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West Bank and Gaza - Population Density 2008

Name: West Bank and Gaza Population Density 2008
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

596.7 +16.2 from 2007 Global rank: 197th

West Bank and Gaza's population density was 596.7 in 2008, increased +16.2 from 580.5 in 2007. This was the 197th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2008▾

Population Density by Country - 2008
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	-0.4%
2nd	Mongolia	1.7	1.6%
3rd	Namibia	2.5	1.4%
4th	Australia	2.8	2.0%
5th	Mauritania	3.1	2.9%
6th	Iceland	3.2	1.9%
7th	Suriname	3.3	1.2%
8th	Botswana	3.4	2.0%
9th	Libya	3.5	2.1%
10th	Canada	3.7	1.1%
11th	Guyana	3.8	-0.3%
12th	Kazakhstan	6.1	1.0%
13th	Gabon	6.2	3.3%
14th	Central African Republic	7.3	2.2%
15th	Oman	8.5	2.2%
16th	Russian Federation	8.7	0.0%
17th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	9.1	1.7%
18th	Chad	9.1	3.6%
19th	Saudi Arabia	10.8	4.1%
20th	Turkmenistan	11.4	1.9%
21st	Congo, Republic of	12.0	3.3%
22nd	Niger	12.1	3.8%
23rd	Mali	12.2	3.3%
24th	Norway	13.1	1.3%
25th	Belize	13.3	2.8%
26th	New Caledonia	13.9	1.2%
27th	Paraguay	14.1	1.0%
28th	Algeria	14.6	1.8%
29th	Argentina	14.8	1.0%
30th	Papua New Guinea	15.9	3.2%
31st	New Zealand	16.2	0.9%
32nd	Angola	17.3	3.9%
33rd	Finland	17.5	0.5%
34th	Zambia	17.5	3.6%
35th	Bhutan	18.0	1.1%
36th	Solomon Islands	18.2	1.7%
37th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	18.6	3.0%
38th	Vanuatu	18.6	2.5%
39th	Uruguay	18.9	0.2%
40th	Peru	22.4	0.7%
41st	Sweden	22.6	0.8%
42nd	Chile	22.6	1.0%
43rd	Brazil	22.8	1.0%
44th	Eritrea	23.3	2.6%
45th	Lao PDR	26.6	1.5%
46th	Kyrgyz Republic	27.7	1.0%
47th	Mozambique	27.7	2.5%
48th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	28.4	3.1%
49th	Turks and Caicos Islands	28.9	4.4%
50th	Estonia	31.5	-0.3%
51st	United States	33.2	1.1%
52nd	Zimbabwe	33.5	1.2%
53rd	Faroe Islands	34.8	0.3%
54th	Latvia	35.0	-1.0%
55th	Bahamas, The	35.8	1.4%
56th	Madagascar	36.0	3.0%
57th	Djibouti	38.5	2.1%
58th	Equatorial Guinea	38.7	4.7%
59th	Cameroon	39.3	2.9%
60th	Colombia	39.4	1.2%
61st	Liberia	39.7	4.1%
62nd	Guinea	40.3	2.4%
63rd	Afghanistan	40.6	2.2%
64th	Palau	41.3	-1.5%
65th	South Africa	42.1	1.2%
66th	Montenegro	45.9	0.2%
67th	Nicaragua	46.3	1.4%
68th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	46.4	1.2%
69th	Belarus	47.0	-0.3%
70th	Panama	47.1	1.8%
71st	Yemen, Republic of	47.6	3.3%
72nd	Tanzania	48.1	2.7%
73rd	Fiji	49.4	0.6%
74th	Lithuania	51.0	-1.0%
75th	Tajikistan	52.4	2.0%
76th	Guinea-Bissau	52.9	2.6%
77th	Burkina Faso	55.8	3.0%
78th	Mexico	56.8	1.5%
79th	Ecuador	58.7	1.7%
80th	Senegal	62.6	2.4%
81st	Uzbekistan	63.1	1.6%
82nd	Eswatini	63.8	0.7%
83rd	Lesotho	64.8	0.7%
84th	Ireland	65.2	2.1%
85th	Iraq	66.2	2.0%
86th	Samoa	67.2	0.7%
87th	Georgia	67.3	-0.3%
88th	Côte d'Ivoire	67.7	2.3%
89th	Tunisia	67.9	1.0%
90th	Kenya	68.9	3.1%
91st	Bulgaria	69.0	-0.7%
92nd	Timor-Leste	69.4	2.7%
93rd	Morocco	70.8	1.3%
94th	Honduras	71.6	2.3%
95th	Brunei Darussalam	71.7	1.9%
96th	Myanmar	74.1	0.6%
97th	Croatia	77.0	0.0%
98th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	77.1	-1.6%
99th	French Polynesia	77.3	0.7%
100th	North Macedonia	78.1	-0.6%
101st	Jordan	79.2	2.4%
102nd	Cambodia	79.6	1.5%
103rd	Ukraine	80.8	-0.5%
104th	Sierra Leone	81.7	2.5%
105th	Benin	81.8	3.1%
106th	Malaysia	83.9	2.1%
107th	Serbia	84.0	-0.4%
108th	Greece	85.9	0.3%
109th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	86.3	1.9%
110th	Costa Rica	87.0	1.4%
111th	United Arab Emirates	88.7	12.1%
112th	Romania	89.3	-1.7%
113th	Dominica	91.8	0.0%
114th	Spain	92.1	1.7%
115th	Türkiye	92.3	1.3%
116th	Moldova	99.9	-0.2%
117th	Slovenia	100.3	0.1%
118th	Austria	100.8	0.3%
119th	Azerbaijan	106.1	2.1%
120th	Cuba	106.1	0.0%
121st	Ghana	106.6	2.6%
122nd	Albania	107.6	-0.8%
123rd	Armenia	108.4	-0.7%
124th	European Union	110.3	0.4%
125th	Slovak Republic	111.8	0.1%
126th	Hungary	112.0	-0.2%
127th	Portugal	115.4	0.1%
128th	Togo	117.1	2.9%
129th	Syrian Arab Republic	117.8	3.6%
130th	Cyprus	118.1	1.7%
131st	France	119.4	0.6%
132nd	Qatar	122.9	18.1%
133rd	Northern Mariana Islands	124.2	-3.0%
134th	Cabo Verde	124.4	1.0%
135th	Poland	124.5	0.0%
136th	Indonesia	127.9	1.3%
137th	Kiribati	128.7	2.1%
138th	Guatemala	130.0	2.1%
139th	Thailand	132.4	0.8%
140th	Czechia	134.4	0.8%
141st	Denmark	137.3	0.6%
142nd	China	141.1	0.5%
143rd	Isle of Man	143.9	1.1%
144th	Malawi	148.2	2.9%
145th	Tonga	148.6	0.3%
146th	Kuwait	148.8	5.7%
147th	Uganda	152.8	3.0%
148th	Micronesia, Federated States of	155.6	-0.9%
149th	Nigeria	173.0	2.8%
150th	British Virgin Islands	175.3	3.6%
151st	Andorra	177.6	2.0%
152nd	Gambia, The	179.6	2.9%
153rd	St. Kitts and Nevis	180.1	0.3%
154th	São Tomé and Principe	181.0	2.4%
155th	Nepal	188.3	0.8%
156th	Antigua and Barbuda	188.4	1.5%
157th	Seychelles	189.0	2.3%
158th	Luxembourg	189.8	1.8%
159th	Switzerland	193.5	1.3%
160th	Dominican Republic	198.2	1.2%
161st	Italy	200.2	0.8%
162nd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	205.7	0.5%
163rd	Cayman Islands	213.1	2.9%
164th	Liechtenstein	221.7	0.6%
165th	Germany	235.5	-0.2%
166th	Pakistan	245.8	2.7%
167th	Jamaica	251.7	0.4%
168th	Trinidad and Tobago	255.1	0.4%
169th	United Kingdom	255.5	0.8%
170th	Viet Nam	272.3	1.8%
171st	St. Lucia	276.7	0.6%
172nd	American Samoa	279.1	-0.5%
173rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	284.7	-0.5%
174th	Marshall Islands	289.1	0.0%
175th	El Salvador	291.0	0.3%
176th	Guam	306.8	0.3%
177th	Virgin Islands (US)	309.7	0.1%
178th	Philippines	310.9	1.8%
179th	Grenada	326.2	0.3%
180th	Sri Lanka	329.0	0.7%
181st	Burundi	331.2	4.2%
182nd	Israel	337.7	1.8%
183rd	Comoros	338.2	2.0%
184th	Tuvalu	344.0	1.4%
185th	Haiti	345.8	1.7%
186th	Japan	351.3	0.0%
187th	Belgium	353.1	0.8%
188th	Rwanda	397.4	2.7%
189th	India	406.3	1.4%
190th	Puerto Rico (US)	424.0	-0.6%
191st	Lebanon	481.5	1.7%
192nd	Netherlands	487.1	0.4%
193rd	Nauru	500.5	-0.1%
194th	Korea	505.8	0.7%
195th	San Marino	527.7	1.4%
196th	Aruba	560.7	0.8%
197th	West Bank and Gaza	596.7	2.8%
198th	Mauritius	612.9	0.4%
199th	Barbados	634.2	0.5%
200th	Channel Islands	789.9	0.7%
201st	Maldives	1,120.6	3.6%
202nd	Bangladesh	1,148.3	1.0%
203rd	Bermuda	1,172.2	0.5%
204th	Malta	1,279.3	0.7%
205th	Bahrain	1,452.0	4.8%
206th	Gibraltar	3,041.3	1.4%
207th	Hong Kong SAR, China	6,626.5	0.6%
208th	Singapore	6,913.4	4.7%
209th	Monaco	15,706.0	0.0%
210th	Macao SAR, China	18,517.1	3.8%

FAQ

What was West Bank and Gaza's population density in 2008?▾

West Bank and Gaza's population density in 2008 was 596.7. This ranked 197th globally.

How did West Bank and Gaza's population density change in 2008?▾

West Bank and Gaza's population density increased by 2.8% in 2008 compared to 2007.

Which country had the highest population density in 2008?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2008 at 18,517.1.

What is the population density of West Bank and Gaza in 2008?▾

The population density of West Bank and Gaza in 2008 was 596.7. This ranked 197th globally.

How does 2008 compare to 2007 for West Bank and Gaza's population density?▾

West Bank and Gaza's population density went from 580.5 in 2007 to 596.7 in 2008, a 2.8% increase.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

West Bank and Gaza matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2008. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 5.8%. View full analysis →

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