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Population Density – Ranking 1977

All countries ranked by population density · World Bank

In 1977, Greenland (0.1), Mongolia (1.0), and Namibia (1.1) ranked highest in population density among all countries. Monaco ranked lowest at 12,961.5.

Population Density by Country – 1977
RankCountryValueYoY %
1st Greenland 0.1 -0.6%
2nd Mongolia 1.0 +2.9%
3rd Namibia 1.1 +2.7%
4th Mauritania 1.3 +2.9%
5th Botswana 1.4 +5.4%
6th Libya 1.6 +5.9%
7th Australia 1.8 +1.1%
8th Iceland 2.2 +0.7%
9th Saudi Arabia 2.4 +5.7%
10th Suriname 2.4 -0.8%
11th Canada 2.6 +1.2%
12th Gabon 2.7 +2.4%
13th Oman 2.8 +5.0%
14th Chad 3.4 +1.9%
15th Central African Republic 3.8 +1.0%
16th Guyana 3.9 +0.9%
17th Niger 4.4 +2.8%
18th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5.0 +2.3%
19th Congo, Republic of 5.0 +2.4%
20th Mali 5.8 +1.9%
21st Angola 5.9 +3.4%
22nd Belize 6.0 +2.1%
23rd Papua New Guinea 6.5 +2.2%
24th Paraguay 7.1 +2.5%
25th Zambia 7.1 +3.1%
26th Algeria 7.1 +3.7%
27th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 7.1 +2.7%
28th Turks and Caicos Islands 7.2 +3.1%
29th Solomon Islands 7.7 +3.5%
30th New Caledonia 7.9 +1.8%
31st Bhutan 8.4 +3.5%
32nd Vanuatu 8.7 +3.1%
33rd Argentina 9.8 +1.6%
34th Equatorial Guinea 9.9 -1.5%
35th United Arab Emirates 10.0 +15.3%
36th Congo, Democratic Republic of 10.7 +2.6%
37th Djibouti 11.0 +10.3%
38th Norway 11.1 +0.4%
39th New Zealand 11.8 +0.3%
40th Peru 12.6 +2.5%
41st Mozambique 13.0 +3.6%
42nd Brazil 13.5 +2.4%
43rd Lao PDR 13.5 +1.8%
44th Madagascar 14.1 +3.1%
45th Chile 14.8 +1.5%
46th Finland 15.6 +0.3%
47th Yemen, Republic of 16.4 +3.2%
48th Cameroon 16.5 +2.6%
49th Uruguay 16.6 +0.6%
50th Zimbabwe 16.7 +2.6%
51st Liberia 18.3 +2.9%
52nd Qatar 19.4 +7.8%
53rd Guinea 19.5 +1.6%
54th Tanzania 19.6 +3.7%
55th Sweden 20.3 +0.4%
56th Afghanistan 20.5 +2.2%
57th Bahamas, The 21.9 +2.2%
58th Colombia 22.0 +2.2%
59th Iran, Islamic Republic of 22.1 +3.1%
60th South Africa 22.4 +2.7%
61st Jordan 22.9 +3.1%
62nd Côte d'Ivoire 23.0 +3.7%
63rd Burkina Faso 23.5 +2.4%
64th United States 24.0 +1.0%
65th Panama 24.5 +2.5%
66th Nicaragua 24.9 +3.1%
67th Kenya 25.4 +3.4%
68th Guinea-Bissau 26.4 +6.9%
69th Ecuador 27.2 +2.8%
70th Iraq 28.2 +3.4%
71st Senegal 28.3 +2.5%
72nd Faroe Islands 29.7 +1.1%
73rd Honduras 30.4 +3.2%
74th Eswatini 31.4 +3.3%
75th Mexico 32.1 +2.7%
76th Cambodia 32.1 -7.6%
77th Brunei Darussalam 32.1 +3.5%
78th Benin 32.1 +2.6%
79th Fiji 32.7 +2.1%
80th Malaysia 36.6 +2.4%
81st French Polynesia 38.9 +3.0%
82nd Tunisia 39.6 +2.7%
83rd Morocco 40.4 +2.5%
84th Egypt, Arab Republic of 40.9 +2.4%
85th Timor-Leste 41.6 +1.8%
86th Lesotho 42.5 +2.9%
87th Sierra Leone 42.7 +1.9%
88th Costa Rica 43.2 +2.7%
89th Syrian Arab Republic 44.0 +3.5%
90th Ireland 47.6 +1.4%
91st Ghana 48.0 +3.0%
92nd Myanmar 48.0 +1.9%
93rd Togo 49.7 +2.4%
94th Türkiye 55.6 +2.1%
95th Samoa 56.4 +1.7%
96th Malawi 59.6 +3.2%
97th Guatemala 59.7 +2.2%
98th Uganda 61.9 +2.7%
99th Cayman Islands 62.9 +4.5%
100th Gambia, The 63.8 +3.2%
101st Andorra 66.2 +5.6%
102nd Kuwait 70.6 +6.7%
103rd British Virgin Islands 72.0 +0.8%
104th Cyprus 72.2 +0.8%
105th Greece 72.2 +1.3%
106th Spain 73.1 +1.0%
107th Nigeria 73.8 +3.0%
108th Kiribati 74.4 -0.6%
109th Indonesia 76.5 +2.5%
110th Cabo Verde 77.6 +1.1%
111th Bulgaria 79.6 +0.5%
112th Thailand 83.9 +2.3%
113th Cuba 89.8 +0.8%
114th Austria 91.7 +0.0%
115th Albania 91.7 +2.2%
116th Romania 94.5 +0.9%
117th São Tomé and Principe 95.1 +2.7%
118th Pakistan 95.9 +3.2%
119th Dominica 96.5 +0.5%
120th China 100.5 +1.4%
121st France 101.1 +0.5%
122nd Nepal 101.4 +2.3%
123rd Portugal 103.3 +1.1%
124th Isle of Man 108.0 +1.3%
125th Dominican Republic 110.0 +2.6%
126th European Union 112.0 +0.5%
127th Poland 113.3 +1.0%
128th Hungary 118.4 +0.5%
129th St. Kitts and Nevis 123.9 -0.3%
130th Denmark 127.2 +0.3%
131st Seychelles 134.3 +2.1%
132nd Tonga 134.3 +1.5%
133rd Antigua and Barbuda 145.1 +0.2%
134th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 145.3 +1.4%
135th Philippines 148.8 +2.7%
136th Viet Nam 150.4 +2.7%
137th American Samoa 152.6 +1.9%
138th Liechtenstein 152.8 +1.6%
139th Burundi 155.1 +2.6%
140th Switzerland 158.9 -0.3%
141st Comoros 165.3 +3.4%
142nd Israel 167.0 +2.3%
143rd St. Lucia 187.1 +1.5%
144th Italy 190.3 +0.4%
145th Jamaica 191.2 +1.2%
146th Guam 191.3 +2.1%
147th Haiti 192.3 +1.9%
148th Rwanda 198.1 +3.0%
149th El Salvador 207.6 +2.2%
150th Trinidad and Tobago 210.4 +1.2%
151st India 215.5 +2.4%
152nd Tuvalu 222.9 +4.4%
153rd Germany 223.9 -0.2%
154th Sri Lanka 224.0 +1.8%
155th United Kingdom 232.3 0.0%
156th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 261.5 +0.8%
157th Virgin Islands (US) 266.3 -3.1%
158th Lebanon 270.0 +1.3%
159th Grenada 285.3 -0.6%
160th Japan 310.8 +1.0%
161st Aruba 325.4 +0.4%
162nd San Marino 333.6 +4.7%
163rd Puerto Rico (US) 348.2 +1.5%
164th Nauru 358.2 +1.4%
165th Korea 377.5 +1.6%
166th Netherlands 410.4 +0.6%
167th Bahrain 453.4 +5.0%
168th Mauritius 453.9 +1.6%
169th Maldives 506.4 +3.0%
170th Barbados 585.2 +0.1%
171st Bangladesh 628.9 +2.5%
172nd Channel Islands 655.2 +0.3%
173rd Malta 959.3 +0.4%
174th Bermuda 987.4 +0.2%
175th Gibraltar 2,830.0 +0.6%
176th Singapore 3,470.6 +1.4%
177th Hong Kong SAR, China 4,583.7 +2.5%
178th Macao SAR, China 11,647.5 -1.1%
179th Monaco 12,961.5 +1.5%