Population density — all countries

Population density — Upper-middle-income countries

Population density in upper-middle-income countries in 2023 — 65.7 per km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 131.6%.

2023 65.7 per km² +0.31% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 65.7 per km²2023
Period minimum 28.4 per km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · people per km²

Population density — Upper-middle-income countries, 1961–202320304050607019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 28.4 per km²1963: 29.6 per km²1965: 31.1 per km²1967: 32.8 per km²1969: 34.6 per km²1971: 36.5 per km²1973: 38.3 per km²1975: 39.9 per km²1977: 41.4 per km²1979: 42.9 per km²1981: 44.3 per km²1983: 45.9 per km²1985: 47.5 per km²1987: 49.3 per km²1989: 51 per km²1991: 52.7 per km²1993: 50.7 per km²1995: 52.1 per km²1997: 53.4 per km²1999: 54.6 per km²2001: 55.6 per km²2003: 56.7 per km²2005: 57.7 per km²2007: 58.6 per km²2009: 59.6 per km²2011: 60.6 per km²2013: 61.7 per km²2015: 62.8 per km²2017: 63.8 per km²2019: 64.7 per km²2021: 65.3 per km²2023: 65.7 per km²
Change over the period: +37.3 (+131.56%) Average annual rate: 1.36 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 65.7 per km²
World 62.1 per km²
Population density — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year per km² Change Change, %
2023 65.7 +0.2 +0.31%
2022 65.5 +0.2 +0.35%
2021 65.3 +0.2 +0.37%
2020 65 +0.4 +0.56%
2019 64.7 +0.4 +0.67%
2018 64.2 +0.5 +0.75%
2017 63.8 +0.5 +0.8%
2016 63.3 +0.5 +0.8%
2015 62.8 +0.5 +0.84%
2014 62.2 +0.5 +0.88%
2013 61.7 +0.6 +0.93%
2012 61.1 +0.6 +0.92%
2011 60.6 +0.5 +0.83%
2010 60.1 +0.5 +0.81%
2009 59.6 +0.5 +0.83%
2008 59.1 +0.5 +0.81%
2007 58.6 +0.4 +0.75%
2006 58.2 +0.5 +0.91%
2005 57.7 +0.5 +0.86%
2004 57.2 +0.5 +0.87%
2003 56.7 +0.5 +0.9%
2002 56.2 +0.5 +0.94%
2001 55.6 +0.5 +0.98%
2000 55.1 +0.5 +0.88%
1999 54.6 +0.6 +1.11%
1998 54 +0.7 +1.24%
1997 53.4 +0.6 +1.22%
1996 52.7 +0.7 +1.25%
1995 52.1 +0.7 +1.28%
1994 51.4 +0.7 +1.34%
1993 50.7 +0.7 +1.38%
1992 50 −2.6 −4.96%
1991 52.7 +0.8 +1.56%
1990 51.8 +0.8 +1.65%
1989 51 +0.9 +1.73%
1988 50.1 +0.9 +1.79%
1987 49.3 +0.9 +1.81%
1986 48.4 +0.8 +1.76%
1985 47.5 +0.8 +1.72%
1984 46.7 +0.8 +1.71%
1983 45.9 +0.8 +1.8%
1982 45.1 +0.8 +1.82%
1981 44.3 +0.7 +1.71%
1980 43.6 +0.7 +1.69%
1979 42.9 +0.7 +1.74%
1978 42.1 +0.7 +1.74%
1977 41.4 +0.7 +1.77%
1976 40.7 +0.8 +1.9%
1975 39.9 +0.8 +2.04%
1974 39.1 +0.9 +2.24%
1973 38.3 +0.9 +2.39%
1972 37.4 +0.9 +2.51%
1971 36.5 +1 +2.7%
1970 35.5 +0.9 +2.73%
1969 34.6 +0.9 +2.73%
1968 33.6 +0.9 +2.65%
1967 32.8 +0.8 +2.63%
1966 31.9 +0.9 +2.75%
1965 31.1 +0.8 +2.51%
1964 30.3 +0.7 +2.52%
1963 29.6 +0.8 +2.61%
1962 28.8 +0.4 +1.56%
1961 28.4

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.