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Population Density, 1986

1986, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1986 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 19,525.168; Greenland is lowest, at 0.131. The middle country reads 60.990. Against 1985, 222 values changed (208 up, 14 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1986

HighestMonaco

19,525.168

LowestGreenland

0.131

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, 1986, 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, 1986: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe19,525.168
MacauMACEastern Asia9,458.422
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia4,960.358
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia4,018.526
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,832.850
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,659.091
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,127.227
BermudaBMUNorthern America1,034.991
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia788.473
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia656.452
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean615.603
BarbadosBRBCaribbean596.787
BahrainBHRWestern Asia569.969
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia559.333
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa511.500
NauruNRUMicronesia437.075
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe434.394
South KoreaKOREastern Asia421.642
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean394.474
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe371.082
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean369.317
ArubaABWCaribbean353.453
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean350.160
BelgiumBELWestern Europe326.540
LebanonLBNWestern Asia322.616

02In 1986

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco19,525.168
  2. Macau9,458.422
  3. Hong Kong4,960.358
  4. Singapore4,018.526
  5. Gibraltar2,832.850

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.131
  2. Mongolia1.266
  3. Namibia1.374
  4. Mauritania1.700
  5. Botswana2.048

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 60.990. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

What changed between 1985 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 1986.

  • 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 (1986). Population Density, 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1986

0674 held

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07Questions

Population Density, 1986: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1986?

Monaco, at 19,525.168, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1986 describe?

1986.

How many countries does Population Density, 1986 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1986?

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, 1986 the newest?

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

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