Papua New Guinea - Population Density 2016
19.8
+0.5 from 2015
Papua New Guinea's population density was 19.8 in 2016, increased +0.5 from 19.3 in 2015. This was the 35th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2016▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greenland | 0.1 | 0.1% |
| 2nd | Mongolia | 2.0 | 2.0% |
| 3rd | Namibia | 3.0 | 2.7% |
| 4th | Australia | 3.1 | 1.4% |
| 5th | Iceland | 3.3 | 1.4% |
| 6th | Suriname | 3.7 | 1.1% |
| 7th | Libya | 3.8 | 1.5% |
| 8th | Guyana | 3.9 | 0.6% |
| 9th | Botswana | 3.9 | 1.4% |
| 10th | Mauritania | 4.0 | 3.0% |
| 11th | Canada | 4.0 | 1.1% |
| 12th | Kazakhstan | 6.8 | 1.5% |
| 13th | Central African Republic | 7.6 | 1.8% |
| 14th | Gabon | 8.2 | 2.9% |
| 15th | Russian Federation | 8.9 | 0.3% |
| 16th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 10.3 | 1.5% |
| 17th | Chad | 12.0 | 3.2% |
| 18th | Turkmenistan | 13.5 | 2.3% |
| 19th | Oman | 14.2 | 4.9% |
| 20th | Norway | 14.3 | 0.9% |
| 21st | Saudi Arabia | 14.4 | 3.8% |
| 22nd | Congo, Republic of | 15.3 | 2.5% |
| 23rd | New Caledonia | 15.5 | 0.1% |
| 24th | Mali | 15.7 | 3.2% |
| 25th | Paraguay | 15.7 | 1.5% |
| 26th | Belize | 16.0 | 2.3% |
| 27th | Argentina | 16.0 | 1.0% |
| 28th | Niger | 16.3 | 3.7% |
| 29th | South Sudan | 17.1 | -2.5% |
| 30th | Algeria | 17.2 | 2.1% |
| 31st | New Zealand | 17.9 | 2.3% |
| 32nd | Finland | 18.1 | 0.3% |
| 33rd | Uruguay | 19.3 | 0.3% |
| 34th | Bhutan | 19.6 | 0.9% |
| 35th | Papua New Guinea | 19.8 | 2.5% |
| 36th | Sudan | 22.1 | 3.1% |
| 37th | Vanuatu | 22.3 | 2.2% |
| 38th | Zambia | 22.8 | 3.1% |
| 39th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 22.9 | 3.9% |
| 40th | Angola | 23.4 | 3.6% |
| 41st | Solomon Islands | 23.7 | 3.6% |
| 42nd | Peru | 24.1 | 1.3% |
| 43rd | Brazil | 24.3 | 0.8% |
| 44th | Sweden | 24.4 | 1.3% |
| 45th | Chile | 24.6 | 1.1% |
| 46th | Eritrea | 25.8 | 0.6% |
| 47th | Lao PDR | 29.9 | 1.6% |
| 48th | Estonia | 30.3 | 0.0% |
| 49th | Latvia | 31.5 | -0.9% |
| 50th | Kyrgyz Republic | 32.2 | 2.2% |
| 51st | Mozambique | 34.8 | 3.0% |
| 52nd | Faroe Islands | 35.4 | 1.2% |
| 53rd | United States | 35.5 | 0.8% |
| 54th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 37.0 | 3.6% |
| 55th | Zimbabwe | 37.7 | 1.4% |
| 56th | Palau | 38.7 | 0.2% |
| 57th | Bahamas, The | 38.8 | 0.7% |
| 58th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 40.3 | 4.7% |
| 59th | Colombia | 42.8 | 1.0% |
| 60th | Djibouti | 44.8 | 1.7% |
| 61st | Madagascar | 44.9 | 2.6% |
| 62nd | Lithuania | 45.9 | -1.1% |
| 63rd | Montenegro | 46.5 | 0.1% |
| 64th | Belarus | 46.6 | 0.1% |
| 65th | South Africa | 47.2 | 0.9% |
| 66th | Guinea | 49.1 | 2.6% |
| 67th | Liberia | 49.4 | 2.1% |
| 68th | Cameroon | 49.6 | 3.0% |
| 69th | Fiji | 50.3 | 0.1% |
| 70th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 51.5 | 1.4% |
| 71st | Nicaragua | 51.8 | 1.4% |
| 72nd | Afghanistan | 53.2 | 2.6% |
| 73rd | Equatorial Guinea | 53.8 | 3.7% |
| 74th | Panama | 54.4 | 1.7% |
| 75th | Tanzania | 60.8 | 3.5% |
| 76th | Yemen, Republic of | 60.8 | 3.0% |
| 77th | Mexico | 62.9 | 1.0% |
| 78th | Bulgaria | 63.5 | -1.3% |
| 79th | Tajikistan | 63.9 | 2.6% |
| 80th | Guinea-Bissau | 65.1 | 2.5% |
| 81st | Georgia | 65.2 | 0.1% |
| 82nd | Ecuador | 66.5 | 1.5% |
| 83rd | Eswatini | 66.8 | 0.6% |
| 84th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 67.8 | -1.3% |
| 85th | Ireland | 69.1 | 1.3% |
| 86th | Lesotho | 70.2 | 1.2% |
| 87th | Burkina Faso | 70.7 | 3.0% |
| 88th | Uzbekistan | 71.0 | 1.7% |
| 89th | Samoa | 71.9 | 0.9% |
| 90th | Croatia | 73.4 | -1.1% |
| 91st | Tunisia | 74.2 | 1.1% |
| 92nd | North Macedonia | 75.6 | -0.3% |
| 93rd | Senegal | 78.1 | 3.0% |
| 94th | Morocco | 78.5 | 1.2% |
| 95th | Ukraine | 78.7 | -0.4% |
| 96th | Myanmar | 78.9 | 0.8% |
| 97th | French Polynesia | 80.4 | 0.5% |
| 98th | Serbia | 80.7 | -0.5% |
| 99th | Brunei Darussalam | 81.1 | 1.3% |
| 100th | Côte d'Ivoire | 81.7 | 2.9% |
| 101st | Timor-Leste | 82.6 | 1.9% |
| 102nd | Greece | 83.6 | -0.4% |
| 103rd | Kenya | 84.0 | 1.9% |
| 104th | Honduras | 84.1 | 1.9% |
| 105th | Romania | 85.6 | -0.6% |
| 106th | Iraq | 88.6 | 2.4% |
| 107th | Cambodia | 89.8 | 1.5% |
| 108th | Dominica | 92.8 | -1.1% |
| 109th | Spain | 93.0 | 0.1% |
| 110th | Costa Rica | 95.3 | 1.0% |
| 111th | Malaysia | 96.8 | 1.8% |
| 112th | Moldova | 97.6 | -1.2% |
| 113th | Albania | 98.2 | -1.5% |
| 114th | Sierra Leone | 99.8 | 2.4% |
| 115th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 102.1 | 2.1% |
| 116th | Slovenia | 102.5 | 0.1% |
| 117th | Türkiye | 103.0 | 1.4% |
| 118th | Benin | 103.7 | 3.0% |
| 119th | Syrian Arab Republic | 104.5 | -1.2% |
| 120th | Armenia | 105.1 | -0.4% |
| 121st | Austria | 105.9 | 1.1% |
| 122nd | Hungary | 106.9 | -0.4% |
| 123rd | Cuba | 108.3 | 0.0% |
| 124th | Northern Mariana Islands | 110.4 | -1.4% |
| 125th | European Union | 111.2 | 0.2% |
| 126th | Jordan | 112.7 | 4.8% |
| 127th | Portugal | 112.7 | -0.3% |
| 128th | Slovak Republic | 113.0 | 0.1% |
| 129th | Azerbaijan | 118.0 | 1.1% |
| 130th | France | 123.8 | 0.3% |
| 131st | Poland | 124.0 | 0.0% |
| 132nd | United Arab Emirates | 125.8 | 5.1% |
| 133rd | Cabo Verde | 127.2 | 0.0% |
| 134th | Ghana | 129.0 | 2.3% |
| 135th | Cyprus | 133.9 | 1.4% |
| 136th | Czechia | 136.9 | 0.2% |
| 137th | Thailand | 138.7 | 0.5% |
| 138th | Indonesia | 140.9 | 1.1% |
| 139th | Denmark | 143.2 | 0.8% |
| 140th | Togo | 144.5 | 2.5% |
| 141st | Kiribati | 146.3 | 1.4% |
| 142nd | Isle of Man | 146.4 | -0.2% |
| 143rd | Tonga | 146.6 | -0.5% |
| 144th | China | 147.8 | 0.6% |
| 145th | Guatemala | 151.8 | 1.9% |
| 146th | Andorra | 153.6 | 0.0% |
| 147th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 155.8 | 0.3% |
| 148th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 181.1 | 0.0% |
| 149th | Malawi | 186.2 | 2.8% |
| 150th | Uganda | 193.5 | 3.4% |
| 151st | Nepal | 195.0 | 0.5% |
| 152nd | Italy | 203.3 | -0.2% |
| 153rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 204.5 | 0.6% |
| 154th | Seychelles | 205.8 | 1.3% |
| 155th | Switzerland | 211.9 | 1.1% |
| 156th | São Tomé and Principe | 212.2 | 1.7% |
| 157th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 213.4 | 0.5% |
| 158th | Nigeria | 214.6 | 2.5% |
| 159th | Qatar | 215.6 | 5.7% |
| 160th | Dominican Republic | 218.4 | 1.1% |
| 161st | Kuwait | 224.7 | 4.4% |
| 162nd | Gambia, The | 225.7 | 2.7% |
| 163rd | British Virgin Islands | 225.9 | -1.8% |
| 164th | Luxembourg | 226.1 | 2.2% |
| 165th | Germany | 235.7 | 0.7% |
| 166th | Liechtenstein | 235.7 | 0.6% |
| 167th | Jamaica | 259.5 | 0.3% |
| 168th | American Samoa | 261.2 | -1.2% |
| 169th | Cayman Islands | 262.9 | 2.4% |
| 170th | Trinidad and Tobago | 263.9 | 0.3% |
| 171st | Marshall Islands | 265.1 | -2.2% |
| 172nd | United Kingdom | 271.2 | 0.8% |
| 173rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 272.7 | -0.6% |
| 174th | Pakistan | 285.6 | 1.3% |
| 175th | St. Lucia | 287.9 | 0.4% |
| 176th | El Salvador | 299.3 | 0.3% |
| 177th | Viet Nam | 299.9 | 1.3% |
| 178th | Guam | 304.1 | -0.4% |
| 179th | Virgin Islands (US) | 307.2 | -0.2% |
| 180th | Grenada | 338.6 | 0.4% |
| 181st | Sri Lanka | 342.7 | 1.1% |
| 182nd | Japan | 348.6 | -0.1% |
| 183rd | Philippines | 358.0 | 1.4% |
| 184th | Curaçao | 359.6 | 1.1% |
| 185th | Tuvalu | 364.3 | -0.3% |
| 186th | Belgium | 373.6 | 0.5% |
| 187th | Haiti | 387.2 | 1.4% |
| 188th | Puerto Rico (US) | 392.4 | -1.5% |
| 189th | Israel | 394.9 | 2.0% |
| 190th | Comoros | 398.6 | 2.1% |
| 191st | Burundi | 437.7 | 1.7% |
| 192nd | India | 452.0 | 1.2% |
| 193rd | Rwanda | 483.1 | 2.4% |
| 194th | Netherlands | 505.8 | 0.5% |
| 195th | Korea | 525.4 | 0.4% |
| 196th | San Marino | 551.7 | 0.6% |
| 197th | Nauru | 557.5 | 1.8% |
| 198th | Aruba | 604.0 | 0.8% |
| 199th | Lebanon | 618.1 | -2.3% |
| 200th | Mauritius | 632.8 | 0.1% |
| 201st | Barbados | 650.2 | 0.2% |
| 202nd | West Bank and Gaza | 725.4 | 2.3% |
| 203rd | St. Martin (French part) | 743.5 | -0.5% |
| 204th | Channel Islands | 827.7 | 0.3% |
| 205th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,125.0 | 2.1% |
| 206th | Bermuda | 1,175.0 | 0.0% |
| 207th | Bangladesh | 1,235.4 | 0.9% |
| 208th | Malta | 1,420.3 | 2.3% |
| 209th | Maldives | 1,477.7 | 3.5% |
| 210th | Bahrain | 1,827.6 | 3.8% |
| 211th | Gibraltar | 3,365.8 | 1.4% |
| 212th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 6,987.2 | 0.6% |
| 213th | Singapore | 7,908.7 | 1.3% |
| 214th | Monaco | 18,389.7 | 1.4% |
| 215th | Macao SAR, China | 21,393.4 | 1.2% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's population density in 2016?▾
Papua New Guinea's population density in 2016 was 19.8. This ranked 35th globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's population density change in 2016?▾
Papua New Guinea's population density increased by 2.5% in 2016 compared to 2015.
Which country had the highest population density in 2016?▾
Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2016 at 21,393.4.
What is the population density of Papua New Guinea in 2016?▾
The population density of Papua New Guinea in 2016 was 19.8. This ranked 35th globally.
How does 2016 compare to 2015 for Papua New Guinea's population density?▾
Papua New Guinea's population density went from 19.3 in 2015 to 19.8 in 2016, a 2.5% increase.
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