Population density — all countries

Population density — BRICS

Population density in BRICS in 2023 — 87.1 per km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 69%.

2023 87.1 per km² +0.45% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 97.3 per km²1991
Period minimum 51.5 per km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · people per km²

Population density — BRICS, 1961–202340608010019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 51.5 per km²1963: 53.7 per km²1965: 56.4 per km²1967: 59.3 per km²1969: 62.3 per km²1971: 65.6 per km²1973: 68.8 per km²1975: 71.8 per km²1977: 74.7 per km²1979: 77.5 per km²1981: 80.5 per km²1983: 83.7 per km²1985: 86.9 per km²1987: 90.4 per km²1989: 93.9 per km²1991: 97.3 per km²1993: 64.7 per km²1995: 66.6 per km²1997: 68.4 per km²1999: 70.2 per km²2001: 71.9 per km²2003: 73.5 per km²2005: 75 per km²2007: 76.6 per km²2009: 78.1 per km²2011: 79.6 per km²2013: 81.2 per km²2015: 82.7 per km²2017: 84.2 per km²2019: 85.4 per km²2021: 86.3 per km²2023: 87.1 per km²
Change over the period: +35.6 (+68.99%) Average annual rate: 0.85 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: BRICS

BRICS 87.1 per km²
World 62.1 per km²
Population density — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year per km² Change Change, %
2023 87.1 +0.4 +0.45%
2022 86.7 +0.4 +0.44%
2021 86.3 +0.4 +0.44%
2020 86 +0.5 +0.61%
2019 85.4 +0.6 +0.71%
2018 84.8 +0.7 +0.79%
2017 84.2 +0.7 +0.89%
2016 83.4 +0.7 +0.89%
2015 82.7 +0.7 +0.91%
2014 81.9 +0.8 +0.96%
2013 81.2 +0.8 +1%
2012 80.4 +0.8 +1.02%
2011 79.6 +0.8 +0.96%
2010 78.8 +0.7 +0.95%
2009 78.1 +0.7 +0.96%
2008 77.3 +0.7 +0.97%
2007 76.6 +0.8 +1%
2006 75.8 +0.8 +1.04%
2005 75 +0.8 +1.06%
2004 74.2 +0.8 +1.09%
2003 73.5 +0.8 +1.09%
2002 72.7 +0.8 +1.13%
2001 71.9 +0.8 +1.2%
2000 71 +0.8 +1.09%
1999 70.2 +0.9 +1.27%
1998 69.4 +0.9 +1.34%
1997 68.4 +0.9 +1.38%
1996 67.5 +0.9 +1.4%
1995 66.6 +0.9 +1.44%
1994 65.6 +0.9 +1.46%
1993 64.7 +1 +1.49%
1992 63.7 −33.6 −34.52%
1991 97.3 +1.7 +1.77%
1990 95.7 +1.7 +1.85%
1989 93.9 +1.8 +1.9%
1988 92.2 +1.8 +1.96%
1987 90.4 +1.8 +1.98%
1986 88.6 +1.7 +1.95%
1985 86.9 +1.6 +1.91%
1984 85.3 +1.6 +1.9%
1983 83.7 +1.6 +1.97%
1982 82.1 +1.6 +2.01%
1981 80.5 +1.5 +1.92%
1980 79 +1.5 +1.89%
1979 77.5 +1.4 +1.9%
1978 76.1 +1.4 +1.89%
1977 74.7 +1.4 +1.91%
1976 73.3 +1.4 +2%
1975 71.8 +1.5 +2.12%
1974 70.3 +1.6 +2.25%
1973 68.8 +1.6 +2.35%
1972 67.2 +1.6 +2.43%
1971 65.6 +1.7 +2.59%
1970 63.9 +1.6 +2.61%
1969 62.3 +1.6 +2.56%
1968 60.8 +1.5 +2.5%
1967 59.3 +1.4 +2.48%
1966 57.8 +1.5 +2.58%
1965 56.4 +1.3 +2.42%
1964 55.1 +1.3 +2.45%
1963 53.7 +1.3 +2.52%
1962 52.4 +0.9 +1.69%
1961 51.5

About the indicator

Population divided by the land area of the country (excluding inland water bodies). Average density says little about actual settlement: in countries with vast deserts or tundra almost the whole population lives on a small part of the territory, so the average figure comes out an order of magnitude below the actual density of the settled areas.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by land area: it is the whole population of the group over its whole area. It cannot be an average of country densities — otherwise Monaco would weigh as much as Russia.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.