Population density — all countries

Population density — Mercosur

Population density in Mercosur in 2023 — 21.9 per km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 169.5%.

2023 21.9 per km² +0.44% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 21.9 per km²2023
Period minimum 8.1 per km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · people per km²

Population density — Mercosur, 1961–202351015202519611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 8.1 per km²1963: 8.6 per km²1965: 9 per km²1967: 9.5 per km²1969: 9.9 per km²1971: 10.3 per km²1973: 10.8 per km²1975: 11.3 per km²1977: 11.8 per km²1979: 12.4 per km²1981: 12.9 per km²1983: 13.5 per km²1985: 14 per km²1987: 14.6 per km²1989: 15.1 per km²1991: 15.6 per km²1993: 16.2 per km²1995: 16.7 per km²1997: 17.2 per km²1999: 17.7 per km²2001: 18.1 per km²2003: 18.6 per km²2005: 19 per km²2007: 19.4 per km²2009: 19.8 per km²2011: 20.1 per km²2013: 20.5 per km²2015: 20.8 per km²2017: 21.2 per km²2019: 21.5 per km²2021: 21.7 per km²2023: 21.9 per km²
Change over the period: +13.8 (+169.48%) Average annual rate: 1.61 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Mercosur 21.9 per km²
World 62.1 per km²
Population density — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year per km² Change Change, %
2023 21.9 +0.1 +0.44%
2022 21.8 +0.1 +0.39%
2021 21.7 +0.1 +0.44%
2020 21.6 +0.1 +0.61%
2019 21.5 +0.2 +0.71%
2018 21.3 +0.2 +0.75%
2017 21.2 +0.2 +0.8%
2016 21 +0.2 +0.84%
2015 20.8 +0.2 +0.88%
2014 20.7 +0.2 +0.89%
2013 20.5 +0.2 +0.88%
2012 20.3 +0.2 +0.89%
2011 20.1 +0.2 +0.9%
2010 19.9 +0.2 +0.91%
2009 19.8 +0.2 +0.95%
2008 19.6 +0.2 +0.99%
2007 19.4 +0.2 +1.03%
2006 19.2 +0.2 +1.07%
2005 19 +0.2 +1.1%
2004 18.8 +0.2 +1.12%
2003 18.6 +0.2 +1.17%
2002 18.4 +0.2 +1.23%
2001 18.1 +0.2 +1.29%
2000 17.9 +0.2 +1.36%
1999 17.7 +0.2 +1.43%
1998 17.4 +0.3 +1.46%
1997 17.2 +0.2 +1.47%
1996 16.9 +0.2 +1.5%
1995 16.7 +0.3 +1.53%
1994 16.4 +0.3 +1.56%
1993 16.2 +0.3 +1.6%
1992 15.9 +0.3 +1.65%
1991 15.6 +0.3 +1.7%
1990 15.4 +0.3 +1.76%
1989 15.1 +0.3 +1.82%
1988 14.8 +0.3 +1.87%
1987 14.6 +0.3 +1.92%
1986 14.3 +0.3 +1.99%
1985 14 +0.3 +2.04%
1984 13.7 +0.3 +2.09%
1983 13.5 +0.3 +2.12%
1982 13.2 +0.3 +2.16%
1981 12.9 +0.3 +2.19%
1980 12.6 +0.3 +2.22%
1979 12.4 +0.3 +2.23%
1978 12.1 +0.3 +2.24%
1977 11.8 +0.3 +2.23%
1976 11.6 +0.3 +2.22%
1975 11.3 +0.2 +2.23%
1974 11.1 +0.2 +2.25%
1973 10.8 +0.2 +2.25%
1972 10.6 +0.2 +2.25%
1971 10.3 +0.2 +2.26%
1970 10.1 +0.2 +2.28%
1969 9.9 +0.2 +2.3%
1968 9.7 +0.2 +2.34%
1967 9.5 +0.2 +2.4%
1966 9.2 +0.2 +2.47%
1965 9 +0.2 +2.53%
1964 8.8 +0.2 +2.6%
1963 8.6 +0.2 +2.64%
1962 8.3 +0.2 +2.67%
1961 8.1

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.