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Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Population Density 1978

Name: Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Population Density 1978
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

147.3 +2.0 from 1977 Global rank: 134th

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density was 147.3 in 1978, increased +2.0 from 145.3 in 1977. This was the 134th 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 Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density in 1978?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density in 1978 was 147.3. This ranked 134th globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density change in 1978?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of'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 Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1978?▾

The population density of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1978 was 147.3. This ranked 134th globally.

How does 1978 compare to 1977 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density went from 145.3 in 1977 to 147.3 in 1978, a 1.4% increase.

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