Colombia vs Papua New Guinea: Population density

Colombia

42.43 people per km²

in 2100

Papua New Guinea

41.16 people per km²

in 2100

Colombia rank

176th

Papua New Guinea rank

177th

Population density over time

Colombia currently reports 42.43 people per km² against 41.16 people per km² in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 1.27 people per km².

The two have swapped places 2 times across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Colombia ahead.

Colombia ranks 176th and Papua New Guinea ranks 177th of 234 countries.

Indicator: Population density
Unit: people per km²
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024); UN FAO (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 68,610 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population per square kilometer by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.