Data for 1982
Population Density, 1982
1982, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Population Density, 1982 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 18,497.651; Greenland is lowest, at 0.125. The middle country reads 55.551. Against 1981, 222 values changed (211 up, 11 down), the same countries are covered.
Population Density · Data for 1982
HighestMonaco
18,497.651LowestGreenland
0.125Shaded 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, 1982, 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 | 18,497.651 |
MACEastern Asia | 8,157.953 |
HKGEastern Asia | 4,686.164 |
SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 3,846.877 |
GIBSouthern Europe | 2,876.500 |
VATSouthern Europe | 1,681.818 |
MLTSouthern Europe | 1,100.459 |
BMUNorthern America | 1,007.167 |
BGDSouthern Asia | 713.025 |
BRBCaribbean | 588.593 |
MDVSouthern Asia | 581.108 |
TWNEastern Asia | 528.777 |
BHRWestern Asia | 494.231 |
MUSEastern Africa | 484.537 |
SXMCaribbean | 429.603 |
NLDWestern Europe | 425.705 |
NRUMicronesia | 401.975 |
KOREastern Asia | 397.766 |
PRICaribbean | 379.190 |
CUWCaribbean | 369.913 |
SMRSouthern Europe | 361.566 |
ABWCaribbean | 348.067 |
BELWestern Europe | 325.726 |
JPNEastern Asia | 317.086 |
LBNWestern Asia | 298.625 |
VIRCaribbean | 281.833 |
GRDCaribbean | 277.599 |
VCTCaribbean | 271.714 |
PSEWestern Asia | 259.301 |
TUVPolynesia | 255.450 |
LKASouthern Asia | 243.786 |
INDSouthern Asia | 242.270 |
RWAEastern Africa | 235.917 |
GBRNorthern Europe | 231.905 |
DEUWestern Europe | 224.907 |
TTOCaribbean | 223.767 |
SLVCentral America | 223.093 |
GUMMicronesia | 213.884 |
HTICaribbean | 211.685 |
JAMCaribbean | 203.499 |
LCACaribbean | 199.816 |
COMEastern Africa | 191.907 |
ITASouthern Europe | 191.635 |
MHLMicronesia | 185.536 |
BDIEastern Africa | 180.400 |
ISRWestern Asia | 179.441 |
MAFCaribbean | 179.132 |
VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 175.526 |
ASMPolynesia | 174.545 |
PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 168.986 |
KNACaribbean | 163.585 |
LIEWestern Europe | 161.544 |
CHEWestern Europe | 159.827 |
PRKEastern Asia | 155.937 |
XKXSouthern Europe | 154.348 |
TONPolynesia | 150.738 |
SYCEastern Africa | 148.032 |
ATGCaribbean | 147.239 |
LUXWestern Europe | 140.948 |
CZEEastern Europe | 133.402 |
MDAEastern Europe | 125.603 |
DOMCaribbean | 124.343 |
DNKNorthern Europe | 120.722 |
POLEastern Europe | 118.335 |
HUNEastern Europe | 117.708 |
FSMMicronesia | 117.456 |
PAKSouthern Asia | 115.568 |
IMNNorthern Europe | 113.088 |
ARMWestern Asia | 111.128 |
NPLSouthern Asia | 110.734 |
MSRCaribbean | 108.558 |
PRTSouthern Europe | 107.472 |
STPMiddle Africa | 106.779 |
CHNEastern Asia | 105.582 |
ALBSouthern Europe | 103.909 |
SVKEastern Europe | 103.029 |
SRBSouthern Europe | 102.294 |
FRAWestern Europe | 98.992 |
ROUEastern Europe | 97.248 |
DMACaribbean | 96.917 |
SVNSouthern Europe | 95.242 |
KWTWestern Asia | 93.303 |
THASouth-eastern Asia | 92.964 |
CUBCaribbean | 92.852 |
AUTWestern Europe | 91.774 |
UKREastern Europe | 87.003 |
KIRMicronesia | 86.961 |
NGAWestern Africa | 86.058 |
HRVSouthern Europe | 83.891 |
CPVWestern Africa | 82.562 |
ANDSouthern Europe | 82.478 |
BIHSouthern Europe | 82.448 |
BGREastern Europe | 82.224 |
IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 81.663 |
MKDSouthern Europe | 79.435 |
AZEWestern Asia | 78.534 |
CYMCaribbean | 77.799 |
VGBCaribbean | 77.409 |
ESPSouthern Europe | 75.738 |
GMBWestern Africa | 75.667 |
GEOWestern Asia | 75.500 |
CYPWestern Asia | 75.379 |
AIACaribbean | 75.313 |
GRCSouthern Europe | 75.199 |
COKPolynesia | 72.796 |
MWIEastern Africa | 71.695 |
UGAEastern Africa | 69.435 |
GTMCentral America | 67.565 |
TURWestern Asia | 61.489 |
WSMPolynesia | 58.828 |
GHAWestern Africa | 55.568 |
LTUNorthern Europe | 55.534 |
TGOWestern Africa | 54.452 |
MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 52.784 |
SYRWestern Asia | 52.107 |
IRLNorthern Europe | 50.837 |
CRICentral America | 49.448 |
LSOSouthern Africa | 49.102 |
MNPMicronesia | 48.906 |
BLREastern Europe | 48.042 |
SLEWestern Africa | 47.507 |
EGYNorthern Africa | 46.620 |
MARNorthern Africa | 45.979 |
PYFPolynesia | 45.235 |
TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 45.000 |
BHSCaribbean | 44.907 |
TUNNorthern Africa | 44.449 |
MNESouthern Europe | 42.979 |
MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 42.103 |
LVANorthern Europe | 40.690 |
UZBCentral Asia | 38.699 |
BENWestern Africa | 36.862 |
FJIMelanesia | 36.859 |
SWZSouthern Africa | 36.725 |
ETHEastern Africa | 36.701 |
HNDCentral America | 36.294 |
MEXCentral America | 35.949 |
ECUSouth America | 34.673 |
ESTNorthern Europe | 34.393 |
BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 34.374 |
IRQWestern Asia | 33.184 |
SENWestern Africa | 31.979 |
FRONorthern Europe | 31.892 |
GNBWestern Africa | 30.437 |
KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 30.030 |
KENEastern Africa | 29.629 |
TJKCentral Asia | 29.540 |
NICCentral America | 28.575 |
CIVWestern Africa | 28.012 |
PANCentral America | 27.667 |
PLWMicronesia | 27.597 |
JORWestern Asia | 27.332 |
IRNSouthern Asia | 27.182 |
QATWestern Asia | 26.889 |
BFAWestern Africa | 26.828 |
ZAFSouthern Africa | 25.897 |
USANorthern America | 25.644 |
COLSouth America | 24.329 |
TZAEastern Africa | 23.028 |
GINWestern Africa | 21.356 |
LBRWestern Africa | 21.232 |
SWENorthern Europe | 20.438 |
KGZCentral Asia | 20.244 |
ZWEEastern Africa | 20.154 |
YEMWestern Asia | 19.397 |
CMRMiddle Africa | 19.373 |
VENSouth America | 17.592 |
URYSouth America | 17.180 |
AFGSouthern Asia | 16.928 |
MDGEastern Africa | 16.428 |
AREWestern Asia | 16.422 |
FINNorthern Europe | 15.963 |
CHLSouth America | 15.738 |
DJIEastern Africa | 15.396 |
BRASouth America | 15.186 |
MOZEastern Africa | 15.037 |
LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 14.948 |
PERSouth America | 14.254 |
ERIEastern Africa | 13.995 |
NORNorthern Europe | 13.525 |
NIUPolynesia | 12.504 |
CODMiddle Africa | 12.500 |
BTNSouthern Asia | 12.046 |
NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 12.024 |
GNQMiddle Africa | 11.487 |
SDNNorthern Africa | 10.474 |
ARGSouth America | 10.360 |
VUTMelanesia | 9.929 |
SOMEastern Africa | 9.570 |
SLBMelanesia | 8.862 |
TCACaribbean | 8.733 |
RUSEastern Europe | 8.564 |
NCLMelanesia | 8.370 |
DZANorthern Africa | 8.344 |
ZMBEastern Africa | 8.311 |
SSDEastern Africa | 8.079 |
PRYSouth America | 7.977 |
PNGMelanesia | 7.208 |
AGOMiddle Africa | 7.020 |
BLZCentral America | 6.688 |
MLIWestern Africa | 6.442 |
TKMCentral Asia | 6.353 |
KAZCentral Asia | 5.739 |
COGMiddle Africa | 5.594 |
BOLSouth America | 5.555 |
NERWestern Africa | 5.142 |
CAFMiddle Africa | 4.025 |
GUYSouth America | 3.946 |
TCDMiddle Africa | 3.763 |
OMNWestern Asia | 3.611 |
SAUWestern Asia | 3.175 |
GABMiddle Africa | 3.063 |
CANNorthern America | 2.765 |
SURSouth America | 2.414 |
ISLNorthern Europe | 2.333 |
LBYNorthern Africa | 2.222 |
AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 1.978 |
BWASouthern Africa | 1.781 |
MRTWestern Africa | 1.515 |
NAMSouthern Africa | 1.227 |
MNGEastern Asia | 1.146 |
GRLNorthern America | 0.125 |
02In 1982
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Lowest
Greenland0.125
Mongolia1.146
Namibia1.227
Mauritania1.515
Botswana1.781
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 55.551. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031981 → 1982
Since 1981
What changed between 1981 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
Macau7,890.781 → 8,157.953+267.172
Monaco18,317.450 → 18,497.651+180.201
Singapore3,706.884 → 3,846.877+139.993
Hong Kong4,605.055 → 4,686.164+81.109
Sint Maarten391.235 → 429.603+38.368
Fell most
Vatican City1,686.364 → 1,681.818−4.545
Afghanistan18.385 → 16.928−1.457
Montserrat109.252 → 108.558−0.694
Saint Kitts and Nevis164.223 → 163.585−0.638
Cook Islands73.352 → 72.796−0.556
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 1982.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.
05The files
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UN DESA Population Division’s own file, on its own site.
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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 (1982). Population Density, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1982
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07Questions
Population Density, 1982: questions and answers
Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1982?
Monaco, at 18,497.651, of the 222 countries in the file.
What year does Population Density, 1982 describe?
1982.
How many countries does Population Density, 1982 cover?
222.
Where can I download Population Density, 1982?
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, 1982 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Population Density, 2023.