Data for 1999

Population Density, 1999

Name: Population Density, 1999
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1999, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1999 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 21,751.34; Greenland is lowest, at 0.14. The middle country reads 73.14. Against 1998, 221 values changed (192 up, 29 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1999

HighestMonaco

21,751.34

LowestGreenland

0.14

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

222countries
1measure
1999the 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, 1999, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Population Density, 1999: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	21,751.34
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	13,445.39
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6,020.50
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5,807.55
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	2,769.20
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	1,581.82
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,259.96
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1,131.94
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,014.89
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	924.71
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	911.07
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	836.03
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	627.05
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	610.51
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	594.04
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	552.52
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	509.35
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	507.68
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	480.40
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	473.41
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	469.97
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	436.55
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	433.76
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	415.96
India`IND`Southern Asia	349.20
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	347.31
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	337.76
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	336.55
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	336.50
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	316.53
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	313.90
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	310.22
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	302.12
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	295.67
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	292.59
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	290.68
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	285.42
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	282.58
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	281.24
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	278.90
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	274.73
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	259.18
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	256.28
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	254.39
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	244.21
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	243.41
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	242.39
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	239.13
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	234.33
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	204.54
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	195.32
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	195.15
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	193.40
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	179.48
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	178.64
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	174.83
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	171.62
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	171.54
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	167.42
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	165.98
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	163.92
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	159.54
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	158.85
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	156.99
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	148.38
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	144.24
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	139.90
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	139.81
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	135.10
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	132.78
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	131.27
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	130.75
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	130.11
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	128.12
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	125.53
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	125.04
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	123.19
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	121.94
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	120.01
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	116.84
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	116.40
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	116.38
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	112.89
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	111.47
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	111.27
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	111.05
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	110.80
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	109.68
France`FRA`Western Europe	107.16
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	106.64
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	106.60
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	103.71
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	100.79
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	100.78
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	98.38
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	98.00
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	96.87
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	96.34
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	91.83
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	88.34
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	86.27
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	85.78
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	84.16
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	83.93
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	82.21
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	82.01
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	81.24
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	80.67
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	78.46
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	75.64
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	74.43
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	71.85
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	68.68
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	68.56
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	68.29
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	67.75
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	65.98
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	65.37
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	64.22
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	64.12
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	63.70
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	62.80
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	62.12
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	62.10
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	60.19
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	59.65
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	59.42
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	59.37
Honduras`HND`Central America	58.68
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	57.54
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	56.26
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	56.13
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	55.41
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	54.94
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	54.89
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	54.45
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	54.14
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	52.87
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	51.20
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	50.54
Ecuador`ECU`South America	50.21
Mexico`MEX`Central America	49.57
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	49.48
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	45.98
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	45.92
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	45.53
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	43.38
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	43.04
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	42.31
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	41.17
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	41.09
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	40.18
Panama`PAN`Central America	39.79
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	38.42
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	38.28
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	37.59
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	36.04
Colombia`COL`South America	34.22
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	33.64
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	32.65
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	32.29
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	31.24
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	31.17
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	30.63
United States`USA`Northern America	30.48
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	30.46
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	29.29
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	27.50
Venezuela`VEN`South America	26.26
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	25.91
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	23.79
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23.14
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	22.55
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	21.75
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	21.58
Brazil`BRA`South America	20.54
Peru`PER`South America	20.46
Chile`CHL`South America	20.35
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	18.90
Uruguay`URY`South America	18.79
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	18.27
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	17.08
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	15.37
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	15.17
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	14.95
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	14.93
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	14.67
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	14.48
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	13.54
Argentina`ARG`South America	13.18
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	13.10
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	12.80
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	12.57
Paraguay`PRY`South America	12.37
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	11.95
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	11.81
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	10.23
Belize`BLZ`Central America	10.22
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	9.56
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	9.20
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	8.99
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	8.88
Niger`NER`Western Africa	8.78
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	8.12
Bolivia`BOL`South America	7.81
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7.28
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	7.20
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6.53
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	5.99
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	5.73
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4.82
Guyana`GUY`South America	3.88
Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.37
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	3.11
Suriname`SUR`South America	2.99
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.90
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.77
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2.47
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.46
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2.16
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.56
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.14

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Monaco21,751.34
Macau13,445.39
Hong Kong6,020.50
Singapore5,807.55
Gibraltar2,769.20

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 73.14. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
221values changed, of 222 in both
192 · 29rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Macau13,212.81 → 13,445.39+232.58
Singapore5,712.18 → 5,807.55+95.37
Monaco21,656.04 → 21,751.34+95.30
Hong Kong5,933.88 → 6,020.50+86.62
Bahrain816.57 → 836.03+19.46

Fell most

Kosovo190.64 → 171.62−19.02
Timor-Leste63.38 → 56.13−7.25
Sint Maarten917.44 → 911.07−6.37
Montserrat61.18 → 54.94−6.24
Curaçao351.10 → 347.31−3.79

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 1999.
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Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (1999). Population Density, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1999

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