Question

What does population density measure?

Answer 1

Answer: the area occupied by a population

Explanation:

A population density can be define as the number of individuals of the population of a species living in per unit area over a particular time. Population density may vary depending upon the number of live births, deaths, number of immigrated and migrated members counted in concerned period of time.

Answer 2

Answer:

$\boxed{\mathrm{the \ area \ occupied \ by \ a \ population}}$

Explanation:

Population density is a measurement of population per land area.

$\displaystyle \sf population \ density =\frac{population}{land \ area}$

The population density of a place tells us whether the place occupied by the population is densely or sparsely populated.