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Population Density, 1951

1951, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1951 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 13,656.040; Greenland is lowest, at 0.058. The middle country reads 29.592. Against 1950, 222 values changed (215 up, 7 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1951

HighestMonaco

13,656.040

LowestGreenland

0.058

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, 1951, 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, 1951: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe13,656.040
MacauMACEastern Asia6,253.516
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,146.200
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe2,013.636
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1,883.058
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1,563.742
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe953.825
BermudaBMUNorthern America699.944
BarbadosBRBCaribbean496.273
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia322.826
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe304.848
BelgiumBELWestern Europe285.876
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa266.586
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean258.575
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia252.377
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean246.247
ArubaABWCaribbean243.656
JapanJPNEastern Asia233.133
GrenadaGRDCaribbean229.216
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia222.050
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe215.074
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe207.410
South KoreaKOREastern Asia200.813
GermanyDEUWestern Europe200.201
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean185.802

02In 1951

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco13,656.040
  2. Macau6,253.516
  3. Gibraltar2,146.200
  4. Vatican City2,013.636
  5. Hong Kong1,883.058

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.058
  2. Mongolia0.510
  3. Namibia0.632
  4. Mauritania0.651
  5. Libya0.683

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 29.592. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031950 → 1951

Since 1950

What changed between 1950 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 215 · 7rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Monaco13,198.322 → 13,656.040+457.718
  • Macau6,145.422 → 6,253.516+108.094
  • Hong Kong1,800.130 → 1,883.058+82.928
  • Singapore1,483.622 → 1,563.742+80.120
  • Malta935.491 → 953.825+18.335

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.

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 1951.

  • 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.

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. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1951). Population Density, 1951 [data set], describing 1951. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1951

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07Questions

Population Density, 1951: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1951?

Monaco, at 13,656.040, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1951 describe?

1951.

How many countries does Population Density, 1951 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1951?

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, 1951 the newest?

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

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