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Papua New Guinea - Population Density 1984

Name: Papua New Guinea Population Density 1984
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

7.5 +0.2 from 1983 Global rank: 22nd

Papua New Guinea's population density was 7.5 in 1984, increased +0.2 from 7.4 in 1983. This was the 22nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1984▾

Population Density by Country - 1984
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.2	1.2%
2nd	Mongolia	1.2	2.5%
3rd	Namibia	1.3	2.7%
4th	Mauritania	1.6	2.9%
5th	Botswana	1.9	3.6%
6th	Australia	2.0	1.2%
7th	Libya	2.1	1.5%
8th	Suriname	2.4	0.9%
9th	Iceland	2.4	1.1%
10th	Canada	2.9	0.9%
11th	Gabon	3.2	2.8%
12th	Saudi Arabia	3.6	6.1%
13th	Guyana	3.9	-0.2%
14th	Chad	4.0	1.3%
15th	Oman	4.0	5.6%
16th	Central African Republic	4.1	1.2%
17th	Niger	5.5	3.0%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	5.8	2.2%
19th	Congo, Republic of	5.9	2.5%
20th	Mali	6.7	2.2%
21st	Belize	7.0	2.4%
22nd	Papua New Guinea	7.5	2.1%
23rd	Angola	7.6	3.8%
24th	Paraguay	8.6	2.9%
25th	New Caledonia	8.6	1.7%
26th	Zambia	8.9	3.1%
27th	Algeria	8.9	3.5%
28th	Turks and Caicos Islands	9.6	4.7%
29th	Solomon Islands	9.8	3.4%
30th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	10.2	3.7%
31st	Vanuatu	10.4	2.5%
32nd	Bhutan	10.5	3.2%
33rd	Argentina	10.9	1.6%
34th	Norway	11.3	0.3%
35th	New Zealand	12.3	0.9%
36th	Equatorial Guinea	13.0	6.3%
37th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	13.3	3.4%
38th	Peru	15.0	2.5%
39th	Mozambique	15.7	2.0%
40th	Lao PDR	15.8	2.7%
41st	Brazil	15.9	2.2%
42nd	Finland	16.0	0.5%
43rd	Chile	16.4	1.5%
44th	Djibouti	16.6	3.9%
45th	Uruguay	17.2	0.5%
46th	Afghanistan	17.2	2.5%
47th	Madagascar	17.4	3.0%
48th	United Arab Emirates	18.4	5.7%
49th	Cameroon	20.0	2.8%
50th	Sweden	20.5	0.1%
51st	Yemen, Republic of	20.9	3.8%
52nd	Zimbabwe	21.7	3.6%
53rd	Guinea	22.3	2.2%
54th	Liberia	22.6	3.1%
55th	Tanzania	24.6	3.3%
56th	Bahamas, The	24.9	1.7%
57th	United States	25.7	0.9%
58th	Colombia	25.8	2.3%
59th	South Africa	27.9	3.5%
60th	Burkina Faso	28.4	2.9%
61st	Panama	28.9	2.4%
62nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	29.3	3.8%
63rd	Qatar	30.0	5.5%
64th	Nicaragua	30.1	2.5%
65th	Jordan	30.1	4.6%
66th	Côte d'Ivoire	30.3	4.1%
67th	Guinea-Bissau	31.4	1.6%
68th	Faroe Islands	32.3	1.1%
69th	Kenya	32.5	3.7%
70th	Ecuador	32.8	2.7%
71st	Cambodia	33.1	3.7%
72nd	Senegal	33.8	2.8%
73rd	Iraq	35.0	3.2%
74th	Honduras	37.5	3.0%
75th	Mexico	37.8	2.1%
76th	Fiji	38.7	2.4%
77th	Benin	39.1	3.0%
78th	Eswatini	39.6	3.3%
79th	Brunei Darussalam	40.2	3.4%
80th	Malaysia	44.9	3.3%
81st	Timor-Leste	46.2	1.3%
82nd	Tunisia	46.5	2.4%
83rd	French Polynesia	48.2	2.7%
84th	Morocco	48.4	2.5%
85th	Sierra Leone	49.3	2.2%
86th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	49.5	3.1%
87th	Ireland	51.3	0.6%
88th	Lesotho	52.0	2.9%
89th	Costa Rica	52.2	2.8%
90th	Myanmar	54.9	2.1%
91st	Syrian Arab Republic	55.8	3.6%
92nd	Ghana	58.8	2.6%
93rd	Samoa	58.9	0.0%
94th	Togo	61.3	3.4%
95th	Türkiye	64.4	2.3%
96th	Guatemala	71.2	2.8%
97th	Uganda	73.1	2.7%
98th	Spain	76.7	0.4%
99th	Greece	76.8	0.5%
100th	Malawi	77.8	4.0%
101st	Cyprus	77.9	1.7%
102nd	Kiribati	80.5	1.7%
103rd	Bulgaria	81.0	0.2%
104th	Gambia, The	81.6	3.9%
105th	Cabo Verde	85.0	1.4%
106th	Cayman Islands	85.2	4.4%
107th	British Virgin Islands	85.5	3.6%
108th	Andorra	89.9	4.2%
109th	Indonesia	90.1	2.3%
110th	Nigeria	90.6	2.6%
111th	Austria	91.6	0.0%
112th	Cuba	93.8	0.8%
113th	Dominica	96.1	-0.4%
114th	Thailand	96.6	1.9%
115th	Romania	98.3	0.4%
116th	Kuwait	102.2	4.4%
117th	France	104.6	0.5%
118th	Albania	106.0	2.1%
119th	Portugal	109.2	0.4%
120th	China	110.4	1.3%
121st	São Tomé and Principe	110.8	1.9%
122nd	Isle of Man	113.2	-0.2%
123rd	European Union	114.9	0.2%
124th	Hungary	118.7	-0.2%
125th	Nepal	119.5	2.4%
126th	Poland	120.5	0.9%
127th	Pakistan	123.4	3.2%
128th	Denmark	127.8	-0.1%
129th	Dominican Republic	130.2	2.3%
130th	Tonga	136.1	0.0%
131st	Seychelles	140.7	0.6%
132nd	Antigua and Barbuda	147.5	-0.1%
133rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	160.6	1.5%
134th	St. Kitts and Nevis	162.0	-0.5%
135th	Switzerland	163.0	0.4%
136th	Liechtenstein	166.2	0.6%
137th	Viet Nam	177.3	2.4%
138th	Philippines	180.2	2.9%
139th	American Samoa	188.3	3.8%
140th	Burundi	191.8	2.5%
141st	Israel	192.2	1.3%
142nd	Italy	192.4	0.0%
143rd	Comoros	202.9	2.8%
144th	St. Lucia	208.3	1.6%
145th	Jamaica	209.1	1.3%
146th	Haiti	220.2	2.0%
147th	Germany	223.0	-0.3%
148th	Guam	224.6	2.4%
149th	Trinidad and Tobago	228.7	1.1%
150th	El Salvador	231.6	1.9%
151st	United Kingdom	233.2	0.2%
152nd	Sri Lanka	246.2	0.3%
153rd	Rwanda	247.6	3.4%
154th	India	253.9	2.4%
155th	Tuvalu	263.4	1.5%
156th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	276.1	0.8%
157th	Grenada	280.9	0.6%
158th	Virgin Islands (US)	287.4	0.3%
159th	Lebanon	308.2	1.9%
160th	Japan	329.3	1.1%
161st	Aruba	349.5	1.1%
162nd	San Marino	372.4	0.5%
163rd	Puerto Rico (US)	377.0	1.0%
164th	Nauru	418.9	2.0%
165th	Korea	418.9	1.2%
166th	Netherlands	427.3	0.4%
167th	Mauritius	498.6	1.1%
168th	Barbados	592.8	0.4%
169th	Bahrain	601.7	3.6%
170th	Maldives	614.0	2.8%
171st	Channel Islands	680.4	1.0%
172nd	Bangladesh	751.4	2.6%
173rd	Bermuda	1,021.6	0.7%
174th	Malta	1,033.1	0.0%
175th	Gibraltar	2,864.3	-0.3%
176th	Singapore	4,077.9	1.9%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	5,452.4	1.0%
178th	Monaco	13,989.1	1.4%
179th	Macao SAR, China	14,142.5	5.0%

FAQ

What was Papua New Guinea's population density in 1984?▾

Papua New Guinea's population density in 1984 was 7.5. This ranked 22nd globally.

How did Papua New Guinea's population density change in 1984?▾

Papua New Guinea's population density increased by 2.1% in 1984 compared to 1983.

Which country had the highest population density in 1984?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1984 at 14,142.5.

What is the population density of Papua New Guinea in 1984?▾

The population density of Papua New Guinea in 1984 was 7.5. This ranked 22nd globally.

How does 1984 compare to 1983 for Papua New Guinea's population density?▾

Papua New Guinea's population density went from 7.4 in 1983 to 7.5 in 1984, a 2.1% increase.

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