Population density, international comparison (World Bank)
worldbank-density
- Publisher
- World Bank (World Development Indicators)
- Access method
api- Table id
EN.POP.DNST- Licence
- CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Data Catalog, World Development Indicators)
- Coverage
- Geography CHE, DEU, FRA, ITA, AUT, NLD, BEL, GBR, JPN and EUU (European Union aggregate) · from 1995 · to 2024
- Gaps
- The EU aggregate (EUU) ends one year earlier (2023 on 2026-10-31); Belgium (BEL) has values from 2000 only (25 of the 30 years). Habitable-land density is not published by the World Bank; for Switzerland it can be derived from bfs-land-use (see that entry), not for the other countries.
- Used on
- STORY-04
- Known limits
- World Bank definition — midyear population (de facto, all residents regardless of legal status) divided by land area excluding inland water bodies. This differs from Swiss sources (BFS permanent resident population on 31 December; total area including lakes), so do not mix it with BFS-based densities in one chart.
- Verification
- verification date: 2026-10-31 · method: Checked that the published density is SP.POP.TOTL ÷ AG.LND.TOTL.K2 of the same API (CHE 2024 — 9 005 582 ÷ 39 509.63 km² = 227.93), and that the World Bank midyear population of Switzerland for 2024 lies between the BFS permanent resident population on 31.12.2023 (8 962 258) and 31.12.2024 (9 051 029), BFS press release of 20.08.2026, table T1. · checkedValue: CHE 2024: 227.933848026418 per km² of land · checkedAgainst: https://dam-api.bfs.admin.ch/hub/api/dam/assets/36680491/master
- Processed file
- data/processed/worldbank-density.csv
How current is this data?
- Freshness
- Up to date
According to its update rhythm, no newer edition is expected yet.
- Period covered
- 1995–2024
- Last change of the data
- Last check of the source
- Update rhythm
- Yearly
Ledger note (in English): The World Bank updates WDI several times a year (source lastupdated 2026-10-08 on 2026-10-31).
- Votara checks the source
- Every week, and every day from 3 days before to 14 days after an announced publication date
The state is computed each time the site is built; this page shows it as of . Results of the accuracy checks
Transformations
- World Bank API v2, indicator EN.POP.DNST "Population density (people per sq. km of land area)", one request for the ten countries/aggregates. Years: the 30 years up to the latest year with a value for Switzerland (1995–2024). Values copied as published (unrounded). Script: scripts/fetch/worldbank-density.ts