Data for 2012

Population Density, 2012

Name: Population Density, 2012
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2012, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 2012 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 23,295.97; Greenland is lowest, at 0.14. The middle country reads 88.95. Against 2011, 222 values changed (185 up, 37 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 2012

HighestMonaco

23,295.97

LowestGreenland

0.14

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

222countries
1measure
2012the 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, 2012, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Population Density, 2012: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	23,295.97
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	18,357.67
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	7,750.13
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6,552.38
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	3,202.90
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1,553.39
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	1,367.05
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,354.32
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1,289.39
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,191.29
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1,178.63
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	1,030.07
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	703.31
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	700.22
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	659.30
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	644.04
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	635.06
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	565.35
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	548.63
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	513.35
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	511.80
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	502.37
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	501.29
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	447.33
India`IND`Southern Asia	430.07
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	419.51
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	388.09
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	379.46
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	366.85
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	366.27
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	365.26
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	364.48
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	351.51
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	339.49
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	337.60
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	333.92
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	331.69
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	307.45
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	297.99
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	295.08
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	285.66
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	285.60
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	280.17
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	278.81
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	273.65
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	272.45
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	269.39
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	263.49
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	256.00
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	237.08
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	232.14
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	228.72
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	217.82
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	209.38
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	208.45
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	205.00
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	204.52
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	201.89
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	200.01
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	198.32
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	197.33
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	197.05
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	193.46
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	187.28
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	187.08
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	180.90
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	171.85
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	166.15
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	165.66
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	165.32
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	164.61
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	163.48
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	154.66
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	154.13
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	152.03
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	147.44
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	142.66
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	140.81
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	136.10
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	135.91
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	132.24
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	131.90
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	127.04
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	126.13
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	124.91
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	123.89
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	122.33
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	117.49
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	116.49
France`FRA`Western Europe	116.18
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	114.29
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	113.43
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	110.23
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	109.54
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	106.21
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	105.91
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	105.88
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	105.56
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	102.67
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	102.18
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	101.96
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	97.71
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	95.80
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	95.45
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	93.60
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	93.59
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	92.21
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	92.16
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	91.34
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	91.32
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	90.28
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	87.62
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	85.45
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	84.45
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	82.55
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	81.37
Honduras`HND`Central America	79.90
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	79.77
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	77.52
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	76.32
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	76.29
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	76.20
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	75.57
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	74.74
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	74.13
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	73.80
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	73.59
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	71.69
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	70.83
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	70.35
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	70.08
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	69.43
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	69.13
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	68.79
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	67.50
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	67.29
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	67.01
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	64.73
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	62.76
Ecuador`ECU`South America	62.70
Mexico`MEX`Central America	59.62
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	58.73
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	56.00
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	55.25
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	53.85
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	53.48
Panama`PAN`Central America	50.68
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	50.08
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	49.04
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	48.73
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	47.72
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	47.07
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	46.64
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	46.56
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	46.11
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	45.87
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	45.40
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	44.65
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	44.45
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	44.05
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	41.71
Colombia`COL`South America	40.68
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	40.33
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	38.62
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	35.72
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	34.72
United States`USA`Northern America	34.67
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	33.82
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	32.70
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	32.31
Venezuela`VEN`South America	32.25
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	30.95
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	30.43
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	29.70
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	28.25
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	25.07
Brazil`BRA`South America	23.56
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	23.37
Chile`CHL`South America	23.27
Peru`PER`South America	23.08
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	20.92
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	20.42
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20.20
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	20.06
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	19.92
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	19.86
Uruguay`URY`South America	19.26
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	19.07
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	18.68
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	17.90
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	17.85
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	16.65
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	16.50
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	15.81
Argentina`ARG`South America	15.10
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.86
Belize`BLZ`Central America	14.66
Paraguay`PRY`South America	14.58
Niger`NER`Western Africa	14.08
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	13.90
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	13.88
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	12.59
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	12.36
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	11.46
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	10.49
Bolivia`BOL`South America	9.71
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	8.81
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7.40
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	7.17
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	6.76
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	6.41
Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.84
Guyana`GUY`South America	3.79
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3.72
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	3.69
Suriname`SUR`South America	3.61
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3.51
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3.20
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.97
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2.67
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.79
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.14

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Monaco23,295.97
Macau18,357.67
Singapore7,750.13
Hong Kong6,552.38
Gibraltar3,202.90

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 88.95. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
185 · 37rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Monaco22,782.21 → 23,295.97+513.76
Macau17,988.52 → 18,357.67+369.16
Singapore7,587.47 → 7,750.13+162.67
Hong Kong6,499.52 → 6,552.38+52.86
Maldives1,245.58 → 1,289.39+43.81

Fell most

Vatican City1,395.45 → 1,367.05−28.41
Puerto Rico423.80 → 419.51−4.29
United States Virgin Islands301.12 → 297.99−3.12
Marshall Islands288.38 → 285.66−2.71
Moldova108.18 → 105.91−2.27

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 2012.
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Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (2012). Population Density, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/2012

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