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Taiwan has the world's second-highest population density
Apr 3, 2007, 7:19 GMT
Taipei - Taiwan has the world's second-highest population density among countries whose population is above 10 million, with 632 people per square kilometre, a government report said on Tuesday.
In countries whose population is above 10 million, Taiwan falls only behind Bangladesh in population density, the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics said.
Taiwan has a population of 23 million. Bangladesh, which has a population of 141 million, has a population density of 985 people per square kilometre.
However, population density is even worse in Taiwan cities as 70 per cent of Taiwanese live in large cities, mostly in Taipei, Keelung, Kaohsiung and Taichung.
Population density in Taiwan cities is 2,605 people per square kilometre.
If all countries are included, the country with the highest population density is Monaco (pop. 35,253, or 23,660 per sq km). Mongolia (pop. 2 million, or 1.7 persons per sq. km) has the lowest population density, according to the United Nations World Population Prospects.
© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-AgenturCOMMENT
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