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Population Density by Country in 1963

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In the year 1963, the world had a population density of 24.5 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density was 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 15023.5 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 5691.7 people/km², and 🇸🇬Singapore with 2593.7 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 57.4 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Europe with a population density of 28.2 people/km², and Latin America and the Caribbean with 11.8 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Western Europe had the highest population density of 144.1 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Caribbean with a population density of 100.2 people/km², and Southern Asia with 98.2 people living per square kilometer. While the sub-region with lowest population density for the year was Australia/New Zealand with only 1.7 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 40.1 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 7.7.

Similar Population Metrics for 1963

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 1963

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇨Monaco 15023.4899 324
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 5691.7188 4,280
3 🇸🇬Singapore 2593.7225 50,153
4 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 2422.7489 -227,278
5 🇬🇮Gibraltar 2275.35 557
6 🇻🇦Holy See 2086.3636 2
7 🇲🇹Malta 1047.0016 -827
8 🇧🇲Bermuda 839.6296 1,104
9 🇬🇬Guernsey 759.6172 665
10 🇯🇪Jersey 565.681 658
11 🇧🇧Barbados 552.4581 2,400
12 🇧🇩Bangladesh 434.0816 1,635,924
13 🇳🇱Netherlands 355.4737 153,476
14 🇲🇺Mauritius 354.8525 16,215
15 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 346.9563 421,976
16 🇲🇻Maldives 327.4067 2,446
17 🇨🇼Curaçao 326.7087 2,035
18 🇦🇼Aruba 316.675 639
19 🇧🇪Belgium 306.3345 58,011
20 🇲🇶Martinique 287.0071 4,235
21 🇬🇩Grenada 285.8676 698
22 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 285.3861 39,004
23 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 284.4622 627,824
24 🇸🇲San Marino 271.8033 406
25 🇯🇵Japan 262.6113 901,274
26 🇳🇷Nauru 261.325 269
27 🇧🇭Bahrain 238.1877 7,260
28 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 226.9833 1,245
29 🇬🇧United Kingdom 221.0296 347,744
30 🇩🇪Germany 214.3046 673,983
31 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 205.5442 -1,079
32 🇱🇧Lebanon 192.6018 61,324
33 🇹🇻Tuvalu 191.7 50
34 🇵🇸State of Palestine 187.287 17,574
35 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 182.1468 4,238
36 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 174.8157 16,437
37 🇮🇹Italy 170.8623 408,403
38 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 165.7769 254,753
39 🇯🇲Jamaica 158.9195 24,513
40 🇷🇪Réunion 158.1306 11,679
41 🇮🇳India 157.4533 11,038,354
42 🇹🇰Tokelau 156.8333 12
43 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 155.0641 975
44 🇭🇹Haiti 147.7409 69,551
45 🇸🇻El Salvador 146.1718 81,026
46 🇨🇭Switzerland 142.3826 110,086
47 🇬🇺Guam 138.8078 1,908
48 🇷🇼Rwanda 134.6093 68,775
49 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 132.1318 802
50 🇨🇿Czechia 124.7015 39,629
51 🇱🇺Luxembourg 124.6517 3,258
52 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 118.3914 3,208
53 🇲🇸Montserrat 114.6019 -78
54 🇧🇮Burundi 114.4448 64,459
55 🇻🇳Viet Nam 112.47 961,060
56 🇰🇲Comoros 111.8675 3,479
57 🇭🇺Hungary 111.3867 31,090
58 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 110.625 436
59 🇹🇴Tonga 110.5923 1,966
60 🇩🇰Denmark 110.4936 37,339
61 🇦🇸American Samoa 109.8325 685
62 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 105.4118 332
63 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 104.3689 321,807
64 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 102.9091 34
65 🇵🇭Philippines 102.2491 961,346
66 🇸🇨Seychelles 100.8206 1,034
67 🇵🇱Poland 100.1784 335,816
68 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 99.5009 60,740
69 🇮🇱Israel 98.6481 95,452
70 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 97.4541 26,383
71 🇵🇹Portugal 96.7364 -3,596
72 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 90.5639 547
73 🇷🇸Serbia 89.9729 64,797
74 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 88.1792 151
75 🇸🇰Slovakia 87.2568 44,979
76 🇦🇹Austria 86.9557 47,919
77 🇫🇷France 86.7239 493,014
78 🇮🇲Isle of Man 85.9283 476
79 🇩🇲Dominica 82.3187 828
80 🇸🇮Slovenia 81.8074 13,995
81 🇷🇴Romania 80.7882 71,930
82 🇨🇰Cook Islands 76.7604 149
83 🇺🇦Ukraine 76.7492 509,821
84 🇭🇷Croatia 76.7008 31,343
85 🇾🇹Mayotte 75.5733 852
86 🇧🇬Bulgaria 74.4837 66,140
87 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 74.2747 109,099
88 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 73.0328 723
89 🇳🇵Nepal 72.9022 211,287
90 🇦🇲Armenia 72.2324 64,308
91 🇨🇺Cuba 72.1413 163,806
92 🇨🇳China 71.3076 22,512,621
93 🇰🇮Kiribati 69.9607 1,273
94 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 68.2057 1,412
95 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 67.62 52,770
96 🇦🇮Anguilla 67.3125 41
97 🇨🇾Cyprus 65.7199 5,560
98 🇦🇱Albania 65.3801 48,844
99 🇬🇷Greece 64.8859 14,060
100 🇵🇰Pakistan 64.1446 1,320,389
101 🇪🇸Spain 62.4656 343,902
102 🇬🇪Georgia 61.6318 77,148
103 🇲🇰North Macedonia 59.7575 22,377
104 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 58.5393 51
105 🇹🇭Thailand 57.4337 877,234
106 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 56.9163 7,535
107 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 52.8932 133,395
108 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 52.6851 49
109 🇳🇬Nigeria 52.6736 1,022,219
110 🇮🇩Indonesia 50.2642 2,719,678
111 🇱🇹Lithuania 46.1678 37,532
112 🇼🇸Samoa 43.0261 3,178
113 🇬🇲Gambia 42.6637 11,768
114 🇧🇾Belarus 41.9777 88,744
115 🇺🇬Uganda 41.7086 247,827
116 🇮🇪Ireland 41.5849 12,662
117 🇬🇹Guatemala 41.4358 129,301
118 🇲🇼Malawi 41.2525 95,933
119 🇹🇷Türkiye 39.9255 818,288
120 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 37.2199 196
121 🇲🇪Montenegro 35.5335 6,229
122 🇲🇲Myanmar 35.5331 515,886
123 🇱🇻Latvia 35.4477 23,318
124 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 33.2068 41,081
125 🇬🇭Ghana 33.0259 178,852
126 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 32.9902 7,952
127 🇹🇬Togo 32.4521 33,503
128 🇰🇭Cambodia 32.1651 121,634
129 🇪🇬Egypt 29.2248 763,884
130 🇪🇪Estonia 29.0746 14,052
131 🇨🇷Costa Rica 29.0169 52,346
132 🇹🇳Tunisia 28.4831 60,364
133 🇲🇦Morocco 28.1817 313,046
134 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 27.8181 154,742
135 🇱🇸Lesotho 26.5274 23,808
136 🇲🇾Malaysia 26.1822 224,871
137 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 25.5531 442
138 🇦🇩Andorra 25.3511 838
139 🇧🇸Bahamas 25.2122 6,716
140 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 25.1936 173
141 🇵🇫French Polynesia 24.3584 3,041
142 🇫🇯Fiji 24.3173 13,929
143 🇰🇼Kuwait 24.0035 44,248
144 🇧🇯Benin 23.527 49,672
145 🇪🇹Ethiopia 23.0516 600,405
146 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 22.0304 88
147 🇵🇼Palau 21.8196 252
148 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 21.632 350,441
149 🇸🇿Eswatini 21.2958 8,576
150 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 21.1386 3,187
151 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 20.9956 328
152 🇺🇸United States of America 20.7514 3,032,525
153 🇲🇽Mexico 20.6324 1,321,205
154 🇭🇳Honduras 20.5812 63,815
155 🇪🇨Ecuador 20.139 145,273
156 🇳🇺Niue 19.3481 101
157 🇸🇳Senegal 18.8847 102,631
158 🇸🇪Sweden 18.6679 46,307
159 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 18.2515 75,383
160 🇮🇶Iraq 17.6628 257,242
161 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 17.5472 4,665
162 🇵🇦Panama 16.6106 37,492
163 🇹🇯Tajikistan 16.2945 78,450
164 🇳🇮Nicaragua 16.2054 58,860
165 🇬🇳Guinea 15.2652 67,681
166 🇨🇴Colombia 15.2301 519,719
167 🇺🇾Uruguay 15.1491 30,116
168 🇫🇮Finland 14.961 32,537
169 🇰🇪Kenya 14.8572 337,012
170 🇦🇫Afghanistan 14.7922 204,716
171 🇿🇦South Africa 14.7071 546,686
172 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 14.4399 730,313
173 🇸🇭Saint Helena 13.9462 28
174 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 12.931 158,652
175 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 12.7698 82,995
176 🇱🇷Liberia 12.7431 30,886
177 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 12.1918 318,974
178 🇳🇴Norway 12.0519 27,068
179 🇨🇲Cameroon 11.7082 119,792
180 🇨🇱Chile 11.5148 173,284
181 🇾🇪Yemen 11.196 130,145
182 🇯🇴Jordan 11.0899 45,626
183 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 10.8204 132,046
184 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 10.1948 5,826
185 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 9.8904 310,573
186 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 9.84 51,053
187 🇳🇿New Zealand 9.5813 52,293
188 🇲🇬Madagascar 9.4968 142,667
189 🇧🇷Brazil 9.4715 2,318,317
190 🇲🇿Mozambique 9.0412 143,136
191 🇵🇪Peru 8.6729 322,311
192 🇪🇷Eritrea 8.6269 25,764
193 🇦🇷Argentina 7.6731 349,930
194 🇷🇺Russian Federation 7.5997 1,273,051
195 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 7.2815 440,919
196 🇧🇹Bhutan 6.3853 7,648
197 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 5.9442 12
198 🇻🇺Vanuatu 5.7554 2,029
199 🇸🇸South Sudan 5.4465 47,935
200 🇸🇩Sudan 5.2226 306,397
201 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 5.1948 3,440
202 🇩🇿Algeria 5.0308 191,464
203 🇵🇾Paraguay 4.999 50,654
204 🇸🇴Somalia 4.958 81,310
205 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4.8167 2,582
206 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 4.7286 47,074
207 🇿🇲Zambia 4.6623 109,869
208 🇲🇱Mali 4.6276 83,098
209 🇶🇦Qatar 4.3484 6,137
210 🇦🇴Angola 4.3381 54,882
211 🇧🇿Belize 4.3272 2,811
212 🇩🇯Djibouti 4.2223 4,942
213 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 3.8439 318,043
214 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 3.8394 55,528
215 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.636 82,778
216 🇨🇬Congo 3.3478 30,834
217 🇬🇾Guyana 3.0914 13,182
218 🇳🇪Niger 3.0188 110,786
219 🇨🇫Central African Republic 2.8943 35,690
220 🇹🇩Chad 2.5738 66,187
221 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 2.1431 7,416
222 🇨🇦Canada 2.0855 354,673
223 🇬🇦Gabon 2.0625 7,006
224 🇸🇷Suriname 1.9041 13,022
225 🇮🇸Iceland 1.8519 3,370
226 🇴🇲Oman 1.812 11,290
227 🇦🇺Australia 1.4206 212,096
228 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 1.265 100,471
229 🇱🇾Libya 1.0085 69,149
230 🇧🇼Botswana 0.9757 13,091
231 🇲🇷Mauritania 0.8668 24,897
232 🇳🇦Namibia 0.7647 14,406
233 🇲🇳Mongolia 0.6879 27,841
234 🇬🇫French Guiana 0.4296 1,577
235 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.1894 -4
236 🇪🇭Western Sahara 0.1425 2,702
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.0875 1,278

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 1963

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 57.3887 49,414,791
2 Europe 28.2392 5,677,100
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 11.7514 6,527,849
4 Americas 11.4865 9,917,517
5 Northern America 11.1987 3,389,668
6 Africa 10.3337 7,531,604
7 Oceania 1.9914 348,665

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 1963

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Western Europe 144.1423 1,540,507
2 Caribbean 100.166 450,260
3 Southern Asia 98.2183 15,405,830
4 Southern Europe 92.7515 1,030,483
5 Eastern Asia 71.2818 24,590,345
6 Micronesia 69.6467 5,989
7 South-Eastern Asia 52.4896 6,495,533
8 Northern Europe 51.1066 584,170
9 Polynesia 42.8329 9,233
10 Central America 22.2757 1,746,857
11 Western Africa 15.112 2,001,859
12 Western Asia 14.8255 2,037,626
13 Eastern Europe 14.5149 2,521,940
14 Eastern Africa 13.5217 2,454,313
15 South America 9.162 4,330,732
16 Northern Africa 8.9804 1,707,006
17 Southern Africa 7.6403 606,567
18 Central Asia 6.6579 885,457
19 Melanesia 5.4553 69,054
20 Middle Africa 5.3076 761,859
21 Australia/New Zealand 1.6926 264,389

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 1963

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 40.1019 23,393,342
2 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 28.8467 26,961,848
3 Middle-income countries 28.1236 59,477,996
4 Low-and-middle-income countries 25.3459 63,046,502
5 Upper-middle-income countries 22.9029 36,084,654
6 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 22.8535 45,609,841
7 High-income countries 22.7771 9,525,187
8 Low-income countries 10.1235 3,568,506
9 No income group available 7.6662 313,750

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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