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Kenya - Population Density 2000

Name: Kenya Population Density 2000
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

53.8 +1.6 from 1999 Global rank: 81st

Kenya's population density was 53.8 in 2000, increased +1.6 from 52.2 in 1999. This was the 81st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2000▾

Population Density by Country - 2000
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	0.2%
2nd	Mongolia	1.5	1.3%
3rd	Namibia	2.2	2.4%
4th	Australia	2.5	1.2%
5th	Mauritania	2.5	2.8%
6th	Iceland	2.8	1.4%
7th	Botswana	3.0	2.2%
8th	Suriname	3.0	2.1%
9th	Libya	3.0	1.7%
10th	Canada	3.4	0.9%
11th	Guyana	3.9	0.0%
12th	Gabon	5.0	2.6%
13th	Kazakhstan	5.7	0.3%
14th	Central African Republic	6.2	2.8%
15th	Chad	6.8	3.5%
16th	Oman	7.4	1.3%
17th	Saudi Arabia	7.5	4.6%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	7.9	1.7%
19th	Russian Federation	8.9	-0.4%
20th	Niger	9.1	3.5%
21st	Congo, Republic of	9.2	3.9%
22nd	Mali	9.5	3.0%
23rd	Turkmenistan	9.8	2.0%
24th	Belize	10.6	3.3%
25th	New Caledonia	12.2	2.1%
26th	Papua New Guinea	12.2	3.5%
27th	Norway	12.3	0.7%
28th	Paraguay	12.8	2.0%
29th	Algeria	13.0	1.4%
30th	Angola	13.0	3.4%
31st	Zambia	13.5	2.9%
32nd	Argentina	13.6	1.1%
33rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	14.1	4.1%
34th	New Zealand	14.7	0.6%
35th	Bhutan	15.0	2.5%
36th	Vanuatu	15.3	2.3%
37th	Solomon Islands	15.7	2.3%
38th	Finland	17.0	0.2%
39th	Uruguay	18.7	0.4%
40th	Turks and Caicos Islands	19.7	4.3%
41st	Peru	20.8	1.6%
42nd	Brazil	20.8	1.4%
43rd	Chile	20.9	1.2%
44th	Sweden	21.8	0.2%
45th	Eritrea	22.2	1.5%
46th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	22.3	3.3%
47th	Mozambique	23.1	2.2%
48th	Lao PDR	23.5	1.7%
49th	Equatorial Guinea	25.1	5.4%
50th	Kyrgyz Republic	25.5	1.2%
51st	Madagascar	28.4	3.2%
52nd	Liberia	30.4	3.8%
53rd	Zimbabwe	30.7	0.9%
54th	United States	30.8	1.1%
55th	Afghanistan	30.9	1.2%
56th	Cameroon	31.5	2.7%
57th	Djibouti	32.2	3.2%
58th	Bahamas, The	32.4	1.3%
59th	Faroe Islands	32.8	1.3%
60th	Estonia	33.0	0.5%
61st	Guinea	34.3	2.0%
62nd	Colombia	35.2	1.7%
63rd	Yemen, Republic of	37.2	3.1%
64th	Latvia	38.0	-1.0%
65th	Tanzania	38.7	2.9%
66th	South Africa	38.9	0.9%
67th	Panama	40.5	2.0%
68th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	40.8	1.5%
69th	Palau	41.7	1.5%
70th	Nicaragua	41.7	1.4%
71st	Burkina Faso	43.6	3.0%
72nd	Guinea-Bissau	43.9	2.0%
73rd	Tajikistan	44.9	1.2%
74th	Fiji	46.0	1.1%
75th	United Arab Emirates	49.2	7.0%
76th	Belarus	49.2	-0.5%
77th	Timor-Leste	50.1	-10.7%
78th	Mexico	50.7	1.6%
79th	Ecuador	51.1	1.8%
80th	Senegal	51.8	2.4%
81st	Kenya	53.8	3.1%
82nd	Ireland	55.2	1.3%
83rd	Qatar	55.6	5.3%
84th	Côte d'Ivoire	55.7	2.8%
85th	Lithuania	55.8	-0.7%
86th	Iraq	55.8	3.3%
87th	Uzbekistan	56.9	-1.2%
88th	Honduras	58.8	2.8%
89th	Eswatini	60.5	1.0%
90th	Jordan	61.0	2.1%
91st	Sierra Leone	61.3	2.4%
92nd	Brunei Darussalam	61.9	2.2%
93rd	Tunisia	62.9	1.1%
94th	Morocco	63.7	1.4%
95th	Benin	64.0	3.1%
96th	Samoa	64.2	0.8%
97th	Lesotho	66.0	0.0%
98th	French Polynesia	69.2	7.1%
99th	Myanmar	69.3	1.1%
100th	Malaysia	69.9	2.4%
101st	Cambodia	70.6	1.6%
102nd	Georgia	71.3	-1.9%
103rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	73.4	2.2%
104th	Bulgaria	73.9	-0.5%
105th	Costa Rica	77.1	2.0%
106th	North Macedonia	79.7	0.5%
107th	Croatia	79.9	-1.0%
108th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	81.2	0.7%
109th	Spain	81.3	0.5%
110th	Greece	83.8	0.4%
111th	Türkiye	85.0	1.3%
112th	Ukraine	85.5	-0.8%
113th	Ghana	86.3	2.5%
114th	Syrian Arab Republic	90.5	2.5%
115th	Dominica	91.3	-0.5%
116th	Togo	94.5	2.8%
117th	Austria	97.1	0.2%
118th	Azerbaijan	97.4	0.9%
119th	Romania	97.7	-0.2%
120th	Slovenia	98.8	0.3%
121st	Moldova	101.8	-0.1%
122nd	Cyprus	102.6	1.8%
123rd	Cuba	103.4	0.3%
124th	European Union	107.4	-0.7%
125th	Guatemala	109.2	2.4%
126th	Kiribati	109.4	1.7%
127th	Kuwait	109.7	2.9%
128th	Slovak Republic	112.0	-0.1%
129th	Portugal	112.5	0.7%
130th	Cabo Verde	112.5	1.5%
131st	Albania	112.7	-0.6%
132nd	France	113.0	0.7%
133rd	Armenia	113.1	1.7%
134th	Hungary	113.9	-0.1%
135th	Indonesia	115.1	-2.1%
136th	Malawi	120.0	2.4%
137th	Uganda	120.1	3.2%
138th	Thailand	123.3	1.1%
139th	Poland	124.9	-1.0%
140th	Czechia	132.7	-0.3%
141st	Isle of Man	132.7	1.2%
142nd	Denmark	133.5	0.3%
143rd	China	134.5	0.8%
144th	British Virgin Islands	134.9	2.6%
145th	Nigeria	138.8	2.7%
146th	Andorra	139.8	0.0%
147th	Tonga	142.6	0.6%
148th	Gambia, The	143.8	2.8%
149th	Northern Mariana Islands	148.6	3.7%
150th	São Tomé and Principe	150.0	1.1%
151st	Micronesia, Federated States of	160.1	0.3%
152nd	Cayman Islands	165.3	3.6%
153rd	Luxembourg	169.5	-
154th	Antigua and Barbuda	170.3	1.7%
155th	Nepal	171.2	1.5%
156th	St. Kitts and Nevis	174.0	1.5%
157th	Seychelles	176.4	0.9%
158th	Dominican Republic	177.7	1.6%
159th	Switzerland	181.8	0.6%
160th	Italy	192.6	-0.5%
161st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	196.5	0.7%
162nd	Pakistan	200.9	2.9%
163rd	Liechtenstein	204.0	1.3%
164th	Germany	235.6	0.1%
165th	Jamaica	240.8	0.7%
166th	United Kingdom	243.4	0.4%
167th	Viet Nam	248.0	5.8%
168th	Burundi	252.0	2.1%
169th	Trinidad and Tobago	257.3	0.4%
170th	St. Lucia	260.0	1.2%
171st	Philippines	267.0	2.4%
172nd	Marshall Islands	281.7	1.0%
173rd	American Samoa	284.3	1.1%
174th	El Salvador	286.8	0.5%
175th	Comoros	288.1	1.9%
176th	Israel	290.6	2.7%
177th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	291.1	0.2%
178th	Guam	296.4	1.1%
179th	Haiti	301.3	1.9%
180th	Sri Lanka	307.7	1.8%
181st	Virgin Islands (US)	310.4	0.0%
182nd	Grenada	316.0	0.7%
183rd	Tuvalu	318.1	0.5%
184th	Rwanda	333.0	0.8%
185th	Belgium	338.0	-
186th	Japan	348.0	0.2%
187th	India	355.8	1.9%
188th	Lebanon	423.2	1.7%
189th	Puerto Rico (US)	429.6	0.3%
190th	San Marino	446.7	1.3%
191st	Netherlands	471.7	0.7%
192nd	West Bank and Gaza	485.4	2.6%
193rd	Korea	487.3	0.8%
194th	Aruba	503.3	1.0%
195th	Nauru	508.4	-0.2%
196th	Mauritius	584.7	1.0%
197th	Barbados	609.4	-0.2%
198th	Channel Islands	748.0	0.4%
199th	Bahrain	898.0	2.7%
200th	Maldives	940.1	1.7%
201st	Bangladesh	1,033.6	1.8%
202nd	Bermuda	1,139.8	0.7%
203rd	Malta	1,219.0	0.6%
204th	Gibraltar	2,770.9	0.1%
205th	Singapore	6,011.8	1.7%
206th	Hong Kong SAR, China	6,347.6	0.9%
207th	Monaco	16,011.3	0.1%
208th	Macao SAR, China	21,530.0	0.7%

FAQ

What was Kenya's population density in 2000?▾

Kenya's population density in 2000 was 53.8. This ranked 81st globally.

How did Kenya's population density change in 2000?▾

Kenya's population density increased by 3.1% in 2000 compared to 1999.

Which country had the highest population density in 2000?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2000 at 21,530.0.

What is the population density of Kenya in 2000?▾

The population density of Kenya in 2000 was 53.8. This ranked 81st globally.

How does 2000 compare to 1999 for Kenya's population density?▾

Kenya's population density went from 52.2 in 1999 to 53.8 in 2000, a 3.1% increase.

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