Variable: Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

QoG Code: (wdi_popden)


Dataset: World Development Indicators

Description:

Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-01-23
Last updated by source: 2023-01-22


Categories:

Civil Society/Population/Culture


Find this variable in:

Basic Cross-section - 2024 Basic Time-series - 2024 OECD Cross-section - 2024 OECD Time-series - 2024 Standard Cross-section - 2024 Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section: 193
Basic time-series: 201
Standard cross-section: 193
Standard time-series: 201
OECD cross-section: 38
OECD time-series: 40

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1961-2021
Basic time-series: 1961-2021
OECD time-series: 1961-2021

This variable has information for these countries:

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This variable has information from the year 1961 to the year 2021