Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Population Density 2001
197.8
+1.2 from 2000
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density was 197.8 in 2001, increased +1.2 from 196.5 in 2000. This was the 161st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2001▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greenland | 0.1 | 0.3% |
| 2nd | Mongolia | 1.6 | 1.2% |
| 3rd | Namibia | 2.3 | 2.1% |
| 4th | Australia | 2.5 | 1.3% |
| 5th | Mauritania | 2.6 | 2.5% |
| 6th | Iceland | 2.8 | 1.3% |
| 7th | Botswana | 3.0 | 2.1% |
| 8th | Suriname | 3.0 | 2.1% |
| 9th | Libya | 3.1 | 1.9% |
| 10th | Canada | 3.5 | 1.1% |
| 11th | Guyana | 3.9 | 0.0% |
| 12th | Gabon | 5.1 | 2.7% |
| 13th | Kazakhstan | 5.8 | 0.5% |
| 14th | Central African Republic | 6.3 | 2.2% |
| 15th | Chad | 7.0 | 3.4% |
| 16th | Oman | 7.5 | 1.2% |
| 17th | Saudi Arabia | 7.9 | 5.3% |
| 18th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 8.1 | 1.7% |
| 19th | Russian Federation | 8.9 | -0.4% |
| 20th | Niger | 9.4 | 3.6% |
| 21st | Congo, Republic of | 9.6 | 3.8% |
| 22nd | Mali | 9.8 | 3.1% |
| 23rd | Turkmenistan | 9.9 | 2.0% |
| 24th | Belize | 10.9 | 3.1% |
| 25th | Norway | 12.4 | 0.5% |
| 26th | New Caledonia | 12.5 | 2.1% |
| 27th | Papua New Guinea | 12.6 | 3.5% |
| 28th | Paraguay | 13.1 | 1.7% |
| 29th | Algeria | 13.2 | 1.4% |
| 30th | Angola | 13.4 | 3.4% |
| 31st | Argentina | 13.7 | 1.1% |
| 32nd | Zambia | 13.9 | 3.1% |
| 33rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 14.7 | 4.1% |
| 34th | New Zealand | 14.7 | 0.6% |
| 35th | Bhutan | 15.3 | 2.3% |
| 36th | Vanuatu | 15.7 | 2.5% |
| 37th | Solomon Islands | 16.0 | 2.0% |
| 38th | Finland | 17.0 | 0.2% |
| 39th | Uruguay | 18.7 | 0.2% |
| 40th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 20.6 | 4.5% |
| 41st | Peru | 21.1 | 1.4% |
| 42nd | Brazil | 21.1 | 1.3% |
| 43rd | Chile | 21.1 | 1.2% |
| 44th | Sweden | 21.8 | 0.3% |
| 45th | Eritrea | 22.9 | 2.9% |
| 46th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 23.0 | 3.2% |
| 47th | Mozambique | 23.6 | 2.3% |
| 48th | Lao PDR | 23.9 | 1.7% |
| 49th | Kyrgyz Republic | 25.8 | 1.0% |
| 50th | Equatorial Guinea | 26.7 | 6.6% |
| 51st | Madagascar | 29.3 | 3.1% |
| 52nd | Zimbabwe | 30.9 | 0.7% |
| 53rd | Afghanistan | 31.1 | 0.8% |
| 54th | United States | 31.1 | 1.0% |
| 55th | Liberia | 31.3 | 3.0% |
| 56th | Cameroon | 32.4 | 2.7% |
| 57th | Estonia | 32.7 | -0.6% |
| 58th | Bahamas, The | 32.8 | 1.2% |
| 59th | Djibouti | 33.3 | 3.2% |
| 60th | Faroe Islands | 33.4 | 1.9% |
| 61st | Guinea | 34.8 | 1.3% |
| 62nd | Colombia | 35.8 | 1.6% |
| 63rd | Latvia | 37.6 | -1.3% |
| 64th | Yemen, Republic of | 38.3 | 3.1% |
| 65th | South Africa | 39.2 | 0.9% |
| 66th | Tanzania | 39.7 | 2.7% |
| 67th | Panama | 41.3 | 2.0% |
| 68th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 41.4 | 1.6% |
| 69th | Palau | 42.1 | 0.9% |
| 70th | Nicaragua | 42.3 | 1.3% |
| 71st | Guinea-Bissau | 44.9 | 2.1% |
| 72nd | Burkina Faso | 44.9 | 3.1% |
| 73rd | Tajikistan | 45.8 | 2.0% |
| 74th | Fiji | 46.5 | 1.0% |
| 75th | Belarus | 48.9 | -0.5% |
| 76th | Mexico | 51.5 | 1.5% |
| 77th | Ecuador | 52.0 | 1.7% |
| 78th | United Arab Emirates | 52.4 | 6.6% |
| 79th | Senegal | 53.0 | 2.5% |
| 80th | Timor-Leste | 54.6 | 9.0% |
| 81st | Lithuania | 55.4 | -0.8% |
| 82nd | Kenya | 55.6 | 3.2% |
| 83rd | Ireland | 56.1 | 1.6% |
| 84th | Côte d'Ivoire | 57.2 | 2.7% |
| 85th | Uzbekistan | 57.6 | 1.2% |
| 86th | Iraq | 57.6 | 3.2% |
| 87th | Qatar | 58.4 | 5.1% |
| 88th | Honduras | 60.4 | 2.7% |
| 89th | Eswatini | 61.1 | 0.9% |
| 90th | Jordan | 62.3 | 2.1% |
| 91st | Brunei Darussalam | 63.3 | 2.1% |
| 92nd | Tunisia | 63.5 | 1.1% |
| 93rd | Morocco | 64.6 | 1.4% |
| 94th | Samoa | 64.7 | 0.8% |
| 95th | Sierra Leone | 65.0 | 6.1% |
| 96th | Lesotho | 65.9 | -0.2% |
| 97th | Benin | 66.0 | 3.1% |
| 98th | Myanmar | 70.0 | 1.1% |
| 99th | Georgia | 70.2 | -1.5% |
| 100th | French Polynesia | 70.3 | 1.6% |
| 101st | Malaysia | 71.6 | 2.4% |
| 102nd | Cambodia | 71.7 | 1.6% |
| 103rd | Bulgaria | 72.4 | -2.0% |
| 104th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 75.0 | 2.1% |
| 105th | Croatia | 76.9 | -3.8% |
| 106th | Costa Rica | 78.5 | 1.8% |
| 107th | North Macedonia | 80.0 | 0.4% |
| 108th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 81.6 | 0.5% |
| 109th | Spain | 81.9 | 0.8% |
| 110th | Greece | 84.3 | 0.5% |
| 111th | Ukraine | 84.8 | -0.9% |
| 112th | Türkiye | 86.1 | 1.3% |
| 113th | Ghana | 88.6 | 2.7% |
| 114th | Dominica | 91.1 | -0.3% |
| 115th | Syrian Arab Republic | 92.8 | 2.5% |
| 116th | Romania | 96.3 | -1.4% |
| 117th | Togo | 97.0 | 2.7% |
| 118th | Austria | 97.5 | 0.4% |
| 119th | Azerbaijan | 98.2 | 0.8% |
| 120th | Slovenia | 98.9 | 0.2% |
| 121st | Moldova | 101.6 | -0.2% |
| 122nd | Cuba | 103.8 | 0.3% |
| 123rd | Cyprus | 104.3 | 1.7% |
| 124th | European Union | 107.6 | 0.1% |
| 125th | Kiribati | 111.5 | 1.9% |
| 126th | Albania | 111.7 | -0.9% |
| 127th | Guatemala | 111.7 | 2.3% |
| 128th | Slovak Republic | 111.8 | -0.2% |
| 129th | Kuwait | 112.7 | 2.7% |
| 130th | Armenia | 112.8 | -0.3% |
| 131st | Portugal | 113.3 | 0.7% |
| 132nd | Hungary | 113.7 | -0.2% |
| 133rd | France | 113.9 | 0.7% |
| 134th | Cabo Verde | 114.2 | 1.5% |
| 135th | Indonesia | 116.7 | 1.4% |
| 136th | Malawi | 123.0 | 2.4% |
| 137th | Uganda | 123.8 | 3.1% |
| 138th | Thailand | 124.6 | 1.0% |
| 139th | Poland | 124.9 | 0.0% |
| 140th | Czechia | 132.2 | -0.4% |
| 141st | Denmark | 134.0 | 0.4% |
| 142nd | Isle of Man | 134.2 | 1.1% |
| 143rd | China | 135.5 | 0.7% |
| 144th | British Virgin Islands | 138.6 | 2.7% |
| 145th | Andorra | 140.1 | 0.3% |
| 146th | Nigeria | 142.6 | 2.8% |
| 147th | Tonga | 143.5 | 0.6% |
| 148th | Gambia, The | 147.7 | 2.7% |
| 149th | Northern Mariana Islands | 147.8 | -0.5% |
| 150th | São Tomé and Principe | 152.5 | 1.6% |
| 151st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 160.5 | 0.3% |
| 152nd | Cayman Islands | 171.2 | 3.6% |
| 153rd | Luxembourg | 171.5 | 1.2% |
| 154th | Antigua and Barbuda | 172.9 | 1.5% |
| 155th | Nepal | 174.0 | 1.6% |
| 156th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 176.0 | 1.1% |
| 157th | Seychelles | 176.5 | 0.1% |
| 158th | Dominican Republic | 180.5 | 1.6% |
| 159th | Switzerland | 182.9 | 0.6% |
| 160th | Italy | 192.7 | 0.1% |
| 161st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 197.8 | 0.6% |
| 162nd | Pakistan | 206.6 | 2.8% |
| 163rd | Liechtenstein | 207.5 | 1.7% |
| 164th | Germany | 236.0 | 0.2% |
| 165th | Jamaica | 242.3 | 0.6% |
| 166th | United Kingdom | 244.4 | 0.4% |
| 167th | Viet Nam | 250.6 | 1.0% |
| 168th | Burundi | 258.3 | 2.5% |
| 169th | Trinidad and Tobago | 258.4 | 0.4% |
| 170th | St. Lucia | 262.7 | 1.0% |
| 171st | Philippines | 273.0 | 2.2% |
| 172nd | Marshall Islands | 284.0 | 0.8% |
| 173rd | American Samoa | 285.3 | 0.3% |
| 174th | El Salvador | 288.0 | 0.4% |
| 175th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 291.0 | 0.0% |
| 176th | Comoros | 294.0 | 2.1% |
| 177th | Israel | 297.6 | 2.4% |
| 178th | Guam | 298.8 | 0.8% |
| 179th | Haiti | 306.8 | 1.8% |
| 180th | Virgin Islands (US) | 310.1 | -0.1% |
| 181st | Sri Lanka | 312.6 | 1.6% |
| 182nd | Grenada | 317.6 | 0.5% |
| 183rd | Tuvalu | 319.5 | 0.4% |
| 184th | Rwanda | 335.9 | 0.9% |
| 185th | Belgium | 339.1 | 0.3% |
| 186th | Japan | 348.8 | 0.2% |
| 187th | India | 362.5 | 1.9% |
| 188th | Lebanon | 430.3 | 1.7% |
| 189th | Puerto Rico (US) | 430.5 | 0.2% |
| 190th | San Marino | 452.4 | 1.3% |
| 191st | Netherlands | 475.3 | 0.8% |
| 192nd | Korea | 489.7 | 0.5% |
| 193rd | West Bank and Gaza | 498.0 | 2.6% |
| 194th | Nauru | 506.5 | -0.4% |
| 195th | Aruba | 508.0 | 0.9% |
| 196th | Mauritius | 589.3 | 0.8% |
| 197th | Barbados | 610.3 | 0.1% |
| 198th | Channel Islands | 751.8 | 0.5% |
| 199th | Bahrain | 931.4 | 3.7% |
| 200th | Maldives | 955.9 | 1.7% |
| 201st | Bangladesh | 1,051.0 | 1.7% |
| 202nd | Bermuda | 1,145.7 | 0.5% |
| 203rd | Malta | 1,228.2 | 0.8% |
| 204th | Gibraltar | 2,765.7 | -0.2% |
| 205th | Singapore | 6,176.1 | 2.7% |
| 206th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 6,394.6 | 0.7% |
| 207th | Monaco | 16,007.4 | 0.0% |
| 208th | Macao SAR, China | 16,688.5 | -22.5% |
FAQ
What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density in 2001?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density in 2001 was 197.8. This ranked 161st globally.
How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density change in 2001?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density increased by 0.6% in 2001 compared to 2000.
Which country had the highest population density in 2001?▾
Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2001 at 16,688.5.
What is the population density of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2001?▾
The population density of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2001 was 197.8. This ranked 161st globally.
How does 2001 compare to 2000 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density went from 196.5 in 2000 to 197.8 in 2001, a 0.6% increase.
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