Meanings
nounpopulation density (countable and uncountable, plural population densities)
plural population densities
- countableuncountableAverage population per unit area; especially, the average number of people who live per square kilometer (or square mile) of land.
It couldn't make the Sligo case, noting "Given the relatively low population density and lack of larger towns across the region, the review has found that expansion of rail is difficult to justify in much of the region."
2023 September 6, Philip Haigh, “£30 billion plan to transform the rail network in Ireland”, in RAIL, number 991, page 25
Translations
Arabic كَثَافَة سُكَّانِيَّة
- كَثَافَة سُكَّانِيَّةaverage number of people per area
Bengali জনঘনত্ব, জনসংখ্যার ঘনত্ব
- জনঘনত্ব (jonghontto)average number of people per area
- জনসংখ্যার ঘনত্ব (jonośoṅkhar ghontto)average number of people per area
Catalan densitat de població
- densitat de poblacióaverage number of people per area
Chinese Mandarin 人口密度
- 人口密度 (rénkǒu mìdù)average number of people per area
Czech hustota zalidnění
- hustota zalidněníaverage number of people per area
Danish befolkningstæthed
- befolkningstæthedaverage number of people per area
Dutch bevolkingsdichtheid
- bevolkingsdichtheidaverage number of people per area
Finnish väestöntiheys
- väestöntiheysaverage number of people per area
French densité de population
- densité de populationaverage number of people per area
German Bevölkerungsdichte
- Bevölkerungsdichteaverage number of people per area
Greek πυκνότητα πληθυσμού
- πυκνότητα πληθυσμού (pyknótita plithysmoú)average number of people per area
Hebrew צפיפות אוכלוסייה
- צפיפות אוכלוסייה (tsfifút ukhlusiyá)average number of people per area
Hindi जनसंख्या घनत्व
- जनसंख्या घनत्व (jansaṅkhyā ghanatva)average number of people per area
Hungarian népsűrűség
- népsűrűségaverage number of people per area
Indonesian kepadatan penduduk, kepadatan populasi
- kepadatan pendudukaverage number of people per area
- kepadatan populasiaverage number of people per area
Italian densità di popolazione
- densità di popolazioneaverage number of people per area
Japanese 人口密度
- 人口密度 (jinkō mitsudo)average number of people per area
Korean 인구 밀도
- 인구 밀도 (in'gu mildo)average number of people per area
Latvian iedzīvotāju blīvums
- iedzīvotāju blīvumsaverage number of people per area
Lithuanian gyventojų tankumas
- gyventojų tankumasaverage number of people per area
Malay kepadatan populasi
- kepadatan populasiaverage number of people per area
Norwegian Bokmål befolkningstetthet, folketetthet
- befolkningstetthetaverage number of people per area
- folketetthetaverage number of people per area
Persian تراکم جمعیت, انبوهی جمعیت
- تراکم جمعیت (tarâkom jam'iyyat)average number of people per area
- انبوهی جمعیت (anbuhi jam'iyyat)average number of people per area
Polish gęstość zaludnienia
- gęstość zaludnieniaaverage number of people per area
Portuguese densidade demográfica
- densidade demográficaaverage number of people per area
Romanian densitatea populației
- densitatea populațieiaverage number of people per area
Russian пло́тность населе́ния
- пло́тность населе́ния (plótnostʹ naselénija)average number of people per area
Spanish densidad de población, población relativa
- densidad de poblaciónaverage number of people per area
- población relativaaverage number of people per area
Swedish befolkningstäthet, folktäthet
- befolkningstäthetaverage number of people per area
- folktäthetaverage number of people per area
Tagalog kasiksikan ng santauhan
- kasiksikan ng santauhanaverage number of people per area
Thai ความหนาแน่นประชากร
- ความหนาแน่นประชากร (kwaam-nǎa-nɛ̂n bprà-chaa-gɔɔn)average number of people per area
Turkish nüfus yoğunluğu
- nüfus yoğunluğuaverage number of people per area
Ukrainian густота́ насе́лення
- густота́ насе́лення (hustotá nasélennja)average number of people per area
Urdu کثافتِ آبادی
- کثافتِ آبادی (kesafati ābādī)average number of people per area
Vietnamese mật độ dân số
- mật độ dân sốaverage number of people per area
Cite this entry
APA
population density. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/population%20density
MLA
“population density.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/population%20density. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “population density,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/population%20density.
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