Liberia - Population Density 2017
50.3
+1.0 from 2016
Liberia's population density was 50.3 in 2017, increased +1.0 from 49.4 in 2016. This was the 67th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2017▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greenland | 0.1 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Mongolia | 2.0 | 1.9% |
| 3rd | Namibia | 3.0 | 2.8% |
| 4th | Australia | 3.2 | 1.7% |
| 5th | Iceland | 3.4 | 2.4% |
| 6th | Suriname | 3.7 | 1.0% |
| 7th | Libya | 3.8 | 1.6% |
| 8th | Guyana | 3.9 | 0.6% |
| 9th | Botswana | 4.0 | 1.4% |
| 10th | Canada | 4.1 | 1.2% |
| 11th | Mauritania | 4.1 | 3.0% |
| 12th | Kazakhstan | 6.9 | 1.6% |
| 13th | Central African Republic | 7.7 | 1.7% |
| 14th | Gabon | 8.4 | 2.7% |
| 15th | Russian Federation | 8.9 | 0.2% |
| 16th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 10.5 | 1.5% |
| 17th | Chad | 12.4 | 3.4% |
| 18th | Turkmenistan | 13.8 | 2.3% |
| 19th | Saudi Arabia | 14.4 | 0.1% |
| 20th | Norway | 14.5 | 0.8% |
| 21st | Oman | 14.7 | 3.3% |
| 22nd | New Caledonia | 15.5 | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Congo, Republic of | 15.7 | 2.5% |
| 24th | Paraguay | 16.0 | 1.4% |
| 25th | Argentina | 16.2 | 0.9% |
| 26th | South Sudan | 16.2 | -5.3% |
| 27th | Mali | 16.2 | 3.2% |
| 28th | Belize | 16.4 | 2.3% |
| 29th | Niger | 16.9 | 3.6% |
| 30th | Algeria | 17.5 | 2.1% |
| 31st | Finland | 18.1 | 0.2% |
| 32nd | New Zealand | 18.3 | 2.1% |
| 33rd | Uruguay | 19.4 | 0.3% |
| 34th | Bhutan | 19.8 | 0.9% |
| 35th | Papua New Guinea | 20.3 | 2.4% |
| 36th | Vanuatu | 22.8 | 2.4% |
| 37th | Sudan | 22.9 | 3.5% |
| 38th | Zambia | 23.5 | 3.1% |
| 39th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 23.8 | 4.0% |
| 40th | Angola | 24.3 | 3.6% |
| 41st | Peru | 24.5 | 1.5% |
| 42nd | Brazil | 24.5 | 0.7% |
| 43rd | Solomon Islands | 24.5 | 3.5% |
| 44th | Sweden | 24.7 | 1.4% |
| 45th | Chile | 25.0 | 1.6% |
| 46th | Eritrea | 26.0 | 0.8% |
| 47th | Lao PDR | 30.4 | 1.6% |
| 48th | Estonia | 30.8 | 1.8% |
| 49th | Latvia | 31.2 | -0.9% |
| 50th | Kyrgyz Republic | 32.9 | 2.1% |
| 51st | United States | 35.7 | 0.7% |
| 52nd | Mozambique | 35.8 | 3.0% |
| 53rd | Faroe Islands | 35.9 | 1.4% |
| 54th | Zimbabwe | 38.3 | 1.5% |
| 55th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 38.4 | 3.7% |
| 56th | Palau | 38.7 | 0.1% |
| 57th | Bahamas, The | 39.0 | 0.6% |
| 58th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 42.0 | 4.2% |
| 59th | Colombia | 43.4 | 1.5% |
| 60th | Lithuania | 45.4 | -1.2% |
| 61st | Djibouti | 45.5 | 1.7% |
| 62nd | Madagascar | 46.0 | 2.6% |
| 63rd | Montenegro | 46.5 | 0.1% |
| 64th | Belarus | 46.6 | -0.1% |
| 65th | South Africa | 47.5 | 0.7% |
| 66th | Fiji | 50.3 | 0.0% |
| 67th | Liberia | 50.3 | 2.0% |
| 68th | Guinea | 50.4 | 2.6% |
| 69th | Cameroon | 51.0 | 2.9% |
| 70th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 52.4 | 1.8% |
| 71st | Nicaragua | 52.5 | 1.3% |
| 72nd | Afghanistan | 54.7 | 2.8% |
| 73rd | Panama | 55.3 | 1.7% |
| 74th | Equatorial Guinea | 55.7 | 3.6% |
| 75th | Bulgaria | 62.7 | -1.3% |
| 76th | Yemen, Republic of | 62.7 | 3.1% |
| 77th | Tanzania | 62.8 | 3.4% |
| 78th | Mexico | 63.5 | 0.9% |
| 79th | Georgia | 65.2 | 0.0% |
| 80th | Tajikistan | 65.5 | 2.5% |
| 81st | Guinea-Bissau | 66.8 | 2.5% |
| 82nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 67.0 | -1.3% |
| 83rd | Eswatini | 67.3 | 0.8% |
| 84th | Ecuador | 67.5 | 1.5% |
| 85th | Ireland | 70.1 | 1.4% |
| 86th | Lesotho | 71.1 | 1.3% |
| 87th | Croatia | 72.2 | -1.6% |
| 88th | Uzbekistan | 72.2 | 1.7% |
| 89th | Burkina Faso | 72.7 | 2.9% |
| 90th | Samoa | 73.9 | 2.8% |
| 91st | Tunisia | 75.0 | 1.1% |
| 92nd | North Macedonia | 75.3 | -0.4% |
| 93rd | Ukraine | 78.4 | -0.4% |
| 94th | Morocco | 79.4 | 1.2% |
| 95th | Myanmar | 79.5 | 0.8% |
| 96th | Serbia | 80.3 | -0.5% |
| 97th | Senegal | 80.4 | 2.9% |
| 98th | French Polynesia | 80.7 | 0.3% |
| 99th | Brunei Darussalam | 82.1 | 1.2% |
| 100th | Greece | 83.4 | -0.2% |
| 101st | Côte d'Ivoire | 84.1 | 2.9% |
| 102nd | Timor-Leste | 84.2 | 1.9% |
| 103rd | Romania | 85.1 | -0.6% |
| 104th | Kenya | 85.6 | 1.9% |
| 105th | Honduras | 85.7 | 1.9% |
| 106th | Iraq | 90.6 | 2.3% |
| 107th | Cambodia | 91.1 | 1.4% |
| 108th | Dominica | 91.3 | -1.6% |
| 109th | Spain | 93.2 | 0.2% |
| 110th | Moldova | 95.9 | -1.7% |
| 111th | Costa Rica | 96.2 | 0.9% |
| 112th | Albania | 96.7 | -1.5% |
| 113th | Malaysia | 98.5 | 1.8% |
| 114th | Sierra Leone | 102.2 | 2.4% |
| 115th | Slovenia | 102.6 | 0.1% |
| 116th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 104.2 | 2.0% |
| 117th | Türkiye | 104.4 | 1.3% |
| 118th | Armenia | 104.7 | -0.4% |
| 119th | Syrian Arab Republic | 104.7 | 0.2% |
| 120th | Hungary | 106.6 | -0.3% |
| 121st | Austria | 106.6 | 0.7% |
| 122nd | Benin | 106.8 | 2.9% |
| 123rd | Cuba | 108.4 | 0.1% |
| 124th | Northern Mariana Islands | 108.6 | -1.6% |
| 125th | European Union | 111.4 | 0.2% |
| 126th | Portugal | 112.4 | -0.2% |
| 127th | Slovak Republic | 113.1 | 0.2% |
| 128th | Jordan | 115.3 | 2.3% |
| 129th | Azerbaijan | 119.2 | 1.0% |
| 130th | Poland | 124.0 | 0.0% |
| 131st | France | 124.2 | 0.3% |
| 132nd | Cabo Verde | 127.3 | 0.1% |
| 133rd | United Arab Emirates | 129.9 | 3.2% |
| 134th | Ghana | 131.9 | 2.2% |
| 135th | Cyprus | 135.7 | 1.4% |
| 136th | Czechia | 137.2 | 0.3% |
| 137th | Thailand | 139.3 | 0.4% |
| 138th | Indonesia | 142.4 | 1.0% |
| 139th | Denmark | 144.1 | 0.6% |
| 140th | Tonga | 146.3 | -0.2% |
| 141st | Isle of Man | 146.7 | 0.2% |
| 142nd | Togo | 148.1 | 2.5% |
| 143rd | Kiribati | 148.5 | 1.5% |
| 144th | China | 148.7 | 0.6% |
| 145th | Guatemala | 154.6 | 1.8% |
| 146th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 156.4 | 0.4% |
| 147th | Andorra | 156.9 | 2.2% |
| 148th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 181.0 | -0.1% |
| 149th | Malawi | 191.3 | 2.7% |
| 150th | Nepal | 195.4 | 0.2% |
| 151st | Uganda | 200.4 | 3.6% |
| 152nd | Italy | 202.9 | -0.2% |
| 153rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 205.6 | 0.6% |
| 154th | Seychelles | 208.4 | 1.2% |
| 155th | Switzerland | 213.9 | 0.9% |
| 156th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 214.4 | 0.5% |
| 157th | São Tomé and Principe | 215.6 | 1.6% |
| 158th | British Virgin Islands | 218.0 | -3.5% |
| 159th | Nigeria | 219.9 | 2.5% |
| 160th | Dominican Republic | 220.8 | 1.1% |
| 161st | Qatar | 221.6 | 2.8% |
| 162nd | Gambia, The | 231.4 | 2.6% |
| 163rd | Luxembourg | 231.6 | 2.5% |
| 164th | Kuwait | 233.2 | 3.8% |
| 165th | Germany | 236.6 | 0.4% |
| 166th | Liechtenstein | 237.3 | 0.7% |
| 167th | American Samoa | 257.9 | -1.3% |
| 168th | Marshall Islands | 258.5 | -2.5% |
| 169th | Jamaica | 260.0 | 0.2% |
| 170th | Trinidad and Tobago | 264.5 | 0.2% |
| 171st | Cayman Islands | 268.9 | 2.3% |
| 172nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 270.9 | -0.6% |
| 173rd | United Kingdom | 272.7 | 0.5% |
| 174th | St. Lucia | 289.1 | 0.4% |
| 175th | Pakistan | 289.6 | 1.4% |
| 176th | El Salvador | 299.9 | 0.2% |
| 177th | Guam | 302.8 | -0.5% |
| 178th | Viet Nam | 303.7 | 1.2% |
| 179th | Virgin Islands (US) | 306.5 | -0.2% |
| 180th | Grenada | 339.5 | 0.3% |
| 181st | Sri Lanka | 346.6 | 1.2% |
| 182nd | Japan | 348.3 | -0.1% |
| 183rd | Curaçao | 360.8 | 0.3% |
| 184th | Tuvalu | 362.3 | -0.6% |
| 185th | Philippines | 362.6 | 1.3% |
| 186th | Belgium | 375.0 | 0.4% |
| 187th | Puerto Rico (US) | 384.5 | -2.0% |
| 188th | Haiti | 392.5 | 1.4% |
| 189th | Israel | 402.6 | 2.0% |
| 190th | Comoros | 406.6 | 2.0% |
| 191st | Burundi | 448.1 | 2.4% |
| 192nd | India | 457.3 | 1.2% |
| 193rd | Rwanda | 494.6 | 2.4% |
| 194th | Netherlands | 508.8 | 0.6% |
| 195th | Korea | 526.7 | 0.3% |
| 196th | San Marino | 563.8 | 2.2% |
| 197th | Nauru | 566.2 | 1.6% |
| 198th | Lebanon | 602.2 | -2.6% |
| 199th | Aruba | 604.1 | 0.0% |
| 200th | Mauritius | 633.4 | 0.1% |
| 201st | Barbados | 651.6 | 0.2% |
| 202nd | St. Martin (French part) | 736.7 | -0.9% |
| 203rd | West Bank and Gaza | 740.0 | 2.0% |
| 204th | Channel Islands | 829.9 | 0.3% |
| 205th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,146.9 | 2.0% |
| 206th | Bermuda | 1,177.4 | 0.2% |
| 207th | Bangladesh | 1,246.0 | 0.9% |
| 208th | Malta | 1,459.7 | 2.8% |
| 209th | Maldives | 1,527.6 | 3.4% |
| 210th | Bahrain | 1,924.5 | 5.3% |
| 211th | Gibraltar | 3,424.5 | 1.7% |
| 212th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 7,041.1 | 0.8% |
| 213th | Singapore | 7,882.4 | -0.3% |
| 214th | Monaco | 18,588.1 | 1.1% |
| 215th | Macao SAR, China | 21,051.9 | -1.6% |
FAQ
What was Liberia's population density in 2017?▾
Liberia's population density in 2017 was 50.3. This ranked 67th globally.
How did Liberia's population density change in 2017?▾
Liberia's population density increased by 2.0% in 2017 compared to 2016.
Which country had the highest population density in 2017?▾
Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2017 at 21,051.9.
What is the population density of Liberia in 2017?▾
The population density of Liberia in 2017 was 50.3. This ranked 67th globally.
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Liberia's population density?▾
Liberia's population density went from 49.4 in 2016 to 50.3 in 2017, a 2.0% increase.
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