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Population Density, 1980

1980, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1980 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 18,203.0201; Greenland is lowest, at 0.1221. The middle country reads 53.6147. Against 1979, 222 values changed (214 up, 8 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1980

HighestMonaco

18,203.0201

LowestGreenland

0.1221

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, 1980, 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, 1980: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe18,203.0201
MacauMACEastern Asia7,690.5312
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia4,515.4540
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia3,568.8038
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,867.5500
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,688.6364
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,088.4984
BermudaBMUNorthern America993.9444
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia676.1653
BarbadosBRBCaribbean584.9384
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia549.4500
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia510.7744
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa470.0571
BahrainBHRWestern Asia458.4655
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe420.6197
South KoreaKOREastern Asia385.4856
NauruNRUMicronesia382.4250
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean369.7285
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean369.4811
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean365.0000
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe353.8525
ArubaABWCaribbean344.6611
BelgiumBELWestern Europe324.7603
JapanJPNEastern Asia314.0956
LebanonLBNWestern Asia287.8556

02In 1980

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco18,203.0201
  2. Macau7,690.5312
  3. Hong Kong4,515.4540
  4. Singapore3,568.8038
  5. Gibraltar2,867.5500

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.1221
  2. Mongolia1.0924
  3. Namibia1.1921
  4. Mauritania1.4301
  5. Botswana1.6542

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 53.6147. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 214 · 8rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Macau7,535.8281 → 7,690.5312+154.7031
  • Monaco18,048.6577 → 18,203.0201+154.3624
  • Hong Kong4,420.0823 → 4,515.4540+95.3717
  • Singapore3,496.5695 → 3,568.8038+72.2343
  • Sint Maarten344.7941 → 365.0000+20.2059

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 1980.

  • 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 (1980). Population Density, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1980

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07Questions

Population Density, 1980: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1980?

Monaco, at 18,203.0201, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1980 describe?

1980.

How many countries does Population Density, 1980 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1980?

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, 1980 the newest?

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

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