Afghanistan - Population Density 2009
42.1
+1.5 from 2008
Afghanistan's population density was 42.1 in 2009, increased +1.5 from 40.6 in 2008. This was the 64th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2009▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greenland | 0.1 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Mongolia | 1.7 | 1.8% |
| 3rd | Namibia | 2.5 | 1.5% |
| 4th | Australia | 2.8 | 2.1% |
| 5th | Iceland | 3.2 | 0.3% |
| 6th | Mauritania | 3.2 | 3.2% |
| 7th | Suriname | 3.4 | 1.2% |
| 8th | Botswana | 3.5 | 2.1% |
| 9th | Libya | 3.6 | 2.1% |
| 10th | Canada | 3.8 | 1.2% |
| 11th | Guyana | 3.8 | -0.3% |
| 12th | Kazakhstan | 6.2 | 1.2% |
| 13th | Gabon | 6.4 | 3.4% |
| 14th | Central African Republic | 7.3 | -0.7% |
| 15th | Oman | 8.7 | 2.2% |
| 16th | Russian Federation | 8.7 | 0.0% |
| 17th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 9.2 | 1.7% |
| 18th | Chad | 9.4 | 3.6% |
| 19th | Saudi Arabia | 11.3 | 4.0% |
| 20th | Turkmenistan | 11.6 | 2.0% |
| 21st | Congo, Republic of | 12.5 | 4.1% |
| 22nd | Niger | 12.6 | 3.8% |
| 23rd | Mali | 12.7 | 3.3% |
| 24th | Norway | 13.2 | 1.3% |
| 25th | Belize | 13.7 | 2.7% |
| 26th | New Caledonia | 14.1 | 1.3% |
| 27th | Paraguay | 14.3 | 1.0% |
| 28th | Algeria | 14.9 | 1.9% |
| 29th | Argentina | 14.9 | 1.1% |
| 30th | New Zealand | 16.3 | 1.0% |
| 31st | Papua New Guinea | 16.4 | 3.1% |
| 32nd | Finland | 17.6 | 0.5% |
| 33rd | Angola | 18.0 | 3.9% |
| 34th | Zambia | 18.1 | 3.6% |
| 35th | Bhutan | 18.2 | 1.1% |
| 36th | Solomon Islands | 18.5 | 1.8% |
| 37th | Uruguay | 18.9 | 0.2% |
| 38th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 19.1 | 2.6% |
| 39th | Vanuatu | 19.1 | 2.6% |
| 40th | Peru | 22.6 | 0.6% |
| 41st | Sweden | 22.8 | 0.9% |
| 42nd | Chile | 22.9 | 1.0% |
| 43rd | Brazil | 23.0 | 0.9% |
| 44th | Eritrea | 23.9 | 2.5% |
| 45th | Lao PDR | 27.0 | 1.5% |
| 46th | Kyrgyz Republic | 28.1 | 1.3% |
| 47th | Mozambique | 28.5 | 2.6% |
| 48th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 29.3 | 3.1% |
| 49th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 30.1 | 4.2% |
| 50th | Estonia | 31.5 | -0.2% |
| 51st | United States | 33.5 | 0.9% |
| 52nd | Zimbabwe | 34.0 | 1.4% |
| 53rd | Latvia | 34.4 | -1.6% |
| 54th | Faroe Islands | 35.0 | 0.5% |
| 55th | Bahamas, The | 36.2 | 1.3% |
| 56th | Madagascar | 37.1 | 3.0% |
| 57th | Djibouti | 39.3 | 2.1% |
| 58th | Colombia | 39.9 | 1.2% |
| 59th | Cameroon | 40.4 | 2.9% |
| 60th | Equatorial Guinea | 40.5 | 4.7% |
| 61st | Palau | 40.7 | -1.6% |
| 62nd | Liberia | 40.9 | 3.2% |
| 63rd | Guinea | 41.3 | 2.5% |
| 64th | Afghanistan | 42.1 | 3.7% |
| 65th | South Africa | 42.6 | 1.2% |
| 66th | Montenegro | 46.0 | 0.2% |
| 67th | Belarus | 46.8 | -0.2% |
| 68th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 46.9 | 1.2% |
| 69th | Nicaragua | 47.0 | 1.4% |
| 70th | Panama | 47.9 | 1.8% |
| 71st | Yemen, Republic of | 49.1 | 3.2% |
| 72nd | Tanzania | 49.3 | 2.5% |
| 73rd | Fiji | 49.7 | 0.4% |
| 74th | Lithuania | 50.5 | -1.1% |
| 75th | Tajikistan | 53.5 | 2.1% |
| 76th | Guinea-Bissau | 54.3 | 2.6% |
| 77th | Burkina Faso | 57.4 | 3.0% |
| 78th | Mexico | 57.6 | 1.5% |
| 79th | Ecuador | 59.7 | 1.7% |
| 80th | Senegal | 64.1 | 2.4% |
| 81st | Uzbekistan | 64.1 | 1.6% |
| 82nd | Eswatini | 64.3 | 0.6% |
| 83rd | Lesotho | 65.2 | 0.7% |
| 84th | Ireland | 65.8 | 1.0% |
| 85th | Georgia | 66.7 | -0.9% |
| 86th | Samoa | 67.7 | 0.7% |
| 87th | Tunisia | 68.6 | 1.0% |
| 88th | Bulgaria | 68.6 | -0.6% |
| 89th | Côte d'Ivoire | 69.2 | 2.2% |
| 90th | Iraq | 69.2 | 4.5% |
| 91st | Kenya | 71.0 | 3.1% |
| 92nd | Timor-Leste | 71.2 | 2.6% |
| 93rd | Morocco | 71.8 | 1.3% |
| 94th | Brunei Darussalam | 73.0 | 1.9% |
| 95th | Honduras | 73.2 | 2.2% |
| 96th | Myanmar | 74.5 | 0.6% |
| 97th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 75.8 | -1.7% |
| 98th | Croatia | 76.9 | -0.1% |
| 99th | French Polynesia | 77.6 | 0.4% |
| 100th | North Macedonia | 77.7 | -0.6% |
| 101st | Jordan | 80.4 | 1.6% |
| 102nd | Ukraine | 80.5 | -0.4% |
| 103rd | Cambodia | 80.9 | 1.6% |
| 104th | Serbia | 83.7 | -0.4% |
| 105th | Sierra Leone | 83.9 | 2.7% |
| 106th | Benin | 84.3 | 3.0% |
| 107th | Malaysia | 85.6 | 2.0% |
| 108th | Greece | 86.2 | 0.3% |
| 109th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 87.9 | 1.9% |
| 110th | Costa Rica | 88.1 | 1.3% |
| 111th | Romania | 88.5 | -0.9% |
| 112th | Dominica | 91.8 | 0.0% |
| 113th | Spain | 93.0 | 0.9% |
| 114th | Türkiye | 93.6 | 1.4% |
| 115th | United Arab Emirates | 94.4 | 6.4% |
| 116th | Moldova | 99.7 | -0.1% |
| 117th | Austria | 101.1 | 0.3% |
| 118th | Slovenia | 101.2 | 0.9% |
| 119th | Cuba | 106.1 | 0.0% |
| 120th | Albania | 106.8 | -0.7% |
| 121st | Armenia | 107.7 | -0.7% |
| 122nd | Azerbaijan | 108.3 | 2.1% |
| 123rd | Ghana | 109.3 | 2.5% |
| 124th | European Union | 110.5 | 0.2% |
| 125th | Hungary | 110.7 | -1.2% |
| 126th | Slovak Republic | 112.0 | 0.2% |
| 127th | Portugal | 115.4 | 0.0% |
| 128th | Syrian Arab Republic | 119.7 | 1.6% |
| 129th | France | 120.1 | 0.5% |
| 130th | Cyprus | 120.1 | 1.7% |
| 131st | Northern Mariana Islands | 120.3 | -3.2% |
| 132nd | Togo | 120.5 | 2.9% |
| 133rd | Poland | 124.6 | 0.1% |
| 134th | Cabo Verde | 125.6 | 1.0% |
| 135th | Indonesia | 129.5 | 1.3% |
| 136th | Kiribati | 131.4 | 2.2% |
| 137th | Guatemala | 132.7 | 2.0% |
| 138th | Thailand | 133.3 | 0.7% |
| 139th | Czechia | 135.2 | 0.6% |
| 140th | Denmark | 138.1 | 0.5% |
| 141st | Qatar | 138.6 | 12.8% |
| 142nd | China | 141.8 | 0.5% |
| 143rd | Isle of Man | 145.5 | 1.1% |
| 144th | Tonga | 148.9 | 0.2% |
| 145th | Malawi | 152.7 | 3.0% |
| 146th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 154.2 | -0.9% |
| 147th | Kuwait | 156.9 | 5.4% |
| 148th | Uganda | 157.4 | 3.0% |
| 149th | Nigeria | 177.9 | 2.8% |
| 150th | Andorra | 178.5 | 0.5% |
| 151st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 180.4 | 0.2% |
| 152nd | British Virgin Islands | 181.5 | 3.5% |
| 153rd | Gambia, The | 184.9 | 2.9% |
| 154th | São Tomé and Principe | 185.3 | 2.3% |
| 155th | Nepal | 189.6 | 0.7% |
| 156th | Seychelles | 189.8 | 0.4% |
| 157th | Antigua and Barbuda | 191.3 | 1.5% |
| 158th | Luxembourg | 193.4 | 1.9% |
| 159th | Switzerland | 196.0 | 1.3% |
| 160th | Dominican Republic | 200.7 | 1.3% |
| 161st | Italy | 201.4 | 0.6% |
| 162nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 206.6 | 0.5% |
| 163rd | Cayman Islands | 219.2 | 2.9% |
| 164th | Liechtenstein | 223.4 | 0.8% |
| 165th | Germany | 234.9 | -0.2% |
| 166th | Pakistan | 252.1 | 2.6% |
| 167th | Jamaica | 252.7 | 0.4% |
| 168th | Trinidad and Tobago | 255.4 | 0.1% |
| 169th | United Kingdom | 257.4 | 0.8% |
| 170th | Viet Nam | 276.4 | 1.5% |
| 171st | American Samoa | 277.6 | -0.5% |
| 172nd | St. Lucia | 278.5 | 0.6% |
| 173rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 283.4 | -0.5% |
| 174th | Marshall Islands | 289.0 | 0.0% |
| 175th | El Salvador | 291.9 | 0.3% |
| 176th | Guam | 307.7 | 0.3% |
| 177th | Virgin Islands (US) | 309.7 | 0.0% |
| 178th | Philippines | 316.5 | 1.8% |
| 179th | Grenada | 327.2 | 0.3% |
| 180th | Sri Lanka | 331.0 | 0.6% |
| 181st | Comoros | 344.9 | 2.0% |
| 182nd | Israel | 345.9 | 2.4% |
| 183rd | Burundi | 348.4 | 5.2% |
| 184th | Tuvalu | 348.7 | 1.4% |
| 185th | Japan | 351.3 | 0.0% |
| 186th | Haiti | 351.6 | 1.7% |
| 187th | Belgium | 355.9 | 0.8% |
| 188th | Rwanda | 407.8 | 2.6% |
| 189th | India | 412.2 | 1.5% |
| 190th | Puerto Rico (US) | 421.7 | -0.5% |
| 191st | Lebanon | 488.0 | 1.4% |
| 192nd | Netherlands | 490.1 | 0.6% |
| 193rd | Nauru | 500.8 | 0.1% |
| 194th | Korea | 508.0 | 0.4% |
| 195th | San Marino | 551.1 | 4.4% |
| 196th | Aruba | 564.5 | 0.7% |
| 197th | West Bank and Gaza | 612.8 | 2.7% |
| 198th | Mauritius | 614.5 | 0.3% |
| 199th | Barbados | 637.5 | 0.5% |
| 200th | Channel Islands | 795.5 | 0.7% |
| 201st | Bangladesh | 1,159.1 | 0.9% |
| 202nd | Maldives | 1,160.9 | 3.6% |
| 203rd | Bermuda | 1,177.1 | 0.4% |
| 204th | Malta | 1,289.0 | 0.8% |
| 205th | Bahrain | 1,550.5 | 6.8% |
| 206th | Gibraltar | 3,082.3 | 1.3% |
| 207th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 6,640.8 | 0.2% |
| 208th | Singapore | 7,125.1 | 3.1% |
| 209th | Monaco | 15,966.5 | 1.7% |
| 210th | Macao SAR, China | 18,135.6 | -2.1% |
FAQ
What was Afghanistan's population density in 2009?▾
Afghanistan's population density in 2009 was 42.1. This ranked 64th globally.
How did Afghanistan's population density change in 2009?▾
Afghanistan's population density increased by 3.7% in 2009 compared to 2008.
Which country had the highest population density in 2009?▾
Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2009 at 18,135.6.
What is the population density of Afghanistan in 2009?▾
The population density of Afghanistan in 2009 was 42.1. This ranked 64th globally.
How does 2009 compare to 2008 for Afghanistan's population density?▾
Afghanistan's population density went from 40.6 in 2008 to 42.1 in 2009, a 3.7% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Afghanistan matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2009. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). View full analysis →
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