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Lesotho - Population Density 1965

Name: Lesotho Population Density 1965
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

28.1 +0.8 from 1964 Global rank: 81st

Lesotho's population density was 28.1 in 1965, increased +0.8 from 27.3 in 1964. This was the 81st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1965▾

Population Density by Country - 1965
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	4.3%
2nd	Mongolia	0.7	2.8%
3rd	Namibia	0.8	2.5%
4th	Mauritania	0.9	2.9%
5th	Botswana	1.0	1.5%
6th	Libya	1.0	2.9%
7th	Saudi Arabia	1.4	3.8%
8th	Australia	1.5	2.0%
9th	Oman	1.9	2.2%
10th	Iceland	1.9	1.7%
11th	Suriname	2.0	3.5%
12th	Gabon	2.1	1.4%
13th	Canada	2.2	1.8%
14th	United Arab Emirates	2.4	4.6%
15th	Chad	2.7	2.0%
16th	Central African Republic	3.0	2.1%
17th	Niger	3.2	2.9%
18th	Guyana	3.2	2.1%
19th	Congo, Republic of	3.5	2.8%
20th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	3.8	2.2%
21st	Angola	4.4	1.1%
22nd	Belize	4.6	3.0%
23rd	Djibouti	4.7	5.7%
24th	Mali	4.8	1.5%
25th	Papua New Guinea	4.9	2.2%
26th	Zambia	5.0	3.2%
27th	New Caledonia	5.1	2.8%
28th	Algeria	5.2	1.5%
29th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	5.2	2.7%
30th	Paraguay	5.3	2.5%
31st	Qatar	5.5	12.7%
32nd	Bhutan	5.6	3.2%
33rd	Solomon Islands	5.6	2.4%
34th	Turks and Caicos Islands	6.0	0.0%
35th	Vanuatu	6.1	3.0%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	7.7	2.8%
37th	Argentina	8.1	1.6%
38th	Peru	9.2	2.9%
39th	Mozambique	9.4	2.1%
40th	New Zealand	10.0	1.7%
41st	Madagascar	10.0	2.6%
42nd	Brazil	10.0	2.9%
43rd	Norway	10.2	0.8%
44th	Lao PDR	10.3	2.3%
45th	Equatorial Guinea	10.6	2.2%
46th	Zimbabwe	11.5	3.2%
47th	Yemen, Republic of	11.7	2.4%
48th	Cameroon	12.1	2.3%
49th	Chile	12.1	1.9%
50th	Jordan	12.5	6.2%
51st	Tanzania	12.9	3.1%
52nd	Liberia	13.4	2.6%
53rd	Côte d'Ivoire	14.0	3.9%
54th	Bahamas, The	14.8	4.5%
55th	Finland	15.0	0.3%
56th	Uruguay	15.3	1.1%
57th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	15.4	3.2%
58th	Afghanistan	15.4	2.3%
59th	South Africa	15.7	3.1%
60th	Guinea	15.8	1.9%
61st	Colombia	16.4	3.0%
62nd	Kenya	16.4	4.1%
63rd	Nicaragua	17.2	3.1%
64th	Panama	17.6	3.1%
65th	Iraq	18.8	3.4%
66th	Burkina Faso	18.8	1.6%
67th	Sweden	19.0	0.9%
68th	Ecuador	19.2	3.0%
69th	Senegal	20.0	2.9%
70th	Guinea-Bissau	20.4	-2.3%
71st	Brunei Darussalam	21.0	4.6%
72nd	United States	21.2	1.3%
73rd	Honduras	21.2	2.9%
74th	Mexico	22.2	3.4%
75th	Eswatini	22.6	2.6%
76th	Benin	24.5	2.0%
77th	Fiji	25.9	3.1%
78th	Faroe Islands	26.0	1.4%
79th	French Polynesia	26.2	3.4%
80th	Malaysia	27.6	2.6%
81st	Lesotho	28.1	3.0%
82nd	Andorra	29.0	6.8%
83rd	Kuwait	29.2	10.2%
84th	Tunisia	29.4	1.6%
85th	Syrian Arab Republic	29.6	3.2%
86th	Morocco	29.7	2.6%
87th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	30.8	2.6%
88th	Costa Rica	31.1	3.4%
89th	Togo	34.1	2.8%
90th	Timor-Leste	34.1	1.7%
91st	Sierra Leone	34.2	1.8%
92nd	Cambodia	34.4	2.1%
93rd	Ghana	34.6	2.4%
94th	Myanmar	37.2	2.3%
95th	Cayman Islands	39.0	2.1%
96th	Ireland	41.8	0.4%
97th	Türkiye	42.0	2.5%
98th	Malawi	43.4	2.5%
99th	Guatemala	43.9	2.9%
100th	Uganda	44.3	3.1%
101st	Gambia, The	45.1	2.8%
102nd	Samoa	45.2	2.5%
103rd	Nigeria	55.0	2.2%
104th	British Virgin Islands	55.0	1.1%
105th	Indonesia	56.0	2.6%
106th	Cabo Verde	60.8	3.3%
107th	Thailand	61.0	3.0%
108th	Spain	63.9	1.1%
109th	Kiribati	66.0	2.6%
110th	Greece	66.3	0.5%
111th	Cyprus	66.9	0.9%
112th	Pakistan	67.7	2.8%
113th	Albania	68.1	2.8%
114th	Bulgaria	74.2	0.7%
115th	São Tomé and Principe	74.7	1.2%
116th	Cuba	74.8	2.1%
117th	China	76.2	2.4%
118th	Nepal	78.1	2.1%
119th	Dominican Republic	78.8	3.0%
120th	Romania	82.6	0.6%
121st	Dominica	84.7	1.5%
122nd	Isle of Man	87.9	0.9%
123rd	Austria	88.1	0.7%
124th	France	92.5	1.0%
125th	Portugal	98.3	-0.4%
126th	Poland	102.7	1.0%
127th	Seychelles	103.3	2.5%
128th	European Union	103.8	0.8%
129th	Tonga	105.5	2.8%
130th	Philippines	109.4	3.1%
131st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	109.8	2.6%
132nd	Hungary	112.7	0.3%
133rd	Viet Nam	114.1	2.6%
134th	Comoros	115.5	1.6%
135th	American Samoa	117.0	3.2%
136th	Israel	118.4	3.6%
137th	Denmark	119.0	0.8%
138th	Liechtenstein	120.0	2.3%
139th	Burundi	122.3	2.8%
140th	Virgin Islands (US)	124.3	6.6%
141st	Antigua and Barbuda	136.3	1.6%
142nd	Rwanda	138.8	2.7%
143rd	St. Kitts and Nevis	146.1	-2.3%
144th	Guam	146.2	2.5%
145th	Switzerland	148.2	1.2%
146th	Haiti	153.3	1.9%
147th	El Salvador	153.5	2.8%
148th	St. Lucia	159.8	1.0%
149th	Jamaica	163.4	1.4%
150th	India	164.9	2.3%
151st	Sri Lanka	174.1	2.5%
152nd	Italy	177.2	0.8%
153rd	Trinidad and Tobago	181.0	1.7%
154th	Tuvalu	190.5	-0.6%
155th	Lebanon	204.2	2.9%
156th	Germany	217.6	0.9%
157th	United Kingdom	224.6	0.6%
158th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	233.1	1.3%
159th	Japan	267.1	1.1%
160th	San Marino	288.4	1.9%
161st	Grenada	288.4	0.3%
162nd	Bahrain	291.1	3.6%
163rd	Nauru	291.6	5.7%
164th	Puerto Rico (US)	292.4	1.6%
165th	Korea	297.6	2.6%
166th	Aruba	323.3	1.0%
167th	Maldives	347.0	3.4%
168th	Netherlands	364.2	1.4%
169th	Mauritius	370.9	2.3%
170th	Bangladesh	460.2	3.0%
171st	Barbados	563.8	1.0%
172nd	Channel Islands	590.3	1.1%
173rd	Bermuda	878.9	2.3%
174th	Malta	996.3	-0.8%
175th	Gibraltar	2,387.8	2.4%
176th	Singapore	2,816.3	2.5%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	3,527.4	2.7%
178th	Monaco	11,317.7	1.1%
179th	Macao SAR, China	13,281.6	17.7%

FAQ

What was Lesotho's population density in 1965?▾

Lesotho's population density in 1965 was 28.1. This ranked 81st globally.

How did Lesotho's population density change in 1965?▾

Lesotho's population density increased by 3.0% in 1965 compared to 1964.

Which country had the highest population density in 1965?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1965 at 13,281.6.

What is the population density of Lesotho in 1965?▾

The population density of Lesotho in 1965 was 28.1. This ranked 81st globally.

How does 1965 compare to 1964 for Lesotho's population density?▾

Lesotho's population density went from 27.3 in 1964 to 28.1 in 1965, a 3.0% increase.

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