Population density in Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands: Population density was 0.1862 people per km² in 2100. ▲ Rising
Latest (2100)
0.1862 people per km²
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
234th
of 235 countries
All-time high
0.2916 people per km²
in 2018
All-time low
0.0004 people per km²
in 1500
Years of data
178
1500–2100
Population density in Falkland Islands, 1500–2100
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024); UN FAO (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in people per km².
Analysis
The most recent figure for population density in Falkland Islands is 0.1862 people per km², measured in 2100.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population density in Falkland Islands peaked at 0.2916 people per km² in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0004 people per km², in 1500.
That places Falkland Islands 234th out of 235 countries with data for 2100, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 178 years of available data.
Population density in Falkland Islands, year by year
| Year | people per km² | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1500 | 0.0004 people per km² | — |
| 1600 | 0.0051 people per km² | +1140.0% |
| 1700 | 0.0565 people per km² | +1008.1% |
| 1710 | 0.0611 people per km² | +8.2% |
| 1720 | 0.0661 people per km² | +8.2% |
| 1730 | 0.0715 people per km² | +8.2% |
| 1740 | 0.0773 people per km² | +8.2% |
| 1750 | 0.0836 people per km² | +8.2% |
| 1760 | 0.0906 people per km² | +8.3% |
| 1770 | 0.0979 people per km² | +8.2% |
| 1780 | 0.106 people per km² | +8.2% |
| 1790 | 0.1147 people per km² | +8.2% |
| 1800 | 0.1241 people per km² | +8.2% |
| 1810 | 0.1343 people per km² | +8.2% |
| 1820 | 0.1388 people per km² | +3.4% |
| 1830 | 0.1434 people per km² | +3.3% |
| 1840 | 0.1482 people per km² | +3.3% |
| 1850 | 0.1531 people per km² | +3.3% |
| 1860 | 0.1582 people per km² | +3.3% |
| 1870 | 0.1637 people per km² | +3.5% |
| 1880 | 0.1694 people per km² | +3.5% |
| 1890 | 0.1752 people per km² | +3.4% |
| 1900 | 0.1812 people per km² | +3.4% |
| 1910 | 0.1874 people per km² | +3.4% |
| 1920 | 0.1878 people per km² | +0.2% |
| 1930 | 0.1882 people per km² | +0.2% |
| 1940 | 0.1886 people per km² | +0.2% |
| 1950 | 0.1819 people per km² | -3.5% |
| 1951 | 0.1833 people per km² | +0.8% |
| 1952 | 0.1836 people per km² | +0.1% |
| 1953 | 0.1834 people per km² | -0.1% |
| 1954 | 0.1813 people per km² | -1.2% |
| 1955 | 0.1813 people per km² | +0.0% |
| 1956 | 0.1816 people per km² | +0.2% |
| 1957 | 0.1825 people per km² | +0.5% |
| 1958 | 0.1837 people per km² | +0.7% |
| 1959 | 0.1859 people per km² | +1.2% |
| 1960 | 0.1877 people per km² | +0.9% |
| 1961 | 0.1897 people per km² | +1.1% |
| 1962 | 0.1915 people per km² | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 0.191 people per km² | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 0.1908 people per km² | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 0.1902 people per km² | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 0.1903 people per km² | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.1896 people per km² | -0.3% |
| 1968 | 0.189 people per km² | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 0.1889 people per km² | -0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.1888 people per km² | -0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.1886 people per km² | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.1888 people per km² | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 0.1892 people per km² | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 0.1897 people per km² | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.1903 people per km² | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 0.1906 people per km² | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.1901 people per km² | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 0.1893 people per km² | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.1877 people per km² | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 0.1866 people per km² | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 0.1864 people per km² | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.1865 people per km² | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.1864 people per km² | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.1861 people per km² | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 0.1856 people per km² | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.1858 people per km² | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 0.1873 people per km² | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.1896 people per km² | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 0.1922 people per km² | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 0.1946 people per km² | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 0.1986 people per km² | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 0.2057 people per km² | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 0.2133 people per km² | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 0.2208 people per km² | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 0.2292 people per km² | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 0.2359 people per km² | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 0.2407 people per km² | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 0.2461 people per km² | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 0.251 people per km² | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 0.2563 people per km² | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 0.2602 people per km² | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.2624 people per km² | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.2639 people per km² | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.2654 people per km² | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.2664 people per km² | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.2674 people per km² | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.267 people per km² | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.2666 people per km² | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.2657 people per km² | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.2644 people per km² | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.2634 people per km² | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.2648 people per km² | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.2704 people per km² | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 0.2763 people per km² | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.282 people per km² | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.2875 people per km² | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 0.291 people per km² | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.2916 people per km² | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.291 people per km² | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.2906 people per km² | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.2896 people per km² | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.2888 people per km² | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.2874 people per km² | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.2869 people per km² | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 0.287 people per km² | +0.0% |
| 2026 | 0.2868 people per km² | -0.1% |
| 2027 | 0.2864 people per km² | -0.1% |
| 2028 | 0.2855 people per km² | -0.3% |
| 2029 | 0.2842 people per km² | -0.4% |
| 2030 | 0.2831 people per km² | -0.4% |
| 2031 | 0.2825 people per km² | -0.2% |
| 2032 | 0.2813 people per km² | -0.4% |
| 2033 | 0.2807 people per km² | -0.2% |
| 2034 | 0.2804 people per km² | -0.1% |
| 2035 | 0.2783 people per km² | -0.7% |
| 2036 | 0.2774 people per km² | -0.3% |
| 2037 | 0.2767 people per km² | -0.3% |
| 2038 | 0.276 people per km² | -0.2% |
| 2039 | 0.2756 people per km² | -0.1% |
| 2040 | 0.2747 people per km² | -0.3% |
| 2041 | 0.2734 people per km² | -0.5% |
| 2042 | 0.2722 people per km² | -0.4% |
| 2043 | 0.2711 people per km² | -0.4% |
| 2044 | 0.2699 people per km² | -0.4% |
| 2045 | 0.2691 people per km² | -0.3% |
| 2046 | 0.2675 people per km² | -0.6% |
| 2047 | 0.2667 people per km² | -0.3% |
| 2048 | 0.2657 people per km² | -0.4% |
| 2049 | 0.2645 people per km² | -0.4% |
| 2050 | 0.2628 people per km² | -0.7% |
| 2051 | 0.2614 people per km² | -0.5% |
| 2052 | 0.2603 people per km² | -0.4% |
| 2053 | 0.2581 people per km² | -0.9% |
| 2054 | 0.2562 people per km² | -0.7% |
| 2055 | 0.2541 people per km² | -0.8% |
| 2056 | 0.2519 people per km² | -0.9% |
| 2057 | 0.2502 people per km² | -0.7% |
| 2058 | 0.2477 people per km² | -1.0% |
| 2059 | 0.2461 people per km² | -0.7% |
| 2060 | 0.2439 people per km² | -0.9% |
| 2061 | 0.2419 people per km² | -0.8% |
| 2062 | 0.2395 people per km² | -1.0% |
| 2063 | 0.2366 people per km² | -1.2% |
| 2064 | 0.2345 people per km² | -0.9% |
| 2065 | 0.232 people per km² | -1.1% |
| 2066 | 0.2298 people per km² | -1.0% |
| 2067 | 0.228 people per km² | -0.8% |
| 2068 | 0.2255 people per km² | -1.1% |
| 2069 | 0.2237 people per km² | -0.8% |
| 2070 | 0.2217 people per km² | -0.9% |
| 2071 | 0.2194 people per km² | -1.0% |
| 2072 | 0.2173 people per km² | -1.0% |
| 2073 | 0.2154 people per km² | -0.8% |
| 2074 | 0.2138 people per km² | -0.8% |
| 2075 | 0.2121 people per km² | -0.8% |
| 2076 | 0.2108 people per km² | -0.6% |
| 2077 | 0.209 people per km² | -0.9% |
| 2078 | 0.207 people per km² | -0.9% |
| 2079 | 0.2048 people per km² | -1.0% |
| 2080 | 0.2035 people per km² | -0.6% |
| 2081 | 0.2027 people per km² | -0.4% |
| 2082 | 0.2018 people per km² | -0.4% |
| 2083 | 0.2004 people per km² | -0.7% |
| 2084 | 0.1988 people per km² | -0.8% |
| 2085 | 0.1979 people per km² | -0.5% |
| 2086 | 0.1973 people per km² | -0.3% |
| 2087 | 0.1963 people per km² | -0.5% |
| 2088 | 0.1954 people per km² | -0.5% |
| 2089 | 0.1939 people per km² | -0.8% |
| 2090 | 0.1932 people per km² | -0.4% |
| 2091 | 0.1926 people per km² | -0.3% |
| 2092 | 0.1921 people per km² | -0.3% |
| 2093 | 0.1915 people per km² | -0.3% |
| 2094 | 0.191 people per km² | -0.3% |
| 2095 | 0.1903 people per km² | -0.3% |
| 2096 | 0.1893 people per km² | -0.5% |
| 2097 | 0.1883 people per km² | -0.6% |
| 2098 | 0.1877 people per km² | -0.3% |
| 2099 | 0.1869 people per km² | -0.4% |
| 2100 | 0.1862 people per km² | -0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Population density in Falkland Islands changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1600 | +1140.0% | 0.0004 people per km² | 0.0051 people per km² |
| 1700 | +1008.1% | 0.0051 people per km² | 0.0565 people per km² |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500s | 0.0004 people per km² | 0.0004 people per km² | 0.0004 people per km² | 1 |
| 1600s | 0.0051 people per km² | 0.0051 people per km² | 0.0051 people per km² | 1 |
| 1700s | 0.0565 people per km² | 0.0565 people per km² | 0.0565 people per km² | 1 |
| 1710s | 0.0611 people per km² | 0.0611 people per km² | 0.0611 people per km² | 1 |
| 1720s | 0.0661 people per km² | 0.0661 people per km² | 0.0661 people per km² | 1 |
| 1730s | 0.0715 people per km² | 0.0715 people per km² | 0.0715 people per km² | 1 |
| 1740s | 0.0773 people per km² | 0.0773 people per km² | 0.0773 people per km² | 1 |
| 1750s | 0.0836 people per km² | 0.0836 people per km² | 0.0836 people per km² | 1 |
| 1760s | 0.0906 people per km² | 0.0906 people per km² | 0.0906 people per km² | 1 |
| 1770s | 0.0979 people per km² | 0.0979 people per km² | 0.0979 people per km² | 1 |
| 1780s | 0.106 people per km² | 0.106 people per km² | 0.106 people per km² | 1 |
| 1790s | 0.1147 people per km² | 0.1147 people per km² | 0.1147 people per km² | 1 |
| 1800s | 0.1241 people per km² | 0.1241 people per km² | 0.1241 people per km² | 1 |
| 1810s | 0.1343 people per km² | 0.1343 people per km² | 0.1343 people per km² | 1 |
| 1820s | 0.1388 people per km² | 0.1388 people per km² | 0.1388 people per km² | 1 |
| 1830s | 0.1434 people per km² | 0.1434 people per km² | 0.1434 people per km² | 1 |
| 1840s | 0.1482 people per km² | 0.1482 people per km² | 0.1482 people per km² | 1 |
| 1850s | 0.1531 people per km² | 0.1531 people per km² | 0.1531 people per km² | 1 |
| 1860s | 0.1582 people per km² | 0.1582 people per km² | 0.1582 people per km² | 1 |
| 1870s | 0.1637 people per km² | 0.1637 people per km² | 0.1637 people per km² | 1 |
| 1880s | 0.1694 people per km² | 0.1694 people per km² | 0.1694 people per km² | 1 |
| 1890s | 0.1752 people per km² | 0.1752 people per km² | 0.1752 people per km² | 1 |
| 1900s | 0.1812 people per km² | 0.1812 people per km² | 0.1812 people per km² | 1 |
| 1910s | 0.1874 people per km² | 0.1874 people per km² | 0.1874 people per km² | 1 |
| 1920s | 0.1878 people per km² | 0.1878 people per km² | 0.1878 people per km² | 1 |
| 1930s | 0.1882 people per km² | 0.1882 people per km² | 0.1882 people per km² | 1 |
| 1940s | 0.1886 people per km² | 0.1886 people per km² | 0.1886 people per km² | 1 |
| 1950s | 0.1829 people per km² | 0.1813 people per km² | 0.1859 people per km² | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.1899 people per km² | 0.1877 people per km² | 0.1915 people per km² | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1893 people per km² | 0.1877 people per km² | 0.1906 people per km² | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1873 people per km² | 0.1856 people per km² | 0.1922 people per km² | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2236 people per km² | 0.1946 people per km² | 0.251 people per km² | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2641 people per km² | 0.2563 people per km² | 0.2674 people per km² | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2782 people per km² | 0.2634 people per km² | 0.2916 people per km² | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2873 people per km² | 0.2842 people per km² | 0.2906 people per km² | 10 |
| 2030s | 0.2792 people per km² | 0.2756 people per km² | 0.2831 people per km² | 10 |
| 2040s | 0.2695 people per km² | 0.2645 people per km² | 0.2747 people per km² | 10 |
| 2050s | 0.2549 people per km² | 0.2461 people per km² | 0.2628 people per km² | 10 |
| 2060s | 0.2336 people per km² | 0.2237 people per km² | 0.2439 people per km² | 10 |
| 2070s | 0.2131 people per km² | 0.2048 people per km² | 0.2217 people per km² | 10 |
| 2080s | 0.1988 people per km² | 0.1939 people per km² | 0.2035 people per km² | 10 |
| 2090s | 0.1903 people per km² | 0.1869 people per km² | 0.1932 people per km² | 10 |
| 2100s | 0.1862 people per km² | 0.1862 people per km² | 0.1862 people per km² | 1 |
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- Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -0.5901 % change on previous year (2050)
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- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -1.1 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development -0.2% (2100)
- Population aged 14 years or younger (thousands), annual growth rate -0.7055 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population aged 25-64 years (thousands), annual growth rate -1.52 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population density in Falkland Islands?
- Population density in Falkland Islands was 0.1862 people per km² in 2100, according to HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024); UN FAO (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest population density recorded in Falkland Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2916 people per km² in 2018.
- What is the lowest population density recorded in Falkland Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0004 people per km² in 1500.
- How does Falkland Islands rank for population density?
- Falkland Islands ranks 234th out of 235 countries with data for 2100.
- Is population density rising or falling in Falkland Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Falkland Islands data come from?
- The figures come from HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024); UN FAO (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Population density. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population per square kilometer by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.