Data for 2005
Population Density, 2005
2005, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Population Density, 2005 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 21,617.45; Greenland is lowest, at 0.14. The middle country reads 78.50. Against 2004, 222 values changed (191 up, 31 down), the same countries are covered.
Population Density · Data for 2005
HighestMonaco
21,617.45LowestGreenland
0.14Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.
01Values only
The table
Every country and every column of Population Density, 2005, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort
MCOWestern Europe | 21,617.45 |
MACEastern Asia | 15,481.58 |
HKGEastern Asia | 6,286.16 |
SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 6,249.43 |
GIBSouthern Europe | 2,916.35 |
VATSouthern Europe | 1,497.73 |
MLTSouthern Europe | 1,312.13 |
BHRWestern Asia | 1,191.07 |
BMUNorthern America | 1,161.31 |
BGDSouthern Asia | 1,111.74 |
MDVSouthern Asia | 1,021.43 |
SXMCaribbean | 942.87 |
TWNEastern Asia | 644.59 |
MAFCaribbean | 640.15 |
BRBCaribbean | 624.90 |
MUSEastern Africa | 619.32 |
PSEWestern Asia | 590.93 |
ABWCaribbean | 523.50 |
NRUMicronesia | 502.45 |
NLDWestern Europe | 489.02 |
KOREastern Asia | 483.63 |
SMRSouthern Europe | 468.39 |
LBNWestern Asia | 456.61 |
PRICaribbean | 435.85 |
INDSouthern Asia | 388.36 |
RWAEastern Africa | 374.00 |
CUWCaribbean | 356.87 |
BELWestern Europe | 346.09 |
JPNEastern Asia | 339.45 |
TUVPolynesia | 331.32 |
HTICaribbean | 328.68 |
GRDCaribbean | 322.75 |
LKASouthern Asia | 322.41 |
COMEastern Africa | 318.47 |
ISRWestern Asia | 310.87 |
VIRCaribbean | 307.45 |
GUMMicronesia | 303.82 |
PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 293.39 |
BDIEastern Africa | 292.38 |
SLVCentral America | 289.84 |
MHLMicronesia | 288.37 |
VCTCaribbean | 288.33 |
ASMPolynesia | 283.09 |
LCACaribbean | 268.59 |
TTOCaribbean | 263.55 |
VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 258.73 |
GBRNorthern Europe | 249.63 |
JAMCaribbean | 248.11 |
DEUWestern Europe | 235.39 |
PAKSouthern Asia | 227.60 |
LIEWestern Europe | 216.82 |
PRKEastern Asia | 202.61 |
ITASouthern Europe | 197.72 |
SYCEastern Africa | 195.33 |
CYMCaribbean | 194.14 |
DOMCaribbean | 190.95 |
CHEWestern Europe | 185.83 |
ATGCaribbean | 180.93 |
LUXWestern Europe | 179.68 |
NPLSouthern Asia | 178.76 |
KNACaribbean | 178.60 |
STPMiddle Africa | 168.37 |
XKXSouthern Europe | 166.75 |
GMBWestern Africa | 164.73 |
ANDSouthern Europe | 164.72 |
TONPolynesia | 162.57 |
NGAWestern Africa | 159.22 |
FSMMicronesia | 159.16 |
VGBCaribbean | 153.67 |
UGAEastern Africa | 139.95 |
AIACaribbean | 139.39 |
IMNNorthern Europe | 139.01 |
CHNEastern Asia | 136.46 |
MNPMicronesia | 136.44 |
MWIEastern Africa | 135.80 |
KIRMicronesia | 135.04 |
CZEEastern Europe | 133.16 |
THASouth-eastern Asia | 129.22 |
DNKNorthern Europe | 127.84 |
KWTWestern Asia | 125.54 |
POLEastern Europe | 124.51 |
GTMCentral America | 122.13 |
MDAEastern Europe | 121.30 |
IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 120.82 |
CPVWestern Africa | 120.38 |
PRTSouthern Europe | 114.18 |
ALBSouthern Europe | 112.28 |
CYPWestern Asia | 112.14 |
FRAWestern Europe | 111.77 |
HUNEastern Europe | 111.19 |
SVKEastern Europe | 109.65 |
ARMWestern Asia | 105.62 |
CUBCaribbean | 105.50 |
AZEWestern Asia | 104.01 |
SYRWestern Asia | 102.41 |
AUTWestern Europe | 99.73 |
TGOWestern Africa | 99.53 |
SVNSouthern Europe | 99.16 |
GHAWestern Africa | 98.66 |
SRBSouthern Europe | 98.25 |
ROUEastern Europe | 92.20 |
DMACaribbean | 91.65 |
TURWestern Asia | 90.08 |
ESPSouthern Europe | 87.51 |
GRCSouthern Europe | 83.94 |
MKDSouthern Europe | 83.88 |
CRICentral America | 83.46 |
UKREastern Europe | 82.14 |
EGYNorthern Africa | 81.47 |
BIHSouthern Europe | 80.01 |
MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 78.64 |
ETHEastern Africa | 78.37 |
HRVSouthern Europe | 77.18 |
SLEWestern Africa | 76.69 |
BENWestern Africa | 74.73 |
KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 74.24 |
MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 72.61 |
QATWestern Asia | 71.24 |
BGREastern Europe | 70.99 |
PYFPolynesia | 70.44 |
HNDCentral America | 68.56 |
MARNorthern Africa | 68.02 |
JORWestern Asia | 67.91 |
WSMPolynesia | 66.07 |
TUNNorthern Africa | 65.98 |
AREWestern Asia | 65.68 |
IRQWestern Asia | 65.44 |
LSOSouthern Africa | 64.33 |
BHSCaribbean | 64.18 |
TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 63.77 |
CIVWestern Africa | 63.11 |
COKPolynesia | 63.05 |
BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 62.26 |
SWZSouthern Africa | 62.14 |
UZBCentral Asia | 61.96 |
KENEastern Africa | 61.64 |
IRLNorthern Europe | 60.78 |
SENWestern Africa | 58.36 |
GEOWestern Asia | 57.94 |
ECUSouth America | 55.75 |
MEXCentral America | 54.01 |
LTUNorthern Europe | 53.05 |
BFAWestern Africa | 50.92 |
GNBWestern Africa | 49.13 |
TJKCentral Asia | 48.39 |
FJIMelanesia | 48.30 |
BLREastern Europe | 47.65 |
MNESouthern Europe | 45.91 |
PANCentral America | 44.66 |
NICCentral America | 44.39 |
TZAEastern Africa | 44.23 |
MSRCaribbean | 44.14 |
IRNSouthern Asia | 44.10 |
YEMWestern Asia | 43.17 |
PLWMicronesia | 43.08 |
ZAFSouthern Africa | 40.54 |
GINWestern Africa | 37.63 |
AFGSouthern Asia | 37.59 |
COLSouth America | 37.49 |
CMRMiddle Africa | 36.64 |
DJIEastern Africa | 36.20 |
LVANorthern Europe | 35.99 |
FRONorthern Europe | 34.92 |
LBRWestern Africa | 34.27 |
GNQMiddle Africa | 33.77 |
MDGEastern Africa | 32.93 |
USANorthern America | 32.33 |
ZWEEastern Africa | 32.27 |
ESTNorthern Europe | 31.17 |
VENSouth America | 29.23 |
KGZCentral Asia | 27.35 |
CODMiddle Africa | 25.93 |
MOZEastern Africa | 25.82 |
LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 25.43 |
TCACaribbean | 25.25 |
SWENorthern Europe | 22.17 |
BRASouth America | 22.10 |
ERIEastern Africa | 21.97 |
PERSouth America | 21.95 |
CHLSouth America | 21.71 |
URYSouth America | 18.97 |
SDNNorthern Africa | 17.71 |
FINNorthern Europe | 17.35 |
VUTMelanesia | 17.29 |
BTNSouthern Asia | 17.24 |
SOMEastern Africa | 16.97 |
SLBMelanesia | 16.78 |
ZMBEastern Africa | 15.76 |
NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 15.61 |
AGOMiddle Africa | 15.47 |
NORNorthern Europe | 15.20 |
PNGMelanesia | 14.43 |
ARGSouth America | 14.05 |
DZANorthern Africa | 13.90 |
PRYSouth America | 13.47 |
SSDEastern Africa | 13.45 |
NCLMelanesia | 13.37 |
BLZCentral America | 12.26 |
MLIWestern Africa | 11.10 |
NERWestern Africa | 10.86 |
COGMiddle Africa | 10.82 |
TKMCentral Asia | 10.75 |
SAUWestern Asia | 9.56 |
RUSEastern Europe | 8.83 |
BOLSouth America | 8.64 |
TCDMiddle Africa | 8.20 |
OMNWestern Asia | 7.95 |
NIUPolynesia | 7.03 |
CAFMiddle Africa | 6.88 |
KAZCentral Asia | 5.91 |
GABMiddle Africa | 5.68 |
GUYSouth America | 3.87 |
CANNorthern America | 3.57 |
LBYNorthern Africa | 3.50 |
SURSouth America | 3.33 |
BWASouthern Africa | 3.25 |
ISLNorthern Europe | 2.96 |
MRTWestern Africa | 2.85 |
AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 2.64 |
NAMSouthern Africa | 2.39 |
MNGEastern Asia | 1.65 |
GRLNorthern America | 0.14 |
02In 2005
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Lowest
Greenland0.14
Mongolia1.65
Namibia2.39
Australia2.64
Mauritania2.85
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 78.50. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032004 → 2005
Since 2004
What changed between 2004 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
Fell most
Monaco21,682.89 → 21,617.45−65.44
Northern Mariana Islands139.91 → 136.44−3.47
Vatican City1,501.14 → 1,497.73−3.41
Moldova123.07 → 121.30−1.76
Puerto Rico437.03 → 435.85−1.18
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
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
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 2005.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.
05The files
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The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.
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UN DESA Population Division’s own file, on its own site.
WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz
What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
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Cite this edition
UN DESA Population Division (2005). Population Density, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/2005
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07Questions
Population Density, 2005: questions and answers
Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 2005?
Monaco, at 21,617.45, of the 222 countries in the file.
What year does Population Density, 2005 describe?
2005.
How many countries does Population Density, 2005 cover?
222.
Where can I download Population Density, 2005?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Population Density, 2005 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Population Density, 2023.