Data for 2000

Population Density, 2000

Name: Population Density, 2000
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2000, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 2000 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 21,781.54; Greenland is lowest, at 0.14. The middle country reads 73.61. Against 1999, 222 values changed (192 up, 30 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 2000

HighestMonaco

21,781.54

LowestGreenland

0.14

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

222countries
1measure
2000the 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, 2000, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Population Density, 2000: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	21,781.54
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	13,665.91
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6,100.70
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5,908.12
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	2,770.90
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	1,570.45
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,269.51
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1,139.82
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,033.60
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	940.06
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	905.10
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	855.15
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	630.69
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	609.45
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	599.32
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	565.96
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	523.55
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	508.38
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	493.12
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	476.93
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	472.66
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	439.33
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	438.32
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	423.20
India`IND`Southern Asia	355.82
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	343.23
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	339.28
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	338.59
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	337.10
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	318.13
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	316.03
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	310.22
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	307.68
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	301.18
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	295.87
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	291.14
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	288.06
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	286.84
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	284.27
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	282.36
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	281.70
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	265.42
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	257.49
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	257.27
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	249.33
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	246.18
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	243.29
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	240.80
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	234.67
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	206.96
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	200.91
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	196.54
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	193.50
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	182.32
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	179.64
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	177.69
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	174.03
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	170.25
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	168.39
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	166.78
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	165.29
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	164.62
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	160.06
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	157.97
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	150.02
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	149.58
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	143.78
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	139.76
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	138.76
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	132.60
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	132.27
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	132.25
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	131.44
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	128.79
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	127.01
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	125.95
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	124.95
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	123.33
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	122.06
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	120.12
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	119.68
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	115.56
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	113.07
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	112.57
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	112.49
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	111.79
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	109.81
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	109.72
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	109.70
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	109.16
France`FRA`Western Europe	107.88
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	104.06
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	102.56
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	100.27
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	98.90
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	98.66
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	97.10
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	95.82
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	91.35
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	90.57
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	87.95
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	86.30
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	85.54
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	85.01
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	82.58
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	82.42
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	81.66
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	81.25
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	77.40
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	77.12
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	73.81
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	73.42
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	69.91
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	69.33
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	68.84
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	67.41
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	66.06
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	66.01
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	65.24
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	64.20
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	64.04
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	63.69
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	62.83
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	62.29
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	61.66
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	60.67
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	60.44
Honduras`HND`Central America	60.31
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	59.98
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	58.27
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	56.62
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	56.26
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	55.90
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	55.67
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	55.66
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	55.62
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	52.77
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	51.78
Ecuador`ECU`South America	51.09
Mexico`MEX`Central America	50.34
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	50.11
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	49.24
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	49.19
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	48.82
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	46.03
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	45.92
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	43.92
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	43.91
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	43.59
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	41.74
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	41.69
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	40.78
Panama`PAN`Central America	40.58
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	38.68
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	38.63
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	38.06
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	37.17
Colombia`COL`South America	34.79
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	34.30
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	32.97
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	32.24
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	32.14
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	32.00
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	31.00
United States`USA`Northern America	30.77
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	30.74
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	30.40
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	28.39
Venezuela`VEN`South America	26.76
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	26.20
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	25.07
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23.53
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	23.05
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	22.28
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	21.78
Brazil`BRA`South America	20.82
Peru`PER`South America	20.78
Chile`CHL`South America	20.59
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	19.72
Uruguay`URY`South America	18.86
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	18.55
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	17.12
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	15.76
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	15.55
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	15.30
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	15.28
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	14.76
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	14.56
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	14.09
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	13.48
Argentina`ARG`South America	13.33
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	12.99
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	12.98
Paraguay`PRY`South America	12.61
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	12.23
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	12.20
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	10.69
Belize`BLZ`Central America	10.56
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	9.75
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	9.47
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	9.23
Niger`NER`Western Africa	9.09
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	8.96
Bolivia`BOL`South America	7.94
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	7.87
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	7.53
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7.37
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6.76
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	6.15
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	5.74
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4.95
Guyana`GUY`South America	3.89
Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.40
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	3.16
Suriname`SUR`South America	3.06
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.96
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.81
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2.54
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.49
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2.21
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.58
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.14

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Monaco21,781.54
Macau13,665.91
Hong Kong6,100.70
Singapore5,908.12
Gibraltar2,770.90

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 73.61. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
192 · 30rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Macau13,445.39 → 13,665.91+220.52
Singapore5,807.55 → 5,908.12+100.57
Hong Kong6,020.50 → 6,100.70+80.20
Monaco21,751.34 → 21,781.54+30.20
Bahrain836.03 → 855.15+19.11

Fell most

Vatican City1,581.82 → 1,570.45−11.36
Kosovo171.62 → 165.29−6.33
Montserrat54.94 → 48.82−6.12
Timor-Leste56.13 → 50.11−6.03
Sint Maarten911.07 → 905.10−5.97

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 2000.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (2000). Population Density, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/2000

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