Population Density by Country in 1971

In the year 1971, the world had a population density of 28.9 (people/kmยฒ).

The country with the highest population density was ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco with a density of 16516.8 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ดChina, Macao SAR with a population density of 7807.2 people/kmยฒ, and ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR with 3665.7 people living per square kilometer, if spread out evenly.

The country with the lowest annual population density was ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑGreenland with 0.1 people per square kilometer. Followed by ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐFalkland Islands (Malvinas) with a density of 0.2 people/kmยฒ, and ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญWestern 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 70.0 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Europe with a population density of 29.9 people/kmยฒ, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 14.5 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Western Europe had the highest population density of 152.8 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a population density of 119.6 people/kmยฒ, and Caribbean with 117.2 people living per square kilometer. While the sub-region with lowest population density for the year was Australia/New Zealand with only 2.0 people/kmยฒ.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Lower-middle-income countries has the highest population density of 50.1 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 9.9.

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 1971

Rank Country Population Density (p/kmยฒ) Overall Population +/-
1 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco 16516.7785 310
2 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ดChina, Macao SAR 7807.2344 -1,339
3 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR 3665.7006 93,884
4 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌSingapore 3068.6676 34,064
5 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎGibraltar 2706.9 274
6 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆHoly See 1705.6818 -1
7 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡นMalta 1000.3143 16
8 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒBermuda 972.9444 236
9 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌGuernsey 829.5859 189
10 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ชJersey 595.4181 1,014
11 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡งBarbados 563.6035 1,043
12 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉBangladesh 525.2839 161,220
13 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผChina, Taiwan Province of China 431.8572 330,207
14 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ปMaldives 423.5533 3,896
15 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บMauritius 414.9813 11,908
16 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑNetherlands 391.6341 144,562
17 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผCuraรงao 358.4104 1,496
18 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ทNauru 338.9 108
19 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทRepublic of Korea 336.4399 685,882
20 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผAruba 326.7583 -313
21 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ทPuerto Rico 320.0665 46,930
22 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชBelgium 319.2547 35,940
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถMartinique 308.5684 387
24 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒSan Marino 298.5656 361
25 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญBahrain 295.0083 11,055
26 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉGrenada 289.8088 -294
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan 283.3932 1,409,688
28 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จSaint Vincent and the Grenadines 255.6385 1,174
29 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡งLebanon 238.723 64,510
30 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งUnited Kingdom 230.1873 228,886
31 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany 225.245 190,738
32 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐSri Lanka 201.8125 262,395
33 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝSint Maarten (Dutch part) 198.1029 475
34 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ตGuadeloupe 196.4693 1,312
35 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ปTuvalu 195.15 45
36 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡นTrinidad and Tobago 194.9571 12,378
37 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ชRรฉunion 193.2824 9,142
38 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎUnited States Virgin Islands 191.7514 3,820
39 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia 191.713 12,604,624
40 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธState of Palestine 188.7289 25,344
41 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นItaly 181.2183 317,295
42 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ปEl Salvador 178.958 88,594
43 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒJamaica 174.1591 28,343
44 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡นHaiti 172.8907 86,249
45 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณSaint Kitts and Nevis 171.4712 -171
46 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จSaint Lucia 170.0998 1,679
47 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บGuam 167.2921 2,312
48 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผRwanda 165.8572 118,270
49 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญSwitzerland 155.3738 40,668
50 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌAntigua and Barbuda 147.2011 59
51 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑIsrael 139.4716 109,844
52 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐTokelau 138.2083 -53
53 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎBurundi 138.0374 84,823
54 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธAmerican Samoa 137.9675 471
55 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญMarshall Islands 137.1139 391
56 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณViet Nam 136.9349 1,050,346
57 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ดTonga 135.2377 1,399
58 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎLiechtenstein 134.4781 341
59 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒComoros 133.8345 6,914
60 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บLuxembourg 132.0349 4,195
61 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญPhilippines 128.0725 987,064
62 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ตDem. People's Republic of Korea 127.7438 377,757
63 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟCzechia 127.1524 27,880
64 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จSeychelles 121.8687 1,346
65 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐDenmark 116.7969 30,167
66 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐKosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 116.2434 31,638
67 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บHungary 114.2755 28,369
68 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉRepublic of Moldova 114.0848 39,640
69 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซSaint Martin (French part) 112.3962 152
70 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธMontserrat 110.7864 34
71 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑSaint Barthรฉlemy 110.6818 28
72 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑPoland 106.8301 252,697
73 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒIsle of Man 98.6565 1,055
74 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡นMayotte 97.4653 1,217
75 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ดDominican Republic 95.2131 124,414
76 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡นPortugal 94.5863 138,531
77 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธSerbia 94.386 47,868
78 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐSlovakia 92.9477 36,635
79 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒDominica 92.5727 433
80 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrance 92.4421 447,149
81 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒArmenia 91.0246 56,284
82 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นAustria 90.8705 42,615
83 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณChina 87.8422 20,007,407
84 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ดRomania 87.5591 229,055
85 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑAlbania 87.2258 65,302
86 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎSlovenia 87.1428 14,280
87 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐCook Islands 86.875 358
88 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ตNepal 86.797 272,859
89 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒMicronesia (Fed. States of) 86.6764 1,575
90 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บCuba 84.5436 151,847
91 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡นSao Tome and Principe 82.5271 1,620
92 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆUkraine 82.1614 391,660
93 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ทCroatia 80.6726 16,838
94 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎKiribati 80.6267 1,088
95 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌBulgaria 79.7655 57,913
96 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐPakistan 78.9731 1,526,255
97 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆBosnia and Herzegovina 75.3802 43,224
98 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ปCabo Verde 72.8301 4,305
99 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญThailand 72.0468 1,014,159
100 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎAnguilla 71.9205 40
101 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พCyprus 69.7417 3,423
102 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ชGeorgia 69.6119 32,955
103 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธSpain 67.9473 373,274
104 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซWallis and Futuna Islands 67.5714 80
105 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐNorth Macedonia 67.395 21,317
106 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟAzerbaijan 66.8926 102,452
107 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทGreece 65.5566 36,604
108 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌBritish Virgin Islands 63.7208 90
109 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌNigeria 62.4061 1,287,316
110 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉIndonesia 61.9317 3,135,396
111 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒGambia 53.7862 15,875
112 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌUganda 53.133 287,007
113 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡นGuatemala 52.2424 144,111
114 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡นLithuania 51.7985 33,981
115 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธSamoa 51.2594 2,276
116 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผMalawi 50.1574 120,265
117 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผKuwait 48.1947 54,490
118 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทTรผrkiye 47.245 820,699
119 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พCayman Islands 46.1286 654
120 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พBelarus 45.5215 67,817
121 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra 45.3649 1,483
122 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชIreland 43.4332 41,550
123 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒMyanmar 42.7298 631,381
124 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌTogo 41.6843 66,140
125 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญGhana 40.032 249,191
126 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑSierra Leone 39.4814 53,273
127 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ปLatvia 38.8625 20,923
128 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ชMontenegro 38.7697 5,613
129 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑTimor-Leste 37.9256 10,008
130 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ทCosta Rica 37.3186 49,998
131 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญCambodia 36.9891 45,134
132 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌEgypt 35.7185 762,683
133 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พSyrian Arab Republic 35.5916 226,647
134 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆMorocco 35.1273 402,196
135 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธLesotho 34.9104 36,898
136 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธBahamas 34.4223 4,983
137 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณTunisia 33.34 135,606
138 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Polynesia 33.1455 4,288
139 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พMalaysia 32.1186 244,202
140 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ชEstonia 31.6292 13,224
141 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถBonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 30.2759 245
142 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏFiji 29.4472 10,213
143 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡นEthiopia 29.0996 792,759
144 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUzbekistan 29.0788 356,950
145 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ดFaroe Islands 28.0588 447
146 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏBenin 27.389 66,389
147 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝMexico 26.4886 1,626,327
148 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณHonduras 26.2895 86,567
149 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟEswatini 26.2001 12,339
150 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จEcuador 25.5715 180,504
151 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผPalau 25.5217 422
152 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ตNorthern Mariana Islands 24.6805 1,404
153 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒSaint Pierre and Miquelon 24.4804 99
154 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณBrunei Darussalam 24.053 5,289
155 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถIraq 23.3916 345,811
156 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณSenegal 23.3658 132,860
157 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States of America 22.1816 2,471,016
158 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏTajikistan 21.5651 93,288
159 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผGuinea-Bissau 21.1416 -4,077
160 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆPanama 21.0183 43,283
161 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎNicaragua 20.9862 81,891
162 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซBurkina Faso 20.8618 94,866
163 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชKenya 20.4889 416,593
164 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSweden 19.8208 45,985
165 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บNiue 19.525 -121
166 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ดColombia 19.0493 489,711
167 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆSouth Africa 18.8657 658,536
168 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ดJordan 18.4283 72,745
169 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎCรดte d'Ivoire 17.9839 252,068
170 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทIran (Islamic Republic of) 17.9731 827,563
171 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณGuinea 17.4918 74,824
172 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซAfghanistan 16.9658 260,596
173 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พUruguay 16.1984 15,563
174 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌKyrgyzstan 16.1046 69,323
175 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟUnited Republic of Tanzania 15.909 486,249
176 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ทLiberia 15.5903 38,024
177 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinland 15.2538 27,422
178 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญSaint Helena 14.9872 78
179 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒCameroon 14.2203 178,600
180 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผZimbabwe 13.8643 164,496
181 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ชYemen 13.3042 186,082
182 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑChile 13.2603 163,223
183 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ดNorway 12.829 29,715
184 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ชVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 12.7729 352,833
185 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆLao People's Democratic Republic 11.8749 66,544
186 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทBrazil 11.8168 2,406,084
187 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌMadagascar 11.7575 206,892
188 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆQatar 11.4877 15,171
189 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถEquatorial Guinea 11.1213 -6,059
190 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟMozambique 10.9653 221,502
191 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ชPeru 10.868 378,609
192 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟNew Zealand 10.8299 47,645
193 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ทEritrea 10.7825 34,070
194 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉDemocratic Republic of the Congo 9.1365 548,896
195 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ทArgentina 8.6766 381,542
196 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡นBhutan 8.0439 10,113
197 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRussian Federation 7.9826 726,645
198 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บVanuatu 7.3663 2,835
199 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏDjibouti 6.6534 10,546
200 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉSudan 6.6111 380,626
201 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จNew Caledonia 6.3344 4,959
202 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡งSolomon Islands 6.1559 4,457
203 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พParaguay 6.0915 56,056
204 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ดSomalia 6.0866 97,512
205 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จTurks and Caicos Islands 6.0447 139
206 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธSouth Sudan 6.021 66,880
207 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟAlgeria 5.9244 321,490
208 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒZambia 5.9187 120,706
209 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌPapua New Guinea 5.6294 61,100
210 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟBelize 5.3964 2,060
211 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑMali 5.1204 94,218
212 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ดAngola 4.9547 168,696
213 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ชUnited Arab Emirates 4.8507 47,176
214 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒTurkmenistan 4.8187 63,594
215 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟKazakhstan 4.6095 160,398
216 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ดBolivia (Plurinational State of) 4.3278 104,228
217 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌCongo 4.2172 44,165
218 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ชNiger 3.7871 127,125
219 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พGuyana 3.6266 8,267
220 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซCentral African Republic 3.3889 42,935
221 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆSaudi Arabia 2.9756 307,554
222 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉChad 2.9722 76,039
223 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ทSuriname 2.513 11,894
224 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCanada 2.4071 402,128
225 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆGabon 2.3662 12,469
226 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒOman 2.2255 18,675
227 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland 2.0567 2,494
228 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บAustralia 1.6914 395,361
229 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พLibya 1.1683 50,442
230 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ทMauritania 1.1219 34,543
231 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผBotswana 1.066 16,962
232 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆNamibia 0.9438 23,090
233 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณMongolia 0.8525 34,926
234 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Guiana 0.5819 1,385
235 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญWestern Sahara 0.296 -419
236 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐFalkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.1869 3
237 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑGreenland 0.1132 788

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 1971

Rank Region Population Density (p/kmยฒ) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 70.0198 49,335,991
2 Europe 29.9095 4,355,799
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 14.488 7,140,359
4 Africa 12.6928 9,713,925
5 Northern America 12.0579 2,874,267
6 Oceania 2.3587 542,613

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 1971

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/kmยฒ) Overall Population +/-
1 Western Europe 152.8121 906,518
2 Southern Asia 119.579 15,929,521
3 Caribbean 117.2209 467,626
4 Southern Europe 98.7478 1,113,917
5 Eastern Asia 86.4824 22,938,412
6 Micronesia 85.665 7,300
7 South-Eastern Asia 64.5353 7,223,587
8 Northern Europe 53.6256 477,053
9 Polynesia 52.8921 8,743
10 Central America 28.4772 2,122,831
11 Western Asia 18.8979 2,500,918
12 Western Africa 18.0583 2,587,018
13 Eastern Africa 17.0786 3,259,097
14 Eastern Europe 15.3736 1,858,311
15 South America 11.2324 4,549,902
16 Northern Africa 10.9589 2,052,623
17 Southern Africa 9.7524 747,825
18 Central Asia 8.4617 743,553
19 Melanesia 6.5426 83,564
20 Middle Africa 6.4424 1,067,361
21 Australia/New Zealand 1.996 443,006

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 1971

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/kmยฒ) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 50.0525 28,323,527
2 Middle-income countries 33.9007 59,178,154
3 Upper-middle-income countries 26.1973 30,854,627
4 High-income countries 25.0333 9,621,191
5 Low-income countries 12.7607 4,810,532
6 No income group available 9.9132 353,077

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 (kmยฒ) of the area.

Population Density Formula

Population Density = population / land area in kmยฒ

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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