Population density in East Asia and Pacific
East Asia and Pacific had 97.5 people per km² in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1961.
East Asia and Pacific is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
East Asia and Pacific, 2023
97.5
Change from 2022
+0.2%
World, 2023
62.1 people per km²
Population density in East Asia and Pacific over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
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 | East Asia and Pacific | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 97.5 people per km² | 62.1 people per km² |
| 2022 | 97.3 people per km² | 61.6 people per km² |
| 2021 | 97.0 people per km² | 61.0 people per km² |
| 2020 | 96.8 people per km² | 60.4 people per km² |
| 2019 | 96.4 people per km² | 59.8 people per km² |
| 2018 | 95.9 people per km² | 59.2 people per km² |
| 2017 | 95.4 people per km² | 58.6 people per km² |
| 2016 | 94.7 people per km² | 57.9 people per km² |
| 2015 | 94.1 people per km² | 57.3 people per km² |
| 2014 | 93.4 people per km² | 56.6 people per km² |
| 2013 | 92.7 people per km² | 55.9 people per km² |
| 2012 | 92.0 people per km² | 55.2 people per km² |
| 2011 | 91.2 people per km² | 55.6 people per km² |
| 2010 | 90.5 people per km² | 54.9 people per km² |
| 2009 | 89.9 people per km² | 54.3 people per km² |
| 2008 | 89.3 people per km² | 53.6 people per km² |
| 2007 | 88.6 people per km² | 52.9 people per km² |
| 2006 | 87.9 people per km² | 52.3 people per km² |
| 2005 | 87.3 people per km² | 51.6 people per km² |
| 2004 | 86.6 people per km² | 51.0 people per km² |
| 2003 | 86.0 people per km² | 50.4 people per km² |
| 2002 | 85.3 people per km² | 49.7 people per km² |
| 2001 | 84.6 people per km² | 49.1 people per km² |
| 2000 | 83.9 people per km² | 48.4 people per km² |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2% from 97.3 people per km² in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 92.7 people per km², the figure has changed by +5.2%.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 62.1 people per km².