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Population Density, 1978

1978, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1978 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 17,856.040; Greenland is lowest, at 0.121. The middle country reads 51.706. Against 1977, 221 values changed (208 up, 13 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1978

HighestMonaco

17,856.040

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, 1978, 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, 1978: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe17,856.040
MacauMACEastern Asia7,381.453
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia4,325.813
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia3,456.226
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,844.600
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,680.682
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,076.384
BermudaBMUNorthern America989.463
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia644.462
BarbadosBRBCaribbean585.002
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia520.528
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia490.645
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa455.801
BahrainBHRWestern Asia418.960
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe414.420
South KoreaKOREastern Asia376.802
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean368.522
NauruNRUMicronesia364.900
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean358.278
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe344.680
ArubaABWCaribbean342.883
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean324.662
BelgiumBELWestern Europe323.397
JapanJPNEastern Asia309.367
GrenadaGRDCaribbean283.249

02In 1978

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco17,856.040
  2. Macau7,381.453
  3. Hong Kong4,325.813
  4. Singapore3,456.226
  5. Gibraltar2,844.600

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.121
  2. Mongolia1.040
  3. Namibia1.151
  4. Mauritania1.351
  5. Botswana1.499

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 51.706. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031977 → 1978

Since 1977

What changed between 1977 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 208 · 13rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

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 1978.

  • 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 (1978). Population Density, 1978 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1978

0674 held

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07Questions

Population Density, 1978: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1978?

Monaco, at 17,856.040, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1978 describe?

1978.

How many countries does Population Density, 1978 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1978?

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, 1978 the newest?

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

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