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Sri Lanka - Population Density 1970

Name: Sri Lanka Population Density 1970
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

195.9 +4.4 from 1969 Global rank: 154th

Sri Lanka's population density was 195.9 in 1970, increased +4.4 from 191.6 in 1969. This was the 154th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1970▾

Population Density by Country - 1970
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	3.3%
2nd	Mongolia	0.8	2.6%
3rd	Namibia	0.9	3.0%
4th	Botswana	1.0	0.6%
5th	Mauritania	1.1	3.1%
6th	Libya	1.2	3.4%
7th	Australia	1.6	2.0%
8th	Saudi Arabia	1.7	4.3%
9th	Iceland	2.0	0.5%
10th	Oman	2.1	2.7%
11th	Gabon	2.3	2.2%
12th	Suriname	2.4	3.4%
13th	Canada	2.4	1.4%
14th	Chad	3.0	2.1%
15th	Central African Republic	3.4	2.2%
16th	Guyana	3.6	1.8%
17th	Niger	3.7	2.8%
18th	United Arab Emirates	4.0	19.6%
19th	Congo, Republic of	4.1	3.1%
20th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	4.2	2.3%
21st	Angola	4.7	1.5%
22nd	Mali	5.1	1.6%
23rd	Belize	5.3	2.3%
24th	Papua New Guinea	5.5	2.4%
25th	Algeria	5.8	2.3%
26th	Zambia	5.8	3.0%
27th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	6.0	2.7%
28th	Turks and Caicos Islands	6.0	0.3%
29th	New Caledonia	6.0	4.3%
30th	Paraguay	6.0	2.3%
31st	Djibouti	6.3	6.7%
32nd	Solomon Islands	6.3	2.4%
33rd	Bhutan	6.6	3.5%
34th	Vanuatu	7.1	3.0%
35th	Argentina	8.7	1.6%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	8.9	2.9%
37th	Qatar	10.0	12.9%
38th	Mozambique	10.5	2.3%
39th	Peru	10.5	2.5%
40th	Norway	10.6	0.7%
41st	New Zealand	10.7	1.4%
42nd	Brazil	11.4	2.5%
43rd	Equatorial Guinea	11.4	-0.5%
44th	Madagascar	11.5	2.9%
45th	Lao PDR	11.6	2.4%
46th	Chile	13.2	1.7%
47th	Yemen, Republic of	13.4	2.8%
48th	Zimbabwe	13.5	3.1%
49th	Cameroon	13.6	2.6%
50th	Finland	15.1	-0.4%
51st	Liberia	15.2	2.6%
52nd	Tanzania	15.2	3.5%
53rd	Uruguay	15.9	0.6%
54th	Côte d'Ivoire	17.0	4.2%
55th	Afghanistan	17.3	2.5%
56th	Guinea	17.4	1.9%
57th	Jordan	17.7	6.2%
58th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	17.9	3.1%
59th	South Africa	18.4	3.1%
60th	Bahamas, The	18.5	3.9%
61st	Colombia	18.8	2.6%
62nd	Sweden	19.7	0.9%
63rd	Kenya	20.0	3.9%
64th	Nicaragua	20.1	3.2%
65th	Panama	20.4	2.9%
66th	Burkina Faso	20.5	1.8%
67th	Guinea-Bissau	20.8	0.5%
68th	Ecuador	22.2	3.0%
69th	Iraq	22.3	3.5%
70th	United States	22.4	1.2%
71st	Senegal	23.2	3.0%
72nd	Honduras	24.6	3.0%
73rd	Brunei Darussalam	25.6	2.8%
74th	Eswatini	25.7	2.6%
75th	Mexico	26.1	3.2%
76th	Benin	27.2	2.2%
77th	Faroe Islands	27.4	1.0%
78th	Fiji	29.1	2.0%
79th	Malaysia	31.0	2.3%
80th	French Polynesia	31.2	3.5%
81st	Tunisia	33.0	2.5%
82nd	Lesotho	33.6	3.7%
83rd	Morocco	33.9	2.7%
84th	Syrian Arab Republic	34.7	3.3%
85th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	34.8	2.4%
86th	Costa Rica	36.0	2.8%
87th	Timor-Leste	37.2	1.8%
88th	Sierra Leone	37.6	1.9%
89th	Cambodia	37.6	0.5%
90th	Ghana	39.2	2.7%
91st	Togo	41.3	3.7%
92nd	Myanmar	41.6	2.3%
93rd	Andorra	42.5	7.7%
94th	Ireland	42.9	0.8%
95th	Cayman Islands	43.8	3.5%
96th	Kuwait	45.4	8.0%
97th	Türkiye	47.6	2.4%
98th	Malawi	49.2	2.5%
99th	Samoa	49.6	1.6%
100th	Guatemala	50.4	2.7%
101st	Uganda	51.7	3.1%
102nd	Gambia, The	51.8	2.9%
103rd	Nigeria	61.4	2.3%
104th	Indonesia	63.8	2.8%
105th	British Virgin Islands	66.2	4.2%
106th	Spain	67.7	1.1%
107th	Greece	68.2	0.2%
108th	Cyprus	70.1	1.0%
109th	Thailand	70.4	2.8%
110th	Kiribati	71.0	2.0%
111th	Cabo Verde	71.4	3.1%
112th	Bulgaria	76.7	0.7%
113th	Albania	77.9	2.6%
114th	Pakistan	78.0	2.9%
115th	São Tomé and Principe	80.9	2.0%
116th	Cuba	82.2	1.8%
117th	Nepal	87.0	2.2%
118th	China	87.2	2.8%
119th	Romania	87.9	1.2%
120th	Austria	90.5	0.3%
121st	Dominican Republic	91.1	2.9%
122nd	Dominica	91.9	1.4%
123rd	Portugal	94.9	-0.9%
124th	France	96.5	0.9%
125th	Isle of Man	97.0	2.3%
126th	Poland	106.6	0.4%
127th	European Union	107.5	0.6%
128th	Hungary	114.9	0.4%
129th	Seychelles	116.5	2.4%
130th	Tonga	117.2	1.8%
131st	Denmark	123.2	0.8%
132nd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	126.0	2.7%
133rd	Philippines	126.1	2.6%
134th	Viet Nam	127.4	2.2%
135th	St. Kitts and Nevis	127.4	-2.5%
136th	Comoros	131.2	3.0%
137th	Liechtenstein	132.1	0.3%
138th	American Samoa	135.1	2.5%
139th	Israel	137.4	3.4%
140th	Burundi	137.5	2.2%
141st	Antigua and Barbuda	146.7	1.1%
142nd	Switzerland	156.4	0.7%
143rd	Rwanda	161.4	3.1%
144th	Guam	163.6	2.3%
145th	Haiti	168.2	1.9%
146th	St. Lucia	169.1	1.3%
147th	Jamaica	173.4	1.2%
148th	El Salvador	176.0	2.6%
149th	Virgin Islands (US)	181.4	5.3%
150th	Italy	183.0	0.5%
151st	India	183.6	2.2%
152nd	Tuvalu	188.8	0.6%
153rd	Trinidad and Tobago	193.3	1.1%
154th	Sri Lanka	195.9	2.3%
155th	Germany	223.9	0.3%
156th	United Kingdom	230.1	0.4%
157th	Lebanon	233.2	2.5%
158th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	246.1	1.0%
159th	Japan	282.0	1.2%
160th	Grenada	289.5	0.2%
161st	San Marino	302.8	0.8%
162nd	Puerto Rico (US)	306.4	1.3%
163rd	Bahrain	325.8	1.1%
164th	Aruba	327.5	-0.2%
165th	Korea	334.2	2.2%
166th	Nauru	335.5	2.0%
167th	Netherlands	386.2	1.2%
168th	Mauritius	406.9	1.7%
169th	Maldives	410.7	3.1%
170th	Bangladesh	530.5	2.6%
171st	Barbados	580.0	0.0%
172nd	Channel Islands	622.7	1.0%
173rd	Malta	945.8	-0.5%
174th	Bermuda	965.3	1.6%
175th	Gibraltar	2,663.4	2.0%
176th	Singapore	3,096.3	1.6%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	3,881.4	2.5%
178th	Monaco	11,953.1	1.7%
179th	Macao SAR, China	12,869.8	0.8%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's population density in 1970?▾

Sri Lanka's population density in 1970 was 195.9. This ranked 154th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's population density change in 1970?▾

Sri Lanka's population density increased by 2.3% in 1970 compared to 1969.

Which country had the highest population density in 1970?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1970 at 12,869.8.

What is the population density of Sri Lanka in 1970?▾

The population density of Sri Lanka in 1970 was 195.9. This ranked 154th globally.

How does 1970 compare to 1969 for Sri Lanka's population density?▾

Sri Lanka's population density went from 191.6 in 1969 to 195.9 in 1970, a 2.3% increase.

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