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  1. Apr 27, 2024 · The 7 Continents Ranked by Size and Population. Humanities › Geography. The 7 Continents Ranked From Largest to Smallest. Martin Barraud / Getty Images. By. Matt Rosenberg. Updated on April 27, 2024. What is the largest continent in the world? That's easy: Asia. It's the biggest in terms of both size and population.

    • 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.
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  3. Jan 29, 2024 · Asia is the most populous continent in the world, with 4.79 billion people accounting for nearly 58.94% of the world population as of 2024. Africa is the second most largest continent by population, with around 1.49 billion people, or 18.41% of the world's population. Only these two continents have crossed one billion milestone.

  4. Continent: Population (2021) % (world) ±% p.a. (2010–2013) Countries (2021) World: 7,909,295,151: 100%: 1.17% 191 Asia: 4,694,576,167: 59.4%: 1.04% 49 Africa: 1,393,676,444: 17.6%: 2.57% 54 Europe: 745,173,774: 9.4%: 0.08% 51 North America: 595,783,465: 7.5%: 0.96% 23 South America: 434,254,119: 5.5%: 1.06% 12 Oceania: 44,491,724: 0.6%: 1.47 ...

    • Africa. Africa has the most countries of any continent, with a total of 54 countries. The most populous of these countries is Nigeria, which has over 206 million people.
    • Asia. Asia has the second-highest number of countries of any continent with a total of 48. The most populated country in Asia is China, which has over 1.4 billion people.
    • Europe. Europe has 51 independent states. The largest country by population and by land area is Russia with 145.93 million people and spanning over 6.6 million square miles (17.125 million square kilometers).
    • North America. North America is made up of 23 countries. The most populated of these countries is the United States, which has a population of 329.9 million people.
  5. Jun 12, 2019 · The global population is not evenly distributed among the continents. The current global population is approximately 7.71 billion, up from 7.5 billion in 2013. This population is distributed across six of the earth's seven continents: Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, and Australia/Oceania.

  6. Feb 13, 2024 · Global population by continent 2022. Published by. Aaron O'Neill , Feb 13, 2024. There are approximately 7.96 billion people living in the world today, a figure that shows a dramatic...

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