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Population Density, 1964

1964, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1964 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 15,225.839; Greenland is lowest, at 0.091. The middle country reads 37.185. Against 1963, 222 values changed (217 up, 5 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1964

HighestMonaco

15,225.839

LowestGreenland

0.091

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, 1964, 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, 1964: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe15,225.839
MacauMACEastern Asia7,051.719
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia2,853.529
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2,666.860
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,331.500
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe2,094.318
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,043.773
BermudaBMUNorthern America859.454
BarbadosBRBCaribbean558.042
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia446.942
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa362.826
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe360.307
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia358.844
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia335.540
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean331.439
ArubaABWCaribbean320.106
BelgiumBELWestern Europe308.398
South KoreaKOREastern Asia290.521
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean289.811
GrenadaGRDCaribbean287.529
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe278.312
NauruNRUMicronesia275.725
JapanJPNEastern Asia265.084
BahrainBHRWestern Asia247.530
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean230.127

02In 1964

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco15,225.839
  2. Macau7,051.719
  3. Hong Kong2,853.529
  4. Singapore2,666.860
  5. Gibraltar2,331.500

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.091
  2. Mongolia0.706
  3. Namibia0.783
  4. Mauritania0.892
  5. Botswana0.999

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 37.185. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031963 → 1964

Since 1963

What changed between 1963 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

  • Macau5,691.719 → 7,051.719+1,360.000
  • Hong Kong2,422.749 → 2,853.529+430.780
  • Monaco15,023.490 → 15,225.839+202.349
  • Singapore2,593.723 → 2,666.860+73.138
  • Gibraltar2,275.350 → 2,331.500+56.150

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 1964.

  • 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 (1964). Population Density, 1964 [data set], describing 1964. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1964

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07Questions

Population Density, 1964: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1964?

Monaco, at 15,225.839, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1964 describe?

1964.

How many countries does Population Density, 1964 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1964?

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, 1964 the newest?

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

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