Population density — all countries

Population density — G20

Population density in the G20 in 2023 — 62.4 per km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 90.3%.

2023 62.4 per km² +0.49% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 62.4 per km²2023
Period minimum 32.8 per km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · people per km²

Population density — G20, 1961–2023304050607019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 32.8 per km²1963: 34 per km²1965: 35.5 per km²1967: 37 per km²1969: 38.6 per km²1971: 40.3 per km²1973: 41.9 per km²1975: 43.5 per km²1977: 44.9 per km²1979: 46.4 per km²1981: 47.9 per km²1983: 49.5 per km²1985: 51.1 per km²1987: 52.7 per km²1989: 54.5 per km²1991: 56.2 per km²1993: 47.3 per km²1995: 48.5 per km²1997: 49.8 per km²1999: 51 per km²2001: 52.1 per km²2003: 53.1 per km²2005: 54.2 per km²2007: 55.2 per km²2009: 56.2 per km²2011: 57.2 per km²2013: 58.3 per km²2015: 59.3 per km²2017: 60.3 per km²2019: 61.1 per km²2021: 61.8 per km²2023: 62.4 per km²
Change over the period: +29.6 (+90.31%) Average annual rate: 1.04 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 62.4 per km²
World 62.1 per km²
Population density — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year per km² Change Change, %
2023 62.4 +0.3 +0.49%
2022 62.1 +0.3 +0.44%
2021 61.8 +0.4 +0.59%
2020 61.5 +0.4 +0.58%
2019 61.1 +0.4 +0.66%
2018 60.7 +0.4 +0.7%
2017 60.3 +0.5 +0.79%
2016 59.8 +0.5 +0.83%
2015 59.3 +0.5 +0.87%
2014 58.8 +0.5 +0.89%
2013 58.3 +0.5 +0.94%
2012 57.8 +0.5 +0.95%
2011 57.2 +0.5 +0.88%
2010 56.7 +0.5 +0.88%
2009 56.2 +0.5 +0.91%
2008 55.7 +0.5 +0.94%
2007 55.2 +0.5 +0.92%
2006 54.7 +0.5 +0.96%
2005 54.2 +0.5 +0.97%
2004 53.7 +0.5 +0.99%
2003 53.1 +0.5 +1.01%
2002 52.6 +0.5 +1.06%
2001 52.1 +0.6 +1.1%
2000 51.5 +0.5 +1.04%
1999 51 +0.6 +1.15%
1998 50.4 +0.6 +1.21%
1997 49.8 +0.6 +1.25%
1996 49.2 +0.6 +1.28%
1995 48.5 +0.6 +1.31%
1994 47.9 +0.6 +1.34%
1993 47.3 +0.6 +1.38%
1992 46.6 −9.6 −17.06%
1991 56.2 +0.9 +1.56%
1990 55.4 +0.9 +1.61%
1989 54.5 +0.9 +1.63%
1988 53.6 +0.9 +1.65%
1987 52.7 +0.9 +1.65%
1986 51.9 +0.8 +1.62%
1985 51.1 +0.8 +1.59%
1984 50.3 +0.8 +1.58%
1983 49.5 +0.8 +1.64%
1982 48.7 +0.8 +1.65%
1981 47.9 +0.8 +1.6%
1980 47.1 +0.7 +1.6%
1979 46.4 +0.7 +1.61%
1978 45.7 +0.7 +1.6%
1977 44.9 +0.7 +1.62%
1976 44.2 +0.7 +1.68%
1975 43.5 +0.8 +1.78%
1974 42.7 +0.8 +1.9%
1973 41.9 +0.8 +1.98%
1972 41.1 +0.8 +2.05%
1971 40.3 +0.9 +2.23%
1970 39.4 +0.8 +2.17%
1969 38.6 +0.8 +2.14%
1968 37.8 +0.8 +2.08%
1967 37 +0.8 +2.07%
1966 36.2 +0.8 +2.16%
1965 35.5 +0.7 +2.07%
1964 34.8 +0.7 +2.1%
1963 34 +0.7 +2.16%
1962 33.3 +0.5 +1.6%
1961 32.8

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.