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Libya - Population Density 2006

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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

3.4 +0.1 from 2005 Global rank: 9th

Libya's population density was 3.4 in 2006, increased +0.1 from 3.3 in 2005. This was the 9th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2006▾

Population Density by Country - 2006
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	-0.3%
2nd	Mongolia	1.6	1.0%
3rd	Namibia	2.4	1.3%
4th	Australia	2.7	1.4%
5th	Mauritania	2.9	2.5%
6th	Iceland	3.0	2.4%
7th	Suriname	3.3	1.1%
8th	Botswana	3.3	1.9%
9th	Libya	3.4	2.1%
10th	Canada	3.6	1.0%
11th	Guyana	3.9	-0.3%
12th	Gabon	5.9	3.1%
13th	Kazakhstan	6.0	0.8%
14th	Central African Republic	7.0	2.1%
15th	Oman	8.1	2.2%
16th	Chad	8.5	3.7%
17th	Russian Federation	8.7	-0.3%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	8.8	1.7%
19th	Saudi Arabia	10.0	4.4%
20th	Turkmenistan	11.0	1.9%
21st	Congo, Republic of	11.2	3.8%
22nd	Niger	11.3	3.7%
23rd	Mali	11.5	3.3%
24th	Belize	12.6	2.9%
25th	Norway	12.8	0.8%
26th	New Caledonia	13.5	1.3%
27th	Paraguay	13.9	1.0%
28th	Algeria	14.1	1.6%
29th	Argentina	14.5	1.0%
30th	Papua New Guinea	14.9	3.2%
31st	New Zealand	15.9	1.2%
32nd	Angola	16.1	3.8%
33rd	Zambia	16.3	3.5%
34th	Finland	17.3	0.5%
35th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	17.5	3.1%
36th	Solomon Islands	17.6	1.8%
37th	Bhutan	17.6	1.3%
38th	Vanuatu	17.7	2.4%
39th	Uruguay	18.8	0.1%
40th	Peru	22.1	0.8%
41st	Chile	22.2	1.0%
42nd	Sweden	22.3	0.6%
43rd	Brazil	22.3	1.1%
44th	Eritrea	22.3	1.6%
45th	Lao PDR	25.8	1.6%
46th	Mozambique	26.4	2.4%
47th	Turks and Caicos Islands	26.4	4.7%
48th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	26.7	3.1%
49th	Kyrgyz Republic	27.2	1.1%
50th	Estonia	31.8	-0.6%
51st	United States	32.6	1.0%
52nd	Zimbabwe	32.7	1.2%
53rd	Madagascar	33.9	3.0%
54th	Faroe Islands	34.6	0.0%
55th	Bahamas, The	34.8	1.3%
56th	Equatorial Guinea	35.3	4.5%
57th	Latvia	35.6	-0.9%
58th	Liberia	36.2	5.7%
59th	Djibouti	36.9	2.0%
60th	Cameroon	37.1	2.8%
61st	Guinea	38.4	2.1%
62nd	Colombia	38.5	1.3%
63rd	Afghanistan	39.0	4.2%
64th	South Africa	41.2	1.0%
65th	Palau	42.6	-1.1%
66th	Yemen, Republic of	44.6	3.3%
67th	Nicaragua	45.0	1.4%
68th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	45.1	2.2%
69th	Panama	45.4	1.9%
70th	Tanzania	45.5	2.8%
71st	Montenegro	45.7	-
72nd	Belarus	47.3	-0.6%
73rd	Fiji	48.7	0.9%
74th	Guinea-Bissau	50.3	2.4%
75th	Tajikistan	50.4	1.9%
76th	Lithuania	52.2	-1.6%
77th	Burkina Faso	52.5	3.2%
78th	Mexico	55.2	1.4%
79th	Ecuador	56.7	1.7%
80th	Senegal	59.7	2.4%
81st	Uzbekistan	61.3	1.3%
82nd	Ireland	62.0	2.7%
83rd	Eswatini	63.0	0.5%
84th	Lesotho	64.1	-0.4%
85th	Côte d'Ivoire	64.6	2.4%
86th	Kenya	64.8	3.1%
87th	Iraq	65.4	0.7%
88th	Timor-Leste	65.7	3.0%
89th	Samoa	66.3	0.4%
90th	Tunisia	66.6	0.9%
91st	Georgia	67.9	-0.6%
92nd	Honduras	68.4	2.4%
93rd	Morocco	68.9	1.4%
94th	Brunei Darussalam	69.2	1.6%
95th	Bulgaria	70.0	-0.7%
96th	United Arab Emirates	70.5	7.4%
97th	Jordan	72.8	6.6%
98th	Myanmar	73.1	0.7%
99th	French Polynesia	75.8	1.4%
100th	Croatia	77.0	0.0%
101st	Benin	77.1	3.2%
102nd	Cambodia	77.3	1.5%
103rd	Sierra Leone	77.9	2.2%
104th	North Macedonia	78.4	-0.6%
105th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	79.4	-0.8%
106th	Malaysia	80.4	2.3%
107th	Ukraine	81.6	-0.6%
108th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	83.1	2.0%
109th	Qatar	83.8	17.9%
110th	Costa Rica	84.6	1.4%
111th	Serbia	84.7	-
112th	Greece	85.5	0.3%
113th	Spain	89.0	1.7%
114th	Türkiye	91.0	1.0%
115th	Dominica	91.7	0.1%
116th	Romania	92.2	-0.6%
117th	Slovenia	99.6	0.3%
118th	Austria	100.2	0.5%
119th	Moldova	100.3	-0.3%
120th	Ghana	101.3	2.6%
121st	Azerbaijan	102.7	1.1%
122nd	Cuba	106.0	0.2%
123rd	Syrian Arab Republic	106.9	4.3%
124th	Albania	109.2	-0.6%
125th	European Union	109.5	0.4%
126th	Armenia	109.8	-0.6%
127th	Togo	110.5	2.8%
128th	Slovak Republic	111.7	0.0%
129th	Hungary	112.4	-0.2%
130th	Cyprus	114.1	1.8%
131st	Portugal	115.0	0.2%
132nd	France	118.0	0.7%
133rd	Cabo Verde	121.8	1.2%
134th	Kiribati	123.5	2.0%
135th	Poland	124.5	-0.1%
136th	Indonesia	124.6	1.3%
137th	Guatemala	124.7	2.1%
138th	Thailand	130.3	0.8%
139th	Northern Mariana Islands	131.9	-2.7%
140th	Czechia	132.5	0.3%
141st	Kuwait	132.7	5.7%
142nd	Denmark	135.9	0.3%
143rd	China	139.6	0.6%
144th	Malawi	140.0	2.8%
145th	Isle of Man	140.9	1.0%
146th	Uganda	144.1	3.0%
147th	Tonga	147.6	0.6%
148th	Micronesia, Federated States of	158.2	-0.6%
149th	British Virgin Islands	163.3	3.5%
150th	Nigeria	163.7	2.8%
151st	Andorra	169.3	2.8%
152nd	Gambia, The	169.5	2.9%
153rd	São Tomé and Principe	172.5	2.5%
154th	St. Kitts and Nevis	179.1	0.3%
155th	Antigua and Barbuda	183.2	1.2%
156th	Luxembourg	183.6	1.6%
157th	Seychelles	183.9	2.1%
158th	Nepal	185.3	1.0%
159th	Switzerland	189.4	0.6%
160th	Dominican Republic	193.4	1.3%
161st	Italy	197.5	0.4%
162nd	Cayman Islands	201.0	3.1%
163rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	203.7	0.5%
164th	Liechtenstein	219.0	0.8%
165th	Pakistan	233.1	2.4%
166th	Germany	236.2	-0.1%
167th	Jamaica	249.4	0.5%
168th	United Kingdom	251.5	0.7%
169th	Trinidad and Tobago	253.0	0.3%
170th	Viet Nam	262.7	1.3%
171st	St. Lucia	273.2	0.7%
172nd	American Samoa	281.9	-0.4%
173rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	287.2	-0.4%
174th	Marshall Islands	288.8	0.2%
175th	El Salvador	289.7	-0.1%
176th	Philippines	300.2	1.7%
177th	Guam	305.3	0.3%
178th	Burundi	306.3	3.7%
179th	Virgin Islands (US)	309.6	-0.1%
180th	Grenada	323.9	0.4%
181st	Sri Lanka	324.5	0.7%
182nd	Comoros	325.0	2.0%
183rd	Israel	326.0	1.8%
184th	Haiti	334.4	1.7%
185th	Tuvalu	335.2	1.2%
186th	Belgium	347.7	0.7%
187th	Japan	350.8	0.1%
188th	Rwanda	376.9	2.7%
189th	India	394.5	1.6%
190th	Puerto Rico (US)	429.0	-0.4%
191st	Lebanon	464.4	1.7%
192nd	Netherlands	484.2	0.2%
193rd	Korea	500.0	0.5%
194th	Nauru	501.7	-0.1%
195th	San Marino	503.1	1.2%
196th	Aruba	552.3	1.8%
197th	West Bank and Gaza	565.8	2.6%
198th	Mauritius	607.9	0.5%
199th	Barbados	627.9	0.5%
200th	Channel Islands	778.9	0.7%
201st	Maldives	1,046.2	2.4%
202nd	Bangladesh	1,124.7	1.2%
203rd	Bermuda	1,163.6	0.2%
204th	Malta	1,266.6	0.4%
205th	Bahrain	1,297.9	8.1%
206th	Gibraltar	2,959.4	1.5%
207th	Singapore	6,342.0	2.4%
208th	Hong Kong SAR, China	6,530.6	0.6%
209th	Monaco	15,815.0	-0.5%
210th	Macao SAR, China	17,444.1	3.2%

FAQ

What was Libya's population density in 2006?▾

Libya's population density in 2006 was 3.4. This ranked 9th globally.

How did Libya's population density change in 2006?▾

Libya's population density increased by 2.1% in 2006 compared to 2005.

Which country had the highest population density in 2006?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2006 at 17,444.1.

What is the population density of Libya in 2006?▾

The population density of Libya in 2006 was 3.4. This ranked 9th globally.

How does 2006 compare to 2005 for Libya's population density?▾

Libya's population density went from 3.3 in 2005 to 3.4 in 2006, a 2.1% increase.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Libya matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2006. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: -0.2%. View full analysis →

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