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Population Density, 1977

1977, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1977 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 17,633.22; Greenland is lowest, at 0.12. The middle country reads 50.77. Against 1976, 222 values changed (210 up, 12 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1977

HighestMonaco

17,633.22

LowestGreenland

0.12

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, 1977, 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, 1977: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe17,633.22
MacauMACEastern Asia7,235.59
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia4,231.57
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia3,413.68
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,830.00
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,676.14
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,070.35
BermudaBMUNorthern America987.44
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia628.93
BarbadosBRBCaribbean585.18
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia506.43
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia480.66
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa449.33
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe411.89
BahrainBHRWestern Asia399.52
South KoreaKOREastern Asia372.37
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean367.85
NauruNRUMicronesia358.15
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean352.56
ArubaABWCaribbean341.73
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe328.16
BelgiumBELWestern Europe322.81
JapanJPNEastern Asia306.71
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean304.84
GrenadaGRDCaribbean285.35

02In 1977

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco17,633.22
  2. Macau7,235.59
  3. Hong Kong4,231.57
  4. Singapore3,413.68
  5. Gibraltar2,830.00

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.12
  2. Mongolia1.01
  3. Namibia1.13
  4. Mauritania1.31
  5. Botswana1.41

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 50.77. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

What changed between 1976 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

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 1977.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 7.13. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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 (1977). Population Density, 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1977

0674 held

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07Questions

Population Density, 1977: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1977?

Monaco, at 17,633.22, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1977 describe?

1977.

How many countries does Population Density, 1977 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1977?

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, 1977 the newest?

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

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