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Sri Lanka - Population Density 2010

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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

332.9 +2.0 from 2009 Global rank: 180th

Sri Lanka's population density was 332.9 in 2010, increased +2.0 from 331.0 in 2009. This was the 180th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2010▾

Population Density by Country - 2010
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	0.4%
2nd	Mongolia	1.8	1.8%
3rd	Namibia	2.6	1.6%
4th	Australia	2.9	1.6%
5th	Iceland	3.2	-0.1%
6th	Mauritania	3.3	3.2%
7th	Suriname	3.4	1.2%
8th	Botswana	3.6	2.1%
9th	Libya	3.7	2.1%
10th	Canada	3.8	1.1%
11th	Guyana	3.8	-0.4%
12th	Kazakhstan	6.2	1.3%
13th	Gabon	6.7	3.5%
14th	Central African Republic	7.2	-0.8%
15th	Russian Federation	8.7	0.0%
16th	Oman	8.9	2.7%
17th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	9.4	1.7%
18th	Chad	9.8	3.5%
19th	Saudi Arabia	11.2	-1.0%
20th	Turkmenistan	11.8	2.1%
21st	Niger	13.1	3.8%
22nd	Congo, Republic of	13.1	4.2%
23rd	Mali	13.1	3.3%
24th	Norway	13.4	1.3%
25th	Belize	14.0	2.4%
26th	New Caledonia	14.3	1.7%
27th	Paraguay	14.4	1.2%
28th	Argentina	15.1	1.1%
29th	Algeria	15.2	2.0%
30th	New Zealand	16.5	1.1%
31st	Papua New Guinea	16.9	3.1%
32nd	Finland	17.6	0.5%
33rd	Bhutan	18.4	1.1%
34th	Angola	18.7	3.9%
35th	Zambia	18.8	3.5%
36th	Uruguay	19.0	0.3%
37th	Solomon Islands	19.0	2.9%
38th	Vanuatu	19.5	2.4%
39th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	19.5	2.5%
40th	Peru	22.7	0.7%
41st	Sweden	23.0	0.9%
42nd	Chile	23.1	1.0%
43rd	Brazil	23.2	0.8%
44th	Eritrea	24.3	2.0%
45th	Lao PDR	27.4	1.5%
46th	Kyrgyz Republic	28.5	1.4%
47th	Mozambique	29.2	2.7%
48th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	30.2	3.2%
49th	Turks and Caicos Islands	31.3	4.0%
50th	Estonia	31.4	-0.2%
51st	Latvia	33.7	-2.1%
52nd	United States	33.8	0.8%
53rd	Zimbabwe	34.5	1.6%
54th	Faroe Islands	34.9	-0.3%
55th	Bahamas, The	36.7	1.3%
56th	Madagascar	38.1	3.0%
57th	Palau	40.0	-1.7%
58th	Djibouti	40.1	2.1%
59th	Colombia	40.4	1.1%
60th	Cameroon	41.6	2.9%
61st	Liberia	42.1	2.9%
62nd	Guinea	42.3	2.5%
63rd	Equatorial Guinea	42.4	4.7%
64th	South Africa	43.1	1.2%
65th	Afghanistan	43.4	3.0%
66th	Montenegro	46.1	0.2%
67th	Belarus	46.7	-0.2%
68th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	47.5	1.3%
69th	Nicaragua	47.7	1.4%
70th	Panama	48.8	1.8%
71st	Lithuania	49.4	-2.1%
72nd	Fiji	49.8	0.4%
73rd	Tanzania	50.5	2.6%
74th	Yemen, Republic of	50.7	3.2%
75th	Tajikistan	54.7	2.2%
76th	Guinea-Bissau	55.7	2.6%
77th	Mexico	58.5	1.5%
78th	Burkina Faso	59.1	3.0%
79th	Ecuador	60.7	1.7%
80th	Eswatini	64.6	0.6%
81st	Uzbekistan	65.1	1.6%
82nd	Senegal	65.6	2.4%
83rd	Lesotho	65.8	0.8%
84th	Ireland	66.2	0.5%
85th	Georgia	66.2	-0.7%
86th	Bulgaria	68.1	-0.7%
87th	Samoa	68.2	0.8%
88th	Tunisia	69.3	1.1%
89th	Côte d'Ivoire	70.7	2.2%
90th	Iraq	71.5	3.3%
91st	Morocco	72.7	1.4%
92nd	Timor-Leste	72.9	2.4%
93rd	Kenya	73.1	2.9%
94th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	74.4	-1.8%
95th	Brunei Darussalam	74.4	1.9%
96th	Honduras	74.8	2.1%
97th	Myanmar	75.0	0.8%
98th	Croatia	76.8	-0.2%
99th	North Macedonia	77.2	-0.6%
100th	French Polynesia	78.0	0.4%
101st	Ukraine	80.2	-0.4%
102nd	Cambodia	82.1	1.6%
103rd	Jordan	82.2	2.2%
104th	Serbia	83.4	-0.4%
105th	Sierra Leone	86.2	2.8%
106th	Greece	86.3	0.1%
107th	Benin	86.9	3.0%
108th	Malaysia	87.2	1.9%
109th	Romania	88.0	-0.6%
110th	Costa Rica	89.2	1.2%
111th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	89.6	1.9%
112th	Dominica	91.8	0.0%
113th	Spain	93.2	0.2%
114th	Türkiye	95.0	1.5%
115th	United Arab Emirates	96.7	2.4%
116th	Moldova	99.8	0.0%
117th	Austria	101.4	0.2%
118th	Slovenia	101.7	0.4%
119th	Cuba	106.1	0.0%
120th	Albania	106.3	-0.5%
121st	Armenia	106.9	-0.7%
122nd	Azerbaijan	109.5	1.2%
123rd	Hungary	110.5	-0.2%
124th	European Union	110.7	0.1%
125th	Ghana	112.0	2.5%
126th	Slovak Republic	112.1	0.1%
127th	Portugal	115.4	0.0%
128th	Northern Mariana Islands	117.6	-2.2%
129th	France	120.7	0.5%
130th	Cyprus	122.1	1.7%
131st	Syrian Arab Republic	122.4	2.3%
132nd	Togo	123.8	2.8%
133rd	Poland	124.2	-0.3%
134th	Cabo Verde	126.5	0.7%
135th	Indonesia	131.2	1.3%
136th	Kiribati	134.2	2.1%
137th	Thailand	134.2	0.7%
138th	Guatemala	135.3	2.0%
139th	Czechia	135.6	0.3%
140th	Denmark	138.7	0.4%
141st	Qatar	139.3	0.5%
142nd	China	142.5	0.5%
143rd	Isle of Man	147.1	1.1%
144th	Tonga	149.2	0.2%
145th	Micronesia, Federated States of	153.6	-0.4%
146th	Malawi	157.3	3.0%
147th	Uganda	161.5	2.6%
148th	Kuwait	165.2	5.3%
149th	Andorra	171.7	-3.8%
150th	St. Kitts and Nevis	180.2	-0.1%
151st	Nigeria	183.0	2.8%
152nd	British Virgin Islands	184.5	1.7%
153rd	São Tomé and Principe	189.4	2.2%
154th	Gambia, The	190.4	3.0%
155th	Nepal	190.7	0.6%
156th	Antigua and Barbuda	193.9	1.4%
157th	Seychelles	195.2	2.8%
158th	Luxembourg	196.9	1.8%
159th	Switzerland	198.0	1.0%
160th	Italy	202.3	0.4%
161st	Dominican Republic	203.3	1.3%
162nd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	207.5	0.4%
163rd	Liechtenstein	225.1	0.8%
164th	Cayman Islands	225.4	2.8%
165th	Germany	234.6	-0.1%
166th	Jamaica	253.8	0.4%
167th	Trinidad and Tobago	256.9	0.6%
168th	Pakistan	258.5	2.5%
169th	United Kingdom	259.4	0.8%
170th	American Samoa	276.1	-0.5%
171st	Viet Nam	279.1	1.0%
172nd	St. Lucia	280.2	0.6%
173rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	281.9	-0.5%
174th	Marshall Islands	289.1	0.0%
175th	El Salvador	292.9	0.3%
176th	Guam	308.4	0.2%
177th	Virgin Islands (US)	309.6	0.0%
178th	Philippines	323.1	2.1%
179th	Grenada	328.2	0.3%
180th	Sri Lanka	332.9	0.6%
181st	Japan	351.4	0.0%
182nd	Comoros	351.9	2.0%
183rd	Israel	352.3	1.8%
184th	Tuvalu	353.8	1.5%
185th	Haiti	355.7	1.2%
186th	Belgium	359.2	0.9%
187th	Burundi	365.1	4.8%
188th	Rwanda	418.2	2.6%
189th	India	418.2	1.5%
190th	Puerto Rico (US)	419.9	-0.4%
191st	Netherlands	492.6	0.5%
192nd	Lebanon	492.8	1.0%
193rd	Nauru	502.2	0.3%
194th	Korea	509.8	0.4%
195th	San Marino	554.5	0.6%
196th	Aruba	565.8	0.2%
197th	Mauritius	616.0	0.2%
198th	West Bank and Gaza	628.9	2.6%
199th	Barbados	640.1	0.4%
200th	Channel Islands	801.1	0.7%
201st	Bangladesh	1,169.3	0.9%
202nd	Bermuda	1,180.1	0.3%
203rd	Maldives	1,202.6	3.6%
204th	Malta	1,295.3	0.5%
205th	Bahrain	1,612.3	4.0%
206th	Gibraltar	3,124.8	1.4%
207th	Hong Kong SAR, China	6,689.7	0.7%
208th	Singapore	7,231.8	1.5%
209th	Monaco	16,360.6	2.5%
210th	Macao SAR, China	18,080.8	-0.3%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's population density in 2010?▾

Sri Lanka's population density in 2010 was 332.9. This ranked 180th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's population density change in 2010?▾

Sri Lanka's population density increased by 0.6% in 2010 compared to 2009.

Which country had the highest population density in 2010?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2010 at 18,080.8.

What is the population density of Sri Lanka in 2010?▾

The population density of Sri Lanka in 2010 was 332.9. This ranked 180th globally.

How does 2010 compare to 2009 for Sri Lanka's population density?▾

Sri Lanka's population density went from 331.0 in 2009 to 332.9 in 2010, a 0.6% increase.

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