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Sri Lanka - Population Density 1989

Name: Sri Lanka Population Density 1989
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

259.1 +2.7 from 1988 Global rank: 152nd

Sri Lanka's population density was 259.1 in 1989, increased +2.7 from 256.4 in 1988. This was the 152nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1989▾

Population Density by Country - 1989
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.2	0.9%
2nd	Mongolia	1.4	2.3%
3rd	Namibia	1.6	6.6%
4th	Mauritania	1.8	2.5%
5th	Australia	2.2	1.7%
6th	Botswana	2.2	2.8%
7th	Libya	2.5	2.5%
8th	Iceland	2.5	1.2%
9th	Suriname	2.5	1.5%
10th	Canada	3.0	1.8%
11th	Gabon	3.7	2.8%
12th	Guyana	3.8	-0.6%
13th	Central African Republic	4.5	2.6%
14th	Chad	4.6	3.4%
15th	Saudi Arabia	4.7	5.2%
16th	Oman	5.4	5.5%
17th	Niger	6.3	3.1%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	6.4	2.1%
19th	Congo, Republic of	6.8	2.9%
20th	Mali	7.4	1.9%
21st	Belize	7.9	2.2%
22nd	Papua New Guinea	8.4	2.3%
23rd	Angola	9.0	3.5%
24th	New Caledonia	9.4	2.1%
25th	Paraguay	9.9	2.8%
26th	Zambia	10.2	2.7%
27th	Algeria	10.4	2.7%
28th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	11.3	-1.7%
29th	Solomon Islands	11.5	3.2%
30th	Norway	11.6	0.4%
31st	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.8	3.9%
32nd	Argentina	11.8	1.5%
33rd	Vanuatu	11.8	2.6%
34th	Bhutan	12.3	3.0%
35th	New Zealand	12.5	0.5%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	15.7	3.2%
37th	Equatorial Guinea	16.3	3.9%
38th	Finland	16.3	0.4%
39th	Mozambique	16.4	0.8%
40th	Peru	16.8	2.3%
41st	Brazil	17.5	1.9%
42nd	Uruguay	17.6	0.6%
43rd	Chile	17.8	1.7%
44th	Lao PDR	18.2	2.9%
45th	Afghanistan	18.2	3.0%
46th	Madagascar	20.1	3.0%
47th	Sweden	20.8	0.7%
48th	Djibouti	22.6	8.0%
49th	Cameroon	23.3	3.0%
50th	United Arab Emirates	25.2	6.4%
51st	Guinea	25.3	2.6%
52nd	Yemen, Republic of	25.3	3.9%
53rd	Zimbabwe	25.5	2.9%
54th	Liberia	26.1	2.9%
55th	United States	26.9	0.9%
56th	Bahamas, The	27.1	1.8%
57th	Colombia	28.6	2.1%
58th	Tanzania	28.7	2.7%
59th	Panama	32.3	2.2%
60th	Burkina Faso	32.6	2.7%
61st	South Africa	32.7	3.0%
62nd	Nicaragua	33.8	2.4%
63rd	Guinea-Bissau	34.1	1.7%
64th	Faroe Islands	34.4	1.3%
65th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	34.8	3.0%
66th	Qatar	36.7	3.5%
67th	Côte d'Ivoire	36.9	3.9%
68th	Ecuador	37.0	2.3%
69th	Jordan	38.0	4.9%
70th	Kenya	38.9	3.6%
71st	Senegal	39.0	2.9%
72nd	Iraq	39.7	2.7%
73rd	Cambodia	40.1	3.8%
74th	Mexico	41.8	1.9%
75th	Fiji	41.9	1.0%
76th	Honduras	43.3	2.8%
77th	Benin	45.4	3.1%
78th	Brunei Darussalam	47.1	3.0%
79th	Eswatini	48.7	4.8%
80th	Timor-Leste	50.1	1.9%
81st	Ireland	51.0	-0.4%
82nd	Tunisia	52.5	2.2%
83rd	Malaysia	52.7	3.1%
84th	Morocco	53.6	1.9%
85th	French Polynesia	54.5	2.3%
86th	Sierra Leone	55.9	2.5%
87th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	57.0	2.8%
88th	Lesotho	58.5	2.0%
89th	Costa Rica	59.6	2.6%
90th	Samoa	59.6	0.3%
91st	Myanmar	60.0	1.6%
92nd	Ghana	66.0	2.5%
93rd	Syrian Arab Republic	66.3	3.4%
94th	Togo	71.4	3.0%
95th	Türkiye	71.4	2.0%
96th	Spain	77.7	0.2%
97th	Greece	78.3	0.5%
98th	Bulgaria	80.2	-1.2%
99th	Guatemala	81.9	2.9%
100th	Cyprus	84.1	1.5%
101st	Uganda	85.1	3.3%
102nd	Kiribati	90.3	2.4%
103rd	Cabo Verde	91.3	1.5%
104th	Austria	92.3	0.5%
105th	Dominica	93.5	-0.6%
106th	Malawi	97.3	4.8%
107th	Cuba	98.1	1.0%
108th	Indonesia	99.5	1.9%
109th	Gambia, The	99.9	4.2%
110th	Romania	101.0	0.9%
111th	British Virgin Islands	101.2	3.4%
112th	Cayman Islands	103.6	3.9%
113th	Nigeria	103.8	2.7%
114th	Thailand	105.4	1.7%
115th	France	107.5	0.6%
116th	Andorra	107.7	2.4%
117th	Portugal	109.3	-0.1%
118th	European Union	116.6	0.4%
119th	Hungary	116.6	-1.1%
120th	Albania	117.8	2.7%
121st	Isle of Man	118.9	1.7%
122nd	China	119.2	1.5%
123rd	Poland	123.9	0.4%
124th	Kuwait	124.4	3.9%
125th	São Tomé and Principe	125.0	2.6%
126th	Denmark	128.3	0.1%
127th	Nepal	133.3	2.2%
128th	Tonga	138.1	0.4%
129th	Antigua and Barbuda	143.9	-0.5%
130th	Dominican Republic	144.9	2.1%
131st	Pakistan	145.7	3.3%
132nd	Seychelles	150.4	0.6%
133rd	St. Kitts and Nevis	156.8	-0.7%
134th	Switzerland	168.2	0.8%
135th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	172.8	1.5%
136th	Liechtenstein	177.0	1.3%
137th	Italy	192.7	0.1%
138th	Viet Nam	197.1	2.1%
139th	Philippines	205.5	2.6%
140th	Israel	208.8	1.7%
141st	Burundi	213.1	2.0%
142nd	Jamaica	218.1	0.7%
143rd	St. Lucia	223.8	1.1%
144th	Germany	225.6	0.8%
145th	American Samoa	226.0	3.6%
146th	Comoros	232.7	2.7%
147th	United Kingdom	235.9	0.3%
148th	Trinidad and Tobago	242.0	0.9%
149th	Haiti	243.6	2.1%
150th	Guam	251.5	2.3%
151st	El Salvador	255.7	2.0%
152nd	Sri Lanka	259.1	1.1%
153rd	India	284.6	2.3%
154th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	285.3	0.6%
155th	Virgin Islands (US)	288.7	0.1%
156th	Tuvalu	288.7	1.7%
157th	Rwanda	291.2	3.1%
158th	Grenada	291.5	0.8%
159th	Aruba	335.8	1.9%
160th	Japan	337.5	0.4%
161st	Lebanon	344.6	2.0%
162nd	San Marino	385.9	1.4%
163rd	Puerto Rico (US)	395.2	0.9%
164th	Netherlands	439.8	0.6%
165th	Korea	440.1	1.0%
166th	Nauru	469.5	2.5%
167th	Mauritius	517.9	0.8%
168th	Barbados	600.3	0.1%
169th	Channel Islands	714.7	1.0%
170th	Bahrain	720.8	3.6%
171st	Maldives	725.8	3.2%
172nd	Bangladesh	840.7	2.1%
173rd	Bermuda	1,057.9	0.8%
174th	Malta	1,096.0	1.0%
175th	Gibraltar	2,754.4	-1.1%
176th	Singapore	4,374.5	3.0%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	5,743.6	1.0%
178th	Monaco	14,841.6	1.0%
179th	Macao SAR, China	16,255.0	2.9%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's population density in 1989?▾

Sri Lanka's population density in 1989 was 259.1. This ranked 152nd globally.

How did Sri Lanka's population density change in 1989?▾

Sri Lanka's population density increased by 1.1% in 1989 compared to 1988.

Which country had the highest population density in 1989?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1989 at 16,255.0.

What is the population density of Sri Lanka in 1989?▾

The population density of Sri Lanka in 1989 was 259.1. This ranked 152nd globally.

How does 1989 compare to 1988 for Sri Lanka's population density?▾

Sri Lanka's population density went from 256.4 in 1988 to 259.1 in 1989, a 1.1% increase.

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