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Population Density rose 0.501% to 514 km per capita in South Korea in 2015

Population Density (km per capita), 2015

Agriculture | South Korea | July 15, 2018

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Population density rose 0.501% to 514 km per capita in South Korea in 2015, according to Faostat.

Historically, population density in South Korea reached an all time high of 516 km per capita in 2013 and an all time low of 267 km per capita in 1961. When compared to South Korea's main peers, population density in China amounted to 144 km per capita, 206 km per capita in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 350 km per capita in Japan and 286 km per capita in Vietnam in 2015.

South Korea has been ranked 11th within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of population density.

Population Density	Unit	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Cambodia	km per capita															80.1	81.4	82.7	84.2	85.7
China	km per capita															142	142	143	144	145
Dem. People's Republic of Korea	km per capita															202	203	205	206	207
India	km per capita															400	405	411	416	421
Japan	km per capita															351	351	351	350	349
Laos	km per capita															27.2	27.7	28.3	28.8	29.3
Russia	km per capita															8.67	8.69	8.73	8.74	8.76
South Korea	km per capita															507	508	512	514	516
Thailand	km per capita															130	130	130	131	131
USA	km per capita															33.5	33.8	34.1	34.3	34.6
Vietnam	km per capita															277	280	283	286	289