Data for 1997

Population Density, 1997

Name: Population Density, 1997
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1997, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1997 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 21,518.46; Greenland is lowest, at 0.14. The middle country reads 72.96. Against 1996, 222 values changed (194 up, 28 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1997

HighestMonaco

21,518.46

LowestGreenland

0.14

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

222countries
1measure
1997the 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, 1997, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Population Density, 1997: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	21,518.46
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	12,970.91
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5,838.65
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5,558.74
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	2,758.20
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	1,586.36
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,240.25
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1,114.39
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	977.17
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	923.63
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	892.36
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	796.94
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	618.06
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	610.21
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	583.40
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	553.27
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	509.85
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	475.01
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	466.98
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	464.32
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	450.59
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	430.92
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	422.96
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	401.60
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	354.49
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	336.27
India`IND`Southern Asia	336.05
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	335.08
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	320.33
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	313.35
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	309.69
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	308.82
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	291.02
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	290.10
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	285.06
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	284.90
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	282.07
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	273.66
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	272.85
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	271.81
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	260.89
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	254.55
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	247.68
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	246.36
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	240.78
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	236.84
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	236.37
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	235.26
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	233.91
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	201.49
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	199.37
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	193.22
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	191.93
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	184.89
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	177.26
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	174.29
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	169.20
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	167.03
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	161.76
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	161.48
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	158.67
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	157.76
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	154.88
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	147.48
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	144.71
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	137.66
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	133.16
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	132.46
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	132.30
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	129.29
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	128.19
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	127.46
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	125.24
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	124.66
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	123.84
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	121.79
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	118.86
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	117.88
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	116.52
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	115.91
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	114.05
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	113.54
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	111.71
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	109.92
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	109.51
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	109.39
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	108.08
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	107.39
France`FRA`Western Europe	106.22
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	103.02
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	101.51
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	101.32
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	100.33
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	98.54
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	97.41
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	97.14
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	96.58
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	96.01
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	92.40
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	87.67
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	83.92
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	81.67
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	81.61
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	81.31
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	81.20
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	80.59
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	80.47
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	80.16
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	78.49
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	75.81
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	73.43
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	72.50
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	68.74
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	67.57
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	67.55
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	66.91
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	65.49
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	65.06
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	63.92
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	62.74
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	62.19
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	61.68
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	61.40
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	60.98
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	60.61
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	59.29
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	58.38
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	58.03
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	57.98
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	57.06
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	56.83
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	55.85
Honduras`HND`Central America	55.66
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	53.71
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	52.96
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	51.08
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	50.46
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	49.89
Ecuador`ECU`South America	48.44
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	48.39
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	48.22
Mexico`MEX`Central America	47.99
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	47.51
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	45.87
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	44.45
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	42.91
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	41.45
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	39.97
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	39.96
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	39.67
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	39.37
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	39.10
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	39.07
Panama`PAN`Central America	38.24
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	37.41
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	35.65
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	33.85
Colombia`COL`South America	33.04
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	32.70
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	32.28
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	32.16
United States`USA`Northern America	29.90
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	29.56
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	29.39
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	28.98
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	28.42
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	25.77
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	25.28
Venezuela`VEN`South America	25.24
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	25.05
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	22.32
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	21.99
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	21.72
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	21.55
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	20.30
Brazil`BRA`South America	19.94
Chile`CHL`South America	19.83
Peru`PER`South America	19.74
Uruguay`URY`South America	18.61
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	17.77
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	17.35
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	17.00
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	14.62
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	14.55
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	14.48
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	14.33
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	14.26
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	14.15
Argentina`ARG`South America	12.88
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	12.47
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	12.43
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	12.42
Paraguay`PRY`South America	11.85
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	11.76
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	11.46
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	11.01
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	9.77
Belize`BLZ`Central America	9.53
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	9.23
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	9.03
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8.73
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	8.55
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	8.46
Niger`NER`Western Africa	8.20
Bolivia`BOL`South America	7.54
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7.08
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	6.69
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6.09
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	5.94
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	5.67
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4.59
Guyana`GUY`South America	3.87
Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.31
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	3.02
Suriname`SUR`South America	2.87
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.77
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.71
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.41
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2.34
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2.05
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.53
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.14

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Monaco21,518.46
Macau12,970.91
Hong Kong5,838.65
Singapore5,558.74
Gibraltar2,758.20

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 72.96. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
194 · 28rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Macau12,719.64 → 12,970.91+251.27
Singapore5,365.39 → 5,558.74+193.36
Monaco21,367.45 → 21,518.46+151.01
Hong Kong5,734.73 → 5,838.65+103.92
Rwanda277.11 → 320.33+43.22

Fell most

Montserrat73.82 → 67.55−6.27
Sint Maarten929.34 → 923.63−5.71
Vatican City1,592.05 → 1,586.36−5.68
Curaçao357.48 → 354.49−2.99
Saint Martin555.53 → 553.27−2.25

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 1997.
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Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (1997). Population Density, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1997

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