Data for 1995

Population Density, 1995

Name: Population Density, 1995
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1995, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1995 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 21,214.09; Greenland is lowest, at 0.14. The middle country reads 73.33. Against 1994, 222 values changed (191 up, 31 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1995

HighestMonaco

21,214.09

LowestGreenland

0.14

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

222countries
1measure
1995the year it describes
222distinct values4 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

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Every country and every column of Population Density, 1995, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Population Density, 1995: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	21,214.09
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	12,459.16
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5,620.66
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5,173.68
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	2,737.70
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	1,601.14
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,220.79
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1,102.34
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	941.85
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	934.47
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	855.50
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	757.63
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	609.39
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	608.15
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	571.34
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	556.04
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	508.23
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	462.27
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	458.53
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	437.97
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	424.94
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	421.77
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	412.43
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	387.17
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	360.12
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	334.81
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	333.50
India`IND`Southern Asia	322.99
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	309.32
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	305.63
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	305.50
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	289.87
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	280.11
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	278.10
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	277.37
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	274.31
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	268.14
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	263.61
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	261.58
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	252.47
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	247.41
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	240.60
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	239.57
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	235.31
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	235.15
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	234.37
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	233.77
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	230.85
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	229.89
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	196.01
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	193.96
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	193.95
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	188.27
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	176.05
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	174.58
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	170.95
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	163.28
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	162.79
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	157.62
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	157.47
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	154.97
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	154.19
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	151.14
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	140.52
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	135.98
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	135.86
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	134.24
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	133.57
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	127.10
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	125.30
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	125.02
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	124.93
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	123.45
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	121.68
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	118.93
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	116.20
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	115.84
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	115.68
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	114.03
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	111.89
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	110.39
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	109.20
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	109.06
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	107.35
France`FRA`Western Europe	105.54
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	105.42
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	104.60
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	103.75
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	103.43
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	102.34
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	101.95
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	98.72
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	98.48
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	96.35
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	96.24
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	94.37
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	93.39
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	93.37
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	92.62
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	89.18
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	82.64
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	80.41
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	80.22
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	79.95
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	79.73
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	79.56
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	79.29
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	77.10
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	76.47
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	75.57
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	74.09
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	72.57
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	70.88
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	69.24
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	65.95
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	65.22
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	64.28
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	61.88
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	61.69
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	60.29
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	59.15
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	58.94
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	58.38
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	58.25
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	57.92
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	57.54
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	56.26
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	55.89
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	55.34
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	55.22
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	53.87
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	53.52
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	52.81
Honduras`HND`Central America	52.62
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	50.51
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	50.26
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	47.97
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	46.72
Ecuador`ECU`South America	46.67
Mexico`MEX`Central America	46.38
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	45.96
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	45.81
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	45.71
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	44.39
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	43.72
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	41.57
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	39.95
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	39.83
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	38.58
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	38.19
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	37.96
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	37.38
Panama`PAN`Central America	36.73
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	36.49
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	34.30
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	34.28
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	33.42
Colombia`COL`South America	31.86
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	31.71
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	31.65
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	30.74
United States`USA`Northern America	29.32
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	28.37
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	28.02
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	27.31
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	26.28
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	24.58
Venezuela`VEN`South America	24.22
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	24.15
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	22.52
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	21.67
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	21.36
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	20.37
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	20.30
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	19.60
Brazil`BRA`South America	19.35
Chile`CHL`South America	19.29
Peru`PER`South America	19.02
Uruguay`URY`South America	18.42
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	16.89
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	16.72
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	15.84
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	14.33
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	14.27
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	13.98
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	13.87
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	13.71
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	13.36
Argentina`ARG`South America	12.56
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	11.95
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	11.82
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	11.61
Paraguay`PRY`South America	11.32
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10.99
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	10.96
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	10.26
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	9.26
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	9.06
Belize`BLZ`Central America	8.95
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8.92
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	8.86
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8.35
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	8.05
Niger`NER`Western Africa	7.67
Bolivia`BOL`South America	7.27
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6.85
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	6.20
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	6.18
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.63
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	5.37
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4.36
Guyana`GUY`South America	3.85
Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.24
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	2.93
Suriname`SUR`South America	2.75
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.67
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.64
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.36
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2.24
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.95
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.50
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.14

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Monaco21,214.09
Macau12,459.16
Hong Kong5,620.66
Singapore5,173.68
Gibraltar2,737.70

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 73.33. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
191 · 31rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Macau12,191.30 → 12,459.16+267.86
Singapore5,004.12 → 5,173.68+169.56
Monaco21,057.38 → 21,214.09+156.71
Hong Kong5,497.96 → 5,620.66+122.70
Bahrain738.13 → 757.63+19.50

Fell most

Rwanda280.56 → 234.37−46.19
Vatican City1,614.77 → 1,601.14−13.64
Montserrat85.86 → 79.95−5.91
Sint Maarten938.74 → 934.47−4.26
Curaçao362.43 → 360.12−2.31

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 1995.
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Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (1995). Population Density, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1995

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