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Population density (people per sq. km.)

POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE PER SQ. KM.)


1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

WORLD TOTAL














ASIA-PACI (APFSOS)














ASIA














Bangladesh

512

526

541

556

572

588

604

619






Bhutan

9

9

9

9

9

9

10

10

10

10

10

11

11

Brunei

25

26

27

28

29

31

32

33

34

35

37

38

39

Cambodia

39

39

40

40

40

40

39

38






China

88

90

92

95

97

98

100

101






Hong Kong

3982

4053

4130

4215

4306

4404

4488

4556






India

184

188

193

197

202

206

211

216






Indonesia

65

66

68

70

71

73

75

77






Japan

277

281

285

287

293

297

300

302






Korea, D. P. Rep.

121

125

128

131

135

138

141

143






Korea, Rep.

323

330

337

344

351

357

363

369






Laos

12

12

12

13

13

13

13

13






Malaysia

33

34

35

36

36

37

38

39






Maldives

403

413

423

433

443

457

470

483

497

510

527

543

560

Mongolia

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1






Myanmar

41

42

43

44

45

46

47

48






Nepal

83

85

87

89

91

94

96

99






Pakistan

79

81

84

87

89

92

95

98






Philippines

126

130

133

137

141

145

148

151






Singapore

3062

3116

3169

3221

3279

3339

3408

3479






Sri Lanka

194

195

199

203

206

209

212

216






Thailand

70

72

74

77

79

81

83

85






Vietnam














OCEANIA














American Samoa

135

140

140

145

145

150

150

155

155

160

160

170

175

Australia

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2






Fiji

28

29

30

30

31

32

32

33

33

34

35

35

36

French Polynesia

30

31

33

34

36

37

38

40

41

42

43

44

45

Guam

155

158

162

165

169

173

176

182

185

189

195

200

204

Kiribati

67

68

70

71

73

74

74

75

77

77

78

79

81

Marshall Islands














Micronesia, Fed. Sts.














New Caledonia

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

8

8

8

8

8

8

New Zealand

11

11

11

11

11

12

12

12






Northern Mariana Islands














Papua New Guinea

5

5

6

6

6

6

6

6






Solomon Islands

6

6

6

6

7

7

7

7

8

8

8

9

9

Tonga

119

121

122

124

124

125

126

128

128

129

131

132

132

Vanuatu

7

7

7

7

7

8

8

9

9

9

9

10

10

Western Samoa

51

51

52

53

53

53

53

54

54

54

55

55

55

POPULATION DENSITY (PEOPLE PER SQ. KM.) (cont.)


1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

WORLD TOTAL














ASIA-PACI (APFSOS)














ASIA














Bangladesh













920

Bhutan

11

11

11

12

12

12

13

13

13

14

14

14

15

Brunei

40

42

43

44

45

46

48

49

50

51

52

53

54

Cambodia













57

China













129

Hong Kong













6252

India













313

Indonesia













107

Japan













333

Korea, D. P. Rep.













198

Korea, Rep.













454

Laos













21

Malaysia













61

Maldives

577

593

613

633

653

673

697

720

743

767

793

820

850

Mongolia













2

Myanmar













69

Nepal













157

Pakistan













169

Philippines













230

Singapore













4896

Sri Lanka













280

Thailand













114

Vietnam













226

OCEANIA














American Samoa

180

190

195

200

210

220

225

235

245

255

265

275

285

Australia













2

Fiji

37

38

38

39

39

39

40

40

41

41

42

42

42

French Polynesia

45

46

47

48

50

52

53

54

55

57

58

60

61

Guam

209

215

220

225

22'9

235

238

242

247

253

258

265

273

Kiribati

84

85

88

89

92

93

96

99

100

101

103

104

107

Marshall Islands














Micronesia, Fed. Sts.














New Caledonia

8

8

8

9

9

9

9

9

10

10

10

10

10

New Zealand













13

Northern Mariana Islands














Papua New Guinea













9

Solomon Islands

9

9

10

10

10

11

11

11

12

12

13

13

13

Tonga

132

132

132

132

126

126

126

126

128

132

136

140

144

Vanuatu

11

11

11

11

12

12

12

12

13

13

13

14

14

Western Samoa

55

55

55

55

56

56

56

57

57

57

58

58

59

Source : World Development Indicators 1997, World Bank


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