Population density in Europe and Central Asia
Europe and Central Asia had 33.7 people per km² in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest since 1991.
Europe and Central Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Europe and Central Asia, 2023
33.7
Change from 2022
+0.1%
World, 2023
62.1 people per km²
Population density in Europe and Central Asia 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 | Europe and Central Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 33.7 people per km² | 62.1 people per km² |
| 2022 | 33.7 people per km² | 61.6 people per km² |
| 2021 | 33.7 people per km² | 61.0 people per km² |
| 2020 | 33.7 people per km² | 60.4 people per km² |
| 2019 | 33.6 people per km² | 59.8 people per km² |
| 2018 | 33.5 people per km² | 59.2 people per km² |
| 2017 | 33.4 people per km² | 58.6 people per km² |
| 2016 | 33.2 people per km² | 57.9 people per km² |
| 2015 | 33.1 people per km² | 57.3 people per km² |
| 2014 | 32.9 people per km² | 56.6 people per km² |
| 2013 | 32.8 people per km² | 55.9 people per km² |
| 2012 | 32.7 people per km² | 55.2 people per km² |
| 2011 | 32.6 people per km² | 55.6 people per km² |
| 2010 | 32.5 people per km² | 54.9 people per km² |
| 2009 | 32.4 people per km² | 54.3 people per km² |
| 2008 | 32.2 people per km² | 53.6 people per km² |
| 2007 | 32.1 people per km² | 52.9 people per km² |
| 2006 | 32.0 people per km² | 52.3 people per km² |
| 2005 | 32.0 people per km² | 51.6 people per km² |
| 2004 | 31.9 people per km² | 51.0 people per km² |
| 2003 | 31.8 people per km² | 50.4 people per km² |
| 2002 | 31.8 people per km² | 49.7 people per km² |
| 2001 | 31.7 people per km² | 49.1 people per km² |
| 2000 | 31.7 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 +0.1% from 33.7 people per km² in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 32.8 people per km², the figure has changed by +2.8%.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 62.1 people per km².