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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 14156.0 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 5880.9 people/km², and 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with 2472.4 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 50.9 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Europe with a population density of 26.6 people/km², and Northern America with 10.1 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 88.8 people/km², and Southern Europe with 88.3 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/km².

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Lower-middle-income countries has the highest population density of 34.7 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 14156.0403 343
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 5880.8906 -4,187
3 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 2472.4145 126,049
4 🇬🇮Gibraltar 2188.2 12
5 🇸🇬Singapore 2135.0966 62,626
6 🇻🇦Holy See 2087.5 1
7 🇲🇹Malta 1037.1238 4,234
8 🇧🇲Bermuda 755.3704 416
9 🇬🇬Guernsey 729.0312 186
10 🇯🇪Jersey 532.4224 596
11 🇧🇧Barbados 525.1023 1,484
12 🇧🇩Bangladesh 368.7844 1,184,784
13 🇳🇱Netherlands 327.4889 138,814
14 🇲🇺Mauritius 310.5436 16,289
15 🇧🇪Belgium 294.995 51,946
16 🇨🇼Curaçao 289.1415 3,332
17 🇦🇼Aruba 285.3611 1,306
18 🇲🇻Maldives 283.735 1,873
19 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 278.1848 395,125
20 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 267.4569 8,913
21 🇬🇩Grenada 259.2559 2,370
22 🇲🇶Martinique 256.2967 5,549
23 🇯🇵Japan 249.7425 697,035
24 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 239.1356 804,599
25 🇸🇲San Marino 235.8033 340
26 🇬🇧United Kingdom 212.8026 272,463
27 🇳🇷Nauru 207.9 124
28 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 207.0038 844
29 🇩🇪Germany 203.9481 643,606
30 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 196.4538 2,632
31 🇧🇭Bahrain 187.9266 5,441
32 🇹🇻Tuvalu 181.2833 49
33 🇵🇸State of Palestine 170.1207 14,885
34 🇮🇹Italy 164.3958 262,576
35 🇱🇧Lebanon 160.8919 47,571
36 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 158.4545 6,784
37 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 152.5343 21,090
38 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 151.1088 -376
39 🇯🇲Jamaica 146.7845 17,791
40 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 143.5451 200,423
41 🇮🇳India 136.6391 9,075,317
42 🇹🇰Tokelau 136.375 43
43 🇭🇹Haiti 132.6786 63,820
44 🇷🇪Réunion 129.2884 11,940
45 🇨🇭Switzerland 128.2797 65,412
46 🇸🇻El Salvador 124.6386 65,730
47 🇨🇿Czechia 122.0026 54,983
48 🇬🇺Guam 121.8909 1,014
49 🇲🇸Montserrat 119.4078 -82
50 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 119.1011 1,037
51 🇱🇺Luxembourg 119.0886 1,447
52 🇷🇼Rwanda 113.5016 92,348
53 🇭🇺Hungary 108.6704 22,605
54 🇩🇰Denmark 105.903 21,653
55 🇧🇮Burundi 100.4425 51,392
56 🇰🇲Comoros 100.2504 3,888
57 🇦🇸American Samoa 99.79 -16
58 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 97.1188 316
59 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 96.5227 11
60 🇵🇹Portugal 95.0513 45,325
61 🇻🇳Viet Nam 94.938 891,335
62 🇹🇴Tonga 93.6623 1,671
63 🇵🇱Poland 91.6951 616,686
64 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 90.1477 301,846
65 🇸🇨Seychelles 90.105 608
66 🇮🇲Isle of Man 89.6923 -768
67 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 87.8291 57,088
68 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 87.4614 481
69 🇷🇸Serbia 84.6597 72,447
70 🇦🇹Austria 84.4149 20,739
71 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 83.4899 22,335
72 🇵🇭Philippines 82.7195 1,011,095
73 🇫🇷France 81.6794 451,237
74 🇸🇰Slovakia 80.2894 66,035
75 🇮🇱Israel 79.496 59,016
76 🇷🇴Romania 77.7451 166,816
77 🇸🇮Slovenia 77.6715 14,927
78 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 75.7667 56
79 🇭🇷Croatia 74.0072 25,202
80 🇩🇲Dominica 73.5947 1,306
81 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 72.5849 116
82 🇺🇦Ukraine 70.7705 590,729
83 🇧🇬Bulgaria 70.5703 74,277
84 🇨🇰Cook Islands 69.5292 260
85 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 68.6156 656
86 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 66.725 -193
87 🇦🇮Anguilla 65.8636 8
88 🇨🇳China 65.6621 15,149,053
89 🇳🇵Nepal 65.2125 170,408
90 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 65.1765 150
91 🇾🇹Mayotte 63.9587 619
92 🇨🇺Cuba 63.8053 137,112
93 🇬🇷Greece 62.1998 75,964
94 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 61.3892 97,295
95 🇰🇮Kiribati 60.5709 1,000
96 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 60.1585 64,772
97 🇨🇾Cyprus 59.83 10,061
98 🇦🇲Armenia 59.1672 55,136
99 🇪🇸Spain 58.8628 262,038
100 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 56.0264 1,155
101 🇲🇰North Macedonia 55.6037 13,082
102 🇬🇪Georgia 55.3968 62,113
103 🇵🇰Pakistan 54.7234 1,098,779
104 🇦🇱Albania 54.6739 43,550
105 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 49.6986 2,585
106 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 49.2922 64
107 🇹🇭Thailand 48.2977 688,714
108 🇳🇬Nigeria 46.683 811,035
109 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 44.12 99,594
110 🇮🇩Indonesia 42.5922 2,157,419
111 🇱🇹Lithuania 42.1865 36,044
112 🇮🇪Ireland 41.9661 -14,506
113 🇧🇾Belarus 38.4966 129,924
114 🇼🇸Samoa 36.7115 2,779
115 🇬🇲Gambia 36.3187 9,651
116 🇲🇼Malawi 35.8294 74,223
117 🇺🇬Uganda 35.0532 202,009
118 🇬🇹Guatemala 34.8334 103,406
119 🇹🇷Türkiye 33.6289 824,490
120 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 33.1515 149
121 🇱🇻Latvia 32.785 21,880
122 🇲🇪Montenegro 32.7788 6,044
123 🇲🇲Myanmar 31.2001 430,850
124 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 30.3352 28,810
125 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 30.1655 6,022
126 🇹🇬Togo 29.1575 28,524
127 🇰🇭Cambodia 28.229 111,786
128 🇬🇭Ghana 27.7424 206,576
129 🇪🇪Estonia 27.3496 10,489
130 🇹🇳Tunisia 26.614 40,723
131 🇪🇬Egypt 25.1087 615,563
132 🇲🇦Morocco 24.0209 291,644
133 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 23.6289 428
134 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 23.2853 120,717
135 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 23.2759 29
136 🇨🇷Costa Rica 23.24 43,807
137 🇲🇾Malaysia 22.4101 210,980
138 🇱🇸Lesotho 22.2223 19,158
139 🇧🇯Benin 21.3797 31,278
140 🇵🇫French Polynesia 21.2925 1,681
141 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 21.0652 28
142 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 20.2611 2,722
143 🇫🇯Fiji 20.247 10,873
144 🇪🇹Ethiopia 20.1737 301,244
145 🇵🇼Palau 19.0152 150
146 🇧🇸Bahamas 18.9506 4,243
147 🇺🇸United States of America 18.748 2,699,169
148 🇸🇿Eswatini 18.5522 7,573
149 🇳🇺Niue 18.1423 48
150 🇸🇪Sweden 18.0853 51,758
151 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 17.6608 214
152 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 17.5436 217,652
153 🇭🇳Honduras 17.3605 53,745
154 🇲🇽Mexico 17.1304 993,627
155 🇪🇨Ecuador 17.0191 114,404
156 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 16.7638 61,009
157 🇸🇳Senegal 15.9578 84,778
158 🇦🇩Andorra 15.7436 651
159 🇮🇶Iraq 15.2798 105,323
160 🇫🇮Finland 14.3005 38,338
161 🇺🇾Uruguay 14.0348 32,783
162 🇵🇦Panama 13.9384 28,619
163 🇬🇳Guinea 13.75 56,984
164 🇸🇭Saint Helena 13.6038 23
165 🇳🇮Nicaragua 13.5405 48,374
166 🇹🇯Tajikistan 13.432 57,662
167 🇦🇫Afghanistan 13.2271 137,066
168 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 12.8645 4,732
169 🇰🇼Kuwait 12.7423 17,931
170 🇨🇴Colombia 12.6995 419,957
171 🇿🇦South Africa 12.4874 372,292
172 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 12.1116 528,020
173 🇰🇪Kenya 11.9589 226,894
174 🇳🇴Norway 11.4782 32,080
175 🇱🇷Liberia 11.0356 24,266
176 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 10.6274 50,636
177 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 10.4694 102,339
178 🇨🇲Cameroon 10.4687 90,892
179 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 10.291 246,815
180 🇨🇱Chile 10.1617 163,050
181 🇾🇪Yemen 9.8521 101,077
182 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 9.1235 4,419
183 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 8.9729 107,288
184 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 8.5881 45,341
185 🇳🇿New Zealand 8.4321 51,290
186 🇲🇿Mozambique 8.1871 84,226
187 🇲🇬Madagascar 8.1242 122,115
188 🇯🇴Jordan 8.0451 46,080
189 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7.965 278,837
190 🇧🇷Brazil 7.9003 2,029,561
191 🇪🇷Eritrea 7.5843 13,107
192 🇵🇪Peru 7.2916 264,801
193 🇷🇺Russian Federation 7.0061 1,858,582
194 🇦🇷Argentina 6.9428 328,257
195 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.2823 318,803
196 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 5.64 102
197 🇧🇹Bhutan 5.3628 5,772
198 🇸🇸South Sudan 4.9704 49,256
199 🇻🇺Vanuatu 4.8709 1,568
200 🇩🇿Algeria 4.4999 235,531
201 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 4.4686 3,529
202 🇵🇾Paraguay 4.3502 39,608
203 🇸🇩Sudan 4.3225 231,846
204 🇸🇴Somalia 4.2492 67,918
205 🇲🇱Mali 4.2478 71,684
206 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 4.0576 50,763
207 🇦🇴Angola 3.9951 78,604
208 🇳🇨New Caledonia 3.9691 2,217
209 🇿🇲Zambia 3.8662 88,137
210 🇧🇿Belize 3.6976 2,310
211 🇩🇯Djibouti 3.3594 2,524
212 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.2194 67,618
213 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 3.191 44,014
214 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 3.1611 284,476
215 🇨🇬Congo 2.8703 23,869
216 🇶🇦Qatar 2.6444 1,195
217 🇬🇾Guyana 2.6289 17,266
218 🇨🇫Central African Republic 2.5896 27,892
219 🇳🇪Niger 2.5388 92,068
220 🇹🇩Chad 2.2817 56,348
221 🇬🇦Gabon 1.9291 4,448
222 🇨🇦Canada 1.83 495,014
223 🇮🇸Iceland 1.6436 4,126
224 🇴🇲Oman 1.6284 8,037
225 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 1.588 5,892
226 🇸🇷Suriname 1.5352 7,537
227 🇦🇺Australia 1.2547 208,842
228 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 1.0157 78,911
229 🇧🇼Botswana 0.8536 10,127
230 🇱🇾Libya 0.7928 48,094
231 🇲🇷Mauritania 0.7426 18,177
232 🇳🇦Namibia 0.6833 8,336
233 🇲🇳Mongolia 0.5735 25,180
234 🇬🇫French Guiana 0.335 1,108
235 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.1807 14
236 🇪🇭Western Sahara 0.0899 1,943
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.0689 1,128

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 1957

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 50.8625 37,835,952
2 Europe 26.5906 6,399,852
3 Northern America 10.0909 3,195,755
4 Americas 10.0276 8,677,734
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 9.9693 5,481,979
6 Africa 8.9719 5,884,110
7 Oceania 1.7465 339,118

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 1957

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Western Europe 136.367 1,373,860
2 Caribbean 88.7985 377,560
3 Southern Europe 88.2605 913,500
4 Southern Asia 84.9337 12,402,442
5 Eastern Asia 65.5316 17,494,700
6 Micronesia 59.5817 3,714
7 Northern Europe 49.0956 474,767
8 South-Eastern Asia 44.3697 5,620,900
9 Polynesia 37.4091 6,322
10 Central America 18.545 1,339,618
11 Eastern Europe 13.474 3,637,725
12 Western Africa 13.3155 1,632,509
13 Western Asia 12.5277 1,663,470
14 Eastern Africa 11.599 1,762,840
15 South America 7.7738 3,764,801
16 Northern Africa 7.7479 1,465,344
17 Southern Africa 6.5028 417,486
18 Central Asia 5.4599 654,440
19 Middle Africa 4.6821 605,931
20 Melanesia 4.6532 68,950
21 Australia/New Zealand 1.4939 260,132

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 1957

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 34.6788 19,483,305
2 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 24.9735 22,155,472
3 Middle-income countries 24.8175 46,671,415
4 Low-and-middle-income countries 22.3502 49,343,582
5 High-income countries 21.1487 9,505,469
6 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 20.7664 36,693,579
7 Upper-middle-income countries 20.5194 27,188,110
8 Low-income countries 8.8284 2,672,167
9 No income group available 6.1779 280,931

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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