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Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 2015

2015, as CIESIN’s 2021 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

This is the share of a country's people living in coastal areas no more than five metres above sea level — the population most exposed to sea-level rise, storm surges and coastal flooding. It comes from Columbia University's Low Elevation Coastal Zone estimates.

Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 2015 covers 215 countries. Guyana is highest, at 78.4832; 43 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 2.9535. Against 2000, 172 values changed (80 up, 92 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Living Below 5 m Elevation · Data for 2015

HighestGuyana

78.4832

Lowest43 countries share it

0.0000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 2015, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 215 countries · select a heading to sort

Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 2015: every country, as published by Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University.
GuyanaGUYSouth America78.4832
SurinameSURSouth America71.2831
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia67.9731
GreenlandGRLNorthern America59.8627
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe56.4067
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe53.6881
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia49.1708
TuvaluTUVPolynesia39.2679
BelizeBLZCentral America33.8563
KiribatiKIRMicronesia33.5281
BahrainBHRWestern Asia32.9847
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia29.6698
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean28.6791
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa28.4832
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia26.7198
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia23.2202
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa21.0048
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia20.8710
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean20.7636
FijiFJIMelanesia18.2647
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia17.8638
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean17.6167
TongaTONPolynesia17.4969
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia17.4710
MacauMACEastern Asia17.2293

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Guyana78.4832
  2. Suriname71.2831
  3. Marshall Islands67.9731
  4. Greenland59.8627
  5. Gibraltar56.4067

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0.0000
  2. Zambiashared0.0000
  3. Uzbekistanshared0.0000
  4. Ugandashared0.0000
  5. Turkmenistanshared0.0000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.9535. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2015

Since 2000

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 172values changed, of 215 in both
  • 80 · 92rose · fell
  • 43unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2021 release

    Every year in this series comes from CIESIN’s 2021 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2015.

  • 173 distinct values among 215

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 43 countries share 0.0000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 215 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

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Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University (2015). Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/low-elevation-population/2015

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