Population per km2 of arable land

The mid-year 2023 population divided by the square kilometers of arable land last measured in 2021.

Population per km2 of arable land

Geography Population per km2 of arable land
WORLD 2203
AFRICA 879
NORTHERN AFRICA 1695
Algeria 621
Egypt 3419
Libya 401
Morocco 493
Sudan 229
Tunisia 420
Western Sahara 15000
WESTERN AFRICA 571
Benin 489
Burkina Faso 375
Cape Verde 1200
Cote d'Ivoire 883
Gambia 636
Ghana 724
Guinea 458
GuineaBissau 733
Liberia 1080
Mali 279
Mauritania 1089
Niger 154
Nigeria 607
Senegal 478
Sierra Leone 562
Togo 343
EASTERN AFRICA 862
Burundi 1039
Comoros 1385
Djibouti 36667
Eritrea 536
Ethiopia 775
Kenya 950
Madagascar 1013
Malawi 495
Mauritius 1733
Mayotte 1739
Mozambique 600
Reunion 2657
Rwanda 1112
Seychelles 66667
Somalia 1645
South Sudan 464
Tanzania 499
Uganda 704
Zambia 532
Zimbabwe 418
MIDDLE AFRICA 682
Angola 683
Cameroon 453
Central African Republic 344
Chad 345
Congo 1109
Congo DR 748
Equatorial Guinea 3208
Gabon 738
Sao Tome and Principe 5000
SOUTHERN AFRICA 524
Botswana 1038
eSwatini 678
Lesotho 536
Namibia 325
South Africa 506
NORTHERN AMERICA 204
Canada 105
United States 212
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 866
CENTRAL AMERICA 768
Belize 500
Costa Rica 2181
El Salvador 888
Guatemala 1165
Honduras 953
Mexico 652
Nicaragua 452
Panama 796
CARIBBEAN 1831
Antigua and Barbuda 2500
Bahamas 5000
Barbados 4286
Cuba 378
Curacao N/A
Dominica 1167
Dominican Republic 1288
Grenada 3333
Guadeloupe 1838
Haiti 1154
Jamaica 2333
Martinique 2742
Puerto Rico 6574
St. Kitts and Nevis 1000
St. Lucia 7491
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 5000
Trinidad and Tobago 5600
SOUTH AMERICA 807
Argentina 110
Bolivia N/A
Brazil 350
Chile 1522
Colombia 2619
Ecuador 1670
French Guiana 2259
Guyana 190
Paraguay 131
Peru 788
Suriname 1034
Uruguay 177
Venezuela 1108
ASIA 3214
WESTERN ASIA 3468
Armenia 677
Azerbaijan 488
Bahrain 76190
Cyprus 1366
Georgia 1218
Iraq 916
Israel 2599
Jordan 5723
Kuwait 55000
Lebanon 3877
Oman 6053
Palestinian Territory 13126
Qatar 12857
Saudi Arabia 1076
Syria 498
Turkey 431
United Arab Emirates 18887
Yemen 2971
CENTRAL ASIA 658
Kazakhstan 67
Kyrgyzstan 528
Tajikistan 1217
Turkmenistan 366
Uzbekistan 906
SOUTH ASIA 1009
Afghanistan 542
Bangladesh 2139
Bhutan 851
India 925
Iran 568
Maldives 15385
Nepal 1462
Pakistan 788
Sri Lanka 1655
SOUTHEAST ASIA 10118
Brunei 10000
Cambodia 413
Indonesia 1060
Laos 613
Malaysia 4044
Myanmar 504
Philippines 2098
Singapore 1035714
Thailand 385
Timor Leste 1256
Vietnam 1457
EAST ASIA 3152
China 1296
China, Hong Kong SAR 365000
China, Macao SAR N/A
Japan 3047
Korea, North 1142
Korea, South 3827
Mongolia 263
Taiwan 3920
EUROPE 560
NORTHERN EUROPE 929
Denmark 250
Estonia 200
Finland 250
Iceland 331
Ireland 1193
Latvia 140
Lithuania 127
Norway 684
Sweden 414
United Kingdom 1133
WESTERN EUROPE 808
Austria 697
Belgium 1363
France 367
Germany 728
Liechtenstein 2312
Luxembourg 1121
Monaco N/A
Netherlands 1785
Switzerland 2225
EASTERN EUROPE 180
Belarus 164
Bulgaria 183
Czechia 440
Hungary 232
Moldova 199
Poland 340
Romania 222
Russia 121
Slovakia 407
Ukraine 111
SOUTHERN EUROPE 690
Albania 450
Andorra 10701
Bosnia Herzegovina 337
Croatia 443
Greece 497
Italy 817
Kosovo N/A
Malta 7692
Montenegro 6742
North Macedonia 432
Portugal 1088
San Marino 2015
Serbia 252
Slovenia 1161
Spain 418
OCEANIA 1181
Australia 85
Federated States of Micronesia 5000
Fiji 1172
French Polynesia 12000
Guam 20000
Kiribati 5000
Marshall Islands 10000
Nauru N/A
New Caledonia 5025
New Zealand 844
Palau 6667
Papua New Guinea 2870
Samoa 1771
Solomon Islands 3478
Tonga 500
Tuvalu N/A
Vanuatu 1500
Geography Population per km2 of arable land
WORLD 2203
AFRICA 879
NORTHERN AFRICA 1695
Algeria 621
Egypt 3419
Libya 401
Morocco 493
Sudan 229
Tunisia 420
Western Sahara 15000
WESTERN AFRICA 571
Benin 489
Burkina Faso 375
Cape Verde 1200
Cote d'Ivoire 883
Gambia 636
Ghana 724
Guinea 458
GuineaBissau 733
Liberia 1080
Mali 279
Mauritania 1089
Niger 154
Nigeria 607
Senegal 478
Sierra Leone 562
Togo 343
EASTERN AFRICA 862
Burundi 1039
Comoros 1385
Djibouti 36667
Eritrea 536
Ethiopia 775
Kenya 950
Madagascar 1013
Malawi 495
Mauritius 1733
Mayotte 1739
Mozambique 600
Reunion 2657
Rwanda 1112
Seychelles 66667
Somalia 1645
South Sudan 464
Tanzania 499
Uganda 704
Zambia 532
Zimbabwe 418
MIDDLE AFRICA 682
Angola 683
Cameroon 453
Central African Republic 344
Chad 345
Congo 1109
Congo DR 748
Equatorial Guinea 3208
Gabon 738
Sao Tome and Principe 5000
SOUTHERN AFRICA 524
Botswana 1038
eSwatini 678
Lesotho 536
Namibia 325
South Africa 506
NORTHERN AMERICA 204
Canada 105
United States 212
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 866
CENTRAL AMERICA 768
Belize 500
Costa Rica 2181
El Salvador 888
Guatemala 1165
Honduras 953
Mexico 652
Nicaragua 452
Panama 796
CARIBBEAN 1831
Antigua and Barbuda 2500
Bahamas 5000
Barbados 4286
Cuba 378
Curacao N/A
Dominica 1167
Dominican Republic 1288
Grenada 3333
Guadeloupe 1838
Haiti 1154
Jamaica 2333
Martinique 2742
Puerto Rico 6574
St. Kitts and Nevis 1000
St. Lucia 7491
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 5000
Trinidad and Tobago 5600
SOUTH AMERICA 807
Argentina 110
Bolivia N/A
Brazil 350
Chile 1522
Colombia 2619
Ecuador 1670
French Guiana 2259
Guyana 190
Paraguay 131
Peru 788
Suriname 1034
Uruguay 177
Venezuela 1108
ASIA 3214
WESTERN ASIA 3468
Armenia 677
Azerbaijan 488
Bahrain 76190
Cyprus 1366
Georgia 1218
Iraq 916
Israel 2599
Jordan 5723
Kuwait 55000
Lebanon 3877
Oman 6053
Palestinian Territory 13126
Qatar 12857
Saudi Arabia 1076
Syria 498
Turkey 431
United Arab Emirates 18887
Yemen 2971
CENTRAL ASIA 658
Kazakhstan 67
Kyrgyzstan 528
Tajikistan 1217
Turkmenistan 366
Uzbekistan 906
SOUTH ASIA 1009
Afghanistan 542
Bangladesh 2139
Bhutan 851
India 925
Iran 568
Maldives 15385
Nepal 1462
Pakistan 788
Sri Lanka 1655
SOUTHEAST ASIA 10118
Brunei 10000
Cambodia 413
Indonesia 1060
Laos 613
Malaysia 4044
Myanmar 504
Philippines 2098
Singapore 1035714
Thailand 385
Timor Leste 1256
Vietnam 1457
EAST ASIA 3152
China 1296
China, Hong Kong SAR 365000
China, Macao SAR N/A
Japan 3047
Korea, North 1142
Korea, South 3827
Mongolia 263
Taiwan 3920
EUROPE 560
NORTHERN EUROPE 929
Denmark 250
Estonia 200
Finland 250
Iceland 331
Ireland 1193
Latvia 140
Lithuania 127
Norway 684
Sweden 414
United Kingdom 1133
WESTERN EUROPE 808
Austria 697
Belgium 1363
France 367
Germany 728
Liechtenstein 2312
Luxembourg 1121
Monaco N/A
Netherlands 1785
Switzerland 2225
EASTERN EUROPE 180
Belarus 164
Bulgaria 183
Czechia 440
Hungary 232
Moldova 199
Poland 340
Romania 222
Russia 121
Slovakia 407
Ukraine 111
SOUTHERN EUROPE 690
Albania 450
Andorra 10701
Bosnia Herzegovina 337
Croatia 443
Greece 497
Italy 817
Kosovo N/A
Malta 7692
Montenegro 6742
North Macedonia 432
Portugal 1088
San Marino 2015
Serbia 252
Slovenia 1161
Spain 418
OCEANIA 1181
Australia 85
Federated States of Micronesia 5000
Fiji 1172
French Polynesia 12000
Guam 20000
Kiribati 5000
Marshall Islands 10000
Nauru N/A
New Caledonia 5025
New Zealand 844
Palau 6667
Papua New Guinea 2870
Samoa 1771
Solomon Islands 3478
Tonga 500
Tuvalu N/A
Vanuatu 1500

Endnotes

Sources

2023 World Population Data Sheet

Updated

12/15/2023

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