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Sri Lanka - Population Density 1994

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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

275.5 +4.0 from 1993 Global rank: 178th

Sri Lanka's population density was 275.5 in 1994, increased +4.0 from 271.5 in 1993. This was the 178th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1994▾

Population Density by Country - 1994
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.2	0.5%
2nd	Mongolia	1.4	1.1%
3rd	Namibia	1.9	3.2%
4th	Mauritania	2.2	3.5%
5th	Australia	2.3	1.0%
6th	Botswana	2.6	2.8%
7th	Suriname	2.6	0.7%
8th	Iceland	2.7	0.9%
9th	Libya	2.7	1.9%
10th	Canada	3.2	1.1%
11th	Guyana	3.8	0.4%
12th	Gabon	4.2	2.7%
13th	Central African Republic	5.2	3.2%
14th	Chad	5.4	2.3%
15th	Saudi Arabia	5.9	4.4%
16th	Kazakhstan	6.3	-1.3%
17th	Oman	6.7	3.0%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	7.1	2.0%
19th	Niger	7.4	3.3%
20th	Congo, Republic of	7.8	3.0%
21st	Mali	8.2	2.2%
22nd	Belize	8.7	2.2%
23rd	Turkmenistan	8.8	2.1%
24th	Russian Federation	9.1	0.0%
25th	Papua New Guinea	9.9	3.7%
26th	Angola	10.6	3.3%
27th	New Caledonia	10.7	2.5%
28th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	11.2	5.2%
29th	Paraguay	11.3	2.5%
30th	Zambia	11.5	2.4%
31st	Algeria	11.7	2.2%
32nd	Norway	11.9	0.6%
33rd	Argentina	12.6	1.3%
34th	Solomon Islands	13.4	3.0%
35th	Vanuatu	13.4	2.4%
36th	New Zealand	13.7	1.3%
37th	Bhutan	13.9	17.4%
38th	Turks and Caicos Islands	15.1	5.1%
39th	Finland	16.7	0.4%
40th	Uruguay	18.1	0.5%
41st	Peru	18.7	2.0%
42nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	18.8	4.8%
43rd	Eritrea	18.9	3.1%
44th	Brazil	19.1	1.6%
45th	Mozambique	19.1	7.0%
46th	Chile	19.3	1.5%
47th	Equatorial Guinea	19.6	3.8%
48th	Lao PDR	20.8	2.7%
49th	Sweden	21.6	0.7%
50th	Liberia	22.3	-0.2%
51st	Madagascar	23.4	3.2%
52nd	Kyrgyz Republic	23.5	0.0%
53rd	Afghanistan	24.9	8.8%
54th	Cameroon	26.9	2.8%
55th	Djibouti	27.0	2.0%
56th	Zimbabwe	28.1	0.1%
57th	United States	28.7	1.2%
58th	Bahamas, The	29.6	1.8%
59th	Guinea	29.9	3.0%
60th	Yemen, Republic of	30.6	3.8%
61st	Colombia	31.7	2.0%
62nd	Faroe Islands	32.0	-3.8%
63rd	United Arab Emirates	32.8	4.8%
64th	Tanzania	33.2	3.9%
65th	Estonia	34.5	-2.1%
66th	Panama	35.9	2.1%
67th	South Africa	36.3	1.6%
68th	Palau	36.5	2.4%
69th	Burkina Faso	37.0	2.6%
70th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	37.8	0.2%
71st	Nicaragua	37.8	2.1%
72nd	Guinea-Bissau	38.8	3.1%
73rd	Latvia	40.5	-1.7%
74th	Ecuador	41.1	2.0%
75th	Tajikistan	41.6	1.8%
76th	Qatar	43.0	3.1%
77th	Fiji	43.5	0.6%
78th	Senegal	44.8	2.7%
79th	Côte d'Ivoire	44.9	4.0%
80th	Kenya	45.4	2.9%
81st	Mexico	45.9	1.8%
82nd	Iraq	46.0	4.9%
83rd	Honduras	49.9	2.9%
84th	Belarus	50.4	-0.1%
85th	Jordan	51.7	4.9%
86th	Ireland	52.1	0.4%
87th	Cambodia	52.3	7.2%
88th	Uzbekistan	52.8	2.2%
89th	Brunei Darussalam	53.9	2.6%
90th	Benin	54.1	3.8%
91st	Eswatini	56.5	0.0%
92nd	Timor-Leste	56.8	2.8%
93rd	Sierra Leone	57.8	0.4%
94th	Tunisia	58.0	1.8%
95th	Morocco	58.3	1.5%
96th	Lithuania	58.3	-0.7%
97th	French Polynesia	59.8	1.6%
98th	Malaysia	60.3	2.6%
99th	Samoa	61.2	0.8%
100th	Lesotho	63.5	1.4%
101st	Myanmar	64.3	1.3%
102nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	64.6	2.2%
103rd	Costa Rica	67.6	2.5%
104th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	72.8	-4.6%
105th	Ghana	74.7	2.4%
106th	Bulgaria	76.3	-0.3%
107th	Syrian Arab Republic	77.3	3.0%
108th	Togo	77.6	0.4%
109th	Türkiye	78.0	1.8%
110th	North Macedonia	78.4	-0.7%
111th	Spain	79.2	0.5%
112th	Greece	81.6	0.5%
113th	Croatia	83.2	1.1%
114th	Georgia	84.6	-1.5%
115th	Ukraine	89.9	-0.5%
116th	Azerbaijan	91.3	1.4%
117th	Cyprus	91.4	2.3%
118th	Dominica	92.6	0.1%
119th	Kuwait	93.4	-0.5%
120th	Guatemala	93.7	2.7%
121st	Austria	96.2	0.4%
122nd	Slovenia	98.8	-0.1%
123rd	Kiribati	98.8	1.5%
124th	Romania	99.0	-0.2%
125th	Uganda	100.6	3.4%
126th	Cuba	101.4	0.4%
127th	Northern Mariana Islands	101.6	1.7%
128th	Cabo Verde	101.8	2.1%
129th	Moldova	103.1	-0.3%
130th	European Union	107.4	0.2%
131st	Malawi	107.8	-1.2%
132nd	Indonesia	108.5	1.7%
133rd	Portugal	109.2	0.3%
134th	France	110.1	0.4%
135th	Slovak Republic	111.2	0.4%
136th	Thailand	114.0	1.5%
137th	Hungary	115.1	-0.1%
138th	British Virgin Islands	116.0	2.5%
139th	Albania	117.1	-0.6%
140th	Armenia	118.2	-2.6%
141st	Nigeria	118.5	2.7%
142nd	Gambia, The	121.3	3.3%
143rd	Isle of Man	124.9	0.6%
144th	Poland	125.8	0.2%
145th	China	126.9	1.1%
146th	Denmark	130.2	0.3%
147th	Cayman Islands	130.6	4.6%
148th	Czechia	133.7	0.0%
149th	Andorra	137.5	2.1%
150th	São Tomé and Principe	138.3	1.7%
151st	Tonga	139.1	0.1%
152nd	Nepal	151.9	2.5%
153rd	Antigua and Barbuda	151.9	1.9%
154th	Micronesia, Federated States of	155.8	1.9%
155th	Dominican Republic	160.3	1.9%
156th	St. Kitts and Nevis	160.7	1.3%
157th	Seychelles	161.3	2.7%
158th	Pakistan	169.6	2.9%
159th	Switzerland	176.9	0.8%
160th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	186.0	1.5%
161st	Liechtenstein	190.4	1.3%
162nd	Italy	193.3	0.0%
163rd	Viet Nam	217.7	1.8%
164th	Burundi	222.5	0.7%
165th	Jamaica	228.6	1.0%
166th	Philippines	231.5	2.2%
167th	Germany	233.3	0.4%
168th	St. Lucia	239.2	1.5%
169th	United Kingdom	239.2	0.3%
170th	Israel	249.5	2.6%
171st	Trinidad and Tobago	251.1	0.6%
172nd	American Samoa	256.3	2.2%
173rd	Comoros	259.1	1.8%
174th	Marshall Islands	265.1	1.3%
175th	Haiti	269.2	1.9%
176th	Guam	273.8	1.5%
177th	Rwanda	275.3	-14.9%
178th	Sri Lanka	275.5	1.5%
179th	El Salvador	275.8	1.0%
180th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	289.5	0.2%
181st	Grenada	303.3	0.7%
182nd	Virgin Islands (US)	306.6	0.7%
183rd	Tuvalu	306.9	0.9%
184th	India	316.6	2.1%
185th	Japan	343.3	0.3%
186th	Lebanon	380.2	1.8%
187th	West Bank and Gaza	393.1	4.6%
188th	Puerto Rico (US)	411.4	0.9%
189th	San Marino	413.7	1.4%
190th	Aruba	431.1	5.3%
191st	Netherlands	455.7	0.6%
192nd	Korea	462.8	1.0%
193rd	Nauru	506.9	0.3%
194th	Mauritius	548.2	1.4%
195th	Barbados	608.4	0.2%
196th	Channel Islands	733.1	0.1%
197th	Bahrain	766.7	2.7%
198th	Maldives	836.1	2.4%
199th	Bangladesh	924.5	1.9%
200th	Bermuda	1,096.2	0.6%
201st	Malta	1,171.2	0.9%
202nd	Gibraltar	2,723.9	0.6%
203rd	Singapore	5,103.1	3.2%
204th	Hong Kong SAR, China	6,096.4	2.3%
205th	Monaco	15,478.5	0.8%
206th	Macao SAR, China	19,840.0	3.3%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's population density in 1994?▾

Sri Lanka's population density in 1994 was 275.5. This ranked 178th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's population density change in 1994?▾

Sri Lanka's population density increased by 1.5% in 1994 compared to 1993.

Which country had the highest population density in 1994?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1994 at 19,840.0.

What is the population density of Sri Lanka in 1994?▾

The population density of Sri Lanka in 1994 was 275.5. This ranked 178th globally.

How does 1994 compare to 1993 for Sri Lanka's population density?▾

Sri Lanka's population density went from 271.5 in 1993 to 275.5 in 1994, a 1.5% increase.

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