"population density" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: population densities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} population density (countable and uncountable, plural population densities)
  1. Average population per unit area; especially, the average number of people who live per square kilometer (or square mile) of land. Wikipedia link: population density Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (average number of people per area): كَثَافَة سُكَّانِيَّة (alt: kaṯāfa(t) sukkāniyya) (Arabic), densidá de población [feminine] (Asturian), шчыльнасць насельніцтва (ščylʹnascʹ nasjelʹnictva) [feminine] (Belarusian), জনঘনত্ব (jonghontto) (Bengali), জনসংখ্যার ঘনত্ব (jonośoṅkhar ghontto) (Bengali), densitat de població [feminine] (Catalan), 人口密度 (rénkǒu mìdù) (Chinese Mandarin), hustota zalidnění [feminine] (Czech), befolkningstæthed [common-gender] (Danish), bevolkingsdichtheid [feminine] (Dutch), väestöntiheys (Finnish), densité de population [feminine] (French), densidade de poboación [feminine] (Galician), Bevölkerungsdichte [feminine] (German), πυκνότητα πληθυσμού (pyknótita plithysmoú) (Greek), צפיפות אוכלוסייה (tsfifút ukhlusiyá) (Hebrew), जनसंख्या घनत्व (jansaṅkhyā ghanatva) (Hindi), népsűrűség (Hungarian), kepadatan penduduk (Indonesian), kepadatan populasi (Indonesian), densità di popolazione [feminine] (Italian), 人口密度 (jinkō mitsudo) (alt: じんこうみつど) (Japanese), 인구 밀도 (in'gu mildo) (alt: 人口密度) (Korean), iedzīvotāju blīvums [masculine] (Latvian), gyventojų tankumas [masculine] (Lithuanian), kepadatan populasi (Malay), befolkningstetthet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), folketetthet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), folketettleik [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), تراکم جمعیت (tarâkom jam'iyyat) (Persian), انبوهی جمعیت (anbuhi jam'iyyat) (Persian), gęstość zaludnienia [feminine] (Polish), densidade demográfica [feminine] (Portuguese), densitatea populației [feminine] (Romanian), пло́тность населе́ния (plótnostʹ naselénija) [feminine] (Russian), densidad de población (Spanish), población relativa (Spanish), befolkningstäthet [common-gender] (Swedish), folktäthet [common-gender] (Swedish), kasiksikan ng santauhan (Tagalog), ความหนาแน่นประชากร (kwaam-nǎa-nɛ̂n bprà-chaa-gɔɔn) (Thai), nüfus yoğunluğu (Turkish), густота́ насе́лення (hustotá nasélennja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), کثافتِ آبادی (kesafati ābādī) (Urdu), mật độ dân số (Vietnamese)

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          "roman": "kwaam-nǎa-nɛ̂n bprà-chaa-gɔɔn",
          "sense": "average number of people per area",
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          "word": "nüfus yoğunluğu"
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          "roman": "hustotá nasélennja",
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          "roman": "kesafati ābādī",
          "sense": "average number of people per area",
          "word": "کثافتِ آبادی"
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      "sense": "average number of people per area",
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      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "average number of people per area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "folketettleik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tarâkom jam'iyyat",
      "sense": "average number of people per area",
      "word": "تراکم جمعیت"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "anbuhi jam'iyyat",
      "sense": "average number of people per area",
      "word": "انبوهی جمعیت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "average number of people per area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gęstość zaludnienia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "average number of people per area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "densidade demográfica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "average number of people per area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "densitatea populației"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "plótnostʹ naselénija",
      "sense": "average number of people per area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пло́тность населе́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "average number of people per area",
      "word": "densidad de población"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "average number of people per area",
      "word": "población relativa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "average number of people per area",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "befolkningstäthet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "average number of people per area",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "folktäthet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "average number of people per area",
      "word": "kasiksikan ng santauhan"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kwaam-nǎa-nɛ̂n bprà-chaa-gɔɔn",
      "sense": "average number of people per area",
      "word": "ความหนาแน่นประชากร"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "average number of people per area",
      "word": "nüfus yoğunluğu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hustotá nasélennja",
      "sense": "average number of people per area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "густота́ насе́лення"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "kesafati ābādī",
      "sense": "average number of people per area",
      "word": "کثافتِ آبادی"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "average number of people per area",
      "word": "mật độ dân số"
    }
  ],
  "word": "population density"
}

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