Germany - Population Density 1997
235.0
+0.4 from 1996
Germany's population density was 235.0 in 1997, increased +0.4 from 234.7 in 1996. This was the 164th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1997▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
FAQ
What was Germany's population density in 1997?▾
Germany's population density in 1997 was 235.0. This ranked 164th globally.
How did Germany's population density change in 1997?▾
Germany's population density increased by 0.2% in 1997 compared to 1996.
Which country had the highest population density in 1997?▾
Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1997 at 20,865.0.
What is the population density of Germany in 1997?▾
The population density of Germany in 1997 was 235.0. This ranked 164th globally.
How does 1997 compare to 1996 for Germany's population density?▾
Germany's population density went from 234.7 in 1996 to 235.0 in 1997, a 0.2% increase.
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