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Lao PDR - Population Density 2003

Name: Lao PDR Population Density 2003
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

24.7 +0.4 from 2002 Global rank: 47th

Lao PDR's population density was 24.7 in 2003, increased +0.4 from 24.3 in 2002. This was the 47th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2003▾

Population Density by Country - 2003
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	0.3%
2nd	Mongolia	1.6	0.8%
3rd	Namibia	2.3	1.5%
4th	Australia	2.6	1.2%
5th	Mauritania	2.7	2.3%
6th	Iceland	2.9	0.7%
7th	Botswana	3.1	1.8%
8th	Suriname	3.2	2.0%
9th	Libya	3.2	2.0%
10th	Canada	3.5	0.9%
11th	Guyana	3.9	-0.1%
12th	Gabon	5.4	2.8%
13th	Kazakhstan	5.8	0.6%
14th	Central African Republic	6.6	2.4%
15th	Chad	7.5	4.1%
16th	Oman	7.6	1.1%
17th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	8.4	1.7%
18th	Saudi Arabia	8.7	4.9%
19th	Russian Federation	8.8	-0.5%
20th	Congo, Republic of	10.1	2.8%
21st	Niger	10.1	3.6%
22nd	Turkmenistan	10.4	2.0%
23rd	Mali	10.4	3.2%
24th	Belize	11.6	3.0%
25th	Norway	12.5	0.6%
26th	New Caledonia	12.9	1.9%
27th	Paraguay	13.4	1.2%
28th	Algeria	13.5	1.3%
29th	Papua New Guinea	13.5	3.4%
30th	Argentina	14.0	1.0%
31st	Angola	14.4	3.6%
32nd	Zambia	14.8	3.2%
33rd	New Zealand	15.3	2.0%
34th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	15.8	3.8%
35th	Bhutan	16.0	2.1%
36th	Vanuatu	16.5	2.5%
37th	Solomon Islands	16.7	1.9%
38th	Finland	17.1	0.2%
39th	Uruguay	18.7	0.1%
40th	Peru	21.5	1.1%
41st	Chile	21.6	1.1%
42nd	Brazil	21.6	1.2%
43rd	Sweden	22.0	0.4%
44th	Turks and Caicos Islands	22.9	5.5%
45th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	24.4	3.0%
46th	Mozambique	24.7	2.3%
47th	Lao PDR	24.7	1.6%
48th	Eritrea	24.7	4.2%
49th	Kyrgyz Republic	26.3	1.1%
50th	Equatorial Guinea	30.2	6.3%
51st	Madagascar	31.1	3.0%
52nd	Zimbabwe	31.6	1.2%
53rd	United States	31.7	0.9%
54th	Estonia	32.3	-0.6%
55th	Liberia	32.4	0.8%
56th	Bahamas, The	33.5	1.2%
57th	Cameroon	34.2	2.8%
58th	Faroe Islands	34.4	1.5%
59th	Afghanistan	34.9	6.3%
60th	Djibouti	35.1	2.3%
61st	Guinea	36.1	2.3%
62nd	Latvia	36.8	-1.0%
63rd	Colombia	36.9	1.5%
64th	South Africa	40.0	1.0%
65th	Yemen, Republic of	40.6	3.0%
66th	Tanzania	41.9	2.7%
67th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	42.2	1.1%
68th	Palau	42.7	0.8%
69th	Panama	42.9	1.9%
70th	Nicaragua	43.3	1.2%
71st	Guinea-Bissau	46.9	2.3%
72nd	Fiji	47.4	1.0%
73rd	Tajikistan	47.6	1.9%
74th	Burkina Faso	47.8	3.2%
75th	Belarus	48.3	-0.7%
76th	Mexico	53.0	1.4%
77th	Ecuador	53.8	1.8%
78th	Lithuania	54.5	-0.8%
79th	Senegal	55.7	2.4%
80th	Ireland	58.0	1.6%
81st	Uzbekistan	59.0	1.2%
82nd	United Arab Emirates	59.0	6.0%
83rd	Kenya	59.1	3.1%
84th	Côte d'Ivoire	60.1	2.5%
85th	Iraq	61.3	3.1%
86th	Timor-Leste	61.7	4.3%
87th	Eswatini	62.0	0.7%
88th	Honduras	63.6	2.6%
89th	Qatar	64.1	4.7%
90th	Tunisia	64.8	1.0%
91st	Jordan	65.1	2.2%
92nd	Lesotho	65.4	-0.5%
93rd	Samoa	65.5	0.5%
94th	Brunei Darussalam	65.8	1.9%
95th	Morocco	66.3	1.3%
96th	Georgia	69.1	-0.7%
97th	Benin	70.2	3.1%
98th	Myanmar	71.4	0.9%
99th	Bulgaria	71.5	-0.8%
100th	Sierra Leone	71.7	4.1%
101st	French Polynesia	72.5	1.6%
102nd	Cambodia	73.9	1.5%
103rd	Malaysia	75.1	2.4%
104th	Croatia	76.9	-0.1%
105th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	78.2	2.1%
106th	North Macedonia	79.5	0.1%
107th	Costa Rica	81.1	1.5%
108th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	81.6	-0.2%
109th	Ukraine	83.4	-0.7%
110th	Spain	84.5	1.8%
111th	Greece	84.8	0.2%
112th	Türkiye	88.1	1.2%
113th	Dominica	91.4	0.2%
114th	Ghana	93.6	2.7%
115th	Romania	93.8	-0.8%
116th	Syrian Arab Republic	97.4	2.5%
117th	Austria	98.4	0.5%
118th	Slovenia	99.1	0.1%
119th	Azerbaijan	99.6	0.7%
120th	Moldova	101.1	-0.2%
121st	Togo	102.1	2.6%
122nd	Cuba	105.4	0.3%
123rd	Cyprus	108.2	1.8%
124th	European Union	108.3	0.4%
125th	Albania	110.9	-0.4%
126th	Slovak Republic	111.7	-0.1%
127th	Armenia	111.8	-0.5%
128th	Hungary	113.0	-0.3%
129th	Portugal	114.3	0.4%
130th	France	115.5	0.7%
131st	Kiribati	116.3	2.1%
132nd	Guatemala	116.9	2.3%
133rd	Cabo Verde	117.5	1.4%
134th	Kuwait	118.4	2.4%
135th	Indonesia	119.9	1.3%
136th	Poland	124.8	-0.1%
137th	Thailand	127.0	0.9%
138th	Malawi	129.2	2.5%
139th	Uganda	131.9	3.2%
140th	Czechia	131.9	0.0%
141st	Denmark	134.8	0.3%
142nd	Isle of Man	136.9	1.0%
143rd	China	137.2	0.6%
144th	Northern Mariana Islands	142.2	-2.0%
145th	Tonga	145.1	0.6%
146th	British Virgin Islands	147.6	3.3%
147th	Andorra	147.8	4.5%
148th	Nigeria	150.6	2.8%
149th	Gambia, The	155.9	2.7%
150th	São Tomé and Principe	160.2	2.6%
151st	Micronesia, Federated States of	160.4	-0.1%
152nd	Luxembourg	175.4	1.2%
153rd	Antigua and Barbuda	177.0	1.1%
154th	St. Kitts and Nevis	177.6	0.3%
155th	Nepal	179.2	1.4%
156th	Seychelles	180.0	-1.1%
157th	Cayman Islands	183.1	3.3%
158th	Switzerland	185.7	0.7%
159th	Dominican Republic	185.9	1.5%
160th	Italy	194.1	0.5%
161st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	200.1	0.6%
162nd	Liechtenstein	213.0	1.1%
163rd	Pakistan	216.8	2.4%
164th	Germany	236.6	0.1%
165th	Jamaica	245.3	0.6%
166th	United Kingdom	246.5	0.5%
167th	Viet Nam	256.6	1.2%
168th	Trinidad and Tobago	261.0	0.5%
169th	St. Lucia	267.2	0.8%
170th	Burundi	274.3	3.2%
171st	Philippines	284.2	2.0%
172nd	American Samoa	284.9	-0.2%
173rd	Marshall Islands	286.9	0.4%
174th	El Salvador	289.5	0.2%
175th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	290.1	-0.2%
176th	Guam	302.1	0.5%
177th	Comoros	306.2	1.9%
178th	Israel	309.1	1.8%
179th	Virgin Islands (US)	310.0	0.0%
180th	Haiti	317.8	1.8%
181st	Sri Lanka	318.2	0.7%
182nd	Grenada	320.2	0.4%
183rd	Tuvalu	323.2	0.7%
184th	Belgium	342.1	0.4%
185th	Rwanda	348.1	2.2%
186th	Japan	350.4	0.2%
187th	India	375.6	1.7%
188th	Puerto Rico (US)	431.4	0.1%
189th	Lebanon	442.4	1.4%
190th	San Marino	464.1	1.3%
191st	Netherlands	480.6	0.5%
192nd	Korea	494.8	0.5%
193rd	Nauru	503.0	-0.2%
194th	Aruba	517.4	1.1%
195th	West Bank and Gaza	524.1	2.6%
196th	Mauritius	597.7	0.7%
197th	Barbados	618.1	0.6%
198th	Channel Islands	762.4	0.7%
199th	Maldives	988.3	1.7%
200th	Bahrain	1,061.8	6.1%
201st	Bangladesh	1,083.0	1.5%
202nd	Bermuda	1,155.3	0.4%
203rd	Malta	1,245.6	0.7%
204th	Gibraltar	2,827.4	1.6%
205th	Singapore	5,989.6	-3.2%
206th	Hong Kong SAR, China	6,410.3	-0.2%
207th	Monaco	15,971.4	-0.1%
208th	Macao SAR, China	16,429.6	1.2%

FAQ

What was Lao PDR's population density in 2003?▾

Lao PDR's population density in 2003 was 24.7. This ranked 47th globally.

How did Lao PDR's population density change in 2003?▾

Lao PDR's population density increased by 1.6% in 2003 compared to 2002.

Which country had the highest population density in 2003?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2003 at 16,429.6.

What is the population density of Lao PDR in 2003?▾

The population density of Lao PDR in 2003 was 24.7. This ranked 47th globally.

How does 2003 compare to 2002 for Lao PDR's population density?▾

Lao PDR's population density went from 24.3 in 2002 to 24.7 in 2003, a 1.6% increase.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Lao PDR matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 2003. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 7.2%. View full analysis →

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