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Afghanistan - Population Density 1985

Name: Afghanistan Population Density 1985
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

17.5 +0.4 from 1984 Global rank: 46th

Afghanistan's population density was 17.5 in 1985, increased +0.4 from 17.2 in 1984. This was the 46th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1985▾

Population Density by Country - 1985
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.2	0.9%
2nd	Mongolia	1.2	2.5%
3rd	Namibia	1.3	2.9%
4th	Mauritania	1.7	2.9%
5th	Botswana	2.0	3.5%
6th	Australia	2.1	1.3%
7th	Libya	2.2	3.3%
8th	Iceland	2.4	0.8%
9th	Suriname	2.4	1.3%
10th	Canada	2.9	0.9%
11th	Gabon	3.3	2.8%
12th	Saudi Arabia	3.8	5.9%
13th	Guyana	3.9	-0.3%
14th	Chad	4.0	1.0%
15th	Central African Republic	4.2	1.3%
16th	Oman	4.3	6.2%
17th	Niger	5.6	3.0%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	5.9	2.1%
19th	Congo, Republic of	6.0	3.0%
20th	Mali	6.9	2.0%
21st	Belize	7.2	2.3%
22nd	Papua New Guinea	7.7	2.2%
23rd	Angola	7.8	3.7%
24th	New Caledonia	8.8	1.7%
25th	Paraguay	8.8	2.9%
26th	Zambia	9.1	3.0%
27th	Algeria	9.2	3.5%
28th	Turks and Caicos Islands	10.0	4.5%
29th	Solomon Islands	10.1	3.4%
30th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	10.7	4.1%
31st	Vanuatu	10.7	2.6%
32nd	Bhutan	10.9	3.2%
33rd	Argentina	11.1	1.6%
34th	Norway	11.4	0.3%
35th	New Zealand	12.3	0.6%
36th	Equatorial Guinea	13.7	5.7%
37th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	13.8	3.4%
38th	Peru	15.4	2.5%
39th	Mozambique	16.0	1.9%
40th	Finland	16.1	0.4%
41st	Lao PDR	16.2	2.8%
42nd	Brazil	16.2	2.2%
43rd	Chile	16.7	1.5%
44th	Uruguay	17.2	0.5%
45th	Djibouti	17.4	4.9%
46th	Afghanistan	17.5	2.1%
47th	Madagascar	17.9	2.9%
48th	United Arab Emirates	19.4	5.5%
49th	Sweden	20.5	0.2%
50th	Cameroon	20.7	3.0%
51st	Yemen, Republic of	21.7	3.9%
52nd	Zimbabwe	22.5	3.5%
53rd	Guinea	22.8	2.4%
54th	Liberia	23.3	3.1%
55th	Bahamas, The	25.3	1.7%
56th	Tanzania	25.4	3.3%
57th	United States	26.0	0.9%
58th	Colombia	26.4	2.2%
59th	South Africa	28.9	3.4%
60th	Burkina Faso	29.2	2.9%
61st	Panama	29.6	2.3%
62nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	30.4	3.7%
63rd	Nicaragua	30.8	2.4%
64th	Jordan	31.5	4.7%
65th	Qatar	31.5	5.2%
66th	Côte d'Ivoire	31.6	4.0%
67th	Guinea-Bissau	31.9	1.6%
68th	Faroe Islands	32.7	1.3%
69th	Ecuador	33.6	2.6%
70th	Kenya	33.7	3.7%
71st	Cambodia	34.2	3.4%
72nd	Senegal	34.7	2.8%
73rd	Iraq	35.9	2.4%
74th	Mexico	38.6	2.1%
75th	Honduras	38.6	2.9%
76th	Fiji	39.6	2.4%
77th	Benin	40.2	3.0%
78th	Eswatini	41.1	3.7%
79th	Brunei Darussalam	41.5	3.4%
80th	Malaysia	46.4	3.3%
81st	Timor-Leste	46.9	1.4%
82nd	Tunisia	47.7	2.6%
83rd	French Polynesia	49.5	2.6%
84th	Morocco	49.5	2.4%
85th	Sierra Leone	50.4	2.2%
86th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	51.0	3.0%
87th	Ireland	51.4	0.2%
88th	Lesotho	53.5	2.9%
89th	Costa Rica	53.7	2.8%
90th	Myanmar	56.0	2.0%
91st	Syrian Arab Republic	57.8	3.6%
92nd	Samoa	59.0	0.0%
93rd	Ghana	60.0	2.2%
94th	Togo	63.3	3.2%
95th	Türkiye	65.9	2.2%
96th	Guatemala	73.3	2.9%
97th	Uganda	75.2	2.8%
98th	Spain	77.0	0.4%
99th	Greece	77.1	0.4%
100th	Cyprus	79.1	1.7%
101st	Malawi	80.8	3.9%
102nd	Bulgaria	81.0	0.0%
103rd	Kiribati	82.1	1.9%
104th	Gambia, The	84.9	4.0%
105th	Cabo Verde	86.2	1.4%
106th	British Virgin Islands	88.5	3.5%
107th	Cayman Islands	88.9	4.3%
108th	Austria	91.7	0.0%
109th	Indonesia	92.1	2.2%
110th	Nigeria	93.2	2.9%
111th	Andorra	93.2	3.7%
112th	Cuba	94.6	0.8%
113th	Dominica	95.7	-0.4%
114th	Thailand	98.4	1.9%
115th	Romania	98.7	0.4%
116th	France	105.1	0.5%
117th	Kuwait	106.3	4.0%
118th	Albania	108.2	2.1%
119th	Portugal	109.5	0.3%
120th	China	112.0	1.4%
121st	Isle of Man	113.0	-0.2%
122nd	São Tomé and Principe	113.2	2.1%
123rd	European Union	115.2	0.2%
124th	Hungary	118.5	-0.2%
125th	Poland	121.5	0.8%
126th	Nepal	122.2	2.3%
127th	Pakistan	127.4	3.2%
128th	Denmark	127.8	0.0%
129th	Dominican Republic	133.1	2.2%
130th	Tonga	136.1	0.0%
131st	Seychelles	141.8	0.8%
132nd	Antigua and Barbuda	146.8	-0.4%
133rd	St. Kitts and Nevis	161.1	-0.6%
134th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	162.9	1.5%
135th	Switzerland	163.7	0.4%
136th	Liechtenstein	168.0	1.1%
137th	Viet Nam	181.5	2.3%
138th	Philippines	185.2	2.8%
139th	Italy	192.4	0.0%
140th	American Samoa	195.5	3.8%
141st	Israel	195.6	1.8%
142nd	Burundi	196.0	2.2%
143rd	Comoros	208.7	2.8%
144th	Jamaica	211.5	1.2%
145th	St. Lucia	211.7	1.6%
146th	Germany	222.5	-0.2%
147th	Haiti	224.6	2.0%
148th	Guam	229.8	2.3%
149th	Trinidad and Tobago	231.5	1.2%
150th	United Kingdom	233.7	0.2%
151st	El Salvador	236.2	2.0%
152nd	Sri Lanka	247.9	0.7%
153rd	Rwanda	256.1	3.4%
154th	India	259.9	2.4%
155th	Tuvalu	268.2	1.8%
156th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	278.2	0.8%
157th	Grenada	282.7	0.6%
158th	Virgin Islands (US)	287.9	0.2%
159th	Lebanon	314.5	2.1%
160th	Japan	331.4	0.7%
161st	Aruba	342.9	-1.9%
162nd	San Marino	374.8	0.6%
163rd	Puerto Rico (US)	380.7	1.0%
164th	Korea	423.0	1.0%
165th	Nauru	427.6	2.1%
166th	Netherlands	429.3	0.5%
167th	Mauritius	502.7	0.8%
168th	Barbados	594.9	0.4%
169th	Bahrain	623.7	3.7%
170th	Maldives	633.9	3.2%
171st	Channel Islands	687.2	1.0%
172nd	Bangladesh	770.2	2.5%
173rd	Bermuda	1,028.6	0.7%
174th	Malta	1,051.4	1.8%
175th	Gibraltar	2,851.2	-0.5%
176th	Singapore	4,083.5	0.1%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	5,511.3	1.1%
178th	Monaco	14,174.1	1.3%
179th	Macao SAR, China	14,485.0	2.4%

FAQ

What was Afghanistan's population density in 1985?▾

Afghanistan's population density in 1985 was 17.5. This ranked 46th globally.

How did Afghanistan's population density change in 1985?▾

Afghanistan's population density increased by 2.1% in 1985 compared to 1984.

Which country had the highest population density in 1985?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1985 at 14,485.0.

What is the population density of Afghanistan in 1985?▾

The population density of Afghanistan in 1985 was 17.5. This ranked 46th globally.

How does 1985 compare to 1984 for Afghanistan's population density?▾

Afghanistan's population density went from 17.2 in 1984 to 17.5 in 1985, a 2.1% increase.

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