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Population Density, 2002

2002, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 2002 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 21,759.396; Greenland is lowest, at 0.138. The middle country reads 74.974. Against 2001, 222 values changed (193 up, 29 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 2002

HighestMonaco

21,759.396

LowestGreenland

0.138

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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe21,759.396
MacauMACEastern Asia14,250.438
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia6,206.923
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia6,071.585
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,783.100
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,526.136
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,287.506
BermudaBMUNorthern America1,150.787
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia1,067.325
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia972.053
BahrainBHRWestern Asia960.661
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean910.603
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia637.303
BarbadosBRBCaribbean614.298
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa607.924
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean596.302
PalestinePSEWestern Asia551.888
ArubaABWCaribbean507.658
NauruNRUMicronesia504.075
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe483.741
South KoreaKOREastern Asia478.044
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe450.664
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean438.416
LebanonLBNWestern Asia436.315
IndiaINDSouthern Asia369.166

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco21,759.396
  2. Macau14,250.438
  3. Hong Kong6,206.923
  4. Singapore6,071.585
  5. Gibraltar2,783.100

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.138
  2. Mongolia1.605
  3. Namibia2.296
  4. Australia2.551
  5. Mauritania2.657

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 74.974. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 193 · 29rose · 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 2002.

  • 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 (2002). Population Density, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/2002

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07Questions

Population Density, 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 2002?

Monaco, at 21,759.396, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Population Density, 2002 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 2002?

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, 2002 the newest?

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

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