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Population density — Australia and New Zealand

Population density in Australia and New Zealand in 2023 — 4 per km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 146.6%.

2023 4 per km² +2.44% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 4 per km²2023
Period minimum 1.6 per km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · people per km²

Population density — Australia and New Zealand, 1961–20231234519611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 1.6 per km²1963: 1.7 per km²1965: 1.8 per km²1967: 1.8 per km²1969: 1.9 per km²1971: 2 per km²1973: 2.1 per km²1975: 2.1 per km²1977: 2.2 per km²1979: 2.2 per km²1981: 2.3 per km²1983: 2.3 per km²1985: 2.4 per km²1987: 2.5 per km²1989: 2.5 per km²1991: 2.6 per km²1993: 2.7 per km²1995: 2.7 per km²1997: 2.8 per km²1999: 2.9 per km²2001: 2.9 per km²2003: 3 per km²2005: 3.1 per km²2007: 3.2 per km²2009: 3.3 per km²2011: 3.4 per km²2013: 3.5 per km²2015: 3.6 per km²2017: 3.7 per km²2019: 3.8 per km²2021: 3.9 per km²2023: 4 per km²
Change over the period: +2.4 (+146.62%) Average annual rate: 1.47 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand 4 per km²
World 62.1 per km²
Population density — Australia and New Zealand, by year Australia and New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year per km² Change Change, %
2023 4 +0.1 +2.44%
2022 3.9 +0 +1.07%
2021 3.9 +0 +0.16%
2020 3.9 +0.1 +1.37%
2019 3.8 +0.1 +1.48%
2018 3.8 +0.1 +1.56%
2017 3.7 +0.1 +1.73%
2016 3.6 +0.1 +1.56%
2015 3.6 +0.1 +1.55%
2014 3.5 +0.1 +1.53%
2013 3.5 +0.1 +1.58%
2012 3.4 +0.1 +1.56%
2011 3.4 +0 +1.29%
2010 3.3 +0 +1.49%
2009 3.3 +0.1 +1.9%
2008 3.2 +0.1 +1.83%
2007 3.2 +0.1 +1.69%
2006 3.1 +0 +1.34%
2005 3.1 +0 +1.21%
2004 3 +0 +1.15%
2003 3 +0 +1.3%
2002 3 +0 +1.25%
2001 2.9 +0 +1.17%
2000 2.9 +0 +1.06%
1999 2.9 +0 +1%
1998 2.8 +0 +0.98%
1997 2.8 +0 +1.13%
1996 2.8 +0 +1.28%
1995 2.7 +0 +1.18%
1994 2.7 +0 +1.03%
1993 2.7 +0 +0.94%
1992 2.6 +0 +1.11%
1991 2.6 +0 +1.88%
1990 2.6 +0 +1.4%
1989 2.5 +0 +1.5%
1988 2.5 +0 +1.42%
1987 2.5 +0 +1.42%
1986 2.4 +0 +1.2%
1985 2.4 +0 +1.22%
1984 2.4 +0 +1.15%
1983 2.3 +0 +1.38%
1982 2.3 +0 +1.62%
1981 2.3 +0 +1.37%
1980 2.2 +0 +1.03%
1979 2.2 +0 +0.82%
1978 2.2 +0 +0.96%
1977 2.2 +0 +0.98%
1976 2.2 +0 +0.99%
1975 2.1 +0 +1.37%
1974 2.1 +0.1 +2.48%
1973 2.1 +0 +1.62%
1972 2 +0 +1.84%
1971 2 +0.1 +3.08%
1970 1.9 +0 +1.87%
1969 1.9 +0 +1.89%
1968 1.9 +0 +1.61%
1967 1.8 +0 +1.37%
1966 1.8 +0 +2.22%
1965 1.8 +0 +1.92%
1964 1.7 +0 +2.01%
1963 1.7 +0 +1.95%
1962 1.7 +0 +2.49%
1961 1.6 — —

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.

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