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Nigeria - Population Density 1976

Name: Nigeria Population Density 1976
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

71.7 +2.0 from 1975 Global rank: 106th

Nigeria's population density was 71.7 in 1976, increased +2.0 from 69.6 in 1975. This was the 106th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1976▾

Population Density by Country - 1976
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	0.2%
2nd	Mongolia	1.0	2.9%
3rd	Namibia	1.1	2.9%
4th	Mauritania	1.3	3.0%
5th	Botswana	1.3	5.3%
6th	Libya	1.5	5.8%
7th	Australia	1.8	1.0%
8th	Iceland	2.2	1.0%
9th	Saudi Arabia	2.2	5.5%
10th	Suriname	2.4	-0.7%
11th	Canada	2.6	1.3%
12th	Gabon	2.6	2.3%
13th	Oman	2.6	4.6%
14th	Chad	3.4	2.0%
15th	Central African Republic	3.8	1.5%
16th	Guyana	3.8	0.9%
17th	Niger	4.3	2.8%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	4.9	2.3%
19th	Congo, Republic of	4.9	2.5%
20th	Angola	5.7	3.4%
21st	Mali	5.7	1.8%
22nd	Belize	5.8	2.1%
23rd	Papua New Guinea	6.4	2.2%
24th	Algeria	6.9	4.7%
25th	Zambia	6.9	3.1%
26th	Paraguay	6.9	2.5%
27th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	7.0	2.5%
28th	Turks and Caicos Islands	7.0	3.0%
29th	Solomon Islands	7.4	3.2%
30th	New Caledonia	7.8	3.4%
31st	Bhutan	8.1	3.5%
32nd	Vanuatu	8.5	3.1%
33rd	United Arab Emirates	8.7	13.4%
34th	Argentina	9.6	1.6%
35th	Djibouti	10.0	9.9%
36th	Equatorial Guinea	10.0	-2.4%
37th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	10.4	2.6%
38th	Norway	11.0	0.5%
39th	New Zealand	11.8	0.9%
40th	Peru	12.3	2.5%
41st	Mozambique	12.5	3.4%
42nd	Brazil	13.2	2.4%
43rd	Lao PDR	13.3	2.0%
44th	Madagascar	13.7	3.1%
45th	Chile	14.6	1.6%
46th	Finland	15.5	0.3%
47th	Yemen, Republic of	15.9	3.1%
48th	Cameroon	16.1	2.7%
49th	Zimbabwe	16.3	3.1%
50th	Uruguay	16.5	0.7%
51st	Liberia	17.8	2.8%
52nd	Qatar	18.0	8.3%
53rd	Tanzania	18.9	3.7%
54th	Guinea	19.2	1.6%
55th	Afghanistan	20.0	2.2%
56th	Sweden	20.2	0.4%
57th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	21.4	3.1%
58th	Bahamas, The	21.4	2.2%
59th	Colombia	21.5	2.2%
60th	South Africa	21.8	2.7%
61st	Jordan	22.2	3.1%
62nd	Côte d'Ivoire	22.2	4.2%
63rd	Burkina Faso	23.0	2.2%
64th	United States	23.8	1.0%
65th	Panama	23.9	2.6%
66th	Nicaragua	24.1	3.1%
67th	Kenya	24.5	3.3%
68th	Guinea-Bissau	24.7	6.6%
69th	Ecuador	26.4	2.8%
70th	Iraq	27.3	3.3%
71st	Senegal	27.6	2.7%
72nd	Faroe Islands	29.4	1.1%
73rd	Honduras	29.4	3.2%
74th	Eswatini	30.4	3.1%
75th	Brunei Darussalam	31.0	3.5%
76th	Mexico	31.2	2.8%
77th	Benin	31.3	2.5%
78th	Fiji	32.0	1.7%
79th	Cambodia	34.8	-6.8%
80th	Malaysia	35.8	2.4%
81st	French Polynesia	37.7	3.0%
82nd	Tunisia	38.6	2.7%
83rd	Morocco	39.4	2.5%
84th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	40.0	2.4%
85th	Timor-Leste	40.9	1.6%
86th	Lesotho	41.3	3.3%
87th	Sierra Leone	42.0	1.8%
88th	Costa Rica	42.1	2.6%
89th	Syrian Arab Republic	42.5	3.5%
90th	Ghana	46.6	2.9%
91st	Ireland	47.0	1.5%
92nd	Myanmar	47.1	1.9%
93rd	Togo	48.5	2.5%
94th	Türkiye	54.4	2.1%
95th	Samoa	55.5	2.5%
96th	Malawi	57.7	3.0%
97th	Guatemala	58.4	2.2%
98th	Cayman Islands	60.2	4.8%
99th	Uganda	60.2	2.7%
100th	Gambia, The	61.8	3.1%
101st	Andorra	62.6	6.0%
102nd	Kuwait	66.1	6.7%
103rd	Greece	71.3	1.6%
104th	British Virgin Islands	71.4	1.0%
105th	Cyprus	71.6	0.4%
106th	Nigeria	71.7	2.9%
107th	Spain	72.3	1.1%
108th	Indonesia	74.6	2.5%
109th	Kiribati	74.9	-0.5%
110th	Cabo Verde	76.8	1.2%
111th	Bulgaria	79.2	0.4%
112th	Thailand	82.0	2.3%
113th	Cuba	89.1	1.0%
114th	Albania	89.7	2.2%
115th	Austria	91.7	-0.2%
116th	São Tomé and Principe	92.6	2.6%
117th	Pakistan	92.9	3.1%
118th	Romania	93.6	1.2%
119th	Dominica	96.0	0.6%
120th	China	99.1	1.6%
121st	Nepal	99.1	2.2%
122nd	France	100.6	0.4%
123rd	Portugal	102.2	2.9%
124th	Isle of Man	106.6	1.3%
125th	Dominican Republic	107.2	2.6%
126th	European Union	111.4	0.5%
127th	Poland	112.2	1.0%
128th	Hungary	117.8	0.6%
129th	St. Kitts and Nevis	124.2	-0.3%
130th	Denmark	126.8	0.3%
131st	Seychelles	131.5	2.0%
132nd	Tonga	132.4	2.5%
133rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	143.2	1.6%
134th	Philippines	144.9	2.6%
135th	Antigua and Barbuda	144.9	-0.1%
136th	Viet Nam	146.5	2.6%
137th	American Samoa	149.8	1.9%
138th	Liechtenstein	150.4	0.9%
139th	Burundi	151.2	2.3%
140th	Switzerland	159.4	-0.6%
141st	Comoros	159.9	3.4%
142nd	Israel	163.3	2.3%
143rd	St. Lucia	184.3	1.5%
144th	Guam	187.3	2.1%
145th	Haiti	188.6	1.9%
146th	Jamaica	188.9	1.3%
147th	Italy	189.4	0.5%
148th	Rwanda	192.4	3.0%
149th	El Salvador	203.2	2.8%
150th	Trinidad and Tobago	207.9	1.2%
151st	India	210.5	2.4%
152nd	Tuvalu	213.5	4.7%
153rd	Sri Lanka	220.0	1.8%
154th	Germany	224.4	-0.4%
155th	United Kingdom	232.3	0.0%
156th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	259.5	0.8%
157th	Lebanon	266.5	1.2%
158th	Virgin Islands (US)	274.8	1.8%
159th	Grenada	287.2	-0.5%
160th	Japan	307.7	1.1%
161st	San Marino	318.5	0.3%
162nd	Aruba	324.3	0.1%
163rd	Puerto Rico (US)	343.2	1.7%
164th	Nauru	353.2	1.1%
165th	Korea	371.6	1.6%
166th	Netherlands	408.0	0.8%
167th	Bahrain	431.7	5.2%
168th	Mauritius	446.6	1.6%
169th	Maldives	491.8	3.1%
170th	Barbados	584.7	0.1%
171st	Bangladesh	613.5	2.6%
172nd	Channel Islands	653.5	0.5%
173rd	Malta	955.5	0.5%
174th	Bermuda	985.4	0.2%
175th	Gibraltar	2,813.4	0.7%
176th	Singapore	3,422.8	1.4%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	4,473.3	1.3%
178th	Macao SAR, China	11,780.0	-1.1%
179th	Monaco	12,775.0	1.5%

FAQ

What was Nigeria's population density in 1976?▾

Nigeria's population density in 1976 was 71.7. This ranked 106th globally.

How did Nigeria's population density change in 1976?▾

Nigeria's population density increased by 2.9% in 1976 compared to 1975.

Which country had the highest population density in 1976?▾

Monaco had the highest population density in 1976 at 12,775.0.

What is the population density of Nigeria in 1976?▾

The population density of Nigeria in 1976 was 71.7. This ranked 106th globally.

How does 1976 compare to 1975 for Nigeria's population density?▾

Nigeria's population density went from 69.6 in 1975 to 71.7 in 1976, a 2.9% increase.

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