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Labor force, total, per square kilometre by country

Labor force, total divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
186
Highest
12,011 units per square kilometre
Macao
Lowest
0.9153 units per square kilometre
Mongolia
Median
34.76 units per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
7,804

What the numbers show

Labor force, total, per square kilometre is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 12,011 units per square kilometre in Macao; the lowest is 0.9153 units per square kilometre in Mongolia.

The median across all reporting countries is 34.76 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 187.17 units per square kilometre.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13,122.

Over the past decade 159 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Jordan (up 63.4%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 19.4%).

Labor force, total, per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Macao 12,011 units per square kilometre 2023 down 0.8% rising
2 Singapore 5,045 units per square kilometre 2023 up 12.2% rising
3 Hong Kong 3,667 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.4% rising
4 Bahrain 1,129 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.8% rising
5 Malta 964.36 units per square kilometre 2023 up 57.1% rising
6 Maldives 893.67 units per square kilometre 2023 up 60.4% rising
7 Bangladesh 575.39 units per square kilometre 2023 up 23.8% rising
8 Barbados 352.26 units per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% rising
9 Mauritius 313.09 units per square kilometre 2023 up 3.6% rising
10 Netherlands 305.01 units per square kilometre 2023 up 10.5% rising
11 South Korea 303.15 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.8% rising
12 Palestine 230.91 units per square kilometre 2022 up 42.2% rising
13 Burundi 229.51 units per square kilometre 2023 up 32.8% rising
14 Rwanda 224.24 units per square kilometre 2023 up 40.6% rising
15 Israel 214.32 units per square kilometre 2023 up 23.1% rising
16 India 198.27 units per square kilometre 2023 up 21.7% rising
17 Japan 189.81 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.4% flat
18 Haiti 186.33 units per square kilometre 2023 up 17.6% rising
19 Vietnam 179.89 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.8% rising
20 Lebanon 179.6 units per square kilometre 2023 down 6.6% rising
21 Belgium 175.94 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.4% rising
22 Qatar 171.7 units per square kilometre 2023 up 41.2% volatile
23 Philippines 168.96 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.5% rising
24 Saint Lucia 165.5 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.9% rising
25 Kuwait 163.99 units per square kilometre 2023 up 49.7% rising
26 Comoros 158.53 units per square kilometre 2023 up 60.4% rising
27 Jamaica 147.3 units per square kilometre 2023 up 23.0% rising
28 North Korea 146.05 units per square kilometre 2023 up 6.3% rising
29 United Kingdom 144.6 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.0% rising
30 Guam 141.97 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% flat
31 El Salvador 140.2 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.5% rising
32 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 138.14 units per square kilometre 2023 down 1.3% rising
33 United States Virgin Islands 136.54 units per square kilometre 2023 down 2.9% falling
34 Luxembourg 134.1 units per square kilometre 2023 up 30.7% rising
35 Puerto Rico 133.91 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% falling
36 Sri Lanka 131.1 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% rising
37 Trinidad and Tobago 129.51 units per square kilometre 2023 down 2.9% rising
38 Switzerland 128.98 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.5% rising
39 Germany 125.27 units per square kilometre 2023 up 3.6% rising
40 Nigeria 120.86 units per square kilometre 2023 up 35.4% rising
41 Dominican Republic 110.45 units per square kilometre 2023 up 25.9% rising
42 Uganda 108.83 units per square kilometre 2023 up 42.8% rising
43 Pakistan 105.87 units per square kilometre 2023 up 23.1% rising
44 United Arab Emirates 96.78 units per square kilometre 2023 up 38.9% volatile
45 Italy 87.27 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.5% rising
46 Cyprus 83.02 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.8% rising
47 Malawi 82.76 units per square kilometre 2023 up 27.1% rising
48 China 82.51 units per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% rising
49 Thailand 80.81 units per square kilometre 2023 up 4.1% rising
50 Denmark 79.74 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.8% rising
51 Indonesia 75.73 units per square kilometre 2023 up 14.6% rising
52 Gambia 75.13 units per square kilometre 2023 up 34.5% rising
53 Czechia 71.75 units per square kilometre 2023 up 4.5% rising
54 Guatemala 68.39 units per square kilometre 2023 up 26.6% rising
55 Azerbaijan 61.39 units per square kilometre 2023 up 12.6% rising
56 Poland 60.24 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% rising
57 France 59.05 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.1% rising
58 Portugal 58.9 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.2% rising
59 Nepal 58.15 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.3% rising
60 Slovakia 58.06 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% rising
61 Austria 57.71 units per square kilometre 2023 up 8.7% rising
62 Cambodia 56.81 units per square kilometre 2023 up 21.6% rising
63 Ghana 55.98 units per square kilometre 2023 up 6.2% rising
64 Benin 55.52 units per square kilometre 2023 up 42.5% rising
65 Malaysia 54.98 units per square kilometre 2023 up 27.5% rising
66 Cape Verde 54.51 units per square kilometre 2023 up 3.2% rising
67 Hungary 54.48 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.1% rising
68 Slovenia 52.01 units per square kilometre 2023 up 3.3% rising
69 Togo 51.56 units per square kilometre 2023 up 25.0% rising
70 Armenia 50.73 units per square kilometre 2023 down 3.3% flat
71 Spain 48.34 units per square kilometre 2023 up 3.3% rising
72 Cuba 47.69 units per square kilometre 2023 down 4.0% rising
73 Ethiopia 47.34 units per square kilometre 2023 up 19.3% rising
74 Tonga 47.32 units per square kilometre 2023 down 9.1% flat
75 Albania 46.64 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.9% falling
76 Turkey 46.2 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.0% rising
77 Costa Rica 45.84 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.8% rising
78 Brunei 44.52 units per square kilometre 2023 up 14.1% rising
79 Moldova 42.27 units per square kilometre 2023 down 9.8% rising
80 Ireland 41.32 units per square kilometre 2023 up 26.7% rising
81 East Timor 40.76 units per square kilometre 2023 up 30.7% rising
82 Kenya 40.2 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.2% rising
83 Serbia 39.19 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.1% flat
84 Sierra Leone 38.64 units per square kilometre 2023 up 24.8% rising
85 Cote d'Ivoire 38.63 units per square kilometre 2023 up 32.1% rising
86 Honduras 37.08 units per square kilometre 2023 up 16.7% rising
87 Greece 36.14 units per square kilometre 2023 down 3.5% rising
88 Tanzania 36.08 units per square kilometre 2023 up 40.6% rising
89 Romania 36.06 units per square kilometre 2023 down 1.7% falling
90 Jordan 35.55 units per square kilometre 2023 up 63.4% rising
91 Ukraine 35.45 units per square kilometre 2021 down 8.1% falling
92 Ecuador 35.01 units per square kilometre 2023 up 26.3% rising
93 Sao Tome and Principe 34.8 units per square kilometre 2023 up 24.2% rising
94 Egypt 34.73 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.3% rising
95 French Polynesia 34.68 units per square kilometre 2023 up 3.9% rising
96 Myanmar 34.55 units per square kilometre 2023 down 5.2% rising
97 Burkina Faso 34.51 units per square kilometre 2023 up 24.0% rising
98 Syria 33.24 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.3% rising
99 Uzbekistan 32.3 units per square kilometre 2023 up 17.8% rising
100 North Macedonia 31.1 units per square kilometre 2023 down 8.3% flat
101 Croatia 30.95 units per square kilometre 2023 down 5.4% falling
102 Mexico 30.94 units per square kilometre 2023 up 16.8% rising
103 Guinea-Bissau 30.15 units per square kilometre 2023 up 37.8% rising
104 Senegal 29.9 units per square kilometre 2023 up 57.6% rising
105 Panama 29.26 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.8% rising
106 Bulgaria 28.87 units per square kilometre 2023 down 6.0% falling
107 Lesotho 28.47 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% flat
108 Madagascar 27.69 units per square kilometre 2023 up 35.5% rising
109 Morocco 27.64 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.7% rising
110 Iraq 27.19 units per square kilometre 2023 up 34.7% rising
111 Tunisia 27.17 units per square kilometre 2023 up 4.8% rising
112 Georgia 27.04 units per square kilometre 2023 down 6.4% falling
113 Bosnia and Herzegovina 26.68 units per square kilometre 2023 down 11.8% falling
114 Nicaragua 26.45 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.7% rising
115 Liberia 26.23 units per square kilometre 2023 up 27.6% rising
116 Equatorial Guinea 25.18 units per square kilometre 2023 up 40.8% rising
117 Lithuania 24.55 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.0% falling
118 Eswatini 24.31 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.2% rising
119 Bahamas 24.16 units per square kilometre 2023 up 10.8% rising
120 Belarus 23.95 units per square kilometre 2023 down 4.7% rising
121 Colombia 23.87 units per square kilometre 2023 up 14.7% rising
122 Cameroon 22.91 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.5% rising
123 Montenegro 22.17 units per square kilometre 2023 up 19.2% rising
124 South Africa 21.19 units per square kilometre 2023 up 24.2% rising
125 Fiji 21.01 units per square kilometre 2023 down 0.8% rising
126 Samoa 20.74 units per square kilometre 2023 down 12.8% rising
127 United States 18.83 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.6% rising
128 Mozambique 18.62 units per square kilometre 2023 up 34.3% rising
129 Guinea 18.19 units per square kilometre 2023 up 24.5% rising
130 Tajikistan 18.11 units per square kilometre 2023 up 18.8% rising
131 Iran 17.89 units per square kilometre 2023 up 14.8% rising
132 Estonia 17.68 units per square kilometre 2023 up 12.9% flat
133 Zimbabwe 16.8 units per square kilometre 2023 up 25.0% rising
134 Democratic Republic of Congo 16.2 units per square kilometre 2023 up 36.3% rising
135 Latvia 15.56 units per square kilometre 2023 down 5.0% falling
136 Laos 15.22 units per square kilometre 2023 up 34.2% rising
137 Solomon Islands 15.09 units per square kilometre 2023 up 41.4% rising
138 Peru 14.54 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.6% rising
139 Yemen 14.52 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.7% rising
140 Kyrgyzstan 14.19 units per square kilometre 2023 up 16.9% rising
141 Sweden 13.9 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.2% rising
142 Eritrea 13.76 units per square kilometre 2023 up 17.7% rising
143 Afghanistan 13.56 units per square kilometre 2023 up 12.6% rising
144 Chile 13.45 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.0% rising
145 Brazil 12.72 units per square kilometre 2023 up 8.6% rising
146 Angola 12.24 units per square kilometre 2023 up 38.6% rising
147 Venezuela 12.17 units per square kilometre 2023 down 19.4% rising
148 New Zealand 11.53 units per square kilometre 2023 up 27.4% rising
149 Djibouti 11.13 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.8% rising
150 Bhutan 10.52 units per square kilometre 2023 up 17.4% rising
151 Uruguay 10.17 units per square kilometre 2023 up 4.5% rising
152 Zambia 10.03 units per square kilometre 2023 up 51.4% rising
153 Vanuatu 9.42 units per square kilometre 2023 up 16.9% rising
154 Finland 9.42 units per square kilometre 2023 up 6.5% rising
155 Niger 8.71 units per square kilometre 2023 up 55.7% rising
156 Paraguay 8.71 units per square kilometre 2023 up 19.9% rising
157 Norway 8.34 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.6% rising
158 Oman 8.34 units per square kilometre 2023 up 27.2% volatile
159 Argentina 8.06 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.5% rising
160 South Sudan 8.02 units per square kilometre 2023 up 6.2% flat
161 Papua New Guinea 7.89 units per square kilometre 2023 up 37.7% rising
162 Saudi Arabia 7.77 units per square kilometre 2023 up 42.7% volatile
163 Belize 7.58 units per square kilometre 2023 up 21.1% rising
164 Congo 7.27 units per square kilometre 2023 up 28.1% rising
165 New Caledonia 7.12 units per square kilometre 2023 down 2.3% rising
166 Mali 7.01 units per square kilometre 2023 up 33.1% rising
167 Bolivia 6.19 units per square kilometre 2023 up 38.7% rising
168 Sudan 5.86 units per square kilometre 2022 up 11.8% rising
169 Algeria 5.58 units per square kilometre 2023 up 12.2% rising
170 Somalia 5.29 units per square kilometre 2023 up 44.4% rising
171 Chad 4.88 units per square kilometre 2023 up 39.5% rising
172 Russia 4.5 units per square kilometre 2023 down 2.8% flat
173 Turkmenistan 4.5 units per square kilometre 2023 up 14.2% rising
174 Kazakhstan 3.74 units per square kilometre 2023 up 10.9% rising
175 Gabon 3.15 units per square kilometre 2023 up 34.3% rising
176 Central African Republic 3.09 units per square kilometre 2023 up 8.1% rising
177 Canada 2.52 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.7% rising
178 Iceland 2.34 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.0% rising
179 Botswana 2.02 units per square kilometre 2023 up 32.5% rising
180 Australia 1.9 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.0% rising
181 Suriname 1.55 units per square kilometre 2023 up 14.1% rising
182 Guyana 1.51 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% flat
183 Libya 1.45 units per square kilometre 2023 up 19.5% rising
184 Namibia 1.33 units per square kilometre 2023 up 24.2% rising
185 Mauritania 1.14 units per square kilometre 2023 up 30.4% rising
186 Mongolia 0.9153 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.5% rising

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Labor force, total divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Labor force, total ÷ Land area (sq. km)

Computed from

  • Labor force, total International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database
  • Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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Labor force, total, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
234 places, 7,804 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

Labor force, total divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.