China - Population density

Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

The value for Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in China was 149.71 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 149.71 in 2020 and a minimum value of 70.06 in 1961.

Definition: Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1961 70.06
1962 70.64
1963 72.40
1964 74.10
1965 75.88
1966 78.03
1967 80.06
1968 82.18
1969 84.46
1970 86.83
1971 89.24
1972 91.46
1973 93.58
1974 95.53
1975 97.23
1976 98.75
1977 100.10
1978 101.45
1979 102.82
1980 104.11
1981 105.46
1982 107.02
1983 108.58
1984 110.01
1985 111.52
1986 113.19
1987 115.02
1988 116.89
1989 118.69
1990 120.45
1991 122.10
1992 123.61
1993 125.04
1994 126.46
1995 127.84
1996 129.19
1997 130.52
1998 131.77
1999 132.92
2000 133.97
2001 134.95
2002 135.86
2003 136.70
2004 137.52
2005 138.33
2006 139.10
2007 139.83
2008 140.55
2009 141.25
2010 141.94
2011 142.71
2012 143.69
2013 144.65
2014 145.56
2015 146.41
2016 147.25
2017 148.14
2018 148.84
2019 149.37
2020 149.71

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization