Data for 2001

Population Density, 2001

Name: Population Density, 2001
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2001, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 2001 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 21,776.51; Greenland is lowest, at 0.14. The middle country reads 74.07. Against 2000, 222 values changed (188 up, 34 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 2001

HighestMonaco

21,776.51

LowestGreenland

0.14

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

222countries
1measure
2001the year it describes
222distinct values4 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of Population Density, 2001, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Population Density, 2001: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	21,776.51
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	13,910.16
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6,164.00
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	6,026.60
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	2,765.70
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	1,548.86
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,278.68
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1,145.69
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,050.98
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	955.89
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	903.71
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	893.94
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	633.90
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	610.29
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	603.84
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	581.20
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	538.59
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	506.53
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	501.69
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	480.61
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	475.46
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	444.97
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	438.68
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	430.30
India`IND`Southern Asia	362.54
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	342.30
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	341.39
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	339.75
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	337.72
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	319.55
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	317.61
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	312.58
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	310.07
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	306.72
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	298.21
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	294.05
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	291.03
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	289.24
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	288.03
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	285.27
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	284.01
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	271.34
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	260.12
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	258.40
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	255.66
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	248.78
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	244.24
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	242.33
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	235.06
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	209.03
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	206.61
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	197.79
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	193.62
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	185.13
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	180.70
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	180.50
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	176.00
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	172.88
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	170.56
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	170.49
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	169.50
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	166.90
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	160.52
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	158.91
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	152.47
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	148.76
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	147.73
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	142.59
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	140.11
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	135.04
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	133.70
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	133.20
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	132.53
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	130.36
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	127.42
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	126.41
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	124.91
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	124.59
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	124.43
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	123.85
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	122.61
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	114.90
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	114.66
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	114.22
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	112.70
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	112.57
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	112.30
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	111.70
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	109.71
France`FRA`Western Europe	108.65
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	108.36
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	104.39
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	104.34
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	99.83
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.72
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	98.80
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	97.46
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	95.27
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	92.82
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	91.05
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	90.17
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	88.63
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	86.08
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	84.77
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	82.94
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	82.89
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	82.10
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	81.63
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	78.51
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	76.95
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	74.99
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	73.14
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	71.61
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	70.06
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	69.92
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	69.49
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	66.26
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	66.03
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	65.90
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	65.41
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	64.72
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	64.56
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	63.50
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	63.48
Honduras`HND`Central America	61.96
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	61.93
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	61.19
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	60.58
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	60.53
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	58.98
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	58.51
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	58.04
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	57.82
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	57.17
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	56.50
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	55.46
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	54.62
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	54.45
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	53.05
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	52.43
Ecuador`ECU`South America	51.98
Mexico`MEX`Central America	51.09
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	48.98
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	46.50
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	45.90
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	44.94
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	44.85
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	44.78
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	44.57
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	42.28
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	42.07
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	41.41
Panama`PAN`Central America	41.38
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	39.74
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	38.96
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	38.31
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	37.58
Colombia`COL`South America	35.34
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	34.75
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	33.39
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	33.27
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	32.85
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	31.94
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	31.31
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	31.24
United States`USA`Northern America	31.08
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	30.95
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	29.28
Venezuela`VEN`South America	27.26
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	26.73
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	26.44
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23.92
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	23.57
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	23.00
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	21.84
Brazil`BRA`South America	21.09
Peru`PER`South America	21.06
Chile`CHL`South America	20.83
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	20.61
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	19.09
Uruguay`URY`South America	18.90
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	17.16
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	16.16
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	15.91
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	15.67
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	15.60
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	14.84
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	14.69
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	14.66
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	13.89
Argentina`ARG`South America	13.48
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	13.43
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	13.15
Paraguay`PRY`South America	12.83
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	12.65
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	12.46
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	11.18
Belize`BLZ`Central America	10.89
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	9.95
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	9.76
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	9.58
Niger`NER`Western Africa	9.41
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	8.92
Bolivia`BOL`South America	8.08
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	7.93
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	7.64
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7.46
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6.99
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	6.29
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	5.77
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	5.08
Guyana`GUY`South America	3.88
Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.43
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	3.22
Suriname`SUR`South America	3.12
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3.02
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.84
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2.60
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.52
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2.26
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.59
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.14

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Monaco21,776.51
Macau13,910.16
Hong Kong6,164.00
Singapore6,026.60
Gibraltar2,765.70

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 74.07. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
188 · 34rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Macau13,665.91 → 13,910.16+244.25
Singapore5,908.12 → 6,026.60+118.48
Hong Kong6,100.70 → 6,164.00+63.31
Bahrain855.15 → 893.94+38.79
Bangladesh1,033.60 → 1,050.98+17.37

Fell most

Vatican City1,570.45 → 1,548.86−21.59
Gibraltar2,770.90 → 2,765.70−5.20
Monaco21,781.54 → 21,776.51−5.03
Montserrat48.82 → 44.57−4.25
Cook Islands66.06 → 63.48−2.58

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 2001.
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Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (2001). Population Density, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/2001

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