Data for 1968
Population Density, 1968
1968, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Population Density, 1968 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 15,729.530; Greenland is lowest, at 0.104. The middle country reads 40.578. Against 1967, 222 values changed (210 up, 12 down), the same countries are covered.
Population Density · Data for 1968
HighestMonaco
15,729.530LowestGreenland
0.104Shaded 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, 1968, 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
MCOWestern Europe | 15,729.530 |
MACEastern Asia | 8,060.406 |
SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 2,943.034 |
HKGEastern Asia | 2,789.197 |
GIBSouthern Europe | 2,557.750 |
VATSouthern Europe | 1,747.727 |
MLTSouthern Europe | 1,027.022 |
BMUNorthern America | 933.407 |
BRBCaribbean | 577.999 |
BGDSouthern Asia | 502.484 |
TWNEastern Asia | 401.457 |
MUSEastern Africa | 393.734 |
MDVSouthern Asia | 386.915 |
NLDWestern Europe | 378.392 |
CUWCaribbean | 348.574 |
ABWCaribbean | 328.164 |
NRUMicronesia | 316.400 |
BELWestern Europe | 315.401 |
KOREastern Asia | 315.083 |
PRICaribbean | 306.694 |
SMRSouthern Europe | 292.803 |
GRDCaribbean | 288.463 |
BHRWestern Asia | 280.123 |
JPNEastern Asia | 276.621 |
VCTCaribbean | 241.340 |
GBRNorthern Europe | 227.570 |
DEUWestern Europe | 221.831 |
LBNWestern Asia | 221.541 |
TTOCaribbean | 188.890 |
TUVPolynesia | 187.450 |
LKASouthern Asia | 187.164 |
PSEWestern Asia | 186.336 |
KNACaribbean | 181.710 |
ITASouthern Europe | 178.097 |
INDSouthern Asia | 175.810 |
JAMCaribbean | 169.323 |
SLVCentral America | 167.991 |
VIRCaribbean | 165.226 |
LCACaribbean | 163.434 |
HTICaribbean | 161.969 |
SXMCaribbean | 161.779 |
GUMMicronesia | 156.309 |
RWAEastern Africa | 154.647 |
CHEWestern Europe | 151.722 |
ATGCaribbean | 142.748 |
BDIEastern Africa | 130.265 |
LUXWestern Europe | 130.119 |
ASMPolynesia | 128.070 |
VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 126.782 |
CZEEastern Europe | 126.616 |
LIEWestern Europe | 125.503 |
TONPolynesia | 125.158 |
COMEastern Africa | 123.721 |
ISRWestern Asia | 122.232 |
PRKEastern Asia | 119.306 |
PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 118.795 |
DNKNorthern Europe | 114.752 |
SYCEastern Africa | 113.533 |
HUNEastern Europe | 113.162 |
XKXSouthern Europe | 111.344 |
MSRCaribbean | 111.058 |
MHLMicronesia | 110.344 |
MDAEastern Europe | 107.873 |
MAFCaribbean | 107.415 |
POLEastern Europe | 104.765 |
PRTSouthern Europe | 95.773 |
SRBSouthern Europe | 94.011 |
IMNNorthern Europe | 92.466 |
SVKEastern Europe | 91.091 |
FRAWestern Europe | 90.586 |
AUTWestern Europe | 89.854 |
DMACaribbean | 88.976 |
DOMCaribbean | 86.051 |
SVNSouthern Europe | 85.258 |
ROUEastern Europe | 84.151 |
ARMWestern Asia | 83.169 |
COKPolynesia | 82.054 |
CHNEastern Asia | 81.355 |
NPLSouthern Asia | 80.895 |
UKREastern Europe | 80.464 |
CUBCaribbean | 79.709 |
FSMMicronesia | 79.224 |
HRVSouthern Europe | 79.144 |
STPMiddle Africa | 77.880 |
BGREastern Europe | 77.223 |
KIRMicronesia | 76.486 |
ALBSouthern Europe | 75.511 |
PAKSouthern Asia | 73.696 |
BIHSouthern Europe | 72.246 |
AIACaribbean | 70.261 |
CYPWestern Asia | 68.740 |
GEOWestern Asia | 67.112 |
CPVWestern Africa | 67.038 |
GRCSouthern Europe | 66.641 |
THASouth-eastern Asia | 66.556 |
ESPSouthern Europe | 66.029 |
MKDSouthern Europe | 64.582 |
AZEWestern Asia | 60.206 |
NGAWestern Africa | 58.668 |
VGBCaribbean | 58.442 |
IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 57.276 |
LTUNorthern Europe | 49.029 |
GMBWestern Africa | 48.940 |
UGAEastern Africa | 48.590 |
WSMPolynesia | 48.064 |
GTMCentral America | 47.761 |
MWIEastern Africa | 46.652 |
TURWestern Asia | 45.376 |
BLREastern Europe | 43.819 |
IRLNorthern Europe | 42.752 |
CYMCaribbean | 41.373 |
MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 39.783 |
KWTWestern Asia | 38.597 |
MNESouthern Europe | 37.598 |
GHAWestern Africa | 37.249 |
LVANorthern Europe | 37.239 |
ANDSouthern Europe | 36.545 |
SLEWestern Africa | 36.403 |
TGOWestern Africa | 35.917 |
TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 35.903 |
KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 35.724 |
CRICentral America | 34.072 |
EGYNorthern Africa | 33.149 |
SYRWestern Asia | 32.545 |
MARNorthern Africa | 32.149 |
BHSCaribbean | 31.745 |
TUNNorthern Africa | 31.396 |
LSOSouthern Africa | 31.229 |
ESTNorthern Europe | 30.698 |
MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 29.601 |
PYFPolynesia | 28.869 |
FJIMelanesia | 27.915 |
FRONorthern Europe | 27.119 |
ETHEastern Africa | 26.338 |
BENWestern Africa | 26.022 |
UZBCentral Asia | 25.934 |
MEXCentral America | 24.330 |
SWZSouthern Africa | 24.140 |
PLWMicronesia | 24.087 |
HNDCentral America | 23.773 |
ECUSouth America | 23.352 |
MNPMicronesia | 22.906 |
USANorthern America | 22.193 |
BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 21.895 |
SENWestern Africa | 21.854 |
IRQWestern Asia | 20.927 |
GNBWestern Africa | 20.561 |
NIUPolynesia | 20.042 |
BFAWestern Africa | 19.805 |
SWENorthern Europe | 19.424 |
PANCentral America | 19.271 |
TJKCentral Asia | 19.244 |
NICCentral America | 18.912 |
KENEastern Africa | 18.113 |
COLSouth America | 17.591 |
ZAFSouthern Africa | 17.167 |
IRNSouthern Asia | 16.846 |
GINWestern Africa | 16.761 |
AFGSouthern Asia | 16.567 |
URYSouth America | 15.905 |
CIVWestern Africa | 15.692 |
JORWestern Asia | 15.457 |
FINNorthern Europe | 15.303 |
KGZCentral Asia | 14.927 |
LBRWestern Africa | 14.468 |
TZAEastern Africa | 14.227 |
CMRMiddle Africa | 13.144 |
YEMWestern Asia | 12.672 |
ZWEEastern Africa | 12.668 |
CHLSouth America | 12.637 |
NORNorthern Europe | 12.544 |
VENSouth America | 11.673 |
GNQMiddle Africa | 11.367 |
LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 11.033 |
BRASouth America | 10.857 |
MDGEastern Africa | 10.840 |
NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 10.398 |
MOZEastern Africa | 10.037 |
PERSouth America | 10.002 |
ERIEastern Africa | 9.755 |
CODMiddle Africa | 8.386 |
ARGSouth America | 8.292 |
QATWestern Asia | 7.919 |
RUSEastern Europe | 7.882 |
BTNSouthern Asia | 7.509 |
VUTMelanesia | 6.671 |
SDNNorthern Africa | 6.186 |
TCACaribbean | 5.954 |
SSDEastern Africa | 5.888 |
SLBMelanesia | 5.844 |
SOMEastern Africa | 5.653 |
PRYSouth America | 5.643 |
NCLMelanesia | 5.549 |
DJIEastern Africa | 5.533 |
DZANorthern Africa | 5.531 |
ZMBEastern Africa | 5.469 |
PNGMelanesia | 5.279 |
BLZCentral America | 5.029 |
MLIWestern Africa | 4.985 |
AGOMiddle Africa | 4.574 |
TKMCentral Asia | 4.433 |
KAZCentral Asia | 4.400 |
BOLSouth America | 4.052 |
COGMiddle Africa | 3.855 |
NERWestern Africa | 3.477 |
GUYSouth America | 3.435 |
CAFMiddle Africa | 3.219 |
TCDMiddle Africa | 2.842 |
AREWestern Asia | 2.808 |
CANNorthern America | 2.280 |
SURSouth America | 2.273 |
GABMiddle Africa | 2.221 |
OMNWestern Asia | 2.032 |
ISLNorthern Europe | 2.010 |
AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 1.566 |
SAUWestern Asia | 1.527 |
LBYNorthern Africa | 1.165 |
BWASouthern Africa | 1.030 |
MRTWestern Africa | 1.004 |
NAMSouthern Africa | 0.869 |
MNGEastern Asia | 0.790 |
GRLNorthern America | 0.104 |
02In 1968
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Lowest
Greenland0.104
Mongolia0.790
Namibia0.869
Mauritania1.004
Botswana1.030
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 40.578. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031967 → 1968
Since 1967
What changed between 1967 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 222values changed, of 222 in both
- 210 · 12rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Monaco15,590.940 → 15,729.530+138.591
Singapore2,878.007 → 2,943.034+65.026
Gibraltar2,501.450 → 2,557.750+56.300
Bermuda916.926 → 933.407+16.482
Bangladesh487.908 → 502.484+14.576
Fell most
Hong Kong3,161.172 → 2,789.197−371.976
Vatican City1,830.682 → 1,747.727−82.955
Macau8,138.219 → 8,060.406−77.813
Saint Kitts and Nevis186.940 → 181.710−5.231
Palestine188.674 → 186.336−2.339
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.
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 1968.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.
05The files
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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.
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Cite this edition
UN DESA Population Division (1968). Population Density, 1968 [data set], describing 1968. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1968
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07Questions
Population Density, 1968: questions and answers
Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1968?
Monaco, at 15,729.530, of the 222 countries in the file.
What year does Population Density, 1968 describe?
1968.
How many countries does Population Density, 1968 cover?
222.
Where can I download Population Density, 1968?
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, 1968 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Population Density, 2023.