Physiological Density
WorldPopulationAgriculturePhysiological population density, or the number of persons per unit area of arable land, by country.
FAOA world map showing physiological density. Dark red (more than 2,500): Egypt, Yemen, South Korea, Greenland, Guinea. Red to light red (500 t0 2,500): China, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, India, Iran. Very light red (less than 500): Canada, U S A, Russia.
Class | Rank | People per square kilometer | Class | Rank | Gallons per person | Tropical rain forest (Af) | Tropical monsoon (Am) | Tropical savanna (Aw) | Tropical, subtropical hot desert (BWh) | Midlatitude cold desert (BWk) | Tropical, subtropical hot steppe (BSh) | Midlatitude cold steppe (BSk) | Humid subtropical moist all year, hot summer (Cfa) | Marine West Coast (Cfb, Cfc) | Mediterranean (Csa, Csb) | Humid continental, hot summers (Dfa, Dwa, Dsa) | Humid continental, mild summers (Dfb, Dwb, Dsb) | Subarctic, cool summer (Dfc, Dwc, Dsc) | Tundra (ET) | Class | Rank | Per 1,000 people | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.90% | 4.19% | 1.68% | 17.2% | 2.57% | 9.24% | 20.9% | 55.8% | 0.656% | 11.0% | 16.7% | 25.1% | 45.5% | 11.1% | ||||||||||