Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume

Density index (DENSITY index)

Translation
Section	English 312	Arabic 312	Czech 312	German 312	Spanish 312	French 312	Italian 312	Japanese 312	Portuguese 312	Russian 312	Chinese 312
312-1	density of population —population density	شدة العمران	intenzita zalidnění	Intensität der Besiedlung	intensidad de ocupación del territorio	intensité du peuplement	intensità del popolamento	人口の密度 —人口密度	densidade populacional	Плотность населения	人口密度
312-2	density index	كثافة السكان—كثافة الحسابية	míra lidnatosti	Bevölkerungsdichte	densidad aritmética	densité de la population —densité arithmétique	densità della popolazione —densità aritmetica	密度指数	indicador de densidade	Показатель плотности населения	密度指标
312-3	scatter of the population	انتشار العمران	rozptýlení obyvatelstva	Streuung der Bevölkerung	dispersión de la población	dispersion du peuplement	dispersione del popolamento	人口分布	dispersão da população	Рассеянность населения	人口分散程度
312-4	settlement	مساكن	osídlení	Siedlungsweise	habitat —asentamiento	habitat	insediamento	定住	assentamento	Тип поселения	定居
312-5	grouped settlement	مساكن متجمعة	osídlení, skupinové	Geburtenintervall Siedlung —Sammelsiedlung	asentamiento agrupado	habitat groupé	insediamento accentrato	集合して定住	agrupamento de assentamentos	Сгруппированное население	群体定居
312-6	dispersed settlement	مساكن مشتتة	osídlení, rozptýlené	Streusiedlung —aufgelockerte Siedlungsweise	asentamiento disperso	habitat dispersé	insediamento sparso	分散して定住	dispersão de assentamentos	Рассредоточенное население	分散定居
312-7	population center	مركز اسكان	střed obyvatelstva	Bevölkerungsschwerpunkt	centro de gravedad de la población	centre de population	centro medio della popolazione	人口中心(人口重心)	centro populacional	Центр сосредоточения населения	人口中心

The density of population ¹ or population density ¹ is an index showing the relation between a population and the area in which it lives. The simplest density index ² is obtained by dividing the total population by the area of the territory and is generally expressed as the number of persons per acre, square kilometre or square mile. The scatter of the population ³ depends on the type of settlement ⁴, grouped settlement ⁵ or dispersed settlement ⁶. Some writers have computed the population center ⁷ of a given area by the methods used to find the center of gravity in applied mathematics; each individual in the population is given an equal weight.