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South Africa - Population Density 1992

Name: South Africa Population Density 1992
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

35.0 +0.6 from 1991 Global rank: 66th

South Africa's population density was 35.0 in 1992, increased +0.6 from 34.4 in 1991. This was the 66th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1992▾

Population Density by Country - 1992
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.2	-0.4%
2nd	Mongolia	1.4	0.1%
3rd	Namibia	1.8	3.2%
4th	Mauritania	2.0	3.9%
5th	Australia	2.3	1.1%
6th	Botswana	2.4	2.9%
7th	Suriname	2.6	0.6%
8th	Iceland	2.6	1.3%
9th	Libya	2.6	2.1%
10th	Canada	3.2	1.2%
11th	Guyana	3.8	0.3%
12th	Gabon	4.0	2.7%
13th	Central African Republic	4.9	3.2%
14th	Chad	5.1	4.3%
15th	Saudi Arabia	5.4	4.7%
16th	Oman	6.3	4.7%
17th	Kazakhstan	6.4	-
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	6.9	2.1%
19th	Niger	7.0	3.2%
20th	Congo, Republic of	7.4	2.9%
21st	Mali	7.8	2.0%
22nd	Belize	8.4	2.1%
23rd	Turkmenistan	8.4	-
24th	Russian Federation	9.1	-
25th	Papua New Guinea	9.2	3.6%
26th	Angola	10.0	3.3%
27th	New Caledonia	10.2	2.7%
28th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	10.4	-4.7%
29th	Paraguay	10.7	2.6%
30th	Zambia	11.0	2.4%
31st	Algeria	11.2	2.5%
32nd	Norway	11.7	0.6%
33rd	Argentina	12.3	1.4%
34th	Bhutan	12.4	-3.7%
35th	Solomon Islands	12.6	3.1%
36th	Vanuatu	12.8	2.5%
37th	New Zealand	13.4	1.0%
38th	Turks and Caicos Islands	13.7	5.4%
39th	Finland	16.6	0.6%
40th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	17.3	3.4%
41st	Mozambique	17.3	2.0%
42nd	Peru	17.9	2.1%
43rd	Uruguay	17.9	0.6%
44th	Equatorial Guinea	18.2	3.8%
45th	Brazil	18.5	1.7%
46th	Chile	18.7	1.6%
47th	Lao PDR	19.8	2.8%
48th	Afghanistan	20.4	8.5%
49th	Sweden	21.3	0.6%
50th	Liberia	21.5	5.9%
51st	Madagascar	22.0	3.1%
52nd	Kyrgyz Republic	23.5	-
53rd	Cameroon	25.4	2.9%
54th	Djibouti	27.0	-0.8%
55th	Zimbabwe	27.7	2.9%
56th	United States	28.0	1.4%
57th	Guinea	28.1	3.2%
58th	Yemen, Republic of	28.4	3.9%
59th	Bahamas, The	28.6	1.9%
60th	United Arab Emirates	29.8	5.4%
61st	Colombia	30.4	2.0%
62nd	Tanzania	31.0	2.5%
63rd	Faroe Islands	33.9	-0.3%
64th	Panama	34.5	2.1%
65th	Palau	34.8	2.4%
66th	South Africa	35.0	1.8%
67th	Burkina Faso	35.2	2.5%
68th	Estonia	36.2	-
69th	Nicaragua	36.2	2.3%
70th	Guinea-Bissau	36.4	3.0%
71st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	37.6	2.0%
72nd	Ecuador	39.5	2.1%
73rd	Tajikistan	40.4	-
74th	Qatar	40.5	3.3%
75th	Côte d'Ivoire	41.5	4.1%
76th	Iraq	41.8	3.0%
77th	Latvia	42.0	-
78th	Senegal	42.4	2.8%
79th	Kenya	42.8	3.1%
80th	Fiji	43.0	0.7%
81st	Mexico	44.3	1.9%
82nd	Cambodia	46.0	5.5%
83rd	Jordan	46.8	5.4%
84th	Honduras	47.1	2.9%
85th	Benin	49.8	3.1%
86th	Belarus	50.3	-
87th	Uzbekistan	50.5	-
88th	Brunei Darussalam	51.2	2.8%
89th	Ireland	51.7	0.7%
90th	Timor-Leste	53.8	2.7%
91st	Eswatini	54.8	3.9%
92nd	Tunisia	55.9	2.1%
93rd	Morocco	56.5	1.7%
94th	Malaysia	57.3	2.7%
95th	Sierra Leone	57.7	-1.9%
96th	French Polynesia	57.8	1.8%
97th	Lithuania	59.0	-
98th	Samoa	60.2	0.6%
99th	Lesotho	61.7	1.7%
100th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	61.8	2.4%
101st	Myanmar	62.7	1.4%
102nd	Costa Rica	64.3	2.6%
103rd	Ghana	71.1	2.5%
104th	Syrian Arab Republic	72.8	3.1%
105th	Türkiye	75.3	1.7%
106th	Bulgaria	77.2	-1.1%
107th	Togo	77.8	2.9%
108th	Spain	78.4	0.5%
109th	North Macedonia	79.9	-
110th	Greece	80.7	0.8%
111th	Croatia	81.8	-
112th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	82.7	-
113th	Georgia	85.3	-
114th	Cyprus	87.7	1.4%
115th	Azerbaijan	88.7	-
116th	Guatemala	88.9	2.7%
117th	Ukraine	90.3	-
118th	Kuwait	91.7	21.0%
119th	Dominica	92.4	0.0%
120th	Uganda	94.0	3.5%
121st	Austria	95.0	1.1%
122nd	Kiribati	95.9	1.7%
123rd	Cabo Verde	97.6	2.3%
124th	Northern Mariana Islands	98.2	1.8%
125th	Slovenia	99.1	-
126th	Romania	99.3	-0.9%
127th	Cuba	100.4	0.6%
128th	Moldova	103.8	-
129th	Indonesia	104.9	1.7%
130th	Malawi	107.5	3.0%
131st	Portugal	108.8	-0.1%
132nd	France	109.2	0.5%
133rd	European Union	110.2	-6.1%
134th	British Virgin Islands	110.6	2.5%
135th	Thailand	110.6	1.6%
136th	Nigeria	112.4	2.7%
137th	Gambia, The	113.2	4.1%
138th	Hungary	115.4	0.0%
139th	Albania	118.5	-0.6%
140th	Cayman Islands	119.3	4.9%
141st	Isle of Man	123.4	0.8%
142nd	China	124.1	1.2%
143rd	Poland	125.3	0.3%
144th	Armenia	125.5	-
145th	Andorra	128.1	6.2%
146th	Denmark	129.3	0.3%
147th	São Tomé and Principe	133.4	1.9%
148th	Tonga	138.9	0.1%
149th	Nepal	144.1	2.9%
150th	Antigua and Barbuda	146.4	1.6%
151st	Micronesia, Federated States of	149.7	2.0%
152nd	Seychelles	153.8	0.5%
153rd	Dominican Republic	154.2	2.0%
154th	St. Kitts and Nevis	156.6	0.9%
155th	Pakistan	160.3	2.9%
156th	Switzerland	173.9	1.1%
157th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	180.6	1.5%
158th	Liechtenstein	185.2	1.4%
159th	Italy	193.1	0.1%
160th	Viet Nam	209.7	2.0%
161st	Philippines	221.1	2.4%
162nd	Jamaica	223.9	1.0%
163rd	Burundi	228.1	2.7%
164th	Germany	230.9	0.8%
165th	St. Lucia	232.2	1.5%
166th	Israel	236.7	3.5%
167th	United Kingdom	238.0	0.3%
168th	American Samoa	245.2	2.4%
169th	Trinidad and Tobago	247.9	0.8%
170th	Comoros	249.9	2.1%
171st	Marshall Islands	257.7	1.8%
172nd	Haiti	258.9	2.0%
173rd	Guam	265.5	1.6%
174th	Sri Lanka	266.9	1.6%
175th	El Salvador	269.6	1.6%
176th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	288.5	0.3%
177th	Grenada	298.8	0.8%
178th	Tuvalu	301.3	1.2%
179th	Virgin Islands (US)	302.0	0.9%
180th	India	303.7	2.2%
181st	Rwanda	311.4	2.1%
182nd	Japan	341.3	0.4%
183rd	West Bank and Gaza	359.4	4.6%
184th	Lebanon	366.3	2.1%
185th	Aruba	383.4	4.7%
186th	San Marino	402.1	1.4%
187th	Puerto Rico (US)	404.2	0.6%
188th	Netherlands	449.8	0.8%
189th	Korea	453.5	1.0%
190th	Nauru	501.1	1.7%
191st	Mauritius	534.2	1.3%
192nd	Barbados	605.3	0.3%
193rd	Bahrain	727.4	-0.2%
194th	Channel Islands	731.0	0.3%
195th	Maldives	795.1	2.9%
196th	Bangladesh	890.8	1.9%
197th	Bermuda	1,081.6	0.7%
198th	Malta	1,148.8	1.0%
199th	Gibraltar	2,687.8	-0.1%
200th	Singapore	4,821.9	3.0%
201st	Hong Kong SAR, China	5,859.1	0.8%
202nd	Monaco	15,237.8	0.9%
203rd	Macao SAR, China	18,545.0	5.5%

FAQ

What was South Africa's population density in 1992?▾

South Africa's population density in 1992 was 35.0. This ranked 66th globally.

How did South Africa's population density change in 1992?▾

South Africa's population density increased by 1.8% in 1992 compared to 1991.

Which country had the highest population density in 1992?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1992 at 18,545.0.

What is the population density of South Africa in 1992?▾

The population density of South Africa in 1992 was 35.0. This ranked 66th globally.

How does 1992 compare to 1991 for South Africa's population density?▾

South Africa's population density went from 34.4 in 1991 to 35.0 in 1992, a 1.8% increase.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

South Africa matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 1992. Historically: 307 occurrences, 117 successful (38%). Outcome 24 months later: 8.9%. View full analysis →

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