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Lao PDR – Population Density 1999

Midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Captures how concentrated the population is across the country. · World Bank
23.1 +0.4 from 1998 G20 rank: 48th

Lao PDR's population density was 23.1 in 1999, increased +0.4 from 22.7 in 1998. This was the 48th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 1999▾
Population Density by Country – 1999
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Greenland 0.1 0.0%
2nd Mongolia 1.5 1.4%
3rd Namibia 2.2 2.5%
4th Australia 2.4 1.1%
5th Mauritania 2.5 2.7%
6th Iceland 2.8 1.2%
7th Botswana 2.9 2.2%
8th Suriname 2.9 2.1%
9th Libya 3.0 1.5%
10th Canada 3.4 0.8%
11th Guyana 3.9 0.1%
12th Gabon 4.8 2.6%
13th Kazakhstan 5.7 -1.2%
14th Central African Republic 6.0 2.8%
15th Chad 6.5 3.6%
16th Saudi Arabia 7.2 3.7%
17th Oman 7.3 1.4%
18th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7.8 1.8%
19th Niger 8.8 3.5%
20th Congo, Republic of 8.9 2.7%
21st Russian Federation 9.0 -0.4%
22nd Mali 9.2 2.8%
23rd Turkmenistan 9.6 1.9%
24th Belize 10.2 3.5%
25th Papua New Guinea 11.8 3.5%
26th New Caledonia 12.0 2.1%
27th Norway 12.2 0.7%
28th Angola 12.6 3.4%
29th Paraguay 12.6 2.1%
30th Algeria 12.8 1.4%
31st Zambia 13.1 2.7%
32nd Argentina 13.4 1.2%
33rd Somalia, Fed. Rep. 13.5 4.1%
34th New Zealand 14.6 0.5%
35th Bhutan 14.6 2.3%
36th Vanuatu 14.9 2.1%
37th Solomon Islands 15.4 2.7%
38th Finland 17.0 0.2%
39th Uruguay 18.6 0.5%
40th Turks and Caicos Islands 18.9 4.3%
41st Peru 20.5 1.7%
42nd Brazil 20.5 1.5%
43rd Chile 20.6 1.3%
44th Congo, Democratic Republic of 21.6 3.4%
45th Sweden 21.7 0.1%
46th Eritrea 21.9 1.5%
47th Mozambique 22.6 2.3%
48th Lao PDR 23.1 1.8%
49th Equatorial Guinea 23.8 4.0%
50th Kyrgyz Republic 25.2 1.5%
51st Madagascar 27.5 3.3%
52nd Liberia 29.3 5.7%
53rd Zimbabwe 30.5 1.6%
54th United States 30.5 1.2%
55th Afghanistan 30.5 3.8%
56th Cameroon 30.7 2.7%
57th Djibouti 31.2 3.6%
58th Bahamas, The 31.9 1.3%
59th Faroe Islands 32.3 1.1%
60th Estonia 32.8 0.3%
61st Guinea 33.6 2.3%
62nd Colombia 34.7 1.8%
63rd Yemen, Republic of 36.0 3.2%
64th Tanzania 37.6 2.7%
65th Latvia 38.4 -0.8%
66th South Africa 38.5 1.1%
67th Panama 39.7 2.0%
68th Iran, Islamic Republic of 40.2 1.4%
69th Palau 41.1 2.0%
70th Nicaragua 41.2 1.4%
71st Burkina Faso 42.3 3.0%
72nd Guinea-Bissau 43.0 1.9%
73rd Tajikistan 44.4 0.5%
74th Fiji 45.5 1.2%
75th United Arab Emirates 46.0 7.4%
76th Belarus 49.4 -0.5%
77th Mexico 50.0 1.6%
78th Ecuador 50.2 1.8%
79th Senegal 50.5 2.4%
80th Kenya 52.2 2.9%
81st Qatar 52.8 5.5%
82nd Iraq 54.0 3.3%
83rd Côte d'Ivoire 54.1 3.3%
84th Ireland 54.5 1.1%
85th Timor-Leste 56.1 -11.4%
86th Lithuania 56.2 -0.7%
87th Honduras 57.2 2.7%
88th Uzbekistan 57.5 1.4%
89th Jordan 59.8 2.2%
90th Sierra Leone 59.8 0.5%
91st Eswatini 59.9 1.1%
92nd Brunei Darussalam 60.6 2.2%
93rd Benin 62.1 3.1%
94th Tunisia 62.2 1.2%
95th Morocco 62.8 1.5%
96th Samoa 63.7 0.8%
97th French Polynesia 64.6 1.6%
98th Lesotho 66.0 0.3%
99th Malaysia 68.3 2.4%
100th Myanmar 68.5 1.2%
101st Cambodia 69.5 1.7%
102nd Egypt, Arab Republic of 71.8 2.3%
103rd Georgia 72.7 -2.0%
104th Bulgaria 74.2 -0.6%
105th Costa Rica 75.6 2.1%
106th North Macedonia 79.3 0.5%
107th Bosnia and Herzegovina 80.7 1.0%
108th Croatia 80.7 -0.4%
109th Spain 80.9 0.4%
110th Greece 83.5 0.4%
111th Türkiye 83.9 1.3%
112th Ghana 84.2 2.5%
113th Ukraine 86.3 -0.8%
114th Syrian Arab Republic 88.3 2.6%
115th Dominica 91.8 -0.4%
116th Togo 91.9 2.9%
117th Azerbaijan 96.5 1.4%
118th Austria 96.9 0.2%
119th Romania 97.9 -0.2%
120th Slovenia 98.5 0.1%
121st Cyprus 100.8 1.8%
122nd Moldova 102.0 -0.1%
123rd Cuba 103.1 0.3%
124th Guatemala 106.6 2.5%
125th Kuwait 106.6 3.0%
126th Kiribati 107.6 1.7%
127th European Union 108.2 0.2%
128th Cabo Verde 110.8 1.5%
129th Armenia 111.2 -1.3%
130th Portugal 111.7 0.6%
131st Slovak Republic 112.2 0.1%
132nd France 112.3 0.5%
133rd Albania 113.5 -0.6%
134th Hungary 114.0 -0.3%
135th Uganda 116.4 3.3%
136th Malawi 117.2 2.4%
137th Indonesia 117.6 1.5%
138th Thailand 121.9 1.3%
139th Poland 126.2 0.0%
140th Isle of Man 131.2 1.3%
141st British Virgin Islands 131.5 2.6%
142nd Denmark 133.0 0.3%
143rd Czechia 133.1 -0.1%
144th China 133.4 0.9%
145th Nigeria 135.1 2.7%
146th Andorra 139.8 0.5%
147th Gambia, The 139.9 2.8%
148th Tonga 141.7 0.6%
149th Northern Mariana Islands 143.3 7.5%
150th São Tomé and Principe 148.4 1.2%
151st Cayman Islands 159.5 3.7%
152nd Micronesia, Federated States of 159.5 0.3%
153rd Antigua and Barbuda 167.4 1.7%
154th Nepal 168.7 1.9%
155th St. Kitts and Nevis 171.5 1.4%
156th Seychelles 174.8 2.0%
157th Dominican Republic 174.8 1.6%
158th Switzerland 180.7 0.5%
159th Italy 193.5 0.0%
160th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 195.1 0.8%
161st Pakistan 195.3 2.8%
162nd Liechtenstein 201.4 1.7%
163rd Viet Nam 234.4 1.3%
164th Germany 235.3 0.1%
165th Jamaica 239.1 0.8%
166th United Kingdom 242.6 0.3%
167th Burundi 246.8 2.4%
168th Trinidad and Tobago 256.3 0.3%
169th St. Lucia 256.9 1.3%
170th Philippines 260.8 2.6%
171st Marshall Islands 278.9 1.0%
172nd American Samoa 281.2 1.7%
173rd Comoros 282.6 1.8%
174th Israel 283.0 2.6%
175th El Salvador 285.4 0.6%
176th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 290.7 0.2%
177th Guam 293.1 1.3%
178th Haiti 295.8 1.9%
179th Sri Lanka 302.1 1.9%
180th Virgin Islands (US) 310.3 0.1%
181st Grenada 313.9 0.7%
182nd Tuvalu 316.5 0.5%
183rd Rwanda 330.3 0.8%
184th Japan 347.4 0.2%
185th India 349.2 1.9%
186th Lebanon 416.0 1.8%
187th Puerto Rico (US) 428.4 0.5%
188th San Marino 441.0 1.3%
189th Netherlands 468.4 0.7%
190th West Bank and Gaza 473.2 2.6%
191st Korea 483.3 0.7%
192nd Aruba 498.1 1.4%
193rd Nauru 509.4 -0.1%
194th Mauritius 578.9 1.3%
195th Barbados 610.5 0.0%
196th Channel Islands 745.2 0.4%
197th Bahrain 874.6 2.7%
198th Maldives 924.7 1.7%
199th Bangladesh 1,014.9 1.9%
200th Bermuda 1,131.9 0.8%
201st Malta 1,211.2 0.6%
202nd Gibraltar 2,769.2 0.2%
203rd Singapore 5,908.5 0.8%
204th Hong Kong SAR, China 6,291.9 1.0%
205th Monaco 15,989.1 0.4%
206th Macao SAR, China 21,370.0 1.2%
Source: World Bank (EN.POP.DNST)
HistorySaid – pattern alert

Lao PDR matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 1999. Historically: 271 occurrences, 157 successful (58%). Outcome 24 months later: 7.8%. View full analysis →

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