Population density — all countries

Population density — G7

Population density in the G7 in 2023 — 39.6 per km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 51.3%.

2023 39.6 per km² +0.57% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 39.6 per km²2023
Period minimum 26.1 per km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · people per km²

Population density — G7, 1961–20232530354019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 26.1 per km²1963: 26.7 per km²1965: 27.3 per km²1967: 27.8 per km²1969: 28.3 per km²1971: 28.9 per km²1973: 29.4 per km²1975: 29.9 per km²1977: 30.3 per km²1979: 30.7 per km²1981: 31.1 per km²1983: 31.4 per km²1985: 31.7 per km²1987: 32.1 per km²1989: 32.5 per km²1991: 33 per km²1993: 33.6 per km²1995: 34 per km²1997: 34.4 per km²1999: 34.9 per km²2001: 35.3 per km²2003: 35.7 per km²2005: 36.1 per km²2007: 36.6 per km²2009: 37 per km²2011: 37.3 per km²2013: 37.7 per km²2015: 38.1 per km²2017: 38.5 per km²2019: 38.8 per km²2021: 39.2 per km²2023: 39.6 per km²
Change over the period: +13.4 (+51.34%) Average annual rate: 0.67 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 39.6 per km²
World 62.1 per km²
Population density — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year per km² Change Change, %
2023 39.6 +0.2 +0.57%
2022 39.3 +0.1 +0.38%
2021 39.2 +0.4 +0.94%
2020 38.8 +0.1 +0.19%
2019 38.8 +0.1 +0.35%
2018 38.6 +0.1 +0.39%
2017 38.5 +0.2 +0.44%
2016 38.3 +0.2 +0.54%
2015 38.1 +0.2 +0.53%
2014 37.9 +0.2 +0.51%
2013 37.7 +0.2 +0.49%
2012 37.5 +0.2 +0.51%
2011 37.3 +0.1 +0.28%
2010 37.2 +0.2 +0.54%
2009 37 +0.2 +0.54%
2008 36.8 +0.2 +0.68%
2007 36.6 +0.2 +0.61%
2006 36.4 +0.2 +0.6%
2005 36.1 +0.2 +0.59%
2004 35.9 +0.2 +0.6%
2003 35.7 +0.2 +0.58%
2002 35.5 +0.2 +0.6%
2001 35.3 +0.2 +0.61%
2000 35.1 +0.2 +0.61%
1999 34.9 +0.2 +0.61%
1998 34.7 +0.2 +0.61%
1997 34.4 +0.2 +0.64%
1996 34.2 +0.2 +0.64%
1995 34 +0.2 +0.65%
1994 33.8 +0.2 +0.68%
1993 33.6 +0.3 +0.77%
1992 33.3 +0.3 +0.82%
1991 33 +0.3 +0.81%
1990 32.8 +0.2 +0.75%
1989 32.5 +0.2 +0.69%
1988 32.3 +0.2 +0.6%
1987 32.1 +0.2 +0.57%
1986 31.9 +0.2 +0.56%
1985 31.7 +0.2 +0.53%
1984 31.6 +0.2 +0.51%
1983 31.4 +0.2 +0.54%
1982 31.2 +0.2 +0.56%
1981 31.1 +0.2 +0.64%
1980 30.9 +0.2 +0.66%
1979 30.7 +0.2 +0.69%
1978 30.5 +0.2 +0.66%
1977 30.3 +0.2 +0.65%
1976 30.1 +0.2 +0.63%
1975 29.9 +0.2 +0.7%
1974 29.7 +0.2 +0.77%
1973 29.4 +0.2 +0.85%
1972 29.2 +0.3 +0.92%
1971 28.9 +0.3 +1.17%
1970 28.6 +0.3 +0.9%
1969 28.3 +0.3 +0.9%
1968 28.1 +0.2 +0.86%
1967 27.8 +0.3 +0.91%
1966 27.6 +0.3 +0.97%
1965 27.3 +0.3 +1.06%
1964 27 +0.3 +1.11%
1963 26.7 +0.3 +1.13%
1962 26.4 +0.3 +1.15%
1961 26.1

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.