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Sierra Leone - Population Density 1966

Name: Sierra Leone Population Density 1966
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

34.8 +0.6 from 1965 Global rank: 90th

Sierra Leone's population density was 34.8 in 1966, increased +0.6 from 34.2 in 1965. This was the 90th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1966▾

Population Density by Country - 1966
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	3.3%
2nd	Mongolia	0.8	2.9%
3rd	Namibia	0.8	2.6%
4th	Mauritania	0.9	3.0%
5th	Botswana	1.0	0.6%
6th	Libya	1.1	2.5%
7th	Saudi Arabia	1.4	3.8%
8th	Australia	1.5	2.3%
9th	Oman	1.9	2.3%
10th	Iceland	2.0	1.7%
11th	Suriname	2.1	3.5%
12th	Gabon	2.2	1.5%
13th	Canada	2.2	1.9%
14th	United Arab Emirates	2.4	4.1%
15th	Chad	2.7	2.0%
16th	Central African Republic	3.1	2.1%
17th	Niger	3.3	2.9%
18th	Guyana	3.3	2.1%
19th	Congo, Republic of	3.6	2.9%
20th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	3.9	2.2%
21st	Angola	4.5	1.1%
22nd	Belize	4.7	3.1%
23rd	Mali	4.8	1.5%
24th	Djibouti	5.0	5.7%
25th	Papua New Guinea	5.0	2.2%
26th	Zambia	5.1	3.2%
27th	New Caledonia	5.2	2.9%
28th	Algeria	5.3	1.8%
29th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	5.4	2.7%
30th	Paraguay	5.5	2.5%
31st	Solomon Islands	5.7	2.4%
32nd	Bhutan	5.8	3.3%
33rd	Turks and Caicos Islands	6.0	-0.1%
34th	Qatar	6.2	12.7%
35th	Vanuatu	6.3	3.0%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	7.9	2.9%
37th	Argentina	8.2	1.5%
38th	Peru	9.5	2.9%
39th	Mozambique	9.6	2.1%
40th	New Zealand	10.2	1.8%
41st	Madagascar	10.3	2.7%
42nd	Norway	10.3	0.8%
43rd	Brazil	10.3	2.8%
44th	Lao PDR	10.5	2.3%
45th	Equatorial Guinea	10.9	2.2%
46th	Zimbabwe	11.9	3.2%
47th	Yemen, Republic of	12.0	2.5%
48th	Cameroon	12.3	2.3%
49th	Chile	12.3	1.9%
50th	Tanzania	13.4	3.1%
51st	Jordan	13.4	7.2%
52nd	Liberia	13.7	2.6%
53rd	Côte d'Ivoire	14.5	3.9%
54th	Finland	15.0	0.4%
55th	Uruguay	15.5	1.0%
56th	Bahamas, The	15.5	4.7%
57th	Afghanistan	15.7	2.3%
58th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	15.9	3.2%
59th	Guinea	16.1	1.9%
60th	South Africa	16.2	3.1%
61st	Colombia	16.9	2.9%
62nd	Kenya	17.1	4.1%
63rd	Nicaragua	17.8	3.1%
64th	Panama	18.1	3.0%
65th	Burkina Faso	19.1	1.7%
66th	Sweden	19.2	1.0%
67th	Iraq	19.4	3.4%
68th	Ecuador	19.7	3.0%
69th	Guinea-Bissau	20.2	-1.4%
70th	Senegal	20.6	3.0%
71st	United States	21.5	1.2%
72nd	Honduras	21.9	2.9%
73rd	Brunei Darussalam	22.0	4.5%
74th	Mexico	23.0	3.4%
75th	Eswatini	23.2	2.7%
76th	Benin	25.0	2.0%
77th	Faroe Islands	26.4	1.3%
78th	Fiji	26.6	2.9%
79th	French Polynesia	27.1	3.4%
80th	Malaysia	28.3	2.5%
81st	Lesotho	29.0	3.3%
82nd	Tunisia	29.9	2.0%
83rd	Morocco	30.5	2.7%
84th	Syrian Arab Republic	30.5	3.2%
85th	Andorra	31.1	7.3%
86th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	31.6	2.5%
87th	Costa Rica	32.1	3.3%
88th	Kuwait	32.1	9.9%
89th	Timor-Leste	34.7	1.7%
90th	Sierra Leone	34.8	1.9%
91st	Cambodia	35.1	2.1%
92nd	Togo	35.3	3.5%
93rd	Ghana	35.5	2.4%
94th	Myanmar	38.0	2.3%
95th	Cayman Islands	39.8	2.1%
96th	Ireland	41.9	0.4%
97th	Türkiye	43.1	2.6%
98th	Malawi	44.5	2.5%
99th	Guatemala	45.2	2.9%
100th	Uganda	45.7	3.1%
101st	Gambia, The	46.3	2.8%
102nd	Samoa	46.3	2.4%
103rd	British Virgin Islands	56.1	1.9%
104th	Nigeria	56.2	2.2%
105th	Indonesia	57.3	2.4%
106th	Cabo Verde	62.8	3.3%
107th	Thailand	62.8	3.0%
108th	Spain	64.6	1.0%
109th	Greece	66.8	0.7%
110th	Kiribati	67.2	1.8%
111th	Cyprus	67.5	0.9%
112th	Pakistan	69.6	2.8%
113th	Albania	69.9	2.7%
114th	Bulgaria	74.6	0.7%
115th	São Tomé and Principe	75.6	1.2%
116th	Cuba	76.3	2.0%
117th	China	78.3	2.8%
118th	Nepal	79.8	2.1%
119th	Dominican Republic	81.2	3.0%
120th	Romania	83.4	1.0%
121st	Dominica	86.0	1.6%
122nd	Austria	88.7	0.7%
123rd	Isle of Man	89.0	1.3%
124th	France	93.4	0.9%
125th	Portugal	97.6	-0.8%
126th	Poland	103.4	0.8%
127th	European Union	104.6	0.8%
128th	Seychelles	105.9	2.5%
129th	Tonga	108.3	2.7%
130th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	112.7	2.6%
131st	Philippines	112.7	3.0%
132nd	Hungary	113.1	0.3%
133rd	Viet Nam	116.8	2.4%
134th	Comoros	117.5	1.7%
135th	Denmark	119.9	0.8%
136th	American Samoa	120.7	3.1%
137th	Israel	121.5	2.6%
138th	Liechtenstein	122.6	2.2%
139th	Burundi	125.3	2.4%
140th	Virgin Islands (US)	132.0	6.2%
141st	Antigua and Barbuda	138.4	1.6%
142nd	St. Kitts and Nevis	142.6	-2.4%
143rd	Rwanda	142.7	2.9%
144th	Guam	149.7	2.4%
145th	Switzerland	149.7	1.1%
146th	Haiti	156.1	1.9%
147th	El Salvador	157.8	2.9%
148th	St. Lucia	161.4	1.0%
149th	Jamaica	165.4	1.3%
150th	India	168.4	2.2%
151st	Sri Lanka	178.3	2.4%
152nd	Italy	178.6	0.8%
153rd	Trinidad and Tobago	183.8	1.6%
154th	Tuvalu	189.5	-0.5%
155th	Lebanon	210.0	2.8%
156th	Germany	219.4	0.8%
157th	United Kingdom	225.9	0.6%
158th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	236.0	1.2%
159th	Japan	269.6	0.9%
160th	Grenada	288.6	0.1%
161st	San Marino	292.1	1.3%
162nd	Puerto Rico (US)	295.9	1.2%
163rd	Bahrain	300.8	3.3%
164th	Nauru	302.2	3.6%
165th	Korea	305.2	2.5%
166th	Aruba	326.1	0.9%
167th	Maldives	361.7	4.2%
168th	Netherlands	369.0	1.3%
169th	Mauritius	378.7	2.1%
170th	Bangladesh	473.8	3.0%
171st	Barbados	569.8	1.1%
172nd	Channel Islands	596.9	1.1%
173rd	Bermuda	898.8	2.3%
174th	Malta	985.0	-1.1%
175th	Gibraltar	2,444.4	2.4%
176th	Singapore	2,887.2	2.5%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	3,558.7	0.9%
178th	Monaco	11,411.4	0.8%
179th	Macao SAR, China	13,147.1	-1.0%

FAQ

What was Sierra Leone's population density in 1966?▾

Sierra Leone's population density in 1966 was 34.8. This ranked 90th globally.

How did Sierra Leone's population density change in 1966?▾

Sierra Leone's population density increased by 1.9% in 1966 compared to 1965.

Which country had the highest population density in 1966?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1966 at 13,147.1.

What is the population density of Sierra Leone in 1966?▾

The population density of Sierra Leone in 1966 was 34.8. This ranked 90th globally.

How does 1966 compare to 1965 for Sierra Leone's population density?▾

Sierra Leone's population density went from 34.2 in 1965 to 34.8 in 1966, a 1.9% increase.

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