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Population Density, 2023

2023, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 2023 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 26,145.302; Greenland is lowest, at 0.136. The middle country reads 96.919. Against 2022, 222 values changed (182 up, 40 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 2023

HighestMonaco

26,145.302

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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe26,145.302
MacauMACEastern Asia22,309.734
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia8,475.973
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia6,772.279
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe3,847.050
BahrainBHRWestern Asia2,004.681
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia1,753.313
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,691.924
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia1,317.254
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean1,257.324
BermudaBMUNorthern America1,198.111
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,126.136
PalestinePSEWestern Asia898.539
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia658.490
BarbadosBRBCaribbean656.595
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa627.383
ArubaABWCaribbean599.658
NauruNRUMicronesia593.750
RwandaRWAEastern Africa576.393
LebanonLBNWestern Asia564.369
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe552.992
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe537.333
BurundiBDIEastern Africa527.532
South KoreaKOREastern Asia523.016
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean519.142

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco26,145.302
  2. Macau22,309.734
  3. Singapore8,475.973
  4. Hong Kong6,772.279
  5. Gibraltar3,847.050

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.136
  2. Mongolia2.204
  3. Australia3.443
  4. Namibia3.599
  5. Iceland3.866

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 96.919. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 182 · 40rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

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 2023.

  • 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 (2023). Population Density, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/2023

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07Questions

Population Density, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 2023?

Monaco, at 26,145.302, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Population Density, 2023 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 2023?

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, 2023 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-26, when it was read from the publisher.

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