Question

Two countries have populations of about 6.6 million and 807,000, respectively. Their areas are 6025 and 462,268

square miles, respectively. Compute the population densities of the two countries.

Answer 1

• 1095 people per square mile
• 1.746 people per square mile

Explanation:

You want the population density in each of two countries with populations of 6.6 million and 807 thousand in areas of 6025 and 462,268 square miles, respectively.

Population density

The population density is found by dividing the population by the area.

6.6·10^6/6025 ≈ 1095 . . . . people per square mile

807,000/462,268 ≈ 1.746 . . . . people per square mile