Data for 1990

Population Density, 1990

Name: Population Density, 1990
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1990, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1990 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 20,374.83; Greenland is lowest, at 0.14. The middle country reads 68.38. Against 1989, 222 values changed (201 up, 21 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1990

HighestMonaco

20,374.83

LowestGreenland

0.14

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

222countries
1measure
1990the 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, 1990, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Population Density, 1990: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	20,374.83
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	10,972.59
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5,059.69
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	4,450.35
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	2,720.00
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	1,648.86
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,167.96
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1,065.90
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	857.60
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	825.32
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	749.21
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	657.47
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	601.35
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	581.61
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	536.46
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	532.54
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	481.10
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	446.40
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	445.52
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	407.39
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	384.84
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	367.31
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	357.96
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	355.33
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	351.43
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	328.98
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	327.47
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	304.64
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	293.99
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	293.27
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	292.31
India`IND`Southern Asia	290.92
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	286.70
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	260.78
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	260.60
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	256.21
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	248.63
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	247.94
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	244.10
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	238.90
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	236.33
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	233.20
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	228.68
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	223.79
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	219.75
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	215.30
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	210.00
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	209.52
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	209.01
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	192.69
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	181.00
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	180.55
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	175.34
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	167.86
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	161.89
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	155.51
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	153.38
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	150.68
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	148.02
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	147.37
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	144.13
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	143.33
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	135.37
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	133.44
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	132.66
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	128.10
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	124.79
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	124.29
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	121.27
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	120.48
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	120.16
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	119.64
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	114.67
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	111.91
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	108.60
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	107.88
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	107.40
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	107.14
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	106.64
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	104.22
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	103.66
France`FRA`Western Europe	103.36
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	103.11
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	102.62
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	101.98
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	100.96
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	99.70
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	99.59
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.22
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	96.03
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	95.44
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	94.84
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	94.56
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	93.16
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	93.06
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	92.84
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	89.85
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	87.93
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	87.48
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	86.89
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	86.50
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	85.32
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	84.22
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	82.84
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	81.39
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	78.42
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	78.41
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	77.80
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	72.79
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	71.33
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	68.47
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	68.29
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	67.66
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	61.14
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	60.95
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	59.73
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	59.61
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	59.01
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	58.66
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	58.50
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	55.31
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	54.62
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	54.28
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	53.56
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	51.50
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	51.40
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	51.13
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	50.25
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	50.20
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	48.11
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	47.61
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	46.84
Honduras`HND`Central America	45.66
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	44.92
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	44.28
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	42.75
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	42.33
Mexico`MEX`Central America	42.27
Ecuador`ECU`South America	42.17
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	40.79
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	40.74
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	40.50
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	40.10
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	39.42
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	38.33
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	37.99
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	37.73
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	36.13
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	35.84
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	34.63
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	34.59
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	34.29
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	33.48
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	33.38
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	33.17
Panama`PAN`Central America	33.10
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	29.48
Colombia`COL`South America	28.87
United States`USA`Northern America	27.70
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	26.73
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	26.30
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	26.20
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	26.19
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	25.00
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	24.31
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	23.25
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	23.09
Venezuela`VEN`South America	21.63
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	21.01
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	20.72
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	18.68
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	18.55
Uruguay`URY`South America	17.92
Chile`CHL`South America	17.85
Brazil`BRA`South America	17.84
Peru`PER`South America	17.20
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	16.91
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	16.78
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	16.65
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	16.49
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	16.18
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	15.35
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	13.94
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	12.82
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	12.48
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	12.30
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	12.15
Argentina`ARG`South America	11.73
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	11.51
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	11.29
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	10.65
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	10.47
Paraguay`PRY`South America	9.98
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	9.65
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	9.55
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	9.33
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	9.10
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	8.60
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	8.40
Belize`BLZ`Central America	8.03
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.00
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7.52
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	6.97
Bolivia`BOL`South America	6.58
Niger`NER`Western Africa	6.54
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	6.35
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5.70
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4.95
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.75
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4.61
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	3.82
Guyana`GUY`South America	3.81
Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.06
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	2.65
Suriname`SUR`South America	2.64
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.54
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.30
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.23
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1.89
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.66
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.39
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.14

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Monaco20,374.83
Macau10,972.59
Hong Kong5,059.69
Singapore4,450.35
Gibraltar2,720.00

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 68.38. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
201 · 21rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Macau10,600.70 → 10,972.59+371.89
Monaco20,190.27 → 20,374.83+184.56
Singapore4,302.57 → 4,450.35+147.78
Sint Maarten769.68 → 825.32+55.65
Saint Martin499.11 → 532.54+33.42

Fell most

Gibraltar2,754.35 → 2,720.00−34.35
Kuwait124.45 → 94.56−29.89
Liberia26.14 → 23.09−3.05
Vatican City1,651.14 → 1,648.86−2.27
Saint Kitts and Nevis156.76 → 155.51−1.25

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 1990.
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Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (1990). Population Density, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1990

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