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Nigeria - Population Density 1969

Name: Nigeria Population Density 1969
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

60.0 +1.3 from 1968 Global rank: 103rd

Nigeria's population density was 60.0 in 1969, increased +1.3 from 58.7 in 1968. This was the 103rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1969▾

Population Density by Country - 1969
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	3.5%
2nd	Mongolia	0.8	2.6%
3rd	Namibia	0.9	2.9%
4th	Mauritania	1.0	3.1%
5th	Botswana	1.0	0.5%
6th	Libya	1.1	3.1%
7th	Saudi Arabia	1.6	4.1%
8th	Australia	1.6	2.1%
9th	Iceland	2.0	0.9%
10th	Oman	2.1	2.6%
11th	Gabon	2.3	1.9%
12th	Suriname	2.3	3.5%
13th	Canada	2.3	1.4%
14th	Chad	2.9	2.0%
15th	Central African Republic	3.3	2.3%
16th	United Arab Emirates	3.4	20.2%
17th	Guyana	3.5	2.1%
18th	Niger	3.6	2.8%
19th	Congo, Republic of	4.0	3.0%
20th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	4.1	2.3%
21st	Angola	4.6	1.1%
22nd	Mali	5.1	1.6%
23rd	Belize	5.2	2.9%
24th	Papua New Guinea	5.4	2.3%
25th	Zambia	5.6	3.2%
26th	Algeria	5.7	2.3%
27th	New Caledonia	5.7	3.4%
28th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	5.8	2.7%
29th	Djibouti	5.9	6.1%
30th	Paraguay	5.9	2.3%
31st	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.9	-0.1%
32nd	Solomon Islands	6.2	2.5%
33rd	Bhutan	6.4	3.4%
34th	Vanuatu	6.9	3.0%
35th	Argentina	8.6	1.5%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	8.6	2.9%
37th	Qatar	8.9	12.3%
38th	Mozambique	10.3	2.2%
39th	Peru	10.3	2.8%
40th	New Zealand	10.5	0.9%
41st	Norway	10.5	0.8%
42nd	Brazil	11.1	2.5%
43rd	Madagascar	11.2	2.8%
44th	Lao PDR	11.3	2.4%
45th	Equatorial Guinea	11.5	1.2%
46th	Chile	13.0	1.7%
47th	Yemen, Republic of	13.0	2.8%
48th	Zimbabwe	13.1	3.2%
49th	Cameroon	13.3	2.6%
50th	Tanzania	14.7	3.4%
51st	Liberia	14.8	2.6%
52nd	Finland	15.2	-0.1%
53rd	Uruguay	15.8	0.7%
54th	Côte d'Ivoire	16.3	4.1%
55th	Jordan	16.7	7.3%
56th	Afghanistan	16.9	2.4%
57th	Guinea	17.1	1.9%
58th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	17.4	3.0%
59th	Bahamas, The	17.8	4.6%
60th	South Africa	17.8	3.1%
61st	Colombia	18.3	2.7%
62nd	Kenya	19.2	4.0%
63rd	Nicaragua	19.5	3.2%
64th	Sweden	19.6	0.7%
65th	Panama	19.8	2.9%
66th	Burkina Faso	20.2	1.7%
67th	Guinea-Bissau	20.7	0.6%
68th	Iraq	21.5	3.5%
69th	Ecuador	21.6	3.0%
70th	United States	22.1	1.0%
71st	Senegal	22.5	3.0%
72nd	Honduras	23.9	3.0%
73rd	Brunei Darussalam	24.9	4.1%
74th	Eswatini	25.0	2.6%
75th	Mexico	25.3	3.3%
76th	Benin	26.6	2.2%
77th	Faroe Islands	27.2	0.9%
78th	Fiji	28.5	2.1%
79th	French Polynesia	30.1	3.5%
80th	Malaysia	30.3	2.3%
81st	Tunisia	32.2	2.6%
82nd	Lesotho	32.4	3.7%
83rd	Morocco	33.0	2.7%
84th	Syrian Arab Republic	33.6	3.3%
85th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	34.0	2.5%
86th	Costa Rica	35.0	2.8%
87th	Timor-Leste	36.5	1.8%
88th	Sierra Leone	36.9	1.9%
89th	Cambodia	37.4	2.1%
90th	Ghana	38.2	2.5%
91st	Andorra	39.5	8.0%
92nd	Togo	39.8	4.1%
93rd	Myanmar	40.7	2.3%
94th	Kuwait	42.1	9.0%
95th	Cayman Islands	42.4	1.9%
96th	Ireland	42.6	0.6%
97th	Türkiye	46.5	2.5%
98th	Malawi	48.0	2.5%
99th	Samoa	48.8	1.6%
100th	Guatemala	49.1	2.7%
101st	Uganda	50.1	3.2%
102nd	Gambia, The	50.3	2.9%
103rd	Nigeria	60.0	2.2%
104th	Indonesia	62.1	2.8%
105th	British Virgin Islands	63.6	5.9%
106th	Spain	66.9	1.0%
107th	Greece	68.1	0.4%
108th	Thailand	68.5	2.9%
109th	Cabo Verde	69.3	3.4%
110th	Cyprus	69.4	0.9%
111th	Kiribati	69.6	1.5%
112th	Pakistan	75.8	2.9%
113th	Albania	76.0	2.9%
114th	Bulgaria	76.2	0.8%
115th	São Tomé and Principe	79.3	1.8%
116th	Cuba	80.7	1.8%
117th	China	84.8	2.8%
118th	Nepal	85.1	2.2%
119th	Romania	86.9	1.1%
120th	Dominican Republic	88.5	2.9%
121st	Austria	90.2	0.3%
122nd	Dominica	90.6	1.8%
123rd	Isle of Man	94.9	2.2%
124th	France	95.6	0.8%
125th	Portugal	95.7	-0.9%
126th	Poland	106.3	0.8%
127th	European Union	106.9	0.7%
128th	Seychelles	113.8	2.4%
129th	Hungary	114.4	0.4%
130th	Tonga	115.1	1.9%
131st	Denmark	122.3	0.6%
132nd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	122.6	2.8%
133rd	Philippines	122.9	2.9%
134th	Viet Nam	124.7	2.1%
135th	Comoros	127.4	2.9%
136th	St. Kitts and Nevis	130.7	-3.2%
137th	Liechtenstein	131.8	1.2%
138th	American Samoa	131.9	3.0%
139th	Israel	132.9	2.6%
140th	Burundi	134.5	2.2%
141st	Antigua and Barbuda	145.0	1.6%
142nd	Switzerland	155.2	1.1%
143rd	Rwanda	156.5	3.1%
144th	Guam	160.0	2.2%
145th	Haiti	165.1	1.9%
146th	St. Lucia	167.0	1.2%
147th	Jamaica	171.3	1.2%
148th	El Salvador	171.5	2.7%
149th	Virgin Islands (US)	172.3	8.3%
150th	India	179.6	2.1%
151st	Italy	182.0	0.6%
152nd	Tuvalu	187.7	0.1%
153rd	Trinidad and Tobago	191.2	1.2%
154th	Sri Lanka	191.6	2.4%
155th	Germany	223.2	0.8%
156th	Lebanon	227.6	2.7%
157th	United Kingdom	229.2	0.4%
158th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	243.7	1.0%
159th	Japan	278.8	1.2%
160th	Grenada	288.8	0.1%
161st	San Marino	300.4	0.9%
162nd	Puerto Rico (US)	302.6	0.8%
163rd	Bahrain	322.4	1.4%
164th	Korea	327.0	2.3%
165th	Aruba	328.1	0.0%
166th	Nauru	329.1	4.0%
167th	Netherlands	381.5	1.2%
168th	Maldives	398.5	3.0%
169th	Mauritius	400.2	1.8%
170th	Bangladesh	517.0	2.9%
171st	Barbados	580.1	0.4%
172nd	Channel Islands	616.4	1.0%
173rd	Bermuda	950.1	1.8%
174th	Malta	950.9	-1.2%
175th	Gibraltar	2,612.0	2.1%
176th	Singapore	3,048.5	1.5%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	3,788.1	1.6%
178th	Monaco	11,756.8	1.7%
179th	Macao SAR, China	12,765.3	-1.0%

FAQ

What was Nigeria's population density in 1969?▾

Nigeria's population density in 1969 was 60.0. This ranked 103rd globally.

How did Nigeria's population density change in 1969?▾

Nigeria's population density increased by 2.2% in 1969 compared to 1968.

Which country had the highest population density in 1969?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1969 at 12,765.3.

What is the population density of Nigeria in 1969?▾

The population density of Nigeria in 1969 was 60.0. This ranked 103rd globally.

How does 1969 compare to 1968 for Nigeria's population density?▾

Nigeria's population density went from 58.7 in 1968 to 60.0 in 1969, a 2.2% increase.

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