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Faroe Islands - Population Density 1979

Name: Faroe Islands Population Density 1979
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

30.5 +0.4 from 1978 Global rank: 73rd

Faroe Islands's population density was 30.5 in 1979, increased +0.4 from 30.1 in 1978. This was the 73rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1979▾

Population Density by Country - 1979
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	0.8%
2nd	Mongolia	1.1	2.5%
3rd	Namibia	1.2	1.6%
4th	Mauritania	1.4	2.9%
5th	Botswana	1.6	6.2%
6th	Libya	1.8	5.9%
7th	Australia	1.9	1.1%
8th	Iceland	2.3	1.0%
9th	Suriname	2.4	-1.0%
10th	Saudi Arabia	2.7	6.0%
11th	Canada	2.7	1.0%
12th	Gabon	2.8	2.5%
13th	Oman	3.1	5.4%
14th	Chad	3.6	2.1%
15th	Central African Republic	3.9	1.1%
16th	Guyana	3.9	0.7%
17th	Niger	4.7	3.0%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	5.2	2.3%
19th	Congo, Republic of	5.2	2.3%
20th	Mali	6.0	2.0%
21st	Belize	6.2	2.1%
22nd	Angola	6.3	3.6%
23rd	Papua New Guinea	6.8	2.1%
24th	Paraguay	7.5	2.6%
25th	Algeria	7.6	3.0%
26th	Zambia	7.6	3.0%
27th	Turks and Caicos Islands	7.7	3.1%
28th	New Caledonia	8.1	1.2%
29th	Solomon Islands	8.2	3.6%
30th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	8.7	13.2%
31st	Bhutan	9.0	3.4%
32nd	Vanuatu	9.3	2.8%
33rd	Equatorial Guinea	10.0	1.2%
34th	Argentina	10.1	1.6%
35th	Norway	11.2	0.3%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	11.4	3.6%
37th	New Zealand	11.8	-0.4%
38th	United Arab Emirates	12.8	12.7%
39th	Djibouti	13.1	8.7%
40th	Peru	13.2	2.5%
41st	Lao PDR	14.0	1.8%
42nd	Mozambique	14.0	3.9%
43rd	Brazil	14.2	2.4%
44th	Madagascar	15.0	3.1%
45th	Chile	15.3	1.5%
46th	Finland	15.6	0.3%
47th	Uruguay	16.8	0.5%
48th	Zimbabwe	17.2	1.6%
49th	Cameroon	17.4	2.8%
50th	Yemen, Republic of	17.5	3.3%
51st	Liberia	19.4	3.0%
52nd	Guinea	20.2	1.7%
53rd	Sweden	20.4	0.2%
54th	Afghanistan	20.9	0.3%
55th	Tanzania	21.0	3.4%
56th	Qatar	22.3	7.0%
57th	Bahamas, The	22.8	2.0%
58th	Colombia	23.0	2.3%
59th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	23.6	3.5%
60th	South Africa	23.6	2.7%
61st	Jordan	24.4	3.4%
62nd	United States	24.6	1.1%
63rd	Burkina Faso	24.7	2.6%
64th	Côte d'Ivoire	24.8	3.9%
65th	Panama	25.7	2.4%
66th	Nicaragua	26.3	2.7%
67th	Kenya	27.2	3.5%
68th	Ecuador	28.7	2.7%
69th	Cambodia	28.8	-2.4%
70th	Guinea-Bissau	29.2	3.6%
71st	Senegal	29.6	2.4%
72nd	Iraq	30.1	3.3%
73rd	Faroe Islands	30.5	1.3%
74th	Honduras	32.3	3.1%
75th	Eswatini	33.6	3.4%
76th	Mexico	33.8	2.6%
77th	Benin	33.9	2.7%
78th	Brunei Darussalam	34.2	3.2%
79th	Fiji	34.3	2.4%
80th	Malaysia	38.4	2.4%
81st	French Polynesia	41.4	3.2%
82nd	Tunisia	41.6	2.3%
83rd	Morocco	42.5	2.6%
84th	Timor-Leste	43.0	1.6%
85th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	43.0	2.5%
86th	Sierra Leone	44.4	2.0%
87th	Lesotho	45.0	2.9%
88th	Costa Rica	45.6	2.7%
89th	Syrian Arab Republic	47.1	3.5%
90th	Ireland	49.0	1.3%
91st	Myanmar	49.9	2.0%
92nd	Ghana	51.0	3.1%
93rd	Togo	52.2	2.6%
94th	Samoa	57.6	0.9%
95th	Türkiye	57.8	2.0%
96th	Guatemala	62.8	2.5%
97th	Malawi	63.9	3.8%
98th	Uganda	65.1	2.4%
99th	Cayman Islands	68.1	4.0%
100th	Gambia, The	68.2	3.4%
101st	Andorra	73.0	4.8%
102nd	British Virgin Islands	73.1	0.7%
103rd	Cyprus	73.3	0.8%
104th	Greece	74.1	1.3%
105th	Kiribati	74.3	0.5%
106th	Spain	74.5	0.9%
107th	Nigeria	78.5	3.1%
108th	Cabo Verde	79.3	1.1%
109th	Bulgaria	79.8	0.1%
110th	Kuwait	79.9	6.2%
111th	Indonesia	80.3	2.5%
112th	Thailand	87.5	2.1%
113th	Cuba	90.9	0.5%
114th	Austria	91.5	-0.2%
115th	Albania	95.5	2.0%
116th	Romania	95.9	0.6%
117th	Dominica	97.3	0.3%
118th	São Tomé and Principe	100.3	2.6%
119th	France	102.0	0.4%
120th	Pakistan	102.5	3.5%
121st	China	103.2	1.3%
122nd	Portugal	105.6	1.1%
123rd	Nepal	106.2	2.4%
124th	Isle of Man	110.9	1.3%
125th	European Union	113.0	0.4%
126th	Poland	115.1	0.8%
127th	Dominican Republic	115.7	2.5%
128th	Hungary	119.0	0.2%
129th	St. Kitts and Nevis	123.0	-0.4%
130th	Denmark	127.9	0.2%
131st	Tonga	135.5	0.3%
132nd	Seychelles	136.3	0.9%
133rd	Antigua and Barbuda	146.1	0.4%
134th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	149.4	1.4%
135th	Philippines	157.0	2.7%
136th	Viet Nam	157.8	2.2%
137th	American Samoa	158.1	1.7%
138th	Switzerland	159.2	0.2%
139th	Liechtenstein	159.8	2.2%
140th	Burundi	163.7	2.5%
141st	Israel	175.0	2.6%
142nd	Comoros	176.1	3.2%
143rd	Italy	191.5	0.3%
144th	St. Lucia	192.7	1.5%
145th	Jamaica	195.7	1.2%
146th	Guam	199.3	2.1%
147th	Haiti	199.8	1.9%
148th	Rwanda	210.4	3.1%
149th	Trinidad and Tobago	215.9	1.3%
150th	El Salvador	216.2	2.0%
151st	Germany	223.8	0.0%
152nd	India	225.7	2.4%
153rd	Sri Lanka	232.5	1.9%
154th	United Kingdom	232.5	0.1%
155th	Tuvalu	239.5	3.3%
156th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	265.3	0.7%
157th	Virgin Islands (US)	274.8	0.3%
158th	Grenada	280.9	-0.8%
159th	Lebanon	281.8	2.1%
160th	Japan	316.3	0.9%
161st	Aruba	328.8	0.7%
162nd	San Marino	355.3	1.4%
163rd	Puerto Rico (US)	357.2	1.2%
164th	Nauru	373.4	2.3%
165th	Korea	389.1	1.5%
166th	Netherlands	415.8	0.7%
167th	Mauritius	467.9	1.8%
168th	Bahrain	497.8	4.7%
169th	Maldives	534.5	2.7%
170th	Barbados	584.3	-0.1%
171st	Channel Islands	657.7	0.2%
172nd	Bangladesh	660.2	2.4%
173rd	Malta	979.2	1.0%
174th	Bermuda	991.1	0.2%
175th	Gibraltar	2,857.5	0.5%
176th	Singapore	3,557.5	1.3%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	4,929.7	5.6%
178th	Macao SAR, China	11,760.0	1.2%
179th	Monaco	13,266.9	1.1%

FAQ

What was Faroe Islands's population density in 1979?▾

Faroe Islands's population density in 1979 was 30.5. This ranked 73rd globally.

How did Faroe Islands's population density change in 1979?▾

Faroe Islands's population density increased by 1.3% in 1979 compared to 1978.

Which country had the highest population density in 1979?▾

Monaco had the highest population density in 1979 at 13,266.9.

What is the population density of Faroe Islands in 1979?▾

The population density of Faroe Islands in 1979 was 30.5. This ranked 73rd globally.

How does 1979 compare to 1978 for Faroe Islands's population density?▾

Faroe Islands's population density went from 30.1 in 1978 to 30.5 in 1979, a 1.3% increase.

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