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Population Density by Country in 1994

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In the year 1994, the world had a population density of 43.5 (people/km²).

The country with the highest population density was 🇲🇨Monaco with a density of 21057.4 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population density of 12191.3 people/km², and 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with 5498.0 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 0.8 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 109.5 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Europe with a population density of 33.0 people/km², and Africa with 24.2 people living per square kilometer.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest population density of 204.6 people per square kilometer. Closely followed by Western Europe with a population density of 166.0 people/km², and Caribbean with 162.0 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 83.9 people per square kilometer. While the lowest population density is recorded by No income group available with a population density of only 18.4.

Similar Population Metrics for 1994

Countries with the Highest Population Density in 1994

Rank Country Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 🇲🇨Monaco 21057.3826 241
2 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 12191.2969 8,657
3 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 5497.9631 137,935
4 🇸🇬Singapore 5004.1245 105,762
5 🇬🇮Gibraltar 2723.9 160
6 🇻🇦Holy See 1614.7727 -7
7 🇲🇹Malta 1210.9651 3,108
8 🇧🇲Bermuda 1096.1852 368
9 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 938.7353 -130
10 🇬🇬Guernsey 929.0703 -65
11 🇧🇩Bangladesh 924.5078 2,268,108
12 🇲🇻Maldives 836.0733 5,780
13 🇯🇪Jersey 738.8103 198
14 🇧🇭Bahrain 738.1252 15,204
15 🇧🇧Barbados 608.4198 505
16 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 603.1387 179,346
17 🇲🇺Mauritius 564.802 13,818
18 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 554.9623 96
19 🇳🇷Nauru 506.875 31
20 🇳🇱Netherlands 459.9046 85,712
21 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 456.1297 243,175
22 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 421.7762 28,151
23 🇵🇸State of Palestine 420.1261 105,902
24 🇦🇼Aruba 408.1 2,388
25 🇸🇲San Marino 406.9344 344
26 🇱🇧Lebanon 380.2345 68,230
27 🇲🇶Martinique 374.5939 6,483
28 🇨🇼Curaçao 362.4304 -903
29 🇧🇪Belgium 334.1042 30,175
30 🇯🇵Japan 332.4811 459,271
31 🇮🇳India 316.5502 18,935,683
32 🇾🇹Mayotte 307.0227 7,333
33 🇹🇻Tuvalu 306.9167 79
34 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 303.5186 805
35 🇬🇩Grenada 303.3456 743
36 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 289.5321 153
37 🇷🇼Rwanda 280.5598 -2,797,601
38 🇷🇪Réunion 279.746 11,176
39 🇸🇻El Salvador 275.7784 50,644
40 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 275.5087 237,217
41 🇬🇺Guam 273.3226 2,201
42 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 272.75 181
43 🇭🇹Haiti 269.1346 141,522
44 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 265.0639 581
45 🇰🇲Comoros 259.0771 8,445
46 🇦🇸American Samoa 256.255 1,078
47 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 251.1387 7,421
48 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 249.5845 3,933
49 🇮🇱Israel 241.034 135,109
50 🇬🇧United Kingdom 238.951 160,562
51 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 236.8344 2,252
52 🇩🇪Germany 234.6041 206,747
53 🇵🇭Philippines 230.0643 1,487,268
54 🇯🇲Jamaica 228.5522 25,243
55 🇻🇳Viet Nam 226.0764 1,238,534
56 🇧🇮Burundi 220.187 629,341
57 🇮🇹Italy 194.0033 478,510
58 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 193.0542 32,302
59 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 191.2562 418
60 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 185.981 320,360
61 🇨🇭Switzerland 174.8747 50,297
62 🇵🇰Pakistan 169.6089 3,679,596
63 🇸🇨Seychelles 169.0624 907
64 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 160.6788 539
65 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 160.247 147,269
66 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 155.8214 1,756
67 🇱🇺Luxembourg 155.4402 5,408
68 🇹🇴Tonga 154.1015 62
69 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 151.9148 1,297
70 🇹🇰Tokelau 147.625 -1
71 🇳🇵Nepal 147.5563 550,869
72 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 138.263 2,209
73 🇦🇩Andorra 137.4734 -929
74 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 134.8597 -16,790
75 🇨🇿Czechia 133.7037 -4,871
76 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 130.0913 1,384
77 🇨🇳China 125.9378 11,173,041
78 🇵🇱Poland 125.2288 46,243
79 🇮🇲Isle of Man 124.4196 388
80 🇩🇰Denmark 122.8049 19,049
81 🇬🇲Gambia 121.2674 37,287
82 🇦🇱Albania 119.3302 -9,945
83 🇳🇬Nigeria 118.5104 2,863,340
84 🇦🇲Armenia 118.2058 -86,300
85 🇭🇺Hungary 114.2156 -16,066
86 🇹🇭Thailand 114.038 844,878
87 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 113.026 430
88 🇰🇮Kiribati 110.2218 1,170
89 🇸🇰Slovakia 108.9721 14,124
90 🇵🇹Portugal 108.6969 33,187
91 🇦🇮Anguilla 107.5795 240
92 🇲🇼Malawi 107.5059 -229,934
93 🇫🇷France 105.1904 194,393
94 🇮🇩Indonesia 102.8775 3,289,539
95 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 102.2538 790
96 🇷🇸Serbia 102.1314 -13,297
97 🇨🇺Cuba 101.9691 41,112
98 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 101.7934 8,117
99 🇺🇬Uganda 100.6411 658,900
100 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 100.4607 141
101 🇷🇴Romania 98.9075 -91,433
102 🇸🇮Slovenia 98.7319 -402
103 🇦🇹Austria 96.1979 14,914
104 🇬🇹Guatemala 93.7264 269,249
105 🇰🇼Kuwait 93.409 -5,324
106 🇩🇲Dominica 92.6353 15
107 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 92.0527 109,150
108 🇨🇾Cyprus 91.4142 18,284
109 🇺🇦Ukraine 89.8916 -405,216
110 🇲🇸Montserrat 85.8592 -595
111 🇭🇷Croatia 83.6467 -55,232
112 🇬🇷Greece 80.005 54,709
113 🇲🇰North Macedonia 79.985 -1,888
114 🇪🇸Spain 79.3439 200,553
115 🇹🇷Türkiye 78.0061 1,040,443
116 🇧🇬Bulgaria 77.6497 -53,893
117 🇹🇬Togo 77.6418 202,063
118 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 77.3425 414,387
119 🇬🇭Ghana 74.6822 402,459
120 🇨🇰Cook Islands 73.7042 88
121 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 72.7662 -152,535
122 🇬🇪Georgia 72.6187 -129,521
123 🇨🇷Costa Rica 67.5895 83,917
124 🇪🇬Egypt 64.5794 1,366,102
125 🇲🇲Myanmar 64.3744 555,069
126 🇱🇸Lesotho 63.495 24,674
127 🇼🇸Samoa 61.1867 1,375
128 🇲🇾Malaysia 60.327 504,554
129 🇵🇫French Polynesia 59.3753 3,455
130 🇱🇹Lithuania 58.3653 -28,072
131 🇲🇦Morocco 58.2586 386,011
132 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 58.1698 24,110
133 🇹🇳Tunisia 58.0226 149,378
134 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 56.7917 23,546
135 🇸🇿Eswatini 55.9358 -21,563
136 🇪🇹Ethiopia 55.6115 1,928,882
137 🇧🇸Bahamas 55.3395 5,012
138 🇧🇯Benin 54.0662 111,526
139 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 52.8051 460,496
140 🇮🇪Ireland 52.513 14,405
141 🇯🇴Jordan 51.3707 205,738
142 🇭🇳Honduras 51.151 158,196
143 🇰🇭Cambodia 51.0352 775,457
144 🇧🇾Belarus 50.4174 -33,484
145 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 49.2787 7,113
146 🇮🇶Iraq 46.3914 688,710
147 🇪🇨Ecuador 45.7892 217,382
148 🇲🇪Montenegro 45.6037 1,618
149 🇲🇽Mexico 45.5579 1,605,157
150 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 44.9283 558,521
151 🇸🇳Senegal 44.7934 226,482
152 🇰🇪Kenya 44.5254 752,360
153 🇫🇯Fiji 43.5014 4,126
154 🇶🇦Qatar 43.1089 14,913
155 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 40.8064 119
156 🇹🇯Tajikistan 40.7084 117,922
157 🇱🇻Latvia 40.5167 -39,449
158 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 38.8347 31,067
159 🇳🇮Nicaragua 37.8039 94,783
160 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 37.7717 710,554
161 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 37.0022 258,914
162 🇵🇼Palau 36.4565 406
163 🇿🇦South Africa 36.0449 429,747
164 🇵🇦Panama 35.9889 54,739
165 🇪🇪Estonia 33.951 -25,920
166 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 33.238 1,153,274
167 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 32.7803 105,322
168 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 31.8921 -989
169 🇨🇴Colombia 31.2608 692,667
170 🇾🇪Yemen 30.5872 589,332
171 🇬🇳Guinea 29.8922 192,626
172 🇺🇸United States of America 29.0213 2,780,300
173 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 28.1069 41,635
174 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 27.9565 14
175 🇨🇲Cameroon 27.2608 352,360
176 🇩🇯Djibouti 27.0367 234
177 🇦🇫Afghanistan 25.0283 924,295
178 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 24.2398 57,960
179 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 23.7059 468,616
180 🇲🇬Madagascar 23.3997 426,268
181 🇱🇷Liberia 22.3207 -69,311
182 🇸🇪Sweden 21.5549 71,250
183 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 20.8372 122,416
184 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 19.6128 20,602
185 🇲🇿Mozambique 19.1178 1,322,977
186 🇧🇷Brazil 19.0551 2,463,930
187 🇨🇱Chile 19.0135 211,768
188 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 18.8028 2,491,659
189 🇵🇪Peru 18.6562 473,444
190 🇺🇾Uruguay 18.3193 16,685
191 🇫🇮Finland 16.8281 20,831
192 🇸🇭Saint Helena 16.4423 -63
193 🇪🇷Eritrea 15.7987 30,460
194 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 15.0984 699
195 🇧🇹Bhutan 14.4423 -4,455
196 🇳🇴Norway 14.2541 23,554
197 🇳🇿New Zealand 13.6693 50,637
198 🇸🇩Sudan 13.6223 620,339
199 🇻🇺Vanuatu 13.3973 3,845
200 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 12.9766 10,949
201 🇦🇷Argentina 12.3982 463,223
202 🇩🇿Algeria 11.7088 594,879
203 🇿🇲Zambia 11.5367 206,518
204 🇸🇴Somalia 11.2009 196,015
205 🇵🇾Paraguay 11.0552 108,659
206 🇳🇨New Caledonia 10.701 4,764
207 🇦🇴Angola 10.6279 437,851
208 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 9.8931 161,773
209 🇷🇺Russian Federation 9.0501 363,409
210 🇳🇺Niue 8.9981 -37
211 🇸🇸South Sudan 8.989 181,810
212 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 8.7602 76,226
213 🇧🇿Belize 8.7285 4,476
214 🇲🇱Mali 8.1684 218,821
215 🇨🇬Congo 7.8277 74,697
216 🇳🇪Niger 7.4195 305,067
217 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7.1332 147,762
218 🇴🇲Oman 6.7264 39,665
219 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 6.3132 -354,405
220 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 5.9311 537,665
221 🇹🇩Chad 5.3871 224,988
222 🇨🇫Central African Republic 5.2296 100,429
223 🇬🇦Gabon 4.2485 28,385
224 🇬🇾Guyana 3.8396 2,749
225 🇨🇦Canada 3.2053 314,211
226 🇱🇾Libya 2.8768 87,016
227 🇸🇷Suriname 2.7075 5,218
228 🇮🇸Iceland 2.6541 1,931
229 🇧🇼Botswana 2.5762 39,679
230 🇦🇺Australia 2.3297 184,529
231 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.1825 75,877
232 🇳🇦Namibia 1.8903 46,898
233 🇬🇫French Guiana 1.583 4,505
234 🇲🇳Mongolia 1.4805 31,114
235 🇪🇭Western Sahara 0.7591 5,406
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.2194 99
237 🇬🇱Greenland 0.1358 -16

Regions with the Highest Population Density in 1994

Rank Region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Asia 109.5069 53,039,790
2 Europe 33.0074 1,178,257
3 Africa 24.1786 17,451,467
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 23.4052 8,014,232
5 Americas 19.7614 11,109,109
6 Northern America 15.8024 3,094,877
7 Oceania 3.366 433,798

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Density in 1994

Rank Sub-region Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Southern Asia 204.6325 27,307,647
2 Western Europe 165.9744 588,305
3 Caribbean 161.9682 416,364
4 Micronesia 148.6098 6,935
5 Eastern Asia 121.4494 12,552,899
6 Southern Europe 110.8731 570,256
7 South-Eastern Asia 106.7804 8,954,136
8 Polynesia 73.1278 6,240
9 Northern Europe 56.8834 217,673
10 Central America 49.2842 2,321,161
11 Western Asia 34.1158 3,866,909
12 Western Africa 34.0229 5,446,903
13 Eastern Africa 32.912 4,542,818
14 Northern Africa 20.33 3,209,131
15 Southern Africa 18.7769 519,434
16 South America 18.0313 5,276,707
17 Eastern Europe 17.1981 -197,977
18 Central Asia 13.7657 358,199
19 Middle Africa 12.7999 3,733,180
20 Melanesia 11.3266 185,457
21 Australia/New Zealand 2.7077 235,166

Income Groups with the Highest Population Density in 1994

Rank Income Group Population Density (p/km²) Overall Population +/-
1 Lower-middle-income countries 83.8806 41,807,249
2 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 60.9441 50,848,174
3 Middle-income countries 53.8854 66,516,895
4 Low-and-middle-income countries 49.0867 75,557,820
5 Upper-middle-income countries 40.8119 24,709,646
6 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 36.4652 31,886,308
7 High-income countries 29.7382 7,176,662
8 Low-income countries 22.7888 9,040,925
9 No income group available 18.3957 474,006

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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