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Korea – Population Density 1968

Midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Captures how concentrated the population is across the country. · World Bank
319.7 +7.3 from 1967 G20 rank: 165th

Korea's population density was 319.7 in 1968, increased +7.3 from 312.4 in 1967. This was the 165th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 1968▾
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Greenland 0.1 3.6%
2nd Mongolia 0.8 2.8%
3rd Namibia 0.9 2.8%
4th Mauritania 1.0 3.1%
5th Botswana 1.0 0.5%
6th Libya 1.1 2.9%
7th Saudi Arabia 1.5 4.0%
8th Australia 1.6 1.8%
9th Iceland 2.0 1.4%
10th Oman 2.0 2.5%
11th Suriname 2.2 3.5%
12th Gabon 2.2 1.6%
13th Canada 2.3 1.6%
14th United Arab Emirates 2.8 11.0%
15th Chad 2.8 2.0%
16th Central African Republic 3.2 2.3%
17th Guyana 3.4 2.1%
18th Niger 3.5 2.8%
19th Congo, Republic of 3.9 3.0%
20th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 4.1 2.2%
21st Angola 4.6 1.1%
22nd Mali 5.0 1.5%
23rd Belize 5.0 3.1%
24th Papua New Guinea 5.3 2.3%
25th Zambia 5.5 3.3%
26th Algeria 5.5 2.3%
27th Djibouti 5.5 5.4%
28th New Caledonia 5.5 2.9%
29th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 5.7 2.7%
30th Paraguay 5.7 2.3%
31st Turks and Caicos Islands 6.0 0.0%
32nd Solomon Islands 6.0 2.5%
33rd Bhutan 6.2 3.4%
34th Vanuatu 6.7 3.0%
35th Qatar 7.9 12.7%
36th Congo, Democratic Republic of 8.4 3.0%
37th Argentina 8.5 1.5%
38th Peru 10.0 2.9%
39th Mozambique 10.0 2.2%
40th New Zealand 10.4 0.9%
41st Norway 10.4 0.8%
42nd Madagascar 10.8 2.8%
43rd Brazil 10.9 2.6%
44th Lao PDR 11.0 2.4%
45th Equatorial Guinea 11.4 2.3%
46th Zimbabwe 12.7 3.2%
47th Yemen, Republic of 12.7 2.7%
48th Chile 12.8 1.8%
49th Cameroon 13.0 2.5%
50th Tanzania 14.2 3.3%
51st Liberia 14.5 2.6%
52nd Finland 15.2 0.4%
53rd Jordan 15.6 8.0%
54th Côte d'Ivoire 15.7 4.0%
55th Uruguay 15.7 0.8%
56th Afghanistan 16.5 2.4%
57th Guinea 16.8 1.9%
58th Iran, Islamic Republic of 16.8 3.0%
59th Bahamas, The 17.0 4.8%
60th South Africa 17.3 3.2%
61st Colombia 17.8 2.8%
62nd Kenya 18.5 4.0%
63rd Nicaragua 18.9 3.2%
64th Panama 19.2 2.9%
65th Sweden 19.4 0.6%
66th Burkina Faso 19.8 1.7%
67th Guinea-Bissau 20.6 1.6%
68th Iraq 20.8 3.5%
69th Ecuador 20.9 3.0%
70th Senegal 21.9 3.0%
71st United States 21.9 1.0%
72nd Honduras 23.2 3.0%
73rd Brunei Darussalam 24.0 4.3%
74th Eswatini 24.4 2.5%
75th Mexico 24.5 3.3%
76th Benin 26.0 2.1%
77th Faroe Islands 26.9 1.0%
78th Fiji 27.9 2.2%
79th French Polynesia 29.1 3.5%
80th Malaysia 29.6 2.3%
81st Lesotho 31.2 3.7%
82nd Tunisia 31.4 2.5%
83rd Morocco 32.1 2.7%
84th Syrian Arab Republic 32.5 3.3%
85th Egypt, Arab Republic of 33.1 2.5%
86th Costa Rica 34.1 3.0%
87th Timor-Leste 35.9 1.8%
88th Sierra Leone 36.2 1.9%
89th Andorra 36.5 8.5%
90th Cambodia 36.6 2.1%
91st Ghana 37.2 2.5%
92nd Togo 38.2 4.2%
93rd Kuwait 38.6 9.5%
94th Myanmar 39.8 2.3%
95th Cayman Islands 41.5 2.1%
96th Ireland 42.3 0.5%
97th Türkiye 45.4 2.6%
98th Malawi 46.8 2.5%
99th Guatemala 47.8 2.8%
100th Samoa 48.1 1.7%
101st Uganda 48.6 3.2%
102nd Gambia, The 48.9 2.8%
103rd Nigeria 58.7 2.2%
104th British Virgin Islands 60.0 4.1%
105th Indonesia 60.4 2.7%
106th Spain 66.3 1.3%
107th Thailand 66.6 2.9%
108th Cabo Verde 67.0 3.4%
109th Greece 67.8 0.7%
110th Kiribati 68.6 1.0%
111th Cyprus 68.7 0.9%
112th Pakistan 73.7 2.9%
113th Albania 73.8 2.9%
114th Bulgaria 75.7 0.7%
115th São Tomé and Principe 77.9 1.6%
116th Cuba 79.2 1.9%
117th China 82.5 2.6%
118th Nepal 83.3 2.2%
119th Romania 86.0 1.4%
120th Dominican Republic 86.1 2.9%
121st Dominica 89.0 1.7%
122nd Austria 89.9 0.5%
123rd Isle of Man 92.8 2.2%
124th France 94.8 0.8%
125th Portugal 96.6 -0.4%
126th Poland 105.4 1.0%
127th European Union 106.1 0.7%
128th Seychelles 111.2 2.5%
129th Tonga 113.0 1.9%
130th Hungary 114.0 0.4%
131st Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 119.3 2.9%
132nd Philippines 119.5 2.9%
133rd Denmark 121.6 0.6%
134th Viet Nam 122.1 2.2%
135th Comoros 123.7 2.9%
136th American Samoa 128.1 3.0%
137th Israel 129.5 2.1%
138th Liechtenstein 130.2 3.3%
139th Burundi 131.6 2.4%
140th St. Kitts and Nevis 135.0 -2.8%
141st Antigua and Barbuda 142.7 1.6%
142nd Rwanda 151.8 3.2%
143rd Switzerland 153.5 1.3%
144th Guam 156.6 2.2%
145th Virgin Islands (US) 159.1 13.4%
146th Haiti 162.0 1.9%
147th St. Lucia 165.0 1.2%
148th El Salvador 166.9 2.8%
149th Jamaica 169.3 1.2%
150th India 175.8 2.2%
151st Italy 181.0 0.6%
152nd Sri Lanka 187.1 2.4%
153rd Tuvalu 187.5 -0.5%
154th Trinidad and Tobago 188.9 1.3%
155th Germany 221.4 0.4%
156th Lebanon 221.5 2.7%
157th United Kingdom 228.2 0.5%
158th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 241.3 1.1%
159th Japan 275.5 1.1%
160th Grenada 288.5 0.0%
161st San Marino 297.7 1.0%
162nd Puerto Rico (US) 300.1 0.6%
163rd Nauru 316.4 3.1%
164th Bahrain 317.9 2.4%
165th Korea 319.7 2.3%
166th Aruba 328.2 0.1%
167th Netherlands 377.1 1.0%
168th Maldives 386.9 3.2%
169th Mauritius 393.3 1.8%
170th Bangladesh 502.5 3.0%
171st Barbados 578.0 0.6%
172nd Channel Islands 610.1 1.1%
173rd Bermuda 933.4 1.8%
174th Malta 962.2 -1.2%
175th Gibraltar 2,557.8 2.3%
176th Singapore 3,003.0 1.7%
177th Hong Kong SAR, China 3,728.1 2.1%
178th Monaco 11,562.4 0.9%
179th Macao SAR, China 12,896.7 -1.0%
Source: World Bank (EN.POP.DNST)
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