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Kuwait - Population Density 1980

Name: Kuwait Population Density 1980
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

84.4 +4.6 from 1979 Global rank: 111th

Kuwait's population density was 84.4 in 1980, increased +4.6 from 79.9 in 1979. This was the 111th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1980▾

Population Density by Country - 1980
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	1.2%
2nd	Mongolia	1.1	2.4%
3rd	Namibia	1.2	1.9%
4th	Mauritania	1.4	2.9%
5th	Botswana	1.7	4.0%
6th	Australia	1.9	1.2%
7th	Libya	1.9	5.9%
8th	Iceland	2.3	1.1%
9th	Suriname	2.3	-0.6%
10th	Canada	2.7	1.3%
11th	Saudi Arabia	2.8	6.0%
12th	Gabon	2.9	2.6%
13th	Oman	3.2	5.5%
14th	Chad	3.6	0.2%
15th	Central African Republic	3.9	1.1%
16th	Guyana	3.9	0.6%
17th	Niger	4.8	3.0%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	5.3	2.3%
19th	Congo, Republic of	5.4	2.3%
20th	Mali	6.2	2.1%
21st	Belize	6.4	2.4%
22nd	Angola	6.5	3.7%
23rd	Papua New Guinea	6.9	2.1%
24th	Paraguay	7.7	2.7%
25th	Zambia	7.8	3.0%
26th	Algeria	7.8	3.2%
27th	Turks and Caicos Islands	8.0	3.5%
28th	New Caledonia	8.2	1.1%
29th	Solomon Islands	8.5	3.6%
30th	Bhutan	9.3	3.4%
31st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	9.5	8.9%
32nd	Vanuatu	9.5	2.3%
33rd	Argentina	10.2	1.6%
34th	Equatorial Guinea	10.3	3.1%
35th	Norway	11.2	0.3%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	11.8	3.2%
37th	New Zealand	11.8	0.1%
38th	Peru	13.6	2.5%
39th	Djibouti	14.1	7.0%
40th	Lao PDR	14.3	2.0%
41st	United Arab Emirates	14.3	11.4%
42nd	Mozambique	14.4	2.8%
43rd	Brazil	14.5	2.4%
44th	Chile	15.5	1.5%
45th	Madagascar	15.5	3.1%
46th	Finland	15.7	0.3%
47th	Uruguay	16.9	0.4%
48th	Cameroon	18.0	3.3%
49th	Yemen, Republic of	18.1	3.5%
50th	Zimbabwe	18.2	5.9%
51st	Liberia	20.0	3.0%
52nd	Afghanistan	20.2	-3.6%
53rd	Sweden	20.4	0.2%
54th	Guinea	20.5	1.8%
55th	Tanzania	21.7	3.2%
56th	Bahamas, The	23.2	1.9%
57th	Colombia	23.5	2.3%
58th	Qatar	23.8	6.7%
59th	South Africa	24.3	3.1%
60th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	24.5	3.7%
61st	United States	24.8	1.0%
62nd	Jordan	25.3	3.7%
63rd	Burkina Faso	25.4	2.7%
64th	Côte d'Ivoire	25.9	4.0%
65th	Panama	26.3	2.4%
66th	Nicaragua	27.0	2.8%
67th	Kenya	28.1	3.6%
68th	Cambodia	29.5	2.2%
69th	Guinea-Bissau	29.5	1.2%
70th	Ecuador	29.5	2.7%
71st	Senegal	30.4	2.5%
72nd	Faroe Islands	30.9	1.3%
73rd	Iraq	31.1	3.2%
74th	Honduras	33.3	3.1%
75th	Mexico	34.6	2.5%
76th	Eswatini	34.7	3.4%
77th	Benin	34.8	2.8%
78th	Fiji	35.1	2.4%
79th	Brunei Darussalam	35.3	3.2%
80th	Malaysia	39.5	2.8%
81st	Tunisia	42.5	2.3%
82nd	French Polynesia	42.8	3.2%
83rd	Morocco	43.6	2.7%
84th	Timor-Leste	43.7	1.7%
85th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	44.2	2.6%
86th	Sierra Leone	45.3	2.0%
87th	Lesotho	46.3	3.0%
88th	Costa Rica	46.8	2.8%
89th	Syrian Arab Republic	48.7	3.4%
90th	Ireland	49.5	1.2%
91st	Myanmar	50.8	1.9%
92nd	Ghana	52.5	3.0%
93rd	Togo	53.7	2.9%
94th	Samoa	58.1	0.9%
95th	Türkiye	59.0	2.0%
96th	Guatemala	64.4	2.6%
97th	Uganda	66.4	2.1%
98th	Malawi	66.5	3.9%
99th	Gambia, The	70.5	3.5%
100th	Cayman Islands	71.2	4.5%
101st	Cyprus	73.9	0.8%
102nd	British Virgin Islands	74.2	1.5%
103rd	Greece	74.8	1.0%
104th	Spain	75.1	0.8%
105th	Kiribati	75.5	1.6%
106th	Andorra	76.1	4.3%
107th	Bulgaria	80.1	0.4%
108th	Cabo Verde	80.2	1.2%
109th	Nigeria	81.0	3.2%
110th	Indonesia	82.2	2.4%
111th	Kuwait	84.4	5.7%
112th	Thailand	89.4	2.1%
113th	Cuba	91.3	0.4%
114th	Austria	91.5	0.0%
115th	Romania	96.4	0.5%
116th	Dominica	97.4	0.2%
117th	Albania	97.5	2.1%
118th	France	102.6	0.5%
119th	São Tomé and Principe	102.7	2.4%
120th	China	104.5	1.3%
121st	Portugal	106.7	1.1%
122nd	Pakistan	106.7	4.2%
123rd	Nepal	108.8	2.4%
124th	Isle of Man	112.4	1.3%
125th	European Union	113.5	0.5%
126th	Poland	116.1	0.9%
127th	Dominican Republic	118.6	2.5%
128th	Hungary	119.1	0.1%
129th	Denmark	128.1	0.1%
130th	Tonga	135.8	0.2%
131st	Seychelles	137.5	0.9%
132nd	Antigua and Barbuda	146.6	0.4%
133rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	151.5	1.4%
134th	Liechtenstein	159.5	-0.2%
135th	Switzerland	159.9	0.4%
136th	Philippines	161.1	2.6%
137th	Viet Nam	161.3	2.2%
138th	American Samoa	162.0	2.5%
139th	St. Kitts and Nevis	164.8	34.0%
140th	Burundi	170.7	4.3%
141st	Israel	179.2	2.4%
142nd	Comoros	181.5	3.0%
143rd	Italy	191.9	0.2%
144th	St. Lucia	195.6	1.5%
145th	Jamaica	198.1	1.2%
146th	Haiti	203.7	1.9%
147th	Guam	204.0	2.3%
148th	Rwanda	217.0	3.2%
149th	Trinidad and Tobago	218.7	1.3%
150th	El Salvador	219.1	1.3%
151st	Germany	224.2	0.2%
152nd	India	231.2	2.4%
153rd	United Kingdom	232.8	0.1%
154th	Sri Lanka	236.8	1.8%
155th	Tuvalu	245.5	2.5%
156th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	267.2	0.7%
157th	Grenada	278.1	-1.0%
158th	Virgin Islands (US)	284.7	3.6%
159th	Lebanon	287.9	2.2%
160th	Japan	318.9	0.8%
161st	Aruba	332.8	1.2%
162nd	San Marino	359.8	1.2%
163rd	Puerto Rico (US)	361.4	1.2%
164th	Nauru	382.5	2.4%
165th	Korea	395.2	1.6%
166th	Netherlands	419.1	0.8%
167th	Mauritius	475.9	1.7%
168th	Bahrain	520.3	4.5%
169th	Maldives	549.5	2.8%
170th	Barbados	584.9	0.1%
171st	Channel Islands	658.9	0.2%
172nd	Bangladesh	676.2	2.4%
173rd	Malta	989.5	1.1%
174th	Bermuda	993.9	0.3%
175th	Gibraltar	2,867.5	0.3%
176th	Singapore	3,602.9	1.3%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	5,063.1	2.7%
178th	Macao SAR, China	11,982.5	1.9%
179th	Monaco	13,380.4	0.9%

FAQ

What was Kuwait's population density in 1980?▾

Kuwait's population density in 1980 was 84.4. This ranked 111th globally.

How did Kuwait's population density change in 1980?▾

Kuwait's population density increased by 5.7% in 1980 compared to 1979.

Which country had the highest population density in 1980?▾

Monaco had the highest population density in 1980 at 13,380.4.

What is the population density of Kuwait in 1980?▾

The population density of Kuwait in 1980 was 84.4. This ranked 111th globally.

How does 1980 compare to 1979 for Kuwait's population density?▾

Kuwait's population density went from 79.9 in 1979 to 84.4 in 1980, a 5.7% increase.

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