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Population Density, 1969

1969, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1969 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 15,993.960; Greenland is lowest, at 0.108. The middle country reads 42.121. Against 1968, 222 values changed (211 up, 11 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1969

HighestMonaco

15,993.960

LowestGreenland

0.108

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, 1969, 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, 1969: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe15,993.960
MacauMACEastern Asia7,978.313
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia3,089.646
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia3,004.623
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,612.050
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,711.364
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,030.962
BermudaBMUNorthern America950.120
BarbadosBRBCaribbean580.101
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia516.971
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia410.155
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa400.858
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia398.545
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe382.841
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean352.346
NauruNRUMicronesia329.050
ArubaABWCaribbean328.067
South KoreaKOREastern Asia321.930
BelgiumBELWestern Europe316.705
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean310.449
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe295.516
GrenadaGRDCaribbean288.837
BahrainBHRWestern Asia284.123
JapanJPNEastern Asia279.906
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean243.740

02In 1969

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco15,993.960
  2. Macau7,978.313
  3. Hong Kong3,089.646
  4. Singapore3,004.623
  5. Gibraltar2,612.050

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.108
  2. Mongolia0.811
  3. Namibia0.894
  4. Mauritania1.035
  5. Botswana1.036

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 42.121. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031968 → 1969

Since 1968

What changed between 1968 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 211 · 11rose · 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 1969.

  • 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 (1969). Population Density, 1969 [data set], describing 1969. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1969

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07Questions

Population Density, 1969: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1969?

Monaco, at 15,993.960, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1969 describe?

1969.

How many countries does Population Density, 1969 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1969?

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, 1969 the newest?

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

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