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Population Density, 1960

1960, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1960 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 14,636.242; Greenland is lowest, at 0.078. The middle country reads 34.609. Against 1959, 222 values changed (216 up, 6 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1960

HighestMonaco

14,636.242

LowestGreenland

0.078

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, 1960, 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, 1960: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe14,636.242
MacauMACEastern Asia5,416.109
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia2,816.051
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2,370.897
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,183.900
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe2,086.364
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,050.222
BermudaBMUNorthern America781.620
BarbadosBRBCaribbean536.959
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia398.161
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe341.152
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa335.138
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia311.953
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean311.758
ArubaABWCaribbean305.122
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia303.965
BelgiumBELWestern Europe300.620
GrenadaGRDCaribbean276.640
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean271.965
South KoreaKOREastern Asia263.944
JapanJPNEastern Asia255.822
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe252.918
NauruNRUMicronesia230.375
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe216.439
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean216.378

02In 1960

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco14,636.242
  2. Macau5,416.109
  3. Hong Kong2,816.051
  4. Singapore2,370.897
  5. Gibraltar2,183.900

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.078
  2. Mongolia0.628
  3. Namibia0.718
  4. Mauritania0.800
  5. Libya0.891

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 34.609. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031959 → 1960

Since 1959

What changed between 1959 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 1960.

  • 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 (1960). Population Density, 1960 [data set], describing 1960. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1960

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07Questions

Population Density, 1960: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1960?

Monaco, at 14,636.242, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1960 describe?

1960.

How many countries does Population Density, 1960 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1960?

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, 1960 the newest?

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

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