IDA only - Population density

Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

The value for Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in IDA only was 55.06 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 55.06 in 2020 and a minimum value of 12.89 in 1961.

Definition: Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1961 12.89
1962 13.21
1963 13.54
1964 13.88
1965 14.24
1966 14.62
1967 15.01
1968 15.41
1969 15.81
1970 16.22
1971 16.62
1972 17.02
1973 17.43
1974 17.85
1975 18.29
1976 18.75
1977 19.22
1978 19.71
1979 20.21
1980 20.73
1981 21.27
1982 21.82
1983 22.39
1984 22.98
1985 23.59
1986 24.21
1987 24.86
1988 25.53
1989 26.22
1990 26.94
1991 27.68
1992 28.45
1993 29.37
1994 30.17
1995 30.97
1996 31.77
1997 32.58
1998 33.38
1999 34.20
2000 35.04
2001 35.91
2002 36.80
2003 37.70
2004 38.38
2005 39.31
2006 40.24
2007 41.19
2008 42.16
2009 43.13
2010 44.10
2011 45.09
2012 46.08
2013 47.10
2014 48.13
2015 49.20
2016 50.30
2017 51.44
2018 52.63
2019 53.83
2020 55.06

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization