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The United Nations geoscheme is a system which divides 248 countries and territories in the world into six continental regions, 22 geographical subregions, and two intermediary regions. [1] . It was devised by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) based on the M49 coding classification. [2] .
The United Nations demographers prepared their world population projection by 2100 in more variants (high, medium and low, permanent fertility, zero migration, etc.). Our interactive chart contains - in addition to the data of the period between 1950 and 2021 - the figures of the medium variant considered the most probable.
The seven-continent model is probably the most widely taught. There are however other ways of grouping countries into continents. List of the seven continents. Ranked by current population. Which continent does Russia belong to? Russia is part of both Europe and Asia. In the 7 continent model in fact, it is not always clear where to place Russia.
May 3, 2024 · World population by continent, 2018 Asia (59.8%) Africa (16.7%) Europe (9.8%) North America (7.6%) South America (5.6%) Oceania (0.5%) Antarctica (%) Contents. Distribution of populations by continental subregion. Global, continental, and subregional totals from 1950 to 2018. Africa. Americas. North America. South America. Asia. Europe. Oceania.
Pages in category "Lists of countries by large sub or trans-continental region, by population" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Continent Population 2010 ±% p.a. 2010–2010 % of world pop. — World: 7,576,600,516: 1.17%: 100%: 1: Asia: 4,581,757,408: 1.04%: 60.47%: 2: Africa: 1,216,130,000: 2.57%: 16.05%: 3: Europe: 738,849,000: 0.08%: 9.75%: 4: North America: 579,024,000: 0.96%: 7.64%: 5: South America: 422,535,000: 1.04%: 5.58%: 6: Oceania: 38,304,000: 1.47%: 0.50% ...
Under the top "Distribution of populations" table, it shows Oceania has a 2018 population of 38.3M, with growth rate of 1.47%. But lower down, in the Region tables it shows Oceania had a 2016 poplation of 39.9M, growth rate of 1.54%. I suspect that the 2018 number is incorrect, I don't think the population has declined...
