High Population Density & Low Population Density

High Population Density Areas Fertile plains and highly industrialised and urbanised areas are normally densely populated. Four major areas of high population density with more than 100 persons per sq km are as follows.

(a) East Asia, e.g., China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan (b) South and Southeast Asia
(c) Northwest Europe, e.g., UK, France, Germany,
Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland, Denmark, Spain, Italy
(d) The eastern coast of North America.

Low Population Density Areas Thinly populated or uninhabited areas of the world include the following:
(a) dry lands, where lack of precipitation and non­feasibility of irrigation are limiting factors;

(b) cold lands at the high latitudes where frigid temperature precludes agriculture;

(c) major mountain ranges and other mow1tainous areas with harsh climate and rugged terrain;

(d) wet tropics with infertile soils due to heavy precipitations and high temperature; and

(e) remote areas and difficult environments.