United Kingdom - Population Density 1980
232.8
+0.3 from 1979
United Kingdom's population density was 232.8 in 1980, increased +0.3 from 232.5 in 1979. This was the 153rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1980▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greenland | 0.1 | 1.2% |
| 2nd | Mongolia | 1.1 | 2.4% |
| 3rd | Namibia | 1.2 | 1.9% |
| 4th | Mauritania | 1.4 | 2.9% |
| 5th | Botswana | 1.7 | 4.0% |
| 6th | Australia | 1.9 | 1.2% |
| 7th | Libya | 1.9 | 5.9% |
| 8th | Iceland | 2.3 | 1.1% |
| 9th | Suriname | 2.3 | -0.6% |
| 10th | Canada | 2.7 | 1.3% |
| 11th | Saudi Arabia | 2.8 | 6.0% |
| 12th | Gabon | 2.9 | 2.6% |
| 13th | Oman | 3.2 | 5.5% |
| 14th | Chad | 3.6 | 0.2% |
| 15th | Central African Republic | 3.9 | 1.1% |
| 16th | Guyana | 3.9 | 0.6% |
| 17th | Niger | 4.8 | 3.0% |
| 18th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.3 | 2.3% |
| 19th | Congo, Republic of | 5.4 | 2.3% |
| 20th | Mali | 6.2 | 2.1% |
| 21st | Belize | 6.4 | 2.4% |
| 22nd | Angola | 6.5 | 3.7% |
| 23rd | Papua New Guinea | 6.9 | 2.1% |
| 24th | Paraguay | 7.7 | 2.7% |
| 25th | Zambia | 7.8 | 3.0% |
| 26th | Algeria | 7.8 | 3.2% |
| 27th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 8.0 | 3.5% |
| 28th | New Caledonia | 8.2 | 1.1% |
| 29th | Solomon Islands | 8.5 | 3.6% |
| 30th | Bhutan | 9.3 | 3.4% |
| 31st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 9.5 | 8.9% |
| 32nd | Vanuatu | 9.5 | 2.3% |
| 33rd | Argentina | 10.2 | 1.6% |
| 34th | Equatorial Guinea | 10.3 | 3.1% |
| 35th | Norway | 11.2 | 0.3% |
| 36th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 11.8 | 3.2% |
| 37th | New Zealand | 11.8 | 0.1% |
| 38th | Peru | 13.6 | 2.5% |
| 39th | Djibouti | 14.1 | 7.0% |
| 40th | Lao PDR | 14.3 | 2.0% |
| 41st | United Arab Emirates | 14.3 | 11.4% |
| 42nd | Mozambique | 14.4 | 2.8% |
| 43rd | Brazil | 14.5 | 2.4% |
| 44th | Chile | 15.5 | 1.5% |
| 45th | Madagascar | 15.5 | 3.1% |
| 46th | Finland | 15.7 | 0.3% |
| 47th | Uruguay | 16.9 | 0.4% |
| 48th | Cameroon | 18.0 | 3.3% |
| 49th | Yemen, Republic of | 18.1 | 3.5% |
| 50th | Zimbabwe | 18.2 | 5.9% |
| 51st | Liberia | 20.0 | 3.0% |
| 52nd | Afghanistan | 20.2 | -3.6% |
| 53rd | Sweden | 20.4 | 0.2% |
| 54th | Guinea | 20.5 | 1.8% |
| 55th | Tanzania | 21.7 | 3.2% |
| 56th | Bahamas, The | 23.2 | 1.9% |
| 57th | Colombia | 23.5 | 2.3% |
| 58th | Qatar | 23.8 | 6.7% |
| 59th | South Africa | 24.3 | 3.1% |
| 60th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 24.5 | 3.7% |
| 61st | United States | 24.8 | 1.0% |
| 62nd | Jordan | 25.3 | 3.7% |
| 63rd | Burkina Faso | 25.4 | 2.7% |
| 64th | Côte d'Ivoire | 25.9 | 4.0% |
| 65th | Panama | 26.3 | 2.4% |
| 66th | Nicaragua | 27.0 | 2.8% |
| 67th | Kenya | 28.1 | 3.6% |
| 68th | Cambodia | 29.5 | 2.2% |
| 69th | Guinea-Bissau | 29.5 | 1.2% |
| 70th | Ecuador | 29.5 | 2.7% |
| 71st | Senegal | 30.4 | 2.5% |
| 72nd | Faroe Islands | 30.9 | 1.3% |
| 73rd | Iraq | 31.1 | 3.2% |
| 74th | Honduras | 33.3 | 3.1% |
| 75th | Mexico | 34.6 | 2.5% |
| 76th | Eswatini | 34.7 | 3.4% |
| 77th | Benin | 34.8 | 2.8% |
| 78th | Fiji | 35.1 | 2.4% |
| 79th | Brunei Darussalam | 35.3 | 3.2% |
| 80th | Malaysia | 39.5 | 2.8% |
| 81st | Tunisia | 42.5 | 2.3% |
| 82nd | French Polynesia | 42.8 | 3.2% |
| 83rd | Morocco | 43.6 | 2.7% |
| 84th | Timor-Leste | 43.7 | 1.7% |
| 85th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 44.2 | 2.6% |
| 86th | Sierra Leone | 45.3 | 2.0% |
| 87th | Lesotho | 46.3 | 3.0% |
| 88th | Costa Rica | 46.8 | 2.8% |
| 89th | Syrian Arab Republic | 48.7 | 3.4% |
| 90th | Ireland | 49.5 | 1.2% |
| 91st | Myanmar | 50.8 | 1.9% |
| 92nd | Ghana | 52.5 | 3.0% |
| 93rd | Togo | 53.7 | 2.9% |
| 94th | Samoa | 58.1 | 0.9% |
| 95th | Türkiye | 59.0 | 2.0% |
| 96th | Guatemala | 64.4 | 2.6% |
| 97th | Uganda | 66.4 | 2.1% |
| 98th | Malawi | 66.5 | 3.9% |
| 99th | Gambia, The | 70.5 | 3.5% |
| 100th | Cayman Islands | 71.2 | 4.5% |
| 101st | Cyprus | 73.9 | 0.8% |
| 102nd | British Virgin Islands | 74.2 | 1.5% |
| 103rd | Greece | 74.8 | 1.0% |
| 104th | Spain | 75.1 | 0.8% |
| 105th | Kiribati | 75.5 | 1.6% |
| 106th | Andorra | 76.1 | 4.3% |
| 107th | Bulgaria | 80.1 | 0.4% |
| 108th | Cabo Verde | 80.2 | 1.2% |
| 109th | Nigeria | 81.0 | 3.2% |
| 110th | Indonesia | 82.2 | 2.4% |
| 111th | Kuwait | 84.4 | 5.7% |
| 112th | Thailand | 89.4 | 2.1% |
| 113th | Cuba | 91.3 | 0.4% |
| 114th | Austria | 91.5 | 0.0% |
| 115th | Romania | 96.4 | 0.5% |
| 116th | Dominica | 97.4 | 0.2% |
| 117th | Albania | 97.5 | 2.1% |
| 118th | France | 102.6 | 0.5% |
| 119th | São Tomé and Principe | 102.7 | 2.4% |
| 120th | China | 104.5 | 1.3% |
| 121st | Portugal | 106.7 | 1.1% |
| 122nd | Pakistan | 106.7 | 4.2% |
| 123rd | Nepal | 108.8 | 2.4% |
| 124th | Isle of Man | 112.4 | 1.3% |
| 125th | European Union | 113.5 | 0.5% |
| 126th | Poland | 116.1 | 0.9% |
| 127th | Dominican Republic | 118.6 | 2.5% |
| 128th | Hungary | 119.1 | 0.1% |
| 129th | Denmark | 128.1 | 0.1% |
| 130th | Tonga | 135.8 | 0.2% |
| 131st | Seychelles | 137.5 | 0.9% |
| 132nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 146.6 | 0.4% |
| 133rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 151.5 | 1.4% |
| 134th | Liechtenstein | 159.5 | -0.2% |
| 135th | Switzerland | 159.9 | 0.4% |
| 136th | Philippines | 161.1 | 2.6% |
| 137th | Viet Nam | 161.3 | 2.2% |
| 138th | American Samoa | 162.0 | 2.5% |
| 139th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 164.8 | 34.0% |
| 140th | Burundi | 170.7 | 4.3% |
| 141st | Israel | 179.2 | 2.4% |
| 142nd | Comoros | 181.5 | 3.0% |
| 143rd | Italy | 191.9 | 0.2% |
| 144th | St. Lucia | 195.6 | 1.5% |
| 145th | Jamaica | 198.1 | 1.2% |
| 146th | Haiti | 203.7 | 1.9% |
| 147th | Guam | 204.0 | 2.3% |
| 148th | Rwanda | 217.0 | 3.2% |
| 149th | Trinidad and Tobago | 218.7 | 1.3% |
| 150th | El Salvador | 219.1 | 1.3% |
| 151st | Germany | 224.2 | 0.2% |
| 152nd | India | 231.2 | 2.4% |
| 153rd | United Kingdom | 232.8 | 0.1% |
| 154th | Sri Lanka | 236.8 | 1.8% |
| 155th | Tuvalu | 245.5 | 2.5% |
| 156th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 267.2 | 0.7% |
| 157th | Grenada | 278.1 | -1.0% |
| 158th | Virgin Islands (US) | 284.7 | 3.6% |
| 159th | Lebanon | 287.9 | 2.2% |
| 160th | Japan | 318.9 | 0.8% |
| 161st | Aruba | 332.8 | 1.2% |
| 162nd | San Marino | 359.8 | 1.2% |
| 163rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 361.4 | 1.2% |
| 164th | Nauru | 382.5 | 2.4% |
| 165th | Korea | 395.2 | 1.6% |
| 166th | Netherlands | 419.1 | 0.8% |
| 167th | Mauritius | 475.9 | 1.7% |
| 168th | Bahrain | 520.3 | 4.5% |
| 169th | Maldives | 549.5 | 2.8% |
| 170th | Barbados | 584.9 | 0.1% |
| 171st | Channel Islands | 658.9 | 0.2% |
| 172nd | Bangladesh | 676.2 | 2.4% |
| 173rd | Malta | 989.5 | 1.1% |
| 174th | Bermuda | 993.9 | 0.3% |
| 175th | Gibraltar | 2,867.5 | 0.3% |
| 176th | Singapore | 3,602.9 | 1.3% |
| 177th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 5,063.1 | 2.7% |
| 178th | Macao SAR, China | 11,982.5 | 1.9% |
| 179th | Monaco | 13,380.4 | 0.9% |
FAQ
What was United Kingdom's population density in 1980?▾
United Kingdom's population density in 1980 was 232.8. This ranked 153rd globally.
How did United Kingdom's population density change in 1980?▾
United Kingdom's population density increased by 0.1% in 1980 compared to 1979.
Which country had the highest population density in 1980?▾
Monaco had the highest population density in 1980 at 13,380.4.
What is the population density of United Kingdom in 1980?▾
The population density of United Kingdom in 1980 was 232.8. This ranked 153rd globally.
How does 1980 compare to 1979 for United Kingdom's population density?▾
United Kingdom's population density went from 232.5 in 1979 to 232.8 in 1980, a 0.1% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
United Kingdom matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 1980. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 8.6%. View full analysis →
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