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Hong Kong SAR, China - Population Density 1981

Name: Hong Kong SAR, China Population Density 1981
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

5,183.4 +120.3 from 1980 Global rank: 177th

Hong Kong SAR, China's population density was 5,183.4 in 1981, increased +120.3 from 5,063.1 in 1980. This was the 177th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1981▾

Population Density by Country - 1981
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	1.6%
2nd	Mongolia	1.1	2.4%
3rd	Namibia	1.2	1.1%
4th	Mauritania	1.5	2.9%
5th	Botswana	1.7	3.5%
6th	Australia	1.9	1.6%
7th	Libya	2.1	5.8%
8th	Iceland	2.3	1.1%
9th	Suriname	2.3	0.0%
10th	Canada	2.8	1.2%
11th	Gabon	3.0	2.7%
12th	Saudi Arabia	3.0	6.2%
13th	Oman	3.4	5.6%
14th	Chad	3.6	0.1%
15th	Guyana	3.9	0.3%
16th	Central African Republic	4.0	1.1%
17th	Niger	5.0	3.0%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	5.4	2.2%
19th	Congo, Republic of	5.5	2.2%
20th	Mali	6.3	2.2%
21st	Belize	6.5	2.6%
22nd	Angola	6.8	3.7%
23rd	Papua New Guinea	7.1	2.1%
24th	Paraguay	7.9	2.8%
25th	Zambia	8.0	3.1%
26th	Algeria	8.1	3.3%
27th	New Caledonia	8.3	1.1%
28th	Turks and Caicos Islands	8.3	4.5%
29th	Solomon Islands	8.8	3.5%
30th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	9.5	0.8%
31st	Bhutan	9.6	3.3%
32nd	Vanuatu	9.7	2.2%
33rd	Argentina	10.4	1.6%
34th	Equatorial Guinea	10.8	5.1%
35th	Norway	11.2	0.3%
36th	New Zealand	11.9	0.4%
37th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	12.1	3.0%
38th	Peru	13.9	2.5%
39th	Lao PDR	14.6	2.2%
40th	Mozambique	14.7	2.0%
41st	Djibouti	14.8	5.3%
42nd	Brazil	14.8	2.4%
43rd	United Arab Emirates	15.5	8.3%
44th	Chile	15.7	1.5%
45th	Finland	15.8	0.4%
46th	Madagascar	16.0	3.0%
47th	Uruguay	16.9	0.4%
48th	Afghanistan	18.3	-9.4%
49th	Cameroon	18.7	3.6%
50th	Yemen, Republic of	18.7	3.6%
51st	Zimbabwe	19.4	6.5%
52nd	Sweden	20.4	0.1%
53rd	Liberia	20.6	3.0%
54th	Guinea	20.9	1.9%
55th	Tanzania	22.3	3.1%
56th	Bahamas, The	23.6	1.8%
57th	Colombia	24.1	2.3%
58th	United States	25.1	1.0%
59th	South Africa	25.2	3.5%
60th	Qatar	25.3	6.4%
61st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	25.8	5.4%
62nd	Burkina Faso	26.1	2.8%
63rd	Jordan	26.4	4.1%
64th	Côte d'Ivoire	26.9	4.1%
65th	Panama	27.0	2.4%
66th	Nicaragua	27.8	2.9%
67th	Kenya	29.2	3.6%
68th	Cambodia	29.9	1.6%
69th	Guinea-Bissau	30.0	1.6%
70th	Ecuador	30.3	2.7%
71st	Senegal	31.1	2.6%
72nd	Faroe Islands	31.3	1.3%
73rd	Iraq	32.0	3.0%
74th	Honduras	34.3	3.1%
75th	Mexico	35.4	2.4%
76th	Benin	35.8	2.9%
77th	Eswatini	35.9	3.4%
78th	Fiji	36.0	2.4%
79th	Brunei Darussalam	36.4	3.2%
80th	Malaysia	40.8	3.2%
81st	Tunisia	43.5	2.3%
82nd	French Polynesia	44.1	3.2%
83rd	Timor-Leste	44.4	1.6%
84th	Morocco	44.8	2.7%
85th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	45.4	2.7%
86th	Sierra Leone	46.3	2.0%
87th	Lesotho	47.7	3.0%
88th	Costa Rica	48.1	2.8%
89th	Ireland	50.1	1.2%
90th	Syrian Arab Republic	50.4	3.4%
91st	Myanmar	51.8	1.9%
92nd	Ghana	54.0	2.8%
93rd	Togo	55.4	3.2%
94th	Samoa	58.5	0.8%
95th	Türkiye	60.2	2.0%
96th	Guatemala	66.0	2.5%
97th	Uganda	67.8	2.1%
98th	Malawi	69.1	4.0%
99th	Gambia, The	73.0	3.5%
100th	Cyprus	74.6	0.9%
101st	Cayman Islands	74.6	4.8%
102nd	Greece	75.5	0.9%
103rd	Spain	75.6	0.7%
104th	British Virgin Islands	76.5	3.1%
105th	Kiribati	76.7	1.6%
106th	Andorra	79.1	3.9%
107th	Bulgaria	80.4	0.3%
108th	Cabo Verde	81.4	1.4%
109th	Nigeria	83.5	3.1%
110th	Indonesia	84.2	2.4%
111th	Kuwait	88.9	5.2%
112th	Thailand	91.2	2.0%
113th	Cuba	91.7	0.5%
114th	Austria	91.7	0.3%
115th	Romania	97.0	0.7%
116th	Dominica	97.3	-0.1%
117th	Albania	99.5	2.0%
118th	France	103.2	0.6%
119th	São Tomé and Principe	104.8	2.1%
120th	China	105.9	1.3%
121st	Portugal	107.7	0.9%
122nd	Pakistan	111.3	4.3%
123rd	Nepal	111.3	2.4%
124th	Isle of Man	113.3	0.8%
125th	European Union	114.0	0.4%
126th	Poland	117.2	0.9%
127th	Hungary	119.2	0.0%
128th	Dominican Republic	121.5	2.4%
129th	Denmark	128.0	0.0%
130th	Tonga	136.0	0.1%
131st	Seychelles	139.2	1.2%
132nd	Antigua and Barbuda	147.0	0.2%
133rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	153.7	1.5%
134th	Liechtenstein	160.5	0.6%
135th	Switzerland	160.7	0.5%
136th	St. Kitts and Nevis	164.2	-0.4%
137th	Viet Nam	165.1	2.4%
138th	Philippines	165.4	2.6%
139th	American Samoa	167.9	3.6%
140th	Burundi	177.8	4.2%
141st	Israel	182.8	2.0%
142nd	Comoros	186.7	2.9%
143rd	Italy	192.1	0.1%
144th	St. Lucia	198.6	1.6%
145th	Jamaica	200.7	1.3%
146th	Haiti	207.7	1.9%
147th	Guam	209.1	2.5%
148th	El Salvador	220.6	0.7%
149th	Trinidad and Tobago	221.3	1.2%
150th	Rwanda	224.0	3.2%
151st	Germany	224.6	0.2%
152nd	United Kingdom	232.9	0.0%
153rd	India	236.7	2.4%
154th	Sri Lanka	240.8	1.7%
155th	Tuvalu	250.9	2.2%
156th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	269.4	0.8%
157th	Grenada	276.6	-0.5%
158th	Virgin Islands (US)	285.3	0.2%
159th	Lebanon	294.1	2.2%
160th	Japan	321.1	0.7%
161st	Aruba	336.5	1.1%
162nd	San Marino	364.0	1.2%
163rd	Puerto Rico (US)	365.6	1.1%
164th	Nauru	392.0	2.5%
165th	Korea	401.4	1.6%
166th	Netherlands	422.0	0.7%
167th	Mauritius	483.0	1.5%
168th	Bahrain	541.3	4.1%
169th	Maldives	565.1	2.8%
170th	Barbados	586.7	0.3%
171st	Channel Islands	662.0	0.5%
172nd	Bangladesh	693.7	2.6%
173rd	Malta	996.8	0.7%
174th	Bermuda	999.9	0.6%
175th	Gibraltar	2,874.0	0.2%
176th	Singapore	3,780.4	4.9%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	5,183.4	2.4%
178th	Macao SAR, China	12,240.0	2.1%
179th	Monaco	13,464.7	0.6%

FAQ

What was Hong Kong SAR, China's population density in 1981?▾

Hong Kong SAR, China's population density in 1981 was 5,183.4. This ranked 177th globally.

How did Hong Kong SAR, China's population density change in 1981?▾

Hong Kong SAR, China's population density increased by 2.4% in 1981 compared to 1980.

Which country had the highest population density in 1981?▾

Monaco had the highest population density in 1981 at 13,464.7.

What is the population density of Hong Kong SAR, China in 1981?▾

The population density of Hong Kong SAR, China in 1981 was 5,183.4. This ranked 177th globally.

How does 1981 compare to 1980 for Hong Kong SAR, China's population density?▾

Hong Kong SAR, China's population density went from 5,063.1 in 1980 to 5,183.4 in 1981, a 2.4% increase.

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