Data for 2009

Population Density, 2009

Name: Population Density, 2009
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2009, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 2009 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 21,720.47; Greenland is lowest, at 0.14. The middle country reads 84.66. Against 2008, 222 values changed (189 up, 33 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 2009

HighestMonaco

21,720.47

LowestGreenland

0.14

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

222countries
1measure
2009the year it describes
222distinct values4 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Population Density, 2009, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Population Density, 2009: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	21,720.47
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	17,171.34
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	7,274.62
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6,428.09
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	3,082.30
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1,511.63
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	1,428.41
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,335.86
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1,177.13
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1,160.92
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,159.05
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	985.03
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	688.73
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	654.18
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	651.37
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	637.49
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	630.04
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	550.14
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	500.80
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	495.51
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	493.28
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	490.65
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	488.00
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	429.71
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	415.55
India`IND`Southern Asia	412.19
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	367.51
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	357.12
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	351.47
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	348.72
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	344.95
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	344.80
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	340.19
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	332.95
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	331.02
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	327.22
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	314.61
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	307.16
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	305.03
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	291.91
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	288.99
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	283.35
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	277.64
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	275.87
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	275.76
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	268.82
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	257.50
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	252.72
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	252.15
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	232.20
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	223.23
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	218.33
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	206.61
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	204.88
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	202.40
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	200.68
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	193.48
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	192.35
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	191.30
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	185.26
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	184.92
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	184.62
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	180.45
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	178.49
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	177.93
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	176.74
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	164.93
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	164.57
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	157.41
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	156.89
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	154.23
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	152.25
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	149.02
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	146.65
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	145.00
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	139.85
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	136.89
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	134.98
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	133.34
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	132.66
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	130.28
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	127.28
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	125.59
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	124.11
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	121.06
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	120.06
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	119.63
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	114.98
France`FRA`Western Europe	114.45
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	112.72
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	112.71
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	110.48
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	109.83
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	109.44
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	109.27
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	108.09
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	105.80
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	103.48
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	101.13
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	101.08
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	96.76
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	94.43
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	94.16
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	92.83
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	91.82
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	89.44
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	88.13
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	88.01
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	87.90
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	85.60
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	84.91
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	84.41
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	84.33
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	82.71
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	80.48
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	80.43
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	78.86
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	77.12
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	75.78
Honduras`HND`Central America	75.09
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	74.49
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	73.15
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	71.77
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	71.20
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	69.58
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	69.24
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	69.18
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	69.08
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	68.65
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	68.52
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	67.71
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	67.67
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	66.77
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	66.31
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	65.68
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	65.25
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	64.08
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	63.65
Ecuador`ECU`South America	59.70
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	57.42
Mexico`MEX`Central America	57.16
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	56.40
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	54.28
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	52.34
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	50.51
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	49.66
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	49.26
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	49.11
Panama`PAN`Central America	48.05
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	47.01
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	46.94
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	46.85
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	45.97
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	45.79
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	42.37
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	42.30
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	41.28
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	41.01
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	40.94
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	40.67
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	40.49
Colombia`COL`South America	39.40
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	39.32
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	37.04
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	35.01
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	34.42
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	33.97
United States`USA`Northern America	33.67
Venezuela`VEN`South America	31.03
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	30.70
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	30.09
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	29.29
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	28.47
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	28.14
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	27.04
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	23.84
Brazil`BRA`South America	22.98
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	22.83
Chile`CHL`South America	22.59
Peru`PER`South America	22.57
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	19.59
Uruguay`URY`South America	19.11
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	19.09
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	19.07
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	18.15
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	18.08
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	17.99
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	17.98
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	17.66
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	16.38
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	16.35
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	16.25
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	15.87
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	14.90
Argentina`ARG`South America	14.63
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.07
Paraguay`PRY`South America	14.02
Belize`BLZ`Central America	13.71
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	12.65
Niger`NER`Western Africa	12.59
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	12.54
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	11.60
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	11.27
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	9.45
Bolivia`BOL`South America	9.25
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	8.79
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	8.67
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7.27
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	6.83
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	6.45
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	6.16
Guyana`GUY`South America	3.82
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	3.80
Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.72
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3.51
Suriname`SUR`South America	3.48
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3.19
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3.18
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.84
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2.52
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.71
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.14

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Monaco21,720.47
Macau17,171.34
Singapore7,274.62
Hong Kong6,428.09
Gibraltar3,082.30

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 84.66. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
189 · 33rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Macau16,747.81 → 17,171.34+423.53
Monaco21,366.44 → 21,720.47+354.03
Singapore7,037.69 → 7,274.62+236.93
Bahrain1,431.31 → 1,511.63+80.32
Gibraltar3,041.25 → 3,082.30+41.05

Fell most

Vatican City1,448.86 → 1,428.41−20.45
Northern Mariana Islands125.05 → 121.06−3.99
Moldova114.94 → 112.71−2.23
Puerto Rico431.33 → 429.71−1.62
American Samoa279.14 → 277.64−1.50

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 2009.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (2009). Population Density, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/2009

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