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Population density: compare countries

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Population density by country

Annual, People per square kilometre

Source: World Bank

Population density: latest observations by country
Date	Lesotho	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 2001	65.9	23.0	44.9
Dec 31, 2002	65.7	23.7	46.3
Dec 31, 2003	65.4	24.4	47.8
Dec 31, 2004	64.9	25.1	49.3
Dec 31, 2005	64.3	25.9	50.9
Dec 31, 2006	64.1	26.7	52.5
Dec 31, 2007	64.3	27.6	54.2
Dec 31, 2008	64.8	28.4	55.8
Dec 31, 2009	65.2	29.3	57.4
Dec 31, 2010	65.8	30.2	59.1
Dec 31, 2011	66.3	31.3	60.9
Dec 31, 2012	67.0	32.3	62.8
Dec 31, 2013	67.7	33.4	64.7
Dec 31, 2014	68.5	34.6	66.6
Dec 31, 2015	69.3	35.7	68.6
Dec 31, 2016	70.2	37.0	70.7
Dec 31, 2017	71.1	38.4	72.7
Dec 31, 2018	71.9	39.7	74.7
Dec 31, 2019	72.8	41.0	76.6
Dec 31, 2020	73.6	42.3	78.5
Dec 31, 2021	74.5	43.7	80.4
Dec 31, 2022	75.3	45.2	82.3
Dec 31, 2023	76.1	46.7	84.2
Dec 31, 2024	77.0	48.2	86.1