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Papua New Guinea - Population Density 2011

Name: Papua New Guinea Population Density 2011
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

17.4 +0.5 from 2010 Global rank: 31st

Papua New Guinea's population density was 17.4 in 2011, increased +0.5 from 16.9 in 2010. This was the 31st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2011▾

Population Density by Country - 2011
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	0.6%
2nd	Mongolia	1.8	1.7%
3rd	Namibia	2.6	1.7%
4th	Australia	2.9	1.4%
5th	Iceland	3.2	0.3%
6th	Mauritania	3.4	3.3%
7th	Suriname	3.5	1.2%
8th	Libya	3.6	-2.4%
9th	Botswana	3.7	2.0%
10th	Guyana	3.8	-0.4%
11th	Canada	3.8	1.0%
12th	Kazakhstan	6.3	1.4%
13th	Gabon	6.9	3.6%
14th	Central African Republic	7.3	1.6%
15th	Russian Federation	8.7	0.1%
16th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	9.6	1.6%
17th	Oman	9.9	11.6%
18th	Chad	10.1	3.6%
19th	Saudi Arabia	11.7	4.6%
20th	Turkmenistan	12.1	2.1%
21st	Mali	13.5	3.3%
22nd	Congo, Republic of	13.5	3.3%
23rd	Niger	13.6	3.8%
24th	Norway	13.6	1.3%
25th	Belize	14.3	2.2%
26th	New Caledonia	14.6	1.9%
27th	Paraguay	14.6	1.3%
28th	Argentina	15.2	1.1%
29th	Algeria	15.5	2.0%
30th	New Zealand	16.6	0.8%
31st	Papua New Guinea	17.4	3.0%
32nd	Finland	17.7	0.5%
33rd	Bhutan	18.6	1.1%
34th	Uruguay	19.0	0.2%
35th	Zambia	19.4	3.4%
36th	Angola	19.4	4.0%
37th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	19.7	0.7%
38th	Solomon Islands	19.8	3.7%
39th	Vanuatu	20.0	2.2%
40th	Peru	22.9	0.7%
41st	Sweden	23.2	0.8%
42nd	Chile	23.3	1.0%
43rd	Brazil	23.4	0.8%
44th	Eritrea	24.8	1.8%
45th	Lao PDR	27.8	1.5%
46th	Kyrgyz Republic	28.9	1.5%
47th	Mozambique	30.1	2.8%
48th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	31.3	3.3%
49th	Estonia	31.3	-0.3%
50th	Turks and Caicos Islands	32.5	3.7%
51st	Latvia	33.1	-1.8%
52nd	United States	34.1	0.8%
53rd	Faroe Islands	34.8	-0.2%
54th	Zimbabwe	35.1	1.8%
55th	Bahamas, The	37.1	1.2%
56th	Madagascar	39.2	2.8%
57th	Palau	39.3	-1.7%
58th	Colombia	40.8	1.1%
59th	Djibouti	40.9	2.0%
60th	Cameroon	42.8	2.9%
61st	Guinea	43.4	2.5%
62nd	South Africa	43.7	1.2%
63rd	Liberia	43.8	4.0%
64th	Equatorial Guinea	44.3	4.4%
65th	Afghanistan	45.0	3.8%
66th	Montenegro	46.1	0.1%
67th	Belarus	46.6	-0.2%
68th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	48.1	1.2%
69th	Lithuania	48.3	-2.2%
70th	Nicaragua	48.4	1.4%
71st	Panama	49.7	1.8%
72nd	Fiji	50.0	0.3%
73rd	Tanzania	52.0	2.8%
74th	Yemen, Republic of	52.2	3.1%
75th	Tajikistan	55.9	2.3%
76th	Guinea-Bissau	57.2	2.7%
77th	Mexico	59.3	1.4%
78th	Burkina Faso	60.9	3.0%
79th	Ecuador	61.7	1.7%
80th	Eswatini	65.0	0.6%
81st	Georgia	65.7	-0.8%
82nd	Uzbekistan	66.1	1.6%
83rd	Lesotho	66.3	0.9%
84th	Ireland	66.5	0.4%
85th	Senegal	67.3	2.6%
86th	Bulgaria	67.7	-0.6%
87th	Samoa	68.8	0.9%
88th	Tunisia	70.1	1.1%
89th	Côte d'Ivoire	72.3	2.2%
90th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	73.1	-1.8%
91st	Morocco	73.7	1.4%
92nd	Iraq	74.1	3.6%
93rd	Timor-Leste	74.7	2.4%
94th	Kenya	75.1	2.8%
95th	Myanmar	75.6	0.8%
96th	Brunei Darussalam	75.8	1.8%
97th	Honduras	76.3	2.1%
98th	Croatia	76.5	-0.3%
99th	North Macedonia	76.8	-0.5%
100th	French Polynesia	78.3	0.4%
101st	Ukraine	79.9	-0.3%
102nd	Serbia	82.7	-0.8%
103rd	Cambodia	83.4	1.5%
104th	Jordan	84.3	2.5%
105th	Greece	86.2	-0.1%
106th	Romania	87.5	-0.5%
107th	Sierra Leone	88.5	2.6%
108th	Malaysia	88.8	1.8%
109th	Benin	89.5	3.0%
110th	Costa Rica	90.3	1.2%
111th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	91.5	2.1%
112th	Dominica	92.1	0.3%
113th	Spain	93.5	0.4%
114th	Türkiye	96.4	1.5%
115th	Moldova	99.7	-0.1%
116th	United Arab Emirates	100.0	3.4%
117th	Austria	101.7	0.3%
118th	Slovenia	101.9	0.2%
119th	Cuba	105.8	-0.4%
120th	Albania	106.0	-0.3%
121st	Armenia	106.4	-0.6%
122nd	Hungary	110.1	-0.3%
123rd	European Union	110.5	-0.2%
124th	Azerbaijan	111.0	1.3%
125th	Slovak Republic	112.3	0.1%
126th	Ghana	114.7	2.4%
127th	Portugal	115.3	-0.1%
128th	Northern Mariana Islands	116.5	-0.9%
129th	France	121.2	0.5%
130th	Cyprus	124.1	1.7%
131st	Poland	124.3	0.1%
132nd	Syrian Arab Republic	124.6	1.8%
133rd	Cabo Verde	126.9	0.3%
134th	Togo	127.2	2.7%
135th	Indonesia	132.9	1.3%
136th	Thailand	135.1	0.6%
137th	Czechia	135.9	0.2%
138th	Kiribati	136.6	1.8%
139th	Guatemala	138.0	2.0%
140th	Denmark	139.3	0.4%
141st	Qatar	139.9	0.5%
142nd	China	143.3	0.5%
143rd	Isle of Man	148.0	0.6%
144th	Tonga	149.4	0.2%
145th	Micronesia, Federated States of	153.9	0.1%
146th	Malawi	161.9	3.0%
147th	Andorra	165.5	-3.6%
148th	Uganda	166.3	3.0%
149th	Kuwait	175.8	6.4%
150th	St. Kitts and Nevis	180.3	0.1%
151st	Nigeria	188.2	2.8%
152nd	Seychelles	190.1	-2.6%
153rd	British Virgin Islands	191.4	3.7%
154th	Nepal	191.6	0.4%
155th	São Tomé and Principe	193.4	2.1%
156th	Gambia, The	196.0	3.0%
157th	Antigua and Barbuda	196.2	1.2%
158th	Switzerland	200.2	1.1%
159th	Luxembourg	201.3	2.2%
160th	Italy	203.0	0.3%
161st	Dominican Republic	205.9	1.3%
162nd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	208.4	0.4%
163rd	Liechtenstein	227.0	0.8%
164th	Germany	230.3	-1.8%
165th	Cayman Islands	231.7	2.8%
166th	Jamaica	254.9	0.4%
167th	Trinidad and Tobago	258.9	0.8%
168th	United Kingdom	261.5	0.8%
169th	Pakistan	264.3	2.3%
170th	American Samoa	274.5	-0.6%
171st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	280.4	-0.6%
172nd	St. Lucia	281.6	0.5%
173rd	Viet Nam	282.4	1.2%
174th	Marshall Islands	288.4	-0.3%
175th	El Salvador	293.9	0.4%
176th	Guam	308.4	0.0%
177th	Virgin Islands (US)	309.4	-0.1%
178th	Philippines	329.5	2.0%
179th	Grenada	329.6	0.4%
180th	Sri Lanka	335.0	0.6%
181st	Curaçao	339.7	-
182nd	Japan	350.7	-0.2%
183rd	Israel	358.9	1.9%
184th	Comoros	359.0	2.0%
185th	Tuvalu	359.3	1.6%
186th	Haiti	359.8	1.1%
187th	Belgium	363.9	1.3%
188th	Burundi	378.4	3.6%
189th	Puerto Rico (US)	416.4	-0.8%
190th	India	424.2	1.4%
191st	Rwanda	428.6	2.5%
192nd	Netherlands	495.0	0.5%
193rd	Lebanon	498.1	1.1%
194th	Nauru	504.9	0.5%
195th	Korea	513.8	0.8%
196th	San Marino	543.7	-2.0%
197th	Aruba	570.0	0.7%
198th	Mauritius	627.1	1.8%
199th	Barbados	642.2	0.3%
200th	West Bank and Gaza	645.0	2.6%
201st	St. Martin (French part)	741.4	-
202nd	Channel Islands	806.6	0.7%
203rd	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,007.9	-
204th	Bangladesh	1,179.9	0.9%
205th	Bermuda	1,180.2	0.0%
206th	Maldives	1,245.6	3.6%
207th	Malta	1,300.8	0.4%
208th	Bahrain	1,558.0	-3.4%
209th	Gibraltar	3,166.0	1.3%
210th	Hong Kong SAR, China	6,734.9	0.7%
211th	Singapore	7,363.2	1.8%
212th	Monaco	16,746.9	2.4%
213th	Macao SAR, China	18,381.3	1.7%

FAQ

What was Papua New Guinea's population density in 2011?▾

Papua New Guinea's population density in 2011 was 17.4. This ranked 31st globally.

How did Papua New Guinea's population density change in 2011?▾

Papua New Guinea's population density increased by 3.0% in 2011 compared to 2010.

Which country had the highest population density in 2011?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2011 at 18,381.3.

What is the population density of Papua New Guinea in 2011?▾

The population density of Papua New Guinea in 2011 was 17.4. This ranked 31st globally.

How does 2011 compare to 2010 for Papua New Guinea's population density?▾

Papua New Guinea's population density went from 16.9 in 2010 to 17.4 in 2011, a 3.0% increase.

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