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Population Density by Country in 1992

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In the year 1992, the world had a population density of 42.2 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density was 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 20729.2 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 11632.8 people/km², and 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with 5240.7 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 0.7 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 106.0 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Europe with a population density of 32.9 people/km², and Africa with 23.0 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest population density of 196.1 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Western Europe with a population density of 164.3 people/km², and Caribbean with 158.1 people living per square kilometer. While the sub-region with lowest population density for the year was Australia/New Zealand with only 2.7 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 80.4 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 17.6.

Similar Population Metrics for 1992

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 1992

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇨Monaco 20729.1946 259
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 11632.7656 9,223
3 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 5240.7247 144,351
4 🇸🇬Singapore 4723.9597 88,767
5 🇬🇮Gibraltar 2687.85 203
6 🇻🇦Holy See 1645.4545 -2
7 🇲🇹Malta 1189.8238 3,479
8 🇧🇲Bermuda 1081.6204 427
9 🇬🇬Guernsey 929.8594 16
10 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 928.4559 1,002
11 🇧🇩Bangladesh 890.7751 2,206,809
12 🇲🇻Maldives 795.1433 6,586
13 🇯🇪Jersey 734.6767 263
14 🇧🇭Bahrain 699.5511 15,041
15 🇧🇧Barbados 605.2709 839
16 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 592.547 199,618
17 🇲🇺Mauritius 550.5764 14,956
18 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 548.7075 233
19 🇳🇷Nauru 501.05 122
20 🇳🇱Netherlands 453.7075 120,124
21 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 451.3073 224,998
22 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 414.9093 32,031
23 🇸🇲San Marino 395.4836 337
24 🇵🇸State of Palestine 386.1615 98,463
25 🇦🇼Aruba 382.6306 2,011
26 🇱🇧Lebanon 366.3119 76,478
27 🇨🇼Curaçao 365.7653 -439
28 🇲🇶Martinique 362.1991 6,648
29 🇧🇪Belgium 331.7916 45,912
30 🇯🇵Japan 330.0844 477,967
31 🇷🇼Rwanda 317.3592 175,689
32 🇮🇳India 303.6998 19,167,556
33 🇹🇻Tuvalu 301.2667 90
34 🇬🇩Grenada 298.8279 793
35 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 298.3386 1,016
36 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 288.4846 240
37 🇷🇪Réunion 270.568 12,006
38 🇾🇹Mayotte 269.8493 6,557
39 🇸🇻El Salvador 269.5757 90,993
40 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 266.9529 310,777
41 🇬🇺Guam 265.0508 2,295
42 🇭🇹Haiti 258.8622 141,560
43 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 257.7083 757
44 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 255.7273 186
45 🇰🇲Comoros 249.9261 8,663
46 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 247.8896 9,257
47 🇦🇸American Samoa 245.1925 1,135
48 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 244.5688 4,248
49 🇬🇧United Kingdom 237.7813 159,761
50 🇩🇪Germany 232.1979 736,808
51 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 229.8977 2,140
52 🇮🇱Israel 229.0458 131,414
53 🇧🇮Burundi 225.7575 192,193
54 🇯🇲Jamaica 223.8874 25,062
55 🇵🇭Philippines 219.7538 1,718,921
56 🇻🇳Viet Nam 217.7995 1,354,613
57 🇮🇹Italy 193.0061 71,309
58 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 187.0447 32,999
59 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 185.7719 449
60 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 180.6404 323,995
61 🇨🇭Switzerland 171.9106 65,444
62 🇸🇨Seychelles 165.4639 786
63 🇵🇰Pakistan 160.2673 3,170,199
64 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 156.5942 523
65 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 154.1569 147,218
66 🇹🇴Tonga 153.8808 97
67 🇱🇺Luxembourg 151.3373 5,101
68 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 149.7236 2,257
69 🇹🇰Tokelau 148.1667 0
70 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 146.3739 1,151
71 🇳🇵Nepal 140.0297 617,132
72 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 135.5061 -4,169
73 🇨🇿Czechia 133.5757 7,166
74 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 133.4479 2,392
75 🇦🇩Andorra 128.084 2,535
76 🇦🇲Armenia 125.487 -145,913
77 🇵🇱Poland 124.8674 69,864
78 🇨🇳China 123.3931 13,252,674
79 🇮🇲Isle of Man 122.9956 431
80 🇩🇰Denmark 121.9835 18,484
81 🇦🇱Albania 119.8081 -2,468
82 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 118.7593 1,342
83 🇭🇺Hungary 114.5639 -11,408
84 🇬🇲Gambia 113.1999 45,129
85 🇳🇬Nigeria 112.4024 2,734,649
86 🇹🇭Thailand 110.6478 898,295
87 🇵🇹Portugal 108.2822 4,901
88 🇸🇰Slovakia 108.2217 20,230
89 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 107.75 389
90 🇲🇼Malawi 107.1905 306,216
91 🇰🇮Kiribati 106.9442 1,209
92 🇫🇷France 104.3833 289,986
93 🇷🇸Serbia 102.4266 -8,329
94 🇦🇮Anguilla 102.0682 254
95 🇨🇺Cuba 101.0304 61,591
96 🇷🇴Romania 99.5862 -59,701
97 🇮🇩Indonesia 99.4509 3,239,066
98 🇸🇮Slovenia 99.1091 -5,401
99 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 98.8654 773
100 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 98.4179 147
101 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 97.6216 8,692
102 🇲🇸Montserrat 96.9612 -530
103 🇦🇹Austria 95.0413 83,162
104 🇺🇬Uganda 94.0159 651,876
105 🇩🇲Dominica 92.4333 142
106 🇰🇼Kuwait 91.759 84,637
107 🇺🇦Ukraine 90.3191 195,949
108 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 89.5954 96,264
109 🇬🇹Guatemala 88.8603 256,322
110 🇨🇾Cyprus 87.6992 12,407
111 🇭🇷Croatia 85.5559 -51,755
112 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 82.7122 -454,664
113 🇲🇰North Macedonia 81.5848 -24,848
114 🇬🇷Greece 79.192 53,403
115 🇧🇬Bulgaria 78.9614 -139,797
116 🇪🇸Spain 78.4712 248,905
117 🇹🇬Togo 77.8382 118,764
118 🇬🇪Georgia 76.1863 -95,318
119 🇹🇷Türkiye 75.3506 989,205
120 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 72.8625 408,826
121 🇨🇰Cook Islands 72.7938 135
122 🇬🇭Ghana 71.1297 404,445
123 🇨🇷Costa Rica 64.3215 82,892
124 🇲🇲Myanmar 62.6833 553,816
125 🇪🇬Egypt 61.7617 1,496,325
126 🇱🇸Lesotho 61.7021 29,883
127 🇼🇸Samoa 60.1875 1,495
128 🇱🇹Lithuania 59.0464 -12,157
129 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 58.0759 -26,314
130 🇵🇫French Polynesia 57.4264 3,736
131 🇲🇾Malaysia 57.3264 485,175
132 🇲🇦Morocco 56.4922 417,773
133 🇹🇳Tunisia 55.8612 179,099
134 🇸🇿Eswatini 54.3348 34,454
135 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 53.7537 21,670
136 🇧🇸Bahamas 53.3645 5,498
137 🇮🇪Ireland 52.0488 21,738
138 🇪🇹Ethiopia 51.8537 1,833,937
139 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 50.5056 515,553
140 🇧🇾Belarus 50.3551 36,299
141 🇧🇯Benin 49.8212 173,650
142 🇭🇳Honduras 48.3289 149,847
143 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 46.8065 7,137
144 🇯🇴Jordan 46.4862 219,619
145 🇲🇪Montenegro 45.3243 2,219
146 🇰🇭Cambodia 44.815 536,493
147 🇪🇨Ecuador 44.0092 229,829
148 🇲🇽Mexico 43.9173 1,612,360
149 🇫🇯Fiji 42.9856 5,368
150 🇸🇳Senegal 42.4266 226,686
151 🇮🇶Iraq 42.1554 612,186
152 🇱🇻Latvia 42.0208 -56,289
153 🇰🇪Kenya 41.986 741,933
154 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 41.5104 527,301
155 🇶🇦Qatar 40.5366 14,858
156 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 40.1326 113
157 🇹🇯Tajikistan 39.4787 68,360
158 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 37.5656 913,566
159 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 36.428 33,272
160 🇳🇮Nicaragua 36.206 97,026
161 🇪🇪Estonia 35.4349 -40,404
162 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 35.1947 239,619
163 🇿🇦South Africa 34.7666 723,076
164 🇵🇼Palau 34.7587 378
165 🇵🇦Panama 34.53 53,371
166 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 33.2292 -837
167 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 30.9974 684,153
168 🇨🇴Colombia 30.0445 682,597
169 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 29.7749 107,860
170 🇾🇪Yemen 28.3908 567,706
171 🇺🇸United States of America 28.3797 3,151,565
172 🇬🇳Guinea 28.1392 186,390
173 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 27.8413 23
174 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 27.6663 331,089
175 🇩🇯Djibouti 27.0064 -48,223
176 🇨🇲Cameroon 25.7619 342,371
177 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 23.9849 66,181
178 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 22.6756 474,426
179 🇲🇬Madagascar 22.0024 386,211
180 🇱🇷Liberia 21.5164 106,413
181 🇸🇪Sweden 21.2785 47,867
182 🇦🇫Afghanistan 20.4513 1,637,447
183 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 19.7558 124,923
184 🇧🇷Brazil 18.4581 2,562,069
185 🇨🇱Chile 18.4401 219,205
186 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 18.2093 18,878
187 🇺🇾Uruguay 18.128 16,997
188 🇵🇪Peru 17.9256 472,909
189 🇲🇿Mozambique 17.3114 233,409
190 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 17.3039 1,405,434
191 🇸🇭Saint Helena 16.7282 -44
192 🇫🇮Finland 16.6749 25,978
193 🇧🇹Bhutan 15.0485 -50,308
194 🇪🇷Eritrea 14.848 29,160
195 🇳🇴Norway 14.0891 25,547
196 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 13.6521 663
197 🇳🇿New Zealand 13.3341 38,525
198 🇸🇩Sudan 12.9896 460,101
199 🇻🇺Vanuatu 12.7653 3,853
200 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 12.231 10,542
201 🇦🇷Argentina 12.0687 460,051
202 🇩🇿Algeria 11.1803 671,379
203 🇿🇲Zambia 10.9992 196,304
204 🇵🇾Paraguay 10.5167 109,409
205 🇸🇴Somalia 10.3534 -122,196
206 🇳🇨New Caledonia 10.179 4,818
207 🇦🇴Angola 9.9653 399,435
208 🇳🇺Niue 9.2846 -42
209 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 9.2009 151,443
210 🇷🇺Russian Federation 9.0937 -1,328,350
211 🇸🇸South Sudan 8.7028 43,953
212 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 8.3942 83,155
213 🇧🇿Belize 8.3728 3,924
214 🇲🇱Mali 7.8296 196,821
215 🇨🇬Congo 7.3776 69,973
216 🇳🇪Niger 6.9611 276,439
217 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6.859 149,228
218 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 6.4202 -9,247
219 🇴🇲Oman 6.2625 86,219
220 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 5.4364 527,681
221 🇹🇩Chad 5.1419 225,360
222 🇨🇫Central African Republic 4.91 98,217
223 🇬🇦Gabon 4.0299 27,801
224 🇬🇾Guyana 3.8096 3,142
225 🇨🇦Canada 3.1341 341,877
226 🇱🇾Libya 2.7684 94,418
227 🇸🇷Suriname 2.6769 2,697
228 🇮🇸Iceland 2.6045 2,670
229 🇧🇼Botswana 2.4351 40,029
230 🇦🇺Australia 2.2844 182,729
231 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.0259 98,011
232 🇳🇦Namibia 1.775 46,436
233 🇬🇫French Guiana 1.475 4,357
234 🇲🇳Mongolia 1.4377 35,430
235 🇪🇭Western Sahara 0.7178 5,588
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.2039 96
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.1358 12

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 1992

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 106.0346 56,208,531
2 Europe 32.9499 199,220
3 Africa 22.9623 17,817,017
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 22.6106 8,178,932
5 Americas 19.1802 11,672,836
6 Northern America 15.453 3,493,904
7 Oceania 3.2686 411,862

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 1992

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Southern Asia 196.0806 27,979,764
2 Western Europe 164.3324 1,347,246
3 Caribbean 158.0938 445,184
4 Micronesia 143.7806 7,791
5 Eastern Asia 119.1429 14,668,256
6 Southern Europe 110.6732 -127,177
7 South-Eastern Asia 102.8066 9,028,876
8 Polynesia 71.5175 6,793
9 Northern Europe 56.6617 193,068
10 Central America 47.3985 2,346,736
11 Western Asia 32.4052 3,807,633
12 Western Africa 32.2562 5,349,923
13 Eastern Africa 31.2235 5,678,672
14 Northern Africa 19.4847 3,324,683
15 Southern Africa 18.0931 873,878
16 South America 17.4284 5,387,012
17 Eastern Europe 17.2615 -1,213,917
18 Central Asia 13.4893 724,002
19 Middle Africa 11.9241 2,589,861
20 Melanesia 10.6447 176,024
21 Australia/New Zealand 2.6527 221,254

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 1992

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 80.4259 42,449,024
2 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 58.2808 52,296,701
3 Middle-income countries 52.1865 67,844,030
4 Low-and-middle-income countries 47.4421 77,691,707
5 Upper-middle-income countries 39.8783 25,395,006
6 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 35.7362 33,528,375
7 High-income countries 29.326 8,133,370
8 Low-income countries 21.4421 9,847,677
9 No income group available 17.5971 480,141

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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