Population density in OECD members
OECD member countries had 39.3 people per km² in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1961.
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2023
39.3
Change from 2022
+0.7%
World, 2023
62.1 people per km²
Population density in OECD members 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 | OECD members | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 39.3 people per km² | 62.1 people per km² |
| 2022 | 39.0 people per km² | 61.6 people per km² |
| 2021 | 38.8 people per km² | 61.0 people per km² |
| 2020 | 38.6 people per km² | 60.4 people per km² |
| 2019 | 38.4 people per km² | 59.8 people per km² |
| 2018 | 38.2 people per km² | 59.2 people per km² |
| 2017 | 38.0 people per km² | 58.6 people per km² |
| 2016 | 37.8 people per km² | 57.9 people per km² |
| 2015 | 37.5 people per km² | 57.3 people per km² |
| 2014 | 37.3 people per km² | 56.6 people per km² |
| 2013 | 37.1 people per km² | 55.9 people per km² |
| 2012 | 36.8 people per km² | 55.2 people per km² |
| 2011 | 36.6 people per km² | 55.6 people per km² |
| 2010 | 36.4 people per km² | 54.9 people per km² |
| 2009 | 36.2 people per km² | 54.3 people per km² |
| 2008 | 35.9 people per km² | 53.6 people per km² |
| 2007 | 35.6 people per km² | 52.9 people per km² |
| 2006 | 35.4 people per km² | 52.3 people per km² |
| 2005 | 35.1 people per km² | 51.6 people per km² |
| 2004 | 34.9 people per km² | 51.0 people per km² |
| 2003 | 34.6 people per km² | 50.4 people per km² |
| 2002 | 34.4 people per km² | 49.7 people per km² |
| 2001 | 34.1 people per km² | 49.1 people per km² |
| 2000 | 33.9 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 +0.7% from 39.0 people per km² in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 37.1 people per km², the figure has changed by +6.0%.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 62.1 people per km².