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South Africa - Population Density 1993

Name: South Africa Population Density 1993
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

35.7 +0.7 from 1992 Global rank: 68th

South Africa's population density was 35.7 in 1993, increased +0.7 from 35.0 in 1992. This was the 68th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1993▾

Population Density by Country - 1993
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.2	-0.2%
2nd	Mongolia	1.4	-0.1%
3rd	Namibia	1.8	3.2%
4th	Mauritania	2.1	4.1%
5th	Australia	2.3	0.9%
6th	Botswana	2.5	2.9%
7th	Suriname	2.6	0.4%
8th	Iceland	2.6	1.0%
9th	Libya	2.7	2.0%
10th	Canada	3.2	1.1%
11th	Guyana	3.8	0.4%
12th	Gabon	4.1	2.7%
13th	Central African Republic	5.1	3.2%
14th	Chad	5.3	2.4%
15th	Saudi Arabia	5.7	4.5%
16th	Kazakhstan	6.4	-0.3%
17th	Oman	6.5	4.3%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	7.0	2.0%
19th	Niger	7.2	3.2%
20th	Congo, Republic of	7.6	3.0%
21st	Mali	8.0	2.1%
22nd	Belize	8.5	2.1%
23rd	Turkmenistan	8.6	2.2%
24th	Russian Federation	9.1	0.0%
25th	Papua New Guinea	9.5	3.7%
26th	Angola	10.3	3.2%
27th	New Caledonia	10.4	2.6%
28th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	10.7	2.9%
29th	Paraguay	11.0	2.6%
30th	Zambia	11.3	2.4%
31st	Algeria	11.5	2.4%
32nd	Norway	11.8	0.6%
33rd	Bhutan	11.9	-4.0%
34th	Argentina	12.5	1.4%
35th	Solomon Islands	13.0	3.0%
36th	Vanuatu	13.1	2.5%
37th	New Zealand	13.6	1.1%
38th	Turks and Caicos Islands	14.4	5.2%
39th	Finland	16.6	0.5%
40th	Mozambique	17.9	3.2%
41st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	17.9	3.6%
42nd	Uruguay	18.0	0.5%
43rd	Peru	18.3	2.0%
44th	Eritrea	18.4	-
45th	Brazil	18.8	1.6%
46th	Equatorial Guinea	18.9	3.8%
47th	Chile	19.0	1.6%
48th	Lao PDR	20.3	2.8%
49th	Sweden	21.4	0.6%
50th	Liberia	22.4	4.0%
51st	Madagascar	22.7	3.1%
52nd	Afghanistan	22.9	12.5%
53rd	Kyrgyz Republic	23.5	0.0%
54th	Cameroon	26.1	2.9%
55th	Djibouti	26.5	-1.9%
56th	Zimbabwe	28.1	1.5%
57th	United States	28.4	1.3%
58th	Guinea	29.0	3.1%
59th	Bahamas, The	29.1	1.9%
60th	Yemen, Republic of	29.5	3.8%
61st	Colombia	31.0	2.0%
62nd	United Arab Emirates	31.3	5.1%
63rd	Tanzania	32.0	3.2%
64th	Faroe Islands	33.3	-1.7%
65th	Panama	35.2	2.1%
66th	Estonia	35.2	-2.5%
67th	Palau	35.6	2.4%
68th	South Africa	35.7	2.0%
69th	Burkina Faso	36.1	2.5%
70th	Nicaragua	37.0	2.2%
71st	Guinea-Bissau	37.7	3.4%
72nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	37.7	0.4%
73rd	Ecuador	40.3	2.1%
74th	Tajikistan	40.9	1.3%
75th	Latvia	41.2	-2.0%
76th	Qatar	41.7	3.2%
77th	Côte d'Ivoire	43.2	4.1%
78th	Fiji	43.3	0.6%
79th	Senegal	43.6	2.8%
80th	Iraq	43.9	4.9%
81st	Kenya	44.1	3.0%
82nd	Mexico	45.1	1.9%
83rd	Honduras	48.5	2.9%
84th	Cambodia	48.8	6.2%
85th	Jordan	49.3	5.3%
86th	Belarus	50.5	0.2%
87th	Uzbekistan	51.7	2.3%
88th	Ireland	51.9	0.5%
89th	Benin	52.1	4.5%
90th	Brunei Darussalam	52.6	2.6%
91st	Timor-Leste	55.2	2.8%
92nd	Eswatini	56.5	3.0%
93rd	Tunisia	57.0	2.0%
94th	Morocco	57.4	1.6%
95th	Sierra Leone	57.6	-0.2%
96th	Lithuania	58.8	-0.5%
97th	French Polynesia	58.8	1.7%
98th	Malaysia	58.8	2.6%
99th	Samoa	60.7	0.8%
100th	Lesotho	62.6	1.5%
101st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	63.2	2.3%
102nd	Myanmar	63.5	1.3%
103rd	Costa Rica	66.0	2.5%
104th	Ghana	72.9	2.5%
105th	Syrian Arab Republic	75.1	3.1%
106th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	76.3	-7.8%
107th	Bulgaria	76.6	-0.8%
108th	Türkiye	76.7	1.7%
109th	Togo	77.4	-0.6%
110th	Spain	78.8	0.5%
111th	North Macedonia	78.9	-1.3%
112th	Greece	81.2	0.6%
113th	Croatia	82.3	0.5%
114th	Georgia	85.9	0.8%
115th	Cyprus	89.4	1.9%
116th	Azerbaijan	90.1	1.5%
117th	Ukraine	90.4	0.1%
118th	Guatemala	91.3	2.7%
119th	Dominica	92.6	0.2%
120th	Kuwait	93.8	2.3%
121st	Austria	95.8	0.8%
122nd	Uganda	97.3	3.5%
123rd	Kiribati	97.3	1.5%
124th	Slovenia	98.9	-0.2%
125th	Romania	99.2	-0.1%
126th	Cabo Verde	99.7	2.2%
127th	Northern Mariana Islands	99.9	1.7%
128th	Cuba	100.9	0.5%
129th	Moldova	103.4	-0.4%
130th	Indonesia	106.7	1.7%
131st	European Union	107.1	-2.8%
132nd	Portugal	108.9	0.1%
133rd	Malawi	109.1	1.5%
134th	France	109.7	0.4%
135th	Slovak Republic	110.7	-
136th	Thailand	112.4	1.6%
137th	British Virgin Islands	113.3	2.4%
138th	Hungary	115.3	-0.1%
139th	Nigeria	115.4	2.7%
140th	Gambia, The	117.4	3.7%
141st	Albania	117.8	-0.6%
142nd	Armenia	121.3	-3.3%
143rd	Isle of Man	124.2	0.6%
144th	Cayman Islands	124.9	4.7%
145th	China	125.5	1.2%
146th	Poland	125.6	0.3%
147th	Denmark	129.7	0.3%
148th	Czechia	133.7	-
149th	Andorra	134.6	5.1%
150th	São Tomé and Principe	135.9	1.8%
151st	Tonga	139.0	0.1%
152nd	Nepal	148.1	2.8%
153rd	Antigua and Barbuda	149.1	1.8%
154th	Micronesia, Federated States of	153.0	2.2%
155th	Seychelles	157.1	2.1%
156th	Dominican Republic	157.2	2.0%
157th	St. Kitts and Nevis	158.6	1.3%
158th	Pakistan	164.8	2.8%
159th	Switzerland	175.5	0.9%
160th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	183.3	1.5%
161st	Liechtenstein	188.1	1.6%
162nd	Italy	193.2	0.1%
163rd	Viet Nam	213.8	1.9%
164th	Burundi	221.1	-3.1%
165th	Jamaica	226.2	1.0%
166th	Philippines	226.5	2.4%
167th	Germany	232.5	0.7%
168th	St. Lucia	235.6	1.5%
169th	United Kingdom	238.6	0.2%
170th	Israel	243.1	2.7%
171st	Trinidad and Tobago	249.6	0.7%
172nd	American Samoa	250.8	2.3%
173rd	Comoros	254.5	1.8%
174th	Marshall Islands	261.6	1.5%
175th	Haiti	264.1	2.0%
176th	Guam	269.7	1.6%
177th	Sri Lanka	271.5	1.7%
178th	El Salvador	273.2	1.3%
179th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	289.1	0.2%
180th	Grenada	301.1	0.8%
181st	Tuvalu	304.2	1.0%
182nd	Virgin Islands (US)	304.5	0.8%
183rd	India	310.1	2.1%
184th	Rwanda	323.5	3.9%
185th	Japan	342.4	0.3%
186th	Lebanon	373.5	2.0%
187th	West Bank and Gaza	375.9	4.6%
188th	Puerto Rico (US)	407.6	0.8%
189th	San Marino	407.9	1.4%
190th	Aruba	409.4	6.8%
191st	Netherlands	452.9	0.7%
192nd	Korea	458.2	1.0%
193rd	Nauru	505.1	0.8%
194th	Mauritius	540.6	1.2%
195th	Barbados	607.0	0.3%
196th	Channel Islands	732.2	0.2%
197th	Bahrain	746.8	2.7%
198th	Maldives	816.3	2.7%
199th	Bangladesh	907.5	1.9%
200th	Bermuda	1,089.2	0.7%
201st	Malta	1,160.3	1.0%
202nd	Gibraltar	2,707.0	0.7%
203rd	Singapore	4,945.5	2.6%
204th	Hong Kong SAR, China	5,960.6	1.7%
205th	Monaco	15,360.6	0.8%
206th	Macao SAR, China	19,200.0	3.5%

FAQ

What was South Africa's population density in 1993?▾

South Africa's population density in 1993 was 35.7. This ranked 68th globally.

How did South Africa's population density change in 1993?▾

South Africa's population density increased by 2.0% in 1993 compared to 1992.

Which country had the highest population density in 1993?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1993 at 19,200.0.

What is the population density of South Africa in 1993?▾

The population density of South Africa in 1993 was 35.7. This ranked 68th globally.

How does 1993 compare to 1992 for South Africa's population density?▾

South Africa's population density went from 35.0 in 1992 to 35.7 in 1993, a 2.0% increase.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

South Africa matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 1993. Historically: 307 occurrences, 117 successful (38%). Outcome 24 months later: 8.7%. View full analysis →

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