Population density — all countries

Population density — Caribbean

Population density in the Caribbean in 2023 — 196.7 per km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 113.9%.

2023 196.7 per km² +0.43% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 196.7 per km²2023
Period minimum 92 per km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · people per km²

Population density — Caribbean, 1961–20235010015020019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 92 per km²1963: 96 per km²1965: 100 per km²1967: 103.9 per km²1969: 107.7 per km²1971: 111.8 per km²1973: 116.1 per km²1975: 120.1 per km²1977: 123.8 per km²1979: 127.3 per km²1981: 130.7 per km²1983: 134.4 per km²1985: 138.3 per km²1987: 142.1 per km²1989: 146.2 per km²1991: 150.2 per km²1993: 154.1 per km²1995: 157.8 per km²1997: 161.4 per km²1999: 164.9 per km²2001: 168.2 per km²2003: 172.1 per km²2005: 174.8 per km²2007: 177.5 per km²2009: 180 per km²2011: 182.5 per km²2013: 187.2 per km²2015: 189.5 per km²2017: 191.6 per km²2019: 193.5 per km²2021: 195.3 per km²2023: 196.7 per km²
Change over the period: +104.7 (+113.85%) Average annual rate: 1.23 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Caribbean 196.7 per km²
World 62.1 per km²
Population density — Caribbean, by year Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year per km² Change Change, %
2023 196.7 +0.8 +0.43%
2022 195.9 +0.6 +0.31%
2021 195.3 +0.8 +0.42%
2020 194.5 +1 +0.51%
2019 193.5 +1.3 +0.65%
2018 192.2 +0.6 +0.32%
2017 191.6 +1.1 +0.56%
2016 190.5 +1.1 +0.56%
2015 189.5 +1 +0.53%
2014 188.5 +1.3 +0.68%
2013 187.2 +3.3 +1.77%
2012 184 +1.4 +0.79%
2011 182.5 +1.3 +0.73%
2010 181.2 +1.1 +0.64%
2009 180 +1.3 +0.73%
2008 178.7 +1.3 +0.73%
2007 177.5 +1.3 +0.73%
2006 176.2 +1.4 +0.78%
2005 174.8 +1.2 +0.68%
2004 173.6 +1.5 +0.89%
2003 172.1 +1.6 +0.92%
2002 170.5 +2.4 +1.41%
2001 168.2 +1.6 +0.98%
2000 166.5 +1.7 +1.01%
1999 164.9 +1.7 +1.04%
1998 163.2 +1.7 +1.06%
1997 161.4 +1.8 +1.13%
1996 159.6 +1.9 +1.18%
1995 157.8 +1.8 +1.18%
1994 155.9 +1.9 +1.22%
1993 154.1 +1.9 +1.26%
1992 152.2 +1.9 +1.28%
1991 150.2 +2 +1.35%
1990 148.2 +2.1 +1.41%
1989 146.2 +2 +1.41%
1988 144.1 +2 +1.4%
1987 142.1 +1.9 +1.39%
1986 140.2 +1.9 +1.4%
1985 138.3 +1.9 +1.41%
1984 136.3 +1.9 +1.43%
1983 134.4 +1.9 +1.43%
1982 132.5 +1.8 +1.38%
1981 130.7 +1.7 +1.32%
1980 129 +1.7 +1.37%
1979 127.3 +1.7 +1.35%
1978 125.6 +1.8 +1.42%
1977 123.8 +1.8 +1.47%
1976 122 +1.9 +1.58%
1975 120.1 +2 +1.68%
1974 118.1 +2.1 +1.79%
1973 116.1 +2.1 +1.87%
1972 113.9 +2.1 +1.89%
1971 111.8 +2.1 +1.9%
1970 109.7 +2 +1.86%
1969 107.7 +1.9 +1.83%
1968 105.8 +1.9 +1.84%
1967 103.9 +1.9 +1.88%
1966 102 +2 +1.96%
1965 100 +2 +2.04%
1964 98 +2 +2.11%
1963 96 +2 +2.16%
1962 94 +2 +2.14%
1961 92

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.