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Bulgaria – Population Density 1997

Midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Captures how concentrated the population is across the country. · World Bank
75.1 −0.5 from 1996 G20 rank: 104th

Bulgaria's population density was 75.1 in 1997, decreased +0.5 from 75.6 in 1996. This was the 104th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 1997▾
Population Density by Country – 1997
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Greenland 0.1 -16.6%
2nd Mongolia 1.5 1.4%
3rd Namibia 2.1 2.6%
4th Mauritania 2.3 2.3%
5th Australia 2.4 1.1%
6th Iceland 2.7 0.8%
7th Botswana 2.8 2.3%
8th Suriname 2.8 2.1%
9th Libya 2.9 1.5%
10th Canada 3.3 1.0%
11th Guyana 3.9 0.2%
12th Gabon 4.6 2.6%
13th Central African Republic 5.7 2.8%
14th Kazakhstan 5.9 -2.3%
15th Chad 6.1 3.5%
16th Saudi Arabia 6.7 3.9%
17th Oman 7.1 1.6%
18th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7.5 1.8%
19th Niger 8.2 3.4%
20th Congo, Republic of 8.5 2.2%
21st Mali 8.7 2.3%
22nd Russian Federation 9.0 -0.2%
23rd Turkmenistan 9.2 1.7%
24th Belize 9.5 3.4%
25th Papua New Guinea 11.0 3.6%
26th New Caledonia 11.5 2.2%
27th Angola 11.8 3.5%
28th Norway 12.1 0.5%
29th Paraguay 12.1 2.3%
30th Algeria 12.4 1.9%
31st Zambia 12.4 2.6%
32nd Somalia, Fed. Rep. 12.5 3.6%
33rd Argentina 13.1 1.2%
34th Bhutan 14.0 1.8%
35th Vanuatu 14.3 2.2%
36th New Zealand 14.4 1.3%
37th Solomon Islands 14.6 2.9%
38th Finland 16.9 0.3%
39th Turks and Caicos Islands 17.3 4.5%
40th Uruguay 18.4 0.5%
41st Peru 19.7 1.9%
42nd Brazil 19.9 1.5%
43rd Chile 20.1 1.3%
44th Congo, Democratic Republic of 20.3 1.6%
45th Eritrea 21.3 1.1%
46th Mozambique 21.6 2.8%
47th Sweden 21.7 0.1%
48th Equatorial Guinea 22.0 3.9%
49th Lao PDR 22.3 2.1%
50th Kyrgyz Republic 24.5 1.5%
51st Liberia 25.1 8.1%
52nd Madagascar 25.8 3.3%
53rd Afghanistan 28.3 3.9%
54th Djibouti 29.0 3.6%
55th Cameroon 29.1 2.7%
56th Zimbabwe 29.4 1.9%
57th United States 29.8 1.2%
58th Bahamas, The 31.1 1.5%
59th Faroe Islands 31.6 1.3%
60th Guinea 32.3 2.1%
61st Estonia 33.0 -1.1%
62nd Colombia 33.5 1.8%
63rd Yemen, Republic of 33.9 3.2%
64th Tanzania 35.6 2.0%
65th South Africa 37.6 1.2%
66th Panama 38.2 2.0%
67th Iran, Islamic Republic of 39.1 1.2%
68th Latvia 39.1 -1.0%
69th Palau 39.4 2.6%
70th United Arab Emirates 39.7 8.5%
71st Burkina Faso 40.0 2.6%
72nd Nicaragua 40.0 1.7%
73rd Guinea-Bissau 41.4 1.9%
74th Ecuador 43.5 1.9%
75th Tajikistan 43.9 1.2%
76th Fiji 44.5 1.0%
77th Qatar 47.4 4.1%
78th Senegal 48.2 2.4%
79th Mexico 48.4 1.7%
80th Kenya 49.4 2.8%
81st Belarus 49.9 -0.4%
82nd Côte d'Ivoire 50.5 3.9%
83rd Iraq 50.7 3.1%
84th Ireland 53.3 1.0%
85th Honduras 54.3 2.8%
86th Uzbekistan 55.9 1.7%
87th Lithuania 57.0 -0.7%
88th Jordan 57.2 2.7%
89th Brunei Darussalam 57.9 2.4%
90th Benin 58.4 3.0%
91st Eswatini 58.5 1.7%
92nd Sierra Leone 58.9 1.3%
93rd Tunisia 60.6 1.4%
94th Morocco 61.0 1.5%
95th Timor-Leste 61.7 2.8%
96th French Polynesia 62.6 1.6%
97th Samoa 62.7 0.8%
98th Malaysia 65.1 2.5%
99th Lesotho 65.5 0.8%
100th Cambodia 65.6 7.1%
101st Myanmar 66.9 1.3%
102nd Egypt, Arab Republic of 68.7 2.1%
103rd Costa Rica 72.5 2.3%
104th Bulgaria 75.1 -0.6%
105th Georgia 76.1 -3.2%
106th Bosnia and Herzegovina 78.5 3.7%
107th North Macedonia 78.5 -0.8%
108th Ghana 80.2 2.4%
109th Spain 80.2 0.4%
110th Croatia 81.0 -0.5%
111th Türkiye 81.7 1.5%
112th Greece 82.7 0.5%
113th Syrian Arab Republic 83.9 2.7%
114th Togo 86.9 3.2%
115th Ukraine 87.7 -0.9%
116th Dominica 92.4 -0.2%
117th Azerbaijan 94.2 1.0%
118th Austria 96.6 0.1%
119th Cyprus 97.1 2.0%
120th Romania 98.3 -0.3%
121st Slovenia 98.6 -0.1%
122nd Kuwait 100.3 3.3%
123rd Guatemala 101.3 2.6%
124th Moldova 102.1 -0.3%
125th Cuba 102.4 0.3%
126th Kiribati 103.9 1.8%
127th Cabo Verde 107.4 1.7%
128th European Union 107.9 0.2%
129th Uganda 109.4 2.9%
130th Portugal 110.5 0.4%
131st France 111.3 0.4%
132nd Slovak Republic 111.9 0.2%
133rd Malawi 112.0 2.0%
134th Indonesia 114.0 1.6%
135th Armenia 114.0 -1.0%
136th Hungary 114.6 -0.1%
137th Albania 114.9 -0.6%
138th Thailand 118.9 1.3%
139th Northern Mariana Islands 123.0 9.5%
140th British Virgin Islands 125.0 2.6%
141st Poland 126.2 0.1%
142nd Isle of Man 127.9 1.2%
143rd Nigeria 128.2 2.6%
144th China 131.0 1.0%
145th Denmark 132.1 0.4%
146th Gambia, The 132.3 2.9%
147th Czechia 133.4 -0.1%
148th Andorra 137.7 1.1%
149th Tonga 139.8 0.4%
150th São Tomé and Principe 144.7 1.4%
151st Cayman Islands 148.1 4.1%
152nd Micronesia, Federated States of 158.7 0.3%
153rd Antigua and Barbuda 161.5 2.1%
154th Nepal 162.4 2.1%
155th St. Kitts and Nevis 167.0 1.3%
156th Seychelles 168.1 1.2%
157th Dominican Republic 169.2 1.8%
158th Switzerland 179.3 0.2%
159th Pakistan 184.9 2.9%
160th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 191.9 0.9%
161st Italy 193.4 0.1%
162nd Liechtenstein 195.2 0.6%
163rd Viet Nam 228.0 1.5%
164th Germany 235.0 0.2%
165th Jamaica 235.3 0.9%
166th Burundi 236.4 0.0%
167th United Kingdom 241.0 0.3%
168th Philippines 247.9 2.4%
169th St. Lucia 250.1 1.4%
170th Trinidad and Tobago 254.5 0.4%
171st Israel 269.7 2.5%
172nd American Samoa 271.8 1.9%
173rd Comoros 272.9 1.7%
174th Marshall Islands 273.7 1.0%
175th El Salvador 282.1 0.7%
176th Haiti 285.0 1.9%
177th Guam 285.6 1.3%
178th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 290.1 0.0%
179th Sri Lanka 291.0 1.9%
180th Virgin Islands (US) 309.6 0.2%
181st Grenada 309.7 0.7%
182nd Tuvalu 313.3 0.6%
183rd Rwanda 314.4 15.6%
184th India 336.0 2.0%
185th Japan 345.8 0.2%
186th Lebanon 401.6 1.8%
187th Puerto Rico (US) 423.8 0.9%
188th San Marino 430.0 1.2%
189th West Bank and Gaza 449.6 4.6%
190th Netherlands 462.4 0.5%
191st Korea 476.4 0.9%
192nd Aruba 479.5 4.0%
193rd Nauru 509.9 0.1%
194th Mauritius 565.7 1.3%
195th Barbados 610.2 0.0%
196th Channel Islands 738.5 0.4%
197th Bahrain 829.7 2.7%
198th Maldives 892.4 2.0%
199th Bangladesh 977.2 1.9%
200th Bermuda 1,114.4 0.6%
201st Malta 1,196.2 0.8%
202nd Gibraltar 2,758.2 0.3%
203rd Singapore 5,665.7 3.4%
204th Hong Kong SAR, China 6,180.3 0.8%
205th Monaco 15,818.0 0.7%
206th Macao SAR, China 20,865.0 0.5%
Source: World Bank (EN.POP.DNST)
HistorySaid – pattern alert

Bulgaria matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 1997. Historically: 271 occurrences, 157 successful (58%). Outcome 24 months later: 2.6%. View full analysis →

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