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Population Density, 1963

1963, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1963 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 15,023.4899; Greenland is lowest, at 0.0875. The middle country reads 36.3767. Against 1962, 222 values changed (218 up, 4 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1963

HighestMonaco

15,023.4899

LowestGreenland

0.0875

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, 1963, 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, 1963: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe15,023.4899
MacauMACEastern Asia5,691.7188
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2,593.7225
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia2,422.7489
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,275.3500
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe2,086.3636
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,047.0016
BermudaBMUNorthern America839.6296
BarbadosBRBCaribbean552.4581
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia434.0816
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe355.4737
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa354.8525
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia346.9563
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia327.4067
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean326.7087
ArubaABWCaribbean316.6750
BelgiumBELWestern Europe306.3345
GrenadaGRDCaribbean285.8676
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean285.3861
South KoreaKOREastern Asia284.4622
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe271.8033
JapanJPNEastern Asia262.6113
NauruNRUMicronesia261.3250
BahrainBHRWestern Asia238.1877
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean226.9833

02In 1963

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco15,023.4899
  2. Macau5,691.7188
  3. Singapore2,593.7225
  4. Hong Kong2,422.7489
  5. Gibraltar2,275.3500

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.0875
  2. Mongolia0.6879
  3. Namibia0.7647
  4. Mauritania0.8668
  5. Botswana0.9757

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 36.3767. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031962 → 1963

Since 1962

What changed between 1962 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 218 · 4rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Monaco14,817.7852 → 15,023.4899+205.7047
  • Macau5,556.5469 → 5,691.7188+135.1719
  • Singapore2,520.0227 → 2,593.7225+73.6998
  • Gibraltar2,219.7000 → 2,275.3500+55.6500
  • Bermuda819.2500 → 839.6296+20.3796

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 1963.

  • 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 (1963). Population Density, 1963 [data set], describing 1963. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1963

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07Questions

Population Density, 1963: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1963?

Monaco, at 15,023.4899, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1963 describe?

1963.

How many countries does Population Density, 1963 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1963?

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, 1963 the newest?

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

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