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Population Density, 1974

1974, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1974 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 16,935.9060; Greenland is lowest, at 0.1185. The middle country reads 48.9875. Against 1973, 222 values changed (212 up, 10 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1974

HighestMonaco

16,935.9060

LowestGreenland

0.1185

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, 1974, 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, 1974: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe16,935.9060
MacauMACEastern Asia6,918.3438
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia3,940.6028
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia3,272.4378
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,775.4500
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,665.9091
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,052.9492
BermudaBMUNorthern America982.5278
BarbadosBRBCaribbean583.2023
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia582.6177
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia463.2617
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia454.1747
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa431.7552
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe402.7106
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean364.8042
South KoreaKOREastern Asia356.6481
NauruNRUMicronesia346.1750
BahrainBHRWestern Asia343.5996
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean335.7334
ArubaABWCaribbean334.0111
BelgiumBELWestern Europe321.5472
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe311.9672
JapanJPNEastern Asia297.2467
GrenadaGRDCaribbean289.6632
LebanonLBNWestern Asia257.5938

02In 1974

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco16,935.9060
  2. Macau6,918.3438
  3. Hong Kong3,940.6028
  4. Singapore3,272.4378
  5. Gibraltar2,775.4500

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.1185
  2. Mongolia0.9285
  3. Namibia1.0377
  4. Mauritania1.2032
  5. Botswana1.2095

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 48.9875. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 212 · 10rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Monaco16,826.8456 → 16,935.9060+109.0604
  • Hong Kong3,842.8085 → 3,940.6028+97.7943
  • Singapore3,221.2840 → 3,272.4378+51.1538
  • Gibraltar2,753.6500 → 2,775.4500+21.8000
  • Bahrain326.0792 → 343.5996+17.5204

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 1974.

  • 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 (1974). Population Density, 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1974

0674 held

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07Questions

Population Density, 1974: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1974?

Monaco, at 16,935.9060, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1974 describe?

1974.

How many countries does Population Density, 1974 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1974?

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, 1974 the newest?

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

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