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Population Density, 1971

1971, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1971 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 16,494.2953; Greenland is lowest, at 0.1133. The middle country reads 45.1839. Against 1970, 222 values changed (215 up, 7 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1971

HighestMonaco

16,494.2953

LowestGreenland

0.1133

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, 1971, 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, 1971: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe16,494.2953
MacauMACEastern Asia8,233.0938
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia3,629.8781
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia3,116.3001
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,702.0500
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,679.5455
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,039.0238
BermudaBMUNorthern America974.2037
BarbadosBRBCaribbean579.4605
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia539.8844
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia427.0301
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia423.4500
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa414.3382
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe392.2769
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean358.9198
NauruNRUMicronesia338.1000
South KoreaKOREastern Asia335.9495
ArubaABWCaribbean326.5583
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean319.6006
BelgiumBELWestern Europe319.2592
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe301.9508
BahrainBHRWestern Asia294.6788
GrenadaGRDCaribbean290.1412
JapanJPNEastern Asia286.4786
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean248.3897

02In 1971

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco16,494.2953
  2. Macau8,233.0938
  3. Hong Kong3,629.8781
  4. Singapore3,116.3001
  5. Gibraltar2,702.0500

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.1133
  2. Mongolia0.8540
  3. Namibia0.9481
  4. Botswana1.0596
  5. Mauritania1.0999

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 45.1839. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031970 → 1971

Since 1970

What changed between 1970 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 215 · 7rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Monaco16,260.7383 → 16,494.2953+233.5570
  • Hong Kong3,403.0173 → 3,629.8781+226.8608
  • Macau8,043.6094 → 8,233.0938+189.4844
  • Singapore3,062.3104 → 3,116.3001+53.9897
  • Gibraltar2,663.4000 → 2,702.0500+38.6500

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 1971.

  • 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 (1971). Population Density, 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1971

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07Questions

Population Density, 1971: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1971?

Monaco, at 16,494.2953, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1971 describe?

1971.

How many countries does Population Density, 1971 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1971?

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, 1971 the newest?

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

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