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Population Density, 1955

1955, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1955 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 13,808.7248; Greenland is lowest, at 0.0640. The middle country reads 31.9119. Against 1954, 222 values changed (216 up, 6 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1955

HighestMonaco

13,808.7248

LowestGreenland

0.0640

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, 1955, 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, 1955: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe13,808.7248
MacauMACEastern Asia6,107.5781
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia2,254.9568
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,178.5000
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe2,070.4545
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1,932.9876
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,009.9651
BermudaBMUNorthern America738.0185
BarbadosBRBCaribbean519.2779
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia351.5993
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe319.3024
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa295.3638
BelgiumBELWestern Europe291.8123
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean273.8373
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia272.0050
ArubaABWCaribbean270.9333
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean265.0122
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia257.1063
GrenadaGRDCaribbean245.9853
JapanJPNEastern Asia245.2749
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe226.1148
South KoreaKOREastern Asia223.6146
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe210.8286
GermanyDEUWestern Europe201.7849
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean200.5154

02In 1955

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco13,808.7248
  2. Macau6,107.5781
  3. Hong Kong2,254.9568
  4. Gibraltar2,178.5000
  5. Vatican City2,070.4545

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.0640
  2. Mongolia0.5449
  3. Namibia0.6645
  4. Mauritania0.7090
  5. Libya0.7406

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 31.9119. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031954 → 1955

Since 1954

What changed between 1954 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 216 · 6rose · 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 1955.

  • 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 (1955). Population Density, 1955 [data set], describing 1955. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1955

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07Questions

Population Density, 1955: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1955?

Monaco, at 13,808.7248, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1955 describe?

1955.

How many countries does Population Density, 1955 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1955?

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, 1955 the newest?

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

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