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Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Population Density 1997

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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

191.9 +1.8 from 1996 Global rank: 160th

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density was 191.9 in 1997, increased +1.8 from 190.1 in 1996. This was the 160th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1997▾

Population Density by Country - 1997
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	-16.6%
2nd	Mongolia	1.5	1.4%
3rd	Namibia	2.1	2.6%
4th	Mauritania	2.3	2.3%
5th	Australia	2.4	1.1%
6th	Iceland	2.7	0.8%
7th	Botswana	2.8	2.3%
8th	Suriname	2.8	2.1%
9th	Libya	2.9	1.5%
10th	Canada	3.3	1.0%
11th	Guyana	3.9	0.2%
12th	Gabon	4.6	2.6%
13th	Central African Republic	5.7	2.8%
14th	Kazakhstan	5.9	-2.3%
15th	Chad	6.1	3.5%
16th	Saudi Arabia	6.7	3.9%
17th	Oman	7.1	1.6%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	7.5	1.8%
19th	Niger	8.2	3.4%
20th	Congo, Republic of	8.5	2.2%
21st	Mali	8.7	2.3%
22nd	Russian Federation	9.0	-0.2%
23rd	Turkmenistan	9.2	1.7%
24th	Belize	9.5	3.4%
25th	Papua New Guinea	11.0	3.6%
26th	New Caledonia	11.5	2.2%
27th	Angola	11.8	3.5%
28th	Norway	12.1	0.5%
29th	Paraguay	12.1	2.3%
30th	Algeria	12.4	1.9%
31st	Zambia	12.4	2.6%
32nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	12.5	3.6%
33rd	Argentina	13.1	1.2%
34th	Bhutan	14.0	1.8%
35th	Vanuatu	14.3	2.2%
36th	New Zealand	14.4	1.3%
37th	Solomon Islands	14.6	2.9%
38th	Finland	16.9	0.3%
39th	Turks and Caicos Islands	17.3	4.5%
40th	Uruguay	18.4	0.5%
41st	Peru	19.7	1.9%
42nd	Brazil	19.9	1.5%
43rd	Chile	20.1	1.3%
44th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	20.3	1.6%
45th	Eritrea	21.3	1.1%
46th	Mozambique	21.6	2.8%
47th	Sweden	21.7	0.1%
48th	Equatorial Guinea	22.0	3.9%
49th	Lao PDR	22.3	2.1%
50th	Kyrgyz Republic	24.5	1.5%
51st	Liberia	25.1	8.1%
52nd	Madagascar	25.8	3.3%
53rd	Afghanistan	28.3	3.9%
54th	Djibouti	29.0	3.6%
55th	Cameroon	29.1	2.7%
56th	Zimbabwe	29.4	1.9%
57th	United States	29.8	1.2%
58th	Bahamas, The	31.1	1.5%
59th	Faroe Islands	31.6	1.3%
60th	Guinea	32.3	2.1%
61st	Estonia	33.0	-1.1%
62nd	Colombia	33.5	1.8%
63rd	Yemen, Republic of	33.9	3.2%
64th	Tanzania	35.6	2.0%
65th	South Africa	37.6	1.2%
66th	Panama	38.2	2.0%
67th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	39.1	1.2%
68th	Latvia	39.1	-1.0%
69th	Palau	39.4	2.6%
70th	United Arab Emirates	39.7	8.5%
71st	Burkina Faso	40.0	2.6%
72nd	Nicaragua	40.0	1.7%
73rd	Guinea-Bissau	41.4	1.9%
74th	Ecuador	43.5	1.9%
75th	Tajikistan	43.9	1.2%
76th	Fiji	44.5	1.0%
77th	Qatar	47.4	4.1%
78th	Senegal	48.2	2.4%
79th	Mexico	48.4	1.7%
80th	Kenya	49.4	2.8%
81st	Belarus	49.9	-0.4%
82nd	Côte d'Ivoire	50.5	3.9%
83rd	Iraq	50.7	3.1%
84th	Ireland	53.3	1.0%
85th	Honduras	54.3	2.8%
86th	Uzbekistan	55.9	1.7%
87th	Lithuania	57.0	-0.7%
88th	Jordan	57.2	2.7%
89th	Brunei Darussalam	57.9	2.4%
90th	Benin	58.4	3.0%
91st	Eswatini	58.5	1.7%
92nd	Sierra Leone	58.9	1.3%
93rd	Tunisia	60.6	1.4%
94th	Morocco	61.0	1.5%
95th	Timor-Leste	61.7	2.8%
96th	French Polynesia	62.6	1.6%
97th	Samoa	62.7	0.8%
98th	Malaysia	65.1	2.5%
99th	Lesotho	65.5	0.8%
100th	Cambodia	65.6	7.1%
101st	Myanmar	66.9	1.3%
102nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	68.7	2.1%
103rd	Costa Rica	72.5	2.3%
104th	Bulgaria	75.1	-0.6%
105th	Georgia	76.1	-3.2%
106th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	78.5	3.7%
107th	North Macedonia	78.5	-0.8%
108th	Ghana	80.2	2.4%
109th	Spain	80.2	0.4%
110th	Croatia	81.0	-0.5%
111th	Türkiye	81.7	1.5%
112th	Greece	82.7	0.5%
113th	Syrian Arab Republic	83.9	2.7%
114th	Togo	86.9	3.2%
115th	Ukraine	87.7	-0.9%
116th	Dominica	92.4	-0.2%
117th	Azerbaijan	94.2	1.0%
118th	Austria	96.6	0.1%
119th	Cyprus	97.1	2.0%
120th	Romania	98.3	-0.3%
121st	Slovenia	98.6	-0.1%
122nd	Kuwait	100.3	3.3%
123rd	Guatemala	101.3	2.6%
124th	Moldova	102.1	-0.3%
125th	Cuba	102.4	0.3%
126th	Kiribati	103.9	1.8%
127th	Cabo Verde	107.4	1.7%
128th	European Union	107.9	0.2%
129th	Uganda	109.4	2.9%
130th	Portugal	110.5	0.4%
131st	France	111.3	0.4%
132nd	Slovak Republic	111.9	0.2%
133rd	Malawi	112.0	2.0%
134th	Indonesia	114.0	1.6%
135th	Armenia	114.0	-1.0%
136th	Hungary	114.6	-0.1%
137th	Albania	114.9	-0.6%
138th	Thailand	118.9	1.3%
139th	Northern Mariana Islands	123.0	9.5%
140th	British Virgin Islands	125.0	2.6%
141st	Poland	126.2	0.1%
142nd	Isle of Man	127.9	1.2%
143rd	Nigeria	128.2	2.6%
144th	China	131.0	1.0%
145th	Denmark	132.1	0.4%
146th	Gambia, The	132.3	2.9%
147th	Czechia	133.4	-0.1%
148th	Andorra	137.7	1.1%
149th	Tonga	139.8	0.4%
150th	São Tomé and Principe	144.7	1.4%
151st	Cayman Islands	148.1	4.1%
152nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	158.7	0.3%
153rd	Antigua and Barbuda	161.5	2.1%
154th	Nepal	162.4	2.1%
155th	St. Kitts and Nevis	167.0	1.3%
156th	Seychelles	168.1	1.2%
157th	Dominican Republic	169.2	1.8%
158th	Switzerland	179.3	0.2%
159th	Pakistan	184.9	2.9%
160th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	191.9	0.9%
161st	Italy	193.4	0.1%
162nd	Liechtenstein	195.2	0.6%
163rd	Viet Nam	228.0	1.5%
164th	Germany	235.0	0.2%
165th	Jamaica	235.3	0.9%
166th	Burundi	236.4	0.0%
167th	United Kingdom	241.0	0.3%
168th	Philippines	247.9	2.4%
169th	St. Lucia	250.1	1.4%
170th	Trinidad and Tobago	254.5	0.4%
171st	Israel	269.7	2.5%
172nd	American Samoa	271.8	1.9%
173rd	Comoros	272.9	1.7%
174th	Marshall Islands	273.7	1.0%
175th	El Salvador	282.1	0.7%
176th	Haiti	285.0	1.9%
177th	Guam	285.6	1.3%
178th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	290.1	0.0%
179th	Sri Lanka	291.0	1.9%
180th	Virgin Islands (US)	309.6	0.2%
181st	Grenada	309.7	0.7%
182nd	Tuvalu	313.3	0.6%
183rd	Rwanda	314.4	15.6%
184th	India	336.0	2.0%
185th	Japan	345.8	0.2%
186th	Lebanon	401.6	1.8%
187th	Puerto Rico (US)	423.8	0.9%
188th	San Marino	430.0	1.2%
189th	West Bank and Gaza	449.6	4.6%
190th	Netherlands	462.4	0.5%
191st	Korea	476.4	0.9%
192nd	Aruba	479.5	4.0%
193rd	Nauru	509.9	0.1%
194th	Mauritius	565.7	1.3%
195th	Barbados	610.2	0.0%
196th	Channel Islands	738.5	0.4%
197th	Bahrain	829.7	2.7%
198th	Maldives	892.4	2.0%
199th	Bangladesh	977.2	1.9%
200th	Bermuda	1,114.4	0.6%
201st	Malta	1,196.2	0.8%
202nd	Gibraltar	2,758.2	0.3%
203rd	Singapore	5,665.7	3.4%
204th	Hong Kong SAR, China	6,180.3	0.8%
205th	Monaco	15,818.0	0.7%
206th	Macao SAR, China	20,865.0	0.5%

FAQ

What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density in 1997?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density in 1997 was 191.9. This ranked 160th globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density change in 1997?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density increased by 0.9% in 1997 compared to 1996.

Which country had the highest population density in 1997?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1997 at 20,865.0.

What is the population density of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1997?▾

The population density of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1997 was 191.9. This ranked 160th globally.

How does 1997 compare to 1996 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density went from 190.1 in 1996 to 191.9 in 1997, a 0.9% increase.

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