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United Kingdom - Population Density 1977

Name: United Kingdom Population Density 1977
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

232.3 −0.1 from 1976 Global rank: 155th

United Kingdom's population density was 232.3 in 1977, decreased +0.1 from 232.3 in 1976. This was the 155th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1977▾

Population Density by Country - 1977
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	-0.6%
2nd	Mongolia	1.0	2.9%
3rd	Namibia	1.1	2.7%
4th	Mauritania	1.3	2.9%
5th	Botswana	1.4	5.4%
6th	Libya	1.6	5.9%
7th	Australia	1.8	1.1%
8th	Iceland	2.2	0.7%
9th	Saudi Arabia	2.4	5.7%
10th	Suriname	2.4	-0.8%
11th	Canada	2.6	1.2%
12th	Gabon	2.7	2.4%
13th	Oman	2.8	5.0%
14th	Chad	3.4	1.9%
15th	Central African Republic	3.8	1.0%
16th	Guyana	3.9	0.9%
17th	Niger	4.4	2.8%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	5.0	2.3%
19th	Congo, Republic of	5.0	2.4%
20th	Mali	5.8	1.9%
21st	Angola	5.9	3.4%
22nd	Belize	6.0	2.1%
23rd	Papua New Guinea	6.5	2.2%
24th	Paraguay	7.1	2.5%
25th	Zambia	7.1	3.1%
26th	Algeria	7.1	3.7%
27th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	7.1	2.7%
28th	Turks and Caicos Islands	7.2	3.1%
29th	Solomon Islands	7.7	3.5%
30th	New Caledonia	7.9	1.8%
31st	Bhutan	8.4	3.5%
32nd	Vanuatu	8.7	3.1%
33rd	Argentina	9.8	1.6%
34th	Equatorial Guinea	9.9	-1.5%
35th	United Arab Emirates	10.0	15.3%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	10.7	2.6%
37th	Djibouti	11.0	10.3%
38th	Norway	11.1	0.4%
39th	New Zealand	11.8	0.3%
40th	Peru	12.6	2.5%
41st	Mozambique	13.0	3.6%
42nd	Brazil	13.5	2.4%
43rd	Lao PDR	13.5	1.8%
44th	Madagascar	14.1	3.1%
45th	Chile	14.8	1.5%
46th	Finland	15.6	0.3%
47th	Yemen, Republic of	16.4	3.2%
48th	Cameroon	16.5	2.6%
49th	Uruguay	16.6	0.6%
50th	Zimbabwe	16.7	2.6%
51st	Liberia	18.3	2.9%
52nd	Qatar	19.4	7.8%
53rd	Guinea	19.5	1.6%
54th	Tanzania	19.6	3.7%
55th	Sweden	20.3	0.4%
56th	Afghanistan	20.5	2.2%
57th	Bahamas, The	21.9	2.2%
58th	Colombia	22.0	2.2%
59th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	22.1	3.1%
60th	South Africa	22.4	2.7%
61st	Jordan	22.9	3.1%
62nd	Côte d'Ivoire	23.0	3.7%
63rd	Burkina Faso	23.5	2.4%
64th	United States	24.0	1.0%
65th	Panama	24.5	2.5%
66th	Nicaragua	24.9	3.1%
67th	Kenya	25.4	3.4%
68th	Guinea-Bissau	26.4	6.9%
69th	Ecuador	27.2	2.8%
70th	Iraq	28.2	3.4%
71st	Senegal	28.3	2.5%
72nd	Faroe Islands	29.7	1.1%
73rd	Honduras	30.4	3.2%
74th	Eswatini	31.4	3.3%
75th	Mexico	32.1	2.7%
76th	Cambodia	32.1	-7.6%
77th	Brunei Darussalam	32.1	3.5%
78th	Benin	32.1	2.6%
79th	Fiji	32.7	2.1%
80th	Malaysia	36.6	2.4%
81st	French Polynesia	38.9	3.0%
82nd	Tunisia	39.6	2.7%
83rd	Morocco	40.4	2.5%
84th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	40.9	2.4%
85th	Timor-Leste	41.6	1.8%
86th	Lesotho	42.5	2.9%
87th	Sierra Leone	42.7	1.9%
88th	Costa Rica	43.2	2.7%
89th	Syrian Arab Republic	44.0	3.5%
90th	Ireland	47.6	1.4%
91st	Ghana	48.0	3.0%
92nd	Myanmar	48.0	1.9%
93rd	Togo	49.7	2.4%
94th	Türkiye	55.6	2.1%
95th	Samoa	56.4	1.7%
96th	Malawi	59.6	3.2%
97th	Guatemala	59.7	2.2%
98th	Uganda	61.9	2.7%
99th	Cayman Islands	62.9	4.5%
100th	Gambia, The	63.8	3.2%
101st	Andorra	66.2	5.6%
102nd	Kuwait	70.6	6.7%
103rd	British Virgin Islands	72.0	0.8%
104th	Cyprus	72.2	0.8%
105th	Greece	72.2	1.3%
106th	Spain	73.1	1.0%
107th	Nigeria	73.8	3.0%
108th	Kiribati	74.4	-0.6%
109th	Indonesia	76.5	2.5%
110th	Cabo Verde	77.6	1.1%
111th	Bulgaria	79.6	0.5%
112th	Thailand	83.9	2.3%
113th	Cuba	89.8	0.8%
114th	Austria	91.7	0.0%
115th	Albania	91.7	2.2%
116th	Romania	94.5	0.9%
117th	São Tomé and Principe	95.1	2.7%
118th	Pakistan	95.9	3.2%
119th	Dominica	96.5	0.5%
120th	China	100.5	1.4%
121st	France	101.1	0.5%
122nd	Nepal	101.4	2.3%
123rd	Portugal	103.3	1.1%
124th	Isle of Man	108.0	1.3%
125th	Dominican Republic	110.0	2.6%
126th	European Union	112.0	0.5%
127th	Poland	113.3	1.0%
128th	Hungary	118.4	0.5%
129th	St. Kitts and Nevis	123.9	-0.3%
130th	Denmark	127.2	0.3%
131st	Seychelles	134.3	2.1%
132nd	Tonga	134.3	1.5%
133rd	Antigua and Barbuda	145.1	0.2%
134th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	145.3	1.4%
135th	Philippines	148.8	2.7%
136th	Viet Nam	150.4	2.7%
137th	American Samoa	152.6	1.9%
138th	Liechtenstein	152.8	1.6%
139th	Burundi	155.1	2.6%
140th	Switzerland	158.9	-0.3%
141st	Comoros	165.3	3.4%
142nd	Israel	167.0	2.3%
143rd	St. Lucia	187.1	1.5%
144th	Italy	190.3	0.4%
145th	Jamaica	191.2	1.2%
146th	Guam	191.3	2.1%
147th	Haiti	192.3	1.9%
148th	Rwanda	198.1	3.0%
149th	El Salvador	207.6	2.2%
150th	Trinidad and Tobago	210.4	1.2%
151st	India	215.5	2.4%
152nd	Tuvalu	222.9	4.4%
153rd	Germany	223.9	-0.2%
154th	Sri Lanka	224.0	1.8%
155th	United Kingdom	232.3	0.0%
156th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	261.5	0.8%
157th	Virgin Islands (US)	266.3	-3.1%
158th	Lebanon	270.0	1.3%
159th	Grenada	285.3	-0.6%
160th	Japan	310.8	1.0%
161st	Aruba	325.4	0.4%
162nd	San Marino	333.6	4.7%
163rd	Puerto Rico (US)	348.2	1.5%
164th	Nauru	358.2	1.4%
165th	Korea	377.5	1.6%
166th	Netherlands	410.4	0.6%
167th	Bahrain	453.4	5.0%
168th	Mauritius	453.9	1.6%
169th	Maldives	506.4	3.0%
170th	Barbados	585.2	0.1%
171st	Bangladesh	628.9	2.5%
172nd	Channel Islands	655.2	0.3%
173rd	Malta	959.3	0.4%
174th	Bermuda	987.4	0.2%
175th	Gibraltar	2,830.0	0.6%
176th	Singapore	3,470.6	1.4%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	4,583.7	2.5%
178th	Macao SAR, China	11,647.5	-1.1%
179th	Monaco	12,961.5	1.5%

FAQ

What was United Kingdom's population density in 1977?▾

United Kingdom's population density in 1977 was 232.3. This ranked 155th globally.

How did United Kingdom's population density change in 1977?▾

United Kingdom's population density decreased by 0.0% in 1977 compared to 1976.

Which country had the highest population density in 1977?▾

Monaco had the highest population density in 1977 at 12,961.5.

What is the population density of United Kingdom in 1977?▾

The population density of United Kingdom in 1977 was 232.3. This ranked 155th globally.

How does 1977 compare to 1976 for United Kingdom's population density?▾

United Kingdom's population density went from 232.3 in 1976 to 232.3 in 1977, a 0.0% decrease.

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