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Population Density rose 2.47% to 45.7 km per capita in Afghanistan in 2015

Population Density (km per capita), 2015
Agriculture | Afghanistan | July 15, 2018
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Population density rose 2.47% to 45.7 km per capita in Afghanistan in 2015, according to Faostat.

Historically, population density in Afghanistan reached an all time high of 46.8 km per capita in 2013 and an all time low of 13.7 km per capita in 1961. When compared to Afghanistan's main peers, population density in Iran amounted to 75.0 km per capita, 232 km per capita in Pakistan, 57.2 km per capita in Tajikistan and 11.0 km per capita in Turkmenistan in 2015.

Afghanistan has been ranked 120th within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of population density, 3 places above the position seen 10 years ago.

Population Density Unit 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Afghanistan km per capita 42.4 43.5 44.6 45.7 46.8
China km per capita 142 142 143 144 145
India km per capita 400 405 411 416 421
Iran km per capita 69.4 71.3 73.1 75.0 76.9
Iraq km per capita 45.2 45.7 46.3 46.9 47.6
Kazakhstan km per capita 5.96 6.05 6.13 6.22 6.31
Kyrgyzstan km per capita 28.1 28.4 28.8 29.2 29.8
Pakistan km per capita 221 225 229 232 236
Tajikistan km per capita 53.2 54.5 55.8 57.2 58.6
Turkmenistan km per capita 10.6 10.7 10.9 11.0 11.2
Uzbekistan km per capita 65.3 67.1 69.0 70.0 71.1