Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Population Density 2019
216.2
+0.9 from 2018
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density was 216.2 in 2019, increased +0.9 from 215.4 in 2018. This was the 155th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2019▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greenland | 0.1 | 0.4% |
| 2nd | Mongolia | 2.1 | 1.9% |
| 3rd | Namibia | 3.2 | 2.8% |
| 4th | Australia | 3.3 | 1.5% |
| 5th | Iceland | 3.6 | 2.2% |
| 6th | Suriname | 3.8 | 1.0% |
| 7th | Libya | 4.0 | 1.5% |
| 8th | Guyana | 4.1 | 2.0% |
| 9th | Botswana | 4.1 | 1.4% |
| 10th | Canada | 4.2 | 1.5% |
| 11th | Mauritania | 4.3 | 3.0% |
| 12th | Kazakhstan | 7.1 | 1.5% |
| 13th | Central African Republic | 7.9 | 1.4% |
| 14th | Gabon | 8.8 | 2.5% |
| 15th | Russian Federation | 8.9 | 0.0% |
| 16th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 10.8 | 1.4% |
| 17th | Chad | 13.3 | 3.3% |
| 18th | Saudi Arabia | 14.0 | -0.4% |
| 19th | Turkmenistan | 14.5 | 2.2% |
| 20th | Norway | 14.6 | 0.7% |
| 21st | Oman | 14.8 | -0.1% |
| 22nd | New Caledonia | 15.5 | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Paraguay | 16.4 | 1.4% |
| 24th | Argentina | 16.4 | 0.7% |
| 25th | Congo, Republic of | 16.4 | 2.4% |
| 26th | South Sudan | 16.5 | 3.0% |
| 27th | Belize | 16.9 | 1.5% |
| 28th | Mali | 17.3 | 3.1% |
| 29th | Niger | 18.1 | 3.4% |
| 30th | Finland | 18.2 | 0.1% |
| 31st | Algeria | 18.2 | 1.9% |
| 32nd | New Zealand | 18.9 | 1.4% |
| 33rd | Uruguay | 19.4 | 0.1% |
| 34th | Bhutan | 20.1 | 0.7% |
| 35th | Papua New Guinea | 21.2 | 2.3% |
| 36th | Vanuatu | 24.0 | 2.4% |
| 37th | Sudan | 24.4 | 3.0% |
| 38th | Brazil | 24.8 | 0.7% |
| 39th | Zambia | 24.9 | 3.0% |
| 40th | Sweden | 25.2 | 1.0% |
| 41st | Peru | 25.4 | 1.7% |
| 42nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 25.6 | 3.7% |
| 43rd | Chile | 25.8 | 1.5% |
| 44th | Angola | 26.0 | 3.4% |
| 45th | Solomon Islands | 26.0 | 2.7% |
| 46th | Eritrea | 26.8 | 1.5% |
| 47th | Latvia | 30.8 | -0.7% |
| 48th | Estonia | 31.0 | 0.4% |
| 49th | Lao PDR | 31.4 | 1.5% |
| 50th | Kyrgyz Republic | 34.4 | 2.3% |
| 51st | United States | 36.1 | 0.5% |
| 52nd | Faroe Islands | 37.1 | 1.6% |
| 53rd | Mozambique | 38.0 | 3.0% |
| 54th | Palau | 38.7 | -0.1% |
| 55th | Bahamas, The | 39.4 | 0.5% |
| 56th | Zimbabwe | 39.5 | 1.6% |
| 57th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 41.0 | 3.2% |
| 58th | Lithuania | 44.9 | -0.3% |
| 59th | Colombia | 45.0 | 1.8% |
| 60th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 45.4 | 3.9% |
| 61st | Belarus | 46.4 | -0.2% |
| 62nd | Montenegro | 46.6 | 0.1% |
| 63rd | Djibouti | 47.0 | 1.6% |
| 64th | Madagascar | 48.5 | 2.6% |
| 65th | South Africa | 49.1 | 1.7% |
| 66th | Fiji | 50.1 | -0.2% |
| 67th | Liberia | 52.4 | 2.0% |
| 68th | Guinea | 53.0 | 2.6% |
| 69th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 53.7 | 1.1% |
| 70th | Nicaragua | 53.9 | 1.3% |
| 71st | Cameroon | 54.0 | 2.8% |
| 72nd | Panama | 57.1 | 1.6% |
| 73rd | Afghanistan | 58.0 | 3.0% |
| 74th | Equatorial Guinea | 59.5 | 3.3% |
| 75th | Bulgaria | 60.9 | -1.4% |
| 76th | Mexico | 64.7 | 1.0% |
| 77th | Georgia | 65.1 | -0.2% |
| 78th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 65.3 | -1.2% |
| 79th | Yemen, Republic of | 66.5 | 3.0% |
| 80th | Tanzania | 66.8 | 3.0% |
| 81st | Eswatini | 68.6 | 0.9% |
| 82nd | Tajikistan | 68.7 | 2.4% |
| 83rd | Ecuador | 69.8 | 1.7% |
| 84th | Guinea-Bissau | 70.0 | 2.4% |
| 85th | Croatia | 70.6 | -1.0% |
| 86th | Ireland | 72.2 | 1.6% |
| 87th | Lesotho | 72.8 | 1.2% |
| 88th | North Macedonia | 74.4 | -0.7% |
| 89th | Uzbekistan | 74.8 | 1.8% |
| 90th | Samoa | 75.5 | 1.1% |
| 91st | Tunisia | 76.4 | 0.9% |
| 92nd | Burkina Faso | 76.6 | 2.6% |
| 93rd | Ukraine | 77.6 | -0.6% |
| 94th | Serbia | 79.4 | -0.5% |
| 95th | French Polynesia | 80.4 | -0.3% |
| 96th | Myanmar | 80.7 | 0.7% |
| 97th | Morocco | 81.1 | 1.0% |
| 98th | Greece | 83.2 | -0.1% |
| 99th | Brunei Darussalam | 84.0 | 1.1% |
| 100th | Romania | 84.2 | -0.5% |
| 101st | Senegal | 84.9 | 2.8% |
| 102nd | Timor-Leste | 87.5 | 2.0% |
| 103rd | Kenya | 88.4 | 1.6% |
| 104th | Côte d'Ivoire | 88.7 | 2.7% |
| 105th | Honduras | 88.9 | 1.8% |
| 106th | Dominica | 90.5 | -0.4% |
| 107th | Moldova | 92.8 | -1.6% |
| 108th | Cambodia | 93.4 | 1.3% |
| 109th | Albania | 93.7 | -1.5% |
| 110th | Spain | 94.3 | 0.7% |
| 111th | Iraq | 94.9 | 2.3% |
| 112th | Costa Rica | 97.9 | 0.8% |
| 113th | Malaysia | 101.8 | 1.6% |
| 114th | Slovenia | 103.7 | 0.7% |
| 115th | Armenia | 104.1 | -0.2% |
| 116th | Northern Mariana Islands | 104.6 | -1.9% |
| 117th | Hungary | 106.2 | -0.1% |
| 118th | Sierra Leone | 107.1 | 2.3% |
| 119th | Türkiye | 107.3 | 1.4% |
| 120th | Austria | 107.6 | 0.4% |
| 121st | Cuba | 107.9 | -0.2% |
| 122nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 108.0 | 1.8% |
| 123rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 110.8 | 4.0% |
| 124th | European Union | 111.8 | 0.1% |
| 125th | Portugal | 112.3 | 0.0% |
| 126th | Benin | 112.9 | 2.8% |
| 127th | Slovak Republic | 113.4 | 0.1% |
| 128th | Jordan | 120.2 | 2.0% |
| 129th | Azerbaijan | 121.3 | 0.9% |
| 130th | Poland | 124.0 | 0.0% |
| 131st | France | 125.0 | 0.3% |
| 132nd | Cabo Verde | 127.6 | 0.1% |
| 133rd | United Arab Emirates | 133.0 | 1.1% |
| 134th | Ghana | 137.4 | 2.0% |
| 135th | Czechia | 138.2 | 0.4% |
| 136th | Cyprus | 139.3 | 1.3% |
| 137th | Thailand | 140.0 | 0.2% |
| 138th | Indonesia | 145.1 | 0.9% |
| 139th | Denmark | 145.4 | 0.4% |
| 140th | Tonga | 146.8 | 0.1% |
| 141st | Isle of Man | 147.3 | 0.2% |
| 142nd | China | 149.9 | 0.4% |
| 143rd | Kiribati | 153.0 | 1.5% |
| 144th | Togo | 155.6 | 2.5% |
| 145th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 157.5 | 0.3% |
| 146th | Guatemala | 159.6 | 1.5% |
| 147th | Andorra | 162.7 | 1.7% |
| 148th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 180.6 | -0.1% |
| 149th | Nepal | 198.2 | 1.2% |
| 150th | Malawi | 201.8 | 2.7% |
| 151st | Italy | 202.0 | -0.7% |
| 152nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 207.6 | 0.5% |
| 153rd | Seychelles | 212.2 | 0.9% |
| 154th | Uganda | 214.4 | 3.4% |
| 155th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 216.2 | 0.4% |
| 156th | Switzerland | 217.0 | 0.7% |
| 157th | São Tomé and Principe | 222.3 | 1.5% |
| 158th | Dominican Republic | 226.0 | 1.3% |
| 159th | Qatar | 229.6 | 2.2% |
| 160th | Nigeria | 230.0 | 2.2% |
| 161st | Germany | 237.8 | 0.2% |
| 162nd | Luxembourg | 240.8 | 2.0% |
| 163rd | Liechtenstein | 241.0 | 0.8% |
| 164th | British Virgin Islands | 242.6 | 5.0% |
| 165th | Gambia, The | 242.8 | 2.4% |
| 166th | Marshall Islands | 244.5 | -2.8% |
| 167th | Kuwait | 249.3 | 2.7% |
| 168th | American Samoa | 251.0 | -1.4% |
| 169th | Jamaica | 260.7 | 0.1% |
| 170th | Trinidad and Tobago | 265.9 | 0.4% |
| 171st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 267.1 | -0.7% |
| 172nd | United Kingdom | 275.4 | 0.5% |
| 173rd | Cayman Islands | 280.5 | 2.1% |
| 174th | St. Lucia | 291.2 | 0.4% |
| 175th | Pakistan | 299.4 | 1.7% |
| 176th | Guam | 299.6 | -0.5% |
| 177th | El Salvador | 300.3 | 0.0% |
| 178th | Virgin Islands (US) | 304.8 | -0.3% |
| 179th | Viet Nam | 310.0 | 1.0% |
| 180th | Grenada | 341.1 | 0.3% |
| 181st | Japan | 347.4 | -0.1% |
| 182nd | Sri Lanka | 352.4 | 0.6% |
| 183rd | Tuvalu | 352.7 | -1.6% |
| 184th | Curaçao | 354.6 | -1.2% |
| 185th | Philippines | 371.6 | 1.2% |
| 186th | Puerto Rico (US) | 372.3 | 0.4% |
| 187th | Belgium | 376.8 | 0.5% |
| 188th | Haiti | 402.9 | 1.3% |
| 189th | Israel | 418.4 | 1.9% |
| 190th | Comoros | 422.7 | 1.9% |
| 191st | India | 467.2 | 1.0% |
| 192nd | Burundi | 477.2 | 3.3% |
| 193rd | Netherlands | 515.1 | 0.7% |
| 194th | Rwanda | 517.9 | 2.3% |
| 195th | Korea | 530.4 | 0.3% |
| 196th | Lebanon | 566.4 | -3.2% |
| 197th | San Marino | 577.7 | 0.4% |
| 198th | Nauru | 579.4 | 1.0% |
| 199th | Aruba | 606.7 | 0.3% |
| 200th | Mauritius | 633.9 | 0.0% |
| 201st | Barbados | 654.0 | 0.2% |
| 202nd | St. Martin (French part) | 685.3 | -4.8% |
| 203rd | West Bank and Gaza | 778.3 | 2.5% |
| 204th | Channel Islands | 836.6 | 0.4% |
| 205th | Bermuda | 1,187.2 | 0.4% |
| 206th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,187.8 | 1.7% |
| 207th | Bangladesh | 1,266.9 | 0.9% |
| 208th | Malta | 1,574.7 | 4.1% |
| 209th | Maldives | 1,625.8 | 3.1% |
| 210th | Bahrain | 1,902.3 | -1.5% |
| 211th | Gibraltar | 3,549.4 | 1.8% |
| 212th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 7,150.4 | 0.7% |
| 213th | Singapore | 7,965.9 | 0.9% |
| 214th | Monaco | 18,800.7 | -0.1% |
| 215th | Macao SAR, China | 20,425.5 | 2.0% |
FAQ
What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density in 2019?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density in 2019 was 216.2. This ranked 155th globally.
How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density change in 2019?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density increased by 0.4% in 2019 compared to 2018.
Which country had the highest population density in 2019?▾
Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2019 at 20,425.5.
What is the population density of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2019?▾
The population density of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2019 was 216.2. This ranked 155th globally.
How does 2019 compare to 2018 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's population density went from 215.4 in 2018 to 216.2 in 2019, a 0.4% increase.
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