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Population Density, 2022

2022, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 2022 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 26,128.524; Greenland is lowest, at 0.136. The middle country reads 95.395. Against 2021, 222 values changed (179 up, 43 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 2022

HighestMonaco

26,128.524

LowestGreenland

0.136

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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe26,128.524
MacauMACEastern Asia22,011.141
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia8,272.159
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia6,793.371
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe3,760.950
BahrainBHRWestern Asia1,958.441
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia1,747.022
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,676.800
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia1,301.259
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean1,239.368
BermudaBMUNorthern America1,199.046
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,151.136
PalestinePSEWestern Asia881.274
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia661.398
BarbadosBRBCaribbean656.554
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa628.635
ArubaABWCaribbean598.789
NauruNRUMicronesia590.050
RwandaRWAEastern Africa563.859
LebanonLBNWestern Asia561.534
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe558.853
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean544.726
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe531.746
South KoreaKOREastern Asia523.357
BurundiBDIEastern Africa513.337

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco26,128.524
  2. Macau22,011.141
  3. Singapore8,272.159
  4. Hong Kong6,793.371
  5. Gibraltar3,760.950

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.136
  2. Mongolia2.174
  3. Australia3.411
  4. Namibia3.510
  5. Iceland3.794

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 95.395. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 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

  • Macau21,700.063 → 22,011.141+311.078
  • Monaco25,857.047 → 26,128.524+271.477
  • Singapore8,120.483 → 8,272.159+151.676
  • Gibraltar3,685.850 → 3,760.950+75.100
  • Bahrain1,917.961 → 1,958.441+40.480

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 2022.

  • 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 (2022). Population Density, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/2022

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07Questions

Population Density, 2022: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 2022?

Monaco, at 26,128.524, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 2022 describe?

2022.

How many countries does Population Density, 2022 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 2022?

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, 2022 the newest?

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

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