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Ireland - Population Density 1978

Name: Ireland Population Density 1978
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

48.3 +0.7 from 1977 Global rank: 90th

Ireland's population density was 48.3 in 1978, increased +0.7 from 47.6 in 1977. This was the 90th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1978▾

Population Density by Country - 1978
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	-0.4%
2nd	Mongolia	1.0	2.7%
3rd	Namibia	1.2	1.7%
4th	Mauritania	1.4	2.9%
5th	Botswana	1.5	6.2%
6th	Libya	1.7	5.9%
7th	Australia	1.9	1.2%
8th	Iceland	2.2	0.8%
9th	Suriname	2.4	-0.9%
10th	Saudi Arabia	2.5	5.9%
11th	Canada	2.7	1.0%
12th	Gabon	2.8	2.5%
13th	Oman	2.9	5.3%
14th	Chad	3.5	1.8%
15th	Central African Republic	3.8	1.1%
16th	Guyana	3.9	0.8%
17th	Niger	4.6	2.9%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	5.1	2.3%
19th	Congo, Republic of	5.1	2.4%
20th	Mali	5.9	2.0%
21st	Angola	6.1	3.5%
22nd	Belize	6.1	2.1%
23rd	Papua New Guinea	6.6	2.2%
24th	Paraguay	7.3	2.5%
25th	Algeria	7.4	2.9%
26th	Zambia	7.4	3.1%
27th	Turks and Caicos Islands	7.5	3.2%
28th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	7.7	7.4%
29th	Solomon Islands	7.9	3.5%
30th	New Caledonia	8.0	1.2%
31st	Bhutan	8.7	3.5%
32nd	Vanuatu	9.0	3.1%
33rd	Equatorial Guinea	9.9	-0.1%
34th	Argentina	9.9	1.6%
35th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	11.0	3.2%
36th	Norway	11.1	0.4%
37th	United Arab Emirates	11.4	13.9%
38th	New Zealand	11.9	0.0%
39th	Djibouti	12.1	10.0%
40th	Peru	12.9	2.5%
41st	Mozambique	13.5	3.8%
42nd	Lao PDR	13.7	1.7%
43rd	Brazil	13.8	2.4%
44th	Madagascar	14.6	3.1%
45th	Chile	15.0	1.5%
46th	Finland	15.6	0.3%
47th	Uruguay	16.7	0.6%
48th	Yemen, Republic of	16.9	3.2%
49th	Zimbabwe	16.9	1.5%
50th	Cameroon	16.9	2.8%
51st	Liberia	18.9	3.0%
52nd	Guinea	19.9	1.6%
53rd	Tanzania	20.3	3.6%
54th	Sweden	20.3	0.3%
55th	Qatar	20.8	7.3%
56th	Afghanistan	20.9	2.0%
57th	Bahamas, The	22.4	2.1%
58th	Colombia	22.5	2.3%
59th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	22.8	3.3%
60th	South Africa	23.0	2.8%
61st	Jordan	23.6	3.2%
62nd	Côte d'Ivoire	23.9	3.8%
63rd	Burkina Faso	24.1	2.5%
64th	United States	24.3	1.1%
65th	Panama	25.1	2.5%
66th	Nicaragua	25.6	2.9%
67th	Kenya	26.2	3.5%
68th	Ecuador	27.9	2.8%
69th	Guinea-Bissau	28.2	6.7%
70th	Senegal	28.9	2.4%
71st	Iraq	29.2	3.4%
72nd	Cambodia	29.5	-8.1%
73rd	Faroe Islands	30.1	1.2%
74th	Honduras	31.3	3.1%
75th	Eswatini	32.5	3.3%
76th	Mexico	32.9	2.7%
77th	Benin	33.0	2.6%
78th	Brunei Darussalam	33.2	3.3%
79th	Fiji	33.5	2.4%
80th	Malaysia	37.5	2.4%
81st	French Polynesia	40.1	3.2%
82nd	Tunisia	40.6	2.5%
83rd	Morocco	41.4	2.6%
84th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	42.0	2.5%
85th	Timor-Leste	42.3	1.7%
86th	Sierra Leone	43.6	1.9%
87th	Lesotho	43.7	2.9%
88th	Costa Rica	44.3	2.7%
89th	Syrian Arab Republic	45.6	3.5%
90th	Ireland	48.3	1.4%
91st	Myanmar	48.9	2.0%
92nd	Ghana	49.4	3.1%
93rd	Togo	50.9	2.5%
94th	Türkiye	56.7	2.0%
95th	Samoa	57.0	1.0%
96th	Guatemala	61.2	2.5%
97th	Malawi	61.6	3.5%
98th	Uganda	63.5	2.7%
99th	Cayman Islands	65.5	4.1%
100th	Gambia, The	65.9	3.3%
101st	Andorra	69.6	5.3%
102nd	British Virgin Islands	72.6	0.8%
103rd	Cyprus	72.8	0.8%
104th	Greece	73.2	1.3%
105th	Spain	73.8	1.0%
106th	Kiribati	73.9	-0.7%
107th	Kuwait	75.2	6.5%
108th	Nigeria	76.1	3.1%
109th	Indonesia	78.4	2.5%
110th	Cabo Verde	78.4	1.1%
111th	Bulgaria	79.7	0.1%
112th	Thailand	85.7	2.2%
113th	Cuba	90.4	0.7%
114th	Austria	91.6	-0.1%
115th	Albania	93.7	2.1%
116th	Romania	95.3	0.9%
117th	Dominica	97.0	0.4%
118th	São Tomé and Principe	97.7	2.7%
119th	Pakistan	99.0	3.3%
120th	France	101.6	0.5%
121st	China	101.8	1.3%
122nd	Nepal	103.8	2.3%
123rd	Portugal	104.5	1.1%
124th	Isle of Man	109.5	1.4%
125th	European Union	112.5	0.5%
126th	Dominican Republic	112.9	2.6%
127th	Poland	114.2	0.8%
128th	Hungary	118.8	0.3%
129th	St. Kitts and Nevis	123.5	-0.3%
130th	Denmark	127.6	0.3%
131st	Tonga	135.0	0.5%
132nd	Seychelles	135.1	0.6%
133rd	Antigua and Barbuda	145.5	0.3%
134th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	147.3	1.4%
135th	Philippines	152.8	2.7%
136th	Viet Nam	154.4	2.6%
137th	American Samoa	155.4	1.8%
138th	Liechtenstein	156.4	2.4%
139th	Switzerland	158.9	0.0%
140th	Burundi	159.7	2.9%
141st	Israel	170.5	2.1%
142nd	Comoros	170.7	3.3%
143rd	St. Lucia	189.9	1.5%
144th	Italy	190.9	0.4%
145th	Jamaica	193.4	1.2%
146th	Guam	195.2	2.1%
147th	Haiti	196.0	1.9%
148th	Rwanda	204.1	3.0%
149th	El Salvador	212.1	2.2%
150th	Trinidad and Tobago	213.1	1.3%
151st	India	220.5	2.3%
152nd	Germany	223.7	-0.1%
153rd	Sri Lanka	228.2	1.9%
154th	Tuvalu	231.9	4.1%
155th	United Kingdom	232.3	0.0%
156th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	263.5	0.8%
157th	Virgin Islands (US)	274.1	2.9%
158th	Lebanon	275.9	2.2%
159th	Grenada	283.3	-0.7%
160th	Japan	313.6	0.9%
161st	Aruba	326.5	0.3%
162nd	San Marino	350.4	5.0%
163rd	Puerto Rico (US)	352.8	1.3%
164th	Nauru	364.9	1.9%
165th	Korea	383.3	1.5%
166th	Netherlands	413.0	0.6%
167th	Mauritius	459.9	1.3%
168th	Bahrain	475.4	4.9%
169th	Maldives	520.5	2.8%
170th	Barbados	585.0	0.0%
171st	Bangladesh	644.5	2.5%
172nd	Channel Islands	656.5	0.2%
173rd	Malta	969.3	1.0%
174th	Bermuda	989.5	0.2%
175th	Gibraltar	2,844.6	0.5%
176th	Singapore	3,512.8	1.2%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	4,667.5	1.8%
178th	Macao SAR, China	11,620.0	-0.2%
179th	Monaco	13,125.3	1.3%

FAQ

What was Ireland's population density in 1978?▾

Ireland's population density in 1978 was 48.3. This ranked 90th globally.

How did Ireland's population density change in 1978?▾

Ireland's population density increased by 1.4% in 1978 compared to 1977.

Which country had the highest population density in 1978?▾

Monaco had the highest population density in 1978 at 13,125.3.

What is the population density of Ireland in 1978?▾

The population density of Ireland in 1978 was 48.3. This ranked 90th globally.

How does 1978 compare to 1977 for Ireland's population density?▾

Ireland's population density went from 47.6 in 1977 to 48.3 in 1978, a 1.4% increase.

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