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Brazil - Population Density 1987

Name: Brazil Population Density 1987
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

16.9 +0.3 from 1986 Global rank: 41st

Brazil's population density was 16.9 in 1987, increased +0.3 from 16.6 in 1986. This was the 41st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1987▾

Population Density by Country - 1987
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.2	1.1%
2nd	Mongolia	1.3	2.6%
3rd	Namibia	1.4	3.3%
4th	Mauritania	1.7	2.9%
5th	Botswana	2.1	3.3%
6th	Australia	2.1	1.5%
7th	Libya	2.3	2.8%
8th	Iceland	2.5	1.1%
9th	Suriname	2.5	1.2%
10th	Canada	2.9	1.3%
11th	Gabon	3.5	2.8%
12th	Guyana	3.9	-0.5%
13th	Saudi Arabia	4.2	5.8%
14th	Central African Republic	4.3	1.3%
15th	Chad	4.3	3.6%
16th	Oman	4.8	6.2%
17th	Niger	6.0	3.1%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	6.2	2.1%
19th	Congo, Republic of	6.4	3.0%
20th	Mali	7.1	1.8%
21st	Belize	7.5	2.3%
22nd	Papua New Guinea	8.0	2.2%
23rd	Angola	8.4	3.5%
24th	New Caledonia	9.1	1.7%
25th	Paraguay	9.4	2.9%
26th	Zambia	9.7	2.9%
27th	Algeria	9.8	3.1%
28th	Solomon Islands	10.8	3.3%
29th	Turks and Caicos Islands	10.9	4.2%
30th	Vanuatu	11.3	2.6%
31st	Argentina	11.4	1.6%
32nd	Norway	11.5	0.5%
33rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	11.5	3.6%
34th	Bhutan	11.6	3.1%
35th	New Zealand	12.4	0.9%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	14.7	3.2%
37th	Equatorial Guinea	15.1	4.4%
38th	Peru	16.1	2.3%
39th	Finland	16.2	0.3%
40th	Mozambique	16.3	0.4%
41st	Brazil	16.9	2.0%
42nd	Lao PDR	17.1	2.9%
43rd	Chile	17.2	1.6%
44th	Uruguay	17.4	0.6%
45th	Afghanistan	17.5	-0.3%
46th	Madagascar	19.0	2.9%
47th	Djibouti	19.6	6.6%
48th	Sweden	20.6	0.3%
49th	Cameroon	21.9	3.1%
50th	United Arab Emirates	22.2	7.3%
51st	Yemen, Republic of	23.4	3.9%
52nd	Zimbabwe	24.0	3.4%
53rd	Guinea	24.0	2.6%
54th	Liberia	24.7	3.0%
55th	Bahamas, The	26.2	1.7%
56th	United States	26.5	0.9%
57th	Tanzania	27.1	3.3%
58th	Colombia	27.5	2.1%
59th	South Africa	30.8	3.2%
60th	Burkina Faso	30.9	2.8%
61st	Panama	31.0	2.2%
62nd	Nicaragua	32.3	2.3%
63rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	32.7	3.6%
64th	Guinea-Bissau	33.0	1.6%
65th	Faroe Islands	33.5	1.2%
66th	Côte d'Ivoire	34.1	3.9%
67th	Qatar	34.2	3.8%
68th	Jordan	34.5	4.7%
69th	Ecuador	35.3	2.4%
70th	Kenya	36.2	3.6%
71st	Senegal	36.8	3.0%
72nd	Cambodia	37.2	4.3%
73rd	Iraq	37.8	2.8%
74th	Mexico	40.2	2.0%
75th	Honduras	40.9	2.9%
76th	Fiji	41.1	1.5%
77th	Benin	42.7	3.1%
78th	Brunei Darussalam	44.4	3.3%
79th	Eswatini	44.4	4.0%
80th	Timor-Leste	48.3	1.6%
81st	Malaysia	49.5	3.3%
82nd	Tunisia	50.1	2.5%
83rd	Ireland	51.4	0.0%
84th	Morocco	51.7	2.0%
85th	French Polynesia	52.0	2.6%
86th	Sierra Leone	53.1	2.7%
87th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	53.9	2.8%
88th	Lesotho	56.1	2.2%
89th	Costa Rica	56.7	2.7%
90th	Myanmar	58.1	1.8%
91st	Samoa	59.2	0.4%
92nd	Syrian Arab Republic	62.0	3.5%
93rd	Ghana	62.8	2.3%
94th	Togo	67.2	3.1%
95th	Türkiye	68.7	2.1%
96th	Guatemala	77.4	2.8%
97th	Spain	77.5	0.3%
98th	Greece	77.6	0.3%
99th	Uganda	79.8	3.1%
100th	Bulgaria	81.1	0.1%
101st	Cyprus	81.7	1.6%
102nd	Kiribati	86.1	2.5%
103rd	Malawi	88.0	4.9%
104th	Cabo Verde	88.7	1.4%
105th	Austria	91.8	0.1%
106th	Gambia, The	92.0	4.1%
107th	British Virgin Islands	94.6	3.4%
108th	Dominica	94.7	-0.5%
109th	Indonesia	95.8	2.0%
110th	Cayman Islands	96.1	3.9%
111th	Cuba	96.2	0.9%
112th	Nigeria	98.4	2.7%
113th	Romania	99.6	0.5%
114th	Andorra	101.4	4.2%
115th	Thailand	101.9	1.8%
116th	France	106.3	0.5%
117th	Portugal	109.6	0.0%
118th	Albania	112.5	2.0%
119th	Isle of Man	115.1	1.4%
120th	Kuwait	115.2	4.1%
121st	China	115.5	1.6%
122nd	European Union	115.8	0.3%
123rd	Hungary	118.1	-0.2%
124th	São Tomé and Principe	118.7	2.5%
125th	Poland	123.0	0.6%
126th	Nepal	127.6	2.1%
127th	Denmark	128.2	0.1%
128th	Pakistan	136.4	3.5%
129th	Tonga	136.6	0.4%
130th	Dominican Republic	138.9	2.2%
131st	Antigua and Barbuda	145.3	-0.5%
132nd	Seychelles	148.9	4.3%
133rd	St. Kitts and Nevis	159.0	-0.6%
134th	Switzerland	165.6	0.6%
135th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	167.8	1.5%
136th	Liechtenstein	172.2	1.2%
137th	Viet Nam	189.2	2.1%
138th	Italy	192.5	0.0%
139th	Philippines	195.0	2.7%
140th	Israel	201.9	1.6%
141st	Burundi	204.4	2.3%
142nd	American Samoa	210.4	3.7%
143rd	Jamaica	215.1	0.8%
144th	St. Lucia	218.4	1.5%
145th	Comoros	220.5	2.8%
146th	Germany	223.0	0.2%
147th	Haiti	233.9	2.0%
148th	United Kingdom	234.8	0.2%
149th	Trinidad and Tobago	237.3	1.2%
150th	Guam	240.5	2.3%
151st	El Salvador	245.8	2.0%
152nd	Sri Lanka	253.8	1.2%
153rd	India	272.1	2.3%
154th	Rwanda	273.6	3.3%
155th	Tuvalu	279.0	1.9%
156th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	282.1	0.7%
157th	Grenada	286.8	0.8%
158th	Virgin Islands (US)	288.3	0.1%
159th	Aruba	328.7	-1.3%
160th	Lebanon	330.9	2.6%
161st	Japan	334.8	0.5%
162nd	San Marino	378.1	0.2%
163rd	Puerto Rico (US)	388.0	0.9%
164th	Korea	431.5	1.0%
165th	Netherlands	434.4	0.6%
166th	Nauru	447.3	2.3%
167th	Mauritius	510.4	0.8%
168th	Barbados	598.3	0.3%
169th	Bahrain	670.8	3.7%
170th	Maldives	679.8	3.6%
171st	Channel Islands	700.7	1.0%
172nd	Bangladesh	806.3	2.3%
173rd	Bermuda	1,041.9	0.7%
174th	Malta	1,076.5	0.7%
175th	Gibraltar	2,809.6	-0.8%
176th	Singapore	4,141.5	1.5%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	5,636.9	1.0%
178th	Monaco	14,526.9	1.2%
179th	Macao SAR, China	15,342.5	3.6%

FAQ

What was Brazil's population density in 1987?▾

Brazil's population density in 1987 was 16.9. This ranked 41st globally.

How did Brazil's population density change in 1987?▾

Brazil's population density increased by 2.0% in 1987 compared to 1986.

Which country had the highest population density in 1987?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1987 at 15,342.5.

What is the population density of Brazil in 1987?▾

The population density of Brazil in 1987 was 16.9. This ranked 41st globally.

How does 1987 compare to 1986 for Brazil's population density?▾

Brazil's population density went from 16.6 in 1986 to 16.9 in 1987, a 2.0% increase.

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