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Population density: compare countries

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Population density by country

Annual, People per square kilometre

Source: World Bank

Population density: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Oman	Sweden
Dec 31, 2001	13.9	7.5	21.8
Dec 31, 2002	14.3	7.6	21.9
Dec 31, 2003	14.8	7.6	22.0
Dec 31, 2004	15.3	7.8	22.1
Dec 31, 2005	15.8	7.9	22.2
Dec 31, 2006	16.3	8.1	22.3
Dec 31, 2007	16.9	8.3	22.5
Dec 31, 2008	17.5	8.5	22.6
Dec 31, 2009	18.1	8.7	22.8
Dec 31, 2010	18.8	8.9	23.0
Dec 31, 2011	19.4	9.9	23.2
Dec 31, 2012	20.1	11.5	23.4
Dec 31, 2013	20.7	12.4	23.6
Dec 31, 2014	21.4	12.9	23.8
Dec 31, 2015	22.1	13.5	24.1
Dec 31, 2016	22.8	14.2	24.4
Dec 31, 2017	23.5	14.7	24.7
Dec 31, 2018	24.2	14.9	25.0
Dec 31, 2019	24.9	14.8	25.2
Dec 31, 2020	25.6	14.6	25.4
Dec 31, 2021	26.4	14.5	25.6
Dec 31, 2022	27.1	15.3	25.7
Dec 31, 2023	27.9	16.3	25.9
Dec 31, 2024	28.7	17.1	26.0