Population density — all countries

Population density — East Asia & Pacific

Population density in East Asia & Pacific in 2023 — 97.5 per km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 127.7%.

2023 97.5 per km² +0.2% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 97.5 per km²2023
Period minimum 42.8 per km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · people per km²

Population density — East Asia & Pacific, 1961–202340608010019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 42.8 per km²1963: 44.5 per km²1965: 46.6 per km²1967: 49 per km²1969: 51.5 per km²1971: 54.2 per km²1973: 56.8 per km²1975: 59 per km²1977: 60.9 per km²1979: 62.8 per km²1981: 64.7 per km²1983: 66.8 per km²1985: 68.9 per km²1987: 71.1 per km²1989: 73.4 per km²1991: 75.6 per km²1993: 77.6 per km²1995: 79.6 per km²1997: 81.5 per km²1999: 83.2 per km²2001: 84.6 per km²2003: 86 per km²2005: 87.3 per km²2007: 88.6 per km²2009: 89.9 per km²2011: 91.2 per km²2013: 92.7 per km²2015: 94.1 per km²2017: 95.4 per km²2019: 96.4 per km²2021: 97 per km²2023: 97.5 per km²
Change over the period: +54.7 (+127.73%) Average annual rate: 1.34 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific 97.5 per km²
World 62.1 per km²
Population density — East Asia & Pacific, by year East Asia & Pacific All countries CSV XLSX
Year per km² Change Change, %
2023 97.5 +0.2 +0.2%
2022 97.3 +0.3 +0.33%
2021 97 +0.2 +0.18%
2020 96.8 +0.4 +0.41%
2019 96.4 +0.5 +0.52%
2018 95.9 +0.6 +0.6%
2017 95.4 +0.7 +0.71%
2016 94.7 +0.6 +0.67%
2015 94.1 +0.7 +0.72%
2014 93.4 +0.7 +0.76%
2013 92.7 +0.7 +0.8%
2012 92 +0.7 +0.82%
2011 91.2 +0.7 +0.73%
2010 90.5 +0.6 +0.7%
2009 89.9 +0.6 +0.72%
2008 89.3 +0.7 +0.76%
2007 88.6 +0.7 +0.76%
2006 87.9 +0.6 +0.74%
2005 87.3 +0.6 +0.74%
2004 86.6 +0.7 +0.76%
2003 86 +0.7 +0.77%
2002 85.3 +0.7 +0.85%
2001 84.6 +0.8 +0.9%
2000 83.9 +0.6 +0.74%
1999 83.2 +0.8 +1.02%
1998 82.4 +0.9 +1.13%
1997 81.5 +1 +1.18%
1996 80.5 +1 +1.22%
1995 79.6 +1 +1.24%
1994 78.6 +1 +1.27%
1993 77.6 +1 +1.29%
1992 76.6 +1 +1.35%
1991 75.6 +1.1 +1.45%
1990 74.5 +1.1 +1.52%
1989 73.4 +1.1 +1.57%
1988 72.3 +1.2 +1.63%
1987 71.1 +1.1 +1.63%
1986 70 +1.1 +1.57%
1985 68.9 +1 +1.52%
1984 67.9 +1 +1.53%
1983 66.8 +1.1 +1.62%
1982 65.8 +1.1 +1.64%
1981 64.7 +1 +1.51%
1980 63.7 +0.9 +1.49%
1979 62.8 +1 +1.54%
1978 61.9 +0.9 +1.53%
1977 60.9 +0.9 +1.55%
1976 60 +1 +1.67%
1975 59 +1.1 +1.85%
1974 57.9 +1.2 +2.09%
1973 56.8 +1.2 +2.24%
1972 55.5 +1.3 +2.37%
1971 54.2 +1.4 +2.65%
1970 52.8 +1.3 +2.59%
1969 51.5 +1.3 +2.59%
1968 50.2 +1.2 +2.49%
1967 49 +1.2 +2.44%
1966 47.8 +1.2 +2.58%
1965 46.6 +1.1 +2.36%
1964 45.5 +1 +2.36%
1963 44.5 +1.1 +2.44%
1962 43.4 +0.6 +1.38%
1961 42.8

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.