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Kenya - Population Density 1968

Name: Kenya Population Density 1968
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

18.5 +0.7 from 1967 Global rank: 62nd

Kenya's population density was 18.5 in 1968, increased +0.7 from 17.8 in 1967. This was the 62nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1968▾

Population Density by Country - 1968
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	3.6%
2nd	Mongolia	0.8	2.8%
3rd	Namibia	0.9	2.8%
4th	Mauritania	1.0	3.1%
5th	Botswana	1.0	0.5%
6th	Libya	1.1	2.9%
7th	Saudi Arabia	1.5	4.0%
8th	Australia	1.6	1.8%
9th	Iceland	2.0	1.4%
10th	Oman	2.0	2.5%
11th	Suriname	2.2	3.5%
12th	Gabon	2.2	1.6%
13th	Canada	2.3	1.6%
14th	United Arab Emirates	2.8	11.0%
15th	Chad	2.8	2.0%
16th	Central African Republic	3.2	2.3%
17th	Guyana	3.4	2.1%
18th	Niger	3.5	2.8%
19th	Congo, Republic of	3.9	3.0%
20th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	4.1	2.2%
21st	Angola	4.6	1.1%
22nd	Mali	5.0	1.5%
23rd	Belize	5.0	3.1%
24th	Papua New Guinea	5.3	2.3%
25th	Zambia	5.5	3.3%
26th	Algeria	5.5	2.3%
27th	Djibouti	5.5	5.4%
28th	New Caledonia	5.5	2.9%
29th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	5.7	2.7%
30th	Paraguay	5.7	2.3%
31st	Turks and Caicos Islands	6.0	0.0%
32nd	Solomon Islands	6.0	2.5%
33rd	Bhutan	6.2	3.4%
34th	Vanuatu	6.7	3.0%
35th	Qatar	7.9	12.7%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	8.4	3.0%
37th	Argentina	8.5	1.5%
38th	Peru	10.0	2.9%
39th	Mozambique	10.0	2.2%
40th	New Zealand	10.4	0.9%
41st	Norway	10.4	0.8%
42nd	Madagascar	10.8	2.8%
43rd	Brazil	10.9	2.6%
44th	Lao PDR	11.0	2.4%
45th	Equatorial Guinea	11.4	2.3%
46th	Zimbabwe	12.7	3.2%
47th	Yemen, Republic of	12.7	2.7%
48th	Chile	12.8	1.8%
49th	Cameroon	13.0	2.5%
50th	Tanzania	14.2	3.3%
51st	Liberia	14.5	2.6%
52nd	Finland	15.2	0.4%
53rd	Jordan	15.6	8.0%
54th	Côte d'Ivoire	15.7	4.0%
55th	Uruguay	15.7	0.8%
56th	Afghanistan	16.5	2.4%
57th	Guinea	16.8	1.9%
58th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	16.8	3.0%
59th	Bahamas, The	17.0	4.8%
60th	South Africa	17.3	3.2%
61st	Colombia	17.8	2.8%
62nd	Kenya	18.5	4.0%
63rd	Nicaragua	18.9	3.2%
64th	Panama	19.2	2.9%
65th	Sweden	19.4	0.6%
66th	Burkina Faso	19.8	1.7%
67th	Guinea-Bissau	20.6	1.6%
68th	Iraq	20.8	3.5%
69th	Ecuador	20.9	3.0%
70th	Senegal	21.9	3.0%
71st	United States	21.9	1.0%
72nd	Honduras	23.2	3.0%
73rd	Brunei Darussalam	24.0	4.3%
74th	Eswatini	24.4	2.5%
75th	Mexico	24.5	3.3%
76th	Benin	26.0	2.1%
77th	Faroe Islands	26.9	1.0%
78th	Fiji	27.9	2.2%
79th	French Polynesia	29.1	3.5%
80th	Malaysia	29.6	2.3%
81st	Lesotho	31.2	3.7%
82nd	Tunisia	31.4	2.5%
83rd	Morocco	32.1	2.7%
84th	Syrian Arab Republic	32.5	3.3%
85th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	33.1	2.5%
86th	Costa Rica	34.1	3.0%
87th	Timor-Leste	35.9	1.8%
88th	Sierra Leone	36.2	1.9%
89th	Andorra	36.5	8.5%
90th	Cambodia	36.6	2.1%
91st	Ghana	37.2	2.5%
92nd	Togo	38.2	4.2%
93rd	Kuwait	38.6	9.5%
94th	Myanmar	39.8	2.3%
95th	Cayman Islands	41.5	2.1%
96th	Ireland	42.3	0.5%
97th	Türkiye	45.4	2.6%
98th	Malawi	46.8	2.5%
99th	Guatemala	47.8	2.8%
100th	Samoa	48.1	1.7%
101st	Uganda	48.6	3.2%
102nd	Gambia, The	48.9	2.8%
103rd	Nigeria	58.7	2.2%
104th	British Virgin Islands	60.0	4.1%
105th	Indonesia	60.4	2.7%
106th	Spain	66.3	1.3%
107th	Thailand	66.6	2.9%
108th	Cabo Verde	67.0	3.4%
109th	Greece	67.8	0.7%
110th	Kiribati	68.6	1.0%
111th	Cyprus	68.7	0.9%
112th	Pakistan	73.7	2.9%
113th	Albania	73.8	2.9%
114th	Bulgaria	75.7	0.7%
115th	São Tomé and Principe	77.9	1.6%
116th	Cuba	79.2	1.9%
117th	China	82.5	2.6%
118th	Nepal	83.3	2.2%
119th	Romania	86.0	1.4%
120th	Dominican Republic	86.1	2.9%
121st	Dominica	89.0	1.7%
122nd	Austria	89.9	0.5%
123rd	Isle of Man	92.8	2.2%
124th	France	94.8	0.8%
125th	Portugal	96.6	-0.4%
126th	Poland	105.4	1.0%
127th	European Union	106.1	0.7%
128th	Seychelles	111.2	2.5%
129th	Tonga	113.0	1.9%
130th	Hungary	114.0	0.4%
131st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	119.3	2.9%
132nd	Philippines	119.5	2.9%
133rd	Denmark	121.6	0.6%
134th	Viet Nam	122.1	2.2%
135th	Comoros	123.7	2.9%
136th	American Samoa	128.1	3.0%
137th	Israel	129.5	2.1%
138th	Liechtenstein	130.2	3.3%
139th	Burundi	131.6	2.4%
140th	St. Kitts and Nevis	135.0	-2.8%
141st	Antigua and Barbuda	142.7	1.6%
142nd	Rwanda	151.8	3.2%
143rd	Switzerland	153.5	1.3%
144th	Guam	156.6	2.2%
145th	Virgin Islands (US)	159.1	13.4%
146th	Haiti	162.0	1.9%
147th	St. Lucia	165.0	1.2%
148th	El Salvador	166.9	2.8%
149th	Jamaica	169.3	1.2%
150th	India	175.8	2.2%
151st	Italy	181.0	0.6%
152nd	Sri Lanka	187.1	2.4%
153rd	Tuvalu	187.5	-0.5%
154th	Trinidad and Tobago	188.9	1.3%
155th	Germany	221.4	0.4%
156th	Lebanon	221.5	2.7%
157th	United Kingdom	228.2	0.5%
158th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	241.3	1.1%
159th	Japan	275.5	1.1%
160th	Grenada	288.5	0.0%
161st	San Marino	297.7	1.0%
162nd	Puerto Rico (US)	300.1	0.6%
163rd	Nauru	316.4	3.1%
164th	Bahrain	317.9	2.4%
165th	Korea	319.7	2.3%
166th	Aruba	328.2	0.1%
167th	Netherlands	377.1	1.0%
168th	Maldives	386.9	3.2%
169th	Mauritius	393.3	1.8%
170th	Bangladesh	502.5	3.0%
171st	Barbados	578.0	0.6%
172nd	Channel Islands	610.1	1.1%
173rd	Bermuda	933.4	1.8%
174th	Malta	962.2	-1.2%
175th	Gibraltar	2,557.8	2.3%
176th	Singapore	3,003.0	1.7%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	3,728.1	2.1%
178th	Monaco	11,562.4	0.9%
179th	Macao SAR, China	12,896.7	-1.0%

FAQ

What was Kenya's population density in 1968?▾

Kenya's population density in 1968 was 18.5. This ranked 62nd globally.

How did Kenya's population density change in 1968?▾

Kenya's population density increased by 4.0% in 1968 compared to 1967.

Which country had the highest population density in 1968?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1968 at 12,896.7.

What is the population density of Kenya in 1968?▾

The population density of Kenya in 1968 was 18.5. This ranked 62nd globally.

How does 1968 compare to 1967 for Kenya's population density?▾

Kenya's population density went from 17.8 in 1967 to 18.5 in 1968, a 4.0% increase.

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