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Population Density, 1996

1996, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 1996 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 21,367.450; Greenland is lowest, at 0.136. The middle country reads 74.109. Against 1995, 222 values changed (195 up, 27 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 1996

HighestMonaco

21,367.450

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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe21,367.450
MacauMACEastern Asia12,719.641
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia5,734.726
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia5,365.388
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,748.700
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,592.046
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,230.552
BermudaBMUNorthern America1,107.648
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia959.224
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean929.338
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia874.490
BahrainBHRWestern Asia777.258
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia613.083
BarbadosBRBCaribbean609.962
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa577.529
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean555.528
NauruNRUMicronesia509.150
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe464.496
South KoreaKOREastern Asia461.263
PalestinePSEWestern Asia456.283
ArubaABWCaribbean436.011
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean427.974
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe417.730
LebanonLBNWestern Asia394.407
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean357.485

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco21,367.450
  2. Macau12,719.641
  3. Hong Kong5,734.726
  4. Singapore5,365.388
  5. Gibraltar2,748.700

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.136
  2. Mongolia1.518
  3. Namibia1.999
  4. Mauritania2.288
  5. Australia2.383

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 74.109. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 195 · 27rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Macau12,459.156 → 12,719.641+260.484
  • Singapore5,173.682 → 5,365.388+191.706
  • Monaco21,214.094 → 21,367.450+153.356
  • Hong Kong5,620.658 → 5,734.726+114.068
  • Rwanda234.371 → 277.107+42.736

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 1996.

  • 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 (1996). Population Density, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/1996

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07Questions

Population Density, 1996: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 1996?

Monaco, at 21,367.450, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 1996 describe?

1996.

How many countries does Population Density, 1996 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 1996?

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, 1996 the newest?

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

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