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Population Density, 1952

1952, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1952 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 13,796.980; Greenland is lowest, at 0.059. The middle country reads 30.221. Against 1951, 222 values changed (215 up, 7 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1952

HighestMonaco

13,796.980

LowestGreenland

0.059

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, 1952, 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, 1952: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe13,796.980
MacauMACEastern Asia6,262.531
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,147.000
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe2,027.273
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1,969.789
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1,648.740
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe967.960
BermudaBMUNorthern America709.898
BarbadosBRBCaribbean503.502
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia329.515
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe308.345
BelgiumBELWestern Europe287.226
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa274.471
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean260.430
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia256.877
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean252.770
ArubaABWCaribbean250.161
JapanJPNEastern Asia236.543
GrenadaGRDCaribbean232.159
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia230.132
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe217.689
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe208.025
South KoreaKOREastern Asia204.460
GermanyDEUWestern Europe200.330
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean189.960

02In 1952

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco13,796.980
  2. Macau6,262.531
  3. Gibraltar2,147.000
  4. Vatican City2,027.273
  5. Hong Kong1,969.789

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.059
  2. Mongolia0.518
  3. Namibia0.640
  4. Mauritania0.664
  5. Libya0.694

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 30.221. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031951 → 1952

Since 1951

What changed between 1951 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

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 1952.

  • 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 (1952). Population Density, 1952 [data set], describing 1952. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1952

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07Questions

Population Density, 1952: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1952?

Monaco, at 13,796.980, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1952 describe?

1952.

How many countries does Population Density, 1952 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1952?

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, 1952 the newest?

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

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