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Population Density, 2015

2015, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 2015 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 24,669.128; Greenland is lowest, at 0.137. The middle country reads 93.231. Against 2014, 222 values changed (180 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 2015

HighestMonaco

24,669.128

LowestGreenland

0.137

Shaded 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, 2015, 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

Population Density, 2015: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe24,669.128
MacauMACEastern Asia19,443.094
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia8,089.809
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia6,702.829
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe3,319.250
BahrainBHRWestern Asia1,749.234
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia1,427.180
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,412.637
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,300.000
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia1,224.423
BermudaBMUNorthern America1,175.250
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean1,102.103
PalestinePSEWestern Asia751.091
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean705.076
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia664.481
BarbadosBRBCaribbean648.814
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa636.589
LebanonLBNWestern Asia632.695
ArubaABWCaribbean578.803
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe555.754
NauruNRUMicronesia547.700
South KoreaKOREastern Asia515.286
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe508.076
RwandaRWAEastern Africa480.794
IndiaINDSouthern Asia446.667

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco24,669.128
  2. Macau19,443.094
  3. Singapore8,089.809
  4. Hong Kong6,702.829
  5. Gibraltar3,319.250

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.137
  2. Mongolia1.911
  3. Namibia2.884
  4. Australia3.117
  5. Iceland3.302

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 93.231. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 180 · 42rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Monaco24,246.980 → 24,669.128+422.148
  • Macau19,072.000 → 19,443.094+371.094
  • Singapore7,991.069 → 8,089.809+98.740
  • Bahrain1,676.690 → 1,749.234+72.544
  • Maldives1,378.723 → 1,427.180+48.457

Fell most

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.

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 2015.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

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.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (2015). Population Density, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/2015

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07Questions

Population Density, 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 2015?

Monaco, at 24,669.128, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does Population Density, 2015 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 2015?

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, 2015 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Population Density, 2023.

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