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Population Density, 1991

1991, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1991 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 20,553.356; Greenland is lowest, at 0.136. The middle country reads 70.471. Against 1990, 222 values changed (200 up, 22 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1991

HighestMonaco

20,553.356

LowestGreenland

0.136

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, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe20,553.356
MacauMACEastern Asia11,320.859
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia5,121.105
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia4,591.934
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,689.800
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,647.727
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,178.830
BermudaBMUNorthern America1,073.778
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean883.691
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia874.142
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia772.672
BahrainBHRWestern Asia679.270
BarbadosBRBCaribbean603.192
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia586.889
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean543.406
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa543.370
NauruNRUMicronesia492.500
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe450.093
South KoreaKOREastern Asia449.139
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean411.145
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe390.123
PalestinePSEWestern Asia370.258
ArubaABWCaribbean369.683
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean366.620
LebanonLBNWestern Asia358.643

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco20,553.356
  2. Macau11,320.859
  3. Hong Kong5,121.105
  4. Singapore4,591.934
  5. Gibraltar2,689.800

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.136
  2. Mongolia1.414
  3. Namibia1.720
  4. Mauritania1.950
  5. Australia2.259

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 70.471. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 200 · 22rose · 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 1991.

  • 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 (1991). Population Density, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1991

0674 held

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07Questions

Population Density, 1991: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1991?

Monaco, at 20,553.356, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1991 describe?

1991.

How many countries does Population Density, 1991 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1991?

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, 1991 the newest?

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

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