Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Population Density 2012
209.4
+0.9 from 2011
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density was 209.4 in 2012, increased +0.9 from 208.4 in 2011. This was the 164th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2012▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greenland | 0.1 | -0.1% |
| 2nd | Mongolia | 1.8 | 1.9% |
| 3rd | Namibia | 2.7 | 2.3% |
| 4th | Australia | 3.0 | 1.8% |
| 5th | Iceland | 3.2 | 0.5% |
| 6th | Suriname | 3.5 | 1.1% |
| 7th | Mauritania | 3.5 | 3.3% |
| 8th | Libya | 3.5 | -2.6% |
| 9th | Botswana | 3.7 | 1.7% |
| 10th | Guyana | 3.8 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Canada | 3.9 | 1.1% |
| 12th | Kazakhstan | 6.4 | 1.4% |
| 13th | Gabon | 7.2 | 3.6% |
| 14th | Central African Republic | 7.4 | 1.0% |
| 15th | Russian Federation | 8.8 | 0.3% |
| 16th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 9.7 | 1.6% |
| 17th | Chad | 10.5 | 3.6% |
| 18th | Oman | 11.5 | 15.3% |
| 19th | Saudi Arabia | 12.2 | 4.3% |
| 20th | Turkmenistan | 12.4 | 2.2% |
| 21st | Norway | 13.7 | 1.3% |
| 22nd | Congo, Republic of | 13.9 | 2.8% |
| 23rd | Mali | 13.9 | 3.0% |
| 24th | Niger | 14.1 | 3.8% |
| 25th | Belize | 14.7 | 2.2% |
| 26th | Paraguay | 14.8 | 1.4% |
| 27th | New Caledonia | 14.9 | 1.9% |
| 28th | Argentina | 15.4 | 1.0% |
| 29th | Algeria | 15.8 | 2.0% |
| 30th | New Zealand | 16.7 | 0.5% |
| 31st | South Sudan | 17.0 | - |
| 32nd | Finland | 17.8 | 0.5% |
| 33rd | Papua New Guinea | 17.8 | 2.8% |
| 34th | Bhutan | 18.8 | 1.1% |
| 35th | Uruguay | 19.1 | 0.3% |
| 36th | Sudan | 19.8 | - |
| 37th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 19.9 | 0.9% |
| 38th | Zambia | 20.1 | 3.3% |
| 39th | Angola | 20.2 | 4.0% |
| 40th | Vanuatu | 20.4 | 2.2% |
| 41st | Solomon Islands | 20.5 | 3.7% |
| 42nd | Peru | 23.1 | 0.8% |
| 43rd | Sweden | 23.4 | 0.7% |
| 44th | Brazil | 23.6 | 0.8% |
| 45th | Chile | 23.6 | 1.0% |
| 46th | Eritrea | 25.1 | 1.3% |
| 47th | Lao PDR | 28.2 | 1.4% |
| 48th | Kyrgyz Republic | 29.5 | 1.9% |
| 49th | Mozambique | 30.9 | 2.9% |
| 50th | Estonia | 31.2 | -0.4% |
| 51st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 32.3 | 3.4% |
| 52nd | Latvia | 32.7 | -1.2% |
| 53rd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 33.8 | 4.2% |
| 54th | United States | 34.4 | 0.8% |
| 55th | Faroe Islands | 34.6 | -0.5% |
| 56th | Zimbabwe | 35.7 | 1.6% |
| 57th | Bahamas, The | 37.5 | 1.0% |
| 58th | Palau | 38.6 | -1.7% |
| 59th | Madagascar | 40.3 | 2.8% |
| 60th | Colombia | 41.2 | 1.0% |
| 61st | Djibouti | 41.7 | 1.9% |
| 62nd | Cameroon | 44.0 | 2.9% |
| 63rd | South Africa | 44.3 | 1.5% |
| 64th | Guinea | 44.4 | 2.5% |
| 65th | Liberia | 45.4 | 3.6% |
| 66th | Equatorial Guinea | 46.1 | 4.2% |
| 67th | Montenegro | 46.2 | 0.2% |
| 68th | Belarus | 46.6 | -0.2% |
| 69th | Afghanistan | 46.9 | 4.1% |
| 70th | Lithuania | 47.7 | -1.3% |
| 71st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 48.7 | 1.3% |
| 72nd | Nicaragua | 49.0 | 1.4% |
| 73rd | Fiji | 50.1 | 0.2% |
| 74th | Panama | 50.6 | 1.8% |
| 75th | Tanzania | 53.5 | 2.9% |
| 76th | Yemen, Republic of | 53.9 | 3.1% |
| 77th | Tajikistan | 57.3 | 2.4% |
| 78th | Guinea-Bissau | 58.7 | 2.7% |
| 79th | Mexico | 60.1 | 1.4% |
| 80th | Ecuador | 62.7 | 1.6% |
| 81st | Burkina Faso | 62.8 | 3.1% |
| 82nd | Georgia | 65.2 | -0.7% |
| 83rd | Eswatini | 65.3 | 0.5% |
| 84th | Ireland | 66.8 | 0.4% |
| 85th | Lesotho | 67.0 | 1.0% |
| 86th | Uzbekistan | 67.1 | 1.5% |
| 87th | Bulgaria | 67.3 | -0.6% |
| 88th | Senegal | 69.1 | 2.7% |
| 89th | Samoa | 69.4 | 0.9% |
| 90th | Tunisia | 70.9 | 1.1% |
| 91st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 71.7 | -1.9% |
| 92nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 73.8 | 2.1% |
| 93rd | Morocco | 74.7 | 1.3% |
| 94th | Croatia | 76.1 | -0.5% |
| 95th | Myanmar | 76.3 | 0.9% |
| 96th | Timor-Leste | 76.3 | 2.2% |
| 97th | North Macedonia | 76.5 | -0.4% |
| 98th | Brunei Darussalam | 77.0 | 1.5% |
| 99th | Kenya | 77.1 | 2.6% |
| 100th | Iraq | 77.5 | 4.6% |
| 101st | Honduras | 77.9 | 2.0% |
| 102nd | French Polynesia | 78.7 | 0.5% |
| 103rd | Ukraine | 79.8 | -0.2% |
| 104th | Serbia | 82.3 | -0.5% |
| 105th | Cambodia | 84.7 | 1.5% |
| 106th | Jordan | 85.5 | 1.4% |
| 107th | Greece | 85.7 | -0.5% |
| 108th | Romania | 87.2 | -0.4% |
| 109th | Malaysia | 90.3 | 1.7% |
| 110th | Sierra Leone | 90.8 | 2.6% |
| 111th | Costa Rica | 91.3 | 1.2% |
| 112th | Dominica | 92.2 | 0.1% |
| 113th | Benin | 92.2 | 3.0% |
| 114th | Spain | 93.5 | 0.0% |
| 115th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 93.6 | 2.3% |
| 116th | Türkiye | 97.7 | 1.3% |
| 117th | Moldova | 99.7 | 0.0% |
| 118th | Slovenia | 102.1 | 0.2% |
| 119th | Austria | 102.2 | 0.5% |
| 120th | United Arab Emirates | 104.1 | 4.0% |
| 121st | Albania | 104.4 | -1.5% |
| 122nd | Cuba | 106.0 | 0.2% |
| 123rd | Armenia | 106.2 | -0.1% |
| 124th | Hungary | 109.6 | -0.5% |
| 125th | European Union | 110.6 | 0.1% |
| 126th | Slovak Republic | 112.5 | 0.2% |
| 127th | Azerbaijan | 112.5 | 1.3% |
| 128th | Portugal | 114.8 | -0.4% |
| 129th | Northern Mariana Islands | 115.7 | -0.7% |
| 130th | Ghana | 117.5 | 2.4% |
| 131st | France | 121.8 | 0.5% |
| 132nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 123.9 | -0.5% |
| 133rd | Poland | 124.3 | 0.0% |
| 134th | Cyprus | 126.1 | 1.6% |
| 135th | Cabo Verde | 127.0 | 0.1% |
| 136th | Togo | 130.6 | 2.7% |
| 137th | Indonesia | 134.6 | 1.3% |
| 138th | Thailand | 135.9 | 0.6% |
| 139th | Czechia | 136.1 | 0.1% |
| 140th | Kiribati | 138.6 | 1.5% |
| 141st | Denmark | 139.8 | 0.4% |
| 142nd | Guatemala | 140.8 | 2.0% |
| 143rd | China | 144.2 | 0.7% |
| 144th | Isle of Man | 148.0 | -0.1% |
| 145th | Qatar | 148.4 | 6.0% |
| 146th | Tonga | 149.3 | -0.1% |
| 147th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 154.1 | 0.2% |
| 148th | Andorra | 163.5 | -1.2% |
| 149th | Malawi | 166.6 | 2.9% |
| 150th | Uganda | 171.2 | 2.9% |
| 151st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 180.9 | 0.3% |
| 152nd | Kuwait | 187.3 | 6.5% |
| 153rd | Seychelles | 192.0 | 1.0% |
| 154th | Nepal | 192.1 | 0.3% |
| 155th | Nigeria | 193.5 | 2.8% |
| 156th | São Tomé and Principe | 197.3 | 2.0% |
| 157th | Antigua and Barbuda | 198.3 | 1.1% |
| 158th | Gambia, The | 201.9 | 3.0% |
| 159th | British Virgin Islands | 202.3 | 5.7% |
| 160th | Switzerland | 202.4 | 1.1% |
| 161st | Italy | 203.5 | 0.3% |
| 162nd | Luxembourg | 206.2 | 2.4% |
| 163rd | Dominican Republic | 208.5 | 1.3% |
| 164th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 209.4 | 0.5% |
| 165th | Liechtenstein | 229.1 | 1.0% |
| 166th | Germany | 230.8 | 0.2% |
| 167th | Cayman Islands | 238.1 | 2.8% |
| 168th | Jamaica | 256.0 | 0.4% |
| 169th | Trinidad and Tobago | 260.3 | 0.5% |
| 170th | United Kingdom | 263.3 | 0.7% |
| 171st | Pakistan | 269.4 | 1.9% |
| 172nd | American Samoa | 272.4 | -0.7% |
| 173rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 278.8 | -0.6% |
| 174th | St. Lucia | 282.9 | 0.5% |
| 175th | Viet Nam | 285.6 | 1.1% |
| 176th | Marshall Islands | 285.7 | -0.9% |
| 177th | El Salvador | 295.1 | 0.4% |
| 178th | Guam | 308.0 | -0.1% |
| 179th | Virgin Islands (US) | 309.1 | -0.1% |
| 180th | Grenada | 331.7 | 0.6% |
| 181st | Philippines | 336.0 | 2.0% |
| 182nd | Sri Lanka | 337.6 | 0.8% |
| 183rd | Curaçao | 342.5 | 0.8% |
| 184th | Japan | 350.1 | -0.2% |
| 185th | Tuvalu | 364.5 | 1.4% |
| 186th | Haiti | 365.4 | 1.6% |
| 187th | Israel | 365.5 | 1.9% |
| 188th | Belgium | 366.2 | 0.6% |
| 189th | Comoros | 366.3 | 2.0% |
| 190th | Burundi | 392.2 | 3.6% |
| 191st | Puerto Rico (US) | 412.7 | -0.9% |
| 192nd | India | 430.1 | 1.4% |
| 193rd | Rwanda | 439.0 | 2.4% |
| 194th | Netherlands | 496.9 | 0.4% |
| 195th | Lebanon | 511.8 | 2.7% |
| 196th | Nauru | 513.4 | 1.7% |
| 197th | Korea | 515.9 | 0.4% |
| 198th | San Marino | 557.8 | 2.6% |
| 199th | Aruba | 578.4 | 1.5% |
| 200th | Mauritius | 628.9 | 0.3% |
| 201st | Barbados | 644.0 | 0.3% |
| 202nd | West Bank and Gaza | 661.1 | 2.5% |
| 203rd | St. Martin (French part) | 745.5 | 0.6% |
| 204th | Channel Islands | 812.0 | 0.7% |
| 205th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,030.1 | 2.2% |
| 206th | Bermuda | 1,178.6 | -0.1% |
| 207th | Bangladesh | 1,191.3 | 1.0% |
| 208th | Maldives | 1,289.4 | 3.5% |
| 209th | Malta | 1,312.6 | 0.9% |
| 210th | Bahrain | 1,570.1 | 0.8% |
| 211th | Gibraltar | 3,202.9 | 1.2% |
| 212th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 6,809.6 | 1.1% |
| 213th | Singapore | 7,524.7 | 2.2% |
| 214th | Monaco | 17,124.3 | 2.3% |
| 215th | Macao SAR, China | 18,993.3 | 3.3% |
FAQ
What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density in 2012?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density in 2012 was 209.4. This ranked 164th globally.
How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density change in 2012?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density increased by 0.5% in 2012 compared to 2011.
Which country had the highest population density in 2012?▾
Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2012 at 18,993.3.
What is the population density of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2012?▾
The population density of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2012 was 209.4. This ranked 164th globally.
How does 2012 compare to 2011 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density went from 208.4 in 2011 to 209.4 in 2012, a 0.5% increase.
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