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Population density in Philippines

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2024

Population density, 1961 – 2024 per km² · Philippines · World

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2024

Compared with Population density · per km²
Philippines
389
World
62.1 · 2023

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Philippines · 1961 – 2024
Latest value 389 · 2024
First value 96.5 · 1961
Highest 389 · 2024
Lowest 96.5 · 1961
Average change +2.2% a year on average
Data points 64

By year

All years · 1961 – 2024

YearPhilippinesChange World
2024 389 +0.8% —
2023 385 +0.8% 62.1
2022 382 +0.8% 61.6
2021 379 +0.9% 61.0
2020 376 +1.2% 60.4
2019 372 +1.2% 59.8
2018 367 +1.2% 59.2
2017 363 +1.3% 58.6
2016 358 +1.4% 57.9
2015 353 +1.5% 57.3
2014 348 +1.7% 56.6
2013 342 +1.9% 55.9
2012 336 +2.0% 55.2
2011 330 +2.0% 55.6
2010 323 +2.1% 54.9
2009 317 +1.8% 54.3
2008 311 +1.8% 53.6
2007 305 +1.7% 52.9
2006 300 +1.7% 52.3
2005 295 +1.9% 51.6
2004 290 +2.0% 51.0
2003 284 +2.0% 50.4
2002 279 +2.0% 49.7
2001 273 +2.2% 49.1
2000 267 +2.4% 48.4
1999 261 +2.6% 47.8
1998 254 +2.5% 47.2
1997 248 +2.4% 46.5
1996 242 +2.3% 45.8
1995 237 +2.2% 45.1
1994 231 +2.2% 44.5
1993 226 +2.4% 43.8
1992 221 +2.4% 43.5
1991 216 +2.4% 51.7
1990 211 +2.6% 50.8
1989 205 +2.6% 50.0
1988 200 +2.7% 49.1
1987 195 +2.7% 48.2
1986 190 +2.6% 47.4
1985 185 +2.8% 46.5
1984 180 +2.9% 45.7
1983 175 +3.0% 44.9
1982 170 +2.8% 44.1
1981 165 +2.6% 43.3
1980 161 +2.6% 42.6
1979 157 +2.7% 41.8
1978 153 +2.7% 41.1
1977 149 +2.7% 40.4
1976 145 +2.6% 39.7
1975 141 +2.3% 39.0
1974 138 +2.2% 38.3
1973 135 +2.3% 37.5
1972 132 +2.3% 36.8
1971 129 +2.4% 36.1
1970 126 +2.6% 35.3
1969 123 +2.9% 34.6
1968 119 +2.9% 33.9
1967 116 +3.0% 33.2
1966 113 +3.0% 32.5
1965 109 +3.1% 31.8
1964 106 +3.2% 31.2
1963 103 +3.2% 30.6
1962 99.7 +3.2% 29.9
1961 96.5 29.4

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2024

Ranking · Countries

2019 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryPopulation density
1 Hong Kong SAR China 7,150
2 Bangladesh 1,267
3 Lebanon 566
4 South Korea 530
5 Netherlands 515
6 India 467
7 Philippines 372
8 United Kingdom 275
9 Germany 238
10 Italy 202
11 China 150
12 Indonesia 145
13 Czechia 138
14 France 125
15 Poland 124
16 Egypt 108
17 Türkiye 107
18 Sierra Leone 107
19 Spain 94.3
20 Honduras 88.9
21 Romania 84.2
22 Greece 83.2
23 Ecuador 69.8
24 Yemen 66.5
25 Mexico 64.7
26 Bulgaria 60.9
27 Liberia 52.4
28 Colombia 45.0
29 Lithuania 44.9
30 Congo - Kinshasa 41.0
31 United States 36.1
32 Chile 25.8
33 Brazil 24.8
34 Algeria 18.2
35 Finland 18.2
36 Congo - Brazzaville 16.4
37 Argentina 16.4
38 Norway 14.6
39 Saudi Arabia 14.0
40 Russia 8.9
41 Gabon 8.8
42 Canada 4.2

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2019

What it means

How crowded a place is: residents per square kilometre.

How it is calculated

Residents divided by land area in square kilometres.