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Population Density, 1982

1982, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1982 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 18,497.651; Greenland is lowest, at 0.125. The middle country reads 55.551. Against 1981, 222 values changed (211 up, 11 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1982

HighestMonaco

18,497.651

LowestGreenland

0.125

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, 1982, 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, 1982: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe18,497.651
MacauMACEastern Asia8,157.953
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia4,686.164
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia3,846.877
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,876.500
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,681.818
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,100.459
BermudaBMUNorthern America1,007.167
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia713.025
BarbadosBRBCaribbean588.593
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia581.108
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia528.777
BahrainBHRWestern Asia494.231
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa484.537
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean429.603
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe425.705
NauruNRUMicronesia401.975
South KoreaKOREastern Asia397.766
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean379.190
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean369.913
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe361.566
ArubaABWCaribbean348.067
BelgiumBELWestern Europe325.726
JapanJPNEastern Asia317.086
LebanonLBNWestern Asia298.625

02In 1982

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco18,497.651
  2. Macau8,157.953
  3. Hong Kong4,686.164
  4. Singapore3,846.877
  5. Gibraltar2,876.500

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.125
  2. Mongolia1.146
  3. Namibia1.227
  4. Mauritania1.515
  5. Botswana1.781

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 55.551. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 211 · 11rose · 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 1982.

  • 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 (1982). Population Density, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1982

0674 held

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07Questions

Population Density, 1982: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1982?

Monaco, at 18,497.651, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1982 describe?

1982.

How many countries does Population Density, 1982 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1982?

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, 1982 the newest?

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

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