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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	Puerto Rico	Laos	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 2001	430.5	23.9	23.0
Dec 31, 2002	431.1	24.3	23.7
Dec 31, 2003	431.4	24.7	24.4
Dec 31, 2004	431.4	25.1	25.1
Dec 31, 2005	430.8	25.4	25.9
Dec 31, 2006	429.0	25.8	26.7
Dec 31, 2007	426.5	26.2	27.6
Dec 31, 2008	424.0	26.6	28.4
Dec 31, 2009	421.7	27.0	29.3
Dec 31, 2010	419.9	27.4	30.2
Dec 31, 2011	416.4	27.8	31.3
Dec 31, 2012	412.7	28.2	32.3
Dec 31, 2013	409.4	28.6	33.4
Dec 31, 2014	404.2	29.0	34.6
Dec 31, 2015	398.6	29.5	35.7
Dec 31, 2016	392.4	29.9	37.0
Dec 31, 2017	384.5	30.4	38.4
Dec 31, 2018	371.0	30.9	39.7
Dec 31, 2019	372.3	31.4	41.0
Dec 31, 2020	370.0	31.8	42.3
Dec 31, 2021	367.8	32.3	43.7
Dec 31, 2022	363.0	32.8	45.2
Dec 31, 2023	361.2	33.2	46.7
Dec 31, 2024	361.1	33.7	48.2