dense population
Many people nearby
A dense population is a large number of people concentrated in a relatively small area.
Cities have dense populations compared to rural regions.
The term applies to any geographic unit—neighborhoods, countries, or ecosystems: The dense population along the coast makes evacuation difficult.
Population density is typically measured in people per square mile or kilometer.
- megacitiesEnormous urban agglomerations
- concrete jungleDense cityscape, few parks
- overcrowdingCapacity exceeded dangerously
- packed like sardinesCrowded to maximum capacity
- standing room onlyNo seats available
tenements · urbanization · pollution · urban sprawl · city limits · migration · birth rate · sardines · resource depletion · teeming · elbow-to-elbow · demographic trends · public transportation · fertility rate · census · metropolis · bustle · traffic
- demographicsage distribution, gender ratio, ethnic groups, birth rate, census data
- business districtsbusiness district, business districts, financial districts, financial hub, trade centers
dense populationsparse population
Few people per area
sparsely populated · underpopulated · low density · unpopulated · uninhabited
dense populationwilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
open country · backcountry · hinterland · wide open spaces · outback