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Population Density, 2011

2011, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 2011 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 22,782.215; Greenland is lowest, at 0.139. The middle country reads 88.457. Against 2010, 222 values changed (189 up, 33 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 2011

HighestMonaco

22,782.215

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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe22,782.215
MacauMACEastern Asia17,988.516
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia7,587.466
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia6,499.517
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe3,166.000
BahrainBHRWestern Asia1,541.160
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,395.455
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,348.027
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia1,245.580
BermudaBMUNorthern America1,180.232
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia1,179.927
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean1,007.853
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean699.406
PalestinePSEWestern Asia683.706
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia657.246
BarbadosBRBCaribbean642.184
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa633.629
ArubaABWCaribbean561.006
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe527.361
NauruNRUMicronesia504.875
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe500.462
LebanonLBNWestern Asia498.145
South KoreaKOREastern Asia496.525
RwandaRWAEastern Africa436.751
IndiaINDSouthern Asia424.199

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco22,782.215
  2. Macau17,988.516
  3. Singapore7,587.466
  4. Hong Kong6,499.517
  5. Gibraltar3,166.000

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.139
  2. Mongolia1.763
  3. Namibia2.607
  4. Australia2.926
  5. Iceland3.184

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 88.457. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 189 · 33rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Monaco22,257.383 → 22,782.215+524.832
  • Macau17,587.672 → 17,988.516+400.844
  • Singapore7,433.403 → 7,587.466+154.063
  • Maldives1,202.640 → 1,245.580+42.940
  • Gibraltar3,124.800 → 3,166.000+41.200

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 2011.

  • 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 (2011). Population Density, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/2011

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07Questions

Population Density, 2011: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 2011?

Monaco, at 22,782.215, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 2011 describe?

2011.

How many countries does Population Density, 2011 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 2011?

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, 2011 the newest?

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

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