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Population Density, 1954

1954, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1954 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 13,867.785; Greenland is lowest, at 0.062. The middle country reads 31.397. Against 1953, 222 values changed (217 up, 5 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1954

HighestMonaco

13,867.785

LowestGreenland

0.062

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 Density, 1954, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Population Density, 1954: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe13,867.785
MacauMACEastern Asia6,183.359
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,169.950
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia2,155.246
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe2,055.682
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1,833.501
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe996.014
BermudaBMUNorthern America728.639
BarbadosBRBCaribbean515.240
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia343.714
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe315.278
BelgiumBELWestern Europe290.256
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa288.413
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia266.662
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean266.539
ArubaABWCaribbean263.856
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean263.588
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia247.607
JapanJPNEastern Asia242.574
GrenadaGRDCaribbean240.518
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe223.107
South KoreaKOREastern Asia216.444
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe209.929
GermanyDEUWestern Europe201.126
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean197.471

02In 1954

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco13,867.785
  2. Macau6,183.359
  3. Gibraltar2,169.950
  4. Hong Kong2,155.246
  5. Vatican City2,055.682

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.062
  2. Mongolia0.536
  3. Namibia0.656
  4. Mauritania0.693
  5. Libya0.721

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 31.397. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031953 → 1954

Since 1953

What changed between 1953 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 217 · 5rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1954.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1954). Population Density, 1954 [data set], describing 1954. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1954

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07Questions

Population Density, 1954: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1954?

Monaco, at 13,867.785, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1954 describe?

1954.

How many countries does Population Density, 1954 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1954?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Population Density, 1954 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Population Density, 2023.

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