Question

Use the chart below to answer the questions:


Country Population
(1997 estimate) Area
(square km)
Indonesia 203,479,000 1,904,569
Denmark 5,248,000 42,077
Ghana 18,339,000 237,533


Which of these countries has the greatest population density? Which has the least? Provide an explanation and proof for your answer to receive full credit.

Answer 1

Population density = population / area

so you have a table with the populations and the area

to calculate the population density, just divide

Population density of Indonesia = population / area = 203,479,000 / 1,904,569 = ???

similarly, for Denmark it would be
population density = 5,248,000 / 42,077 = ??

and for Ghana
population density = 18,339,000 / 237,533 = ??

Answer 2

So which one has the highest population density? Which one has the least?