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Population Density, 1993

1993, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1993 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 20,896.31; Greenland is lowest, at 0.14. The middle country reads 73.10. Against 1992, 221 values changed (194 up, 27 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1993

HighestMonaco

20,896.31

LowestGreenland

0.14

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, 1993, 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, 1993: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe20,896.31
MacauMACEastern Asia11,916.45
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia5,370.80
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia4,857.82
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,706.95
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,632.95
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,200.69
BermudaBMUNorthern America1,089.18
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean941.93
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia907.52
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia816.28
BahrainBHRWestern Asia718.79
BarbadosBRBCaribbean607.04
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia597.99
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa557.83
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean552.48
NauruNRUMicronesia505.10
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe457.06
South KoreaKOREastern Asia453.67
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean418.45
PalestinePSEWestern Asia402.83
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe401.18
ArubaABWCaribbean394.84
LebanonLBNWestern Asia373.47
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean364.37

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco20,896.31
  2. Macau11,916.45
  3. Hong Kong5,370.80
  4. Singapore4,857.82
  5. Gibraltar2,706.95

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.14
  2. Mongolia1.46
  3. Namibia1.83
  4. Mauritania2.11
  5. Australia2.31

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 73.10. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 194 · 27rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

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 1993.

  • 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 (1993). Population Density, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1993

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07Questions

Population Density, 1993: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1993?

Monaco, at 20,896.31, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1993 describe?

1993.

How many countries does Population Density, 1993 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1993?

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, 1993 the newest?

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

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