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Population Density, 1972

1972, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1972 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 16,685.906; Greenland is lowest, at 0.115. The middle country reads 46.939. Against 1971, 222 values changed (215 up, 7 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1972

HighestMonaco

16,685.906

LowestGreenland

0.115

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, 1972, 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, 1972: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe16,685.906
MacauMACEastern Asia8,536.906
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia3,746.244
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia3,168.864
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,728.950
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,673.864
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,043.203
BermudaBMUNorthern America977.824
BarbadosBRBCaribbean580.600
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia550.369
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia436.560
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia436.335
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa420.494
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe396.269
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean361.514
South KoreaKOREastern Asia342.990
NauruNRUMicronesia340.600
ArubaABWCaribbean327.197
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean324.938
BelgiumBELWestern Europe320.195
BahrainBHRWestern Asia309.211
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe307.975
GrenadaGRDCaribbean290.521
JapanJPNEastern Asia289.894
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean250.744

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco16,685.906
  2. Macau8,536.906
  3. Hong Kong3,746.244
  4. Singapore3,168.864
  5. Gibraltar2,728.950

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.115
  2. Mongolia0.878
  3. Namibia0.977
  4. Botswana1.098
  5. Mauritania1.134

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 46.939. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 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

  • Macau8,233.094 → 8,536.906+303.812
  • Monaco16,494.295 → 16,685.906+191.611
  • Hong Kong3,629.878 → 3,746.244+116.366
  • Singapore3,116.300 → 3,168.864+52.564
  • Gibraltar2,702.050 → 2,728.950+26.900

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 1972.

  • 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 (1972). Population Density, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1972

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07Questions

Population Density, 1972: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1972?

Monaco, at 16,685.906, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1972 describe?

1972.

How many countries does Population Density, 1972 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1972?

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, 1972 the newest?

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

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