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Population Density, 1981

1981, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1981 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 18,317.450; Greenland is lowest, at 0.124. The middle country reads 54.553. Against 1980, 222 values changed (212 up, 10 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1981

HighestMonaco

18,317.450

LowestGreenland

0.124

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, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe18,317.450
MacauMACEastern Asia7,890.781
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia4,605.055
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia3,706.884
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,874.000
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,686.364
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,094.451
BermudaBMUNorthern America999.944
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia693.732
BarbadosBRBCaribbean586.676
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia565.108
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia519.990
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa477.447
BahrainBHRWestern Asia477.042
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe423.590
NauruNRUMicronesia391.950
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean391.235
South KoreaKOREastern Asia391.025
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean374.662
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean369.798
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe358.041
ArubaABWCaribbean345.922
BelgiumBELWestern Europe325.341
JapanJPNEastern Asia315.782
LebanonLBNWestern Asia294.133

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco18,317.450
  2. Macau7,890.781
  3. Hong Kong4,605.055
  4. Singapore3,706.884
  5. Gibraltar2,874.000

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.124
  2. Mongolia1.119
  3. Namibia1.206
  4. Mauritania1.472
  5. Botswana1.712

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 54.553. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 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

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 1981.

  • 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 (1981). Population Density, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1981

0674 held

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07Questions

Population Density, 1981: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1981?

Monaco, at 18,317.450, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1981 describe?

1981.

How many countries does Population Density, 1981 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1981?

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, 1981 the newest?

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

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