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Population Density, 1976

1976, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1976 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 17,378.859; Greenland is lowest, at 0.121. The middle country reads 50.156. Against 1975, 222 values changed (208 up, 14 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1976

HighestMonaco

17,378.859

LowestGreenland

0.121

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, 1976, 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, 1976: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe17,378.859
MacauMACEastern Asia7,105.531
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia4,135.698
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia3,368.584
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,813.450
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,669.318
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,064.400
BermudaBMUNorthern America985.370
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia613.469
BarbadosBRBCaribbean584.750
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia491.752
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia470.813
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa443.277
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe409.451
BahrainBHRWestern Asia380.413
South KoreaKOREastern Asia367.686
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean367.031
NauruNRUMicronesia353.225
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean346.866
ArubaABWCaribbean340.394
BelgiumBELWestern Europe322.310
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe313.271
JapanJPNEastern Asia303.863
GrenadaGRDCaribbean287.152
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean285.750

02In 1976

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco17,378.859
  2. Macau7,105.531
  3. Hong Kong4,135.698
  4. Singapore3,368.584
  5. Gibraltar2,813.450

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.121
  2. Mongolia0.984
  3. Namibia1.101
  4. Mauritania1.276
  5. Botswana1.338

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 50.156. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 208 · 14rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Monaco17,114.430 → 17,378.859+264.430
  • Macau6,998.141 → 7,105.531+107.391
  • Hong Kong4,038.561 → 4,135.698+97.137
  • Singapore3,321.410 → 3,368.584+47.174
  • Bahrain361.741 → 380.413+18.672

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 1976.

  • 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 (1976). Population Density, 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1976

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07Questions

Population Density, 1976: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1976?

Monaco, at 17,378.859, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1976 describe?

1976.

How many countries does Population Density, 1976 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1976?

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, 1976 the newest?

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

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