For example, according to my research, California is the “most populous” state in the country but New Jersey shows up as the “most densely populated” state. I thought the latter essentially meant “the state with the biggest population” (same as the former). How do they differ? Are they related in any way?
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Population density shows how much people live within a specific spatial scope, for example within a square kilometer.
For example, Russia and Bangladesh have a similar amount of population, but since Bangladesh is much smaller the population is much more densely packed.
Density is measured by dividing the population with total land area. Population is just a measurement of how many people there are.
Following the example from above, and using this formula, we can calculate that a country with 1.000.000 residents, and with a teritory of 50.000 square kilometers, has a density of 20 people per square kilometer.
Bearing all this in mind, you can come to conclusion that while California is the most populous, it has lower density because of its larger land area – its citizens are not so densely packed as are people from NJ
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