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Population Density by Country in 1980

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In the year 1980, the world had a population density of 34.1 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density was 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 18203.0 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 7690.5 people/km², and 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with 4515.5 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 0.4 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 83.9 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Europe with a population density of 31.4 people/km², and Latin America and the Caribbean with 17.8 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Western Europe had the highest population density of 156.6 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a population density of 147.1 people/km², and Caribbean with 134.0 people living per square kilometer. While the sub-region with lowest population density for the year was Australia/New Zealand with only 2.2 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 60.0 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 12.9.

Similar Population Metrics for 1980

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 1980

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇨Monaco 18203.0201 199
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 7690.5312 4,878
3 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 4515.454 105,156
4 🇸🇬Singapore 3568.8038 71,830
5 🇬🇮Gibraltar 2867.55 83
6 🇻🇦Holy See 1688.6364 0
7 🇲🇹Malta 1088.4984 1,890
8 🇧🇲Bermuda 993.9444 248
9 🇬🇬Guernsey 842.6406 -76
10 🇧🇩Bangladesh 676.1653 2,099,619
11 🇯🇪Jersey 659.7672 324
12 🇧🇧Barbados 584.9384 719
13 🇲🇻Maldives 549.45 4,634
14 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 510.7744 335,731
15 🇲🇺Mauritius 470.0571 15,080
16 🇧🇭Bahrain 458.4655 15,551
17 🇳🇱Netherlands 420.6197 119,963
18 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 385.4856 426,347
19 🇳🇷Nauru 382.425 177
20 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 369.7285 45,208
21 🇨🇼Curaçao 369.4811 166
22 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 365.0 686
23 🇸🇲San Marino 353.8525 262
24 🇦🇼Aruba 344.6611 128
25 🇧🇪Belgium 324.7603 21,309
26 🇯🇵Japan 314.0956 762,694
27 🇲🇶Martinique 313.4759 467
28 🇱🇧Lebanon 287.8556 65,166
29 🇬🇩Grenada 278.0529 -1,034
30 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 275.9071 1,459
31 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 267.2141 811
32 🇹🇻Tuvalu 245.5333 178
33 🇵🇸State of Palestine 244.0297 42,093
34 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 236.7909 264,608
35 🇬🇧United Kingdom 231.8607 61,076
36 🇮🇳India 231.184 16,229,409
37 🇩🇪Germany 224.6826 230,464
38 🇷🇪Réunion 221.2536 7,406
39 🇷🇼Rwanda 221.1177 168,634
40 🇸🇻El Salvador 219.1304 40,453
41 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 218.6635 13,840
42 🇭🇹Haiti 203.6524 107,877
43 🇬🇺Guam 203.5869 2,713
44 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 203.4463 697
45 🇯🇲Jamaica 198.1217 27,040
46 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 193.6526 1,844
47 🇮🇹Italy 190.5975 384,027
48 🇰🇲Comoros 181.4729 9,752
49 🇮🇱Israel 171.957 80,962
50 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 170.9694 1,131
51 🇧🇮Burundi 168.9289 277,109
52 🇻🇳Viet Nam 167.4812 1,246,827
53 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 164.8077 -152
54 🇦🇸American Samoa 162.0125 1,061
55 🇵🇭Philippines 160.1458 1,233,884
56 🇨🇭Switzerland 158.0278 31,793
57 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 156.8094 361
58 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 156.3774 214
59 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 151.4557 255,209
60 🇹🇴Tonga 150.4146 179
61 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 147.1635 45,890
62 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 146.6193 177
63 🇸🇨Seychelles 144.9902 679
64 🇱🇺Luxembourg 140.4268 879
65 🇹🇰Tokelau 138.6667 -2
66 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 134.8409 53
67 🇾🇹Mayotte 133.7213 2,671
68 🇨🇿Czechia 133.0959 17,118
69 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 123.1286 41,227
70 🇩🇰Denmark 120.8445 1,952
71 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 118.5866 140,216
72 🇭🇺Hungary 118.1417 -13,367
73 🇵🇱Poland 116.1895 317,616
74 🇮🇲Isle of Man 112.021 836
75 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 110.5814 2,368
76 🇲🇸Montserrat 110.0922 -93
77 🇦🇲Armenia 109.17 28,034
78 🇵🇰Pakistan 106.7494 3,676,630
79 🇵🇹Portugal 106.1437 96,639
80 🇳🇵Nepal 105.6733 369,343
81 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 102.65 2,196
82 🇨🇳China 102.4129 14,147,179
83 🇷🇸Serbia 101.5987 36,970
84 🇸🇰Slovakia 101.496 38,921
85 🇦🇱Albania 99.84 54,484
86 🇫🇷France 97.8292 308,658
87 🇩🇲Dominica 97.444 58
88 🇷🇴Romania 96.2933 127,248
89 🇸🇮Slovenia 94.5014 16,946
90 🇨🇺Cuba 91.8413 37,151
91 🇦🇹Austria 91.4748 7,868
92 🇹🇭Thailand 89.3539 934,063
93 🇺🇦Ukraine 86.2307 244,614
94 🇰🇼Kuwait 84.4529 79,594
95 🇰🇮Kiribati 84.2252 957
96 🇭🇷Croatia 83.081 15,999
97 🇧🇬Bulgaria 81.7331 28,839
98 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 81.0287 35,546
99 🇳🇬Nigeria 80.9915 2,320,285
100 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 80.2236 4,294
101 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 79.4036 497
102 🇮🇩Indonesia 77.9466 3,526,973
103 🇲🇰North Macedonia 77.5915 26,364
104 🇦🇩Andorra 76.1309 1,423
105 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 76.0327 98,281
106 🇦🇮Anguilla 74.8636 8
107 🇪🇸Spain 74.7233 305,369
108 🇬🇪Georgia 74.3351 38,424
109 🇨🇾Cyprus 73.926 5,662
110 🇬🇷Greece 73.7916 113,352
111 🇨🇰Cook Islands 73.7354 -91
112 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 72.2695 255
113 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 70.8672 812
114 🇬🇲Gambia 70.5448 24,827
115 🇺🇬Uganda 66.4428 264,392
116 🇲🇼Malawi 66.2654 245,046
117 🇬🇹Guatemala 64.3917 175,299
118 🇹🇷Türkiye 59.0028 938,559
119 🇼🇸Samoa 58.0645 1,425
120 🇱🇹Lithuania 54.7487 23,362
121 🇹🇬Togo 53.7028 86,459
122 🇬🇭Ghana 52.4807 333,248
123 🇲🇲Myanmar 50.8613 636,145
124 🇮🇪Ireland 49.9545 38,193
125 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 48.7598 299,357
126 🇧🇾Belarus 47.3272 74,459
127 🇨🇷Costa Rica 46.8201 64,949
128 🇱🇸Lesotho 46.3281 40,981
129 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 45.6104 66,288
130 🇪🇬Egypt 44.1513 1,182,690
131 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 43.7035 12,393
132 🇲🇦Morocco 43.6028 520,534
133 🇧🇸Bahamas 43.398 4,209
134 🇹🇳Tunisia 42.5027 151,780
135 🇵🇫French Polynesia 42.4731 4,976
136 🇲🇪Montenegro 42.3414 6,070
137 🇱🇻Latvia 40.3645 6,406
138 🇲🇾Malaysia 39.5172 407,560
139 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 38.5678 1,907
140 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 36.7182 410,079
141 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 35.9192 185
142 🇫🇯Fiji 35.1382 15,271
143 🇧🇯Benin 34.8107 110,032
144 🇪🇹Ethiopia 34.4285 103,995
145 🇸🇿Eswatini 34.363 19,807
146 🇲🇽Mexico 34.3501 1,640,963
147 🇭🇳Honduras 34.171 113,408
148 🇪🇪Estonia 33.9682 8,528
149 🇪🇨Ecuador 32.8792 219,600
150 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 32.2829 5,766
151 🇮🇶Iraq 31.3087 435,419
152 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 31.0986 547
153 🇸🇳Senegal 30.3622 147,082
154 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 29.4916 12,937
155 🇰🇭Cambodia 28.723 25,650
156 🇹🇯Tajikistan 27.9193 112,335
157 🇰🇪Kenya 27.5834 576,476
158 🇳🇮Nicaragua 27.0268 93,476
159 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 26.8348 6
160 🇵🇼Palau 26.6761 -22
161 🇵🇦Panama 26.39 46,376
162 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 25.8513 327,662
163 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 25.3944 189,905
164 🇯🇴Jordan 25.1615 86,249
165 🇺🇸United States of America 25.1278 2,336,792
166 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 24.4619 1,464,964
167 🇿🇦South Africa 24.1797 996,537
168 🇶🇦Qatar 23.8144 17,433
169 🇨🇴Colombia 23.2311 605,675
170 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 21.6637 586,861
171 🇬🇳Guinea 20.5413 91,887
172 🇸🇪Sweden 20.4018 14,869
173 🇦🇫Afghanistan 20.2824 -808,845
174 🇱🇷Liberia 20.0296 57,465
175 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 19.4441 74,321
176 🇨🇲Cameroon 18.2646 318,391
177 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 18.2016 631,772
178 🇾🇪Yemen 18.0756 329,033
179 🇺🇾Uruguay 17.044 11,196
180 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 16.6494 425,827
181 🇸🇭Saint Helena 16.3859 51
182 🇫🇮Finland 15.8058 16,555
183 🇲🇬Madagascar 15.4797 271,287
184 🇨🇱Chile 15.2845 170,212
185 🇧🇷Brazil 14.5017 2,848,927
186 🇲🇿Mozambique 14.4157 199,959
187 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 14.3008 103,140
188 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 14.2659 69,201
189 🇩🇯Djibouti 14.0559 19,314
190 🇳🇺Niue 13.5885 -128
191 🇵🇪Peru 13.5623 433,667
192 🇳🇴Norway 13.4295 13,405
193 🇪🇷Eritrea 13.2553 43,373
194 🇳🇿New Zealand 11.8773 8,890
195 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 11.7823 775,813
196 🇧🇹Bhutan 11.2883 14,326
197 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 10.2903 12,041
198 🇦🇷Argentina 10.0335 445,673
199 🇸🇩Sudan 9.6648 761,554
200 🇻🇺Vanuatu 9.4881 2,491
201 🇸🇴Somalia 9.4624 240,321
202 🇷🇺Russian Federation 8.4621 758,488
203 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 8.2697 8,300
204 🇳🇨New Caledonia 8.1957 1,659
205 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 7.9616 303
206 🇩🇿Algeria 7.8124 592,858
207 🇿🇲Zambia 7.8059 174,160
208 🇸🇸South Sudan 7.6912 107,307
209 🇵🇾Paraguay 7.5489 81,760
210 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 6.915 64,628
211 🇦🇴Angola 6.5243 296,231
212 🇧🇿Belize 6.3596 3,676
213 🇲🇱Mali 6.1716 160,401
214 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 6.0269 73,244
215 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 5.6128 171,241
216 🇨🇬Congo 5.3557 40,583
217 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5.3161 128,703
218 🇳🇪Niger 4.8441 183,690
219 🇬🇾Guyana 3.9338 3,348
220 🇨🇫Central African Republic 3.9336 27,222
221 🇹🇩Chad 3.586 -87,667
222 🇴🇲Oman 3.2351 53,728
223 🇬🇦Gabon 2.9044 19,484
224 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 2.8134 355,596
225 🇨🇦Canada 2.6979 315,078
226 🇸🇷Suriname 2.4063 -394
227 🇮🇸Iceland 2.2759 2,367
228 🇱🇾Libya 2.0429 194,775
229 🇦🇺Australia 1.9163 207,448
230 🇧🇼Botswana 1.6542 23,088
231 🇲🇷Mauritania 1.4301 42,017
232 🇳🇦Namibia 1.1921 13,099
233 🇲🇳Mongolia 1.0924 41,079
234 🇬🇫French Guiana 0.8072 2,547
235 🇪🇭Western Sahara 0.4413 10,541
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.185 -11
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.1221 605

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 1980

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 83.9295 51,476,754
2 Europe 31.4402 3,686,315
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 17.7883 7,938,634
4 Africa 16.3464 14,016,662
5 Americas 15.8025 10,591,363
6 Northern America 13.6449 2,652,729
7 Oceania 2.7041 326,013

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 1980

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Western Europe 156.5773 721,494
2 Southern Asia 147.1164 23,314,688
3 Caribbean 134.0015 383,304
4 Southern Europe 106.7902 1,141,314
5 Micronesia 102.7933 9,231
6 Eastern Asia 100.329 16,078,273
7 South-Eastern Asia 79.3468 8,170,292
8 Polynesia 61.1908 8,095
9 Northern Europe 54.866 188,344
10 Central America 36.604 2,178,600
11 Western Asia 23.6454 3,072,281
12 Western Africa 23.2252 4,158,529
13 Eastern Africa 21.9871 3,945,594
14 Eastern Europe 16.3259 1,635,163
15 Northern Africa 14.2105 3,414,732
16 South America 13.6862 5,376,730
17 Southern Africa 12.5786 1,093,512
18 Central Asia 10.5167 841,220
19 Middle Africa 8.2105 1,404,294
20 Melanesia 8.064 92,349
21 Australia/New Zealand 2.2483 216,338

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 1980

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 60.022 37,441,368
2 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 43.3845 41,696,439
3 Middle-income countries 41.0266 67,452,584
4 Low-and-middle-income countries 37.1195 71,707,655
5 Upper-middle-income countries 32.7474 30,011,216
6 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 30.4496 37,963,187
7 High-income countries 26.8935 7,951,971
8 Low-income countries 15.7077 4,255,071
9 No income group available 12.9151 436,784

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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