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Mauritius - Population Density 1972

Name: Mauritius Population Density 1972
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

419.7 +6.3 from 1971 Global rank: 168th

Mauritius's population density was 419.7 in 1972, increased +6.3 from 413.4 in 1971. This was the 168th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1972▾

Population Density by Country - 1972
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	2.3%
2nd	Mongolia	0.9	2.8%
3rd	Namibia	1.0	3.1%
4th	Botswana	1.1	3.7%
5th	Mauritania	1.1	3.1%
6th	Libya	1.3	3.4%
7th	Australia	1.7	1.9%
8th	Saudi Arabia	1.8	4.9%
9th	Iceland	2.1	1.5%
10th	Oman	2.3	2.9%
11th	Gabon	2.4	2.1%
12th	Suriname	2.5	1.4%
13th	Canada	2.5	1.2%
14th	Chad	3.1	2.3%
15th	Central African Republic	3.5	2.0%
16th	Guyana	3.7	1.3%
17th	Niger	3.9	2.7%
18th	Congo, Republic of	4.4	3.2%
19th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	4.4	2.3%
20th	Angola	5.0	3.1%
21st	Mali	5.3	1.7%
22nd	United Arab Emirates	5.4	14.9%
23rd	Belize	5.5	1.5%
24th	Papua New Guinea	5.8	2.4%
25th	Algeria	6.1	2.3%
26th	Zambia	6.1	2.9%
27th	Turks and Caicos Islands	6.2	2.8%
28th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	6.3	2.7%
29th	Paraguay	6.3	2.3%
30th	New Caledonia	6.6	4.7%
31st	Solomon Islands	6.6	2.4%
32nd	Bhutan	7.1	3.5%
33rd	Djibouti	7.2	7.2%
34th	Vanuatu	7.5	3.0%
35th	Argentina	9.0	1.6%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	9.4	2.7%
37th	Norway	10.8	0.8%
38th	New Zealand	11.0	1.8%
39th	Equatorial Guinea	11.0	-2.0%
40th	Mozambique	11.1	2.8%
41st	Peru	11.1	2.7%
42nd	Brazil	12.0	2.5%
43rd	Lao PDR	12.1	2.5%
44th	Madagascar	12.2	3.0%
45th	Qatar	12.6	11.5%
46th	Chile	13.7	1.6%
47th	Yemen, Republic of	14.1	2.8%
48th	Zimbabwe	14.3	3.1%
49th	Cameroon	14.4	2.8%
50th	Finland	15.2	0.6%
51st	Liberia	16.0	2.6%
52nd	Uruguay	16.1	0.5%
53rd	Tanzania	16.3	3.6%
54th	Guinea	18.0	1.7%
55th	Afghanistan	18.2	2.5%
56th	Côte d'Ivoire	18.6	4.6%
57th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	19.0	3.0%
58th	Jordan	19.4	4.2%
59th	South Africa	19.5	2.9%
60th	Bahamas, The	19.6	2.7%
61st	Colombia	19.7	2.3%
62nd	Sweden	19.9	0.3%
63rd	Guinea-Bissau	20.9	0.1%
64th	Burkina Faso	21.2	1.7%
65th	Nicaragua	21.4	3.0%
66th	Kenya	21.4	3.5%
67th	Panama	21.5	2.8%
68th	United States	22.9	1.1%
69th	Ecuador	23.6	3.0%
70th	Iraq	23.8	3.5%
71st	Senegal	24.6	3.0%
72nd	Honduras	26.1	3.1%
73rd	Brunei Darussalam	27.0	3.1%
74th	Eswatini	27.1	2.8%
75th	Mexico	27.8	3.1%
76th	Faroe Islands	28.1	1.2%
77th	Benin	28.4	2.3%
78th	Fiji	30.1	1.7%
79th	Malaysia	32.5	2.4%
80th	French Polynesia	33.3	3.3%
81st	Tunisia	34.7	2.6%
82nd	Morocco	35.7	2.6%
83rd	Lesotho	36.0	3.6%
84th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	36.4	2.3%
85th	Syrian Arab Republic	37.1	3.5%
86th	Cambodia	37.8	0.8%
87th	Costa Rica	38.0	2.6%
88th	Timor-Leste	38.5	1.8%
89th	Sierra Leone	39.0	1.9%
90th	Ghana	41.5	2.9%
91st	Myanmar	43.5	2.2%
92nd	Togo	43.8	2.9%
93rd	Ireland	44.1	1.5%
94th	Andorra	48.8	7.1%
95th	Cayman Islands	49.0	6.0%
96th	Türkiye	49.9	2.4%
97th	Samoa	51.1	1.4%
98th	Kuwait	51.6	6.4%
99th	Malawi	51.7	2.6%
100th	Guatemala	53.0	2.6%
101st	Uganda	54.5	2.5%
102nd	Gambia, The	54.9	3.0%
103rd	Nigeria	64.3	2.4%
104th	Indonesia	67.4	2.7%
105th	British Virgin Islands	68.2	1.4%
106th	Greece	69.0	0.7%
107th	Spain	69.2	1.1%
108th	Cyprus	71.5	1.1%
109th	Cabo Verde	73.8	1.1%
110th	Kiribati	73.8	1.9%
111th	Thailand	74.3	2.7%
112th	Bulgaria	77.5	0.5%
113th	Albania	81.9	2.5%
114th	Pakistan	82.5	2.8%
115th	São Tomé and Principe	84.4	2.2%
116th	Cuba	85.0	1.6%
117th	Romania	89.7	1.0%
118th	Nepal	90.8	2.2%
119th	Austria	91.4	0.6%
120th	China	91.8	2.5%
121st	Dominica	93.4	0.8%
122nd	Portugal	94.3	-0.2%
123rd	Dominican Republic	96.3	2.8%
124th	France	98.3	0.9%
125th	Isle of Man	100.6	1.7%
126th	Poland	107.9	0.8%
127th	European Union	108.8	0.7%
128th	Hungary	115.6	0.3%
129th	Tonga	121.3	1.7%
130th	Seychelles	121.8	2.4%
131st	Denmark	124.8	0.6%
132nd	St. Kitts and Nevis	125.8	-0.4%
133rd	Philippines	132.1	2.3%
134th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	132.7	2.6%
135th	Viet Nam	133.4	2.3%
136th	Liechtenstein	138.3	2.5%
137th	Comoros	139.8	3.3%
138th	American Samoa	140.0	1.7%
139th	Burundi	140.9	0.0%
140th	Israel	145.5	2.6%
141st	Antigua and Barbuda	146.9	-0.2%
142nd	Switzerland	158.4	0.8%
143rd	Rwanda	171.1	2.9%
144th	Guam	171.5	2.4%
145th	St. Lucia	173.8	1.4%
146th	Haiti	174.7	1.9%
147th	Jamaica	178.4	1.5%
148th	El Salvador	184.5	2.4%
149th	Italy	184.9	0.6%
150th	Tuvalu	189.7	0.1%
151st	India	191.9	2.2%
152nd	Trinidad and Tobago	197.8	1.2%
153rd	Sri Lanka	204.3	2.0%
154th	Virgin Islands (US)	218.1	7.6%
155th	Germany	225.4	0.5%
156th	United Kingdom	231.8	0.3%
157th	Lebanon	245.3	2.6%
158th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	250.7	0.9%
159th	Grenada	290.5	0.1%
160th	Japan	292.4	1.4%
161st	San Marino	313.1	2.0%
162nd	Puerto Rico (US)	317.6	2.0%
163rd	Aruba	322.5	-1.2%
164th	Nauru	340.6	0.7%
165th	Korea	347.4	1.9%
166th	Bahrain	350.9	4.9%
167th	Netherlands	394.8	1.0%
168th	Mauritius	419.7	1.5%
169th	Maldives	436.6	3.1%
170th	Bangladesh	550.4	1.9%
171st	Barbados	580.6	0.2%
172nd	Channel Islands	635.2	1.0%
173rd	Malta	945.2	-0.1%
174th	Bermuda	977.8	0.4%
175th	Gibraltar	2,729.0	1.0%
176th	Singapore	3,212.5	1.9%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	4,042.7	1.9%
178th	Macao SAR, China	12,252.5	-0.9%
179th	Monaco	12,265.4	1.2%

FAQ

What was Mauritius's population density in 1972?▾

Mauritius's population density in 1972 was 419.7. This ranked 168th globally.

How did Mauritius's population density change in 1972?▾

Mauritius's population density increased by 1.5% in 1972 compared to 1971.

Which country had the highest population density in 1972?▾

Monaco had the highest population density in 1972 at 12,265.4.

What is the population density of Mauritius in 1972?▾

The population density of Mauritius in 1972 was 419.7. This ranked 168th globally.

How does 1972 compare to 1971 for Mauritius's population density?▾

Mauritius's population density went from 413.4 in 1971 to 419.7 in 1972, a 1.5% increase.

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