Across 12 countries in South America, the highest value is in Ecuador (72.4 /km²) and the lowest in Guyana (3.9 /km²).
The median country is at 22.3 /km²: half are above, half below.
Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area…
Source: FAO population estimates, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations… · via World Bank WDI (EN.POP.DNST) ·
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