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Sri Lanka - Population Density 1995

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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

280.1 +4.6 from 1994 Global rank: 179th

Sri Lanka's population density was 280.1 in 1995, increased +4.6 from 275.5 in 1994. This was the 179th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1995▾

Population Density by Country - 1995
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.2	0.5%
2nd	Mongolia	1.4	1.6%
3rd	Namibia	1.9	2.9%
4th	Mauritania	2.2	2.8%
5th	Australia	2.3	1.1%
6th	Botswana	2.6	2.7%
7th	Iceland	2.7	0.5%
8th	Suriname	2.7	1.7%
9th	Libya	2.8	1.8%
10th	Canada	3.3	1.0%
11th	Guyana	3.9	0.3%
12th	Gabon	4.4	2.6%
13th	Central African Republic	5.4	2.8%
14th	Chad	5.6	4.5%
15th	Saudi Arabia	6.2	4.2%
16th	Kazakhstan	6.2	-1.8%
17th	Oman	6.9	1.9%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	7.3	1.9%
19th	Niger	7.7	3.4%
20th	Congo, Republic of	8.1	2.9%
21st	Mali	8.3	2.2%
22nd	Turkmenistan	8.9	1.8%
23rd	Belize	8.9	2.5%
24th	Russian Federation	9.1	0.0%
25th	Papua New Guinea	10.3	3.7%
26th	New Caledonia	11.0	2.4%
27th	Angola	11.0	3.4%
28th	Paraguay	11.5	2.4%
29th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	11.6	3.7%
30th	Zambia	11.8	2.4%
31st	Norway	11.9	0.5%
32nd	Algeria	12.0	2.1%
33rd	Argentina	12.8	1.3%
34th	Vanuatu	13.7	2.3%
35th	Solomon Islands	13.7	3.0%
36th	Bhutan	13.8	-1.2%
37th	New Zealand	14.0	1.5%
38th	Turks and Caicos Islands	15.8	4.9%
39th	Finland	16.8	0.4%
40th	Uruguay	18.2	0.5%
41st	Peru	19.0	2.0%
42nd	Brazil	19.4	1.6%
43rd	Chile	19.5	1.5%
44th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	19.6	4.2%
45th	Eritrea	20.1	5.8%
46th	Mozambique	20.3	6.2%
47th	Equatorial Guinea	20.4	3.8%
48th	Lao PDR	21.4	2.5%
49th	Sweden	21.7	0.5%
50th	Liberia	22.5	0.9%
51st	Kyrgyz Republic	23.8	1.0%
52nd	Madagascar	24.2	3.2%
53rd	Afghanistan	26.2	5.0%
54th	Djibouti	27.3	1.0%
55th	Cameroon	27.6	2.8%
56th	Zimbabwe	28.4	0.9%
57th	United States	29.1	1.2%
58th	Bahamas, The	30.1	1.7%
59th	Guinea	30.7	2.8%
60th	Faroe Islands	31.2	-2.4%
61st	Yemen, Republic of	31.7	3.7%
62nd	Colombia	32.3	1.9%
63rd	Estonia	33.9	-1.8%
64th	United Arab Emirates	34.3	4.6%
65th	Tanzania	34.3	3.2%
66th	Panama	36.6	2.1%
67th	South Africa	36.7	1.2%
68th	Palau	37.4	2.5%
69th	Burkina Faso	38.0	2.6%
70th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	38.2	1.1%
71st	Nicaragua	38.6	2.1%
72nd	Guinea-Bissau	39.8	2.6%
73rd	Latvia	39.9	-1.4%
74th	Ecuador	41.9	1.9%
75th	Tajikistan	42.5	2.1%
76th	Fiji	43.7	0.5%
77th	Qatar	44.3	3.0%
78th	Senegal	46.0	2.6%
79th	Côte d'Ivoire	46.7	4.0%
80th	Kenya	46.7	2.9%
81st	Mexico	46.7	1.8%
82nd	Iraq	47.6	3.4%
83rd	Belarus	50.2	-0.3%
84th	Honduras	51.3	2.9%
85th	Ireland	52.4	0.5%
86th	Jordan	53.9	4.2%
87th	Uzbekistan	53.9	2.0%
88th	Benin	55.2	2.1%
89th	Brunei Darussalam	55.3	2.5%
90th	Eswatini	56.4	-0.1%
91st	Cambodia	56.8	8.4%
92nd	Lithuania	57.9	-0.8%
93rd	Sierra Leone	57.9	0.1%
94th	Timor-Leste	58.4	2.8%
95th	Tunisia	59.0	1.6%
96th	Morocco	59.2	1.5%
97th	French Polynesia	60.7	1.5%
98th	Samoa	61.7	0.8%
99th	Malaysia	61.9	2.6%
100th	Lesotho	64.3	1.2%
101st	Myanmar	65.2	1.3%
102nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	66.0	2.1%
103rd	Costa Rica	69.2	2.4%
104th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	72.6	-0.3%
105th	Bulgaria	76.0	-0.4%
106th	Ghana	76.5	2.4%
107th	North Macedonia	78.6	0.3%
108th	Türkiye	79.3	1.7%
109th	Syrian Arab Republic	79.5	2.9%
110th	Spain	79.5	0.4%
111th	Togo	81.1	4.4%
112th	Georgia	81.5	-3.7%
113th	Greece	81.9	0.5%
114th	Croatia	82.6	-0.7%
115th	Ukraine	89.2	-0.8%
116th	Azerbaijan	92.3	1.2%
117th	Dominica	92.6	0.0%
118th	Cyprus	93.4	2.1%
119th	Kuwait	94.4	1.0%
120th	Guatemala	96.2	2.7%
121st	Austria	96.3	0.2%
122nd	Slovenia	98.8	0.0%
123rd	Romania	98.8	-0.2%
124th	Kiribati	100.3	1.5%
125th	Cuba	101.7	0.4%
126th	Moldova	102.7	-0.4%
127th	Uganda	103.4	2.8%
128th	Cabo Verde	103.7	1.9%
129th	Northern Mariana Islands	104.7	3.1%
130th	European Union	107.6	0.2%
131st	Malawi	107.7	-0.1%
132nd	Portugal	109.6	0.3%
133rd	Indonesia	110.3	1.7%
134th	France	110.5	0.4%
135th	Slovak Republic	111.5	0.3%
136th	Hungary	114.9	-0.1%
137th	Thailand	115.7	1.4%
138th	Armenia	116.2	-1.7%
139th	Albania	116.3	-0.6%
140th	British Virgin Islands	118.9	2.5%
141st	Nigeria	121.7	2.7%
142nd	Gambia, The	124.9	3.0%
143rd	Isle of Man	125.5	0.5%
144th	Poland	126.0	0.1%
145th	China	128.3	1.1%
146th	Denmark	130.8	0.5%
147th	Czechia	133.7	-0.1%
148th	Andorra	136.0	-1.1%
149th	Cayman Islands	136.4	4.4%
150th	Tonga	139.2	0.1%
151st	São Tomé and Principe	140.5	1.6%
152nd	Antigua and Barbuda	155.0	2.0%
153rd	Nepal	155.6	2.4%
154th	Micronesia, Federated States of	157.5	1.1%
155th	St. Kitts and Nevis	162.8	1.3%
156th	Dominican Republic	163.3	1.9%
157th	Seychelles	163.7	1.5%
158th	Pakistan	174.6	2.9%
159th	Switzerland	178.1	0.7%
160th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	188.3	1.2%
161st	Liechtenstein	192.4	1.0%
162nd	Italy	193.3	0.0%
163rd	Viet Nam	221.4	1.7%
164th	Rwanda	230.0	-16.5%
165th	Jamaica	230.9	1.0%
166th	Germany	234.0	0.3%
167th	Burundi	236.2	6.2%
168th	Philippines	236.6	2.2%
169th	United Kingdom	239.8	0.3%
170th	St. Lucia	243.0	1.6%
171st	Trinidad and Tobago	252.5	0.5%
172nd	Israel	256.2	2.7%
173rd	American Samoa	261.6	2.1%
174th	Comoros	263.6	1.8%
175th	Marshall Islands	268.1	1.2%
176th	Haiti	274.4	1.9%
177th	Guam	277.9	1.5%
178th	El Salvador	278.1	0.8%
179th	Sri Lanka	280.1	1.7%
180th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	289.9	0.1%
181st	Grenada	305.5	0.7%
182nd	Virgin Islands (US)	308.1	0.5%
183rd	Tuvalu	309.3	0.8%
184th	India	323.0	2.0%
185th	Japan	344.1	0.2%
186th	Lebanon	387.2	1.8%
187th	West Bank and Gaza	411.1	4.6%
188th	Puerto Rico (US)	415.2	0.9%
189th	San Marino	419.3	1.3%
190th	Aruba	443.4	2.8%
191st	Netherlands	457.9	0.5%
192nd	Korea	467.5	1.0%
193rd	Nauru	508.3	0.3%
194th	Mauritius	552.9	0.9%
195th	Barbados	609.4	0.2%
196th	Channel Islands	733.6	0.1%
197th	Bahrain	787.2	2.7%
198th	Maldives	855.5	2.3%
199th	Bangladesh	941.8	1.9%
200th	Bermuda	1,102.3	0.6%
201st	Malta	1,179.4	0.7%
202nd	Gibraltar	2,737.7	0.5%
203rd	Singapore	5,260.5	3.1%
204th	Hong Kong SAR, China	5,863.0	-3.8%
205th	Monaco	15,594.0	0.7%
206th	Macao SAR, China	20,465.0	3.2%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's population density in 1995?▾

Sri Lanka's population density in 1995 was 280.1. This ranked 179th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's population density change in 1995?▾

Sri Lanka's population density increased by 1.7% in 1995 compared to 1994.

Which country had the highest population density in 1995?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1995 at 20,465.0.

What is the population density of Sri Lanka in 1995?▾

The population density of Sri Lanka in 1995 was 280.1. This ranked 179th globally.

How does 1995 compare to 1994 for Sri Lanka's population density?▾

Sri Lanka's population density went from 275.5 in 1994 to 280.1 in 1995, a 1.7% increase.

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