South Asia population density for 2022 was 405.08, a 0.94% increase from 2021.
South Asia population density for 2021 was 401.30, a 1.01% increase from 2020.
South Asia population density for 2020 was 397.29, a 1.12% increase from 2019.
South Asia population density for 2019 was 392.88, a 1.15% increase from 2018.
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.