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Netherlands - Population Density 2002

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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

478.3 +3.0 from 2001 Global rank: 191st

Netherlands's population density was 478.3 in 2002, increased +3.0 from 475.3 in 2001. This was the 191st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2002▾

Population Density by Country - 2002
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	0.4%
2nd	Mongolia	1.6	1.3%
3rd	Namibia	2.3	1.8%
4th	Australia	2.5	1.1%
5th	Mauritania	2.7	2.2%
6th	Iceland	2.9	0.9%
7th	Botswana	3.1	1.9%
8th	Suriname	3.1	2.1%
9th	Libya	3.1	1.9%
10th	Canada	3.5	1.1%
11th	Guyana	3.9	-0.1%
12th	Gabon	5.2	2.7%
13th	Kazakhstan	5.8	0.5%
14th	Central African Republic	6.4	2.2%
15th	Chad	7.2	3.5%
16th	Oman	7.6	1.2%
17th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	8.2	1.7%
18th	Saudi Arabia	8.3	5.1%
19th	Russian Federation	8.9	-0.5%
20th	Niger	9.7	3.6%
21st	Congo, Republic of	9.8	2.4%
22nd	Mali	10.1	3.2%
23rd	Turkmenistan	10.1	2.0%
24th	Belize	11.2	3.1%
25th	Norway	12.4	0.5%
26th	New Caledonia	12.7	2.0%
27th	Papua New Guinea	13.1	3.4%
28th	Paraguay	13.2	1.4%
29th	Algeria	13.3	1.3%
30th	Argentina	13.9	1.1%
31st	Angola	13.9	3.5%
32nd	Zambia	14.3	3.1%
33rd	New Zealand	15.0	1.8%
34th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	15.2	3.8%
35th	Bhutan	15.7	2.2%
36th	Vanuatu	16.1	2.5%
37th	Solomon Islands	16.4	1.9%
38th	Finland	17.1	0.2%
39th	Uruguay	18.7	0.1%
40th	Peru	21.3	1.2%
41st	Chile	21.3	1.1%
42nd	Brazil	21.4	1.2%
43rd	Turks and Caicos Islands	21.7	5.2%
44th	Sweden	21.9	0.3%
45th	Eritrea	23.7	3.5%
46th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	23.7	3.1%
47th	Mozambique	24.1	2.3%
48th	Lao PDR	24.3	1.6%
49th	Kyrgyz Republic	26.0	0.9%
50th	Equatorial Guinea	28.4	6.4%
51st	Madagascar	30.2	3.0%
52nd	Zimbabwe	31.2	1.0%
53rd	United States	31.4	0.9%
54th	Liberia	32.1	2.6%
55th	Estonia	32.5	-0.6%
56th	Afghanistan	32.8	5.4%
57th	Bahamas, The	33.1	1.2%
58th	Cameroon	33.3	2.7%
59th	Faroe Islands	33.9	1.5%
60th	Djibouti	34.3	3.1%
61st	Guinea	35.3	1.6%
62nd	Colombia	36.3	1.5%
63rd	Latvia	37.1	-1.2%
64th	Yemen, Republic of	39.5	3.0%
65th	South Africa	39.6	1.0%
66th	Tanzania	40.8	2.6%
67th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	41.8	0.8%
68th	Panama	42.1	1.9%
69th	Palau	42.4	0.8%
70th	Nicaragua	42.8	1.2%
71st	Guinea-Bissau	45.9	2.2%
72nd	Burkina Faso	46.3	3.1%
73rd	Tajikistan	46.7	1.9%
74th	Fiji	47.0	1.0%
75th	Belarus	48.6	-0.6%
76th	Mexico	52.2	1.4%
77th	Ecuador	52.9	1.8%
78th	Senegal	54.4	2.5%
79th	Lithuania	54.9	-0.8%
80th	United Arab Emirates	55.7	6.3%
81st	Ireland	57.1	1.7%
82nd	Kenya	57.3	3.2%
83rd	Uzbekistan	58.3	1.2%
84th	Côte d'Ivoire	58.7	2.6%
85th	Timor-Leste	59.1	8.2%
86th	Iraq	59.5	3.2%
87th	Qatar	61.3	4.9%
88th	Eswatini	61.6	0.8%
89th	Honduras	62.0	2.7%
90th	Jordan	63.6	2.1%
91st	Tunisia	64.2	1.0%
92nd	Brunei Darussalam	64.5	2.0%
93rd	Samoa	65.2	0.7%
94th	Morocco	65.4	1.3%
95th	Lesotho	65.7	-0.3%
96th	Benin	68.1	3.1%
97th	Sierra Leone	68.9	5.9%
98th	Georgia	69.6	-0.9%
99th	Myanmar	70.7	1.0%
100th	French Polynesia	71.4	1.5%
101st	Bulgaria	72.0	-0.5%
102nd	Cambodia	72.8	1.6%
103rd	Malaysia	73.4	2.4%
104th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	76.6	2.1%
105th	Croatia	76.9	0.1%
106th	North Macedonia	79.4	-0.7%
107th	Costa Rica	79.8	1.7%
108th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	81.8	0.2%
109th	Spain	83.0	1.3%
110th	Ukraine	84.0	-0.9%
111th	Greece	84.6	0.4%
112th	Türkiye	87.1	1.2%
113th	Ghana	91.1	2.8%
114th	Dominica	91.2	0.1%
115th	Romania	94.5	-1.9%
116th	Syrian Arab Republic	95.1	2.4%
117th	Austria	97.9	0.5%
118th	Azerbaijan	98.9	0.7%
119th	Slovenia	99.0	0.1%
120th	Togo	99.5	2.6%
121st	Moldova	101.4	-0.2%
122nd	Cuba	105.1	1.3%
123rd	Cyprus	106.2	1.8%
124th	European Union	107.9	0.3%
125th	Albania	111.4	-0.3%
126th	Slovak Republic	111.8	0.0%
127th	Armenia	112.4	-0.4%
128th	Hungary	113.4	-0.3%
129th	Portugal	113.9	0.5%
130th	Kiribati	113.9	2.1%
131st	Guatemala	114.3	2.3%
132nd	France	114.7	0.7%
133rd	Kuwait	115.6	2.6%
134th	Cabo Verde	115.9	1.5%
135th	Indonesia	118.3	1.4%
136th	Poland	124.8	0.0%
137th	Thailand	125.8	1.0%
138th	Malawi	126.0	2.5%
139th	Uganda	127.8	3.2%
140th	Czechia	132.0	-0.2%
141st	Denmark	134.4	0.3%
142nd	Isle of Man	135.6	1.0%
143rd	China	136.4	0.7%
144th	Andorra	141.5	1.0%
145th	British Virgin Islands	142.9	3.0%
146th	Tonga	144.3	0.6%
147th	Northern Mariana Islands	145.2	-1.8%
148th	Nigeria	146.5	2.8%
149th	Gambia, The	151.7	2.7%
150th	São Tomé and Principe	156.2	2.4%
151st	Micronesia, Federated States of	160.6	0.1%
152nd	Luxembourg	173.3	1.1%
153rd	Antigua and Barbuda	175.1	1.3%
154th	Nepal	176.7	1.5%
155th	St. Kitts and Nevis	177.0	0.6%
156th	Cayman Islands	177.1	3.5%
157th	Seychelles	182.0	3.1%
158th	Dominican Republic	183.2	1.5%
159th	Switzerland	184.3	0.8%
160th	Italy	193.1	0.2%
161st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	198.9	0.5%
162nd	Liechtenstein	210.6	1.5%
163rd	Pakistan	211.7	2.5%
164th	Germany	236.5	0.2%
165th	Jamaica	243.8	0.6%
166th	United Kingdom	245.4	0.4%
167th	Viet Nam	253.7	1.2%
168th	Trinidad and Tobago	259.7	0.5%
169th	St. Lucia	265.0	0.9%
170th	Burundi	265.7	2.9%
171st	Philippines	278.6	2.0%
172nd	American Samoa	285.3	0.0%
173rd	Marshall Islands	285.7	0.6%
174th	El Salvador	288.9	0.3%
175th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	290.6	-0.1%
176th	Comoros	300.3	2.1%
177th	Guam	300.6	0.6%
178th	Israel	303.6	2.0%
179th	Virgin Islands (US)	310.0	0.0%
180th	Haiti	312.3	1.8%
181st	Sri Lanka	315.8	1.0%
182nd	Grenada	318.8	0.4%
183rd	Tuvalu	320.8	0.4%
184th	Rwanda	340.5	1.4%
185th	Belgium	340.6	0.4%
186th	Japan	349.6	0.2%
187th	India	369.2	1.8%
188th	Puerto Rico (US)	431.1	0.1%
189th	Lebanon	436.3	1.4%
190th	San Marino	458.2	1.3%
191st	Netherlands	478.3	0.6%
192nd	Korea	492.2	0.5%
193rd	Nauru	504.1	-0.5%
194th	West Bank and Gaza	510.9	2.6%
195th	Aruba	511.5	0.7%
196th	Mauritius	593.4	0.7%
197th	Barbados	614.3	0.7%
198th	Channel Islands	757.0	0.7%
199th	Maldives	972.1	1.7%
200th	Bahrain	1,000.8	7.4%
201st	Bangladesh	1,067.3	1.6%
202nd	Bermuda	1,150.8	0.4%
203rd	Malta	1,237.4	0.7%
204th	Gibraltar	2,783.1	0.6%
205th	Singapore	6,186.6	0.2%
206th	Hong Kong SAR, China	6,423.0	0.4%
207th	Monaco	15,995.1	-0.1%
208th	Macao SAR, China	16,237.0	-2.7%

FAQ

What was Netherlands's population density in 2002?▾

Netherlands's population density in 2002 was 478.3. This ranked 191st globally.

How did Netherlands's population density change in 2002?▾

Netherlands's population density increased by 0.6% in 2002 compared to 2001.

Which country had the highest population density in 2002?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2002 at 16,237.0.

What is the population density of Netherlands in 2002?▾

The population density of Netherlands in 2002 was 478.3. This ranked 191st globally.

How does 2002 compare to 2001 for Netherlands's population density?▾

Netherlands's population density went from 475.3 in 2001 to 478.3 in 2002, a 0.6% increase.

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