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Sri Lanka - Population Density 1961

Name: Sri Lanka Population Density 1961
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

157.9 Global rank: 150th

Sri Lanka's population density was 157.9 in 1961. This was the 150th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1961▾

Population Density by Country - 1961
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	-
2nd	Mongolia	0.7	-
3rd	Namibia	0.7	-
4th	Mauritania	0.8	-
5th	Libya	0.9	-
6th	Botswana	0.9	-
7th	Saudi Arabia	1.2	-
8th	Australia	1.4	-
9th	Suriname	1.7	-
10th	Oman	1.7	-
11th	Iceland	1.8	-
12th	United Arab Emirates	1.9	-
13th	Gabon	2.0	-
14th	Canada	2.0	-
15th	Chad	2.5	-
16th	Central African Republic	2.8	-
17th	Niger	2.8	-
18th	Guyana	3.0	-
19th	Congo, Republic of	3.2	-
20th	Qatar	3.4	-
21st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	3.5	-
22nd	Djibouti	3.9	-
23rd	Belize	4.1	-
24th	Angola	4.3	-
25th	Zambia	4.4	-
26th	Mali	4.5	-
27th	New Caledonia	4.5	-
28th	Papua New Guinea	4.5	-
29th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	4.7	-
30th	Paraguay	4.9	-
31st	Algeria	4.9	-
32nd	Bhutan	4.9	-
33rd	Solomon Islands	5.1	-
34th	Vanuatu	5.4	-
35th	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.9	-
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	6.9	-
37th	Argentina	7.6	-
38th	Peru	8.2	-
39th	Mozambique	8.7	-
40th	Brazil	8.9	-
41st	Madagascar	9.0	-
42nd	New Zealand	9.2	-
43rd	Lao PDR	9.4	-
44th	Equatorial Guinea	9.8	-
45th	Norway	9.9	-
46th	Zimbabwe	10.2	-
47th	Jordan	10.2	-
48th	Yemen, Republic of	10.7	-
49th	Cameroon	11.1	-
50th	Chile	11.2	-
51st	Tanzania	11.5	-
52nd	Côte d'Ivoire	12.0	-
53rd	Liberia	12.1	-
54th	Bahamas, The	12.2	-
55th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	13.6	-
56th	South Africa	13.9	-
57th	Kenya	14.0	-
58th	Afghanistan	14.1	-
59th	Colombia	14.5	-
60th	Uruguay	14.6	-
61st	Finland	14.6	-
62nd	Guinea	14.7	-
63rd	Nicaragua	15.3	-
64th	Panama	15.6	-
65th	Iraq	16.4	-
66th	Ecuador	17.1	-
67th	Brunei Darussalam	17.6	-
68th	Burkina Faso	17.7	-
69th	Senegal	17.8	-
70th	Sweden	18.5	-
71st	Honduras	19.0	-
72nd	Kuwait	19.4	-
73rd	Mexico	19.5	-
74th	United States	20.1	-
75th	Eswatini	20.5	-
76th	Guinea-Bissau	20.7	-
77th	Andorra	21.9	-
78th	Benin	22.7	-
79th	Fiji	22.8	-
80th	French Polynesia	23.3	-
81st	Faroe Islands	24.8	-
82nd	Malaysia	24.8	-
83rd	Lesotho	25.0	-
84th	Syrian Arab Republic	26.2	-
85th	Morocco	26.7	-
86th	Costa Rica	27.0	-
87th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	27.7	-
88th	Tunisia	27.8	-
89th	Togo	31.3	-
90th	Ghana	31.5	-
91st	Cambodia	31.6	-
92nd	Sierra Leone	31.9	-
93rd	Timor-Leste	32.0	-
94th	Myanmar	34.0	-
95th	Cayman Islands	35.8	-
96th	Türkiye	37.8	-
97th	Guatemala	39.1	-
98th	Uganda	39.3	-
99th	Malawi	39.4	-
100th	Gambia, The	40.4	-
101st	Samoa	40.8	-
102nd	Ireland	41.0	-
103rd	Indonesia	50.1	-
104th	Nigeria	50.5	-
105th	Cabo Verde	53.4	-
106th	British Virgin Islands	53.6	-
107th	Thailand	54.1	-
108th	Kiribati	59.7	-
109th	Albania	60.6	-
110th	Pakistan	60.9	-
111th	Spain	61.5	-
112th	Cyprus	64.4	-
113th	Greece	65.2	-
114th	Cuba	68.8	-
115th	Dominican Republic	69.8	-
116th	China	70.3	-
117th	São Tomé and Principe	71.6	-
118th	Bulgaria	71.8	-
119th	Nepal	72.2	-
120th	Dominica	80.3	-
121st	Romania	80.6	-
122nd	Isle of Man	85.0	-
123rd	Austria	85.9	-
124th	France	88.9	-
125th	Seychelles	93.2	-
126th	Tonga	94.5	-
127th	Philippines	96.5	-
128th	Portugal	97.6	-
129th	Poland	97.8	-
130th	Virgin Islands (US)	98.0	-
131st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	99.6	-
132nd	European Union	100.3	-
133rd	Israel	101.0	-
134th	Viet Nam	102.6	-
135th	American Samoa	103.3	-
136th	Liechtenstein	105.5	-
137th	Comoros	108.1	-
138th	Burundi	110.4	-
139th	Hungary	111.4	-
140th	Denmark	115.3	-
141st	Rwanda	125.9	-
142nd	Antigua and Barbuda	128.5	-
143rd	Guam	132.1	-
144th	Switzerland	137.5	-
145th	El Salvador	137.7	-
146th	Haiti	142.6	-
147th	India	150.2	-
148th	St. Lucia	153.3	-
149th	Jamaica	154.5	-
150th	Sri Lanka	157.9	-
151st	St. Kitts and Nevis	158.1	-
152nd	Trinidad and Tobago	168.3	-
153rd	Italy	171.8	-
154th	Lebanon	180.8	-
155th	Tuvalu	188.3	-
156th	Germany	210.2	-
157th	United Kingdom	218.2	-
158th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	220.2	-
159th	Nauru	238.7	-
160th	Bahrain	249.8	-
161st	Japan	256.5	-
162nd	San Marino	263.3	-
163rd	Korea	267.1	-
164th	Puerto Rico (US)	270.5	-
165th	Grenada	280.4	-
166th	Aruba	308.8	-
167th	Maldives	311.5	-
168th	Mauritius	335.3	-
169th	Netherlands	344.7	-
170th	Bangladesh	409.5	-
171st	Barbados	542.2	-
172nd	Channel Islands	564.6	-
173rd	Bermuda	798.6	-
174th	Malta	1,016.4	-
175th	Gibraltar	2,187.2	-
176th	Singapore	2,540.9	-
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	3,106.0	-
178th	Macao SAR, China	8,666.2	-
179th	Monaco	10,804.6	-

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's population density in 1961?▾

Sri Lanka's population density in 1961 was 157.9. This ranked 150th globally.

Which country had the highest population density in 1961?▾

Monaco had the highest population density in 1961 at 10,804.6.

What is the population density of Sri Lanka in 1961?▾

The population density of Sri Lanka in 1961 was 157.9. This ranked 150th globally.

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