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This is a list of continents and continental subregions by population. World population by continent, 2021. Asia (59.4%) Africa (17.6%) Europe (9.4%) North America (7.5%) South America (5.5%) Oceania (0.6%) Antarctica (0%)
It is a continent in the seven continent system. In other systems, it is part of Asia, Eurasia or Eurafrasia. Below is the list of fully sovereign or de facto countries that are indisputably either entirely or partially situated within Europe.
FlagEnglish Names [4] [10] [11] [12]Capital [12] [13] [14]Population 2021 [7] [8]140,099,46222,790,974310,312,99241,463,265People also ask
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This is a list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2022 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present.
LocationPopulation (1 July 2022)Population (1 July 2023)Change7,975,105,1568,045,311,448+0.88%1,417,173,1731,428,627,663+0.81%1,425,887,3371,425,671,352−0.02%338,289,857339,996,564+0.50%- Africa. Nigeria. 206,139,589. Ethiopia. 114,963,588. Egypt. 102,334,404. Dr Congo. 89,561,403. Tanzania. 59,734,218. South Africa. 59,308,690. Kenya.
- Asia. China. 1,439,323,776. India. 1,380,004,385. Indonesia. 273,523,615. Pakistan. 220,892,340. Bangladesh. 164,689,383. Japan. 126,476,461. Philippines.
- Europe. Russia. 145,934,462. Germany. 83,783,942. United Kingdom. 67,886,011. France. 65,273,511. Italy. 60,461,826. Spain. 46,754,778. Ukraine. 43,733,762.
- North America. United States. 331,002,651. Mexico. 128,932,753. Canada. 37,742,154. Guatemala. 17,915,568. Haiti. 11,402,528. Cuba. 11,326,616.
The most populous continent by population is Asia, followed by Africa. The third most populous continent is Europe. The fourth most populous is North America, and then South America.
This is a list of countries and dependencies by population. It includes sovereign states , inhabited dependent territories and, in some cases, constituent countries of sovereign states, with inclusion within the list being primarily based on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1 .
