Question

The area of Australia is 2.95 × 106 square miles. What is the approximate average number of people per square mile in Australia? Round to the nearest person

Answer 1

9 people per square mile

Explanation:

Given that:

Area of Australia = 2.95 * 10^6 mi²

Approximate average Number of people per square mile :

This can be obtained by taking the proportion of the population of Australia and the Area of the land mass

Approximate population of Australia : 25,499,884 ( data obtained from internet)

Average number of people per square mile :

Approximate population / Land Area

25,499,884 / 2.95 * 10^6

= 8.6440284

Hence, there will be approximately 9 people per square mile.