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Population Density by Country in 1971

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In the year 1971, the world had a population density of 28.9 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density was 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 16494.3 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 8233.1 people/km², and 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with 3629.9 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 69.8 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Europe with a population density of 29.9 people/km², and Latin America and the Caribbean with 14.4 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Western Europe had the highest population density of 153.0 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a population density of 118.3 people/km², and Caribbean with 116.6 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/km².

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Lower-middle-income countries has the highest population density of 48.3 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 9.9.

Similar Population Metrics for 1971

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 1971

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇨Monaco 16494.2953 325
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 8233.0938 5,204
3 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 3629.8781 150,380
4 🇸🇬Singapore 3116.3001 35,860
5 🇬🇮Gibraltar 2702.05 277
6 🇻🇦Holy See 1679.5455 -4
7 🇲🇹Malta 1039.0238 1,281
8 🇧🇲Bermuda 974.2037 232
9 🇬🇬Guernsey 846.1562 254
10 🇯🇪Jersey 606.9095 1,025
11 🇧🇧Barbados 579.4605 134
12 🇧🇩Bangladesh 539.8844 767,167
13 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 427.0301 332,322
14 🇲🇻Maldives 423.45 3,886
15 🇲🇺Mauritius 414.3382 13,113
16 🇳🇱Netherlands 392.2769 150,487
17 🇨🇼Curaçao 358.9198 1,240
18 🇳🇷Nauru 338.1 52
19 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 335.9495 696,298
20 🇦🇼Aruba 326.5583 -201
21 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 319.6006 46,058
22 🇧🇪Belgium 319.2592 29,760
23 🇲🇶Martinique 307.5325 471
24 🇸🇲San Marino 301.9508 372
25 🇧🇭Bahrain 294.6788 9,805
26 🇬🇩Grenada 290.1412 240
27 🇯🇵Japan 286.4786 1,237,253
28 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 248.3897 922
29 🇱🇧Lebanon 239.1313 64,322
30 🇬🇧United Kingdom 230.2469 230,212
31 🇩🇪Germany 224.7701 485,258
32 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 202.5882 476
33 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 200.174 259,161
34 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 195.9932 776
35 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 195.4357 11,908
36 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 194.0286 4,067
37 🇷🇪Réunion 191.0404 8,408
38 🇹🇻Tuvalu 189.5 22
39 🇵🇸State of Palestine 188.3909 25,263
40 🇮🇳India 187.7096 11,812,517
41 🇮🇹Italy 181.4606 318,593
42 🇸🇻El Salvador 181.3476 88,324
43 🇯🇲Jamaica 175.7829 26,887
44 🇭🇹Haiti 171.3245 89,445
45 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 170.0231 -186
46 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 169.7459 1,413
47 🇷🇼Rwanda 169.3533 118,326
48 🇬🇺Guam 167.2209 2,135
49 🇨🇭Switzerland 155.3693 40,735
50 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 147.1114 16
51 🇧🇮Burundi 139.3946 87,589
52 🇹🇰Tokelau 138.7917 -51
53 🇦🇸American Samoa 137.665 466
54 🇮🇱Israel 137.5641 113,444
55 🇻🇳Viet Nam 135.4437 1,040,194
56 🇰🇲Comoros 135.3385 7,944
57 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 134.9625 400
58 🇹🇴Tonga 132.1477 1,478
59 🇱🇺Luxembourg 132.0293 4,204
60 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 129.8139 647
61 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 129.3286 393,229
62 🇵🇭Philippines 128.3955 894,876
63 🇨🇿Czechia 127.2331 28,922
64 🇸🇨Seychelles 121.4672 1,353
65 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 117.5 181
66 🇩🇰Denmark 117.0699 25,156
67 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 116.7373 28,603
68 🇭🇺Hungary 114.2601 26,934
69 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 111.8523 34,857
70 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 110.2955 31
71 🇲🇸Montserrat 110.0728 13
72 🇵🇱Poland 107.0279 255,652
73 🇮🇲Isle of Man 98.6486 994
74 🇾🇹Mayotte 96.3 1,065
75 🇷🇸Serbia 96.1106 50,153
76 🇵🇹Portugal 94.4239 133,108
77 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 93.6481 126,305
78 🇫🇷France 93.0267 470,640
79 🇸🇰Slovakia 93.0071 36,278
80 🇩🇲Dominica 92.7093 526
81 🇦🇹Austria 90.8837 42,775
82 🇦🇲Armenia 88.7207 50,687
83 🇷🇴Romania 88.2034 270,063
84 🇨🇳China 87.9239 20,004,132
85 🇸🇮Slovenia 87.035 14,698
86 🇨🇰Cook Islands 86.9542 354
87 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 86.6236 1,603
88 🇳🇵Nepal 86.3567 273,464
89 🇨🇺Cuba 84.1069 152,054
90 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 82.6354 1,712
91 🇺🇦Ukraine 82.1192 380,459
92 🇦🇱Albania 81.575 54,042
93 🇰🇮Kiribati 80.7879 1,132
94 🇵🇰Pakistan 80.2303 1,627,033
95 🇭🇷Croatia 80.1517 17,644
96 🇧🇬Bulgaria 78.775 45,336
97 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 74.4062 38,520
98 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 72.9644 4,283
99 🇹🇭Thailand 72.3001 979,610
100 🇦🇮Anguilla 72.2159 50
101 🇨🇾Cyprus 70.7846 6,810
102 🇬🇪Georgia 69.6956 34,321
103 🇪🇸Spain 67.9948 370,622
104 🇲🇰North Macedonia 67.8849 25,949
105 🇬🇷Greece 67.1689 60,507
106 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 65.5519 154
107 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 64.2464 143
108 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 63.9201 98,597
109 🇳🇬Nigeria 62.8201 1,338,218
110 🇮🇩Indonesia 62.1863 3,190,571
111 🇬🇲Gambia 53.2992 15,670
112 🇺🇬Uganda 53.1423 285,648
113 🇬🇹Guatemala 51.683 141,595
114 🇱🇹Lithuania 50.6333 35,940
115 🇼🇸Samoa 50.3544 2,064
116 🇲🇼Malawi 50.2521 120,310
117 🇹🇷Türkiye 48.7505 919,282
118 🇰🇼Kuwait 48.5507 54,518
119 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 46.0477 655
120 🇦🇩Andorra 45.6202 1,487
121 🇧🇾Belarus 44.7477 66,633
122 🇮🇪Ireland 43.7802 41,265
123 🇹🇬Togo 42.6177 69,688
124 🇲🇲Myanmar 42.5649 615,071
125 🇬🇭Ghana 40.3281 253,210
126 🇲🇪Montenegro 38.7423 5,585
127 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 38.5172 50,321
128 🇱🇻Latvia 38.2 19,290
129 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 37.8592 9,967
130 🇨🇷Costa Rica 36.9867 49,636
131 🇰🇭Cambodia 36.5724 33,586
132 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 35.9158 224,448
133 🇧🇸Bahamas 35.6209 5,514
134 🇪🇬Egypt 35.5953 811,867
135 🇲🇦Morocco 34.791 395,712
136 🇱🇸Lesotho 34.7907 37,410
137 🇹🇳Tunisia 33.8523 132,341
138 🇵🇫French Polynesia 32.0156 3,909
139 🇲🇾Malaysia 31.7256 251,805
140 🇪🇪Estonia 31.6228 13,059
141 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 30.8643 257
142 🇫🇯Fiji 29.618 9,701
143 🇪🇹Ethiopia 28.6001 772,546
144 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 28.4709 347,209
145 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 27.9444 480
146 🇧🇯Benin 27.8003 71,107
147 🇲🇽Mexico 26.7514 1,605,920
148 🇸🇿Eswatini 26.1005 12,287
149 🇭🇳Honduras 25.988 85,672
150 🇵🇼Palau 25.563 442
151 🇪🇨Ecuador 25.5277 186,904
152 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 24.8848 93
153 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 24.6619 1,359
154 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 23.9239 3,402
155 🇸🇳Senegal 23.9021 137,640
156 🇮🇶Iraq 23.2139 344,988
157 🇺🇸United States of America 23.0035 2,581,847
158 🇹🇯Tajikistan 21.1659 92,912
159 🇵🇦Panama 20.9779 43,420
160 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 20.8626 96,398
161 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 20.8471 -5,123
162 🇳🇮Nicaragua 20.773 77,827
163 🇰🇪Kenya 20.3002 410,220
164 🇸🇪Sweden 19.8804 33,834
165 🇳🇺Niue 19.3769 -96
166 🇨🇴Colombia 18.9725 497,289
167 🇿🇦South Africa 18.7925 657,712
168 🇯🇴Jordan 18.5277 73,741
169 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 18.4369 883,557
170 🇦🇫Afghanistan 17.8157 275,483
171 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 17.77 249,640
172 🇬🇳Guinea 17.7242 76,821
173 🇺🇾Uruguay 16.204 15,298
174 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 16.1702 73,348
175 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 15.7726 490,923
176 🇱🇷Liberia 15.6154 37,314
177 🇫🇮Finland 15.2528 27,409
178 🇸🇭Saint Helena 15.0192 77
179 🇨🇲Cameroon 14.2139 178,889
180 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 13.8935 162,701
181 🇾🇪Yemen 13.746 197,716
182 🇨🇱Chile 13.2939 164,378
183 🇳🇴Norway 12.8285 29,743
184 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 12.8115 355,415
185 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 11.8485 65,966
186 🇲🇬Madagascar 11.8063 201,494
187 🇧🇷Brazil 11.6939 2,383,887
188 🇶🇦Qatar 11.3366 15,078
189 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 11.2634 -5,939
190 🇳🇿New Zealand 10.8235 47,882
191 🇵🇪Peru 10.8103 371,295
192 🇲🇿Mozambique 10.7535 222,427
193 🇪🇷Eritrea 10.5342 33,240
194 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 9.1289 543,843
195 🇦🇷Argentina 8.6887 380,330
196 🇧🇹Bhutan 8.3141 10,863
197 🇷🇺Russian Federation 7.9989 718,901
198 🇻🇺Vanuatu 7.2897 2,645
199 🇸🇩Sudan 6.8585 414,054
200 🇩🇯Djibouti 6.6927 10,666
201 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 6.273 4,165
202 🇳🇨New Caledonia 6.2645 5,295
203 🇸🇸South Sudan 6.1484 72,699
204 🇸🇴Somalia 6.1174 99,358
205 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 6.0568 152
206 🇵🇾Paraguay 6.039 55,700
207 🇿🇲Zambia 5.976 123,595
208 🇩🇿Algeria 5.9196 320,920
209 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 5.6671 61,659
210 🇧🇿Belize 5.3838 1,947
211 🇲🇱Mali 5.227 101,464
212 🇦🇴Angola 4.8056 159,374
213 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 4.7946 58,007
214 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 4.7171 49,268
215 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 4.6986 267,744
216 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4.3334 105,685
217 🇨🇬Congo 4.2197 44,426
218 🇳🇪Niger 3.7706 125,948
219 🇬🇾Guyana 3.6203 9,126
220 🇨🇫Central African Republic 3.4374 42,885
221 🇹🇩Chad 3.0236 80,249
222 🇸🇷Suriname 2.5124 12,360
223 🇨🇦Canada 2.4078 404,118
224 🇬🇦Gabon 2.361 12,487
225 🇴🇲Oman 2.2007 18,979
226 🇮🇸Iceland 2.0566 2,531
227 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 1.7324 171,584
228 🇦🇺Australia 1.6919 395,422
229 🇱🇾Libya 1.2848 70,665
230 🇲🇷Mauritania 1.0999 34,260
231 🇧🇼Botswana 1.0596 16,910
232 🇳🇦Namibia 0.9481 23,260
233 🇲🇳Mongolia 0.854 35,780
234 🇬🇫French Guiana 0.5805 1,478
235 🇪🇭Western Sahara 0.2959 -429
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.1867 -1
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.1133 762

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 1971

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 69.7729 49,200,711
2 Europe 29.9312 4,671,248
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 14.4469 7,103,044
4 Americas 13.4953 10,090,096
5 Africa 12.701 9,851,196
6 Northern America 12.4613 2,987,052
7 Oceania 2.3603 542,428

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 1971

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Western Europe 152.977 1,224,584
2 Southern Asia 118.3474 15,913,132
3 Caribbean 116.5912 469,559
4 Southern Europe 98.9148 1,121,437
5 Eastern Asia 86.6431 22,854,598
6 Micronesia 85.2506 7,370
7 South-Eastern Asia 64.5259 7,120,909
8 Northern Europe 53.602 461,192
9 Polynesia 51.7188 8,289
10 Central America 28.6499 2,094,341
11 Western Asia 18.5563 2,472,852
12 Western Africa 18.1641 2,656,936
13 Eastern Africa 16.9845 3,243,625
14 Eastern Europe 15.3803 1,864,035
15 South America 11.1687 4,539,144
16 Northern Africa 11.0145 2,145,130
17 Southern Africa 9.7168 747,579
18 Central Asia 8.4428 839,220
19 Melanesia 6.5829 83,465
20 Middle Africa 6.4258 1,057,926
21 Australia/New Zealand 1.9963 443,304

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 1971

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 48.3301 25,259,259
2 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 34.862 29,936,483
3 Middle-income countries 34.0101 59,440,763
4 Low-and-middle-income countries 30.6842 64,117,987
5 Upper-middle-income countries 27.7687 34,181,504
6 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 26.6326 44,062,692
7 High-income countries 24.8743 9,881,188
8 Low-income countries 12.4575 4,677,224
9 No income group available 9.9425 355,728

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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