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United States - Population Density 1975

Name: United States Population Density 1975
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

23.6 +0.2 from 1974 Global rank: 67th

United States's population density was 23.6 in 1975, increased +0.2 from 23.3 in 1974. This was the 67th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1975▾

Population Density by Country - 1975
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	0.2%
2nd	Mongolia	1.0	2.9%
3rd	Namibia	1.1	3.1%
4th	Mauritania	1.2	3.0%
5th	Botswana	1.3	5.1%
6th	Libya	1.5	5.7%
7th	Australia	1.8	1.2%
8th	Saudi Arabia	2.1	5.4%
9th	Iceland	2.2	1.3%
10th	Suriname	2.4	-0.6%
11th	Oman	2.5	4.3%
12th	Gabon	2.6	2.2%
13th	Canada	2.6	1.5%
14th	Chad	3.3	2.2%
15th	Central African Republic	3.7	2.0%
16th	Guyana	3.8	0.9%
17th	Niger	4.2	2.7%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	4.7	2.3%
19th	Congo, Republic of	4.8	2.8%
20th	Angola	5.5	3.5%
21st	Mali	5.6	1.8%
22nd	Belize	5.7	1.7%
23rd	Papua New Guinea	6.2	2.3%
24th	Algeria	6.6	3.6%
25th	Zambia	6.7	3.0%
26th	Paraguay	6.8	2.5%
27th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	6.8	2.5%
28th	Turks and Caicos Islands	6.8	3.0%
29th	Solomon Islands	7.2	2.9%
30th	New Caledonia	7.5	4.6%
31st	United Arab Emirates	7.6	11.0%
32nd	Bhutan	7.8	3.5%
33rd	Vanuatu	8.2	3.1%
34th	Djibouti	9.1	9.0%
35th	Argentina	9.5	1.6%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	10.2	2.7%
37th	Equatorial Guinea	10.3	-2.4%
38th	Norway	11.0	0.6%
39th	New Zealand	11.7	2.0%
40th	Peru	12.0	2.5%
41st	Mozambique	12.1	3.3%
42nd	Brazil	12.9	2.4%
43rd	Lao PDR	13.0	2.2%
44th	Madagascar	13.3	3.1%
45th	Chile	14.4	1.6%
46th	Yemen, Republic of	15.4	3.0%
47th	Finland	15.5	0.4%
48th	Cameroon	15.6	2.8%
49th	Zimbabwe	15.8	3.2%
50th	Uruguay	16.4	0.6%
51st	Qatar	16.6	8.9%
52nd	Liberia	17.3	2.7%
53rd	Tanzania	18.2	3.7%
54th	Guinea	18.9	1.6%
55th	Afghanistan	19.6	2.4%
56th	Sweden	20.1	0.4%
57th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	20.8	3.1%
58th	Bahamas, The	21.0	2.2%
59th	Colombia	21.0	2.2%
60th	South Africa	21.2	2.8%
61st	Côte d'Ivoire	21.3	4.7%
62nd	Jordan	21.5	3.3%
63rd	Burkina Faso	22.5	2.0%
64th	Guinea-Bissau	23.1	6.1%
65th	Panama	23.3	2.6%
66th	Nicaragua	23.4	3.1%
67th	United States	23.6	1.0%
68th	Kenya	23.7	3.4%
69th	Ecuador	25.7	2.9%
70th	Iraq	26.4	3.4%
71st	Senegal	26.9	2.8%
72nd	Honduras	28.5	3.0%
73rd	Faroe Islands	29.1	1.2%
74th	Eswatini	29.5	3.0%
75th	Brunei Darussalam	30.0	3.5%
76th	Mexico	30.3	2.9%
77th	Benin	30.6	2.5%
78th	Fiji	31.5	1.5%
79th	Malaysia	34.9	2.4%
80th	French Polynesia	36.6	3.1%
81st	Cambodia	37.3	-3.0%
82nd	Tunisia	37.6	2.7%
83rd	Morocco	38.4	2.5%
84th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	39.1	2.4%
85th	Lesotho	40.0	3.5%
86th	Timor-Leste	40.2	1.2%
87th	Costa Rica	41.0	2.6%
88th	Syrian Arab Republic	41.1	3.5%
89th	Sierra Leone	41.2	1.9%
90th	Ghana	45.2	2.9%
91st	Myanmar	46.2	2.0%
92nd	Ireland	46.3	1.7%
93rd	Togo	47.3	2.5%
94th	Türkiye	53.3	2.1%
95th	Samoa	54.2	2.6%
96th	Malawi	56.1	2.8%
97th	Guatemala	57.2	2.5%
98th	Cayman Islands	57.5	5.1%
99th	Uganda	58.7	2.6%
100th	Andorra	59.1	6.3%
101st	Gambia, The	60.0	3.0%
102nd	Kuwait	62.0	6.4%
103rd	Nigeria	69.6	2.8%
104th	Greece	70.2	0.9%
105th	British Virgin Islands	70.7	1.1%
106th	Cyprus	71.4	-0.6%
107th	Spain	71.6	1.1%
108th	Indonesia	72.8	2.6%
109th	Kiribati	75.3	-0.4%
110th	Cabo Verde	75.9	1.1%
111th	Bulgaria	78.8	0.5%
112th	Thailand	80.1	2.5%
113th	Albania	87.8	2.3%
114th	Cuba	88.3	1.1%
115th	Pakistan	90.1	3.0%
116th	São Tomé and Principe	90.3	2.4%
117th	Austria	91.8	-0.3%
118th	Romania	92.4	1.3%
119th	Dominica	95.4	0.7%
120th	Nepal	97.0	2.2%
121st	China	97.6	1.8%
122nd	Portugal	99.4	3.9%
123rd	France	100.2	0.5%
124th	Dominican Republic	104.5	2.7%
125th	Isle of Man	105.2	1.4%
126th	European Union	110.8	0.6%
127th	Poland	111.1	1.0%
128th	Hungary	117.2	0.6%
129th	St. Kitts and Nevis	124.6	-0.3%
130th	Denmark	126.5	0.3%
131st	Seychelles	128.9	2.3%
132nd	Tonga	129.2	2.6%
133rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	140.9	1.8%
134th	Philippines	141.3	2.3%
135th	Viet Nam	142.8	2.4%
136th	Antigua and Barbuda	145.1	-0.3%
137th	American Samoa	147.0	1.8%
138th	Burundi	147.8	2.5%
139th	Liechtenstein	149.0	1.7%
140th	Comoros	154.6	3.5%
141st	Israel	159.7	2.3%
142nd	Switzerland	160.4	0.0%
143rd	St. Lucia	181.5	1.5%
144th	Guam	183.4	2.2%
145th	Haiti	185.0	1.9%
146th	Jamaica	186.4	1.4%
147th	Rwanda	186.8	3.0%
148th	Italy	188.5	0.6%
149th	El Salvador	197.6	2.3%
150th	Tuvalu	203.9	5.1%
151st	Trinidad and Tobago	205.4	1.2%
152nd	India	205.6	2.4%
153rd	Sri Lanka	216.1	1.8%
154th	Germany	225.3	-0.4%
155th	United Kingdom	232.4	0.0%
156th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	257.4	0.8%
157th	Lebanon	263.3	2.2%
158th	Virgin Islands (US)	270.0	5.1%
159th	Grenada	288.6	-0.4%
160th	Japan	304.4	1.3%
161st	San Marino	317.4	0.1%
162nd	Aruba	323.9	-0.1%
163rd	Puerto Rico (US)	337.5	1.9%
164th	Nauru	349.4	0.9%
165th	Korea	365.8	1.7%
166th	Netherlands	404.8	0.9%
167th	Bahrain	410.5	5.3%
168th	Mauritius	439.4	1.6%
169th	Maldives	477.2	3.0%
170th	Barbados	584.1	0.2%
171st	Bangladesh	598.1	2.7%
172nd	Channel Islands	650.4	0.7%
173rd	Malta	950.7	0.7%
174th	Bermuda	983.9	0.1%
175th	Gibraltar	2,795.1	0.7%
176th	Singapore	3,377.0	1.5%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	4,417.4	2.9%
178th	Macao SAR, China	11,910.0	-1.0%
179th	Monaco	12,580.2	1.1%

FAQ

What was United States's population density in 1975?▾

United States's population density in 1975 was 23.6. This ranked 67th globally.

How did United States's population density change in 1975?▾

United States's population density increased by 1.0% in 1975 compared to 1974.

Which country had the highest population density in 1975?▾

Monaco had the highest population density in 1975 at 12,580.2.

What is the population density of United States in 1975?▾

The population density of United States in 1975 was 23.6. This ranked 67th globally.

How does 1975 compare to 1974 for United States's population density?▾

United States's population density went from 23.3 in 1974 to 23.6 in 1975, a 1.0% increase.

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