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Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 1990

1990, as CIESIN’s 2021 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 1990 covers 215 countries. Guyana is highest, at 79.83809; 43 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00000. The middle country reads 3.12772.

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Population Living Below 5 m Elevation · Data for 1990

HighestGuyana

79.83809

Lowest43 countries share it

0.00000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 1990, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 215 countries · select a heading to sort

Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 1990: every country, as published by Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University.
GuyanaGUYSouth America79.83809
SurinameSURSouth America71.16088
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia66.99513
GreenlandGRLNorthern America58.92109
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe55.94971
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia55.78858
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe51.28859
TuvaluTUVPolynesia37.64522
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean34.53585
BahrainBHRWestern Asia32.95057
KiribatiKIRMicronesia32.41673
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia32.15734
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean31.36617
BelizeBLZCentral America31.28804
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia30.35699
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa29.41609
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia28.31248
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia21.83610
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean20.08785
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa18.87454
TongaTONPolynesia18.73166
NauruNRUMicronesia18.19492
FijiFJIMelanesia18.10630
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia17.11728
EritreaERIEastern Africa16.34556

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Guyana79.83809
  2. Suriname71.16088
  3. Marshall Islands66.99513
  4. Greenland58.92109
  5. Gibraltar55.94971

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0.00000
  2. Zambiashared0.00000
  3. Uzbekistanshared0.00000
  4. Ugandashared0.00000
  5. Turkmenistanshared0.00000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3.12772. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2021 release

    Every year in this series comes from CIESIN’s 2021 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1990.

  • 173 distinct values among 215

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 43 countries share 0.00000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 215 countries has every column.

04The 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 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University (1990). Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/low-elevation-population/1990

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06Questions

Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 1990: questions and answers

Which country has the highest people living in low-lying coastal areas in Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 1990?

Guyana, at 79.83809, of the 215 countries in the file.

What year does Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 1990 describe?

1990.

How many countries does Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 1990 cover?

215.

Where can I download Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 1990?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 1990 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 2015.

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