Filters. (geography) The population density measured as the number of people per unit area of land. noun. 11.

What does a high arithmetic density indicate?

The bottom line is that a higher level of agricultural density may mean that that available arable may reach the end of its production potential sooner than an area of a lower level of agricultural density.

What does arithmetic density mean?

Arithmetic density: The total number of people divided by the total land area. This is what most people think of as density; how many people per area of land. This relates to the important concept of the spreading of ideas from one area to another (diffusion).

Examples of a high arithmetic density would be India, China, and Netherlands. Examples of low arithmetic density is Australia, Canada, and even the United States. Many countries have high and low physiological density which is the number of people supported by a unit area of arable land.