Population density 1961 - 2021

Description	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.
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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.

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization

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	China
1961	70.3
1962	70.9
1963	72.7
1964	74.4
1965	76.2
1966	78.3
1967	80.4
1968	82.5
1969	84.8
1970	87.2
1971	89.6
1972	91.8
1973	93.9
1974	95.9
1975	97.6
1976	99.1
1977	100.5
1978	101.8
1979	103.2
1980	104.5
1981	105.9
1982	107.4
1983	109.0
1984	110.4
1985	112.0
1986	113.6
1987	115.5
1988	117.3
1989	119.2
1990	120.9
1991	122.6
1992	124.1
1993	125.5
1994	127.0
1995	128.3
1996	129.7
1997	131.0
1998	132.3
1999	133.4
2000	134.5
2001	135.5
2002	136.4
2003	137.2
2004	138.1
2005	138.9
2006	139.6
2007	140.4
2008	141.1
2009	141.8
2010	142.5
2011	143.3
2012	144.2
2013	145.2
2014	146.1
2015	147.0
2016	147.8
2017	148.7
2018	149.4
2019	149.9
2020	150.3
2021	150.4

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