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Population Density, 1962

1962, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1962 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 14,817.7852; Greenland is lowest, at 0.0844. The middle country reads 35.7549. Against 1961, 222 values changed (218 up, 4 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1962

HighestMonaco

14,817.7852

LowestGreenland

0.0844

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, 1962, 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, 1962: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe14,817.7852
MacauMACEastern Asia5,556.5469
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia2,628.8303
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2,520.0227
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,219.7000
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe2,084.0909
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,049.1698
BermudaBMUNorthern America819.2500
BarbadosBRBCaribbean547.0326
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia421.6113
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe350.6742
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa347.4259
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia335.1220
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean321.8325
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia319.3400
ArubaABWCaribbean312.8889
BelgiumBELWestern Europe304.4345
GrenadaGRDCaribbean283.4559
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean280.8612
South KoreaKOREastern Asia278.0312
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe265.2869
JapanJPNEastern Asia260.2711
NauruNRUMicronesia248.9250
BahrainBHRWestern Asia229.0536
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean223.6821

02In 1962

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco14,817.7852
  2. Macau5,556.5469
  3. Hong Kong2,628.8303
  4. Singapore2,520.0227
  5. Gibraltar2,219.7000

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.0844
  2. Mongolia0.6687
  3. Namibia0.7479
  4. Mauritania0.8433
  5. Botswana0.9532

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 35.7549. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031961 → 1962

Since 1961

What changed between 1961 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 218 · 4rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Macau5,416.3438 → 5,556.5469+140.2031
  • Monaco14,698.6577 → 14,817.7852+119.1275
  • Singapore2,445.7701 → 2,520.0227+74.2526
  • Gibraltar2,187.1500 → 2,219.7000+32.5500
  • Bermuda798.5648 → 819.2500+20.6852

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 1962.

  • 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 (1962). Population Density, 1962 [data set], describing 1962. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1962

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07Questions

Population Density, 1962: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1962?

Monaco, at 14,817.7852, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1962 describe?

1962.

How many countries does Population Density, 1962 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1962?

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, 1962 the newest?

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

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