Problema Solution
In 1900 a certain country's population was 78,614,209 and its area was 2,871,085 square miles. in 1980 the country's population was 282,174 and it area was 3,548,533 square miles. Compute the population densities of both years.
Answer provided by our tutors
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume, in our case, it is the population per square mile.
In 1900 the population density was:
78,614,209 : 2,871,085 = 27.38 people per square mile
In 1900 the population density was:
282,174 : 3,548,533 = 0.08 people per square mile