Data for 1992

Population Density, 1992

Name: Population Density, 1992
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1992, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1992 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 20,729.19; Greenland is lowest, at 0.14. The middle country reads 72.55. Against 1991, 221 values changed (193 up, 28 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1992

HighestMonaco

20,729.19

LowestGreenland

0.14

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

222countries
1measure
1992the 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, 1992, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Population Density, 1992: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	20,729.19
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	11,632.77
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5,240.72
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	4,723.96
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	2,687.85
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	1,645.45
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,189.82
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1,081.62
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	928.46
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	890.78
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	795.14
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	699.55
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	605.27
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	592.55
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	550.58
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	548.71
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	501.05
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	453.71
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	451.31
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	414.91
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	395.48
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	386.16
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	382.63
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	366.31
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	365.77
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	331.79
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	330.08
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	317.36
India`IND`Southern Asia	303.70
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	301.27
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	298.83
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	298.34
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	288.48
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	269.58
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	266.95
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	265.05
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	258.86
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	257.71
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	249.93
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	247.89
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	245.19
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	237.78
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	232.20
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	229.90
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	229.05
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	225.76
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	223.89
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	219.75
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	217.80
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	193.01
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	187.04
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	185.77
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	180.64
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	171.91
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	165.46
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	160.27
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	156.59
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	154.16
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	153.88
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	151.34
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	149.72
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	146.37
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	140.03
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	135.51
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	133.58
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	133.45
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	128.08
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	125.49
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	124.87
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	123.39
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	123.00
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	121.98
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	119.81
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	118.76
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	114.56
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	113.20
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	112.40
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	110.65
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	108.28
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	108.22
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	107.75
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	107.19
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	106.94
France`FRA`Western Europe	104.38
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	102.43
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	102.07
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	101.03
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	99.59
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	99.45
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.11
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	98.87
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	97.62
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	96.96
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	95.04
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	94.02
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	92.43
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	91.76
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	90.32
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	89.60
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	88.86
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	87.70
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	85.56
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	82.71
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	81.58
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	79.19
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	78.96
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	78.47
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	76.19
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	75.35
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	72.86
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	72.79
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	72.30
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	71.13
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	64.32
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	62.68
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	61.76
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	61.70
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	60.19
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	59.05
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	58.08
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	57.43
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	57.33
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	56.49
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	55.86
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	54.33
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	53.75
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	53.36
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	52.05
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	51.85
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	50.51
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	50.36
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	49.82
Honduras`HND`Central America	48.33
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	46.81
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	46.49
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	45.32
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	44.82
Ecuador`ECU`South America	44.01
Mexico`MEX`Central America	43.92
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	42.99
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	42.43
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	42.16
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	42.02
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	41.99
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	41.51
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	40.54
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	39.48
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	37.57
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	36.43
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	36.21
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	35.43
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	35.19
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	34.77
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	34.76
Panama`PAN`Central America	34.53
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	33.23
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	31.00
Colombia`COL`South America	30.04
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	29.77
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	28.39
United States`USA`Northern America	28.38
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	28.14
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	27.67
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	27.01
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	25.76
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	23.98
Venezuela`VEN`South America	22.68
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	22.00
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	21.52
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	21.28
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	20.45
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	19.76
Brazil`BRA`South America	18.46
Chile`CHL`South America	18.44
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	18.21
Uruguay`URY`South America	18.13
Peru`PER`South America	17.93
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	17.31
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	17.30
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	16.67
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	15.05
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	14.85
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	14.09
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	13.65
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	13.33
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	12.99
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	12.77
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	12.23
Argentina`ARG`South America	12.07
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	11.18
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	11.00
Paraguay`PRY`South America	10.52
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	10.35
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	10.18
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	9.97
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	9.28
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	9.20
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	9.09
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	8.70
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.39
Belize`BLZ`Central America	8.37
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7.83
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	7.38
Niger`NER`Western Africa	6.96
Bolivia`BOL`South America	6.86
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	6.42
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6.26
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5.44
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.14
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4.91
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	3.81
Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.13
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	2.77
Suriname`SUR`South America	2.68
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.60
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.44
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.28
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2.03
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.78
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.44
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.14

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Monaco20,729.19
Macau11,632.77
Hong Kong5,240.72
Singapore4,723.96
Gibraltar2,687.85

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 72.55. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
221values changed, of 222 in both
193 · 28rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Macau11,320.86 → 11,632.77+311.91
Monaco20,553.36 → 20,729.19+175.84
Singapore4,591.93 → 4,723.96+132.03
Hong Kong5,121.10 → 5,240.72+119.62
Sint Maarten883.69 → 928.46+44.76

Fell most

Bosnia and Herzegovina87.08 → 82.71−4.37
Montserrat101.33 → 96.96−4.36
Vatican City1,647.73 → 1,645.45−2.27
Gibraltar2,689.80 → 2,687.85−1.95
Armenia126.97 → 125.49−1.48

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 1992.
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Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (1992). Population Density, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1992

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