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Population Density by Country in 1983

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In the year 1983, the world had a population density of 36.0 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density was 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 18765.4 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 8453.2 people/km², and 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with 4763.5 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 0.5 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 89.1 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Europe with a population density of 31.8 people/km², and Latin America and the Caribbean with 19.0 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest population density of 158.5 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Western Europe with a population density of 157.7 people/km², and Caribbean with 139.6 people living per square kilometer. While the sub-region with lowest population density for the year was Australia/New Zealand with only 2.3 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 64.8 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 14.0.

Similar Population Metrics for 1983

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 1983

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇨Monaco 18765.4362 403
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 8453.2188 9,736
3 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 4763.5182 83,535
4 🇸🇬Singapore 3932.623 42,687
5 🇬🇮Gibraltar 2873.3 -68
6 🇻🇦Holy See 1675.0 -4
7 🇲🇹Malta 1106.6381 1,968
8 🇧🇲Bermuda 1014.3889 400
9 🇬🇬Guernsey 855.4766 427
10 🇧🇩Bangladesh 732.3896 2,492,219
11 🇯🇪Jersey 678.1164 851
12 🇲🇻Maldives 597.0933 4,752
13 🇧🇧Barbados 590.6791 920
14 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 537.2105 291,845
15 🇧🇭Bahrain 511.7586 14,072
16 🇲🇺Mauritius 491.3135 13,655
17 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 474.5 1,542
18 🇳🇱Netherlands 427.5757 63,622
19 🇳🇷Nauru 410.825 157
20 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 404.2827 625,460
21 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 383.4152 35,298
22 🇨🇼Curaçao 369.875 -26
23 🇸🇲San Marino 364.4016 165
24 🇦🇼Aruba 350.5361 443
25 🇧🇪Belgium 325.9506 4,136
26 🇲🇶Martinique 319.4854 4,062
27 🇯🇵Japan 318.3156 450,801
28 🇱🇧Lebanon 302.5412 51,498
29 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 284.1314 764
30 🇬🇩Grenada 279.2588 528
31 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 273.9436 858
32 🇵🇸State of Palestine 268.8999 64,199
33 🇹🇻Tuvalu 259.6333 118
34 🇮🇳India 248.0073 17,339,007
35 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 245.4157 68,419
36 🇷🇼Rwanda 243.9203 198,197
37 🇬🇧United Kingdom 232.0665 86,181
38 🇷🇪Réunion 231.6928 10,144
39 🇸🇻El Salvador 227.1895 86,006
40 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 226.2249 12,561
41 🇩🇪Germany 224.4209 -195,485
42 🇬🇺Guam 219.0545 2,787
43 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 216.6981 2,196
44 🇭🇹Haiti 215.8619 116,480
45 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 209.6944 6,403
46 🇯🇲Jamaica 206.3557 31,026
47 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 202.9943 1,983
48 🇰🇲Comoros 197.331 10,246
49 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 193.3944 1,424
50 🇮🇹Italy 191.7936 34,325
51 🇧🇮Burundi 185.2997 111,031
52 🇮🇱Israel 182.952 69,389
53 🇦🇸American Samoa 181.355 1,378
54 🇻🇳Viet Nam 179.7585 1,356,218
55 🇵🇭Philippines 173.9821 1,531,955
56 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 163.9844 393
57 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 162.8231 -216
58 🇨🇭Switzerland 160.5149 18,146
59 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 158.4318 295
60 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 158.2429 279,037
61 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 157.6566 36,565
62 🇾🇹Mayotte 157.32 3,144
63 🇹🇴Tonga 150.7662 -6
64 🇸🇨Seychelles 149.5842 716
65 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 147.5773 184
66 🇱🇺Luxembourg 141.1158 406
67 🇹🇰Tokelau 140.75 42
68 🇨🇿Czechia 133.4526 -17
69 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 127.2432 141,559
70 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 126.8802 43,388
71 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 120.9707 2,479
72 🇩🇰Denmark 120.6413 -4,237
73 🇵🇰Pakistan 119.6395 3,047,988
74 🇵🇱Poland 119.4462 346,556
75 🇭🇺Hungary 117.3422 -38,536
76 🇳🇵Nepal 113.3918 400,424
77 🇮🇲Isle of Man 112.9904 -89
78 🇦🇲Armenia 112.1255 29,032
79 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 108.7297 1,905
80 🇲🇸Montserrat 107.9612 -60
81 🇵🇹Portugal 107.9008 33,618
82 🇨🇳China 107.1943 14,187,216
83 🇦🇱Albania 106.0344 58,966
84 🇸🇰Slovakia 103.7351 33,263
85 🇷🇸Serbia 102.489 12,487
86 🇫🇷France 99.5491 278,453
87 🇰🇼Kuwait 97.8951 83,215
88 🇷🇴Romania 97.6165 75,012
89 🇩🇲Dominica 96.486 -301
90 🇸🇮Slovenia 95.5087 10,095
91 🇹🇭Thailand 94.7823 937,626
92 🇨🇺Cuba 93.5857 81,870
93 🇦🇹Austria 91.6294 -4,444
94 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 89.325 187
95 🇰🇮Kiribati 88.3871 1,036
96 🇳🇬Nigeria 88.319 1,784,562
97 🇺🇦Ukraine 87.4077 265,373
98 🇦🇩Andorra 86.3074 1,759
99 🇭🇷Croatia 84.3152 22,386
100 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 83.785 4,899
101 🇮🇩Indonesia 83.5464 3,606,239
102 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 83.1832 37,526
103 🇧🇬Bulgaria 82.4138 19,015
104 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 81.3174 847
105 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 80.3214 455
106 🇲🇰North Macedonia 79.9543 11,802
107 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 79.8752 113,634
108 🇬🇲Gambia 78.5104 29,888
109 🇨🇾Cyprus 76.5395 12,216
110 🇪🇸Spain 76.148 188,434
111 🇬🇪Georgia 76.1287 45,068
112 🇬🇷Greece 75.7644 70,534
113 🇦🇮Anguilla 75.5341 16
114 🇲🇼Malawi 74.5802 277,617
115 🇨🇰Cook Islands 71.9979 -209
116 🇺🇬Uganda 71.1781 359,173
117 🇬🇹Guatemala 69.2389 205,187
118 🇹🇷Türkiye 62.9511 1,135,009
119 🇹🇬Togo 59.2554 109,554
120 🇼🇸Samoa 58.9095 134
121 🇬🇭Ghana 57.2639 395,101
122 🇱🇹Lithuania 55.9785 29,563
123 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 54.5635 2,615
124 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 53.9155 345,649
125 🇲🇲Myanmar 53.8241 738,145
126 🇮🇪Ireland 51.1593 19,705
127 🇨🇷Costa Rica 50.8256 71,414
128 🇱🇸Lesotho 50.5406 44,154
129 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 48.5314 75,853
130 🇧🇾Belarus 48.3739 69,370
131 🇪🇬Egypt 48.0048 1,447,740
132 🇲🇦Morocco 47.1895 541,305
133 🇵🇫French Polynesia 46.6204 5,019
134 🇧🇸Bahamas 45.6697 4,137
135 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 45.5754 8,653
136 🇹🇳Tunisia 45.3825 141,998
137 🇲🇾Malaysia 43.4817 463,149
138 🇲🇪Montenegro 43.2201 3,322
139 🇱🇻Latvia 40.9303 15,840
140 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 39.7471 456,035
141 🇸🇿Eswatini 37.9518 21,444
142 🇧🇯Benin 37.9477 124,266
143 🇫🇯Fiji 37.7578 16,678
144 🇪🇹Ethiopia 37.7408 931,498
145 🇭🇳Honduras 37.3891 120,792
146 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 37.0534 103
147 🇲🇽Mexico 36.7341 1,536,242
148 🇪🇨Ecuador 35.5952 231,931
149 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 35.5145 6,744
150 🇪🇪Estonia 34.6302 10,743
151 🇮🇶Iraq 34.1847 462,903
152 🇸🇳Senegal 32.8494 171,448
153 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 32.2531 469
154 🇰🇭Cambodia 31.1332 239,266
155 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 30.9243 13,804
156 🇰🇪Kenya 30.731 660,683
157 🇹🇯Tajikistan 30.4044 126,309
158 🇳🇮Nicaragua 29.3359 89,998
159 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 29.1596 371,038
160 🇯🇴Jordan 28.5752 114,355
161 🇶🇦Qatar 28.4575 18,220
162 🇵🇦Panama 28.3256 49,355
163 🇵🇼Palau 28.2739 320
164 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 28.2607 1,778,144
165 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 27.5992 216,850
166 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 26.8957 46
167 🇿🇦South Africa 26.8176 1,147,181
168 🇺🇸United States of America 25.907 2,392,492
169 🇨🇴Colombia 24.9074 661,422
170 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 23.7975 737,880
171 🇱🇷Liberia 21.8762 65,429
172 🇬🇳Guinea 21.8127 115,370
173 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 20.9342 290,985
174 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 20.6765 85,025
175 🇸🇪Sweden 20.4471 3,123
176 🇾🇪Yemen 20.1176 392,670
177 🇨🇲Cameroon 19.7734 238,760
178 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18.0722 443,838
179 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 17.3928 70,011
180 🇺🇾Uruguay 17.2566 13,471
181 🇲🇬Madagascar 16.9184 288,097
182 🇸🇭Saint Helena 16.8564 56
183 🇦🇫Afghanistan 16.8151 90,998
184 🇫🇮Finland 16.0586 28,185
185 🇨🇱Chile 15.9719 178,973
186 🇩🇯Djibouti 15.9428 12,830
187 🇧🇷Brazil 15.5286 2,876,120
188 🇲🇿Mozambique 15.3537 250,270
189 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 15.3423 94,073
190 🇵🇪Peru 14.613 465,555
191 🇪🇷Eritrea 14.3314 35,267
192 🇳🇴Norway 13.57 11,801
193 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 12.9027 953,217
194 🇧🇹Bhutan 12.4358 15,188
195 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 12.2432 21,653
196 🇳🇿New Zealand 12.1527 35,879
197 🇳🇺Niue 11.9558 -151
198 🇸🇩Sudan 10.8268 515,885
199 🇦🇷Argentina 10.5277 472,588
200 🇻🇺Vanuatu 10.1721 3,036
201 🇸🇴Somalia 9.8805 200,270
202 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 9.1703 8,989
203 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 9.1542 409
204 🇩🇿Algeria 8.6316 702,451
205 🇷🇺Russian Federation 8.6306 1,173,821
206 🇿🇲Zambia 8.5837 200,859
207 🇳🇨New Caledonia 8.4794 2,472
208 🇸🇸South Sudan 8.2629 96,124
209 🇵🇾Paraguay 8.2036 93,567
210 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 7.3613 70,522
211 🇦🇴Angola 7.2856 337,825
212 🇧🇿Belize 6.8521 3,745
213 🇲🇱Mali 6.5845 177,655
214 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 6.5276 83,936
215 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 5.8027 175,910
216 🇨🇬Congo 5.711 39,403
217 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5.6762 131,703
218 🇳🇪Niger 5.2962 198,751
219 🇨🇫Central African Republic 4.073 30,615
220 🇹🇩Chad 3.9542 144,928
221 🇬🇾Guyana 3.9415 -1,332
222 🇴🇲Oman 3.8173 65,262
223 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 3.3739 438,550
224 🇬🇦Gabon 3.1475 22,147
225 🇨🇦Canada 2.7946 261,824
226 🇸🇷Suriname 2.4279 2,746
227 🇮🇸Iceland 2.3639 2,879
228 🇱🇾Libya 2.2187 -18,725
229 🇦🇺Australia 2.0065 206,512
230 🇧🇼Botswana 1.8459 37,127
231 🇲🇷Mauritania 1.5589 46,195
232 🇳🇦Namibia 1.2602 27,822
233 🇲🇳Mongolia 1.1744 44,402
234 🇬🇫French Guiana 0.9315 4,574
235 🇪🇭Western Sahara 0.5285 5,539
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.1848 3
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.1266 626

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 1983

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 89.1087 54,686,093
2 Europe 31.8478 2,882,196
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 18.9718 8,182,235
4 Africa 17.8753 14,993,779
5 Americas 16.6246 10,837,623
6 Northern America 14.0743 2,655,388
7 Oceania 2.8348 361,418

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 1983

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Southern Asia 158.5125 25,237,139
2 Western Europe 157.7189 165,630
3 Caribbean 139.617 444,337
4 Micronesia 112.9462 10,818
5 Southern Europe 108.4201 523,880
6 Eastern Asia 104.6995 15,972,032
7 South-Eastern Asia 85.1197 9,024,755
8 Polynesia 64.0199 6,512
9 Northern Europe 55.1201 205,441
10 Central America 39.1786 2,162,739
11 Western Asia 25.6577 3,524,952
12 Western Africa 25.3026 3,900,719
13 Eastern Africa 24.0643 4,688,686
14 Eastern Europe 16.6148 1,987,245
15 Northern Africa 15.5381 3,336,193
16 South America 14.6188 5,575,159
17 Southern Africa 13.9235 1,277,728
18 Central Asia 11.1855 927,215
19 Middle Africa 8.979 1,790,453
20 Melanesia 8.6097 101,697
21 Australia/New Zealand 2.3447 242,391

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 1983

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 64.8468 39,241,212
2 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 46.8277 45,629,539
3 Middle-income countries 43.684 70,249,587
4 Low-and-middle-income countries 39.5435 76,637,914
5 Upper-middle-income countries 34.4601 31,008,375
6 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 31.7273 37,675,807
7 High-income countries 27.4979 6,667,432
8 Low-income countries 16.8525 6,388,327
9 No income group available 14.0254 449,360

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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