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Population Density, 1961

1961, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1961 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 14,698.658; Greenland is lowest, at 0.081. The middle country reads 35.179. Against 1960, 222 values changed (216 up, 6 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1961

HighestMonaco

14,698.658

LowestGreenland

0.081

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, 1961, 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, 1961: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe14,698.658
MacauMACEastern Asia5,416.344
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia2,799.506
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2,445.770
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,187.150
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe2,082.955
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,050.313
BermudaBMUNorthern America798.565
BarbadosBRBCaribbean542.205
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia409.544
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe345.679
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa341.147
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia323.454
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean316.735
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia311.498
ArubaABWCaribbean308.769
BelgiumBELWestern Europe302.471
GrenadaGRDCaribbean280.399
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean276.251
South KoreaKOREastern Asia271.398
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe258.992
JapanJPNEastern Asia257.992
NauruNRUMicronesia238.675
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean220.178
BahrainBHRWestern Asia220.111

02In 1961

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco14,698.658
  2. Macau5,416.344
  3. Hong Kong2,799.506
  4. Singapore2,445.770
  5. Gibraltar2,187.150

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.081
  2. Mongolia0.648
  3. Namibia0.733
  4. Mauritania0.821
  5. Libya0.928

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 35.179. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031960 → 1961

Since 1960

What changed between 1960 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 216 · 6rose · 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 1961.

  • 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 (1961). Population Density, 1961 [data set], describing 1961. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1961

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07Questions

Population Density, 1961: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1961?

Monaco, at 14,698.658, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1961 describe?

1961.

How many countries does Population Density, 1961 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1961?

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, 1961 the newest?

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

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