Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Population Density 1981
153.7
+2.2 from 1980
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density was 153.7 in 1981, increased +2.2 from 151.5 in 1980. This was the 133rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1981▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greenland | 0.1 | 1.6% |
| 2nd | Mongolia | 1.1 | 2.4% |
| 3rd | Namibia | 1.2 | 1.1% |
| 4th | Mauritania | 1.5 | 2.9% |
| 5th | Botswana | 1.7 | 3.5% |
| 6th | Australia | 1.9 | 1.6% |
| 7th | Libya | 2.1 | 5.8% |
| 8th | Iceland | 2.3 | 1.1% |
| 9th | Suriname | 2.3 | 0.0% |
| 10th | Canada | 2.8 | 1.2% |
| 11th | Gabon | 3.0 | 2.7% |
| 12th | Saudi Arabia | 3.0 | 6.2% |
| 13th | Oman | 3.4 | 5.6% |
| 14th | Chad | 3.6 | 0.1% |
| 15th | Guyana | 3.9 | 0.3% |
| 16th | Central African Republic | 4.0 | 1.1% |
| 17th | Niger | 5.0 | 3.0% |
| 18th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.4 | 2.2% |
| 19th | Congo, Republic of | 5.5 | 2.2% |
| 20th | Mali | 6.3 | 2.2% |
| 21st | Belize | 6.5 | 2.6% |
| 22nd | Angola | 6.8 | 3.7% |
| 23rd | Papua New Guinea | 7.1 | 2.1% |
| 24th | Paraguay | 7.9 | 2.8% |
| 25th | Zambia | 8.0 | 3.1% |
| 26th | Algeria | 8.1 | 3.3% |
| 27th | New Caledonia | 8.3 | 1.1% |
| 28th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 8.3 | 4.5% |
| 29th | Solomon Islands | 8.8 | 3.5% |
| 30th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 9.5 | 0.8% |
| 31st | Bhutan | 9.6 | 3.3% |
| 32nd | Vanuatu | 9.7 | 2.2% |
| 33rd | Argentina | 10.4 | 1.6% |
| 34th | Equatorial Guinea | 10.8 | 5.1% |
| 35th | Norway | 11.2 | 0.3% |
| 36th | New Zealand | 11.9 | 0.4% |
| 37th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 12.1 | 3.0% |
| 38th | Peru | 13.9 | 2.5% |
| 39th | Lao PDR | 14.6 | 2.2% |
| 40th | Mozambique | 14.7 | 2.0% |
| 41st | Djibouti | 14.8 | 5.3% |
| 42nd | Brazil | 14.8 | 2.4% |
| 43rd | United Arab Emirates | 15.5 | 8.3% |
| 44th | Chile | 15.7 | 1.5% |
| 45th | Finland | 15.8 | 0.4% |
| 46th | Madagascar | 16.0 | 3.0% |
| 47th | Uruguay | 16.9 | 0.4% |
| 48th | Afghanistan | 18.3 | -9.4% |
| 49th | Cameroon | 18.7 | 3.6% |
| 50th | Yemen, Republic of | 18.7 | 3.6% |
| 51st | Zimbabwe | 19.4 | 6.5% |
| 52nd | Sweden | 20.4 | 0.1% |
| 53rd | Liberia | 20.6 | 3.0% |
| 54th | Guinea | 20.9 | 1.9% |
| 55th | Tanzania | 22.3 | 3.1% |
| 56th | Bahamas, The | 23.6 | 1.8% |
| 57th | Colombia | 24.1 | 2.3% |
| 58th | United States | 25.1 | 1.0% |
| 59th | South Africa | 25.2 | 3.5% |
| 60th | Qatar | 25.3 | 6.4% |
| 61st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 25.8 | 5.4% |
| 62nd | Burkina Faso | 26.1 | 2.8% |
| 63rd | Jordan | 26.4 | 4.1% |
| 64th | Côte d'Ivoire | 26.9 | 4.1% |
| 65th | Panama | 27.0 | 2.4% |
| 66th | Nicaragua | 27.8 | 2.9% |
| 67th | Kenya | 29.2 | 3.6% |
| 68th | Cambodia | 29.9 | 1.6% |
| 69th | Guinea-Bissau | 30.0 | 1.6% |
| 70th | Ecuador | 30.3 | 2.7% |
| 71st | Senegal | 31.1 | 2.6% |
| 72nd | Faroe Islands | 31.3 | 1.3% |
| 73rd | Iraq | 32.0 | 3.0% |
| 74th | Honduras | 34.3 | 3.1% |
| 75th | Mexico | 35.4 | 2.4% |
| 76th | Benin | 35.8 | 2.9% |
| 77th | Eswatini | 35.9 | 3.4% |
| 78th | Fiji | 36.0 | 2.4% |
| 79th | Brunei Darussalam | 36.4 | 3.2% |
| 80th | Malaysia | 40.8 | 3.2% |
| 81st | Tunisia | 43.5 | 2.3% |
| 82nd | French Polynesia | 44.1 | 3.2% |
| 83rd | Timor-Leste | 44.4 | 1.6% |
| 84th | Morocco | 44.8 | 2.7% |
| 85th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 45.4 | 2.7% |
| 86th | Sierra Leone | 46.3 | 2.0% |
| 87th | Lesotho | 47.7 | 3.0% |
| 88th | Costa Rica | 48.1 | 2.8% |
| 89th | Ireland | 50.1 | 1.2% |
| 90th | Syrian Arab Republic | 50.4 | 3.4% |
| 91st | Myanmar | 51.8 | 1.9% |
| 92nd | Ghana | 54.0 | 2.8% |
| 93rd | Togo | 55.4 | 3.2% |
| 94th | Samoa | 58.5 | 0.8% |
| 95th | Türkiye | 60.2 | 2.0% |
| 96th | Guatemala | 66.0 | 2.5% |
| 97th | Uganda | 67.8 | 2.1% |
| 98th | Malawi | 69.1 | 4.0% |
| 99th | Gambia, The | 73.0 | 3.5% |
| 100th | Cyprus | 74.6 | 0.9% |
| 101st | Cayman Islands | 74.6 | 4.8% |
| 102nd | Greece | 75.5 | 0.9% |
| 103rd | Spain | 75.6 | 0.7% |
| 104th | British Virgin Islands | 76.5 | 3.1% |
| 105th | Kiribati | 76.7 | 1.6% |
| 106th | Andorra | 79.1 | 3.9% |
| 107th | Bulgaria | 80.4 | 0.3% |
| 108th | Cabo Verde | 81.4 | 1.4% |
| 109th | Nigeria | 83.5 | 3.1% |
| 110th | Indonesia | 84.2 | 2.4% |
| 111th | Kuwait | 88.9 | 5.2% |
| 112th | Thailand | 91.2 | 2.0% |
| 113th | Cuba | 91.7 | 0.5% |
| 114th | Austria | 91.7 | 0.3% |
| 115th | Romania | 97.0 | 0.7% |
| 116th | Dominica | 97.3 | -0.1% |
| 117th | Albania | 99.5 | 2.0% |
| 118th | France | 103.2 | 0.6% |
| 119th | São Tomé and Principe | 104.8 | 2.1% |
| 120th | China | 105.9 | 1.3% |
| 121st | Portugal | 107.7 | 0.9% |
| 122nd | Pakistan | 111.3 | 4.3% |
| 123rd | Nepal | 111.3 | 2.4% |
| 124th | Isle of Man | 113.3 | 0.8% |
| 125th | European Union | 114.0 | 0.4% |
| 126th | Poland | 117.2 | 0.9% |
| 127th | Hungary | 119.2 | 0.0% |
| 128th | Dominican Republic | 121.5 | 2.4% |
| 129th | Denmark | 128.0 | 0.0% |
| 130th | Tonga | 136.0 | 0.1% |
| 131st | Seychelles | 139.2 | 1.2% |
| 132nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 147.0 | 0.2% |
| 133rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 153.7 | 1.5% |
| 134th | Liechtenstein | 160.5 | 0.6% |
| 135th | Switzerland | 160.7 | 0.5% |
| 136th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 164.2 | -0.4% |
| 137th | Viet Nam | 165.1 | 2.4% |
| 138th | Philippines | 165.4 | 2.6% |
| 139th | American Samoa | 167.9 | 3.6% |
| 140th | Burundi | 177.8 | 4.2% |
| 141st | Israel | 182.8 | 2.0% |
| 142nd | Comoros | 186.7 | 2.9% |
| 143rd | Italy | 192.1 | 0.1% |
| 144th | St. Lucia | 198.6 | 1.6% |
| 145th | Jamaica | 200.7 | 1.3% |
| 146th | Haiti | 207.7 | 1.9% |
| 147th | Guam | 209.1 | 2.5% |
| 148th | El Salvador | 220.6 | 0.7% |
| 149th | Trinidad and Tobago | 221.3 | 1.2% |
| 150th | Rwanda | 224.0 | 3.2% |
| 151st | Germany | 224.6 | 0.2% |
| 152nd | United Kingdom | 232.9 | 0.0% |
| 153rd | India | 236.7 | 2.4% |
| 154th | Sri Lanka | 240.8 | 1.7% |
| 155th | Tuvalu | 250.9 | 2.2% |
| 156th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 269.4 | 0.8% |
| 157th | Grenada | 276.6 | -0.5% |
| 158th | Virgin Islands (US) | 285.3 | 0.2% |
| 159th | Lebanon | 294.1 | 2.2% |
| 160th | Japan | 321.1 | 0.7% |
| 161st | Aruba | 336.5 | 1.1% |
| 162nd | San Marino | 364.0 | 1.2% |
| 163rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 365.6 | 1.1% |
| 164th | Nauru | 392.0 | 2.5% |
| 165th | Korea | 401.4 | 1.6% |
| 166th | Netherlands | 422.0 | 0.7% |
| 167th | Mauritius | 483.0 | 1.5% |
| 168th | Bahrain | 541.3 | 4.1% |
| 169th | Maldives | 565.1 | 2.8% |
| 170th | Barbados | 586.7 | 0.3% |
| 171st | Channel Islands | 662.0 | 0.5% |
| 172nd | Bangladesh | 693.7 | 2.6% |
| 173rd | Malta | 996.8 | 0.7% |
| 174th | Bermuda | 999.9 | 0.6% |
| 175th | Gibraltar | 2,874.0 | 0.2% |
| 176th | Singapore | 3,780.4 | 4.9% |
| 177th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 5,183.4 | 2.4% |
| 178th | Macao SAR, China | 12,240.0 | 2.1% |
| 179th | Monaco | 13,464.7 | 0.6% |
FAQ
What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density in 1981?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density in 1981 was 153.7. This ranked 133rd globally.
How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density change in 1981?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density increased by 1.5% in 1981 compared to 1980.
Which country had the highest population density in 1981?▾
Monaco had the highest population density in 1981 at 13,464.7.
What is the population density of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1981?▾
The population density of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1981 was 153.7. This ranked 133rd globally.
How does 1981 compare to 1980 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density went from 151.5 in 1980 to 153.7 in 1981, a 1.5% increase.
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