Papua New Guinea - Population Density 2001
12.6
+0.4 from 2000
Papua New Guinea's population density was 12.6 in 2001, increased +0.4 from 12.2 in 2000. This was the 27th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2001▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greenland | 0.1 | 0.3% |
| 2nd | Mongolia | 1.6 | 1.2% |
| 3rd | Namibia | 2.3 | 2.1% |
| 4th | Australia | 2.5 | 1.3% |
| 5th | Mauritania | 2.6 | 2.5% |
| 6th | Iceland | 2.8 | 1.3% |
| 7th | Botswana | 3.0 | 2.1% |
| 8th | Suriname | 3.0 | 2.1% |
| 9th | Libya | 3.1 | 1.9% |
| 10th | Canada | 3.5 | 1.1% |
| 11th | Guyana | 3.9 | 0.0% |
| 12th | Gabon | 5.1 | 2.7% |
| 13th | Kazakhstan | 5.8 | 0.5% |
| 14th | Central African Republic | 6.3 | 2.2% |
| 15th | Chad | 7.0 | 3.4% |
| 16th | Oman | 7.5 | 1.2% |
| 17th | Saudi Arabia | 7.9 | 5.3% |
| 18th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 8.1 | 1.7% |
| 19th | Russian Federation | 8.9 | -0.4% |
| 20th | Niger | 9.4 | 3.6% |
| 21st | Congo, Republic of | 9.6 | 3.8% |
| 22nd | Mali | 9.8 | 3.1% |
| 23rd | Turkmenistan | 9.9 | 2.0% |
| 24th | Belize | 10.9 | 3.1% |
| 25th | Norway | 12.4 | 0.5% |
| 26th | New Caledonia | 12.5 | 2.1% |
| 27th | Papua New Guinea | 12.6 | 3.5% |
| 28th | Paraguay | 13.1 | 1.7% |
| 29th | Algeria | 13.2 | 1.4% |
| 30th | Angola | 13.4 | 3.4% |
| 31st | Argentina | 13.7 | 1.1% |
| 32nd | Zambia | 13.9 | 3.1% |
| 33rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 14.7 | 4.1% |
| 34th | New Zealand | 14.7 | 0.6% |
| 35th | Bhutan | 15.3 | 2.3% |
| 36th | Vanuatu | 15.7 | 2.5% |
| 37th | Solomon Islands | 16.0 | 2.0% |
| 38th | Finland | 17.0 | 0.2% |
| 39th | Uruguay | 18.7 | 0.2% |
| 40th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 20.6 | 4.5% |
| 41st | Peru | 21.1 | 1.4% |
| 42nd | Brazil | 21.1 | 1.3% |
| 43rd | Chile | 21.1 | 1.2% |
| 44th | Sweden | 21.8 | 0.3% |
| 45th | Eritrea | 22.9 | 2.9% |
| 46th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 23.0 | 3.2% |
| 47th | Mozambique | 23.6 | 2.3% |
| 48th | Lao PDR | 23.9 | 1.7% |
| 49th | Kyrgyz Republic | 25.8 | 1.0% |
| 50th | Equatorial Guinea | 26.7 | 6.6% |
| 51st | Madagascar | 29.3 | 3.1% |
| 52nd | Zimbabwe | 30.9 | 0.7% |
| 53rd | Afghanistan | 31.1 | 0.8% |
| 54th | United States | 31.1 | 1.0% |
| 55th | Liberia | 31.3 | 3.0% |
| 56th | Cameroon | 32.4 | 2.7% |
| 57th | Estonia | 32.7 | -0.6% |
| 58th | Bahamas, The | 32.8 | 1.2% |
| 59th | Djibouti | 33.3 | 3.2% |
| 60th | Faroe Islands | 33.4 | 1.9% |
| 61st | Guinea | 34.8 | 1.3% |
| 62nd | Colombia | 35.8 | 1.6% |
| 63rd | Latvia | 37.6 | -1.3% |
| 64th | Yemen, Republic of | 38.3 | 3.1% |
| 65th | South Africa | 39.2 | 0.9% |
| 66th | Tanzania | 39.7 | 2.7% |
| 67th | Panama | 41.3 | 2.0% |
| 68th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 41.4 | 1.6% |
| 69th | Palau | 42.1 | 0.9% |
| 70th | Nicaragua | 42.3 | 1.3% |
| 71st | Guinea-Bissau | 44.9 | 2.1% |
| 72nd | Burkina Faso | 44.9 | 3.1% |
| 73rd | Tajikistan | 45.8 | 2.0% |
| 74th | Fiji | 46.5 | 1.0% |
| 75th | Belarus | 48.9 | -0.5% |
| 76th | Mexico | 51.5 | 1.5% |
| 77th | Ecuador | 52.0 | 1.7% |
| 78th | United Arab Emirates | 52.4 | 6.6% |
| 79th | Senegal | 53.0 | 2.5% |
| 80th | Timor-Leste | 54.6 | 9.0% |
| 81st | Lithuania | 55.4 | -0.8% |
| 82nd | Kenya | 55.6 | 3.2% |
| 83rd | Ireland | 56.1 | 1.6% |
| 84th | Côte d'Ivoire | 57.2 | 2.7% |
| 85th | Uzbekistan | 57.6 | 1.2% |
| 86th | Iraq | 57.6 | 3.2% |
| 87th | Qatar | 58.4 | 5.1% |
| 88th | Honduras | 60.4 | 2.7% |
| 89th | Eswatini | 61.1 | 0.9% |
| 90th | Jordan | 62.3 | 2.1% |
| 91st | Brunei Darussalam | 63.3 | 2.1% |
| 92nd | Tunisia | 63.5 | 1.1% |
| 93rd | Morocco | 64.6 | 1.4% |
| 94th | Samoa | 64.7 | 0.8% |
| 95th | Sierra Leone | 65.0 | 6.1% |
| 96th | Lesotho | 65.9 | -0.2% |
| 97th | Benin | 66.0 | 3.1% |
| 98th | Myanmar | 70.0 | 1.1% |
| 99th | Georgia | 70.2 | -1.5% |
| 100th | French Polynesia | 70.3 | 1.6% |
| 101st | Malaysia | 71.6 | 2.4% |
| 102nd | Cambodia | 71.7 | 1.6% |
| 103rd | Bulgaria | 72.4 | -2.0% |
| 104th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 75.0 | 2.1% |
| 105th | Croatia | 76.9 | -3.8% |
| 106th | Costa Rica | 78.5 | 1.8% |
| 107th | North Macedonia | 80.0 | 0.4% |
| 108th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 81.6 | 0.5% |
| 109th | Spain | 81.9 | 0.8% |
| 110th | Greece | 84.3 | 0.5% |
| 111th | Ukraine | 84.8 | -0.9% |
| 112th | Türkiye | 86.1 | 1.3% |
| 113th | Ghana | 88.6 | 2.7% |
| 114th | Dominica | 91.1 | -0.3% |
| 115th | Syrian Arab Republic | 92.8 | 2.5% |
| 116th | Romania | 96.3 | -1.4% |
| 117th | Togo | 97.0 | 2.7% |
| 118th | Austria | 97.5 | 0.4% |
| 119th | Azerbaijan | 98.2 | 0.8% |
| 120th | Slovenia | 98.9 | 0.2% |
| 121st | Moldova | 101.6 | -0.2% |
| 122nd | Cuba | 103.8 | 0.3% |
| 123rd | Cyprus | 104.3 | 1.7% |
| 124th | European Union | 107.6 | 0.1% |
| 125th | Kiribati | 111.5 | 1.9% |
| 126th | Albania | 111.7 | -0.9% |
| 127th | Guatemala | 111.7 | 2.3% |
| 128th | Slovak Republic | 111.8 | -0.2% |
| 129th | Kuwait | 112.7 | 2.7% |
| 130th | Armenia | 112.8 | -0.3% |
| 131st | Portugal | 113.3 | 0.7% |
| 132nd | Hungary | 113.7 | -0.2% |
| 133rd | France | 113.9 | 0.7% |
| 134th | Cabo Verde | 114.2 | 1.5% |
| 135th | Indonesia | 116.7 | 1.4% |
| 136th | Malawi | 123.0 | 2.4% |
| 137th | Uganda | 123.8 | 3.1% |
| 138th | Thailand | 124.6 | 1.0% |
| 139th | Poland | 124.9 | 0.0% |
| 140th | Czechia | 132.2 | -0.4% |
| 141st | Denmark | 134.0 | 0.4% |
| 142nd | Isle of Man | 134.2 | 1.1% |
| 143rd | China | 135.5 | 0.7% |
| 144th | British Virgin Islands | 138.6 | 2.7% |
| 145th | Andorra | 140.1 | 0.3% |
| 146th | Nigeria | 142.6 | 2.8% |
| 147th | Tonga | 143.5 | 0.6% |
| 148th | Gambia, The | 147.7 | 2.7% |
| 149th | Northern Mariana Islands | 147.8 | -0.5% |
| 150th | São Tomé and Principe | 152.5 | 1.6% |
| 151st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 160.5 | 0.3% |
| 152nd | Cayman Islands | 171.2 | 3.6% |
| 153rd | Luxembourg | 171.5 | 1.2% |
| 154th | Antigua and Barbuda | 172.9 | 1.5% |
| 155th | Nepal | 174.0 | 1.6% |
| 156th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 176.0 | 1.1% |
| 157th | Seychelles | 176.5 | 0.1% |
| 158th | Dominican Republic | 180.5 | 1.6% |
| 159th | Switzerland | 182.9 | 0.6% |
| 160th | Italy | 192.7 | 0.1% |
| 161st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 197.8 | 0.6% |
| 162nd | Pakistan | 206.6 | 2.8% |
| 163rd | Liechtenstein | 207.5 | 1.7% |
| 164th | Germany | 236.0 | 0.2% |
| 165th | Jamaica | 242.3 | 0.6% |
| 166th | United Kingdom | 244.4 | 0.4% |
| 167th | Viet Nam | 250.6 | 1.0% |
| 168th | Burundi | 258.3 | 2.5% |
| 169th | Trinidad and Tobago | 258.4 | 0.4% |
| 170th | St. Lucia | 262.7 | 1.0% |
| 171st | Philippines | 273.0 | 2.2% |
| 172nd | Marshall Islands | 284.0 | 0.8% |
| 173rd | American Samoa | 285.3 | 0.3% |
| 174th | El Salvador | 288.0 | 0.4% |
| 175th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 291.0 | 0.0% |
| 176th | Comoros | 294.0 | 2.1% |
| 177th | Israel | 297.6 | 2.4% |
| 178th | Guam | 298.8 | 0.8% |
| 179th | Haiti | 306.8 | 1.8% |
| 180th | Virgin Islands (US) | 310.1 | -0.1% |
| 181st | Sri Lanka | 312.6 | 1.6% |
| 182nd | Grenada | 317.6 | 0.5% |
| 183rd | Tuvalu | 319.5 | 0.4% |
| 184th | Rwanda | 335.9 | 0.9% |
| 185th | Belgium | 339.1 | 0.3% |
| 186th | Japan | 348.8 | 0.2% |
| 187th | India | 362.5 | 1.9% |
| 188th | Lebanon | 430.3 | 1.7% |
| 189th | Puerto Rico (US) | 430.5 | 0.2% |
| 190th | San Marino | 452.4 | 1.3% |
| 191st | Netherlands | 475.3 | 0.8% |
| 192nd | Korea | 489.7 | 0.5% |
| 193rd | West Bank and Gaza | 498.0 | 2.6% |
| 194th | Nauru | 506.5 | -0.4% |
| 195th | Aruba | 508.0 | 0.9% |
| 196th | Mauritius | 589.3 | 0.8% |
| 197th | Barbados | 610.3 | 0.1% |
| 198th | Channel Islands | 751.8 | 0.5% |
| 199th | Bahrain | 931.4 | 3.7% |
| 200th | Maldives | 955.9 | 1.7% |
| 201st | Bangladesh | 1,051.0 | 1.7% |
| 202nd | Bermuda | 1,145.7 | 0.5% |
| 203rd | Malta | 1,228.2 | 0.8% |
| 204th | Gibraltar | 2,765.7 | -0.2% |
| 205th | Singapore | 6,176.1 | 2.7% |
| 206th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 6,394.6 | 0.7% |
| 207th | Monaco | 16,007.4 | 0.0% |
| 208th | Macao SAR, China | 16,688.5 | -22.5% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's population density in 2001?▾
Papua New Guinea's population density in 2001 was 12.6. This ranked 27th globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's population density change in 2001?▾
Papua New Guinea's population density increased by 3.5% in 2001 compared to 2000.
Which country had the highest population density in 2001?▾
Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2001 at 16,688.5.
What is the population density of Papua New Guinea in 2001?▾
The population density of Papua New Guinea in 2001 was 12.6. This ranked 27th globally.
How does 2001 compare to 2000 for Papua New Guinea's population density?▾
Papua New Guinea's population density went from 12.2 in 2000 to 12.6 in 2001, a 3.5% increase.
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