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Population Density, 2017

2017, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Density, 2017 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 25,287.248; Greenland is lowest, at 0.137. The middle country reads 91.754. Against 2016, 221 values changed (179 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Density · Data for 2017

HighestMonaco

25,287.248

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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe25,287.248
MacauMACEastern Asia20,204.828
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia8,205.093
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia6,774.242
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe3,424.450
BahrainBHRWestern Asia1,892.714
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia1,527.623
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1,485.405
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe1,261.364
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia1,245.956
BermudaBMUNorthern America1,177.380
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean1,146.956
PalestinePSEWestern Asia787.831
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean695.047
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia667.409
BarbadosBRBCaribbean651.561
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa635.791
LebanonLBNWestern Asia602.163
ArubaABWCaribbean587.392
NauruNRUMicronesia566.200
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe563.574
South KoreaKOREastern Asia520.363
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe514.252
RwandaRWAEastern Africa504.009
IndiaINDSouthern Asia457.306

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco25,287.248
  2. Macau20,204.828
  3. Singapore8,205.093
  4. Hong Kong6,774.242
  5. Gibraltar3,424.450

Lowest

  1. Greenland0.137
  2. Mongolia1.993
  3. Namibia3.045
  4. Australia3.219
  5. Iceland3.427

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 91.754. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 179 · 42rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

  • Macau19,822.234 → 20,204.828+382.594
  • Monaco25,017.450 → 25,287.248+269.799
  • Bahrain1,825.803 → 1,892.714+66.911
  • Gibraltar3,365.850 → 3,424.450+58.600
  • Maldives1,477.693 → 1,527.623+49.930

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 2017.

  • 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 (2017). Population Density, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-density/2017

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07Questions

Population Density, 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population density in Population Density, 2017?

Monaco, at 25,287.248, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Density, 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does Population Density, 2017 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Density, 2017?

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, 2017 the newest?

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

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