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  1. As of 2017, the global population has reached more than 7.5 billion people, spanning the inhabited continents of Africa, North and South America, Asia, Europe and Australia/Oceania. Encompassing the two most highly populated countries in the world – China and India – Asia is by far the largest of the continents, with a total population of ...

  2. Apr 27, 2024 · 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. It counts 4.7 billion of the world's 8 billion-person population.

  3. Jan 29, 2024 · Continents by population; Rank Continent Population Share (%) Growth (2024) 2023 2024 Net change rate (%) 1 Jan 1 July 1 Jan 1 July; 1: Asia: 4,736,907,367: 4,753,079,727: 4,769,252,087: 4,785,060,131: 58.94: 31,616,088: 0.66: 2: Africa: 1,443,404,353: 1,460,481,772: 1,477,559,192: 1,494,993,924: 18.41: 34,869,463: 2.33: 3: Europe: 742,617,238: ...

  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 ...

  5. 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.

  6. 2 days ago · While around 1.4 billion people live on the continent as of 2023, this is forecast to grow to 3.9 billion by 2100. This is underlined by the fact that most of the countries wit the highest ...

  7. Feb 13, 2024 · When it comes to number of inhabitants per continent, Asia is the most populous continent in the world by a significant margin, with roughly 60 percent of the world's population living there.