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Population Density by Country in 1970

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In the year 1970, the world had a population density of 28.3 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density was 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 16288.9 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 7727.6 people/km², and 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with 3598.8 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 0.3 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 68.4 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Europe with a population density of 29.7 people/km², and Latin America and the Caribbean with 14.1 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Western Europe had the highest population density of 152.0 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a population density of 117.0 people/km², and Caribbean with 115.1 people living per square kilometer. While the sub-region with lowest population density for the year was Australia/New Zealand with only 1.9 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 48.9 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 9.6.

Similar Population Metrics for 1970

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 1970

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇨Monaco 16288.9262 369
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 7727.625 6,434
3 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 3598.7912 53,183
4 🇸🇬Singapore 3018.7855 34,075
5 🇬🇮Gibraltar 2668.5 494
6 🇻🇦Holy See 1709.0909 -2
7 🇲🇹Malta 1001.3143 -646
8 🇧🇲Bermuda 963.3056 805
9 🇬🇬Guernsey 822.7422 687
10 🇯🇪Jersey 589.194 429
11 🇧🇧Barbados 561.3884 862
12 🇧🇩Bangladesh 518.8742 1,507,467
13 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 422.4194 338,183
14 🇲🇻Maldives 410.8083 3,751
15 🇲🇺Mauritius 408.9239 12,685
16 🇳🇱Netherlands 387.2082 153,489
17 🇨🇼Curaçao 354.6804 1,667
18 🇳🇷Nauru 333.15 122
19 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 329.4942 688,571
20 🇦🇼Aruba 328.3694 -267
21 🇧🇪Belgium 318.0321 38,098
22 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 314.9584 41,869
23 🇲🇶Martinique 307.9514 921
24 🇸🇲San Marino 297.8443 -273
25 🇬🇩Grenada 290.5706 -224
26 🇧🇭Bahrain 284.2344 5,817
27 🇯🇵Japan 279.7509 1,335,344
28 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 252.459 1,306
29 🇱🇧Lebanon 232.8242 56,179
30 🇬🇧United Kingdom 229.2574 222,589
31 🇩🇪Germany 224.623 242,892
32 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 197.5723 269,370
33 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 195.5224 1,771
34 🇹🇻Tuvalu 193.7833 37
35 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 192.7662 10,101
36 🇷🇪Réunion 189.5698 9,421
37 🇮🇳India 187.5095 12,391,129
38 🇵🇸State of Palestine 185.7542 10,471
39 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 184.1176 476
40 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 181.2729 3,515
41 🇮🇹Italy 180.164 306,830
42 🇸🇻El Salvador 174.6665 89,246
43 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 172.9519 -599
44 🇯🇲Jamaica 171.6612 25,763
45 🇭🇹Haiti 169.7853 84,974
46 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 167.3539 1,704
47 🇬🇺Guam 163.2163 2,098
48 🇷🇼Rwanda 160.9404 119,803
49 🇨🇭Switzerland 154.5616 24,294
50 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 146.6307 443
51 🇹🇰Tokelau 142.8333 -58
52 🇦🇸American Samoa 135.375 566
53 🇧🇮Burundi 134.7913 83,649
54 🇮🇱Israel 134.3301 112,709
55 🇻🇳Viet Nam 133.7832 925,205
56 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 133.1611 1,032
57 🇹🇴Tonga 133.0523 1,442
58 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 131.8063 514
59 🇱🇺Luxembourg 131.0201 1,062
60 🇰🇲Comoros 130.226 6,517
61 🇨🇿Czechia 126.8829 13,730
62 🇵🇭Philippines 124.7853 985,257
63 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 124.5485 391,736
64 🇸🇨Seychelles 118.9912 1,284
65 🇩🇰Denmark 116.1241 26,879
66 🇭🇺Hungary 113.9442 31,628
67 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 113.5478 27,153
68 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 112.8624 40,754
69 🇲🇸Montserrat 110.6942 -15
70 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 109.8409 9
71 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 109.4717 158
72 🇵🇱Poland 106.0862 202,904
73 🇮🇲Isle of Man 96.6748 1,212
74 🇵🇹Portugal 94.4027 -104,757
75 🇾🇹Mayotte 94.3547 1,116
76 🇷🇸Serbia 93.7439 50,671
77 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 92.647 123,526
78 🇸🇰Slovakia 92.2413 32,636
79 🇩🇲Dominica 91.86 636
80 🇫🇷France 91.6312 447,075
81 🇦🇹Austria 90.4677 23,865
82 🇦🇲Armenia 89.038 56,808
83 🇷🇴Romania 86.5915 216,197
84 🇸🇮Slovenia 86.4677 12,909
85 🇨🇳China 85.6807 21,494,540
86 🇨🇰Cook Islands 85.2917 402
87 🇳🇵Nepal 84.9382 274,310
88 🇦🇱Albania 84.8504 64,860
89 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 84.27 1,794
90 🇨🇺Cuba 83.0817 160,299
91 🇺🇦Ukraine 81.6113 245,680
92 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 80.8156 1,666
93 🇭🇷Croatia 80.3749 16,436
94 🇧🇬Bulgaria 79.1814 68,706
95 🇰🇮Kiribati 79.1136 1,109
96 🇵🇰Pakistan 76.9132 1,649,562
97 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 74.527 44,138
98 🇦🇮Anguilla 71.3977 52
99 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 71.281 8,180
100 🇹🇭Thailand 70.0576 1,018,380
101 🇨🇾Cyprus 69.3511 3,796
102 🇬🇪Georgia 69.0808 40,857
103 🇪🇸Spain 67.2685 308,736
104 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 66.9821 85
105 🇲🇰North Macedonia 66.5027 23,140
106 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 65.6357 105,336
107 🇬🇷Greece 65.3178 25,867
108 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 62.211 375
109 🇳🇬Nigeria 61.0135 1,249,385
110 🇮🇩Indonesia 60.2996 3,102,087
111 🇬🇲Gambia 52.2462 15,295
112 🇺🇬Uganda 51.6359 311,245
113 🇱🇹Lithuania 51.2631 33,074
114 🇬🇹Guatemala 50.8885 146,070
115 🇼🇸Samoa 50.4491 2,310
116 🇲🇼Malawi 48.9164 114,412
117 🇹🇷Türkiye 46.1809 817,234
118 🇧🇾Belarus 45.1963 64,144
119 🇰🇼Kuwait 45.0548 57,406
120 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 43.7033 515
121 🇮🇪Ireland 42.9686 21,969
122 🇦🇩Andorra 42.2564 1,439
123 🇲🇲Myanmar 41.7642 630,301
124 🇹🇬Togo 40.4005 73,516
125 🇬🇭Ghana 38.9465 244,775
126 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 38.7309 54,399
127 🇱🇻Latvia 38.5269 20,847
128 🇲🇪Montenegro 38.3918 4,825
129 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 37.2576 9,856
130 🇰🇭Cambodia 37.0565 -69,536
131 🇨🇷Costa Rica 36.3435 49,579
132 🇪🇬Egypt 34.941 785,285
133 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 34.3977 212,007
134 🇲🇦Morocco 34.2244 403,703
135 🇱🇸Lesotho 33.7115 35,897
136 🇧🇸Bahamas 33.432 5,629
137 🇹🇳Tunisia 32.4738 133,667
138 🇵🇫French Polynesia 32.001 4,145
139 🇲🇾Malaysia 31.3697 247,896
140 🇪🇪Estonia 31.3348 12,366
141 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 29.5137 255
142 🇫🇯Fiji 28.8798 10,519
143 🇪🇹Ethiopia 28.3082 789,938
144 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 28.2355 360,568
145 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 27.7368 445
146 🇧🇯Benin 26.8131 63,486
147 🇲🇽Mexico 25.6677 1,590,411
148 🇭🇳Honduras 25.5125 82,930
149 🇸🇿Eswatini 25.5062 11,756
150 🇪🇨Ecuador 24.8519 176,954
151 🇵🇼Palau 24.7087 326
152 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 24.0761 87
153 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 23.1297 5,357
154 🇸🇳Senegal 22.686 128,883
155 🇮🇶Iraq 22.6001 341,351
156 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 22.1947 868
157 🇺🇸United States of America 21.8996 2,688,138
158 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 21.0406 9,755
159 🇹🇯Tajikistan 20.9156 92,596
160 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 20.5105 97,388
161 🇵🇦Panama 20.4401 42,484
162 🇳🇮Nicaragua 20.3155 79,536
163 🇳🇺Niue 19.9423 -96
164 🇰🇪Kenya 19.7564 434,145
165 🇸🇪Sweden 19.7076 46,251
166 🇨🇴Colombia 18.6042 510,608
167 🇿🇦South Africa 18.3225 667,733
168 🇯🇴Jordan 17.5392 85,145
169 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 17.4672 820,392
170 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 17.2235 231,494
171 🇬🇳Guinea 17.1837 76,602
172 🇦🇫Afghanistan 16.561 265,175
173 🇺🇾Uruguay 16.1104 14,891
174 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 15.7267 75,646
175 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 15.3738 461,803
176 🇫🇮Finland 15.2346 -15,816
177 🇱🇷Liberia 15.1948 38,165
178 🇸🇭Saint Helena 14.7692 92
179 🇨🇲Cameroon 13.8457 170,527
180 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 13.4494 156,513
181 🇨🇱Chile 13.0426 164,569
182 🇾🇪Yemen 12.9621 175,096
183 🇳🇴Norway 12.739 25,013
184 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 12.3908 347,567
185 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 11.5913 64,354
186 🇧🇷Brazil 11.5301 2,386,742
187 🇲🇬Madagascar 11.4125 194,520
188 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 11.2996 -3,948
189 🇲🇿Mozambique 10.6967 200,926
190 🇳🇿New Zealand 10.6607 42,005
191 🇵🇪Peru 10.5949 320,585
192 🇪🇷Eritrea 10.5061 32,902
193 🇶🇦Qatar 10.1853 15,008
194 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 8.889 573,542
195 🇦🇷Argentina 8.5403 379,611
196 🇷🇺Russian Federation 7.9443 526,654
197 🇧🇹Bhutan 7.7849 9,771
198 🇻🇺Vanuatu 7.1385 2,719
199 🇸🇩Sudan 6.405 346,805
200 🇩🇯Djibouti 6.2286 9,146
201 🇳🇨New Caledonia 6.0712 4,662
202 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 6.002 4,406
203 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 5.9637 15
204 🇵🇾Paraguay 5.9555 53,925
205 🇸🇴Somalia 5.9314 97,312
206 🇸🇸South Sudan 5.9246 41,917
207 🇩🇿Algeria 5.7924 307,222
208 🇿🇲Zambia 5.7597 115,790
209 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 5.4963 59,411
210 🇧🇿Belize 5.3005 2,312
211 🇲🇱Mali 5.0431 94,365
212 🇦🇴Angola 4.8365 126,001
213 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 4.6846 62,410
214 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 4.5432 197,669
215 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4.2331 100,921
216 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 4.197 45,681
217 🇨🇬Congo 4.0907 42,175
218 🇳🇪Niger 3.6865 127,594
219 🇬🇾Guyana 3.5827 9,017
220 🇨🇫Central African Republic 3.3185 44,799
221 🇹🇩Chad 2.9125 74,240
222 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 2.8405 273,380
223 🇸🇷Suriname 2.4354 12,322
224 🇨🇦Canada 2.3571 506,076
225 🇬🇦Gabon 2.3177 12,534
226 🇴🇲Oman 2.167 17,546
227 🇮🇸Iceland 2.0397 912
228 🇦🇺Australia 1.6395 402,237
229 🇱🇾Libya 1.139 47,844
230 🇲🇷Mauritania 1.0888 33,782
231 🇧🇼Botswana 1.045 6,829
232 🇳🇦Namibia 0.9164 21,965
233 🇲🇳Mongolia 0.8308 32,877
234 🇬🇫French Guiana 0.5655 1,315
235 🇪🇭Western Sahara 0.2871 5,125
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.1869 -2
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.1107 1,303

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 1970

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 68.4089 51,705,743
2 Europe 29.7304 3,553,368
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 14.1384 7,027,329
4 Africa 12.3668 9,557,568
5 Northern America 11.8951 3,196,409
6 Oceania 2.2948 542,141

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 1970

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Western Europe 151.9683 931,658
2 Southern Asia 116.9918 17,190,927
3 Caribbean 115.1139 465,736
4 Southern Europe 98.0203 781,820
5 Eastern Asia 84.4774 24,340,868
6 Micronesia 83.29 7,349
7 South-Eastern Asia 62.9425 6,953,232
8 Northern Europe 53.3589 396,857
9 Polynesia 51.7998 8,833
10 Central America 27.624 2,082,568
11 Western Asia 18.3833 2,431,827
12 Western Africa 17.635 2,547,157
13 Eastern Africa 16.5936 3,195,044
14 Eastern Europe 15.2821 1,443,033
15 South America 10.9756 4,479,025
16 Northern Africa 10.6933 2,029,651
17 Southern Africa 9.4718 744,180
18 Central Asia 8.2667 788,889
19 Melanesia 6.3868 81,717
20 Middle Africa 6.2799 1,041,536
21 Australia/New Zealand 1.9402 444,242

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 1970

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 48.9347 28,998,907
2 Middle-income countries 33.1432 61,116,039
3 Upper-middle-income countries 25.6116 32,117,132
4 High-income countries 24.7633 9,340,221
5 Low-income countries 12.4344 4,772,893
6 No income group available 9.6179 353,405

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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