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Population Density, 2021

2021, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 2021 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 25,857.05; Greenland is lowest, at 0.14. The middle country reads 94.05. Against 2020, 222 values changed (170 up, 52 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 2021

HighestMonaco

25,857.05

LowestGreenland

0.14

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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe25,857.05
MacauMACEastern Asia21,700.06
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia8,120.48
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia6,810.37
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe3,685.85
BahrainBHRWestern Asia1,917.96
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia1,720.51
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,664.69
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia1,288.00
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean1,222.68
BermudaBMUNorthern America1,197.19
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,178.41
PalestinePSEWestern Asia861.35
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia665.30
BarbadosBRBCaribbean656.15
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa630.36
ArubaABWCaribbean597.54
NauruNRUMicronesia585.43
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe566.76
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean565.30
LebanonLBNWestern Asia558.96
RwandaRWAEastern Africa551.64
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe526.58
South KoreaKOREastern Asia524.02
BurundiBDIEastern Africa499.63

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco25,857.05
  2. Macau21,700.06
  3. Singapore8,120.48
  4. Hong Kong6,810.37
  5. Gibraltar3,685.85

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.14
  2. Mongolia2.14
  3. Australia3.38
  4. Namibia3.41
  5. Iceland3.72

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 94.05. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 170 · 52rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Macau21,345.83 → 21,700.06+354.23
  • Monaco25,537.25 → 25,857.05+319.80
  • Gibraltar3,617.30 → 3,685.85+68.55
  • Maldives1,673.73 → 1,720.51+46.78
  • Bahrain1,894.10 → 1,917.96+23.87

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 2021.

  • 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 (2021). Population Density, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/2021

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07Questions

Population Density, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 2021?

Monaco, at 25,857.05, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Population Density, 2021 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 2021?

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, 2021 the newest?

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

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