Population density — all countries

Population density — Western Asia

Population density in Western Asia in 2023 — 63.2 per km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 419.5%.

2023 63.2 per km² +2.32% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 63.2 per km²2023
Period minimum 12.2 per km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · people per km²

Population density — Western Asia, 1961–202302040608019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 12.2 per km²1963: 12.9 per km²1965: 13.7 per km²1967: 14.5 per km²1969: 15.4 per km²1971: 16.3 per km²1973: 17.3 per km²1975: 18.3 per km²1977: 19.4 per km²1979: 20.5 per km²1981: 21.8 per km²1983: 23.1 per km²1985: 24.5 per km²1987: 26 per km²1989: 27.5 per km²1991: 29.2 per km²1993: 33.4 per km²1995: 35 per km²1997: 36.6 per km²1999: 38.2 per km²2001: 40 per km²2003: 41.8 per km²2005: 43.6 per km²2007: 45.6 per km²2009: 48 per km²2011: 50.1 per km²2013: 52.6 per km²2015: 55 per km²2017: 57 per km²2019: 58.6 per km²2021: 60.4 per km²2023: 63.2 per km²
Change over the period: +51 (+419.51%) Average annual rate: 2.69 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Western Asia 63.2 per km²
World 62.1 per km²
Population density — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per km² Change Change, %
2023 63.2 +1.4 +2.32%
2022 61.8 +1.4 +2.36%
2021 60.4 +0.6 +1.02%
2020 59.7 +1.1 +1.93%
2019 58.6 +0.9 +1.6%
2018 57.7 +0.7 +1.25%
2017 57 +0.9 +1.52%
2016 56.1 +1.1 +2.09%
2015 55 +1.2 +2.31%
2014 53.7 +1.1 +2.1%
2013 52.6 +1.3 +2.49%
2012 51.4 +1.2 +2.46%
2011 50.1 +1.2 +2.48%
2010 48.9 +0.9 +1.8%
2009 48 +1.2 +2.57%
2008 46.8 +1.2 +2.62%
2007 45.6 +1 +2.21%
2006 44.7 +1 +2.34%
2005 43.6 +1 +2.25%
2004 42.7 +0.9 +2.18%
2003 41.8 +0.9 +2.2%
2002 40.9 +0.9 +2.25%
2001 40 +0.9 +2.26%
2000 39.1 +0.9 +2.27%
1999 38.2 +0.8 +2.16%
1998 37.4 +0.8 +2.16%
1997 36.6 +0.8 +2.2%
1996 35.8 +0.8 +2.23%
1995 35 +0.8 +2.29%
1994 34.3 +0.9 +2.6%
1993 33.4 +0.9 +2.74%
1992 32.5 +3.3 +11.17%
1991 29.2 +0.7 +2.48%
1990 28.5 +1 +3.7%
1989 27.5 +0.8 +2.88%
1988 26.7 +0.7 +2.87%
1987 26 +0.8 +2.99%
1986 25.2 +0.7 +2.98%
1985 24.5 +0.7 +2.98%
1984 23.8 +0.7 +3.09%
1983 23.1 +0.7 +3.08%
1982 22.4 +0.6 +2.93%
1981 21.8 +0.6 +2.91%
1980 21.1 +0.6 +2.95%
1979 20.5 +0.6 +2.92%
1978 20 +0.6 +2.93%
1977 19.4 +0.5 +2.9%
1976 18.8 +0.5 +2.82%
1975 18.3 +0.5 +2.82%
1974 17.8 +0.5 +2.91%
1973 17.3 +0.5 +3.01%
1972 16.8 +0.5 +2.99%
1971 16.3 +0.5 +2.98%
1970 15.9 +0.5 +2.98%
1969 15.4 +0.5 +3.01%
1968 14.9 +0.4 +2.99%
1967 14.5 +0.4 +3.08%
1966 14.1 +0.4 +2.94%
1965 13.7 +0.4 +2.93%
1964 13.3 +0.4 +2.97%
1963 12.9 +0.4 +2.97%
1962 12.5 +0.4 +2.97%
1961 12.2

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.