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Bangladesh - Population Density 1988

Name: Bangladesh Population Density 1988
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

823.7 +17.3 from 1987 Global rank: 172nd

Bangladesh's population density was 823.7 in 1988, increased +17.3 from 806.3 in 1987. This was the 172nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1988▾

Population Density by Country - 1988
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.2	1.3%
2nd	Mongolia	1.3	2.6%
3rd	Namibia	1.5	3.6%
4th	Mauritania	1.8	2.9%
5th	Australia	2.2	1.6%
6th	Botswana	2.2	3.0%
7th	Libya	2.4	2.6%
8th	Iceland	2.5	1.6%
9th	Suriname	2.5	1.3%
10th	Canada	3.0	1.3%
11th	Gabon	3.6	2.8%
12th	Guyana	3.9	-0.6%
13th	Central African Republic	4.4	1.7%
14th	Chad	4.5	3.4%
15th	Saudi Arabia	4.5	5.5%
16th	Oman	5.1	5.8%
17th	Niger	6.2	3.1%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	6.3	2.1%
19th	Congo, Republic of	6.6	2.9%
20th	Mali	7.2	1.8%
21st	Belize	7.7	2.2%
22nd	Papua New Guinea	8.2	2.2%
23rd	Angola	8.7	3.5%
24th	New Caledonia	9.2	1.7%
25th	Paraguay	9.6	2.8%
26th	Zambia	9.9	2.8%
27th	Algeria	10.1	2.8%
28th	Solomon Islands	11.1	3.3%
29th	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.3	4.0%
30th	Norway	11.5	0.5%
31st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	11.5	0.1%
32nd	Vanuatu	11.5	2.6%
33rd	Argentina	11.6	1.6%
34th	Bhutan	11.9	3.0%
35th	New Zealand	12.5	0.3%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	15.2	3.3%
37th	Equatorial Guinea	15.7	4.1%
38th	Finland	16.2	0.3%
39th	Mozambique	16.3	-0.2%
40th	Peru	16.4	2.3%
41st	Brazil	17.2	1.9%
42nd	Chile	17.5	1.6%
43rd	Uruguay	17.5	0.6%
44th	Lao PDR	17.6	2.9%
45th	Afghanistan	17.7	1.2%
46th	Madagascar	19.6	2.9%
47th	Sweden	20.7	0.5%
48th	Djibouti	20.9	6.6%
49th	Cameroon	22.6	3.0%
50th	United Arab Emirates	23.7	6.8%
51st	Yemen, Republic of	24.4	4.0%
52nd	Guinea	24.6	2.7%
53rd	Zimbabwe	24.8	3.2%
54th	Liberia	25.4	2.9%
55th	Bahamas, The	26.6	1.7%
56th	United States	26.7	0.9%
57th	Tanzania	28.0	3.1%
58th	Colombia	28.1	2.1%
59th	Panama	31.6	2.2%
60th	South Africa	31.7	3.1%
61st	Burkina Faso	31.8	2.7%
62nd	Nicaragua	33.0	2.3%
63rd	Guinea-Bissau	33.5	1.6%
64th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	33.8	3.3%
65th	Faroe Islands	33.9	1.4%
66th	Qatar	35.4	3.6%
67th	Côte d'Ivoire	35.5	3.9%
68th	Ecuador	36.2	2.4%
69th	Jordan	36.2	4.8%
70th	Kenya	37.5	3.6%
71st	Senegal	37.9	2.9%
72nd	Cambodia	38.6	3.9%
73rd	Iraq	38.7	2.3%
74th	Mexico	41.0	2.0%
75th	Fiji	41.5	1.1%
76th	Honduras	42.1	2.9%
77th	Benin	44.1	3.1%
78th	Brunei Darussalam	45.7	3.0%
79th	Eswatini	46.5	4.7%
80th	Timor-Leste	49.1	1.7%
81st	Malaysia	51.1	3.2%
82nd	Ireland	51.2	-0.4%
83rd	Tunisia	51.3	2.4%
84th	Morocco	52.7	1.9%
85th	French Polynesia	53.3	2.5%
86th	Sierra Leone	54.5	2.7%
87th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	55.4	2.8%
88th	Lesotho	57.3	2.1%
89th	Costa Rica	58.1	2.6%
90th	Myanmar	59.1	1.7%
91st	Samoa	59.5	0.4%
92nd	Syrian Arab Republic	64.1	3.5%
93rd	Ghana	64.3	2.4%
94th	Togo	69.3	3.1%
95th	Türkiye	70.0	2.0%
96th	Spain	77.6	0.2%
97th	Greece	77.9	0.4%
98th	Guatemala	79.6	2.8%
99th	Bulgaria	81.2	0.1%
100th	Uganda	82.4	3.2%
101st	Cyprus	82.9	1.5%
102nd	Kiribati	88.2	2.4%
103rd	Cabo Verde	89.9	1.4%
104th	Austria	91.9	0.1%
105th	Malawi	92.8	5.5%
106th	Dominica	94.1	-0.6%
107th	Gambia, The	95.9	4.2%
108th	Cuba	97.1	0.9%
109th	Indonesia	97.6	1.9%
110th	British Virgin Islands	97.9	3.4%
111th	Cayman Islands	99.8	3.8%
112th	Romania	100.1	0.5%
113th	Nigeria	101.0	2.7%
114th	Thailand	103.7	1.7%
115th	Andorra	105.1	3.7%
116th	France	106.9	0.6%
117th	Portugal	109.5	-0.1%
118th	Albania	114.7	1.9%
119th	European Union	116.2	0.3%
120th	Isle of Man	117.0	1.7%
121st	China	117.3	1.6%
122nd	Hungary	117.9	-0.1%
123rd	Kuwait	119.8	4.0%
124th	São Tomé and Principe	121.8	2.7%
125th	Poland	123.5	0.4%
126th	Denmark	128.2	0.0%
127th	Nepal	130.3	2.1%
128th	Tonga	137.5	0.6%
129th	Pakistan	141.0	3.4%
130th	Dominican Republic	141.9	2.1%
131st	Antigua and Barbuda	144.6	-0.5%
132nd	Seychelles	149.5	0.4%
133rd	St. Kitts and Nevis	157.9	-0.7%
134th	Switzerland	166.8	0.7%
135th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	170.3	1.5%
136th	Liechtenstein	174.7	1.4%
137th	Italy	192.5	0.0%
138th	Viet Nam	193.1	2.0%
139th	Philippines	200.4	2.7%
140th	Israel	205.3	1.7%
141st	Burundi	208.9	2.2%
142nd	Jamaica	216.6	0.7%
143rd	American Samoa	218.1	3.7%
144th	St. Lucia	221.3	1.3%
145th	Germany	223.8	0.4%
146th	Comoros	226.6	2.7%
147th	United Kingdom	235.3	0.2%
148th	Haiti	238.7	2.1%
149th	Trinidad and Tobago	239.8	1.0%
150th	Guam	245.9	2.3%
151st	El Salvador	250.8	2.0%
152nd	Sri Lanka	256.4	1.0%
153rd	India	278.3	2.3%
154th	Rwanda	282.5	3.2%
155th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	283.7	0.6%
156th	Tuvalu	283.9	1.8%
157th	Virgin Islands (US)	288.4	0.1%
158th	Grenada	289.1	0.8%
159th	Aruba	329.6	0.3%
160th	Japan	336.2	0.4%
161st	Lebanon	337.7	2.0%
162nd	San Marino	380.7	0.7%
163rd	Puerto Rico (US)	391.6	0.9%
164th	Korea	435.7	1.0%
165th	Netherlands	437.2	0.6%
166th	Nauru	458.3	2.4%
167th	Mauritius	513.9	0.7%
168th	Barbados	599.4	0.2%
169th	Bahrain	695.5	3.7%
170th	Maldives	703.0	3.4%
171st	Channel Islands	707.5	1.0%
172nd	Bangladesh	823.7	2.2%
173rd	Bermuda	1,050.0	0.8%
174th	Malta	1,085.4	0.8%
175th	Gibraltar	2,783.9	-0.9%
176th	Singapore	4,247.9	2.6%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	5,684.4	0.8%
178th	Monaco	14,692.2	1.1%
179th	Macao SAR, China	15,800.0	3.0%

FAQ

What was Bangladesh's population density in 1988?▾

Bangladesh's population density in 1988 was 823.7. This ranked 172nd globally.

How did Bangladesh's population density change in 1988?▾

Bangladesh's population density increased by 2.2% in 1988 compared to 1987.

Which country had the highest population density in 1988?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1988 at 15,800.0.

What is the population density of Bangladesh in 1988?▾

The population density of Bangladesh in 1988 was 823.7. This ranked 172nd globally.

How does 1988 compare to 1987 for Bangladesh's population density?▾

Bangladesh's population density went from 806.3 in 1987 to 823.7 in 1988, a 2.2% increase.

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