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population density

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Average population per unit area; especially, the average number of people who live per square kilometer (or square mile) of land.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كَثَافَة سُكَّانِيَّة — average number of people per area
  • Armenian: բնակչության խտություն (bnakčʻutʻyan xtutʻyun) — average number of people per area
  • Asturian: densidá de población — average number of people per area
  • Belarusian: шчыльнасць насельніцтва (ščylʹnascʹ nasjelʹnictva) — average number of people per area
  • Bengali: জনঘনত্ব (jonghontto) — average number of people per area
  • Bengali: জনসংখ্যার ঘনত্ব (jonośoṅkhar ghontto) — average number of people per area
  • Catalan: densitat de població — average number of people per area
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人口密度 (rénkǒu mìdù) — average number of people per area
  • Czech: hustota zalidnění — average number of people per area
  • Danish: befolkningstæthed — average number of people per area
  • Dutch: bevolkingsdichtheid — average number of people per area
  • Finnish: väestöntiheys — average number of people per area
  • French: densité de population — average number of people per area
  • Galician: densidade de poboación — average number of people per area
  • German: Bevölkerungsdichte — average number of people per area
  • Greek: πυκνότητα πληθυσμού (pyknótita plithysmoú) — average number of people per area
  • Hebrew: צפיפות אוכלוסייה (tsfifút ukhlusiyá) — average number of people per area
  • Hindi: जनसंख्या घनत्व (jansaṅkhyā ghanatva) — average number of people per area
  • Hungarian: népsűrűség — average number of people per area
  • Indonesian: kepadatan penduduk — average number of people per area
  • Indonesian: kepadatan populasi — average number of people per area
  • Italian: densità di popolazione — average number of people per area
  • Japanese: 人口密度 (jinkō mitsudo) — average number of people per area
  • Korean: 인구 밀도 (in'gu mildo) — average number of people per area
  • Latvian: iedzīvotāju blīvums — average number of people per area
  • Lithuanian: gyventojų tankumas — average number of people per area
  • Malay: kepadatan populasi — average number of people per area
  • Norwegian Bokmål: befolkningstetthet — average number of people per area
  • Norwegian Bokmål: folketetthet — average number of people per area
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: folketettleik — average number of people per area
  • Persian: تراکم جمعیت (tarâkom jam'iyyat) — average number of people per area
  • Persian: انبوهی جمعیت (anbuhi jam'iyyat) — average number of people per area
  • Polish: gęstość zaludnienia — average number of people per area
  • Portuguese: densidade demográfica — average number of people per area
  • Romanian: densitatea populației — average number of people per area
  • Russian: пло́тность населе́ния (plótnostʹ naselénija) — average number of people per area
  • Spanish: densidad de población — average number of people per area
  • Spanish: población relativa — average number of people per area
  • Swedish: befolkningstäthet — average number of people per area
  • Swedish: folktäthet — average number of people per area
  • Tagalog: kasiksikan ng santauhan — average number of people per area
  • Thai: ความหนาแน่นประชากร (kwaam-nǎa-nɛ̂n bprà-chaa-gɔɔn) — average number of people per area
  • Turkish: nüfus yoğunluğu — average number of people per area
  • Ukrainian: густота́ насе́лення (hustotá nasélennja) — average number of people per area
  • Urdu: کثافتِ آبادی (kesafati ābādī) — average number of people per area
  • Vietnamese: mật độ dân số — average number of people per area