How is density of population measured usually?

How is density of population measured usually?

  • (A) Persons per square mile
  • (B) Persons per square foot
  • (C) Persons per square kilometer
  • (D) Persons per square meter
  • Population density is a measure of the number of people living in a particular area of land. While different regions use different units of measurement, such as square miles in the United States, the most standardized and commonly used unit of measurement, especially for global data sets such as the World Bank, is people per square kilometers.
  • Formula: Population Density = Total Population / Total Land Area (in square kilometers).
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