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  2. 4 days ago · Africa is the second most populated continent, with around 1.34 billion people, or 17% of the world's population. Europe's 747 million people make up 10% of the world's population as of 2020, while the Latin American and Caribbean regions are home to around 653 million (8%).

  3. 1 day ago · List of countries by population (United Nations) 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. [2]

  4. May 11, 2024 · The data shows that a significant portion of the world’s population lives in Asia and Africa. Asia is the most populous continent, while Africa also has a large population. Other regions like Europe and the Americas also have significant populations.

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  5. 2 days ago · Approximately 5.71 billion people live in these twenty countries, or around 70% of the world's population. See also: Full List of countries and dependent territories of the World by population Continents (26-05-2024)

  6. Mar 8, 2024 · Asia is home to the majority of the world’s population, with approximately 60% of the global population residing in this continent. As of 2022, Asia has a population of around 4.75 billion people, accounting for about 60% of the total world population.

  7. 1 day ago · Thus, although Africa is the second largest continent, it contains only about 10 percent of the world’s population and can be said to be underpopulated. The greater part of the continent has long been inhabited by Black peoples, but in historic times there also have occurred major immigrations from both Asia and Europe.

  8. 1 day ago · Cartogram of the world's population in 2018; each square represents 500,000 people. 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 ...