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Population Density, 1970

1970, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1970 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 16,260.738; Greenland is lowest, at 0.111. The middle country reads 43.478. Against 1969, 222 values changed (213 up, 9 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1970

HighestMonaco

16,260.738

LowestGreenland

0.111

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, 1970, 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, 1970: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe16,260.738
MacauMACEastern Asia8,043.609
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia3,403.017
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia3,062.310
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,663.400
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,692.046
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,034.956
BermudaBMUNorthern America965.269
BarbadosBRBCaribbean579.970
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia530.529
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia418.406
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia410.728
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa407.732
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe387.636
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean355.814
NauruNRUMicronesia335.475
South KoreaKOREastern Asia328.898
ArubaABWCaribbean327.503
BelgiumBELWestern Europe318.069
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean314.591
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe297.828
GrenadaGRDCaribbean289.453
BahrainBHRWestern Asia287.112
JapanJPNEastern Asia283.189
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean246.062

02In 1970

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco16,260.738
  2. Macau8,043.609
  3. Hong Kong3,403.017
  4. Singapore3,062.310
  5. Gibraltar2,663.400

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.111
  2. Mongolia0.832
  3. Namibia0.921
  4. Botswana1.042
  5. Mauritania1.067

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 43.478. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031969 → 1970

Since 1969

What changed between 1969 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 213 · 9rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Hong Kong3,089.646 → 3,403.017+313.372
  • Monaco15,993.960 → 16,260.738+266.779
  • Macau7,978.313 → 8,043.609+65.297
  • Singapore3,004.623 → 3,062.310+57.687
  • Gibraltar2,612.050 → 2,663.400+51.350

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 1970.

  • 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 (1970). Population Density, 1970 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1970

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07Questions

Population Density, 1970: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1970?

Monaco, at 16,260.738, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1970 describe?

1970.

How many countries does Population Density, 1970 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1970?

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, 1970 the newest?

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

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