Question

What do you understand by population density?

Answer 1

Population:

Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world at a time.

Population density:

1. Population density is the average number of individuals in a population per unit of area or volume.
2. Population density is calculated as, Population density (D) = Number of people (N)/ Area in km³ (S)
3. Knowledge of population density is very important for ecological studies of an area.