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Population Density by Country in 1974

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In the year 1974, the world had a population density of 30.6 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density was 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 16935.9 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 6918.3 people/km², and 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with 3940.6 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 74.6 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Europe with a population density of 30.5 people/km², and Latin America and the Caribbean with 15.5 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Western Europe had the highest population density of 155.3 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a population density of 127.0 people/km², and Caribbean with 122.8 people living per square kilometer. While the sub-region with lowest population density for the year was Australia/New Zealand with only 2.1 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 51.8 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 10.9.

Similar Population Metrics for 1974

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 1974

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇨Monaco 16935.906 151
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 6918.3438 2,080
3 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 3940.6028 108,097
4 🇸🇬Singapore 3272.4378 34,212
5 🇬🇮Gibraltar 2775.45 203
6 🇻🇦Holy See 1665.9091 0
7 🇲🇹Malta 1052.9492 1,718
8 🇧🇲Bermuda 982.5278 95
9 🇬🇬Guernsey 848.7969 -8
10 🇯🇪Jersey 634.2198 967
11 🇧🇧Barbados 583.2023 426
12 🇧🇩Bangladesh 582.6177 2,034,911
13 🇲🇻Maldives 463.2617 4,062
14 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 454.1747 301,716
15 🇲🇺Mauritius 431.7552 11,436
16 🇳🇱Netherlands 402.7106 108,257
17 🇨🇼Curaçao 364.8042 558
18 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 356.6481 642,134
19 🇳🇷Nauru 346.175 55
20 🇧🇭Bahrain 343.5996 13,975
21 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 335.7334 47,355
22 🇦🇼Aruba 334.0111 724
23 🇧🇪Belgium 321.5472 16,062
24 🇸🇲San Marino 311.9672 26
25 🇲🇶Martinique 307.9 216
26 🇯🇵Japan 297.2467 1,374,950
27 🇬🇩Grenada 289.6632 -291
28 🇱🇧Lebanon 257.5938 60,594
29 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 255.2731 845
30 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 249.7794 589
31 🇬🇧United Kingdom 231.6236 -67
32 🇩🇪Germany 226.6373 -171,829
33 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 226.5729 3,491
34 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 212.1951 241,560
35 🇵🇸State of Palestine 206.1684 38,743
36 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 202.8773 12,721
37 🇷🇪Réunion 201.131 8,329
38 🇮🇳India 200.8084 14,143,666
39 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 196.9119 915
40 🇸🇻El Salvador 194.4822 91,021
41 🇹🇻Tuvalu 194.0667 296
42 🇮🇹Italy 185.2221 376,027
43 🇷🇼Rwanda 184.8091 131,196
44 🇯🇲Jamaica 183.8325 28,755
45 🇭🇹Haiti 181.4283 96,157
46 🇬🇺Guam 179.1858 2,161
47 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 177.0706 1,627
48 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 168.2231 -136
49 🇨🇭Switzerland 158.5661 29,669
50 🇮🇱Israel 149.7011 77,344
51 🇰🇲Comoros 149.4224 9,504
52 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 145.5875 -265
53 🇻🇳Viet Nam 144.9018 965,561
54 🇦🇸American Samoa 144.375 454
55 🇧🇮Burundi 142.7203 105,559
56 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 142.5156 399
57 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 140.5333 858
58 🇹🇴Tonga 139.5131 2,303
59 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 138.4696 306,909
60 🇵🇭Philippines 137.2478 874,210
61 🇹🇰Tokelau 136.7917 -5
62 🇱🇺Luxembourg 135.6855 2,221
63 🇸🇨Seychelles 130.721 1,459
64 🇨🇿Czechia 129.0876 64,849
65 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 128.3208 214
66 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 124.9998 33,212
67 🇩🇰Denmark 119.0176 19,255
68 🇭🇺Hungary 115.4746 60,412
69 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 115.3776 42,479
70 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 114.0227 51
71 🇲🇸Montserrat 110.568 27
72 🇵🇱Poland 109.873 321,567
73 🇾🇹Mayotte 105.7333 1,294
74 🇮🇲Isle of Man 103.389 871
75 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 101.72 132,242
76 🇵🇹Portugal 98.4854 119,522
77 🇷🇸Serbia 98.0307 49,437
78 🇸🇰Slovakia 95.663 48,668
79 🇫🇷France 95.2242 279,371
80 🇩🇲Dominica 94.7873 493
81 🇦🇲Armenia 94.3804 56,384
82 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 93.9264 1,787
83 🇨🇳China 93.782 16,874,770
84 🇳🇵Nepal 92.1888 298,720
85 🇦🇹Austria 92.0754 -13,497
86 🇷🇴Romania 91.42 239,086
87 🇸🇮Slovenia 89.4347 16,535
88 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 88.2 1,944
89 🇨🇺Cuba 87.8078 112,391
90 🇦🇱Albania 87.5758 55,418
91 🇵🇰Pakistan 87.4526 1,993,270
92 🇰🇮Kiribati 84.3244 -179
93 🇺🇦Ukraine 83.851 305,194
94 🇨🇰Cook Islands 81.4917 -650
95 🇭🇷Croatia 81.1141 18,470
96 🇧🇬Bulgaria 80.1022 62,826
97 🇹🇭Thailand 78.2025 995,971
98 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 76.6934 39,250
99 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 75.0794 2,784
100 🇦🇮Anguilla 73.6193 21
101 🇨🇾Cyprus 71.7807 -7,900
102 🇬🇪Georgia 71.1561 33,731
103 🇲🇰North Macedonia 71.0691 27,022
104 🇪🇸Spain 70.3921 491,373
105 🇬🇷Greece 68.255 47,558
106 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 68.1429 112
107 🇳🇬Nigeria 67.722 1,669,136
108 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 67.413 96,078
109 🇮🇩Indonesia 67.2735 3,257,417
110 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 66.8357 70
111 🇰🇼Kuwait 58.2751 62,818
112 🇬🇲Gambia 58.21 17,238
113 🇺🇬Uganda 57.1794 293,874
114 🇬🇹Guatemala 55.8156 148,898
115 🇦🇩Andorra 55.5947 1,625
116 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 54.4149 678
117 🇲🇼Malawi 54.3758 141,645
118 🇼🇸Samoa 52.8027 3,881
119 🇹🇷Türkiye 52.248 866,715
120 🇱🇹Lithuania 52.1608 30,100
121 🇹🇬Togo 46.1806 62,863
122 🇮🇪Ireland 45.8142 47,723
123 🇧🇾Belarus 45.664 60,913
124 🇲🇲Myanmar 45.3063 574,573
125 🇬🇭Ghana 43.9506 289,591
126 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 40.7089 53,884
127 🇨🇷Costa Rica 39.946 52,191
128 🇲🇪Montenegro 39.9458 5,406
129 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 39.7483 246,494
130 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 39.7328 6,185
131 🇱🇻Latvia 39.163 20,918
132 🇱🇸Lesotho 38.6173 40,404
133 🇧🇸Bahamas 38.3244 4,512
134 🇪🇬Egypt 38.1432 885,874
135 🇲🇦Morocco 37.4946 411,217
136 🇰🇭Cambodia 37.4692 27,770
137 🇹🇳Tunisia 36.5739 150,952
138 🇵🇫French Polynesia 35.2769 4,078
139 🇲🇾Malaysia 34.0919 267,958
140 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 32.596 159
141 🇪🇪Estonia 32.4747 12,488
142 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 32.0667 433
143 🇫🇯Fiji 31.0612 8,141
144 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 31.0508 384,029
145 🇪🇹Ethiopia 30.9573 773,082
146 🇧🇯Benin 29.8212 80,812
147 🇲🇽Mexico 29.2562 1,660,799
148 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 28.9574 470
149 🇭🇳Honduras 28.4196 87,188
150 🇸🇿Eswatini 28.393 14,321
151 🇪🇨Ecuador 27.857 198,139
152 🇵🇼Palau 27.5793 -19
153 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 26.4798 5,346
154 🇸🇳Senegal 26.1229 143,306
155 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 26.0043 64
156 🇮🇶Iraq 25.7246 372,093
157 🇺🇸United States of America 23.7304 2,062,329
158 🇹🇯Tajikistan 23.232 104,017
159 🇵🇦Panama 22.7554 44,402
160 🇳🇮Nicaragua 22.703 83,869
161 🇰🇪Kenya 22.5064 437,030
162 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 22.0208 118,642
163 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 21.8115 34,607
164 🇯🇴Jordan 20.7129 60,180
165 🇿🇦South Africa 20.4692 696,991
166 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 20.3587 295,827
167 🇨🇴Colombia 20.3201 508,212
168 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 20.136 976,592
169 🇸🇪Sweden 20.034 32,262
170 🇦🇫Afghanistan 19.2041 310,221
171 🇬🇳Guinea 18.6412 73,670
172 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 17.5678 566,268
173 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 17.2785 68,107
174 🇳🇺Niue 17.2 -232
175 🇱🇷Liberia 16.885 43,586
176 🇺🇾Uruguay 16.4781 17,710
177 🇸🇭Saint Helena 15.5564 64
178 🇫🇮Finland 15.5115 23,582
179 🇨🇲Cameroon 15.4352 200,309
180 🇶🇦Qatar 15.3083 15,614
181 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 15.2729 192,697
182 🇾🇪Yemen 14.9569 230,013
183 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14.0056 375,842
184 🇨🇱Chile 13.9528 165,120
185 🇳🇴Norway 13.0997 24,575
186 🇲🇬Madagascar 12.9079 225,618
187 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 12.7373 68,650
188 🇧🇷Brazil 12.5733 2,500,203
189 🇲🇿Mozambique 11.7451 291,902
190 🇵🇪Peru 11.684 374,793
191 🇳🇿New Zealand 11.4805 61,330
192 🇪🇷Eritrea 11.3558 32,088
193 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 10.5153 -7,288
194 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 9.889 596,757
195 🇧🇹Bhutan 9.2081 12,027
196 🇦🇷Argentina 9.12 421,247
197 🇩🇯Djibouti 8.3095 15,519
198 🇷🇺Russian Federation 8.1376 830,268
199 🇻🇺Vanuatu 7.9786 2,953
200 🇸🇩Sudan 7.6942 450,480
201 🇳🇨New Caledonia 7.191 5,961
202 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 6.8862 53,311
203 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 6.7732 5,523
204 🇸🇴Somalia 6.6182 104,318
205 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 6.6032 188
206 🇸🇸South Sudan 6.5997 96,984
207 🇿🇲Zambia 6.5144 143,310
208 🇵🇾Paraguay 6.4916 65,580
209 🇩🇿Algeria 6.354 371,908
210 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 6.0784 62,053
211 🇧🇿Belize 5.6197 1,739
212 🇲🇱Mali 5.5036 119,999
213 🇦🇴Angola 5.3047 228,094
214 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 5.1753 61,851
215 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 4.9837 246,477
216 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4.6363 113,691
217 🇨🇬Congo 4.6334 49,250
218 🇳🇪Niger 4.0854 139,427
219 🇬🇾Guyana 3.7493 7,583
220 🇨🇫Central African Republic 3.6427 43,935
221 🇹🇩Chad 3.2388 91,205
222 🇸🇷Suriname 2.5236 -2,311
223 🇬🇦Gabon 2.5136 14,055
224 🇨🇦Canada 2.5099 327,280
225 🇴🇲Oman 2.4135 30,416
226 🇮🇸Iceland 2.1474 2,971
227 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 2.0113 225,129
228 🇦🇺Australia 1.7859 192,483
229 🇱🇾Libya 1.451 134,284
230 🇧🇼Botswana 1.2095 33,020
231 🇲🇷Mauritania 1.2032 36,783
232 🇳🇦Namibia 1.0377 26,094
233 🇲🇳Mongolia 0.9285 41,453
234 🇬🇫French Guiana 0.6376 1,850
235 🇪🇭Western Sahara 0.2875 -1,643
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.1879 8
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.1185 606

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 1974

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 74.6109 50,141,205
2 Europe 30.5102 3,785,975
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 15.5192 7,362,549
4 Americas 14.2485 9,752,923
5 Africa 13.7684 11,197,494
6 Northern America 12.8678 2,390,374
7 Oceania 2.5007 353,735

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 1974

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Western Europe 155.2913 250,804
2 Southern Asia 127.0029 20,015,030
3 Caribbean 122.8027 444,775
4 Southern Europe 101.6475 1,282,802
5 Eastern Asia 92.141 19,652,109
6 Micronesia 91.9157 5,096
7 South-Eastern Asia 69.344 7,077,853
8 Polynesia 54.6608 10,195
9 Northern Europe 54.2053 216,107
10 Central America 31.2501 2,170,107
11 Western Asia 20.1244 2,531,732
12 Western Africa 19.6007 3,182,219
13 Eastern Africa 18.4938 3,583,112
14 Eastern Europe 15.6969 2,036,262
15 South America 11.9621 4,747,667
16 Northern Africa 11.919 2,403,072
17 Southern Africa 10.6051 810,830
18 Central Asia 9.0928 864,481
19 Melanesia 7.0587 84,631
20 Middle Africa 6.9618 1,218,261
21 Australia/New Zealand 2.109 253,813

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 1974

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 51.8432 30,008,702
2 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 37.4369 35,071,228
3 Middle-income countries 36.3358 61,603,928
4 Low-and-middle-income countries 32.8075 66,666,454
5 Upper-middle-income countries 29.5768 31,595,226
6 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 28.0258 39,785,528
7 High-income countries 25.6255 8,190,302
8 Low-income countries 13.4718 5,062,526
9 No income group available 10.855 373,661

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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