population density
People per area
Population density is how many people live in a given area, typically expressed as persons per square mile or square kilometer.
High population density characterizes cities: Manhattan has a population density of about 70,000 people per square mile.
Low population density describes rural or wilderness areas.
The measure helps planners assess infrastructure needs, environmental impact, and resource distribution.
Statistical study of populations
- censusOfficial population count
- per capitaFor each individual
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- inhabitantsPermanent occupants of place
headcount · enumeration · survey · data · metrics · calculation · ratio · square kilometer
Large important city
- megacityUrban area exceeding ten million
- cityscapeView of urban architecture
- skyscrapersExtremely tall urban buildings
- highriseMultistory urban building
apartments · conurbation · downtown · suburban · rural · peri-urban · slums · favelas
Blocked by overcrowding
- overpopulatedExcessively densely inhabited
- teemingAbundantly full of
- packedFilled to capacity
- crampedUncomfortably lacking space
overcrowded · sprawl · sardined · thronged · urban sprawl · sparse · scattered · concentrated
demography
Statistical study of populations
- censusOfficial population count
- per capitaFor each individual
- statisticsCollected numerical information
inhabitants · headcount · enumeration · survey · data · metrics · calculation · ratio · square kilometer · square mile
metropolis
Large important city
- megacityUrban area exceeding ten million
- cityscapeView of urban architecture
- skyscrapersExtremely tall urban buildings
highrise · apartments · conurbation · downtown · suburban · rural · peri-urban · slums · favelas · shantytown
congested
Blocked by overcrowding
- overpopulatedExcessively densely inhabited
- teemingAbundantly full of
- packedFilled to capacity
cramped · overcrowded · sprawl · sardined · thronged · urban sprawl · sparse · scattered · concentrated · clustering
- geographic dataland area, square miles, area, highest point, lowest point
- demographicsage distribution, gender ratio, ethnic groups, birth rate, census data
- ecologyhabitat, ecosystem, balance, niche, food webs
- populationspatients, inpatients, outpatients, elderly patients, stroke patients
- crowdedcrowded, jam-packed, packed like sardines, crammed, jammed
- population termsbillion, million, thousand, hundred, census
population densitysparse population
Few people per area
emptiness · depopulation · vacancy · desolation · abandonment
population densitywilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
empty space · open space · wasteland · hinterland · backcountry
popular, density, population, condense, unpopular, popularity, populate, populace, popularize