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Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Population Density 2002

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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

198.9 +1.1 from 2001 Global rank: 161st

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density was 198.9 in 2002, increased +1.1 from 197.8 in 2001. This was the 161st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2002▾

Population Density by Country - 2002
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	0.4%
2nd	Mongolia	1.6	1.3%
3rd	Namibia	2.3	1.8%
4th	Australia	2.5	1.1%
5th	Mauritania	2.7	2.2%
6th	Iceland	2.9	0.9%
7th	Botswana	3.1	1.9%
8th	Suriname	3.1	2.1%
9th	Libya	3.1	1.9%
10th	Canada	3.5	1.1%
11th	Guyana	3.9	-0.1%
12th	Gabon	5.2	2.7%
13th	Kazakhstan	5.8	0.5%
14th	Central African Republic	6.4	2.2%
15th	Chad	7.2	3.5%
16th	Oman	7.6	1.2%
17th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	8.2	1.7%
18th	Saudi Arabia	8.3	5.1%
19th	Russian Federation	8.9	-0.5%
20th	Niger	9.7	3.6%
21st	Congo, Republic of	9.8	2.4%
22nd	Mali	10.1	3.2%
23rd	Turkmenistan	10.1	2.0%
24th	Belize	11.2	3.1%
25th	Norway	12.4	0.5%
26th	New Caledonia	12.7	2.0%
27th	Papua New Guinea	13.1	3.4%
28th	Paraguay	13.2	1.4%
29th	Algeria	13.3	1.3%
30th	Argentina	13.9	1.1%
31st	Angola	13.9	3.5%
32nd	Zambia	14.3	3.1%
33rd	New Zealand	15.0	1.8%
34th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	15.2	3.8%
35th	Bhutan	15.7	2.2%
36th	Vanuatu	16.1	2.5%
37th	Solomon Islands	16.4	1.9%
38th	Finland	17.1	0.2%
39th	Uruguay	18.7	0.1%
40th	Peru	21.3	1.2%
41st	Chile	21.3	1.1%
42nd	Brazil	21.4	1.2%
43rd	Turks and Caicos Islands	21.7	5.2%
44th	Sweden	21.9	0.3%
45th	Eritrea	23.7	3.5%
46th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	23.7	3.1%
47th	Mozambique	24.1	2.3%
48th	Lao PDR	24.3	1.6%
49th	Kyrgyz Republic	26.0	0.9%
50th	Equatorial Guinea	28.4	6.4%
51st	Madagascar	30.2	3.0%
52nd	Zimbabwe	31.2	1.0%
53rd	United States	31.4	0.9%
54th	Liberia	32.1	2.6%
55th	Estonia	32.5	-0.6%
56th	Afghanistan	32.8	5.4%
57th	Bahamas, The	33.1	1.2%
58th	Cameroon	33.3	2.7%
59th	Faroe Islands	33.9	1.5%
60th	Djibouti	34.3	3.1%
61st	Guinea	35.3	1.6%
62nd	Colombia	36.3	1.5%
63rd	Latvia	37.1	-1.2%
64th	Yemen, Republic of	39.5	3.0%
65th	South Africa	39.6	1.0%
66th	Tanzania	40.8	2.6%
67th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	41.8	0.8%
68th	Panama	42.1	1.9%
69th	Palau	42.4	0.8%
70th	Nicaragua	42.8	1.2%
71st	Guinea-Bissau	45.9	2.2%
72nd	Burkina Faso	46.3	3.1%
73rd	Tajikistan	46.7	1.9%
74th	Fiji	47.0	1.0%
75th	Belarus	48.6	-0.6%
76th	Mexico	52.2	1.4%
77th	Ecuador	52.9	1.8%
78th	Senegal	54.4	2.5%
79th	Lithuania	54.9	-0.8%
80th	United Arab Emirates	55.7	6.3%
81st	Ireland	57.1	1.7%
82nd	Kenya	57.3	3.2%
83rd	Uzbekistan	58.3	1.2%
84th	Côte d'Ivoire	58.7	2.6%
85th	Timor-Leste	59.1	8.2%
86th	Iraq	59.5	3.2%
87th	Qatar	61.3	4.9%
88th	Eswatini	61.6	0.8%
89th	Honduras	62.0	2.7%
90th	Jordan	63.6	2.1%
91st	Tunisia	64.2	1.0%
92nd	Brunei Darussalam	64.5	2.0%
93rd	Samoa	65.2	0.7%
94th	Morocco	65.4	1.3%
95th	Lesotho	65.7	-0.3%
96th	Benin	68.1	3.1%
97th	Sierra Leone	68.9	5.9%
98th	Georgia	69.6	-0.9%
99th	Myanmar	70.7	1.0%
100th	French Polynesia	71.4	1.5%
101st	Bulgaria	72.0	-0.5%
102nd	Cambodia	72.8	1.6%
103rd	Malaysia	73.4	2.4%
104th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	76.6	2.1%
105th	Croatia	76.9	0.1%
106th	North Macedonia	79.4	-0.7%
107th	Costa Rica	79.8	1.7%
108th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	81.8	0.2%
109th	Spain	83.0	1.3%
110th	Ukraine	84.0	-0.9%
111th	Greece	84.6	0.4%
112th	Türkiye	87.1	1.2%
113th	Ghana	91.1	2.8%
114th	Dominica	91.2	0.1%
115th	Romania	94.5	-1.9%
116th	Syrian Arab Republic	95.1	2.4%
117th	Austria	97.9	0.5%
118th	Azerbaijan	98.9	0.7%
119th	Slovenia	99.0	0.1%
120th	Togo	99.5	2.6%
121st	Moldova	101.4	-0.2%
122nd	Cuba	105.1	1.3%
123rd	Cyprus	106.2	1.8%
124th	European Union	107.9	0.3%
125th	Albania	111.4	-0.3%
126th	Slovak Republic	111.8	0.0%
127th	Armenia	112.4	-0.4%
128th	Hungary	113.4	-0.3%
129th	Portugal	113.9	0.5%
130th	Kiribati	113.9	2.1%
131st	Guatemala	114.3	2.3%
132nd	France	114.7	0.7%
133rd	Kuwait	115.6	2.6%
134th	Cabo Verde	115.9	1.5%
135th	Indonesia	118.3	1.4%
136th	Poland	124.8	0.0%
137th	Thailand	125.8	1.0%
138th	Malawi	126.0	2.5%
139th	Uganda	127.8	3.2%
140th	Czechia	132.0	-0.2%
141st	Denmark	134.4	0.3%
142nd	Isle of Man	135.6	1.0%
143rd	China	136.4	0.7%
144th	Andorra	141.5	1.0%
145th	British Virgin Islands	142.9	3.0%
146th	Tonga	144.3	0.6%
147th	Northern Mariana Islands	145.2	-1.8%
148th	Nigeria	146.5	2.8%
149th	Gambia, The	151.7	2.7%
150th	São Tomé and Principe	156.2	2.4%
151st	Micronesia, Federated States of	160.6	0.1%
152nd	Luxembourg	173.3	1.1%
153rd	Antigua and Barbuda	175.1	1.3%
154th	Nepal	176.7	1.5%
155th	St. Kitts and Nevis	177.0	0.6%
156th	Cayman Islands	177.1	3.5%
157th	Seychelles	182.0	3.1%
158th	Dominican Republic	183.2	1.5%
159th	Switzerland	184.3	0.8%
160th	Italy	193.1	0.2%
161st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	198.9	0.5%
162nd	Liechtenstein	210.6	1.5%
163rd	Pakistan	211.7	2.5%
164th	Germany	236.5	0.2%
165th	Jamaica	243.8	0.6%
166th	United Kingdom	245.4	0.4%
167th	Viet Nam	253.7	1.2%
168th	Trinidad and Tobago	259.7	0.5%
169th	St. Lucia	265.0	0.9%
170th	Burundi	265.7	2.9%
171st	Philippines	278.6	2.0%
172nd	American Samoa	285.3	0.0%
173rd	Marshall Islands	285.7	0.6%
174th	El Salvador	288.9	0.3%
175th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	290.6	-0.1%
176th	Comoros	300.3	2.1%
177th	Guam	300.6	0.6%
178th	Israel	303.6	2.0%
179th	Virgin Islands (US)	310.0	0.0%
180th	Haiti	312.3	1.8%
181st	Sri Lanka	315.8	1.0%
182nd	Grenada	318.8	0.4%
183rd	Tuvalu	320.8	0.4%
184th	Rwanda	340.5	1.4%
185th	Belgium	340.6	0.4%
186th	Japan	349.6	0.2%
187th	India	369.2	1.8%
188th	Puerto Rico (US)	431.1	0.1%
189th	Lebanon	436.3	1.4%
190th	San Marino	458.2	1.3%
191st	Netherlands	478.3	0.6%
192nd	Korea	492.2	0.5%
193rd	Nauru	504.1	-0.5%
194th	West Bank and Gaza	510.9	2.6%
195th	Aruba	511.5	0.7%
196th	Mauritius	593.4	0.7%
197th	Barbados	614.3	0.7%
198th	Channel Islands	757.0	0.7%
199th	Maldives	972.1	1.7%
200th	Bahrain	1,000.8	7.4%
201st	Bangladesh	1,067.3	1.6%
202nd	Bermuda	1,150.8	0.4%
203rd	Malta	1,237.4	0.7%
204th	Gibraltar	2,783.1	0.6%
205th	Singapore	6,186.6	0.2%
206th	Hong Kong SAR, China	6,423.0	0.4%
207th	Monaco	15,995.1	-0.1%
208th	Macao SAR, China	16,237.0	-2.7%

FAQ

What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density in 2002?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density in 2002 was 198.9. This ranked 161st globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density change in 2002?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density increased by 0.5% in 2002 compared to 2001.

Which country had the highest population density in 2002?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2002 at 16,237.0.

What is the population density of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2002?▾

The population density of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2002 was 198.9. This ranked 161st globally.

How does 2002 compare to 2001 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density went from 197.8 in 2001 to 198.9 in 2002, a 0.5% increase.

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