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Japan - Population Density 1982

Name: Japan Population Density 1982
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

323.5 +2.4 from 1981 Global rank: 160th

Japan's population density was 323.5 in 1982, increased +2.4 from 321.1 in 1981. This was the 160th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1982▾

Population Density by Country - 1982
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.2	1.0%
2nd	Mongolia	1.2	2.4%
3rd	Namibia	1.2	1.8%
4th	Mauritania	1.5	2.9%
5th	Botswana	1.8	4.0%
6th	Australia	2.0	1.7%
7th	Libya	2.1	2.9%
8th	Iceland	2.3	1.3%
9th	Suriname	2.3	0.3%
10th	Canada	2.8	1.2%
11th	Gabon	3.1	2.7%
12th	Saudi Arabia	3.2	6.3%
13th	Oman	3.6	5.7%
14th	Chad	3.8	4.8%
15th	Guyana	3.9	0.0%
16th	Central African Republic	4.0	1.2%
17th	Niger	5.1	3.0%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	5.6	2.2%
19th	Congo, Republic of	5.6	2.2%
20th	Mali	6.4	2.2%
21st	Belize	6.7	2.5%
22nd	Angola	7.0	3.7%
23rd	Papua New Guinea	7.2	2.1%
24th	Paraguay	8.1	2.8%
25th	Zambia	8.3	3.3%
26th	Algeria	8.3	3.4%
27th	New Caledonia	8.4	1.0%
28th	Turks and Caicos Islands	8.7	4.9%
29th	Solomon Islands	9.1	3.5%
30th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	9.6	0.4%
31st	Bhutan	9.9	3.3%
32nd	Vanuatu	9.9	2.4%
33rd	Argentina	10.6	1.6%
34th	Norway	11.3	0.4%
35th	Equatorial Guinea	11.5	6.3%
36th	New Zealand	12.0	1.0%
37th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	12.5	3.0%
38th	Peru	14.3	2.5%
39th	Lao PDR	14.9	2.5%
40th	Mozambique	15.0	2.2%
41st	Brazil	15.2	2.3%
42nd	Djibouti	15.4	4.0%
43rd	Finland	15.8	0.6%
44th	Chile	15.9	1.5%
45th	United Arab Emirates	16.4	6.0%
46th	Madagascar	16.4	3.0%
47th	Afghanistan	16.9	-7.9%
48th	Uruguay	17.0	0.4%
49th	Cameroon	19.1	2.4%
50th	Yemen, Republic of	19.4	3.6%
51st	Zimbabwe	20.2	4.0%
52nd	Sweden	20.4	0.1%
53rd	Liberia	21.2	2.9%
54th	Guinea	21.4	2.0%
55th	Tanzania	23.0	3.1%
56th	Bahamas, The	24.0	1.7%
57th	Colombia	24.6	2.3%
58th	United States	25.3	1.0%
59th	South Africa	26.1	3.5%
60th	Burkina Faso	26.8	2.8%
61st	Qatar	26.8	6.1%
62nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	27.2	5.4%
63rd	Jordan	27.5	4.4%
64th	Panama	27.6	2.4%
65th	Côte d'Ivoire	28.0	4.1%
66th	Nicaragua	28.6	2.8%
67th	Kenya	30.2	3.6%
68th	Guinea-Bissau	30.4	1.6%
69th	Cambodia	30.8	2.9%
70th	Ecuador	31.1	2.7%
71st	Faroe Islands	31.6	1.2%
72nd	Senegal	32.0	2.7%
73rd	Iraq	32.9	2.9%
74th	Honduras	35.4	3.0%
75th	Mexico	36.2	2.2%
76th	Fiji	36.9	2.4%
77th	Benin	36.9	2.9%
78th	Eswatini	37.1	3.4%
79th	Brunei Darussalam	37.6	3.2%
80th	Malaysia	42.1	3.2%
81st	Tunisia	44.5	2.2%
82nd	Timor-Leste	45.0	1.3%
83rd	French Polynesia	45.5	3.2%
84th	Morocco	46.0	2.7%
85th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	46.6	2.8%
86th	Sierra Leone	47.2	2.1%
87th	Lesotho	49.1	2.9%
88th	Costa Rica	49.4	2.8%
89th	Ireland	50.6	0.9%
90th	Syrian Arab Republic	52.1	3.4%
91st	Myanmar	52.8	1.8%
92nd	Ghana	55.6	2.9%
93rd	Togo	57.3	3.4%
94th	Samoa	58.8	0.5%
95th	Türkiye	61.5	2.2%
96th	Guatemala	67.6	2.3%
97th	Uganda	69.4	2.3%
98th	Malawi	71.9	4.0%
99th	Cyprus	75.4	1.1%
100th	Gambia, The	75.7	3.6%
101st	Greece	75.9	0.6%
102nd	Spain	76.1	0.6%
103rd	Kiribati	77.9	1.6%
104th	Cayman Islands	78.1	4.7%
105th	British Virgin Islands	79.5	3.9%
106th	Bulgaria	80.6	0.3%
107th	Andorra	82.5	4.3%
108th	Cabo Verde	82.6	1.5%
109th	Nigeria	86.1	3.0%
110th	Indonesia	86.1	2.3%
111th	Austria	91.8	0.1%
112th	Cuba	92.3	0.6%
113th	Thailand	93.0	2.0%
114th	Kuwait	93.3	5.0%
115th	Dominica	96.9	-0.4%
116th	Romania	97.6	0.5%
117th	Albania	101.6	2.1%
118th	France	103.5	0.4%
119th	São Tomé and Principe	106.8	1.9%
120th	China	107.4	1.5%
121st	Portugal	108.3	0.6%
122nd	Isle of Man	113.5	0.1%
123rd	Nepal	114.0	2.4%
124th	European Union	114.3	0.3%
125th	Pakistan	115.6	3.8%
126th	Poland	118.3	0.9%
127th	Hungary	119.1	0.0%
128th	Dominican Republic	124.3	2.4%
129th	Denmark	127.9	-0.1%
130th	Tonga	136.1	0.1%
131st	Seychelles	140.0	0.6%
132nd	Antigua and Barbuda	147.2	0.2%
133rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	155.9	1.5%
134th	Switzerland	161.7	0.6%
135th	St. Kitts and Nevis	163.6	-0.4%
136th	Liechtenstein	164.1	2.3%
137th	Viet Nam	169.0	2.4%
138th	Philippines	170.0	2.8%
139th	American Samoa	174.5	3.9%
140th	Burundi	182.3	2.5%
141st	Israel	186.3	1.9%
142nd	Comoros	191.9	2.8%
143rd	Italy	192.3	0.1%
144th	St. Lucia	201.8	1.6%
145th	Jamaica	203.5	1.4%
146th	Haiti	211.8	2.0%
147th	Guam	214.3	2.5%
148th	El Salvador	223.1	1.1%
149th	Trinidad and Tobago	223.8	1.1%
150th	Germany	224.4	-0.1%
151st	Rwanda	231.5	3.3%
152nd	United Kingdom	232.8	0.0%
153rd	India	242.3	2.4%
154th	Sri Lanka	243.8	1.2%
155th	Tuvalu	255.5	1.8%
156th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	271.7	0.9%
157th	Grenada	277.6	0.4%
158th	Virgin Islands (US)	285.9	0.2%
159th	Lebanon	298.6	1.5%
160th	Japan	323.5	0.8%
161st	Aruba	340.4	1.2%
162nd	San Marino	367.6	1.0%
163rd	Puerto Rico (US)	369.5	1.1%
164th	Nauru	402.0	2.6%
165th	Korea	407.7	1.6%
166th	Netherlands	424.0	0.5%
167th	Mauritius	488.9	1.2%
168th	Bahrain	560.8	3.6%
169th	Maldives	581.1	2.8%
170th	Barbados	588.6	0.3%
171st	Channel Islands	667.5	0.8%
172nd	Bangladesh	713.0	2.8%
173rd	Bermuda	1,007.2	0.7%
174th	Malta	1,018.4	2.2%
175th	Gibraltar	2,876.5	0.1%
176th	Singapore	3,949.9	4.5%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	5,317.7	2.6%
178th	Macao SAR, China	12,732.5	4.0%
179th	Monaco	13,596.9	1.0%

FAQ

What was Japan's population density in 1982?▾

Japan's population density in 1982 was 323.5. This ranked 160th globally.

How did Japan's population density change in 1982?▾

Japan's population density increased by 0.8% in 1982 compared to 1981.

Which country had the highest population density in 1982?▾

Monaco had the highest population density in 1982 at 13,596.9.

What is the population density of Japan in 1982?▾

The population density of Japan in 1982 was 323.5. This ranked 160th globally.

How does 1982 compare to 1981 for Japan's population density?▾

Japan's population density went from 321.1 in 1981 to 323.5 in 1982, a 0.8% increase.

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