Afghanistan - Population Density 2005
37.4
+1.3 from 2004
Afghanistan's population density was 37.4 in 2005, increased +1.3 from 36.1 in 2004. This was the 61st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2005▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greenland | 0.1 | 0.1% |
| 2nd | Mongolia | 1.6 | 1.1% |
| 3rd | Namibia | 2.4 | 1.3% |
| 4th | Australia | 2.6 | 1.2% |
| 5th | Mauritania | 2.9 | 2.5% |
| 6th | Iceland | 3.0 | 1.6% |
| 7th | Suriname | 3.2 | 1.0% |
| 8th | Botswana | 3.2 | 1.8% |
| 9th | Libya | 3.3 | 2.1% |
| 10th | Canada | 3.6 | 1.0% |
| 11th | Guyana | 3.9 | -0.2% |
| 12th | Gabon | 5.7 | 2.9% |
| 13th | Kazakhstan | 5.9 | 0.7% |
| 14th | Central African Republic | 6.9 | 2.3% |
| 15th | Oman | 7.9 | 2.3% |
| 16th | Chad | 8.2 | 4.1% |
| 17th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 8.6 | 1.7% |
| 18th | Russian Federation | 8.8 | -0.4% |
| 19th | Saudi Arabia | 9.6 | 4.5% |
| 20th | Turkmenistan | 10.8 | 1.9% |
| 21st | Congo, Republic of | 10.8 | 3.7% |
| 22nd | Niger | 10.9 | 3.7% |
| 23rd | Mali | 11.1 | 3.3% |
| 24th | Belize | 12.3 | 3.0% |
| 25th | Norway | 12.7 | 0.7% |
| 26th | New Caledonia | 13.4 | 1.5% |
| 27th | Paraguay | 13.7 | 1.1% |
| 28th | Algeria | 13.9 | 1.5% |
| 29th | Argentina | 14.3 | 1.0% |
| 30th | Papua New Guinea | 14.4 | 3.3% |
| 31st | Angola | 15.5 | 3.7% |
| 32nd | New Zealand | 15.7 | 1.1% |
| 33rd | Zambia | 15.8 | 3.4% |
| 34th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 17.0 | 3.5% |
| 35th | Finland | 17.2 | 0.3% |
| 36th | Solomon Islands | 17.3 | 1.8% |
| 37th | Vanuatu | 17.3 | 2.5% |
| 38th | Bhutan | 17.4 | 1.7% |
| 39th | Uruguay | 18.8 | 0.1% |
| 40th | Peru | 22.0 | 0.9% |
| 41st | Chile | 22.0 | 1.0% |
| 42nd | Eritrea | 22.0 | 2.4% |
| 43rd | Brazil | 22.1 | 1.1% |
| 44th | Sweden | 22.2 | 0.4% |
| 45th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 25.3 | 5.0% |
| 46th | Lao PDR | 25.4 | 1.5% |
| 47th | Mozambique | 25.8 | 2.3% |
| 48th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 25.9 | 3.1% |
| 49th | Kyrgyz Republic | 26.9 | 1.1% |
| 50th | Estonia | 32.0 | -0.6% |
| 51st | United States | 32.3 | 0.9% |
| 52nd | Zimbabwe | 32.3 | 1.0% |
| 53rd | Madagascar | 32.9 | 3.0% |
| 54th | Equatorial Guinea | 33.8 | 5.3% |
| 55th | Liberia | 34.3 | 4.6% |
| 56th | Bahamas, The | 34.4 | 1.2% |
| 57th | Faroe Islands | 34.6 | -0.1% |
| 58th | Latvia | 36.0 | -1.1% |
| 59th | Cameroon | 36.1 | 2.8% |
| 60th | Djibouti | 36.2 | 1.6% |
| 61st | Afghanistan | 37.4 | 3.6% |
| 62nd | Guinea | 37.6 | 2.0% |
| 63rd | Colombia | 38.0 | 1.4% |
| 64th | South Africa | 40.8 | 1.0% |
| 65th | Palau | 43.1 | 0.0% |
| 66th | Yemen, Republic of | 43.2 | 3.1% |
| 67th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 44.1 | 2.2% |
| 68th | Tanzania | 44.2 | 2.8% |
| 69th | Nicaragua | 44.4 | 1.3% |
| 70th | Panama | 44.6 | 1.9% |
| 71st | Belarus | 47.6 | -0.7% |
| 72nd | Fiji | 48.3 | 0.9% |
| 73rd | Guinea-Bissau | 49.1 | 2.4% |
| 74th | Tajikistan | 49.5 | 2.0% |
| 75th | Burkina Faso | 50.9 | 3.2% |
| 76th | Lithuania | 53.0 | -1.6% |
| 77th | Mexico | 54.4 | 1.4% |
| 78th | Ecuador | 55.8 | 1.7% |
| 79th | Senegal | 58.4 | 2.4% |
| 80th | Ireland | 60.4 | 2.2% |
| 81st | Uzbekistan | 60.5 | 1.3% |
| 82nd | Eswatini | 62.7 | 0.5% |
| 83rd | Kenya | 62.9 | 3.1% |
| 84th | Côte d'Ivoire | 63.1 | 2.4% |
| 85th | Timor-Leste | 63.8 | 2.1% |
| 86th | Lesotho | 64.3 | -0.9% |
| 87th | Iraq | 65.0 | 3.0% |
| 88th | United Arab Emirates | 65.7 | 5.3% |
| 89th | Tunisia | 66.0 | 0.9% |
| 90th | Samoa | 66.1 | 0.4% |
| 91st | Honduras | 66.8 | 2.5% |
| 92nd | Morocco | 68.0 | 1.4% |
| 93rd | Brunei Darussalam | 68.1 | 1.7% |
| 94th | Georgia | 68.3 | -0.6% |
| 95th | Jordan | 68.3 | 2.5% |
| 96th | Bulgaria | 70.5 | -0.6% |
| 97th | Qatar | 71.1 | 6.7% |
| 98th | Myanmar | 72.6 | 0.8% |
| 99th | Benin | 74.7 | 3.3% |
| 100th | French Polynesia | 74.8 | 1.5% |
| 101st | Cambodia | 76.1 | 1.5% |
| 102nd | Sierra Leone | 76.2 | 2.7% |
| 103rd | Croatia | 77.0 | 0.1% |
| 104th | Malaysia | 78.6 | 2.3% |
| 105th | North Macedonia | 78.9 | -0.5% |
| 106th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 80.0 | -1.1% |
| 107th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 81.5 | 2.0% |
| 108th | Ukraine | 82.1 | -0.8% |
| 109th | Costa Rica | 83.5 | 1.5% |
| 110th | Greece | 85.2 | 0.3% |
| 111th | Spain | 87.5 | 1.7% |
| 112th | Türkiye | 90.1 | 1.1% |
| 113th | Dominica | 91.6 | 0.1% |
| 114th | Romania | 92.7 | -0.6% |
| 115th | Ghana | 98.7 | 2.7% |
| 116th | Slovenia | 99.3 | 0.2% |
| 117th | Austria | 99.7 | 0.7% |
| 118th | Moldova | 100.6 | -0.3% |
| 119th | Azerbaijan | 101.5 | 1.0% |
| 120th | Syrian Arab Republic | 102.5 | 2.6% |
| 121st | Cuba | 105.8 | 0.2% |
| 122nd | Togo | 107.5 | 2.6% |
| 123rd | European Union | 109.1 | 0.4% |
| 124th | Albania | 109.9 | -0.5% |
| 125th | Armenia | 110.5 | -0.6% |
| 126th | Slovak Republic | 111.7 | 0.0% |
| 127th | Cyprus | 112.1 | 1.8% |
| 128th | Hungary | 112.6 | -0.2% |
| 129th | Portugal | 114.8 | 0.2% |
| 130th | France | 117.2 | 0.8% |
| 131st | Cabo Verde | 120.4 | 1.2% |
| 132nd | Kiribati | 121.0 | 2.0% |
| 133rd | Guatemala | 122.1 | 2.2% |
| 134th | Indonesia | 123.0 | 1.3% |
| 135th | Poland | 124.6 | 0.0% |
| 136th | Kuwait | 125.5 | 3.7% |
| 137th | Thailand | 129.2 | 0.9% |
| 138th | Czechia | 132.2 | 0.1% |
| 139th | Denmark | 135.5 | 0.3% |
| 140th | Northern Mariana Islands | 135.6 | -2.5% |
| 141st | Malawi | 136.2 | 2.7% |
| 142nd | China | 138.9 | 0.6% |
| 143rd | Isle of Man | 139.5 | 0.9% |
| 144th | Uganda | 139.9 | 3.0% |
| 145th | Tonga | 146.8 | 0.6% |
| 146th | British Virgin Islands | 157.8 | 3.4% |
| 147th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 159.2 | -0.5% |
| 148th | Nigeria | 159.2 | 2.8% |
| 149th | Andorra | 164.7 | 4.2% |
| 150th | Gambia, The | 164.7 | 2.8% |
| 151st | São Tomé and Principe | 168.4 | 2.5% |
| 152nd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 178.6 | 0.3% |
| 153rd | Seychelles | 180.1 | 0.5% |
| 154th | Luxembourg | 180.7 | 1.5% |
| 155th | Antigua and Barbuda | 180.9 | 1.1% |
| 156th | Nepal | 183.5 | 1.1% |
| 157th | Switzerland | 188.2 | 0.6% |
| 158th | Dominican Republic | 191.0 | 1.3% |
| 159th | Cayman Islands | 195.0 | 3.2% |
| 160th | Italy | 196.7 | 0.6% |
| 161st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 202.6 | 0.6% |
| 162nd | Liechtenstein | 217.2 | 0.9% |
| 163rd | Pakistan | 227.6 | 2.4% |
| 164th | Germany | 236.5 | -0.1% |
| 165th | Jamaica | 248.1 | 0.6% |
| 166th | United Kingdom | 249.7 | 0.7% |
| 167th | Trinidad and Tobago | 252.3 | -3.8% |
| 168th | Viet Nam | 259.2 | 0.0% |
| 169th | St. Lucia | 271.2 | 0.7% |
| 170th | American Samoa | 283.1 | -0.4% |
| 171st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 288.3 | -0.3% |
| 172nd | Marshall Islands | 288.4 | 0.2% |
| 173rd | El Salvador | 289.8 | 0.0% |
| 174th | Philippines | 295.2 | 1.9% |
| 175th | Burundi | 295.5 | 3.8% |
| 176th | Guam | 304.4 | 0.3% |
| 177th | Virgin Islands (US) | 309.9 | 0.0% |
| 178th | Comoros | 318.5 | 2.1% |
| 179th | Israel | 320.2 | 1.8% |
| 180th | Sri Lanka | 322.4 | 0.6% |
| 181st | Grenada | 322.7 | 0.4% |
| 182nd | Haiti | 328.8 | 1.7% |
| 183rd | Tuvalu | 331.3 | 1.3% |
| 184th | Belgium | 345.5 | 0.6% |
| 185th | Japan | 350.5 | 0.0% |
| 186th | Rwanda | 367.0 | 2.7% |
| 187th | India | 388.4 | 1.6% |
| 188th | Puerto Rico (US) | 430.8 | -0.1% |
| 189th | Lebanon | 456.6 | 1.6% |
| 190th | Netherlands | 483.4 | 0.2% |
| 191st | San Marino | 497.3 | 1.3% |
| 192nd | Korea | 497.5 | 0.2% |
| 193rd | Nauru | 502.5 | -0.1% |
| 194th | Aruba | 542.4 | 2.6% |
| 195th | West Bank and Gaza | 551.6 | 2.6% |
| 196th | Mauritius | 605.1 | 0.6% |
| 197th | Barbados | 624.9 | 0.5% |
| 198th | Channel Islands | 773.4 | 0.7% |
| 199th | Maldives | 1,021.4 | 1.7% |
| 200th | Bangladesh | 1,111.7 | 1.3% |
| 201st | Bermuda | 1,161.3 | 0.2% |
| 202nd | Bahrain | 1,201.1 | 6.4% |
| 203rd | Malta | 1,262.0 | 0.6% |
| 204th | Gibraltar | 2,916.3 | 1.6% |
| 205th | Singapore | 6,191.2 | 2.4% |
| 206th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 6,488.8 | 0.4% |
| 207th | Monaco | 15,890.5 | -0.3% |
| 208th | Macao SAR, China | 16,910.7 | 4.1% |
FAQ
What was Afghanistan's population density in 2005?▾
Afghanistan's population density in 2005 was 37.4. This ranked 61st globally.
How did Afghanistan's population density change in 2005?▾
Afghanistan's population density increased by 3.6% in 2005 compared to 2004.
Which country had the highest population density in 2005?▾
Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2005 at 16,910.7.
What is the population density of Afghanistan in 2005?▾
The population density of Afghanistan in 2005 was 37.4. This ranked 61st globally.
How does 2005 compare to 2004 for Afghanistan's population density?▾
Afghanistan's population density went from 36.1 in 2004 to 37.4 in 2005, a 3.6% increase.
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