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Population Density, 1985

1985, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1985 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 19,282.550; Greenland is lowest, at 0.130. The middle country reads 59.498. Against 1984, 222 values changed (208 up, 14 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1985

HighestMonaco

19,282.550

LowestGreenland

0.130

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, 1985, 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, 1985: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe19,282.550
MacauMACEastern Asia9,102.422
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia4,907.299
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia4,004.436
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,851.200
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,662.500
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,119.257
BermudaBMUNorthern America1,028.639
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia770.176
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia633.897
BarbadosBRBCaribbean594.929
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean567.382
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia552.716
BahrainBHRWestern Asia549.626
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa504.957
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe431.795
NauruNRUMicronesia427.550
South KoreaKOREastern Asia415.886
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean391.085
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean369.572
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe368.615
ArubaABWCaribbean353.675
BelgiumBELWestern Europe326.321
JapanJPNEastern Asia320.659
LebanonLBNWestern Asia314.504

02In 1985

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco19,282.550
  2. Macau9,102.422
  3. Hong Kong4,907.299
  4. Singapore4,004.436
  5. Gibraltar2,851.200

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.130
  2. Mongolia1.234
  3. Namibia1.332
  4. Mauritania1.651
  5. Botswana1.980

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 59.498. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 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

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 1985.

  • 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 (1985). Population Density, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1985

0674 held

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07Questions

Population Density, 1985: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1985?

Monaco, at 19,282.550, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1985 describe?

1985.

How many countries does Population Density, 1985 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1985?

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, 1985 the newest?

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

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