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Population Density, 1979

1979, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1979 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 18,048.658; Greenland is lowest, at 0.121. The middle country reads 52.669. Against 1978, 222 values changed (211 up, 11 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1979

HighestMonaco

18,048.658

LowestGreenland

0.121

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, 1979, 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, 1979: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe18,048.658
MacauMACEastern Asia7,535.828
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia4,420.082
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia3,496.570
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,857.450
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,685.227
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,082.448
BermudaBMUNorthern America991.065
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia660.176
BarbadosBRBCaribbean584.347
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia534.533
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia500.869
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa462.752
BahrainBHRWestern Asia438.643
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe417.278
South KoreaKOREastern Asia381.138
NauruNRUMicronesia373.375
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean369.052
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean364.132
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe349.508
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean344.794
ArubaABWCaribbean343.867
BelgiumBELWestern Europe324.043
JapanJPNEastern Asia311.874
LebanonLBNWestern Asia281.783

02In 1979

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco18,048.658
  2. Macau7,535.828
  3. Hong Kong4,420.082
  4. Singapore3,496.570
  5. Gibraltar2,857.450

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.121
  2. Mongolia1.066
  3. Namibia1.170
  4. Mauritania1.390
  5. Botswana1.591

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 52.669. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

What changed between 1978 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 211 · 11rose · 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 1979.

  • 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 (1979). Population Density, 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1979

0674 held

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07Questions

Population Density, 1979: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1979?

Monaco, at 18,048.658, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1979 describe?

1979.

How many countries does Population Density, 1979 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1979?

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, 1979 the newest?

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

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