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Population Density, 1975

1975, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1975 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 17,114.430; Greenland is lowest, at 0.120. The middle country reads 49.573. Against 1974, 221 values changed (206 up, 15 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1975

HighestMonaco

17,114.430

LowestGreenland

0.120

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, 1975, 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, 1975: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe17,114.430
MacauMACEastern Asia6,998.141
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia4,038.561
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia3,321.410
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,795.100
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,665.909
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,058.573
BermudaBMUNorthern America983.861
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia598.098
BarbadosBRBCaribbean584.129
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia477.193
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia462.165
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa437.450
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe406.285
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean366.026
South KoreaKOREastern Asia362.590
BahrainBHRWestern Asia361.741
NauruNRUMicronesia349.375
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean341.246
ArubaABWCaribbean337.847
BelgiumBELWestern Europe321.966
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe312.230
JapanJPNEastern Asia300.727
GrenadaGRDCaribbean288.606
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean267.456

02In 1975

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco17,114.430
  2. Macau6,998.141
  3. Hong Kong4,038.561
  4. Singapore3,321.410
  5. Gibraltar2,795.100

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.120
  2. Mongolia0.956
  3. Namibia1.070
  4. Mauritania1.239
  5. Botswana1.271

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 49.573. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031974 → 1975

Since 1974

What changed between 1974 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 206 · 15rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

  • Monaco16,935.906 → 17,114.430+178.523
  • Hong Kong3,940.603 → 4,038.561+97.958
  • Macau6,918.344 → 6,998.141+79.797
  • Singapore3,272.438 → 3,321.410+48.972
  • Gibraltar2,775.450 → 2,795.100+19.650

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 1975.

  • 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 (1975). Population Density, 1975 [data set], describing 1975. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1975

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07Questions

Population Density, 1975: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1975?

Monaco, at 17,114.430, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1975 describe?

1975.

How many countries does Population Density, 1975 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1975?

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, 1975 the newest?

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

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