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Population Density, 2004

2004, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 2004 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 21,682.886; Greenland is lowest, at 0.139. The middle country reads 76.991. Against 2003, 222 values changed (192 up, 30 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 2004

HighestMonaco

21,682.886

LowestGreenland

0.139

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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe21,682.886
MacauMACEastern Asia15,068.750
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia6,267.665
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia6,109.469
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe2,871.500
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,501.136
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,304.119
BermudaBMUNorthern America1,158.426
BahrainBHRWestern Asia1,112.953
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia1,097.817
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia1,004.708
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean932.059
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia642.345
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean625.868
BarbadosBRBCaribbean621.623
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa615.665
PalestinePSEWestern Asia577.272
ArubaABWCaribbean517.847
NauruNRUMicronesia503.000
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe487.825
South KoreaKOREastern Asia482.066
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe462.336
LebanonLBNWestern Asia449.587
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean437.029
IndiaINDSouthern Asia382.078

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco21,682.886
  2. Macau15,068.750
  3. Hong Kong6,267.665
  4. Singapore6,109.469
  5. Gibraltar2,871.500

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.139
  2. Mongolia1.633
  3. Namibia2.359
  4. Australia2.610
  5. Mauritania2.783

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 76.991. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 192 · 30rose · 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 2004.

  • 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 (2004). Population Density, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/2004

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07Questions

Population Density, 2004: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 2004?

Monaco, at 21,682.886, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 2004 describe?

2004.

How many countries does Population Density, 2004 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 2004?

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, 2004 the newest?

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

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