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Physiological Density

WorldPopulationAgriculture

Physiological population density, or the number of persons per unit area of arable land, by country.

FAO

A 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.

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Physiological Density

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Members

Biomes

Class

Rank

People per square kilometer

Value

Boreal forests/taiga

Deserts and xeric shrublands

Flooded grasslands and savannas

Mangroves

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub

Montane grasslands and shrublands

Rock and ice

Tundra

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

Temperate coniferous forests

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

7.43%100%63.1%21.0%4.15%41.7%93.1%
3.27%4.97%9.44%12.9%43.9%40.8%
60.4%7.22%5.20%2.81%40.6%
2.53%23.5%1.31%22.5%4.06%28.6%6.61%12.9%15.0%15.4%14.8%
53.6%37.2%28.5%8.24%2.02%6.81%
58.4%48.6%9.84%33.0%56.8%9.77%30.1%9.84%
8.84%1.87%2.31%18.4%11.4%2.67%13.1%48.0%30.2%26.1%5.47%49.3%
100%64.0%81.6%18.4%100%35.5%18.8%87.1%
28.5%18.2%1.13%1.00%3.15%29.7%11.0%9.56%12.6%22.5%19.0%13.5%
35.9%10.5%5.61%1.60%3.77%4.09%1.63%31.0%36.6%
2.21%1.32%1.73%2.47%15.8%83.7%
82.0%6.93%20.0%6.94%26.5%6.01%9.99%
34.7%6.20%2.51%8.09%14.4%60.5%14.1%28.0%
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