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Population Density, 2020

2020, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 2020 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 25,537.248; Greenland is lowest, at 0.137. The middle country reads 93.058. Against 2019, 221 values changed (172 up, 49 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 2020

HighestMonaco

25,537.248

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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe25,537.248
MacauMACEastern Asia21,345.828
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia8,228.625
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia6,815.501
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe3,617.300
BahrainBHRWestern Asia1,894.096
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia1,673.728
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,645.100
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia1,277.545
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean1,206.103
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,200.000
BermudaBMUNorthern America1,192.259
PalestinePSEWestern Asia842.142
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia668.271
BarbadosBRBCaribbean655.112
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa632.130
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean599.736
ArubaABWCaribbean596.669
NauruNRUMicronesia582.150
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe569.975
LebanonLBNWestern Asia557.419
RwandaRWAEastern Africa539.688
South KoreaKOREastern Asia524.125
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe523.796
BurundiBDIEastern Africa486.206

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco25,537.248
  2. Macau21,345.828
  3. Singapore8,228.625
  4. Hong Kong6,815.501
  5. Gibraltar3,617.300

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.137
  2. Mongolia2.113
  3. Namibia3.315
  4. Australia3.351
  5. Iceland3.657

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 93.058. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 172 · 49rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

  • Macau20,967.938 → 21,345.828+377.891
  • Gibraltar3,549.400 → 3,617.300+67.900
  • Maldives1,625.770 → 1,673.728+47.958
  • Malta1,600.049 → 1,645.100+45.051
  • Palestine823.550 → 842.142+18.592

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 2020.

  • 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 (2020). Population Density, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/2020

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07Questions

Population Density, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 2020?

Monaco, at 25,537.248, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Population Density, 2020 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

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

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