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Sri Lanka - Population Density 1996

Name: Sri Lanka Population Density 1996
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

285.5 +5.4 from 1995 Global rank: 179th

Sri Lanka's population density was 285.5 in 1996, increased +5.4 from 280.1 in 1995. This was the 179th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1996▾

Population Density by Country - 1996
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.2	0.2%
2nd	Mongolia	1.5	1.6%
3rd	Namibia	2.0	2.7%
4th	Mauritania	2.3	2.0%
5th	Australia	2.4	1.2%
6th	Iceland	2.7	0.5%
7th	Botswana	2.7	2.5%
8th	Suriname	2.7	2.1%
9th	Libya	2.8	1.6%
10th	Canada	3.3	1.1%
11th	Guyana	3.9	0.3%
12th	Gabon	4.5	2.6%
13th	Central African Republic	5.5	2.6%
14th	Chad	5.9	4.5%
15th	Kazakhstan	6.1	-1.9%
16th	Saudi Arabia	6.4	4.1%
17th	Oman	7.0	1.7%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	7.4	1.9%
19th	Niger	7.9	3.4%
20th	Congo, Republic of	8.3	2.8%
21st	Mali	8.5	2.2%
22nd	Russian Federation	9.0	-0.1%
23rd	Turkmenistan	9.1	1.7%
24th	Belize	9.2	3.0%
25th	Papua New Guinea	10.6	3.6%
26th	New Caledonia	11.2	2.3%
27th	Angola	11.4	3.4%
28th	Paraguay	11.8	2.4%
29th	Norway	12.0	0.5%
30th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	12.0	3.7%
31st	Zambia	12.1	2.5%
32nd	Algeria	12.2	2.0%
33rd	Argentina	13.0	1.3%
34th	Bhutan	13.8	0.1%
35th	Vanuatu	14.0	2.3%
36th	Solomon Islands	14.1	2.9%
37th	New Zealand	14.2	1.6%
38th	Turks and Caicos Islands	16.6	4.7%
39th	Finland	16.8	0.3%
40th	Uruguay	18.3	0.5%
41st	Peru	19.4	1.9%
42nd	Brazil	19.6	1.5%
43rd	Chile	19.8	1.4%
44th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	20.0	1.9%
45th	Mozambique	21.0	3.3%
46th	Eritrea	21.1	5.1%
47th	Equatorial Guinea	21.2	3.9%
48th	Sweden	21.7	0.2%
49th	Lao PDR	21.9	2.4%
50th	Liberia	23.2	2.9%
51st	Kyrgyz Republic	24.1	1.5%
52nd	Madagascar	25.0	3.3%
53rd	Afghanistan	27.2	4.1%
54th	Djibouti	28.0	2.4%
55th	Cameroon	28.4	2.7%
56th	Zimbabwe	28.8	1.7%
57th	United States	29.4	1.2%
58th	Bahamas, The	30.6	1.6%
59th	Faroe Islands	31.2	-0.1%
60th	Guinea	31.6	2.9%
61st	Yemen, Republic of	32.8	3.4%
62nd	Colombia	32.9	1.8%
63rd	Estonia	33.4	-1.5%
64th	Tanzania	34.9	1.9%
65th	United Arab Emirates	36.6	6.7%
66th	South Africa	37.2	1.3%
67th	Panama	37.4	2.0%
68th	Palau	38.4	2.7%
69th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	38.6	1.1%
70th	Burkina Faso	38.9	2.6%
71st	Nicaragua	39.3	1.9%
72nd	Latvia	39.5	-1.1%
73rd	Guinea-Bissau	40.7	2.1%
74th	Ecuador	42.7	1.9%
75th	Tajikistan	43.3	2.0%
76th	Fiji	44.0	0.6%
77th	Qatar	45.6	2.9%
78th	Senegal	47.1	2.5%
79th	Mexico	47.6	1.8%
80th	Kenya	48.0	2.8%
81st	Côte d'Ivoire	48.6	3.9%
82nd	Iraq	49.2	3.2%
83rd	Belarus	50.1	-0.3%
84th	Honduras	52.8	2.9%
85th	Ireland	52.8	0.8%
86th	Uzbekistan	54.9	1.9%
87th	Jordan	55.7	3.4%
88th	Brunei Darussalam	56.6	2.4%
89th	Benin	56.7	2.7%
90th	Lithuania	57.5	-0.8%
91st	Eswatini	57.5	2.0%
92nd	Sierra Leone	58.2	0.5%
93rd	Tunisia	59.8	1.5%
94th	Timor-Leste	60.0	2.8%
95th	Morocco	60.1	1.5%
96th	Cambodia	61.2	7.8%
97th	French Polynesia	61.6	1.5%
98th	Samoa	62.2	0.9%
99th	Malaysia	63.5	2.6%
100th	Lesotho	65.0	1.1%
101st	Myanmar	66.0	1.3%
102nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	67.3	2.1%
103rd	Costa Rica	70.9	2.4%
104th	Bulgaria	75.6	-0.5%
105th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	75.7	4.3%
106th	Ghana	78.3	2.4%
107th	Georgia	78.6	-3.6%
108th	North Macedonia	79.1	0.7%
109th	Spain	79.9	0.4%
110th	Türkiye	80.5	1.5%
111th	Croatia	81.4	-1.5%
112th	Syrian Arab Republic	81.7	2.7%
113th	Greece	82.3	0.4%
114th	Togo	84.2	3.8%
115th	Ukraine	88.4	-0.9%
116th	Dominica	92.5	-0.1%
117th	Azerbaijan	93.3	1.0%
118th	Cyprus	95.3	2.0%
119th	Austria	96.4	0.1%
120th	Kuwait	97.1	2.9%
121st	Romania	98.5	-0.3%
122nd	Slovenia	98.7	-0.1%
123rd	Guatemala	98.8	2.6%
124th	Kiribati	102.0	1.7%
125th	Cuba	102.1	0.3%
126th	Moldova	102.5	-0.2%
127th	Cabo Verde	105.6	1.8%
128th	Uganda	106.3	2.7%
129th	European Union	107.7	0.2%
130th	Malawi	109.8	2.0%
131st	Portugal	110.0	0.4%
132nd	France	110.9	0.4%
133rd	Slovak Republic	111.7	0.2%
134th	Indonesia	112.2	1.7%
135th	Northern Mariana Islands	112.4	7.3%
136th	Hungary	114.7	-0.2%
137th	Armenia	115.2	-0.9%
138th	Albania	115.6	-0.6%
139th	Thailand	117.3	1.4%
140th	British Virgin Islands	121.9	2.5%
141st	Nigeria	124.9	2.6%
142nd	Poland	126.1	0.1%
143rd	Isle of Man	126.4	0.7%
144th	Gambia, The	128.6	2.9%
145th	China	129.7	1.1%
146th	Denmark	131.6	0.6%
147th	Czechia	133.5	-0.1%
148th	Andorra	136.1	0.1%
149th	Tonga	139.3	0.0%
150th	Cayman Islands	142.3	4.3%
151st	São Tomé and Principe	142.7	1.5%
152nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	158.2	0.4%
153rd	Antigua and Barbuda	158.2	2.1%
154th	Nepal	159.0	2.2%
155th	St. Kitts and Nevis	164.9	1.3%
156th	Seychelles	166.1	1.5%
157th	Dominican Republic	166.3	1.8%
158th	Switzerland	178.9	0.4%
159th	Pakistan	179.7	3.0%
160th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	190.1	1.0%
161st	Italy	193.3	0.0%
162nd	Liechtenstein	194.0	0.8%
163rd	Viet Nam	224.8	1.5%
164th	Jamaica	233.1	1.0%
165th	Germany	234.7	0.3%
166th	Burundi	236.4	0.1%
167th	United Kingdom	240.4	0.3%
168th	Philippines	242.1	2.3%
169th	St. Lucia	246.6	1.5%
170th	Trinidad and Tobago	253.6	0.4%
171st	Israel	263.0	2.7%
172nd	American Samoa	266.8	2.0%
173rd	Comoros	268.2	1.7%
174th	Marshall Islands	271.0	1.1%
175th	Rwanda	271.9	18.2%
176th	Haiti	279.7	1.9%
177th	El Salvador	280.2	0.7%
178th	Guam	281.8	1.4%
179th	Sri Lanka	285.5	1.9%
180th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	290.0	0.1%
181st	Grenada	307.6	0.7%
182nd	Virgin Islands (US)	308.8	0.3%
183rd	Tuvalu	311.4	0.7%
184th	India	329.5	2.0%
185th	Japan	345.0	0.3%
186th	Lebanon	394.4	1.9%
187th	Puerto Rico (US)	419.9	1.1%
188th	San Marino	424.7	1.3%
189th	West Bank and Gaza	429.9	4.6%
190th	Netherlands	460.0	0.5%
191st	Aruba	461.2	4.0%
192nd	Korea	472.0	1.0%
193rd	Nauru	509.2	0.2%
194th	Mauritius	558.6	1.0%
195th	Barbados	610.0	0.1%
196th	Channel Islands	735.2	0.2%
197th	Bahrain	808.2	2.7%
198th	Maldives	874.5	2.2%
199th	Bangladesh	959.2	1.8%
200th	Bermuda	1,107.6	0.5%
201st	Malta	1,187.2	0.7%
202nd	Gibraltar	2,748.7	0.4%
203rd	Singapore	5,478.7	4.1%
204th	Hong Kong SAR, China	6,129.0	4.5%
205th	Monaco	15,706.5	0.7%
206th	Macao SAR, China	20,755.0	1.4%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's population density in 1996?▾

Sri Lanka's population density in 1996 was 285.5. This ranked 179th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's population density change in 1996?▾

Sri Lanka's population density increased by 1.9% in 1996 compared to 1995.

Which country had the highest population density in 1996?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1996 at 20,755.0.

What is the population density of Sri Lanka in 1996?▾

The population density of Sri Lanka in 1996 was 285.5. This ranked 179th globally.

How does 1996 compare to 1995 for Sri Lanka's population density?▾

Sri Lanka's population density went from 280.1 in 1995 to 285.5 in 1996, a 1.9% increase.

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