World - Population density

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

The value for Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in World was 59.74 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 59.74 in 2020 and a minimum value of 23.65 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.

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Year Value
1961 23.65
1962 24.06
1963 24.56
1964 25.07
1965 25.58
1966 26.12
1967 26.66
1968 27.21
1969 27.77
1970 28.35
1971 28.96
1972 29.55
1973 30.13
1974 30.71
1975 31.28
1976 31.85
1977 32.40
1978 32.97
1979 33.55
1980 34.14
1981 34.74
1982 35.37
1983 36.00
1984 36.63
1985 37.27
1986 37.93
1987 38.60
1988 39.29
1989 39.97
1990 40.66
1991 41.34
1992 41.99
1993 42.68
1994 43.33
1995 43.99
1996 44.63
1997 45.24
1998 45.88
1999 46.50
2000 47.12
2001 47.73
2002 48.34
2003 48.95
2004 49.52
2005 50.13
2006 50.76
2007 51.39
2008 52.03
2009 52.67
2010 53.30
2011 53.93
2012 54.59
2013 55.25
2014 55.92
2015 56.57
2016 57.20
2017 57.86
2018 58.50
2019 59.13
2020 59.74

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization