Editing Population density (section)

=== Other methods of measurement ===
[[File:EU Pop2008 1024.PNG|thumb|upright=1.6|This population [[cartogram]] of the European Union (2007–2012) uses areas and colors to represent population.]]
[[File:Living population density.png|upright=1.8|thumb|Living population density by country]]
Although the arithmetic density is the most common way of measuring population density, several other methods have been developed to provide alternative measures of population density over a specific area.
* '''Arithmetic density''': The total number of people / area of land
* '''[[Physiological density]]''': The total population / area of [[arable land]]
* '''Agricultural density''': The total ''rural'' population / area of [[arable land]]
* '''Residential density''': The number of people living in an urban area / area of residential land
* '''[[Urban density]]''': The number of people inhabiting an urban area / total area of urban land
* '''Ecological optimum''': The density of population that can be supported by the natural resources
* '''[[Population weighted density]]''': Also known as '''living density''', population density at which the average person lives<ref>[https://gmnenad.com/2021/05/analysis-of-real-population-density-per-countries/ Analysis of living population density per countries], based on NASA SEDAC world gridded data.</ref>