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Population Density, 1958

1958, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1958 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 14,365.101; Greenland is lowest, at 0.072. The middle country reads 33.476. Against 1957, 222 values changed (215 up, 7 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1958

HighestMonaco

14,365.101

LowestGreenland

0.072

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, 1958, 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, 1958: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe14,365.101
MacauMACEastern Asia5,739.625
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia2,589.172
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2,219.220
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,188.550
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe2,089.773
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,045.740
BermudaBMUNorthern America763.167
BarbadosBRBCaribbean528.508
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia377.845
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe332.255
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa318.795
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean297.124
BelgiumBELWestern Europe296.787
ArubaABWCaribbean292.600
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia290.143
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia289.358
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean268.432
GrenadaGRDCaribbean265.927
JapanJPNEastern Asia251.701
South KoreaKOREastern Asia247.354
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe241.418
NauruNRUMicronesia214.850
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe213.955
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean210.169

02In 1958

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco14,365.101
  2. Macau5,739.625
  3. Hong Kong2,589.172
  4. Singapore2,219.220
  5. Gibraltar2,188.550

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.072
  2. Mongolia0.590
  3. Namibia0.694
  4. Mauritania0.761
  5. Libya0.823

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 33.476. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031957 → 1958

Since 1957

What changed between 1957 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 1958.

  • 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 (1958). Population Density, 1958 [data set], describing 1958. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1958

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07Questions

Population Density, 1958: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1958?

Monaco, at 14,365.101, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1958 describe?

1958.

How many countries does Population Density, 1958 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1958?

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, 1958 the newest?

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

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