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Geography Statistics > Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)    Date  
#1  Djibouti: 11,487.87 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#2  Maldives: 5,580.8 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#3  French Polynesia: 3,979.72 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#4  Seychelles: 3,962.81 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#5  Grenada: 3,621.74 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#6  Saint Lucia: 2,900.8 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#7  Kiribati: 2,619.53 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#8  Papua New Guinea: 2,178.82 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#9  Micronesia, Federated States of: 2,113.95 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#10  Solomon Islands: 2,106.03 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#11  Oman: 1,931.3 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#12  Sri Lanka: 1,779.43 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#13  Trinidad and Tobago: 1,528.36 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#14  United Arab Emirates: 1,453.5 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#15  Egypt: 1,411.56 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#16  New Caledonia: 1,392.72 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#17  Bangladesh: 1,335.32 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#18  Bahrain: 1,271.58 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#19  Marshall Islands: 1,053.38 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#20  Japan: 1,002.26 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#21  Nepal: 969.27 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#22  Yemen: 941.67 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#23  Vietnam: 926.9 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#24  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 920.52 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#25  São Tomé and Príncipe: 818.88 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#26  Barbados: 811.65 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#27  Vanuatu: 784.94 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#28  China: 765.59 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#29  Costa Rica: 730.96 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#30  Jamaica: 716.86 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#31  Mauritius: 716.11 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#32  Brunei: 707.59 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#33  Tanzania: 706.63 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#34  Netherlands Antilles: 671.51 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#35  Haiti: 663.85 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#36  Burundi: 643.68 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#37  Colombia: 621.2 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#38  Antigua and Barbuda: 616.57 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#39  Rwanda: 605.01 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#40  Eritrea: 585.95 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#41  Korea, South: 567.12 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#42  Kenya: 561.05 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#43  Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 557.04 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#44  Slovenia: 556.96 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#45  Guinea: 554.9 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#46  Philippines: 548.23 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#47  Sierra Leone: 545.87 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#48  East Timor: 533.74 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#49  Jordan: 526.48 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#50  Ethiopia: 524.03 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#51  Guam: 517.55 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#52  Tonga: 517.03 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#53  Tajikistan: 511.66 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#54  Indonesia: 497.69 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#55  India: 488.84 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#56  Somalia: 483.58 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#57  Pakistan: 476.65 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#58  Malaysia: 473.8 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#59  Swaziland: 473.39 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#60  Laos: 470.38 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#61  Cape Verde: 465.38 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#62  Comoros: 462.54 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#63  Uganda: 452.65 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#64  Saint Kitts and Nevis: 450.82 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#65  Switzerland: 449.85 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#66  Guatemala: 446.94 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#67  Lesotho: 445.41 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#68  Madagascar: 439.26 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#69  Malawi: 421.22 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#70  El Salvador: 410.27 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#71  Bahamas, The: 402.5 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#72  Dominica: 396.23 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#73  Liberia: 366.28 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#74  Ecuador: 365.06 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#75  Bhutan: 355.96 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#76  Netherlands: 355.87 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#77  Mauritania: 354.26 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#78  Honduras: 350.71 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#79  Virgin Islands: 350.38 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#80  Guinea-Bissau: 350.34 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#81  Burma: 345.21 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#82  Uzbekistan: 343.04 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#83  Congo, Republic of the: 308.85 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#84  Korea, North: 308.4 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#85  Cambodia: 305.38 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#86  Iceland: 305.23 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#87  Thailand: 304.62 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#88  Côte d'Ivoire: 297.67 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#89  Albania: 295.64 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#90  Mozambique: 293.54 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#91  Portugal: 291.59 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#92  Kuwait: 287.35 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#93  Lebanon: 281.18 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#94  Dominican Republic: 275.62 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#95  Ghana: 272.28 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#96  Georgia: 266.68 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#97  Senegal: 265.77 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#98  Zimbabwe: 259.42 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#99  Kyrgyzstan: 257.17 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#100  Italy: 245.21 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#101  Samoa: 236.46 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#102  Cyprus: 232.64 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#103  Equatorial Guinea: 226.28 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#104  Nigeria: 220.95 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#105  Azerbaijan: 220.71 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#106  Gambia, The: 219.17 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#107  Angola: 218.96 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#108  Armenia: 218.76 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#109  Bosnia and Herzegovina: 212.15 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#110  Burkina Faso: 211.46 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#111  Malta: 210.72 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#112  Fiji: 209.25 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#113  Botswana: 208.08 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#114  Qatar: 207.73 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#115  Suriname: 205.14 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#116  Peru: 204.08 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#117  Belize: 203.09 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#118  Austria: 201.83 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#119  Mali: 195.74 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#120  Syria: 193.05 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#121  Chad: 191.44 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#122  Israel: 183.46 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#123  Benin: 181.03 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#124  Panama: 177.59 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#125  Croatia: 174.13 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#126  Greece: 173.3 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#127  Germany: 171.83 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#128  Slovakia: 169.63 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#129  Algeria: 160.91 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#130  Namibia: 160.78 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#131  Iraq: 149.91 people/km² of arable lan 1999 ...
#132  Afghanistan: 145.16 people/km² of arable lan 1989 ...
#133  Morocco: 145.16 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#134  Togo: 142.52 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#135  Iran: 140.32 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#136  Zambia: 139.7 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#137  Ireland: 135.21 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#138  Puerto Rico: 132.24 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#139  Luxembourg: 130.92 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#140  South Africa: 129.44 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#141  Central African Republic: 126.79 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#142  Sudan: 125.23 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#143  Tunisia: 125.06 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#144  Cameroon: 124.83 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#145  Norway: 121.64 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#146  Moldova: 121.3 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#147  Saudi Arabia: 119.34 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#148  Poland: 119.14 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#149  Turkmenistan: 115.82 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#150  Guyana: 111.79 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#151  Macedonia, Republic of: 111.77 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#152  Nicaragua: 110.46 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#153  Serbia and Montenegro: 109.97 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#154  United Kingdom: 108.28 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#155  Romania: 107.85 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#156  Bolivia: 106.49 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#157  Chile: 105.27 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#158  Mexico: 99.88 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#159  Turkey: 98.89 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#160  Finland: 91.35 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#161  Mongolia: 89.7 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#162  Cuba: 89.6 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#163  Czech Republic: 89.01 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#164  Paraguay: 79.9 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#165  France: 76.64 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#166  Niger: 75.2 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#167  Venezuela: 74.26 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#168  Hungary: 73.9 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#169  Spain: 73.81 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#170  Gabon: 73.46 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#171  Bulgaria: 73.18 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#172  Estonia: 70.38 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#173  Latvia: 67.84 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#174  Lithuania: 59.83 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#175  Sweden: 52.75 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#176  Brazil: 52.27 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#177  Belarus: 49.82 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#178  Libya: 49.25 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#179  Ukraine: 46.71 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#180  New Zealand: 37.42 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#181  Denmark: 34.86 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#182  Belgium: 34.76 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#183  United States: 32.62 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#184  Russia: 31.73 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#185  Kazakhstan: 28.92 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
#186  Uruguay: 20.64 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#187  Canada: 13.98 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#188  Argentina: 13.98 people/km² of arable lan 2003 ...
#189  Australia: 4.86 people/km² of arable lan 2005 ...
Weighted average: 556.3 people/km² of arable lan  


DEFINITION: Rural population density is the rural population divided by the arable land area. Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

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