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In 2020, India’s population density was estimated to be about 1217 people per square mile (470 per square kilometer), according to the World Bank. That’s approximately 13 times the United ...

Yet simply dividing the number of people by the land area of a country is not always the best way to understand population density. Consider a country such as Russia, where urban density is high ...

The interactive at the top of this page lets you visualize how different parts of the country compare in population density. Click the button at the bottom of the interactive to select Los Angeles ...

This map showing population density in Russia gives an observer a rough estimate as to how unevenly the population is scattered across the country’s vast territory. Irina Baranova In essence ...