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Population Density, 1983

1983, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1983 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 18,765.436; Greenland is lowest, at 0.127. The middle country reads 56.621. Against 1982, 222 values changed (206 up, 16 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1983

HighestMonaco

18,765.436

LowestGreenland

0.127

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, 1983, 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, 1983: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe18,765.436
MacauMACEastern Asia8,453.219
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia4,763.518
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia3,932.623
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,873.300
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,675.000
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,106.638
BermudaBMUNorthern America1,014.389
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia732.390
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia597.093
BarbadosBRBCaribbean590.679
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia537.211
BahrainBHRWestern Asia511.759
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa491.314
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean474.500
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe427.576
NauruNRUMicronesia410.825
South KoreaKOREastern Asia404.283
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean383.415
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean369.875
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe364.402
ArubaABWCaribbean350.536
BelgiumBELWestern Europe325.951
JapanJPNEastern Asia318.316
LebanonLBNWestern Asia302.541

02In 1983

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco18,765.436
  2. Macau8,453.219
  3. Hong Kong4,763.518
  4. Singapore3,932.623
  5. Gibraltar2,873.300

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.127
  2. Mongolia1.174
  3. Namibia1.260
  4. Mauritania1.559
  5. Botswana1.846

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 56.621. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031982 → 1983

Since 1982

What changed between 1982 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 206 · 16rose · 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 1983.

  • 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 (1983). Population Density, 1983 [data set], describing 1983. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1983

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Population Density, 1983: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1983?

Monaco, at 18,765.436, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1983 describe?

1983.

How many countries does Population Density, 1983 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1983?

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, 1983 the newest?

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

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