Data for 1989

Population Density, 1989

Name: Population Density, 1989
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1989, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1989 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 20,190.27; Greenland is lowest, at 0.13. The middle country reads 66.31. Against 1988, 222 values changed (204 up, 18 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1989

HighestMonaco

20,190.27

LowestGreenland

0.13

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

222countries
1measure
1989the year it describes
222distinct values4 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Population Density, 1989, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Population Density, 1989: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	20,190.27
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	10,600.70
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5,041.47
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	4,302.57
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	2,754.35
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	1,651.14
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,157.21
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1,057.94
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	840.70
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	769.68
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	725.80
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	635.16
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	600.25
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	576.64
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	530.04
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	499.11
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	469.53
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	443.14
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	439.90
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	404.05
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	379.57
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	367.97
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	352.17
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	344.60
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	341.46
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	328.18
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	326.27
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	296.77
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	291.53
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	291.22
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	288.75
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	285.31
India`IND`Southern Asia	284.56
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	259.13
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	255.74
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	251.02
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	243.56
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	242.14
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	242.03
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	235.57
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	232.73
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	226.67
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	225.96
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	221.61
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	218.09
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	210.86
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	204.68
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	204.22
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	202.44
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	192.51
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	178.48
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	178.33
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	172.78
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	166.23
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	159.99
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	156.76
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	152.93
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	145.73
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	145.71
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	144.94
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	143.92
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	141.43
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	135.01
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	133.49
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	129.49
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	124.98
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	124.45
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	123.90
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	121.07
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	120.96
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	119.00
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	118.51
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	118.12
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	114.92
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	108.73
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	107.70
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	107.07
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	105.40
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	104.63
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	103.79
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	103.21
France`FRA`Western Europe	102.81
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	102.71
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	100.75
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	99.94
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	99.48
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.09
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	98.66
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	98.57
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	97.05
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	94.30
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	93.54
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	92.35
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	91.93
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	91.27
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	90.38
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	89.62
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	86.71
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	86.61
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	86.24
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	85.14
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	84.14
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	82.51
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	82.44
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	81.89
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	79.14
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	78.11
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	77.69
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	71.44
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	70.55
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	66.32
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	66.30
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	65.95
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	60.03
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	59.64
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	59.61
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	59.02
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	58.48
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	56.97
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	56.23
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	54.19
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	53.64
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	52.70
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	52.45
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	51.36
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.61
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	50.09
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	50.07
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	48.25
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	46.96
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	45.88
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	45.42
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	44.67
Honduras`HND`Central America	44.39
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	43.03
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	42.82
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	41.94
Mexico`MEX`Central America	41.47
Ecuador`ECU`South America	41.24
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	40.00
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	39.07
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	38.97
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38.09
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	37.72
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	36.85
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	36.81
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	36.74
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	36.06
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	34.82
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	34.30
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	34.06
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	33.79
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	32.61
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	32.49
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	32.46
Panama`PAN`Central America	32.41
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	28.72
Colombia`COL`South America	28.28
United States`USA`Northern America	27.40
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	26.14
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	25.50
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	25.31
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	25.30
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	25.20
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	23.61
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	22.85
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	22.58
Venezuela`VEN`South America	21.11
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	20.85
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	20.12
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	18.29
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	18.16
Uruguay`URY`South America	17.82
Chile`CHL`South America	17.55
Brazil`BRA`South America	17.53
Peru`PER`South America	16.82
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	16.42
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	16.41
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	16.40
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	16.29
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	15.65
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	14.94
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	13.89
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	12.59
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	12.23
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.85
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.78
Argentina`ARG`South America	11.56
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	11.34
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	11.16
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	10.39
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	10.21
Paraguay`PRY`South America	9.71
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	9.67
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	9.41
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	9.06
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	9.01
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	8.38
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	8.35
Belize`BLZ`Central America	7.85
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	7.79
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7.38
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	6.77
Bolivia`BOL`South America	6.44
Niger`NER`Western Africa	6.34
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	6.30
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5.42
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4.71
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.62
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4.47
Guyana`GUY`South America	3.83
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	3.71
Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.01
Suriname`SUR`South America	2.62
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	2.59
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.52
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.24
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.20
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1.85
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.57
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.36
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.13

02In 1989

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Monaco20,190.27
Macau10,600.70
Hong Kong5,041.47
Singapore4,302.57
Gibraltar2,754.35

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 66.31. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
204 · 18rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Macau10,215.78 → 10,600.70+384.92
Monaco19,986.91 → 20,190.27+203.36
Singapore4,171.37 → 4,302.57+131.20
Sint Maarten716.37 → 769.68+53.31
Saint Martin448.09 → 499.11+51.02

Fell most

Gibraltar2,783.90 → 2,754.35−29.55
Vatican City1,654.55 → 1,651.14−3.41
Saint Kitts and Nevis157.93 → 156.76−1.17
Antigua and Barbuda144.60 → 143.92−0.67
Montserrat105.30 → 104.63−0.67

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

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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 1989.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1989). Population Density, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1989

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