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Population Density, 2016

2016, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 2016 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 25,017.450; Greenland is lowest, at 0.137. The middle country reads 92.837. Against 2015, 222 values changed (179 up, 43 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 2016

HighestMonaco

25,017.450

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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe25,017.450
MacauMACEastern Asia19,822.234
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia8,166.808
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia6,740.682
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe3,365.850
BahrainBHRWestern Asia1,825.803
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia1,477.693
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,445.298
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,279.546
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia1,235.399
BermudaBMUNorthern America1,174.972
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean1,124.971
PalestinePSEWestern Asia769.558
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean701.415
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia666.087
BarbadosBRBCaribbean650.227
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa636.356
LebanonLBNWestern Asia618.090
ArubaABWCaribbean583.203
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe560.025
NauruNRUMicronesia557.500
South KoreaKOREastern Asia518.459
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe510.965
RwandaRWAEastern Africa492.325
IndiaINDSouthern Asia452.021

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco25,017.450
  2. Macau19,822.234
  3. Singapore8,166.808
  4. Hong Kong6,740.682
  5. Gibraltar3,365.850

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.137
  2. Mongolia1.952
  3. Namibia2.963
  4. Australia3.167
  5. Iceland3.348

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 92.837. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 179 · 43rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Macau19,443.094 → 19,822.234+379.141
  • Monaco24,669.128 → 25,017.450+348.322
  • Singapore8,089.809 → 8,166.808+76.999
  • Bahrain1,749.234 → 1,825.803+76.570
  • Maldives1,427.180 → 1,477.693+50.513

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 2016.

  • 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 (2016). Population Density, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/2016

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07Questions

Population Density, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 2016?

Monaco, at 25,017.450, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Population Density, 2016 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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