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United States - Population Density 1973

Name: United States Population Density 1973
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

23.1 +0.2 from 1972 Global rank: 68th

United States's population density was 23.1 in 1973, increased +0.2 from 22.9 in 1972. This was the 68th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1973▾

Population Density by Country - 1973
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	1.4%
2nd	Mongolia	0.9	2.8%
3rd	Namibia	1.0	3.0%
4th	Botswana	1.2	4.8%
5th	Mauritania	1.2	3.0%
6th	Libya	1.3	4.0%
7th	Australia	1.7	1.5%
8th	Saudi Arabia	1.9	5.1%
9th	Iceland	2.1	1.5%
10th	Oman	2.3	2.9%
11th	Gabon	2.5	2.1%
12th	Suriname	2.5	-0.4%
13th	Canada	2.5	1.2%
14th	Chad	3.2	2.4%
15th	Central African Republic	3.6	1.9%
16th	Guyana	3.7	1.2%
17th	Niger	4.0	2.7%
18th	Congo, Republic of	4.5	3.2%
19th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	4.5	2.3%
20th	Angola	5.1	3.5%
21st	Mali	5.4	1.7%
22nd	Belize	5.5	1.4%
23rd	Papua New Guinea	5.9	2.4%
24th	United Arab Emirates	6.1	13.3%
25th	Algeria	6.2	2.4%
26th	Zambia	6.3	2.9%
27th	Turks and Caicos Islands	6.4	3.0%
28th	Paraguay	6.4	2.4%
29th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	6.4	2.7%
30th	Solomon Islands	6.8	2.6%
31st	New Caledonia	6.9	4.7%
32nd	Bhutan	7.3	3.5%
33rd	Djibouti	7.7	7.3%
34th	Vanuatu	7.7	3.1%
35th	Argentina	9.2	1.6%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	9.6	2.7%
37th	Equatorial Guinea	10.8	-2.3%
38th	Norway	10.8	0.7%
39th	New Zealand	11.2	2.0%
40th	Mozambique	11.4	3.0%
41st	Peru	11.4	2.6%
42nd	Brazil	12.3	2.5%
43rd	Lao PDR	12.4	2.5%
44th	Madagascar	12.5	3.0%
45th	Chile	13.9	1.6%
46th	Qatar	13.9	10.5%
47th	Yemen, Republic of	14.5	2.9%
48th	Zimbabwe	14.8	3.2%
49th	Cameroon	14.8	2.8%
50th	Finland	15.3	0.6%
51st	Uruguay	16.2	0.5%
52nd	Liberia	16.4	2.7%
53rd	Tanzania	16.9	3.7%
54th	Guinea	18.3	1.7%
55th	Afghanistan	18.6	2.6%
56th	Côte d'Ivoire	19.4	4.7%
57th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	19.5	3.0%
58th	Sweden	20.0	0.2%
59th	South Africa	20.0	2.9%
60th	Bahamas, The	20.1	2.4%
61st	Colombia	20.1	2.3%
62nd	Jordan	20.2	3.7%
63rd	Guinea-Bissau	21.1	1.1%
64th	Burkina Faso	21.6	1.8%
65th	Nicaragua	22.0	2.9%
66th	Panama	22.1	2.7%
67th	Kenya	22.2	3.5%
68th	United States	23.1	1.0%
69th	Ecuador	24.3	3.0%
70th	Iraq	24.7	3.5%
71st	Senegal	25.4	3.0%
72nd	Honduras	26.9	3.1%
73rd	Eswatini	27.9	2.8%
74th	Brunei Darussalam	28.0	3.6%
75th	Faroe Islands	28.4	1.2%
76th	Mexico	28.6	3.0%
77th	Benin	29.1	2.4%
78th	Fiji	30.6	1.6%
79th	Malaysia	33.3	2.4%
80th	French Polynesia	34.4	3.3%
81st	Tunisia	35.6	2.6%
82nd	Morocco	36.6	2.5%
83rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	37.3	2.3%
84th	Lesotho	37.3	3.5%
85th	Cambodia	38.2	1.0%
86th	Syrian Arab Republic	38.4	3.4%
87th	Costa Rica	38.9	2.6%
88th	Timor-Leste	39.2	1.7%
89th	Sierra Leone	39.7	1.9%
90th	Ghana	42.7	2.9%
91st	Myanmar	44.4	2.1%
92nd	Ireland	44.8	1.6%
93rd	Togo	45.0	2.7%
94th	Türkiye	51.1	2.3%
95th	Samoa	51.8	1.4%
96th	Cayman Islands	51.8	5.7%
97th	Andorra	52.2	6.8%
98th	Malawi	53.1	2.7%
99th	Guatemala	54.4	2.6%
100th	Kuwait	54.9	6.2%
101st	Uganda	55.8	2.4%
102nd	Gambia, The	56.5	3.0%
103rd	Nigeria	66.0	2.5%
104th	British Virgin Islands	69.1	1.3%
105th	Indonesia	69.2	2.7%
106th	Greece	69.3	0.5%
107th	Spain	70.0	1.1%
108th	Cyprus	72.1	0.7%
109th	Cabo Verde	74.4	0.8%
110th	Kiribati	75.1	1.7%
111th	Thailand	76.2	2.7%
112th	Bulgaria	77.9	0.5%
113th	Albania	83.8	2.4%
114th	Pakistan	84.9	3.0%
115th	Cuba	86.2	1.4%
116th	São Tomé and Principe	86.2	2.2%
117th	Romania	90.5	0.9%
118th	Austria	91.9	0.6%
119th	Nepal	92.8	2.2%
120th	China	93.9	2.3%
121st	Dominica	94.1	0.7%
122nd	Portugal	94.4	0.0%
123rd	Dominican Republic	99.0	2.8%
124th	France	99.1	0.8%
125th	Isle of Man	102.2	1.5%
126th	Poland	108.9	0.9%
127th	European Union	109.5	0.6%
128th	Hungary	116.0	0.3%
129th	Tonga	123.3	1.7%
130th	Seychelles	123.7	1.5%
131st	St. Kitts and Nevis	125.4	-0.3%
132nd	Denmark	125.5	0.6%
133rd	Philippines	135.1	2.3%
134th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	135.8	2.3%
135th	Viet Nam	136.4	2.3%
136th	Burundi	140.7	-0.1%
137th	American Samoa	142.2	1.6%
138th	Liechtenstein	142.4	3.0%
139th	Comoros	144.4	3.4%
140th	Antigua and Barbuda	146.2	-0.4%
141st	Israel	151.5	4.1%
142nd	Switzerland	159.6	0.7%
143rd	Guam	175.5	2.3%
144th	Rwanda	176.1	3.0%
145th	St. Lucia	176.2	1.4%
146th	Haiti	178.0	1.9%
147th	Jamaica	181.1	1.5%
148th	Italy	186.2	0.7%
149th	El Salvador	188.9	2.4%
150th	Tuvalu	189.4	-0.2%
151st	India	196.2	2.3%
152nd	Trinidad and Tobago	200.4	1.3%
153rd	Sri Lanka	208.3	2.0%
154th	Germany	226.1	0.3%
155th	United Kingdom	232.3	0.2%
156th	Virgin Islands (US)	240.3	10.2%
157th	Lebanon	251.5	2.5%
158th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	253.1	0.9%
159th	Grenada	290.3	-0.1%
160th	Japan	296.5	1.4%
161st	San Marino	316.5	1.1%
162nd	Aruba	323.9	0.4%
163rd	Puerto Rico (US)	324.6	2.2%
164th	Nauru	343.3	0.8%
165th	Korea	353.5	1.8%
166th	Bahrain	370.0	5.5%
167th	Netherlands	398.1	0.8%
168th	Mauritius	426.0	1.5%
169th	Maldives	449.8	3.0%
170th	Bangladesh	566.4	2.9%
171st	Barbados	582.1	0.3%
172nd	Channel Islands	640.8	0.9%
173rd	Malta	944.4	-0.1%
174th	Bermuda	980.5	0.3%
175th	Gibraltar	2,753.7	0.9%
176th	Singapore	3,273.1	1.9%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	4,158.4	2.9%
178th	Macao SAR, China	12,140.0	-0.9%
179th	Monaco	12,369.0	0.8%

FAQ

What was United States's population density in 1973?▾

United States's population density in 1973 was 23.1. This ranked 68th globally.

How did United States's population density change in 1973?▾

United States's population density increased by 1.0% in 1973 compared to 1972.

Which country had the highest population density in 1973?▾

Monaco had the highest population density in 1973 at 12,369.0.

What is the population density of United States in 1973?▾

The population density of United States in 1973 was 23.1. This ranked 68th globally.

How does 1973 compare to 1972 for United States's population density?▾

United States's population density went from 22.9 in 1972 to 23.1 in 1973, a 1.0% increase.

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