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Malawi – Population Density 1990

Midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Captures how concentrated the population is across the country. · World Bank
101.3 +3.9 from 1989 G20 rank: 109th

Malawi's population density was 101.3 in 1990, increased +3.9 from 97.3 in 1989. This was the 109th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 1990▾
Population Density by Country – 1990
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Greenland 0.2 0.5%
2nd Mongolia 1.4 -1.2%
3rd Namibia 1.7 6.2%
4th Mauritania 1.9 2.6%
5th Australia 2.2 1.5%
6th Botswana 2.3 2.8%
7th Libya 2.5 2.4%
8th Iceland 2.5 0.8%
9th Suriname 2.6 1.0%
10th Canada 3.1 1.5%
11th Guyana 3.8 -0.7%
12th Gabon 3.8 2.8%
13th Central African Republic 4.6 3.2%
14th Chad 4.8 2.8%
15th Saudi Arabia 4.9 5.1%
16th Oman 5.7 5.2%
17th Niger 6.5 3.1%
18th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 6.6 2.1%
19th Congo, Republic of 7.0 2.9%
20th Mali 7.5 2.0%
21st Belize 8.0 2.2%
22nd Papua New Guinea 8.6 2.6%
23rd Angola 9.3 3.5%
24th New Caledonia 9.7 2.6%
25th Paraguay 10.2 2.7%
26th Zambia 10.5 2.6%
27th Algeria 10.7 2.5%
28th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 11.3 -0.4%
29th Norway 11.6 0.3%
30th Solomon Islands 11.8 3.2%
31st Argentina 12.0 1.5%
32nd Vanuatu 12.1 2.5%
33rd Turks and Caicos Islands 12.3 4.4%
34th Bhutan 12.6 2.7%
35th New Zealand 12.6 0.9%
36th Congo, Democratic Republic of 16.2 3.4%
37th Finland 16.4 0.4%
38th Mozambique 16.7 1.5%
39th Equatorial Guinea 16.9 3.8%
40th Peru 17.2 2.2%
41st Uruguay 17.7 0.6%
42nd Brazil 17.8 1.8%
43rd Chile 18.1 1.7%
44th Afghanistan 18.5 1.4%
45th Lao PDR 18.7 2.9%
46th Madagascar 20.7 3.0%
47th Sweden 21.0 0.8%
48th Liberia 23.1 -11.7%
49th Cameroon 24.0 3.0%
50th Djibouti 25.0 10.7%
51st Guinea 26.2 3.5%
52nd Zimbabwe 26.2 2.8%
53rd Yemen, Republic of 26.3 3.9%
54th United Arab Emirates 26.7 6.1%
55th United States 27.3 1.1%
56th Bahamas, The 27.6 1.8%
57th Colombia 29.2 2.1%
58th Tanzania 29.5 2.6%
59th Panama 33.0 2.2%
60th Burkina Faso 33.5 2.7%
61st South Africa 33.6 2.8%
62nd Faroe Islands 34.2 -0.5%
63rd Nicaragua 34.6 2.4%
64th Guinea-Bissau 34.6 1.7%
65th Iran, Islamic Republic of 35.8 3.0%
66th Ecuador 37.8 2.3%
67th Qatar 37.9 3.4%
68th Côte d'Ivoire 38.3 4.0%
69th Senegal 40.1 2.9%
70th Iraq 40.2 1.2%
71st Kenya 40.2 3.5%
72nd Jordan 41.0 8.1%
73rd Cambodia 41.8 4.3%
74th Fiji 42.3 0.9%
75th Mexico 42.6 1.9%
76th Honduras 44.5 2.9%
77th Benin 46.8 3.1%
78th Brunei Darussalam 48.4 2.9%
79th Eswatini 50.7 4.1%
80th Ireland 51.0 0.1%
81st Timor-Leste 51.1 2.1%
82nd Tunisia 53.6 2.1%
83rd Malaysia 54.3 3.0%
84th Morocco 54.6 1.8%
85th French Polynesia 55.7 2.1%
86th Sierra Leone 58.1 4.0%
87th Egypt, Arab Republic of 58.7 3.0%
88th Lesotho 59.6 1.9%
89th Samoa 59.7 0.2%
90th Myanmar 60.9 1.5%
91st Costa Rica 61.1 2.6%
92nd Ghana 67.7 2.6%
93rd Syrian Arab Republic 68.4 3.3%
94th Türkiye 72.8 1.9%
95th Togo 73.5 3.0%
96th Spain 77.8 0.1%
97th Bulgaria 78.8 -1.8%
98th Greece 79.1 1.1%
99th Guatemala 84.2 2.8%
100th Cyprus 85.3 1.4%
101st Uganda 87.9 3.3%
102nd Kiribati 92.4 2.3%
103rd Dominica 92.8 -0.7%
104th Austria 93.0 0.8%
105th Cabo Verde 93.2 2.1%
106th Kuwait 94.5 -24.0%
107th Cuba 99.0 0.9%
108th Romania 101.2 0.2%
109th Malawi 101.3 4.0%
110th Indonesia 101.3 1.8%
111th Gambia, The 104.2 4.3%
112th British Virgin Islands 104.7 3.5%
113th Nigeria 106.6 2.7%
114th Thailand 107.1 1.7%
115th France 108.1 0.5%
116th Cayman Islands 108.3 4.5%
117th Portugal 109.1 -0.2%
118th Andorra 111.9 3.9%
119th Hungary 115.4 -1.0%
120th European Union 117.0 0.3%
121st Albania 119.9 1.8%
122nd Isle of Man 120.9 1.7%
123rd China 120.9 1.5%
124th Poland 124.4 0.4%
125th São Tomé and Principe 128.1 2.5%
126th Denmark 128.5 0.2%
127th Nepal 136.5 2.4%
128th Tonga 138.5 0.3%
129th Antigua and Barbuda 143.3 -0.4%
130th Dominican Republic 148.0 2.1%
131st Pakistan 150.7 3.4%
132nd Seychelles 151.1 0.5%
133rd St. Kitts and Nevis 155.5 -0.8%
134th Switzerland 169.9 1.0%
135th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 175.3 1.5%
136th Liechtenstein 179.6 1.5%
137th Italy 192.9 0.1%
138th Viet Nam 201.2 2.1%
139th Philippines 210.8 2.6%
140th Israel 215.3 3.1%
141st Burundi 217.6 2.1%
142nd Jamaica 219.7 0.8%
143rd St. Lucia 226.0 1.0%
144th Germany 227.5 0.9%
145th American Samoa 233.2 3.2%
146th United Kingdom 236.6 0.3%
147th Comoros 238.9 2.7%
148th Trinidad and Tobago 244.1 0.9%
149th Haiti 248.7 2.1%
150th Guam 256.7 2.1%
151st El Salvador 260.6 1.9%
152nd Sri Lanka 260.8 0.6%
153rd St. Vincent and the Grenadines 286.7 0.5%
154th India 290.9 2.2%
155th Tuvalu 293.3 1.6%
156th Grenada 294.0 0.8%
157th Virgin Islands (US) 297.0 2.9%
158th Rwanda 299.0 2.7%
159th West Bank and Gaza 328.6 –
160th Japan 338.7 0.3%
161st Aruba 348.6 3.8%
162nd Lebanon 351.4 2.0%
163rd San Marino 391.3 1.4%
164th Puerto Rico (US) 398.8 0.9%
165th Netherlands 442.9 0.7%
166th Korea 444.4 1.0%
167th Nauru 481.1 2.5%
168th Mauritius 521.6 0.7%
169th Barbados 601.4 0.2%
170th Channel Islands 722.7 1.1%
171st Bahrain 746.1 3.5%
172nd Maldives 749.2 3.2%
173rd Bangladesh 857.6 2.0%
174th Bermuda 1,065.9 0.8%
175th Malta 1,106.8 1.0%
176th Gibraltar 2,720.0 -1.2%
177th Singapore 4,548.0 4.0%
178th Hong Kong SAR, China 5,762.1 0.3%
179th Monaco 14,976.8 0.9%
180th Macao SAR, China 16,747.5 3.0%
Source: World Bank (EN.POP.DNST)
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