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Population Density by Country in 1958

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In the year 1958, the world had a population density of 22.4 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density was 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 14350.7 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 5790.3 people/km², and 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with 2598.4 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 52.3 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Europe with a population density of 26.9 people/km², and Latin America and the Caribbean with 10.3 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Western Europe had the highest population density of 137.4 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Caribbean with a population density of 90.9 people/km², and Southern Europe with 89.1 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 36.8 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 6.4.

Similar Population Metrics for 1958

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 1958

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇨Monaco 14350.6711 287
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 5790.3281 -4,074
3 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 2598.4459 129,356
4 🇬🇮Gibraltar 2175.65 27
5 🇸🇬Singapore 2151.8163 68,825
6 🇻🇦Holy See 2089.7727 1
7 🇲🇹Malta 1064.6063 2,292
8 🇧🇲Bermuda 755.5278 613
9 🇬🇬Guernsey 715.7969 412
10 🇧🇧Barbados 535.6965 931
11 🇯🇪Jersey 528.8578 555
12 🇧🇩Bangladesh 366.7726 1,177,905
13 🇳🇱Netherlands 332.3855 147,272
14 🇲🇺Mauritius 316.6978 16,335
15 🇧🇪Belgium 296.8384 58,439
16 🇨🇼Curaçao 294.2406 3,662
17 🇲🇻Maldives 291.29 2,025
18 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 289.6629 350,079
19 🇦🇼Aruba 285.575 1,649
20 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 268.8443 6,464
21 🇲🇶Martinique 262.7877 5,668
22 🇬🇩Grenada 262.2309 2,469
23 🇯🇵Japan 245.9273 913,387
24 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 245.1598 774,611
25 🇸🇲San Marino 244.2213 329
26 🇬🇧United Kingdom 214.0587 280,503
27 🇳🇷Nauru 212.875 145
28 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 212.5231 1,002
29 🇩🇪Germany 206.9557 408,064
30 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 203.2244 2,667
31 🇧🇭Bahrain 190.3914 5,403
32 🇹🇻Tuvalu 177.6333 42
33 🇵🇸State of Palestine 172.7997 15,886
34 🇱🇧Lebanon 165.8982 47,881
35 🇮🇹Italy 165.3196 277,674
36 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 161.1809 7,001
37 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 157.1049 21,736
38 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 148.7866 214,853
39 🇯🇲Jamaica 148.0864 18,253
40 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 146.168 645
41 🇮🇳India 143.3799 9,354,309
42 🇹🇰Tokelau 142.625 45
43 🇭🇹Haiti 136.1992 72,403
44 🇷🇪Réunion 135.5866 12,965
45 🇨🇭Switzerland 129.9488 67,105
46 🇬🇺Guam 128.6266 1,330
47 🇸🇻El Salvador 127.2973 65,500
48 🇲🇸Montserrat 122.6456 -327
49 🇨🇿Czechia 122.6433 46,170
50 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 121.0511 1,031
51 🇱🇺Luxembourg 119.917 1,888
52 🇷🇼Rwanda 115.3685 87,227
53 🇭🇺Hungary 109.1331 62,580
54 🇩🇰Denmark 106.6502 30,440
55 🇧🇮Burundi 101.8556 48,795
56 🇰🇲Comoros 100.8275 3,678
57 🇦🇸American Samoa 99.5875 -21
58 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 98.9594 327
59 🇻🇳Viet Nam 98.2872 933,880
60 🇹🇴Tonga 97.8846 1,834
61 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 97.3864 27
62 🇵🇹Portugal 95.6579 54,801
63 🇵🇱Poland 93.3525 510,535
64 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 92.242 311,927
65 🇸🇨Seychelles 91.046 678
66 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 90.1661 85,528
67 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 88.4329 631
68 🇮🇲Isle of Man 87.8864 -702
69 🇵🇭Philippines 87.6757 1,136,152
70 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 86.5581 22,531
71 🇦🇹Austria 84.6688 22,080
72 🇷🇸Serbia 84.54 45,295
73 🇸🇰Slovakia 81.6229 65,789
74 🇫🇷France 81.1679 436,418
75 🇮🇱Israel 81.0788 68,462
76 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 80.7556 286
77 🇷🇴Romania 78.626 201,999
78 🇸🇮Slovenia 77.9487 15,311
79 🇩🇲Dominica 74.63 1,779
80 🇭🇷Croatia 74.2724 31,709
81 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 73.1698 122
82 🇺🇦Ukraine 71.7382 575,318
83 🇧🇬Bulgaria 71.491 78,681
84 🇨🇰Cook Islands 70.5875 286
85 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 69.7828 543
86 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 68.7059 128
87 🇨🇳China 67.0616 12,550,909
88 🇳🇵Nepal 66.6188 169,148
89 🇾🇹Mayotte 66.068 667
90 🇦🇮Anguilla 65.7159 -18
91 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 65.6071 -186
92 🇨🇺Cuba 65.3334 142,517
93 🇬🇷Greece 64.0968 66,679
94 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 63.8643 103,334
95 🇦🇲Armenia 62.353 61,750
96 🇰🇮Kiribati 61.8623 1,028
97 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 61.3019 61,069
98 🇨🇾Cyprus 60.9474 10,620
99 🇪🇸Spain 59.4351 296,478
100 🇦🇱Albania 58.4343 52,801
101 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 57.5707 1,235
102 🇲🇰North Macedonia 57.3437 17,673
103 🇵🇰Pakistan 56.8117 1,017,878
104 🇬🇪Georgia 56.3075 65,260
105 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 50.3066 3,149
106 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 49.7597 86
107 🇹🇭Thailand 49.199 677,032
108 🇳🇬Nigeria 47.4486 795,766
109 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 46.876 120,910
110 🇱🇹Lithuania 44.6975 37,059
111 🇮🇩Indonesia 43.8628 2,174,763
112 🇮🇪Ireland 41.5223 -16,133
113 🇧🇾Belarus 40.3852 92,398
114 🇼🇸Samoa 37.5777 3,416
115 🇬🇲Gambia 37.3966 10,234
116 🇲🇼Malawi 36.5659 78,111
117 🇬🇹Guatemala 36.1202 106,697
118 🇺🇬Uganda 35.9811 207,490
119 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 34.5539 35
120 🇹🇷Türkiye 33.7936 758,841
121 🇱🇻Latvia 33.7728 24,976
122 🇲🇪Montenegro 33.3271 6,432
123 🇲🇲Myanmar 31.8406 440,494
124 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 31.0845 32,140
125 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 30.6103 6,361
126 🇹🇬Togo 29.3645 26,774
127 🇰🇭Cambodia 29.2673 119,195
128 🇬🇭Ghana 28.4742 204,253
129 🇪🇪Estonia 27.6047 7,514
130 🇹🇳Tunisia 26.5321 32,344
131 🇪🇬Egypt 25.8184 613,259
132 🇲🇦Morocco 24.9568 306,866
133 🇨🇷Costa Rica 24.5124 45,581
134 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 23.974 486
135 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 23.6311 127,835
136 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 23.0183 40
137 🇱🇸Lesotho 22.8707 20,809
138 🇲🇾Malaysia 22.4796 209,139
139 🇵🇫French Polynesia 21.954 1,925
140 🇧🇯Benin 21.6691 31,709
141 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 20.9935 91
142 🇪🇹Ethiopia 20.8166 322,281
143 🇫🇯Fiji 20.6391 12,067
144 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 20.3526 2,793
145 🇵🇼Palau 19.6761 238
146 🇧🇸Bahamas 19.4866 4,600
147 🇸🇿Eswatini 18.9793 7,681
148 🇺🇸United States of America 18.6002 3,531,826
149 🇳🇺Niue 18.4731 44
150 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 18.393 249,762
151 🇸🇪Sweden 18.1747 45,844
152 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 18.0022 242
153 🇭🇳Honduras 17.974 57,435
154 🇪🇨Ecuador 17.5837 120,901
155 🇲🇽Mexico 17.4455 948,510
156 🇦🇩Andorra 17.0085 686
157 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 17.0022 60,439
158 🇸🇳Senegal 16.0699 86,524
159 🇮🇶Iraq 15.6555 115,531
160 🇫🇮Finland 14.4199 33,113
161 🇵🇦Panama 14.3445 29,945
162 🇺🇾Uruguay 14.2202 33,421
163 🇳🇮Nicaragua 13.9986 50,962
164 🇹🇯Tajikistan 13.9036 66,673
165 🇬🇳Guinea 13.8322 57,362
166 🇰🇼Kuwait 13.7965 27,775
167 🇸🇭Saint Helena 13.6603 19
168 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 13.3024 4,347
169 🇨🇴Colombia 13.136 433,952
170 🇿🇦South Africa 12.861 382,314
171 🇦🇫Afghanistan 12.8352 121,697
172 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 12.4605 499,284
173 🇰🇪Kenya 12.4386 238,518
174 🇳🇴Norway 11.5818 29,865
175 🇱🇷Liberia 11.264 24,325
176 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 10.9044 54,465
177 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 10.8907 112,822
178 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 10.7108 267,498
179 🇨🇲Cameroon 10.5819 93,596
180 🇨🇱Chile 10.3679 168,285
181 🇾🇪Yemen 10.1329 91,503
182 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 9.2511 110,015
183 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 9.2093 4,305
184 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 8.7894 46,575
185 🇳🇿New Zealand 8.6317 51,146
186 🇯🇴Jordan 8.513 46,497
187 🇲🇿Mozambique 8.3679 84,834
188 🇲🇬Madagascar 8.2834 123,207
189 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 8.2675 286,393
190 🇧🇷Brazil 8.2238 2,098,116
191 🇪🇷Eritrea 7.8468 20,197
192 🇵🇪Peru 7.5015 267,117
193 🇷🇺Russian Federation 7.1065 1,813,631
194 🇦🇷Argentina 7.0547 332,180
195 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.4265 312,985
196 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 5.7232 86
197 🇧🇹Bhutan 5.4818 5,127
198 🇸🇸South Sudan 5.0188 36,115
199 🇻🇺Vanuatu 5.0156 1,648
200 🇩🇿Algeria 4.5907 231,264
201 🇵🇾Paraguay 4.4677 42,372
202 🇸🇩Sudan 4.4536 217,609
203 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 4.3981 3,386
204 🇸🇴Somalia 4.3504 66,861
205 🇲🇱Mali 4.2689 62,881
206 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4.1602 2,451
207 🇦🇴Angola 4.1597 81,060
208 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 4.1547 51,176
209 🇿🇲Zambia 3.9429 90,274
210 🇧🇿Belize 3.803 2,305
211 🇩🇯Djibouti 3.4683 2,579
212 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.285 72,521
213 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 3.2221 296,695
214 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 3.1849 49,741
215 🇨🇬Congo 2.9385 25,018
216 🇶🇦Qatar 2.7832 1,495
217 🇬🇾Guyana 2.7204 18,585
218 🇨🇫Central African Republic 2.6046 27,095
219 🇳🇪Niger 2.6035 96,543
220 🇹🇩Chad 2.3152 55,163
221 🇬🇦Gabon 1.9507 4,942
222 🇨🇦Canada 1.8819 430,950
223 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 1.822 115,542
224 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 1.684 6,421
225 🇮🇸Iceland 1.6806 3,357
226 🇴🇲Oman 1.6727 9,081
227 🇸🇷Suriname 1.6061 8,473
228 🇦🇺Australia 1.2826 208,933
229 🇧🇼Botswana 0.8669 10,274
230 🇱🇾Libya 0.7968 41,881
231 🇲🇷Mauritania 0.7719 20,388
232 🇳🇦Namibia 0.6934 8,760
233 🇲🇳Mongolia 0.5879 28,102
234 🇬🇫French Guiana 0.3485 1,162
235 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.183 16
236 🇪🇭Western Sahara 0.103 2,555
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.0718 1,235

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 1958

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 52.3047 35,847,317
2 Europe 26.8842 6,103,587
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 10.2661 5,589,050
4 Northern America 10.0438 3,964,715
5 Africa 9.1851 5,926,769
6 Oceania 1.7861 342,696

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 1958

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Western Europe 137.3562 1,141,880
2 Caribbean 90.8539 398,621
3 Southern Europe 89.1291 951,788
4 Southern Asia 88.4091 12,562,227
5 Eastern Asia 66.6691 15,054,298
6 Micronesia 61.8904 4,504
7 Northern Europe 49.4875 477,290
8 South-Eastern Asia 45.7452 5,816,763
9 Polynesia 38.3713 7,385
10 Central America 18.9629 1,306,935
11 Eastern Europe 13.6751 3,532,629
12 Western Africa 13.5428 1,628,121
13 Western Asia 13.1147 1,696,693
14 Eastern Africa 11.9275 1,818,325
15 South America 8.0315 3,883,494
16 Northern Africa 7.9521 1,445,778
17 Southern Africa 6.6904 429,838
18 Central Asia 5.6237 717,336
19 Middle Africa 4.7851 604,707
20 Melanesia 4.7557 70,728
21 Australia/New Zealand 1.5275 260,079

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 1958

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 36.829 22,004,060
2 Middle-income countries 25.371 44,414,140
3 High-income countries 21.5755 10,266,429
4 Upper-middle-income countries 19.9062 22,410,080
5 Low-income countries 9.2771 2,804,697
6 No income group available 6.4131 288,868

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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