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Population Density by Country in 1985

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In the year 1985, the world had a population density of 37.3 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density was 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 19333.6 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 8990.6 people/km², and 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with 4924.2 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 0.6 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 92.8 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Europe with a population density of 32.0 people/km², and Latin America and the Caribbean with 19.8 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest population density of 166.4 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Western Europe with a population density of 157.6 people/km², and Caribbean with 143.9 people living per square kilometer. While the sub-region with lowest population density for the year was Australia/New Zealand with only 2.4 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 70.1 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 14.7.

Similar Population Metrics for 1985

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 1985

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇨Monaco 19333.557 386
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 8990.6406 11,487
3 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 4924.1856 77,258
4 🇸🇬Singapore 3932.642 62,965
5 🇬🇮Gibraltar 2867.45 -135
6 🇻🇦Holy See 1632.9545 -7
7 🇲🇹Malta 1108.3095 2,987
8 🇧🇲Bermuda 1029.8333 392
9 🇬🇬Guernsey 852.7578 483
10 🇧🇩Bangladesh 737.1829 2,391,558
11 🇯🇪Jersey 679.9353 819
12 🇲🇻Maldives 634.6117 6,645
13 🇧🇧Barbados 599.793 546
14 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 560.6912 1,613
15 🇧🇭Bahrain 554.758 15,507
16 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 551.0273 257,274
17 🇲🇺Mauritius 505.3049 13,536
18 🇳🇱Netherlands 431.104 74,508
19 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 416.7319 546,032
20 🇳🇷Nauru 415.675 209
21 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 391.8867 29,926
22 🇨🇼Curaçao 369.4316 -164
23 🇸🇲San Marino 364.6066 208
24 🇦🇼Aruba 358.2111 190
25 🇲🇶Martinique 328.9887 4,508
26 🇧🇪Belgium 326.3272 5,841
27 🇯🇵Japan 321.4207 625,378
28 🇱🇧Lebanon 315.4203 63,716
29 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 296.4906 2,472
30 🇬🇩Grenada 295.8118 672
31 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 291.1786 241
32 🇵🇸State of Palestine 287.5556 38,018
33 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 284.3731 535
34 🇹🇻Tuvalu 277.65 171
35 🇮🇳India 262.4259 17,444,826
36 🇷🇼Rwanda 258.8497 222,422
37 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 256.6356 223,242
38 🇷🇪Réunion 239.7198 11,689
39 🇸🇻El Salvador 235.3647 95,323
40 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 233.8763 17,105
41 🇬🇧United Kingdom 233.3477 71,259
42 🇬🇺Guam 230.4538 2,777
43 🇭🇹Haiti 226.5421 127,712
44 🇩🇪Germany 222.7416 103,036
45 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 219.8062 6,975
46 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 216.4556 1,552
47 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 215.5049 2,104
48 🇯🇲Jamaica 211.6371 25,966
49 🇰🇲Comoros 201.8538 10,198
50 🇦🇸American Samoa 198.3175 1,531
51 🇮🇱Israel 193.2579 109,936
52 🇮🇹Italy 191.3556 9,440
53 🇻🇳Viet Nam 190.8411 1,407,183
54 🇧🇮Burundi 190.6753 88,600
55 🇵🇭Philippines 182.7089 1,301,847
56 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 182.5455 252
57 🇾🇹Mayotte 182.1 3,905
58 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 167.4094 371
59 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 163.9094 39,693
60 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 162.0904 -247
61 🇨🇭Switzerland 161.778 28,844
62 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 160.4974 283,902
63 🇹🇴Tonga 149.3146 19
64 🇸🇨Seychelles 148.4311 460
65 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 147.8364 -328
66 🇹🇰Tokelau 144.9167 32
67 🇱🇺Luxembourg 141.4927 1,066
68 🇨🇿Czechia 133.4446 2,381
69 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 132.8434 135,715
70 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 130.7918 39,456
71 🇵🇰Pakistan 125.9879 3,473,055
72 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 125.665 2,429
73 🇵🇱Poland 121.4235 279,837
74 🇩🇰Denmark 120.7589 -1,334
75 🇳🇵Nepal 119.1769 398,735
76 🇭🇺Hungary 116.4559 -36,253
77 🇦🇲Armenia 115.9674 27,655
78 🇦🇱Albania 115.7648 37,830
79 🇮🇲Isle of Man 112.5446 -137
80 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 111.049 2,272
81 🇨🇳China 110.4417 16,629,068
82 🇵🇹Portugal 108.6796 15,749
83 🇲🇸Montserrat 107.8932 -44
84 🇰🇼Kuwait 106.015 78,778
85 🇸🇰Slovakia 104.9614 30,804
86 🇷🇸Serbia 103.1077 21,379
87 🇫🇷France 99.9458 258,805
88 🇹🇭Thailand 99.0329 957,135
89 🇷🇴Romania 97.904 58,780
90 🇸🇮Slovenia 96.9569 7,130
91 🇩🇲Dominica 95.4607 -363
92 🇨🇺Cuba 95.0659 84,847
93 🇦🇩Andorra 93.2117 1,555
94 🇰🇮Kiribati 91.8843 1,474
95 🇳🇬Nigeria 91.7743 2,225,882
96 🇦🇹Austria 91.6409 3,655
97 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 91.3857 122
98 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 88.4336 883
99 🇺🇦Ukraine 87.8917 139,339
100 🇮🇩Indonesia 86.7596 3,392,262
101 🇭🇷Croatia 85.9333 26,818
102 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 85.7273 452
103 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 85.6165 31,563
104 🇬🇲Gambia 84.5809 32,077
105 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 84.336 4,382
106 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 83.3693 116,562
107 🇧🇬Bulgaria 82.2639 -27,281
108 🇲🇼Malawi 80.6443 288,712
109 🇲🇰North Macedonia 80.3397 12,013
110 🇨🇾Cyprus 79.1844 11,886
111 🇦🇮Anguilla 78.483 259
112 🇬🇪Georgia 76.8293 38,916
113 🇪🇸Spain 76.5833 127,232
114 🇺🇬Uganda 75.2672 424,804
115 🇬🇷Greece 75.2189 97,569
116 🇬🇹Guatemala 74.0219 214,908
117 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 70.1127 3,379
118 🇨🇰Cook Islands 69.4062 -273
119 🇹🇷Türkiye 63.8974 1,063,073
120 🇹🇬Togo 61.3442 102,311
121 🇬🇭Ghana 59.9958 311,553
122 🇼🇸Samoa 58.8398 -281
123 🇱🇹Lithuania 58.6521 28,471
124 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 57.3781 362,404
125 🇲🇲Myanmar 56.4543 708,533
126 🇨🇷Costa Rica 54.2786 76,022
127 🇱🇸Lesotho 53.2509 43,466
128 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 52.264 84,507
129 🇮🇪Ireland 51.2787 13,006
130 🇵🇫French Polynesia 50.9171 4,593
131 🇪🇬Egypt 50.2645 1,382,052
132 🇲🇦Morocco 50.045 514,453
133 🇧🇾Belarus 49.9394 63,148
134 🇹🇳Tunisia 48.0994 198,238
135 🇲🇾Malaysia 45.9843 437,718
136 🇧🇸Bahamas 45.9005 4,884
137 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 45.8715 11,570
138 🇲🇪Montenegro 43.7751 2,930
139 🇱🇻Latvia 42.668 12,638
140 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 42.4617 481,951
141 🇰🇭Cambodia 40.744 262,571
142 🇸🇿Eswatini 40.4539 27,775
143 🇪🇹Ethiopia 40.286 1,131,865
144 🇭🇳Honduras 40.2268 126,662
145 🇫🇯Fiji 39.8172 16,648
146 🇧🇯Benin 39.1943 129,021
147 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 38.529 7,573
148 🇲🇽Mexico 38.2147 1,374,094
149 🇪🇨Ecuador 37.2617 233,451
150 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 36.7774 90
151 🇮🇶Iraq 36.2885 272,126
152 🇪🇪Estonia 35.1029 9,270
153 🇸🇳Senegal 33.8685 184,616
154 🇰🇪Kenya 33.4962 707,278
155 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 32.9061 418
156 🇹🇯Tajikistan 32.5688 131,364
157 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 32.0088 13,924
158 🇶🇦Qatar 31.5785 17,547
159 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 31.3336 344,138
160 🇳🇮Nicaragua 31.27 88,365
161 🇯🇴Jordan 30.9874 125,082
162 🇵🇼Palau 29.6609 358
163 🇵🇦Panama 29.6192 49,656
164 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 29.1637 230,343
165 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 29.0199 1,642,027
166 🇿🇦South Africa 27.6479 1,033,848
167 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 27.0739 46
168 🇨🇴Colombia 26.0982 627,663
169 🇺🇸United States of America 25.7058 2,412,252
170 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 25.4793 776,117
171 🇱🇷Liberia 23.2529 65,755
172 🇬🇳Guinea 22.5121 134,760
173 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 22.4648 292,761
174 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 21.1932 67,309
175 🇨🇲Cameroon 21.0369 302,237
176 🇾🇪Yemen 20.9044 423,369
177 🇸🇪Sweden 20.5968 19,364
178 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 19.4235 71,421
179 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18.9889 451,769
180 🇲🇬Madagascar 17.7 287,048
181 🇺🇾Uruguay 17.4612 16,551
182 🇩🇯Djibouti 17.2868 21,006
183 🇸🇭Saint Helena 17.0513 24
184 🇨🇱Chile 16.3707 183,047
185 🇧🇷Brazil 16.3653 2,885,557
186 🇫🇮Finland 16.212 16,966
187 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 16.2115 104,321
188 🇦🇫Afghanistan 16.1902 11,303
189 🇲🇿Mozambique 16.1246 248,933
190 🇪🇷Eritrea 15.6776 49,379
191 🇵🇪Peru 15.426 463,779
192 🇳🇴Norway 13.6498 13,315
193 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 13.586 890,748
194 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 13.4894 19,712
195 🇧🇹Bhutan 12.6199 14,472
196 🇳🇿New Zealand 12.3379 10,925
197 🇸🇩Sudan 11.0576 343,369
198 🇳🇺Niue 10.9519 -193
199 🇻🇺Vanuatu 10.9203 3,300
200 🇦🇷Argentina 10.8486 457,700
201 🇸🇴Somalia 10.5694 266,848
202 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 10.0811 410
203 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 9.6249 9,387
204 🇩🇿Algeria 9.2927 752,978
205 🇿🇲Zambia 8.9945 200,936
206 🇵🇾Paraguay 8.7412 99,312
207 🇳🇨New Caledonia 8.7364 3,004
208 🇷🇺Russian Federation 8.7261 1,016,373
209 🇸🇸South Sudan 8.3434 109,604
210 🇦🇴Angola 7.9976 358,920
211 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 7.6129 74,320
212 🇧🇿Belize 7.1651 3,749
213 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 6.9093 87,378
214 🇲🇱Mali 6.7101 152,186
215 🇨🇬Congo 6.0397 61,533
216 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 5.9963 587,940
217 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5.8946 134,992
218 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 5.7093 268,349
219 🇳🇪Niger 5.6743 217,399
220 🇴🇲Oman 4.3725 90,441
221 🇨🇫Central African Republic 4.0982 30,107
222 🇹🇩Chad 3.945 111,497
223 🇬🇾Guyana 3.9252 -3,792
224 🇬🇦Gabon 3.324 23,467
225 🇨🇦Canada 2.842 245,995
226 🇸🇷Suriname 2.4819 5,205
227 🇮🇸Iceland 2.4099 1,607
228 🇱🇾Libya 2.198 118,047
229 🇦🇺Australia 2.0548 215,869
230 🇧🇼Botswana 2.0093 40,091
231 🇲🇷Mauritania 1.6943 51,190
232 🇳🇦Namibia 1.328 33,060
233 🇲🇳Mongolia 1.2326 49,215
234 🇬🇫French Guiana 1.0576 5,058
235 🇪🇭Western Sahara 0.5646 5,587
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.1834 -9
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.1297 502

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 1985

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 92.8016 57,289,883
2 Europe 32.0397 2,663,196
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 19.8445 8,036,273
4 Africa 18.8032 15,733,627
5 Northern America 13.9989 2,659,187
6 Oceania 2.9103 351,352

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 1985

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Southern Asia 166.4476 25,605,863
2 Western Europe 157.5512 476,513
3 Caribbean 143.9345 447,211
4 Micronesia 120.7231 12,178
5 Southern Europe 108.9855 433,954
6 Eastern Asia 107.636 18,479,614
7 South-Eastern Asia 89.368 8,653,678
8 Polynesia 66.2665 5,721
9 Northern Europe 55.5823 186,145
10 Central America 40.9657 2,028,779
11 Western Asia 27.7472 3,514,377
12 Western Africa 26.4201 4,284,069
13 Eastern Africa 25.6017 5,156,101
14 Eastern Europe 16.7769 1,566,584
15 Northern Africa 16.3061 3,314,724
16 South America 15.32 5,560,283
17 Southern Africa 14.4078 1,178,240
18 Central Asia 11.5648 1,036,351
19 Middle Africa 9.4758 1,800,493
20 Melanesia 8.9462 106,659
21 Australia/New Zealand 2.3976 226,794

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 1985

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 70.0523 43,112,864
2 Middle-income countries 45.1914 72,368,839
3 Upper-middle-income countries 33.3343 29,255,975
4 High-income countries 28.1782 7,098,210
5 Low-income countries 18.1297 6,809,112
6 No income group available 14.7355 457,357

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 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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