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List of countries by past and future population density

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This is a list of countries showing past and future population density, ranging from 1950 to 2300, as estimated by the 2017 revision of the World Population Prospects database by the United Nations Population Division. The population density equals the number of human inhabitants per square kilometer of land area.

Past (1950–2020)

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* indicates "Demographics of COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.

Future (2030–2100)

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* indicates "Demographics of COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.

Notes

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  1. ^ Figure refers to mainland China, excluding its Special Administrative Regions (SARs) of Hong Kong and Macau, The first one returned to Chinese sovereignty in mid-1997 and the second one did so on December 20, 1999,
  2. ^ Estimate not only refers to metropolitan France, but also includes its separatedly listed overseas departments (Départements d'outre-mer, DOM) of French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte (from March 31, 2011) and Réunion and its overseas collectivities (Collectivités d'outre-mer, COM) of French Polynesia, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Wallis and Futuna, The population of metropolitan France alone stood at 63,730,000 in November 2012, according to a monthly [www,insee,fr/fr/bases-de-donnees/bsweb/serie,asp?idbank=000436387 official estimate],
  3. ^ Excludes (statistica,md,2010,pdf) Transnistria (555,347, census 2005),
  4. ^ It comprises the Gaza Strip and the West Bank,
  5. ^ Excludes the Kosovo (url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519231734/Kosovo |date=2019-05-19 }}),
  6. ^ Includes Puntland (with a population of about 3,900,000 inhabitants) and Somaliland (some 3,500,000 inhabitants),
  7. ^ Administration is split between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, both of which claim the entire territory,
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