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Papua New Guinea - Population Density 2020

Name: Papua New Guinea Population Density 2020
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

21.7 +0.5 from 2019 Global rank: 35th

Papua New Guinea's population density was 21.7 in 2020, increased +0.5 from 21.2 in 2019. This was the 35th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2020▾

Population Density by Country - 2020
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	0.3%
2nd	Mongolia	2.1	1.8%
3rd	Namibia	3.3	3.0%
4th	Australia	3.3	1.2%
5th	Iceland	3.6	1.6%
6th	Suriname	3.8	1.1%
7th	Guyana	3.8	-6.8%
8th	Libya	4.0	1.4%
9th	Botswana	4.2	1.4%
10th	Canada	4.2	1.1%
11th	Mauritania	4.5	3.0%
12th	Kazakhstan	7.2	1.4%
13th	Central African Republic	8.1	1.7%
14th	Russian Federation	8.9	-0.1%
15th	Gabon	9.0	2.4%
16th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	10.9	1.2%
17th	Chad	13.7	3.2%
18th	Oman	14.6	-1.5%
19th	Saudi Arabia	14.7	5.0%
20th	Norway	14.8	0.8%
21st	Turkmenistan	14.8	2.1%
22nd	New Caledonia	15.5	0.2%
23rd	Argentina	16.5	0.5%
24th	Paraguay	16.6	1.4%
25th	Congo, Republic of	16.8	2.4%
26th	South Sudan	16.9	2.6%
27th	Belize	17.1	1.3%
28th	Mali	17.8	3.1%
29th	Finland	18.2	0.1%
30th	Algeria	18.5	1.7%
31st	Niger	18.7	3.4%
32nd	New Zealand	19.3	2.1%
33rd	Uruguay	19.4	0.1%
34th	Bhutan	20.2	0.7%
35th	Papua New Guinea	21.7	2.2%
36th	Vanuatu	24.5	2.4%
37th	Brazil	25.0	0.6%
38th	Sudan	25.0	2.7%
39th	Sweden	25.4	0.7%
40th	Zambia	25.6	2.9%
41st	Peru	25.7	1.2%
42nd	Chile	26.1	0.9%
43rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	26.5	3.9%
44th	Solomon Islands	26.6	2.2%
45th	Angola	26.8	3.3%
46th	Eritrea	27.2	1.6%
47th	Latvia	30.5	-0.7%
48th	Estonia	31.1	0.2%
49th	Lao PDR	31.8	1.5%
50th	Kyrgyz Republic	35.1	2.1%
51st	United States	36.2	0.4%
52nd	Faroe Islands	38.5	3.7%
53rd	Palau	38.7	0.0%
54th	Mozambique	39.1	3.0%
55th	Bahamas, The	39.5	0.3%
56th	Zimbabwe	40.1	1.7%
57th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	42.3	3.3%
58th	Lithuania	44.9	0.0%
59th	Colombia	45.6	1.4%
60th	Belarus	46.2	-0.4%
61st	Montenegro	46.6	0.0%
62nd	Turks and Caicos Islands	46.7	2.8%
63rd	Djibouti	47.7	1.5%
64th	Madagascar	49.8	2.6%
65th	South Africa	49.9	1.6%
66th	Fiji	50.1	0.0%
67th	Liberia	53.5	2.1%
68th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	54.1	0.8%
69th	Guinea	54.4	2.6%
70th	Nicaragua	54.6	1.3%
71st	Cameroon	55.4	2.8%
72nd	Panama	57.9	1.4%
73rd	Afghanistan	59.9	3.2%
74th	Bulgaria	60.3	-1.0%
75th	Equatorial Guinea	61.2	2.8%
76th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	64.4	-1.4%
77th	Georgia	65.1	0.1%
78th	Mexico	65.2	0.8%
79th	Yemen, Republic of	68.4	2.9%
80th	Tanzania	68.8	3.0%
81st	Eswatini	69.3	1.1%
82nd	Croatia	69.9	-0.9%
83rd	Tajikistan	70.2	2.3%
84th	Ecuador	70.6	1.2%
85th	Guinea-Bissau	71.6	2.3%
86th	Ireland	73.2	1.3%
87th	North Macedonia	73.6	-1.1%
88th	Lesotho	73.6	1.2%
89th	Uzbekistan	76.2	1.9%
90th	Samoa	76.2	1.0%
91st	Tunisia	77.1	0.8%
92nd	Ukraine	77.1	-0.6%
93rd	Burkina Faso	78.5	2.5%
94th	French Polynesia	80.4	0.1%
95th	Myanmar	81.2	0.7%
96th	Morocco	82.0	1.0%
97th	Serbia	82.0	3.3%
98th	Greece	83.0	-0.2%
99th	Romania	83.7	-0.5%
100th	Brunei Darussalam	84.9	1.1%
101st	Senegal	87.2	2.7%
102nd	Timor-Leste	89.2	1.9%
103rd	Kenya	89.9	1.6%
104th	Dominica	90.1	-0.5%
105th	Honduras	90.4	1.8%
106th	Côte d'Ivoire	90.9	2.6%
107th	Moldova	91.7	-1.1%
108th	Albania	92.3	-1.5%
109th	Cambodia	94.8	1.5%
110th	Spain	94.8	0.5%
111th	Iraq	97.0	2.2%
112th	Costa Rica	98.6	0.7%
113th	Malaysia	103.1	1.3%
114th	Northern Mariana Islands	103.3	-1.2%
115th	Slovenia	104.4	0.7%
116th	Armenia	105.0	0.9%
117th	Hungary	106.0	-0.3%
118th	Cuba	107.7	-0.2%
119th	Austria	108.1	0.4%
120th	Türkiye	108.3	1.0%
121st	Sierra Leone	109.6	2.3%
122nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	109.8	1.6%
123rd	European Union	111.8	0.0%
124th	Portugal	112.4	0.1%
125th	Slovak Republic	113.5	0.1%
126th	Syrian Arab Republic	114.6	3.4%
127th	Benin	115.9	2.7%
128th	Azerbaijan	122.1	0.7%
129th	Jordan	122.4	1.8%
130th	Poland	122.5	-1.2%
131st	France	125.4	0.3%
132nd	Cabo Verde	127.7	0.1%
133rd	United Arab Emirates	132.4	-0.5%
134th	Czechia	138.6	0.3%
135th	Ghana	140.1	2.0%
136th	Thailand	140.2	0.2%
137th	Cyprus	140.9	1.2%
138th	Denmark	145.8	0.3%
139th	Indonesia	146.4	0.9%
140th	Tonga	146.8	0.0%
141st	Isle of Man	147.5	0.1%
142nd	China	150.3	0.2%
143rd	Kiribati	155.7	1.8%
144th	Micronesia, Federated States of	158.5	0.6%
145th	Togo	159.4	2.4%
146th	Guatemala	162.0	1.5%
147th	Andorra	164.6	1.2%
148th	St. Kitts and Nevis	180.3	-0.2%
149th	Italy	201.0	-0.5%
150th	Nepal	202.1	1.9%
151st	Malawi	207.2	2.7%
152nd	Antigua and Barbuda	208.7	0.5%
153rd	Seychelles	214.0	0.9%
154th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	217.1	0.4%
155th	Switzerland	218.6	0.7%
156th	Uganda	221.7	3.4%
157th	São Tomé and Principe	226.5	1.9%
158th	Dominican Republic	228.4	1.0%
159th	Nigeria	235.0	2.2%
160th	Marshall Islands	237.3	-3.0%
161st	Germany	238.0	0.1%
162nd	Liechtenstein	243.1	0.9%
163rd	Qatar	243.2	5.9%
164th	Luxembourg	244.9	1.7%
165th	Kuwait	246.9	-0.9%
166th	British Virgin Islands	247.6	2.0%
167th	Gambia, The	248.6	2.4%
168th	American Samoa	248.8	-0.9%
169th	Jamaica	261.4	0.3%
170th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	265.5	-0.6%
171st	Trinidad and Tobago	266.4	0.2%
172nd	United Kingdom	275.9	0.2%
173rd	Cayman Islands	286.2	2.0%
174th	St. Lucia	292.2	0.3%
175th	Guam	300.3	0.2%
176th	El Salvador	300.9	0.2%
177th	Virgin Islands (US)	303.7	-0.4%
178th	Pakistan	304.8	1.8%
179th	Viet Nam	312.9	0.9%
180th	Grenada	342.2	0.3%
181st	Japan	346.4	-0.3%
182nd	Tuvalu	346.6	-1.7%
183rd	Curaçao	350.2	-1.2%
184th	Sri Lanka	354.3	0.5%
185th	Puerto Rico (US)	370.0	-0.6%
186th	Philippines	375.9	1.2%
187th	Belgium	378.4	0.4%
188th	Haiti	408.0	1.2%
189th	Israel	425.8	1.8%
190th	Comoros	431.0	2.0%
191st	India	471.8	1.0%
192nd	Burundi	491.3	3.0%
193rd	Netherlands	518.0	0.6%
194th	Rwanda	529.6	2.3%
195th	Korea	531.1	0.1%
196th	Lebanon	557.4	-1.6%
197th	San Marino	579.5	0.3%
198th	Nauru	582.2	0.5%
199th	Aruba	603.3	-0.6%
200th	Mauritius	634.0	0.0%
201st	St. Martin (French part)	635.7	-7.2%
202nd	Barbados	655.1	0.2%
203rd	West Bank and Gaza	797.9	2.5%
204th	Channel Islands	839.6	0.4%
205th	Bermuda	1,192.3	0.4%
206th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,206.1	1.5%
207th	Bangladesh	1,277.5	0.8%
208th	Malta	1,610.9	2.3%
209th	Maldives	1,673.7	2.9%
210th	Bahrain	1,875.4	-1.4%
211th	Gibraltar	3,617.3	1.9%
212th	Hong Kong SAR, China	7,124.8	-0.4%
213th	Singapore	7,919.0	-0.6%
214th	Monaco	18,771.6	-0.2%
215th	Macao SAR, China	20,832.8	2.0%

FAQ

What was Papua New Guinea's population density in 2020?▾

Papua New Guinea's population density in 2020 was 21.7. This ranked 35th globally.

How did Papua New Guinea's population density change in 2020?▾

Papua New Guinea's population density increased by 2.2% in 2020 compared to 2019.

Which country had the highest population density in 2020?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2020 at 20,832.8.

What is the population density of Papua New Guinea in 2020?▾

The population density of Papua New Guinea in 2020 was 21.7. This ranked 35th globally.

How does 2020 compare to 2019 for Papua New Guinea's population density?▾

Papua New Guinea's population density went from 21.2 in 2019 to 21.7 in 2020, a 2.2% increase.

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