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Population Density, 1956

1956, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1956 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 13,906.040; Greenland is lowest, at 0.066. The middle country reads 32.494. Against 1955, 222 values changed (217 up, 5 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1956

HighestMonaco

13,906.040

LowestGreenland

0.066

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, 1956, 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, 1956: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe13,906.040
MacauMACEastern Asia6,005.594
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia2,360.561
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,184.600
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe2,081.818
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2,036.538
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,023.670
BermudaBMUNorthern America747.083
BarbadosBRBCaribbean522.119
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia359.948
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe323.417
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa302.737
BelgiumBELWestern Europe293.354
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean281.386
ArubaABWCaribbean278.131
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia277.692
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia267.317
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean266.323
GrenadaGRDCaribbean252.365
JapanJPNEastern Asia247.707
South KoreaKOREastern Asia231.188
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe230.312
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe211.750
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean203.748
GermanyDEUWestern Europe202.588

02In 1956

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco13,906.040
  2. Macau6,005.594
  3. Hong Kong2,360.561
  4. Gibraltar2,184.600
  5. Vatican City2,081.818

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.066
  2. Mongolia0.558
  3. Namibia0.674
  4. Mauritania0.725
  5. Libya0.765

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 32.494. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031955 → 1956

Since 1955

What changed between 1955 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 217 · 5rose · 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 1956.

  • 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 (1956). Population Density, 1956 [data set], describing 1956. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1956

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Other years

07Questions

Population Density, 1956: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1956?

Monaco, at 13,906.040, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1956 describe?

1956.

How many countries does Population Density, 1956 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1956?

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, 1956 the newest?

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

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