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Nigeria - Population Density 1997

Name: Nigeria Population Density 1997
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

128.2 +3.3 from 1996 Global rank: 143rd

Nigeria's population density was 128.2 in 1997, increased +3.3 from 124.9 in 1996. This was the 143rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1997▾

Population Density by Country - 1997
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	-16.6%
2nd	Mongolia	1.5	1.4%
3rd	Namibia	2.1	2.6%
4th	Mauritania	2.3	2.3%
5th	Australia	2.4	1.1%
6th	Iceland	2.7	0.8%
7th	Botswana	2.8	2.3%
8th	Suriname	2.8	2.1%
9th	Libya	2.9	1.5%
10th	Canada	3.3	1.0%
11th	Guyana	3.9	0.2%
12th	Gabon	4.6	2.6%
13th	Central African Republic	5.7	2.8%
14th	Kazakhstan	5.9	-2.3%
15th	Chad	6.1	3.5%
16th	Saudi Arabia	6.7	3.9%
17th	Oman	7.1	1.6%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	7.5	1.8%
19th	Niger	8.2	3.4%
20th	Congo, Republic of	8.5	2.2%
21st	Mali	8.7	2.3%
22nd	Russian Federation	9.0	-0.2%
23rd	Turkmenistan	9.2	1.7%
24th	Belize	9.5	3.4%
25th	Papua New Guinea	11.0	3.6%
26th	New Caledonia	11.5	2.2%
27th	Angola	11.8	3.5%
28th	Norway	12.1	0.5%
29th	Paraguay	12.1	2.3%
30th	Algeria	12.4	1.9%
31st	Zambia	12.4	2.6%
32nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	12.5	3.6%
33rd	Argentina	13.1	1.2%
34th	Bhutan	14.0	1.8%
35th	Vanuatu	14.3	2.2%
36th	New Zealand	14.4	1.3%
37th	Solomon Islands	14.6	2.9%
38th	Finland	16.9	0.3%
39th	Turks and Caicos Islands	17.3	4.5%
40th	Uruguay	18.4	0.5%
41st	Peru	19.7	1.9%
42nd	Brazil	19.9	1.5%
43rd	Chile	20.1	1.3%
44th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	20.3	1.6%
45th	Eritrea	21.3	1.1%
46th	Mozambique	21.6	2.8%
47th	Sweden	21.7	0.1%
48th	Equatorial Guinea	22.0	3.9%
49th	Lao PDR	22.3	2.1%
50th	Kyrgyz Republic	24.5	1.5%
51st	Liberia	25.1	8.1%
52nd	Madagascar	25.8	3.3%
53rd	Afghanistan	28.3	3.9%
54th	Djibouti	29.0	3.6%
55th	Cameroon	29.1	2.7%
56th	Zimbabwe	29.4	1.9%
57th	United States	29.8	1.2%
58th	Bahamas, The	31.1	1.5%
59th	Faroe Islands	31.6	1.3%
60th	Guinea	32.3	2.1%
61st	Estonia	33.0	-1.1%
62nd	Colombia	33.5	1.8%
63rd	Yemen, Republic of	33.9	3.2%
64th	Tanzania	35.6	2.0%
65th	South Africa	37.6	1.2%
66th	Panama	38.2	2.0%
67th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	39.1	1.2%
68th	Latvia	39.1	-1.0%
69th	Palau	39.4	2.6%
70th	United Arab Emirates	39.7	8.5%
71st	Burkina Faso	40.0	2.6%
72nd	Nicaragua	40.0	1.7%
73rd	Guinea-Bissau	41.4	1.9%
74th	Ecuador	43.5	1.9%
75th	Tajikistan	43.9	1.2%
76th	Fiji	44.5	1.0%
77th	Qatar	47.4	4.1%
78th	Senegal	48.2	2.4%
79th	Mexico	48.4	1.7%
80th	Kenya	49.4	2.8%
81st	Belarus	49.9	-0.4%
82nd	Côte d'Ivoire	50.5	3.9%
83rd	Iraq	50.7	3.1%
84th	Ireland	53.3	1.0%
85th	Honduras	54.3	2.8%
86th	Uzbekistan	55.9	1.7%
87th	Lithuania	57.0	-0.7%
88th	Jordan	57.2	2.7%
89th	Brunei Darussalam	57.9	2.4%
90th	Benin	58.4	3.0%
91st	Eswatini	58.5	1.7%
92nd	Sierra Leone	58.9	1.3%
93rd	Tunisia	60.6	1.4%
94th	Morocco	61.0	1.5%
95th	Timor-Leste	61.7	2.8%
96th	French Polynesia	62.6	1.6%
97th	Samoa	62.7	0.8%
98th	Malaysia	65.1	2.5%
99th	Lesotho	65.5	0.8%
100th	Cambodia	65.6	7.1%
101st	Myanmar	66.9	1.3%
102nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	68.7	2.1%
103rd	Costa Rica	72.5	2.3%
104th	Bulgaria	75.1	-0.6%
105th	Georgia	76.1	-3.2%
106th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	78.5	3.7%
107th	North Macedonia	78.5	-0.8%
108th	Ghana	80.2	2.4%
109th	Spain	80.2	0.4%
110th	Croatia	81.0	-0.5%
111th	Türkiye	81.7	1.5%
112th	Greece	82.7	0.5%
113th	Syrian Arab Republic	83.9	2.7%
114th	Togo	86.9	3.2%
115th	Ukraine	87.7	-0.9%
116th	Dominica	92.4	-0.2%
117th	Azerbaijan	94.2	1.0%
118th	Austria	96.6	0.1%
119th	Cyprus	97.1	2.0%
120th	Romania	98.3	-0.3%
121st	Slovenia	98.6	-0.1%
122nd	Kuwait	100.3	3.3%
123rd	Guatemala	101.3	2.6%
124th	Moldova	102.1	-0.3%
125th	Cuba	102.4	0.3%
126th	Kiribati	103.9	1.8%
127th	Cabo Verde	107.4	1.7%
128th	European Union	107.9	0.2%
129th	Uganda	109.4	2.9%
130th	Portugal	110.5	0.4%
131st	France	111.3	0.4%
132nd	Slovak Republic	111.9	0.2%
133rd	Malawi	112.0	2.0%
134th	Indonesia	114.0	1.6%
135th	Armenia	114.0	-1.0%
136th	Hungary	114.6	-0.1%
137th	Albania	114.9	-0.6%
138th	Thailand	118.9	1.3%
139th	Northern Mariana Islands	123.0	9.5%
140th	British Virgin Islands	125.0	2.6%
141st	Poland	126.2	0.1%
142nd	Isle of Man	127.9	1.2%
143rd	Nigeria	128.2	2.6%
144th	China	131.0	1.0%
145th	Denmark	132.1	0.4%
146th	Gambia, The	132.3	2.9%
147th	Czechia	133.4	-0.1%
148th	Andorra	137.7	1.1%
149th	Tonga	139.8	0.4%
150th	São Tomé and Principe	144.7	1.4%
151st	Cayman Islands	148.1	4.1%
152nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	158.7	0.3%
153rd	Antigua and Barbuda	161.5	2.1%
154th	Nepal	162.4	2.1%
155th	St. Kitts and Nevis	167.0	1.3%
156th	Seychelles	168.1	1.2%
157th	Dominican Republic	169.2	1.8%
158th	Switzerland	179.3	0.2%
159th	Pakistan	184.9	2.9%
160th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	191.9	0.9%
161st	Italy	193.4	0.1%
162nd	Liechtenstein	195.2	0.6%
163rd	Viet Nam	228.0	1.5%
164th	Germany	235.0	0.2%
165th	Jamaica	235.3	0.9%
166th	Burundi	236.4	0.0%
167th	United Kingdom	241.0	0.3%
168th	Philippines	247.9	2.4%
169th	St. Lucia	250.1	1.4%
170th	Trinidad and Tobago	254.5	0.4%
171st	Israel	269.7	2.5%
172nd	American Samoa	271.8	1.9%
173rd	Comoros	272.9	1.7%
174th	Marshall Islands	273.7	1.0%
175th	El Salvador	282.1	0.7%
176th	Haiti	285.0	1.9%
177th	Guam	285.6	1.3%
178th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	290.1	0.0%
179th	Sri Lanka	291.0	1.9%
180th	Virgin Islands (US)	309.6	0.2%
181st	Grenada	309.7	0.7%
182nd	Tuvalu	313.3	0.6%
183rd	Rwanda	314.4	15.6%
184th	India	336.0	2.0%
185th	Japan	345.8	0.2%
186th	Lebanon	401.6	1.8%
187th	Puerto Rico (US)	423.8	0.9%
188th	San Marino	430.0	1.2%
189th	West Bank and Gaza	449.6	4.6%
190th	Netherlands	462.4	0.5%
191st	Korea	476.4	0.9%
192nd	Aruba	479.5	4.0%
193rd	Nauru	509.9	0.1%
194th	Mauritius	565.7	1.3%
195th	Barbados	610.2	0.0%
196th	Channel Islands	738.5	0.4%
197th	Bahrain	829.7	2.7%
198th	Maldives	892.4	2.0%
199th	Bangladesh	977.2	1.9%
200th	Bermuda	1,114.4	0.6%
201st	Malta	1,196.2	0.8%
202nd	Gibraltar	2,758.2	0.3%
203rd	Singapore	5,665.7	3.4%
204th	Hong Kong SAR, China	6,180.3	0.8%
205th	Monaco	15,818.0	0.7%
206th	Macao SAR, China	20,865.0	0.5%

FAQ

What was Nigeria's population density in 1997?▾

Nigeria's population density in 1997 was 128.2. This ranked 143rd globally.

How did Nigeria's population density change in 1997?▾

Nigeria's population density increased by 2.6% in 1997 compared to 1996.

Which country had the highest population density in 1997?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1997 at 20,865.0.

What is the population density of Nigeria in 1997?▾

The population density of Nigeria in 1997 was 128.2. This ranked 143rd globally.

How does 1997 compare to 1996 for Nigeria's population density?▾

Nigeria's population density went from 124.9 in 1996 to 128.2 in 1997, a 2.6% increase.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Nigeria matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 1997. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 0.6%. View full analysis →

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