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India - Population Density 2001

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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

362.5 +6.7 from 2000 Global rank: 187th

India's population density was 362.5 in 2001, increased +6.7 from 355.8 in 2000. This was the 187th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2001▾

Population Density by Country - 2001
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	0.3%
2nd	Mongolia	1.6	1.2%
3rd	Namibia	2.3	2.1%
4th	Australia	2.5	1.3%
5th	Mauritania	2.6	2.5%
6th	Iceland	2.8	1.3%
7th	Botswana	3.0	2.1%
8th	Suriname	3.0	2.1%
9th	Libya	3.1	1.9%
10th	Canada	3.5	1.1%
11th	Guyana	3.9	0.0%
12th	Gabon	5.1	2.7%
13th	Kazakhstan	5.8	0.5%
14th	Central African Republic	6.3	2.2%
15th	Chad	7.0	3.4%
16th	Oman	7.5	1.2%
17th	Saudi Arabia	7.9	5.3%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	8.1	1.7%
19th	Russian Federation	8.9	-0.4%
20th	Niger	9.4	3.6%
21st	Congo, Republic of	9.6	3.8%
22nd	Mali	9.8	3.1%
23rd	Turkmenistan	9.9	2.0%
24th	Belize	10.9	3.1%
25th	Norway	12.4	0.5%
26th	New Caledonia	12.5	2.1%
27th	Papua New Guinea	12.6	3.5%
28th	Paraguay	13.1	1.7%
29th	Algeria	13.2	1.4%
30th	Angola	13.4	3.4%
31st	Argentina	13.7	1.1%
32nd	Zambia	13.9	3.1%
33rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	14.7	4.1%
34th	New Zealand	14.7	0.6%
35th	Bhutan	15.3	2.3%
36th	Vanuatu	15.7	2.5%
37th	Solomon Islands	16.0	2.0%
38th	Finland	17.0	0.2%
39th	Uruguay	18.7	0.2%
40th	Turks and Caicos Islands	20.6	4.5%
41st	Peru	21.1	1.4%
42nd	Brazil	21.1	1.3%
43rd	Chile	21.1	1.2%
44th	Sweden	21.8	0.3%
45th	Eritrea	22.9	2.9%
46th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	23.0	3.2%
47th	Mozambique	23.6	2.3%
48th	Lao PDR	23.9	1.7%
49th	Kyrgyz Republic	25.8	1.0%
50th	Equatorial Guinea	26.7	6.6%
51st	Madagascar	29.3	3.1%
52nd	Zimbabwe	30.9	0.7%
53rd	Afghanistan	31.1	0.8%
54th	United States	31.1	1.0%
55th	Liberia	31.3	3.0%
56th	Cameroon	32.4	2.7%
57th	Estonia	32.7	-0.6%
58th	Bahamas, The	32.8	1.2%
59th	Djibouti	33.3	3.2%
60th	Faroe Islands	33.4	1.9%
61st	Guinea	34.8	1.3%
62nd	Colombia	35.8	1.6%
63rd	Latvia	37.6	-1.3%
64th	Yemen, Republic of	38.3	3.1%
65th	South Africa	39.2	0.9%
66th	Tanzania	39.7	2.7%
67th	Panama	41.3	2.0%
68th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	41.4	1.6%
69th	Palau	42.1	0.9%
70th	Nicaragua	42.3	1.3%
71st	Guinea-Bissau	44.9	2.1%
72nd	Burkina Faso	44.9	3.1%
73rd	Tajikistan	45.8	2.0%
74th	Fiji	46.5	1.0%
75th	Belarus	48.9	-0.5%
76th	Mexico	51.5	1.5%
77th	Ecuador	52.0	1.7%
78th	United Arab Emirates	52.4	6.6%
79th	Senegal	53.0	2.5%
80th	Timor-Leste	54.6	9.0%
81st	Lithuania	55.4	-0.8%
82nd	Kenya	55.6	3.2%
83rd	Ireland	56.1	1.6%
84th	Côte d'Ivoire	57.2	2.7%
85th	Uzbekistan	57.6	1.2%
86th	Iraq	57.6	3.2%
87th	Qatar	58.4	5.1%
88th	Honduras	60.4	2.7%
89th	Eswatini	61.1	0.9%
90th	Jordan	62.3	2.1%
91st	Brunei Darussalam	63.3	2.1%
92nd	Tunisia	63.5	1.1%
93rd	Morocco	64.6	1.4%
94th	Samoa	64.7	0.8%
95th	Sierra Leone	65.0	6.1%
96th	Lesotho	65.9	-0.2%
97th	Benin	66.0	3.1%
98th	Myanmar	70.0	1.1%
99th	Georgia	70.2	-1.5%
100th	French Polynesia	70.3	1.6%
101st	Malaysia	71.6	2.4%
102nd	Cambodia	71.7	1.6%
103rd	Bulgaria	72.4	-2.0%
104th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	75.0	2.1%
105th	Croatia	76.9	-3.8%
106th	Costa Rica	78.5	1.8%
107th	North Macedonia	80.0	0.4%
108th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	81.6	0.5%
109th	Spain	81.9	0.8%
110th	Greece	84.3	0.5%
111th	Ukraine	84.8	-0.9%
112th	Türkiye	86.1	1.3%
113th	Ghana	88.6	2.7%
114th	Dominica	91.1	-0.3%
115th	Syrian Arab Republic	92.8	2.5%
116th	Romania	96.3	-1.4%
117th	Togo	97.0	2.7%
118th	Austria	97.5	0.4%
119th	Azerbaijan	98.2	0.8%
120th	Slovenia	98.9	0.2%
121st	Moldova	101.6	-0.2%
122nd	Cuba	103.8	0.3%
123rd	Cyprus	104.3	1.7%
124th	European Union	107.6	0.1%
125th	Kiribati	111.5	1.9%
126th	Albania	111.7	-0.9%
127th	Guatemala	111.7	2.3%
128th	Slovak Republic	111.8	-0.2%
129th	Kuwait	112.7	2.7%
130th	Armenia	112.8	-0.3%
131st	Portugal	113.3	0.7%
132nd	Hungary	113.7	-0.2%
133rd	France	113.9	0.7%
134th	Cabo Verde	114.2	1.5%
135th	Indonesia	116.7	1.4%
136th	Malawi	123.0	2.4%
137th	Uganda	123.8	3.1%
138th	Thailand	124.6	1.0%
139th	Poland	124.9	0.0%
140th	Czechia	132.2	-0.4%
141st	Denmark	134.0	0.4%
142nd	Isle of Man	134.2	1.1%
143rd	China	135.5	0.7%
144th	British Virgin Islands	138.6	2.7%
145th	Andorra	140.1	0.3%
146th	Nigeria	142.6	2.8%
147th	Tonga	143.5	0.6%
148th	Gambia, The	147.7	2.7%
149th	Northern Mariana Islands	147.8	-0.5%
150th	São Tomé and Principe	152.5	1.6%
151st	Micronesia, Federated States of	160.5	0.3%
152nd	Cayman Islands	171.2	3.6%
153rd	Luxembourg	171.5	1.2%
154th	Antigua and Barbuda	172.9	1.5%
155th	Nepal	174.0	1.6%
156th	St. Kitts and Nevis	176.0	1.1%
157th	Seychelles	176.5	0.1%
158th	Dominican Republic	180.5	1.6%
159th	Switzerland	182.9	0.6%
160th	Italy	192.7	0.1%
161st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	197.8	0.6%
162nd	Pakistan	206.6	2.8%
163rd	Liechtenstein	207.5	1.7%
164th	Germany	236.0	0.2%
165th	Jamaica	242.3	0.6%
166th	United Kingdom	244.4	0.4%
167th	Viet Nam	250.6	1.0%
168th	Burundi	258.3	2.5%
169th	Trinidad and Tobago	258.4	0.4%
170th	St. Lucia	262.7	1.0%
171st	Philippines	273.0	2.2%
172nd	Marshall Islands	284.0	0.8%
173rd	American Samoa	285.3	0.3%
174th	El Salvador	288.0	0.4%
175th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	291.0	0.0%
176th	Comoros	294.0	2.1%
177th	Israel	297.6	2.4%
178th	Guam	298.8	0.8%
179th	Haiti	306.8	1.8%
180th	Virgin Islands (US)	310.1	-0.1%
181st	Sri Lanka	312.6	1.6%
182nd	Grenada	317.6	0.5%
183rd	Tuvalu	319.5	0.4%
184th	Rwanda	335.9	0.9%
185th	Belgium	339.1	0.3%
186th	Japan	348.8	0.2%
187th	India	362.5	1.9%
188th	Lebanon	430.3	1.7%
189th	Puerto Rico (US)	430.5	0.2%
190th	San Marino	452.4	1.3%
191st	Netherlands	475.3	0.8%
192nd	Korea	489.7	0.5%
193rd	West Bank and Gaza	498.0	2.6%
194th	Nauru	506.5	-0.4%
195th	Aruba	508.0	0.9%
196th	Mauritius	589.3	0.8%
197th	Barbados	610.3	0.1%
198th	Channel Islands	751.8	0.5%
199th	Bahrain	931.4	3.7%
200th	Maldives	955.9	1.7%
201st	Bangladesh	1,051.0	1.7%
202nd	Bermuda	1,145.7	0.5%
203rd	Malta	1,228.2	0.8%
204th	Gibraltar	2,765.7	-0.2%
205th	Singapore	6,176.1	2.7%
206th	Hong Kong SAR, China	6,394.6	0.7%
207th	Monaco	16,007.4	0.0%
208th	Macao SAR, China	16,688.5	-22.5%

FAQ

What was India's population density in 2001?▾

India's population density in 2001 was 362.5. This ranked 187th globally.

How did India's population density change in 2001?▾

India's population density increased by 1.9% in 2001 compared to 2000.

Which country had the highest population density in 2001?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2001 at 16,688.5.

What is the population density of India in 2001?▾

The population density of India in 2001 was 362.5. This ranked 187th globally.

How does 2001 compare to 2000 for India's population density?▾

India's population density went from 355.8 in 2000 to 362.5 in 2001, a 1.9% increase.

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