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Population Density, 2014

2014, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 2014 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 24,246.980; Greenland is lowest, at 0.137. The middle country reads 93.183. Against 2013, 222 values changed (182 up, 40 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 2014

HighestMonaco

24,246.980

LowestGreenland

0.137

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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe24,246.980
MacauMACEastern Asia19,072.000
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia7,991.069
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia6,660.146
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe3,281.300
BahrainBHRWestern Asia1,676.690
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,379.316
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia1,378.723
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,322.727
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia1,213.528
BermudaBMUNorthern America1,176.463
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean1,078.574
PalestinePSEWestern Asia733.535
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean706.613
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia662.887
BarbadosBRBCaribbean647.321
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa636.455
LebanonLBNWestern Asia620.429
ArubaABWCaribbean574.292
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe552.877
NauruNRUMicronesia537.125
South KoreaKOREastern Asia510.790
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe505.779
RwandaRWAEastern Africa469.424
IndiaINDSouthern Asia441.370

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco24,246.980
  2. Macau19,072.000
  3. Singapore7,991.069
  4. Hong Kong6,660.146
  5. Gibraltar3,281.300

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.137
  2. Mongolia1.870
  3. Namibia2.808
  4. Australia3.071
  5. Iceland3.267

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 93.183. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 182 · 40rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Monaco23,789.933 → 24,246.980+457.047
  • Macau18,710.719 → 19,072.000+361.281
  • Singapore7,885.196 → 7,991.069+105.873
  • Bahrain1,605.623 → 1,676.690+71.066
  • Lebanon561.431 → 620.429+58.999

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 2014.

  • 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 (2014). Population Density, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/2014

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07Questions

Population Density, 2014: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 2014?

Monaco, at 24,246.980, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 2014 describe?

2014.

How many countries does Population Density, 2014 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 2014?

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, 2014 the newest?

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

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