164
171 🇰🇼Kuwait 12.5308 17,330
172 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 12.1602 479,126
173 🇰🇪Kenya 12.0324 233,238
174 🇳🇴Norway 11.48 32,085
175 🇱🇷Liberia 11.0113 24,359
176 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 10.6298 50,908
177 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 10.5468 105,856
178 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 10.4134 259,406
179 🇨🇲Cameroon 10.3871 87,905
180 🇨🇱Chile 10.1493 160,996
181 🇾🇪Yemen 9.9642 86,629
182 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 9.0574 4,215
183 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 8.9712 106,599
184 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 8.59 45,458
185 🇳🇿New Zealand 8.4383 51,330
186 🇲🇿Mozambique 8.2566 90,192
187 🇲🇬Madagascar 8.0751 119,175
188 🇯🇴Jordan 7.9943 45,612
189 🇧🇷Brazil 7.9756 2,051,952
190 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7.9596 278,085
191 🇪🇷Eritrea 7.6844 19,140
192 🇵🇪Peru 7.294 264,077
193 🇷🇺Russian Federation 6.9976 1,751,681
194 🇦🇷Argentina 6.9359 330,952
195 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.2869 320,093
196 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 5.63 91
197 🇧🇹Bhutan 5.3505 4,957
198 🇸🇸South Sudan 4.9455 46,595
199 🇻🇺Vanuatu 4.8835 1,573
200 🇩🇿Algeria 4.4939 229,803
201 🇵🇾Paraguay 4.3646 41,027
202 🇸🇩Sudan 4.3277 226,797
203 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 4.2844 3,167
204 🇸🇴Somalia 4.2434 67,293
205 🇲🇱Mali 4.2163 65,567
206 🇦🇴Angola 4.0943 81,963
207 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 4.0433 49,757
208 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4.0298 2,316
209 🇿🇲Zambia 3.8241 86,367
210 🇧🇿Belize 3.7024 2,284
211 🇩🇯Djibouti 3.3584 2,517
212 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.2201 68,209
213 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 3.1136 289,483
214 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 3.0828 46,307
215 🇨🇬Congo 2.867 23,847
216 🇶🇦Qatar 2.6652 1,239
217 🇬🇾Guyana 2.6278 17,883
218 🇨🇫Central African Republic 2.5619 26,097
219 🇳🇪Niger 2.5283 93,838
220 🇹🇩Chad 2.272 53,608
221 🇬🇦Gabon 1.9323 4,542
222 🇨🇦Canada 1.831 495,725
223 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 1.7686 113,998
224 🇴🇲Oman 1.6441 8,626
225 🇮🇸Iceland 1.6433 4,124
226 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 1.5971 5,930
227 🇸🇷Suriname 1.5533 8,012
228 🇦🇺Australia 1.2554 208,977
229 🇧🇼Botswana 0.8491 9,902
230 🇱🇾Libya 0.7729 38,239
231 🇲🇷Mauritania 0.7526 19,402
232 🇳🇦Namibia 0.6832 8,026
233 🇲🇳Mongolia 0.5708 25,381
234 🇬🇫French Guiana 0.3348 1,090
235 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.1815 20
236 🇪🇭Western Sahara 0.0939 2,330
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.069 1,126

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 1957

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 51.1303 37,822,973
2 Europe 26.6144 5,811,737
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 9.9932 5,470,440
4 Northern America 9.8474 3,361,596
5 Africa 8.985 5,901,882
6 Oceania 1.7459 339,719

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 1957

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Western Europe 136.3714 1,003,359
2 Caribbean 89.0796 387,357
3 Southern Europe 88.4206 894,380
4 Southern Asia 86.452 12,492,612
5 Eastern Asia 65.2961 17,320,320
6 Micronesia 60.4867 4,154
7 Northern Europe 49.1953 480,132
8 South-Eastern Asia 44.4552 5,664,892
9 Polynesia 37.4812 6,938
10 Central America 18.4377 1,282,125
11 Eastern Europe 13.4822 3,433,866
12 Western Africa 13.2748 1,621,492
13 Western Asia 12.7642 1,662,645
14 Eastern Africa 11.6565 1,786,332
15 South America 7.8129 3,800,958
16 Northern Africa 7.7626 1,466,864
17 Southern Africa 6.5298 424,411
18 Central Asia 5.4456 682,504
19 Middle Africa 4.6921 602,783
20 Melanesia 4.6247 68,320
21 Australia/New Zealand 1.4948 260,307

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 1957

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 35.9758 21,748,309
2 Middle-income countries 24.799 46,416,564
3 High-income countries 21.2979 9,230,941
4 Upper-middle-income countries 19.4684 24,668,255
5 Low-income countries 9.087 2,780,484
6 No income group available 6.1752 280,358

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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