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Cameroon - Population Density 1971

Name: Cameroon Population Density 1971
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

14.0 +0.4 from 1970 Global rank: 49th

Cameroon's population density was 14.0 in 1971, increased +0.4 from 13.6 in 1970. This was the 49th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1971▾

Population Density by Country - 1971
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	1.7%
2nd	Mongolia	0.9	2.7%
3rd	Namibia	0.9	3.0%
4th	Botswana	1.1	1.7%
5th	Mauritania	1.1	3.1%
6th	Libya	1.2	3.4%
7th	Australia	1.7	3.4%
8th	Saudi Arabia	1.7	4.5%
9th	Iceland	2.1	0.8%
10th	Oman	2.2	2.8%
11th	Gabon	2.4	2.1%
12th	Suriname	2.4	3.3%
13th	Canada	2.4	3.0%
14th	Chad	3.0	2.1%
15th	Central African Republic	3.4	2.1%
16th	Guyana	3.6	1.4%
17th	Niger	3.8	2.7%
18th	Congo, Republic of	4.2	3.1%
19th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	4.3	2.3%
20th	United Arab Emirates	4.7	16.9%
21st	Angola	4.8	2.4%
22nd	Mali	5.2	1.6%
23rd	Belize	5.4	1.7%
24th	Papua New Guinea	5.7	2.4%
25th	Algeria	5.9	2.3%
26th	Zambia	6.0	2.8%
27th	Turks and Caicos Islands	6.1	1.5%
28th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	6.1	2.7%
29th	Paraguay	6.1	2.3%
30th	New Caledonia	6.3	4.7%
31st	Solomon Islands	6.5	2.3%
32nd	Djibouti	6.7	6.9%
33rd	Bhutan	6.8	3.5%
34th	Vanuatu	7.3	3.0%
35th	Argentina	8.9	1.6%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	9.1	2.8%
37th	Norway	10.7	0.7%
38th	Mozambique	10.8	2.5%
39th	Peru	10.8	2.5%
40th	New Zealand	10.8	1.5%
41st	Equatorial Guinea	11.3	-1.5%
42nd	Qatar	11.3	12.9%
43rd	Brazil	11.7	2.5%
44th	Madagascar	11.8	3.0%
45th	Lao PDR	11.8	2.4%
46th	Chile	13.5	1.7%
47th	Yemen, Republic of	13.7	2.7%
48th	Zimbabwe	13.9	3.0%
49th	Cameroon	14.0	2.7%
50th	Finland	15.1	0.1%
51st	Liberia	15.6	2.6%
52nd	Tanzania	15.8	3.5%
53rd	Uruguay	16.0	0.6%
54th	Guinea	17.7	1.8%
55th	Afghanistan	17.7	2.5%
56th	Côte d'Ivoire	17.8	4.4%
57th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	18.4	3.0%
58th	Jordan	18.6	5.1%
59th	South Africa	18.9	3.0%
60th	Bahamas, The	19.1	3.2%
61st	Colombia	19.2	2.4%
62nd	Sweden	19.9	0.7%
63rd	Kenya	20.7	3.7%
64th	Nicaragua	20.8	3.2%
65th	Guinea-Bissau	20.8	0.3%
66th	Burkina Faso	20.9	1.7%
67th	Panama	20.9	2.8%
68th	United States	22.7	1.3%
69th	Ecuador	22.9	3.0%
70th	Iraq	23.0	3.5%
71st	Senegal	23.9	3.0%
72nd	Honduras	25.3	3.1%
73rd	Brunei Darussalam	26.2	2.1%
74th	Eswatini	26.3	2.7%
75th	Mexico	27.0	3.1%
76th	Faroe Islands	27.7	1.1%
77th	Benin	27.8	2.3%
78th	Fiji	29.6	1.9%
79th	Malaysia	31.7	2.4%
80th	French Polynesia	32.2	3.5%
81st	Tunisia	33.9	2.5%
82nd	Morocco	34.8	2.6%
83rd	Lesotho	34.8	3.6%
84th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	35.6	2.3%
85th	Syrian Arab Republic	35.9	3.4%
86th	Costa Rica	37.0	2.7%
87th	Cambodia	37.5	-0.3%
88th	Timor-Leste	37.9	1.8%
89th	Sierra Leone	38.3	1.9%
90th	Ghana	40.3	2.8%
91st	Myanmar	42.5	2.3%
92nd	Togo	42.6	3.3%
93rd	Ireland	43.4	1.2%
94th	Andorra	45.6	7.3%
95th	Cayman Islands	46.2	5.5%
96th	Kuwait	48.5	6.9%
97th	Türkiye	48.7	2.4%
98th	Samoa	50.4	1.5%
99th	Malawi	50.4	2.5%
100th	Guatemala	51.7	2.6%
101st	Uganda	53.1	2.9%
102nd	Gambia, The	53.3	2.9%
103rd	Nigeria	62.8	2.4%
104th	Indonesia	65.6	2.7%
105th	British Virgin Islands	67.3	1.6%
106th	Spain	68.5	1.2%
107th	Greece	68.5	0.4%
108th	Cyprus	70.8	1.0%
109th	Thailand	72.3	2.7%
110th	Kiribati	72.4	2.0%
111th	Cabo Verde	73.0	2.1%
112th	Bulgaria	77.2	0.6%
113th	Albania	79.8	2.5%
114th	Pakistan	80.2	2.8%
115th	São Tomé and Principe	82.6	2.2%
116th	Cuba	83.6	1.8%
117th	Romania	88.8	1.0%
118th	Nepal	88.9	2.2%
119th	China	89.6	2.8%
120th	Austria	90.9	0.4%
121st	Dominica	92.7	0.9%
122nd	Dominican Republic	93.7	2.8%
123rd	Portugal	94.5	-0.4%
124th	France	97.4	0.9%
125th	Isle of Man	99.0	2.0%
126th	Poland	107.0	0.4%
127th	European Union	108.1	0.6%
128th	Hungary	115.2	0.3%
129th	Seychelles	118.9	2.0%
130th	Tonga	119.3	1.8%
131st	Denmark	124.1	0.7%
132nd	St. Kitts and Nevis	126.3	-0.9%
133rd	Philippines	129.1	2.4%
134th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	129.3	2.6%
135th	Viet Nam	130.4	2.3%
136th	Liechtenstein	135.0	2.2%
137th	Comoros	135.3	3.1%
138th	American Samoa	137.7	1.9%
139th	Burundi	140.9	2.5%
140th	Israel	141.8	3.2%
141st	Antigua and Barbuda	147.1	0.3%
142nd	Switzerland	157.2	0.5%
143rd	Rwanda	166.2	3.0%
144th	Guam	167.5	2.4%
145th	Haiti	171.4	1.9%
146th	St. Lucia	171.4	1.4%
147th	Jamaica	175.8	1.4%
148th	El Salvador	180.2	2.4%
149th	Italy	183.9	0.5%
150th	India	187.7	2.2%
151st	Tuvalu	189.5	0.4%
152nd	Trinidad and Tobago	195.4	1.1%
153rd	Sri Lanka	200.2	2.2%
154th	Virgin Islands (US)	202.7	11.8%
155th	Germany	224.3	0.2%
156th	United Kingdom	231.0	0.4%
157th	Lebanon	239.1	2.5%
158th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	248.4	0.9%
159th	Japan	288.2	2.2%
160th	Grenada	290.1	0.2%
161st	San Marino	307.0	1.4%
162nd	Puerto Rico (US)	311.4	1.6%
163rd	Aruba	326.6	-0.3%
164th	Bahrain	334.4	2.6%
165th	Nauru	338.1	0.8%
166th	Korea	340.9	2.0%
167th	Netherlands	390.8	1.2%
168th	Mauritius	413.4	1.6%
169th	Maldives	423.5	3.1%
170th	Bangladesh	539.9	1.8%
171st	Barbados	579.5	-0.1%
172nd	Channel Islands	629.1	1.0%
173rd	Malta	945.9	0.0%
174th	Bermuda	974.2	0.9%
175th	Gibraltar	2,702.0	1.4%
176th	Singapore	3,153.6	1.9%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	3,966.0	2.2%
178th	Monaco	12,124.3	1.4%
179th	Macao SAR, China	12,370.0	-3.9%

FAQ

What was Cameroon's population density in 1971?▾

Cameroon's population density in 1971 was 14.0. This ranked 49th globally.

How did Cameroon's population density change in 1971?▾

Cameroon's population density increased by 2.7% in 1971 compared to 1970.

Which country had the highest population density in 1971?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1971 at 12,370.0.

What is the population density of Cameroon in 1971?▾

The population density of Cameroon in 1971 was 14.0. This ranked 49th globally.

How does 1971 compare to 1970 for Cameroon's population density?▾

Cameroon's population density went from 13.6 in 1970 to 14.0 in 1971, a 2.7% increase.

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