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Population Density by Country in 1966

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In the year 1966, the world had a population density of 26.1 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density was 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 15568.8 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 6788.5 people/km², and 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with 3352.7 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 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) with a density of 0.2 people/km², and 🇪🇭Western Sahara 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 62.1 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Europe with a population density of 28.9 people/km², and Latin America and the Caribbean with 12.8 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Western Europe had the highest population density of 147.6 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Caribbean with a population density of 106.9 people/km², and Southern Asia with 106.7 people living per square kilometer. While the sub-region with lowest population density for the year was Australia/New Zealand with only 1.8 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 44.6 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 8.5.

Similar Population Metrics for 1966

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 1966

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇨Monaco 15568.7919 131
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 6788.4844 7,955
3 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 3352.7434 79,794
4 🇸🇬Singapore 2791.8682 44,796
5 🇬🇮Gibraltar 2447.7 566
6 🇻🇦Holy See 1968.1818 -52
7 🇲🇹Malta 1025.3444 -3,231
8 🇧🇲Bermuda 891.3426 1,022
9 🇬🇬Guernsey 779.2891 671
10 🇯🇪Jersey 571.0474 635
11 🇧🇧Barbados 554.6372 790
12 🇧🇩Bangladesh 462.9735 1,796,202
13 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 381.6973 446,466
14 🇲🇺Mauritius 381.5081 15,591
15 🇳🇱Netherlands 369.065 148,610
16 🇲🇻Maldives 362.375 4,111
17 🇨🇼Curaçao 337.2972 1,964
18 🇦🇼Aruba 329.3917 463
19 🇧🇪Belgium 312.64 51,418
20 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 301.5698 701,769
21 🇳🇷Nauru 301.025 95
22 🇲🇶Martinique 299.8594 3,950
23 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 299.2633 36,302
24 🇬🇩Grenada 290.2706 384
25 🇸🇲San Marino 288.3361 291
26 🇯🇵Japan 266.6149 810,452
27 🇧🇭Bahrain 254.175 5,910
28 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 238.3526 1,471
29 🇬🇧United Kingdom 224.7684 311,812
30 🇩🇪Germany 219.815 575,947
31 🇱🇧Lebanon 209.7406 60,240
32 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 194.9346 -1,374
33 🇵🇸State of Palestine 190.655 -6,142
34 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 188.8216 3,849
35 🇹🇻Tuvalu 186.3833 57
36 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 183.7425 13,616
37 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 180.2045 265,989
38 🇮🇹Italy 175.2938 433,115
39 🇷🇪Réunion 174.7306 8,941
40 🇮🇳India 171.8668 10,882,616
41 🇯🇲Jamaica 163.3243 21,917
42 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 159.2955 1,116
43 🇹🇰Tokelau 157.9583 -7
44 🇭🇹Haiti 157.8929 78,859
45 🇸🇻El Salvador 157.6465 87,466
46 🇬🇺Guam 151.3475 1,614
47 🇨🇭Switzerland 147.9941 68,397
48 🇷🇼Rwanda 142.2561 100,347
49 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 142.0 3,448
50 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 137.7625 981
51 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 133.25 377
52 🇱🇺Luxembourg 128.6218 3,285
53 🇨🇿Czechia 126.0547 25,511
54 🇧🇮Burundi 123.0589 87,323
55 🇹🇴Tonga 122.76 2,054
56 🇻🇳Viet Nam 122.486 903,658
57 🇦🇸American Samoa 120.61 716
58 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 118.4844 477
59 🇰🇲Comoros 117.8769 4,486
60 🇮🇱Israel 114.0259 108,029
61 🇲🇸Montserrat 113.1408 -65
62 🇩🇰Denmark 113.1387 40,760
63 🇵🇭Philippines 112.3492 900,806
64 🇭🇺Hungary 112.3394 35,165
65 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 111.6523 352,222
66 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 108.1136 37
67 🇸🇨Seychelles 107.8425 1,210
68 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 107.3473 51,181
69 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 104.4111 654
70 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 104.1286 23,542
71 🇵🇱Poland 102.8917 271,954
72 🇵🇹Portugal 96.5576 -22,656
73 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 95.1698 236
74 🇷🇸Serbia 90.7829 62,213
75 🇸🇰Slovakia 89.7427 35,171
76 🇦🇹Austria 88.7179 56,017
77 🇮🇲Isle of Man 88.6687 863
78 🇫🇷France 88.2932 518,453
79 🇩🇲Dominica 86.3033 1,000
80 🇸🇮Slovenia 83.6481 15,443
81 🇷🇴Romania 83.5441 107,834
82 🇾🇹Mayotte 82.9707 988
83 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 82.5296 121,573
84 🇦🇲Armenia 80.6456 60,642
85 🇨🇰Cook Islands 79.1771 263
86 🇺🇦Ukraine 79.0739 433,516
87 🇭🇷Croatia 78.7494 29,816
88 🇳🇵Nepal 77.9326 239,512
89 🇨🇳China 77.3905 18,789,683
90 🇨🇺Cuba 77.0945 161,451
91 🇧🇬Bulgaria 76.6532 62,877
92 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 75.5906 906
93 🇦🇱Albania 75.5781 61,121
94 🇰🇮Kiribati 74.9697 592
95 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 74.7793 1,613
96 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 70.7238 54,025
97 🇵🇰Pakistan 69.0113 1,396,409
98 🇦🇮Anguilla 68.983 59
99 🇨🇾Cyprus 67.3773 5,312
100 🇬🇷Greece 65.1325 -3,671
101 🇬🇪Georgia 64.6524 81,711
102 🇪🇸Spain 64.6203 347,585
103 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 63.8821 73
104 🇲🇰North Macedonia 62.9273 20,612
105 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 62.5901 8,240
106 🇹🇭Thailand 62.4083 945,683
107 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 60.1161 127,682
108 🇳🇬Nigeria 56.0189 1,099,515
109 🇮🇩Indonesia 54.1941 2,608,174
110 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 52.8539 153
111 🇱🇹Lithuania 49.251 31,229
112 🇼🇸Samoa 46.988 3,040
113 🇬🇲Gambia 46.616 12,989
114 🇺🇬Uganda 45.5677 281,688
115 🇬🇹Guatemala 45.5631 138,572
116 🇲🇼Malawi 44.3223 103,378
117 🇧🇾Belarus 43.9692 64,667
118 🇮🇪Ireland 41.9355 13,831
119 🇹🇷Türkiye 41.8043 847,304
120 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 39.695 199
121 🇲🇲Myanmar 38.0454 574,249
122 🇱🇻Latvia 37.1373 22,968
123 🇲🇪Montenegro 36.8444 5,690
124 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 35.8201 49,517
125 🇬🇭Ghana 35.245 192,831
126 🇰🇭Cambodia 34.7956 127,130
127 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 34.714 8,890
128 🇹🇬Togo 34.6104 69,374
129 🇨🇷Costa Rica 32.4054 51,734
130 🇪🇬Egypt 31.7576 794,009
131 🇰🇼Kuwait 31.7355 53,587
132 🇦🇩Andorra 30.9489 1,082
133 🇲🇦Morocco 30.7831 364,637
134 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 30.1671 177,426
135 🇪🇪Estonia 30.0421 13,624
136 🇹🇳Tunisia 29.267 106,636
137 🇱🇸Lesotho 29.2438 28,610
138 🇲🇾Malaysia 28.4287 244,247
139 🇧🇸Bahamas 28.2425 6,673
140 🇵🇫French Polynesia 27.7636 3,666
141 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 26.5884 422
142 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 26.5152 222
143 🇫🇯Fiji 26.4016 12,960
144 🇪🇹Ethiopia 25.3776 631,477
145 🇧🇯Benin 24.7308 54,066
146 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 24.6943 374,199
147 🇵🇼Palau 23.5054 255
148 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 23.1444 356
149 🇸🇿Eswatini 22.9719 10,827
150 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 22.7543 83
151 🇭🇳Honduras 22.6866 71,961
152 🇲🇽Mexico 22.5497 1,455,008
153 🇪🇨Ecuador 22.1282 160,284
154 🇺🇸United States of America 20.9707 1,962,866
155 🇳🇺Niue 20.8135 77
156 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 20.2836 -3,181
157 🇸🇳Senegal 20.1631 113,677
158 🇮🇶Iraq 19.7036 287,315
159 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 19.5312 4,981
160 🇸🇪Sweden 19.1977 64,516
161 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 19.1623 85,423
162 🇹🇯Tajikistan 18.3484 88,240
163 🇵🇦Panama 18.2059 40,312
164 🇳🇮Nicaragua 17.8661 67,341
165 🇰🇪Kenya 16.8799 389,729
166 🇨🇴Colombia 16.7408 532,172
167 🇿🇦South Africa 16.2103 608,982
168 🇬🇳Guinea 15.94 72,780
169 🇺🇾Uruguay 15.6299 25,851
170 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 15.594 730,484
171 🇫🇮Finland 15.1525 22,247
172 🇦🇫Afghanistan 15.0673 219,898
173 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 14.6893 181,852
174 🇸🇭Saint Helena 14.0808 35
175 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 14.0621 81,253
176 🇱🇷Liberia 13.7076 33,264
177 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 13.5266 357,970
178 🇯🇴Jordan 13.2078 86,717
179 🇨🇲Cameroon 12.5085 142,302
180 🇳🇴Norway 12.3365 30,025
181 🇨🇱Chile 12.1676 164,567
182 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 11.8613 143,661
183 🇾🇪Yemen 11.7969 135,383
184 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 10.9234 325,364
185 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 10.7493 6,690
186 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 10.5497 55,939
187 🇧🇷Brazil 10.4065 2,346,118
188 🇲🇬Madagascar 10.2037 159,403
189 🇳🇿New Zealand 10.1334 45,694
190 🇲🇿Mozambique 9.7785 165,774
191 🇪🇷Eritrea 9.495 28,933
192 🇵🇪Peru 9.4744 348,328
193 🇦🇷Argentina 8.0246 352,056
194 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 7.9141 516,313
195 🇷🇺Russian Federation 7.7734 867,969
196 🇧🇹Bhutan 6.8494 8,164
197 🇻🇺Vanuatu 6.3121 2,307
198 🇶🇦Qatar 6.3095 8,838
199 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 5.95 5
200 🇸🇩Sudan 5.6738 298,365
201 🇸🇸South Sudan 5.6461 34,984
202 🇵🇾Paraguay 5.4293 52,912
203 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 5.4005 4,082
204 🇸🇴Somalia 5.3458 86,642
205 🇳🇨New Caledonia 5.3311 2,707
206 🇩🇿Algeria 5.2959 277,240
207 🇿🇲Zambia 5.0817 121,580
208 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 5.0159 51,163
209 🇩🇯Djibouti 4.9557 6,200
210 🇲🇱Mali 4.7587 80,042
211 🇧🇿Belize 4.7375 3,302
212 🇦🇴Angola 4.6419 43,251
213 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 4.1656 60,432
214 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 4.1477 295,350
215 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.8808 89,874
216 🇨🇬Congo 3.6372 35,487
217 🇬🇾Guyana 3.3693 12,400
218 🇳🇪Niger 3.294 120,463
219 🇨🇫Central African Republic 3.032 40,872
220 🇹🇩Chad 2.6991 62,310
221 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 2.5697 8,824
222 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 2.4065 199,676
223 🇨🇦Canada 2.2054 366,701
224 🇬🇦Gabon 2.1568 8,464
225 🇸🇷Suriname 2.1291 11,277
226 🇴🇲Oman 1.963 14,109
227 🇮🇸Iceland 1.9506 3,281
228 🇦🇺Australia 1.509 227,605
229 🇱🇾Libya 1.038 37,856
230 🇧🇼Botswana 1.0143 3,856
231 🇲🇷Mauritania 0.9651 29,713
232 🇳🇦Namibia 0.8197 17,461
233 🇲🇳Mongolia 0.7485 32,340
234 🇬🇫French Guiana 0.4959 1,822
235 🇪🇭Western Sahara 0.2093 4,614
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.1895 -2
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.0973 1,458

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 1966

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 62.1313 46,344,656
2 Europe 28.9489 4,960,955
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 12.7743 6,798,376
4 Northern America 11.3651 2,332,131
5 Africa 11.1556 8,340,593
6 Oceania 2.1176 361,636

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 1966

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Western Europe 147.6466 1,422,735
2 Caribbean 106.9024 459,657
3 Southern Asia 106.6701 15,543,385
4 Southern Europe 95.2306 1,025,491
5 Eastern Asia 76.7827 21,220,681
6 Micronesia 76.1532 5,179
7 South-Eastern Asia 56.8516 6,418,553
8 Northern Europe 52.1804 556,884
9 Polynesia 47.2306 9,939
10 Central America 24.372 1,915,696
11 Western Asia 16.4036 2,262,563
12 Western Africa 16.0939 2,200,600
13 Eastern Europe 14.8952 1,955,845
14 Eastern Africa 14.7918 2,730,305
15 South America 9.9624 4,423,023
16 Northern Africa 9.6698 1,883,357
17 Southern Africa 8.3978 669,736
18 Central Asia 7.3749 899,474
19 Melanesia 5.8141 73,219
20 Middle Africa 5.7037 856,595
21 Australia/New Zealand 1.7965 273,299

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 1966

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 44.5779 26,406,011
2 Middle-income countries 30.1913 55,999,457
3 High-income countries 23.7615 8,683,320
4 Upper-middle-income countries 23.3297 29,593,446
5 Low-income countries 11.2064 4,124,988
6 No income group available 8.4742 330,581

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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