Data Dictionary: | World Development Indicators 2010 |
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Data Source: | Social Explorer; The World Bank |
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Table: | T2. Population Density (per Sq. km) [3] |
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Excerpt from: | Social Explorer; World Development Indicators 2013: Technical Documentation |
World development Indicators: Technical Documentation -> Variable Descriptions -> Population Density (per Sq. km) |
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.