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Population Density, 1950

1950, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1950 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 13,198.3221; Greenland is lowest, at 0.0565. The middle country reads 28.8425.

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Population Density · Data for 1950

HighestMonaco

13,198.3221

LowestGreenland

0.0565

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 Density, 1950, 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, 1950: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe13,198.3221
MacauMACEastern Asia6,145.4219
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,165.6000
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe2,000.0000
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1,800.1297
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1,483.6215
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe935.4905
BermudaBMUNorthern America689.1389
BarbadosBRBCaribbean488.1779
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia316.5618
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe300.3700
BelgiumBELWestern Europe284.6106
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa258.8958
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean256.4529
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia248.1600
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean240.0236
ArubaABWCaribbean237.4333
JapanJPNEastern Asia229.3996
GrenadaGRDCaribbean227.2382
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia214.5306
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe212.2541
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe206.4794
GermanyDEUWestern Europe200.3896
South KoreaKOREastern Asia199.6839
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean181.6615

02In 1950

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco13,198.3221
  2. Macau6,145.4219
  3. Gibraltar2,165.6000
  4. Vatican City2,000.0000
  5. Hong Kong1,800.1297

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.0565
  2. Mongolia0.5019
  3. Namibia0.6250
  4. Mauritania0.6381
  5. Libya0.6750

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.8425. “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 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 1950.

  • Which end is better

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 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 3.0 IGO. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1950). Population Density, 1950 [data set], describing 1950. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1950

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06Questions

Population Density, 1950: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1950?

Monaco, at 13,198.3221, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1950 describe?

1950.

How many countries does Population Density, 1950 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1950?

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, 1950 the newest?

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

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