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  2. Population density - Wikipedia

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    Population density is the number of people per unit of area, usually transcribed as "per square kilometer" or square mile, and which may include or exclude, for example, areas of water or glaciers. Commonly this is calculated for a county, city, country, another territory or the entire world. The world's population is around 8,000,000,000 [3 ...

  3. List of countries and dependencies by population density

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    This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by population density, sorted by inhabitants per square kilometre or square mile. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. The list also includes unrecognized but de facto independent countries.

  4. Demographics of the world - Wikipedia

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    Demographics of Earth. Population pyramid of the world in 2022 by the UN. Population. Over 8,120,531,329 (estimated) Fertility rate. 2.27 (2021) Earth has a human population of over 8 billion as of 2024, with an overall population density of 50 people per km 2 (130 per sq. mile). Nearly 60% of the world's population lives in Asia, with more ...

  5. Water distribution on Earth - Wikipedia

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    The total volume of water on Earth is estimated at 1.386 billion km 3 (333 million cubic miles), with 97.5% being salt water and 2.5% being freshwater. Of the freshwater, only 0.3% is in liquid form on the surface. [2][3][4] Because the oceans that cover roughly 70.8% of the area of Earth reflect blue light, Earth appears blue from space, and ...

  6. Demographics of the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    The 17,821,419 million Dutch inhabitants are concentrated on an area of 41,543 km 2 (16,040 sq mi) including water surface, the land surface being 33,895 km 2 (13,087 sq mi). This means that the country has a population density of 526/km 2 (1,360/sq mi). The density of 500 inhabitants/km 2 was reached in the first half of 2014.

  7. Demographics of Newfoundland and Labrador - Wikipedia

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    Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Density 2016. Newfoundland and Labrador is a province of Canada on the country's Atlantic coast in northeastern North America.The province has an area of 405,212 square kilometres (100,130,000 acres) and a population in 2024 of 541,391, with approximately 95% of the provincial population residing on the Island of Newfoundland (including its associated smaller ...

  8. Water - Wikipedia

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    Earth's approximate water volume (the total water supply of the world) is 1.386 billion cubic kilometres (333 million cubic miles). [23] Liquid water is found in bodies of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, river, stream, canal, pond, or puddle. The majority of water on Earth is seawater.

  9. Population dynamics of fisheries - Wikipedia

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    A fishery is an area with an associated fish or aquatic population which is harvested for its commercial or recreational value. Fisheries can be wild or farmed. Population dynamics describes the ways in which a given population grows and shrinks over time, as controlled by birth, death, and migration. It is the basis for understanding changing ...