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United Kingdom - Population Density 1999

Name: United Kingdom Population Density 1999
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

242.6 +0.8 from 1998 Global rank: 166th

United Kingdom's population density was 242.6 in 1999, increased +0.8 from 241.8 in 1998. This was the 166th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1999▾

Population Density by Country - 1999
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	0.0%
2nd	Mongolia	1.5	1.4%
3rd	Namibia	2.2	2.5%
4th	Australia	2.4	1.1%
5th	Mauritania	2.5	2.7%
6th	Iceland	2.8	1.2%
7th	Botswana	2.9	2.2%
8th	Suriname	2.9	2.1%
9th	Libya	3.0	1.5%
10th	Canada	3.4	0.8%
11th	Guyana	3.9	0.1%
12th	Gabon	4.8	2.6%
13th	Kazakhstan	5.7	-1.2%
14th	Central African Republic	6.0	2.8%
15th	Chad	6.5	3.6%
16th	Saudi Arabia	7.2	3.7%
17th	Oman	7.3	1.4%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	7.8	1.8%
19th	Niger	8.8	3.5%
20th	Congo, Republic of	8.9	2.7%
21st	Russian Federation	9.0	-0.4%
22nd	Mali	9.2	2.8%
23rd	Turkmenistan	9.6	1.9%
24th	Belize	10.2	3.5%
25th	Papua New Guinea	11.8	3.5%
26th	New Caledonia	12.0	2.1%
27th	Norway	12.2	0.7%
28th	Angola	12.6	3.4%
29th	Paraguay	12.6	2.1%
30th	Algeria	12.8	1.4%
31st	Zambia	13.1	2.7%
32nd	Argentina	13.4	1.2%
33rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	13.5	4.1%
34th	New Zealand	14.6	0.5%
35th	Bhutan	14.6	2.3%
36th	Vanuatu	14.9	2.1%
37th	Solomon Islands	15.4	2.7%
38th	Finland	17.0	0.2%
39th	Uruguay	18.6	0.5%
40th	Turks and Caicos Islands	18.9	4.3%
41st	Peru	20.5	1.7%
42nd	Brazil	20.5	1.5%
43rd	Chile	20.6	1.3%
44th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	21.6	3.4%
45th	Sweden	21.7	0.1%
46th	Eritrea	21.9	1.5%
47th	Mozambique	22.6	2.3%
48th	Lao PDR	23.1	1.8%
49th	Equatorial Guinea	23.8	4.0%
50th	Kyrgyz Republic	25.2	1.5%
51st	Madagascar	27.5	3.3%
52nd	Liberia	29.3	5.7%
53rd	Zimbabwe	30.5	1.6%
54th	United States	30.5	1.2%
55th	Afghanistan	30.5	3.8%
56th	Cameroon	30.7	2.7%
57th	Djibouti	31.2	3.6%
58th	Bahamas, The	31.9	1.3%
59th	Faroe Islands	32.3	1.1%
60th	Estonia	32.8	0.3%
61st	Guinea	33.6	2.3%
62nd	Colombia	34.7	1.8%
63rd	Yemen, Republic of	36.0	3.2%
64th	Tanzania	37.6	2.7%
65th	Latvia	38.4	-0.8%
66th	South Africa	38.5	1.1%
67th	Panama	39.7	2.0%
68th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	40.2	1.4%
69th	Palau	41.1	2.0%
70th	Nicaragua	41.2	1.4%
71st	Burkina Faso	42.3	3.0%
72nd	Guinea-Bissau	43.0	1.9%
73rd	Tajikistan	44.4	0.5%
74th	Fiji	45.5	1.2%
75th	United Arab Emirates	46.0	7.4%
76th	Belarus	49.4	-0.5%
77th	Mexico	50.0	1.6%
78th	Ecuador	50.2	1.8%
79th	Senegal	50.5	2.4%
80th	Kenya	52.2	2.9%
81st	Qatar	52.8	5.5%
82nd	Iraq	54.0	3.3%
83rd	Côte d'Ivoire	54.1	3.3%
84th	Ireland	54.5	1.1%
85th	Timor-Leste	56.1	-11.4%
86th	Lithuania	56.2	-0.7%
87th	Honduras	57.2	2.7%
88th	Uzbekistan	57.5	1.4%
89th	Jordan	59.8	2.2%
90th	Sierra Leone	59.8	0.5%
91st	Eswatini	59.9	1.1%
92nd	Brunei Darussalam	60.6	2.2%
93rd	Benin	62.1	3.1%
94th	Tunisia	62.2	1.2%
95th	Morocco	62.8	1.5%
96th	Samoa	63.7	0.8%
97th	French Polynesia	64.6	1.6%
98th	Lesotho	66.0	0.3%
99th	Malaysia	68.3	2.4%
100th	Myanmar	68.5	1.2%
101st	Cambodia	69.5	1.7%
102nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	71.8	2.3%
103rd	Georgia	72.7	-2.0%
104th	Bulgaria	74.2	-0.6%
105th	Costa Rica	75.6	2.1%
106th	North Macedonia	79.3	0.5%
107th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	80.7	1.0%
108th	Croatia	80.7	-0.4%
109th	Spain	80.9	0.4%
110th	Greece	83.5	0.4%
111th	Türkiye	83.9	1.3%
112th	Ghana	84.2	2.5%
113th	Ukraine	86.3	-0.8%
114th	Syrian Arab Republic	88.3	2.6%
115th	Dominica	91.8	-0.4%
116th	Togo	91.9	2.9%
117th	Azerbaijan	96.5	1.4%
118th	Austria	96.9	0.2%
119th	Romania	97.9	-0.2%
120th	Slovenia	98.5	0.1%
121st	Cyprus	100.8	1.8%
122nd	Moldova	102.0	-0.1%
123rd	Cuba	103.1	0.3%
124th	Guatemala	106.6	2.5%
125th	Kuwait	106.6	3.0%
126th	Kiribati	107.6	1.7%
127th	European Union	108.2	0.2%
128th	Cabo Verde	110.8	1.5%
129th	Armenia	111.2	-1.3%
130th	Portugal	111.7	0.6%
131st	Slovak Republic	112.2	0.1%
132nd	France	112.3	0.5%
133rd	Albania	113.5	-0.6%
134th	Hungary	114.0	-0.3%
135th	Uganda	116.4	3.3%
136th	Malawi	117.2	2.4%
137th	Indonesia	117.6	1.5%
138th	Thailand	121.9	1.3%
139th	Poland	126.2	0.0%
140th	Isle of Man	131.2	1.3%
141st	British Virgin Islands	131.5	2.6%
142nd	Denmark	133.0	0.3%
143rd	Czechia	133.1	-0.1%
144th	China	133.4	0.9%
145th	Nigeria	135.1	2.7%
146th	Andorra	139.8	0.5%
147th	Gambia, The	139.9	2.8%
148th	Tonga	141.7	0.6%
149th	Northern Mariana Islands	143.3	7.5%
150th	São Tomé and Principe	148.4	1.2%
151st	Cayman Islands	159.5	3.7%
152nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	159.5	0.3%
153rd	Antigua and Barbuda	167.4	1.7%
154th	Nepal	168.7	1.9%
155th	St. Kitts and Nevis	171.5	1.4%
156th	Seychelles	174.8	2.0%
157th	Dominican Republic	174.8	1.6%
158th	Switzerland	180.7	0.5%
159th	Italy	193.5	0.0%
160th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	195.1	0.8%
161st	Pakistan	195.3	2.8%
162nd	Liechtenstein	201.4	1.7%
163rd	Viet Nam	234.4	1.3%
164th	Germany	235.3	0.1%
165th	Jamaica	239.1	0.8%
166th	United Kingdom	242.6	0.3%
167th	Burundi	246.8	2.4%
168th	Trinidad and Tobago	256.3	0.3%
169th	St. Lucia	256.9	1.3%
170th	Philippines	260.8	2.6%
171st	Marshall Islands	278.9	1.0%
172nd	American Samoa	281.2	1.7%
173rd	Comoros	282.6	1.8%
174th	Israel	283.0	2.6%
175th	El Salvador	285.4	0.6%
176th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	290.7	0.2%
177th	Guam	293.1	1.3%
178th	Haiti	295.8	1.9%
179th	Sri Lanka	302.1	1.9%
180th	Virgin Islands (US)	310.3	0.1%
181st	Grenada	313.9	0.7%
182nd	Tuvalu	316.5	0.5%
183rd	Rwanda	330.3	0.8%
184th	Japan	347.4	0.2%
185th	India	349.2	1.9%
186th	Lebanon	416.0	1.8%
187th	Puerto Rico (US)	428.4	0.5%
188th	San Marino	441.0	1.3%
189th	Netherlands	468.4	0.7%
190th	West Bank and Gaza	473.2	2.6%
191st	Korea	483.3	0.7%
192nd	Aruba	498.1	1.4%
193rd	Nauru	509.4	-0.1%
194th	Mauritius	578.9	1.3%
195th	Barbados	610.5	0.0%
196th	Channel Islands	745.2	0.4%
197th	Bahrain	874.6	2.7%
198th	Maldives	924.7	1.7%
199th	Bangladesh	1,014.9	1.9%
200th	Bermuda	1,131.9	0.8%
201st	Malta	1,211.2	0.6%
202nd	Gibraltar	2,769.2	0.2%
203rd	Singapore	5,908.5	0.8%
204th	Hong Kong SAR, China	6,291.9	1.0%
205th	Monaco	15,989.1	0.4%
206th	Macao SAR, China	21,370.0	1.2%

FAQ

What was United Kingdom's population density in 1999?▾

United Kingdom's population density in 1999 was 242.6. This ranked 166th globally.

How did United Kingdom's population density change in 1999?▾

United Kingdom's population density increased by 0.3% in 1999 compared to 1998.

Which country had the highest population density in 1999?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1999 at 21,370.0.

What is the population density of United Kingdom in 1999?▾

The population density of United Kingdom in 1999 was 242.6. This ranked 166th globally.

How does 1999 compare to 1998 for United Kingdom's population density?▾

United Kingdom's population density went from 241.8 in 1998 to 242.6 in 1999, a 0.3% increase.

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