Data for 1991
Population Density, 1991
1991, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Population Density, 1991 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 20,553.356; Greenland is lowest, at 0.136. The middle country reads 70.471. Against 1990, 222 values changed (200 up, 22 down), the same countries are covered.
Population Density · Data for 1991
HighestMonaco
20,553.356LowestGreenland
0.136Shaded 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, 1991, 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 | 20,553.356 |
MACEastern Asia | 11,320.859 |
HKGEastern Asia | 5,121.105 |
SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 4,591.934 |
GIBSouthern Europe | 2,689.800 |
VATSouthern Europe | 1,647.727 |
MLTSouthern Europe | 1,178.830 |
BMUNorthern America | 1,073.778 |
SXMCaribbean | 883.691 |
BGDSouthern Asia | 874.142 |
MDVSouthern Asia | 772.672 |
BHRWestern Asia | 679.270 |
BRBCaribbean | 603.192 |
TWNEastern Asia | 586.889 |
MAFCaribbean | 543.406 |
MUSEastern Africa | 543.370 |
NRUMicronesia | 492.500 |
NLDWestern Europe | 450.093 |
KOREastern Asia | 449.139 |
PRICaribbean | 411.145 |
SMRSouthern Europe | 390.123 |
PSEWestern Asia | 370.258 |
ABWCaribbean | 369.683 |
CUWCaribbean | 366.620 |
LBNWestern Asia | 358.643 |
BELWestern Europe | 330.239 |
JPNEastern Asia | 328.774 |
RWAEastern Africa | 310.903 |
TUVPolynesia | 297.600 |
INDSouthern Asia | 297.299 |
GRDCaribbean | 296.450 |
VIRCaribbean | 295.249 |
VCTCaribbean | 287.747 |
SLVCentral America | 265.206 |
LKASouthern Asia | 262.744 |
GUMMicronesia | 260.764 |
HTICaribbean | 253.743 |
MHLMicronesia | 253.153 |
TTOCaribbean | 246.037 |
COMEastern Africa | 244.791 |
ASMPolynesia | 239.410 |
GBRNorthern Europe | 237.105 |
DEUWestern Europe | 230.386 |
LCACaribbean | 226.494 |
JAMCaribbean | 221.687 |
ISRWestern Asia | 220.852 |
BDIEastern Africa | 219.802 |
PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 214.608 |
VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 213.433 |
ITASouthern Europe | 192.839 |
XKXSouthern Europe | 183.894 |
LIEWestern Europe | 182.991 |
PRKEastern Asia | 177.964 |
CHEWestern Europe | 169.958 |
SYCEastern Africa | 163.712 |
PAKSouthern Asia | 155.745 |
KNACaribbean | 155.223 |
TONPolynesia | 153.685 |
DOMCaribbean | 151.101 |
LUXWestern Europe | 149.350 |
FSMMicronesia | 146.791 |
ATGCaribbean | 144.061 |
NPLSouthern Asia | 136.135 |
MDAEastern Europe | 135.533 |
CZEEastern Europe | 133.472 |
STPMiddle Africa | 130.934 |
ARMWestern Asia | 126.967 |
POLEastern Europe | 124.604 |
IMNNorthern Europe | 122.043 |
CHNEastern Asia | 121.957 |
DNKNorthern Europe | 121.582 |
ANDSouthern Europe | 120.569 |
ALBSouthern Europe | 119.812 |
HUNEastern Europe | 114.638 |
CYMCaribbean | 113.255 |
NGAWestern Africa | 109.490 |
THASouth-eastern Asia | 108.903 |
GMBWestern Africa | 108.692 |
PRTSouthern Europe | 108.378 |
SVKEastern Europe | 107.782 |
KIRMicronesia | 105.188 |
VGBCaribbean | 105.110 |
MWIEastern Africa | 104.114 |
FRAWestern Europe | 103.870 |
SRBSouthern Europe | 102.521 |
MSRCaribbean | 101.325 |
CUBCaribbean | 100.392 |
ROUEastern Europe | 99.738 |
SVNSouthern Europe | 99.275 |
AIACaribbean | 98.892 |
IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 97.742 |
MNPMicronesia | 97.140 |
CPVWestern Africa | 95.431 |
AUTWestern Europe | 94.004 |
DMACaribbean | 92.395 |
UGAEastern Africa | 90.867 |
UKREastern Europe | 90.056 |
AZEWestern Asia | 88.489 |
BIHSouthern Europe | 87.082 |
GTMCentral America | 86.530 |
CYPWestern Asia | 86.466 |
HRVSouthern Europe | 86.324 |
MKDSouthern Europe | 82.527 |
BGREastern Europe | 80.223 |
GRCSouthern Europe | 78.785 |
ESPSouthern Europe | 78.036 |
GEOWestern Asia | 77.414 |
KWTWestern Asia | 75.845 |
TURWestern Asia | 74.077 |
COKPolynesia | 72.123 |
SYRWestern Asia | 70.659 |
TGOWestern Africa | 70.282 |
GHAWestern Africa | 69.383 |
CRICentral America | 62.714 |
MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 61.832 |
LSOSouthern Africa | 60.684 |
EGYNorthern Africa | 60.303 |
WSMPolynesia | 59.847 |
SLEWestern Africa | 59.190 |
LTUNorthern Europe | 59.108 |
PYFPolynesia | 56.391 |
MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 55.829 |
MARNorthern Africa | 55.566 |
TUNNorthern Africa | 54.699 |
BHSCaribbean | 52.395 |
TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 52.339 |
SWZSouthern Africa | 52.306 |
IRLNorthern Europe | 51.695 |
BLREastern Europe | 50.239 |
ETHEastern Africa | 49.717 |
UZBCentral Asia | 49.278 |
BENWestern Africa | 48.306 |
HNDCentral America | 46.975 |
BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 45.550 |
MNESouthern Europe | 45.146 |
JORWestern Asia | 44.093 |
MEXCentral America | 43.093 |
ECUSouth America | 43.092 |
FJIMelanesia | 42.674 |
LVANorthern Europe | 42.569 |
KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 42.461 |
SENWestern Africa | 41.256 |
IRQWestern Asia | 40.926 |
KENEastern Africa | 40.719 |
CIVWestern Africa | 39.886 |
QATWestern Asia | 39.259 |
TJKCentral Asia | 38.723 |
IRNSouthern Asia | 36.830 |
ESTNorthern Europe | 36.014 |
NICCentral America | 35.397 |
GNBWestern Africa | 35.371 |
BFAWestern Africa | 34.337 |
ZAFSouthern Africa | 34.148 |
PLWMicronesia | 33.945 |
PANCentral America | 33.815 |
FRONorthern Europe | 33.802 |
TZAEastern Africa | 30.233 |
COLSouth America | 29.455 |
AREWestern Asia | 28.253 |
USANorthern America | 28.037 |
YEMWestern Asia | 27.332 |
GINWestern Africa | 27.255 |
DJIEastern Africa | 27.226 |
ZWEEastern Africa | 26.896 |
CMRMiddle Africa | 25.034 |
KGZCentral Asia | 23.629 |
VENSouth America | 22.156 |
MDGEastern Africa | 21.350 |
SWENorthern Europe | 21.154 |
LBRWestern Africa | 20.313 |
LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 19.216 |
AFGSouthern Asia | 18.850 |
BRASouth America | 18.153 |
CHLSouth America | 18.145 |
URYSouth America | 18.028 |
PERSouth America | 17.564 |
GNQMiddle Africa | 17.548 |
MOZEastern Africa | 16.979 |
CODMiddle Africa | 16.729 |
FINNorthern Europe | 16.581 |
ERIEastern Africa | 15.845 |
BTNSouthern Asia | 15.622 |
NORNorthern Europe | 14.008 |
NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 13.140 |
TCACaribbean | 12.952 |
SDNNorthern Africa | 12.731 |
VUTMelanesia | 12.452 |
ARGSouth America | 11.903 |
SLBMelanesia | 11.868 |
DZANorthern Africa | 10.911 |
SOMEastern Africa | 10.861 |
ZMBEastern Africa | 10.737 |
PRYSouth America | 10.247 |
NCLMelanesia | 9.915 |
AGOMiddle Africa | 9.644 |
NIUPolynesia | 9.429 |
RUSEastern Europe | 9.126 |
PNGMelanesia | 8.881 |
SSDEastern Africa | 8.573 |
TKMCentral Asia | 8.205 |
BLZCentral America | 8.200 |
MLIWestern Africa | 7.673 |
COGMiddle Africa | 7.172 |
NERWestern Africa | 6.747 |
BOLSouth America | 6.721 |
KAZCentral Asia | 6.400 |
OMNWestern Asia | 5.982 |
SAUWestern Asia | 5.192 |
TCDMiddle Africa | 4.928 |
CAFMiddle Africa | 4.757 |
GABMiddle Africa | 3.923 |
GUYSouth America | 3.799 |
CANNorthern America | 3.096 |
LBYNorthern Africa | 2.711 |
SURSouth America | 2.660 |
ISLNorthern Europe | 2.572 |
BWASouthern Africa | 2.368 |
AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 2.259 |
MRTWestern Africa | 1.950 |
NAMSouthern Africa | 1.720 |
MNGEastern Asia | 1.414 |
GRLNorthern America | 0.136 |
02In 1991
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Lowest
Greenland0.136
Mongolia1.414
Namibia1.720
Mauritania1.950
Australia2.259
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 70.471. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031990 → 1991
Since 1990
What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 222values changed, of 222 in both
- 200 · 22rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Macau10,972.594 → 11,320.859+348.266
Monaco20,374.832 → 20,553.356+178.523
Singapore4,450.353 → 4,591.934+141.581
Hong Kong5,059.688 → 5,121.105+61.417
Sint Maarten825.324 → 883.691+58.368
Fell most
Gibraltar2,720.000 → 2,689.800−30.200
Kuwait94.557 → 75.845−18.713
Liberia23.086 → 20.313−2.774
Montserrat103.660 → 101.325−2.335
Bulgaria81.390 → 80.223−1.168
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 1991.
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.
WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz
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 (1991). Population Density, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1991
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07Questions
Population Density, 1991: questions and answers
Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1991?
Monaco, at 20,553.356, of the 222 countries in the file.
What year does Population Density, 1991 describe?
1991.
How many countries does Population Density, 1991 cover?
222.
Where can I download Population Density, 1991?
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, 1991 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Population Density, 2023.