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Population Density, 1966

1966, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1966 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 15,523.826; Greenland is lowest, at 0.097. The middle country reads 38.844. Against 1965, 222 values changed (212 up, 10 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1966

HighestMonaco

15,523.826

LowestGreenland

0.097

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, 1966, 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, 1966: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe15,523.826
MacauMACEastern Asia8,216.953
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia3,653.596
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2,809.794
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,444.350
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,910.227
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,033.887
BermudaBMUNorthern America898.778
BarbadosBRBCaribbean569.758
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia473.764
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia382.313
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa378.645
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe370.179
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia361.688
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean340.374
ArubaABWCaribbean326.081
BelgiumBELWestern Europe312.273
NauruNRUMicronesia302.175
South KoreaKOREastern Asia301.648
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean298.417
GrenadaGRDCaribbean288.593
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe287.254
JapanJPNEastern Asia270.386
BahrainBHRWestern Asia265.061
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean236.030

02In 1966

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco15,523.826
  2. Macau8,216.953
  3. Hong Kong3,653.596
  4. Singapore2,809.794
  5. Gibraltar2,444.350

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.097
  2. Mongolia0.747
  3. Namibia0.823
  4. Mauritania0.945
  5. Botswana1.020

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 38.844. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031965 → 1966

Since 1965

What changed between 1965 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 212 · 10rose · 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 1966.

  • 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 (1966). Population Density, 1966 [data set], describing 1966. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1966

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07Questions

Population Density, 1966: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1966?

Monaco, at 15,523.826, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1966 describe?

1966.

How many countries does Population Density, 1966 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1966?

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, 1966 the newest?

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

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