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Population Density, 1968

1968, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1968 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 15,729.530; Greenland is lowest, at 0.104. The middle country reads 40.578. Against 1967, 222 values changed (210 up, 12 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1968

HighestMonaco

15,729.530

LowestGreenland

0.104

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, 1968, 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, 1968: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe15,729.530
MacauMACEastern Asia8,060.406
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2,943.034
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia2,789.197
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,557.750
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,747.727
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,027.022
BermudaBMUNorthern America933.407
BarbadosBRBCaribbean577.999
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia502.484
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia401.457
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa393.734
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia386.915
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe378.392
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean348.574
ArubaABWCaribbean328.164
NauruNRUMicronesia316.400
BelgiumBELWestern Europe315.401
South KoreaKOREastern Asia315.083
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean306.694
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe292.803
GrenadaGRDCaribbean288.463
BahrainBHRWestern Asia280.123
JapanJPNEastern Asia276.621
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean241.340

02In 1968

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco15,729.530
  2. Macau8,060.406
  3. Singapore2,943.034
  4. Hong Kong2,789.197
  5. Gibraltar2,557.750

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.104
  2. Mongolia0.790
  3. Namibia0.869
  4. Mauritania1.004
  5. Botswana1.030

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 40.578. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031967 → 1968

Since 1967

What changed between 1967 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 210 · 12rose · 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 1968.

  • 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 (1968). Population Density, 1968 [data set], describing 1968. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1968

0674 held

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07Questions

Population Density, 1968: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1968?

Monaco, at 15,729.530, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1968 describe?

1968.

How many countries does Population Density, 1968 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1968?

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, 1968 the newest?

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

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