Lowest Population Density
The top ten least densely populated countries, in square kilometers, in 2011.
| 1. | Western Sahara | 1.85 |
| 2. | Mongolia | 1.99 |
| 3. | Namibia | 2.59 |
| 4. | Australia | 2.80 |
| 5. | Iceland | 3.08 |
| 6. | Mauritania | 3.11 |
| 7. | Suriname | 3.12 |
| 8. | Botswana | 3.58 |
| 9. | Libya | 3.67 |
| 10. | Canada | 3.71 |
NOTE: Country rankings of the type presented above cannot pretend to be
definitive; instead they aspire only to provide the reader with an
approximation of the high and low ends on a particular scale. Country data
vary enormously depending on the sources, and the absence of reliable data
on some countries requires their omission, which further skews the
results. Only countries for which
statistics were available figure in these lists. †Population density calculated using population and
land area. Source: The World Factbook, 2011.
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