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North America - 9,365,000 sq. mi. (24,256,000 sq. km) South America - 6,880,000 sq. mi. (17,819,000 sq. km) Antarctica - 5,100,000 sq. mi. (13,209,000 sq. km) Europe - 3,837,000 sq. mi (9,938,000 sq. km) Australia/Oceania - 2,968,000 sq. mi. (7,687,000 sq. km) 7 Continents of the World.
- Africa
Africa is the second-largest and second most populous...
- Asia
Asia is the most populous continent, which the second being...
- North America
The population of the United States accounts for almost 57%...
- South America
South America is a subcontinent of the Americas located in...
- Antarctica
Antarctica is the world's southernmost continent resting in...
- Central America
Central America is a region located at the southernmost...
- Oceania
Oceania, or Oceanica, is a region that includes islands in...
- World
Throughout most of history, the world's population has been...
- Latin America
Latin America is a group of countries from the Americas,...
- Africa
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 ...
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- Asia, the Largest Continent. Asia is by far the largest continent in the world, spanning 17.2 million square miles (44.6 million square kilometers). Being the largest geographically also puts Asia at an advantage population-wise, as having 4.6 billion of the world's 7.7 billion-person population.
- Africa. Africa is No. 2 on both lists: population and size. In area, it spans 11.6 million square miles (30 million square kilometers). Its population is estimated at 1.3 billion.
- North America. North America is where area and population diverge in their rankings because this continent's population is not growing as fast as Asia's.
- South America. South America is the fourth-largest continent, spanning 6.9 million square miles (17.8 million square kilometers). It is fifth on the world population list, with 431 million people living there.
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.
Jun 12, 2019 · North America has an estimated population of 580 million, which represents 7.79% of the global population. The continent's three largest countries, Canada, the United States, and Mexico, account for approximately 90% of North America's population.
North America is a continent in the northern and western hemispheres. It’s the third-largest continent in the world (after Asia and Africa) and measures over 24.7 million km² (9.5 million square miles). There are 23 countries in North America, the largest of which are the United States and Canada .
