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Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Population Density 1998

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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

193.6 +1.7 from 1997 Global rank: 161st

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density was 193.6 in 1998, increased +1.7 from 191.9 in 1997. This was the 161st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1998▾

Population Density by Country - 1998
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	0.2%
2nd	Mongolia	1.5	1.4%
3rd	Namibia	2.1	2.6%
4th	Mauritania	2.4	2.6%
5th	Australia	2.4	1.0%
6th	Iceland	2.7	1.1%
7th	Botswana	2.8	2.2%
8th	Suriname	2.8	2.1%
9th	Libya	2.9	1.5%
10th	Canada	3.4	0.8%
11th	Guyana	3.9	0.2%
12th	Gabon	4.7	2.6%
13th	Kazakhstan	5.8	-2.5%
14th	Central African Republic	5.8	2.8%
15th	Chad	6.3	3.5%
16th	Saudi Arabia	6.9	3.8%
17th	Oman	7.2	1.5%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	7.7	1.8%
19th	Niger	8.5	3.4%
20th	Congo, Republic of	8.6	2.2%
21st	Mali	8.9	2.6%
22nd	Russian Federation	9.0	-0.2%
23rd	Turkmenistan	9.4	1.7%
24th	Belize	9.9	3.6%
25th	Papua New Guinea	11.4	3.6%
26th	New Caledonia	11.7	2.1%
27th	Norway	12.1	0.6%
28th	Angola	12.2	3.4%
29th	Paraguay	12.3	2.2%
30th	Algeria	12.6	1.6%
31st	Zambia	12.8	2.7%
32nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	13.0	4.2%
33rd	Argentina	13.3	1.2%
34th	Bhutan	14.3	1.9%
35th	New Zealand	14.5	0.9%
36th	Vanuatu	14.6	2.1%
37th	Solomon Islands	15.0	2.8%
38th	Finland	16.9	0.3%
39th	Turks and Caicos Islands	18.1	4.4%
40th	Uruguay	18.5	0.5%
41st	Peru	20.1	1.8%
42nd	Brazil	20.2	1.5%
43rd	Chile	20.3	1.3%
44th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	20.9	2.8%
45th	Eritrea	21.6	1.3%
46th	Sweden	21.7	0.1%
47th	Mozambique	22.1	2.3%
48th	Lao PDR	22.7	1.9%
49th	Equatorial Guinea	22.9	4.0%
50th	Kyrgyz Republic	24.9	1.5%
51st	Madagascar	26.6	3.3%
52nd	Liberia	27.7	10.7%
53rd	Afghanistan	29.4	3.8%
54th	Cameroon	29.9	2.7%
55th	Zimbabwe	30.0	2.0%
56th	United States	30.1	1.2%
57th	Djibouti	30.2	4.1%
58th	Bahamas, The	31.5	1.4%
59th	Faroe Islands	32.0	1.2%
60th	Estonia	32.7	-1.0%
61st	Guinea	32.9	1.9%
62nd	Colombia	34.1	1.8%
63rd	Yemen, Republic of	34.9	3.2%
64th	Tanzania	36.6	2.7%
65th	South Africa	38.1	1.2%
66th	Latvia	38.7	-0.9%
67th	Panama	38.9	2.0%
68th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	39.6	1.4%
69th	Palau	40.3	2.3%
70th	Nicaragua	40.6	1.5%
71st	Burkina Faso	41.1	2.8%
72nd	Guinea-Bissau	42.2	1.9%
73rd	United Arab Emirates	42.8	7.9%
74th	Tajikistan	44.1	0.6%
75th	Fiji	45.0	1.2%
76th	Mexico	49.2	1.7%
77th	Ecuador	49.3	13.5%
78th	Senegal	49.4	2.4%
79th	Belarus	49.7	-0.4%
80th	Qatar	50.0	5.5%
81st	Kenya	50.8	2.8%
82nd	Iraq	52.3	3.2%
83rd	Côte d'Ivoire	52.4	3.8%
84th	Ireland	53.9	1.0%
85th	Honduras	55.7	2.7%
86th	Lithuania	56.6	-0.7%
87th	Uzbekistan	56.7	1.6%
88th	Jordan	58.5	2.3%
89th	Brunei Darussalam	59.3	2.3%
90th	Eswatini	59.3	1.3%
91st	Sierra Leone	59.5	1.0%
92nd	Benin	60.2	3.1%
93rd	Tunisia	61.4	1.3%
94th	Morocco	61.9	1.5%
95th	Samoa	63.2	0.8%
96th	Timor-Leste	63.4	2.8%
97th	French Polynesia	63.6	1.6%
98th	Lesotho	65.8	0.5%
99th	Malaysia	66.7	2.5%
100th	Myanmar	67.7	1.3%
101st	Cambodia	68.3	4.2%
102nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	70.3	2.2%
103rd	Costa Rica	74.1	2.2%
104th	Georgia	74.2	-2.4%
105th	Bulgaria	74.6	-0.7%
106th	North Macedonia	78.9	0.5%
107th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	79.9	1.8%
108th	Spain	80.5	0.4%
109th	Croatia	81.1	0.1%
110th	Ghana	82.1	2.5%
111th	Türkiye	82.8	1.4%
112th	Greece	83.2	0.6%
113th	Syrian Arab Republic	86.1	2.6%
114th	Ukraine	87.0	-0.8%
115th	Togo	89.4	2.9%
116th	Dominica	92.2	-0.3%
117th	Azerbaijan	95.2	1.1%
118th	Austria	96.7	0.1%
119th	Romania	98.0	-0.2%
120th	Slovenia	98.4	-0.2%
121st	Cyprus	99.0	1.9%
122nd	Moldova	102.1	0.0%
123rd	Cuba	102.7	0.3%
124th	Kuwait	103.5	3.2%
125th	Guatemala	103.9	2.6%
126th	Kiribati	105.7	1.8%
127th	European Union	108.1	0.1%
128th	Cabo Verde	109.1	1.6%
129th	Portugal	111.0	0.5%
130th	France	111.7	0.4%
131st	Slovak Republic	112.1	0.1%
132nd	Uganda	112.7	3.0%
133rd	Armenia	112.7	-1.2%
134th	Albania	114.2	-0.6%
135th	Hungary	114.3	-0.2%
136th	Malawi	114.5	2.2%
137th	Indonesia	115.8	1.6%
138th	Thailand	120.4	1.3%
139th	Poland	126.2	0.0%
140th	British Virgin Islands	128.3	2.6%
141st	Isle of Man	129.6	1.3%
142nd	Nigeria	131.6	2.6%
143rd	China	132.3	1.0%
144th	Denmark	132.6	0.4%
145th	Czechia	133.2	-0.1%
146th	Northern Mariana Islands	133.3	8.4%
147th	Gambia, The	136.1	2.8%
148th	Andorra	139.1	1.1%
149th	Tonga	140.8	0.7%
150th	São Tomé and Principe	146.6	1.3%
151st	Cayman Islands	153.8	3.9%
152nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	159.1	0.3%
153rd	Antigua and Barbuda	164.6	1.9%
154th	Nepal	165.6	2.0%
155th	St. Kitts and Nevis	169.2	1.3%
156th	Seychelles	171.4	2.0%
157th	Dominican Republic	172.0	1.7%
158th	Switzerland	179.9	0.3%
159th	Pakistan	190.1	2.8%
160th	Italy	193.5	0.0%
161st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	193.6	0.9%
162nd	Liechtenstein	197.9	1.4%
163rd	Viet Nam	231.3	1.4%
164th	Germany	235.1	0.0%
165th	Jamaica	237.3	0.9%
166th	Burundi	240.9	1.9%
167th	United Kingdom	241.8	0.3%
168th	St. Lucia	253.6	1.4%
169th	Philippines	254.2	2.5%
170th	Trinidad and Tobago	255.4	0.3%
171st	Israel	275.9	2.3%
172nd	Marshall Islands	276.2	0.9%
173rd	American Samoa	276.7	1.8%
174th	Comoros	277.6	1.7%
175th	El Salvador	283.8	0.6%
176th	Guam	289.3	1.3%
177th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	290.2	0.0%
178th	Haiti	290.4	1.9%
179th	Sri Lanka	296.5	1.9%
180th	Virgin Islands (US)	310.1	0.2%
181st	Grenada	311.8	0.7%
182nd	Tuvalu	315.0	0.5%
183rd	Rwanda	327.6	4.2%
184th	India	342.6	2.0%
185th	Japan	346.8	0.3%
186th	Lebanon	408.7	1.8%
187th	Puerto Rico (US)	426.3	0.6%
188th	San Marino	435.4	1.3%
189th	West Bank and Gaza	461.2	2.6%
190th	Netherlands	465.3	0.6%
191st	Korea	479.9	0.7%
192nd	Aruba	491.4	2.5%
193rd	Nauru	509.9	0.0%
194th	Mauritius	571.6	1.1%
195th	Barbados	610.3	0.0%
196th	Channel Islands	741.9	0.5%
197th	Bahrain	851.9	2.7%
198th	Maldives	909.1	1.9%
199th	Bangladesh	995.8	1.9%
200th	Bermuda	1,122.9	0.8%
201st	Malta	1,204.0	0.7%
202nd	Gibraltar	2,765.0	0.2%
203rd	Singapore	5,861.5	3.5%
204th	Hong Kong SAR, China	6,232.1	0.8%
205th	Monaco	15,918.6	0.6%
206th	Macao SAR, China	21,115.0	1.2%

FAQ

What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density in 1998?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density in 1998 was 193.6. This ranked 161st globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density change in 1998?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density increased by 0.9% in 1998 compared to 1997.

Which country had the highest population density in 1998?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1998 at 21,115.0.

What is the population density of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1998?▾

The population density of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1998 was 193.6. This ranked 161st globally.

How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density went from 191.9 in 1997 to 193.6 in 1998, a 0.9% increase.

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