Population density in World
The world had 62.1 people per km² in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1961.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2023
62.1
Change from 2022
+0.9%
European Union, 2023
112.6 people per km²
Population density in World 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 | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 62.1 people per km² | 112.6 people per km² |
| 2022 | 61.6 people per km² | 112.1 people per km² |
| 2021 | 61.0 people per km² | 111.9 people per km² |
| 2020 | 60.4 people per km² | 112.1 people per km² |
| 2019 | 59.8 people per km² | 112.1 people per km² |
| 2018 | 59.2 people per km² | 111.8 people per km² |
| 2017 | 58.6 people per km² | 111.7 people per km² |
| 2016 | 57.9 people per km² | 111.5 people per km² |
| 2015 | 57.3 people per km² | 111.3 people per km² |
| 2014 | 56.6 people per km² | 111.0 people per km² |
| 2013 | 55.9 people per km² | 110.9 people per km² |
| 2012 | 55.2 people per km² | 110.9 people per km² |
| 2011 | 55.6 people per km² | 110.7 people per km² |
| 2010 | 54.9 people per km² | 110.9 people per km² |
| 2009 | 54.3 people per km² | 110.8 people per km² |
| 2008 | 53.6 people per km² | 110.5 people per km² |
| 2007 | 52.9 people per km² | 110.1 people per km² |
| 2006 | 52.3 people per km² | 109.7 people per km² |
| 2005 | 51.6 people per km² | 109.3 people per km² |
| 2004 | 51.0 people per km² | 108.9 people per km² |
| 2003 | 50.4 people per km² | 108.5 people per km² |
| 2002 | 49.7 people per km² | 108.1 people per km² |
| 2001 | 49.1 people per km² | 107.8 people per km² |
| 2000 | 48.4 people per km² | 107.7 people per km² |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.9% from 61.6 people per km² in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 55.9 people per km², the figure has changed by +11.1%.
- The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 112.6 people per km².