Population Density Map Of Africa
Visualising population density across the globe.
Population density map of africa. Rank country or territory density area population 2015 est inh km 2 inh mi km 2 mi mayotte france 641 7 1 662 374 144 240 000 1 mauritius. Integrating huge volumes of satellite data with national census data the ghsl has applications for a wide range of research and policy related to urban growth development and sustainability and is available as open data. Most countries will at least triple in population as the region has very high. Note the map is interactive and can be paused year can be selected and it has a scroll over function that shows the number of people per square kilometer living in each province for a specific year density in this case was calculated as the number of people living in each province per square kilometer.
Africa currently has a very low population density of about 65 people per square mile which puts it behind asia. The darker the shade the higher the value. Saint helena being closest to africa has been included. The shade of the country corresponds to the magnitude of the indicator.
The animated map below shows south africa s population density map per year from 2002 to 2017. Cia world factbook unless otherwise noted information in this page is accurate as of january 1 2019 see also. Developed by the company s boston based world ai team it. By 2100 more than half of the world s growth is expected to come from africa reaching 4 1 billion people by 2100 to claim over 1 3 of the world s population.
624 0 1 616 2 040 790. This interactive map has received 250 000 visitors since 2017. Population density is the number of people per unit of area. Jump to navigation jump to search this article needs additional.
Many consider africa s population growth a bit frightening with predictions placing the continent s population at 2 4 billion by 2050. The map displayed here shows how population density varies by country. This interactive map shows data from the global human settlement layer ghsl produced by the european commission jrc and the ciesin columbia university. Facebook is trying to help change that by creating a high resolution population density map for nearly the entire continent of africa.
Map of african countries by population density.