Norway - Population Density 1966
10.3
+0.1 from 1965
Norway's population density was 10.3 in 1966, increased +0.1 from 10.2 in 1965. This was the 42nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1966▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greenland | 0.1 | 3.3% |
| 2nd | Mongolia | 0.8 | 2.9% |
| 3rd | Namibia | 0.8 | 2.6% |
| 4th | Mauritania | 0.9 | 3.0% |
| 5th | Botswana | 1.0 | 0.6% |
| 6th | Libya | 1.1 | 2.5% |
| 7th | Saudi Arabia | 1.4 | 3.8% |
| 8th | Australia | 1.5 | 2.3% |
| 9th | Oman | 1.9 | 2.3% |
| 10th | Iceland | 2.0 | 1.7% |
| 11th | Suriname | 2.1 | 3.5% |
| 12th | Gabon | 2.2 | 1.5% |
| 13th | Canada | 2.2 | 1.9% |
| 14th | United Arab Emirates | 2.4 | 4.1% |
| 15th | Chad | 2.7 | 2.0% |
| 16th | Central African Republic | 3.1 | 2.1% |
| 17th | Niger | 3.3 | 2.9% |
| 18th | Guyana | 3.3 | 2.1% |
| 19th | Congo, Republic of | 3.6 | 2.9% |
| 20th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.9 | 2.2% |
| 21st | Angola | 4.5 | 1.1% |
| 22nd | Belize | 4.7 | 3.1% |
| 23rd | Mali | 4.8 | 1.5% |
| 24th | Djibouti | 5.0 | 5.7% |
| 25th | Papua New Guinea | 5.0 | 2.2% |
| 26th | Zambia | 5.1 | 3.2% |
| 27th | New Caledonia | 5.2 | 2.9% |
| 28th | Algeria | 5.3 | 1.8% |
| 29th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 5.4 | 2.7% |
| 30th | Paraguay | 5.5 | 2.5% |
| 31st | Solomon Islands | 5.7 | 2.4% |
| 32nd | Bhutan | 5.8 | 3.3% |
| 33rd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.0 | -0.1% |
| 34th | Qatar | 6.2 | 12.7% |
| 35th | Vanuatu | 6.3 | 3.0% |
| 36th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 7.9 | 2.9% |
| 37th | Argentina | 8.2 | 1.5% |
| 38th | Peru | 9.5 | 2.9% |
| 39th | Mozambique | 9.6 | 2.1% |
| 40th | New Zealand | 10.2 | 1.8% |
| 41st | Madagascar | 10.3 | 2.7% |
| 42nd | Norway | 10.3 | 0.8% |
| 43rd | Brazil | 10.3 | 2.8% |
| 44th | Lao PDR | 10.5 | 2.3% |
| 45th | Equatorial Guinea | 10.9 | 2.2% |
| 46th | Zimbabwe | 11.9 | 3.2% |
| 47th | Yemen, Republic of | 12.0 | 2.5% |
| 48th | Cameroon | 12.3 | 2.3% |
| 49th | Chile | 12.3 | 1.9% |
| 50th | Tanzania | 13.4 | 3.1% |
| 51st | Jordan | 13.4 | 7.2% |
| 52nd | Liberia | 13.7 | 2.6% |
| 53rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 14.5 | 3.9% |
| 54th | Finland | 15.0 | 0.4% |
| 55th | Uruguay | 15.5 | 1.0% |
| 56th | Bahamas, The | 15.5 | 4.7% |
| 57th | Afghanistan | 15.7 | 2.3% |
| 58th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 15.9 | 3.2% |
| 59th | Guinea | 16.1 | 1.9% |
| 60th | South Africa | 16.2 | 3.1% |
| 61st | Colombia | 16.9 | 2.9% |
| 62nd | Kenya | 17.1 | 4.1% |
| 63rd | Nicaragua | 17.8 | 3.1% |
| 64th | Panama | 18.1 | 3.0% |
| 65th | Burkina Faso | 19.1 | 1.7% |
| 66th | Sweden | 19.2 | 1.0% |
| 67th | Iraq | 19.4 | 3.4% |
| 68th | Ecuador | 19.7 | 3.0% |
| 69th | Guinea-Bissau | 20.2 | -1.4% |
| 70th | Senegal | 20.6 | 3.0% |
| 71st | United States | 21.5 | 1.2% |
| 72nd | Honduras | 21.9 | 2.9% |
| 73rd | Brunei Darussalam | 22.0 | 4.5% |
| 74th | Mexico | 23.0 | 3.4% |
| 75th | Eswatini | 23.2 | 2.7% |
| 76th | Benin | 25.0 | 2.0% |
| 77th | Faroe Islands | 26.4 | 1.3% |
| 78th | Fiji | 26.6 | 2.9% |
| 79th | French Polynesia | 27.1 | 3.4% |
| 80th | Malaysia | 28.3 | 2.5% |
| 81st | Lesotho | 29.0 | 3.3% |
| 82nd | Tunisia | 29.9 | 2.0% |
| 83rd | Morocco | 30.5 | 2.7% |
| 84th | Syrian Arab Republic | 30.5 | 3.2% |
| 85th | Andorra | 31.1 | 7.3% |
| 86th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 31.6 | 2.5% |
| 87th | Costa Rica | 32.1 | 3.3% |
| 88th | Kuwait | 32.1 | 9.9% |
| 89th | Timor-Leste | 34.7 | 1.7% |
| 90th | Sierra Leone | 34.8 | 1.9% |
| 91st | Cambodia | 35.1 | 2.1% |
| 92nd | Togo | 35.3 | 3.5% |
| 93rd | Ghana | 35.5 | 2.4% |
| 94th | Myanmar | 38.0 | 2.3% |
| 95th | Cayman Islands | 39.8 | 2.1% |
| 96th | Ireland | 41.9 | 0.4% |
| 97th | Türkiye | 43.1 | 2.6% |
| 98th | Malawi | 44.5 | 2.5% |
| 99th | Guatemala | 45.2 | 2.9% |
| 100th | Uganda | 45.7 | 3.1% |
| 101st | Gambia, The | 46.3 | 2.8% |
| 102nd | Samoa | 46.3 | 2.4% |
| 103rd | British Virgin Islands | 56.1 | 1.9% |
| 104th | Nigeria | 56.2 | 2.2% |
| 105th | Indonesia | 57.3 | 2.4% |
| 106th | Cabo Verde | 62.8 | 3.3% |
| 107th | Thailand | 62.8 | 3.0% |
| 108th | Spain | 64.6 | 1.0% |
| 109th | Greece | 66.8 | 0.7% |
| 110th | Kiribati | 67.2 | 1.8% |
| 111th | Cyprus | 67.5 | 0.9% |
| 112th | Pakistan | 69.6 | 2.8% |
| 113th | Albania | 69.9 | 2.7% |
| 114th | Bulgaria | 74.6 | 0.7% |
| 115th | São Tomé and Principe | 75.6 | 1.2% |
| 116th | Cuba | 76.3 | 2.0% |
| 117th | China | 78.3 | 2.8% |
| 118th | Nepal | 79.8 | 2.1% |
| 119th | Dominican Republic | 81.2 | 3.0% |
| 120th | Romania | 83.4 | 1.0% |
| 121st | Dominica | 86.0 | 1.6% |
| 122nd | Austria | 88.7 | 0.7% |
| 123rd | Isle of Man | 89.0 | 1.3% |
| 124th | France | 93.4 | 0.9% |
| 125th | Portugal | 97.6 | -0.8% |
| 126th | Poland | 103.4 | 0.8% |
| 127th | European Union | 104.6 | 0.8% |
| 128th | Seychelles | 105.9 | 2.5% |
| 129th | Tonga | 108.3 | 2.7% |
| 130th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 112.7 | 2.6% |
| 131st | Philippines | 112.7 | 3.0% |
| 132nd | Hungary | 113.1 | 0.3% |
| 133rd | Viet Nam | 116.8 | 2.4% |
| 134th | Comoros | 117.5 | 1.7% |
| 135th | Denmark | 119.9 | 0.8% |
| 136th | American Samoa | 120.7 | 3.1% |
| 137th | Israel | 121.5 | 2.6% |
| 138th | Liechtenstein | 122.6 | 2.2% |
| 139th | Burundi | 125.3 | 2.4% |
| 140th | Virgin Islands (US) | 132.0 | 6.2% |
| 141st | Antigua and Barbuda | 138.4 | 1.6% |
| 142nd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 142.6 | -2.4% |
| 143rd | Rwanda | 142.7 | 2.9% |
| 144th | Guam | 149.7 | 2.4% |
| 145th | Switzerland | 149.7 | 1.1% |
| 146th | Haiti | 156.1 | 1.9% |
| 147th | El Salvador | 157.8 | 2.9% |
| 148th | St. Lucia | 161.4 | 1.0% |
| 149th | Jamaica | 165.4 | 1.3% |
| 150th | India | 168.4 | 2.2% |
| 151st | Sri Lanka | 178.3 | 2.4% |
| 152nd | Italy | 178.6 | 0.8% |
| 153rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 183.8 | 1.6% |
| 154th | Tuvalu | 189.5 | -0.5% |
| 155th | Lebanon | 210.0 | 2.8% |
| 156th | Germany | 219.4 | 0.8% |
| 157th | United Kingdom | 225.9 | 0.6% |
| 158th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 236.0 | 1.2% |
| 159th | Japan | 269.6 | 0.9% |
| 160th | Grenada | 288.6 | 0.1% |
| 161st | San Marino | 292.1 | 1.3% |
| 162nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 295.9 | 1.2% |
| 163rd | Bahrain | 300.8 | 3.3% |
| 164th | Nauru | 302.2 | 3.6% |
| 165th | Korea | 305.2 | 2.5% |
| 166th | Aruba | 326.1 | 0.9% |
| 167th | Maldives | 361.7 | 4.2% |
| 168th | Netherlands | 369.0 | 1.3% |
| 169th | Mauritius | 378.7 | 2.1% |
| 170th | Bangladesh | 473.8 | 3.0% |
| 171st | Barbados | 569.8 | 1.1% |
| 172nd | Channel Islands | 596.9 | 1.1% |
| 173rd | Bermuda | 898.8 | 2.3% |
| 174th | Malta | 985.0 | -1.1% |
| 175th | Gibraltar | 2,444.4 | 2.4% |
| 176th | Singapore | 2,887.2 | 2.5% |
| 177th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 3,558.7 | 0.9% |
| 178th | Monaco | 11,411.4 | 0.8% |
| 179th | Macao SAR, China | 13,147.1 | -1.0% |
FAQ
What was Norway's population density in 1966?▾
Norway's population density in 1966 was 10.3. This ranked 42nd globally.
How did Norway's population density change in 1966?▾
Norway's population density increased by 0.8% in 1966 compared to 1965.
Which country had the highest population density in 1966?▾
Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1966 at 13,147.1.
What is the population density of Norway in 1966?▾
The population density of Norway in 1966 was 10.3. This ranked 42nd globally.
How does 1966 compare to 1965 for Norway's population density?▾
Norway's population density went from 10.2 in 1965 to 10.3 in 1966, a 0.8% increase.
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