U.K. population density for 2021 was 277.05, a 0.08% decline from 2020.
U.K. population density for 2020 was 277.28, a 0.37% increase from 2019.
U.K. population density for 2019 was 276.26, a 0.57% increase from 2018.
U.K. population density for 2018 was 274.71, a 0.61% increase from 2017.
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 under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.