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Values for 2023
Portugal, 2023
115.5 people per km²
+2.7% since 2000
European Union, 2023
112.6 people per km²
aggregate · +4.5% since 2000
Spain, 2023
96.8 people per km²
+19.0% since 2000
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People per square kilometre of land. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Portugal | Spain | European Union |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 116.7 people per km² | 97.8 people per km² | – |
| 2023 | 115.5 people per km² | 96.8 people per km² | 112.6 people per km² |
| 2022 | 113.9 people per km² | 95.6 people per km² | 112.1 people per km² |
| 2021 | 113.1 people per km² | 94.9 people per km² | 111.9 people per km² |
| 2020 | 112.4 people per km² | 94.8 people per km² | 112.1 people per km² |
| 2019 | 112.3 people per km² | 94.3 people per km² | 112.1 people per km² |
| 2018 | 112.3 people per km² | 93.6 people per km² | 111.8 people per km² |
| 2017 | 112.4 people per km² | 93.2 people per km² | 111.7 people per km² |
| 2016 | 112.7 people per km² | 93.0 people per km² | 111.5 people per km² |
| 2015 | 113.1 people per km² | 92.9 people per km² | 111.3 people per km² |
| 2014 | 113.5 people per km² | 92.9 people per km² | 111.0 people per km² |
| 2013 | 114.2 people per km² | 93.2 people per km² | 110.9 people per km² |
| 2012 | 114.8 people per km² | 93.5 people per km² | 110.9 people per km² |
| 2011 | 115.3 people per km² | 93.5 people per km² | 110.7 people per km² |
| 2010 | 115.4 people per km² | 93.2 people per km² | 110.9 people per km² |
| 2009 | 115.4 people per km² | 93.0 people per km² | 110.8 people per km² |
| 2008 | 115.4 people per km² | 92.1 people per km² | 110.5 people per km² |
| 2007 | 115.3 people per km² | 90.6 people per km² | 110.1 people per km² |
| 2006 | 115.0 people per km² | 89.0 people per km² | 109.7 people per km² |
| 2005 | 114.8 people per km² | 87.5 people per km² | 109.3 people per km² |
| 2004 | 114.6 people per km² | 86.0 people per km² | 108.9 people per km² |
| 2003 | 114.3 people per km² | 84.5 people per km² | 108.5 people per km² |
| 2002 | 113.9 people per km² | 83.0 people per km² | 108.1 people per km² |
| 2001 | 113.3 people per km² | 81.9 people per km² | 107.8 people per km² |
| 2000 | 112.5 people per km² | 81.3 people per km² | 107.7 people per km² |
A dash means no value was published for that period.