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Land areas and population estimates; Continent Land area Population km 2 sq mi % of world 2021 (estimate) % of world; Earth: 149,733,926 57,812,592 100% 7,909,295,151: 100% Asia: 44,614,000 17,226,000 29.8% 4,694,576,167: 59.4% Africa: 30,365,000 11,724,000 20.3% 1,393,676,444: 17.6% North America: 24,230,000 9,360,000 16.2%
- Continent (Disambiguation)
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- Asia
Asia (/ ˈ eɪ ʒ ə / ⓘ AY-zhə, UK also / ˈ eɪ ʃ ə / AY-shə) is...
- Africa
The size of Africa compared to the other continents. Africa...
- Continent (Disambiguation)
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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The most populous continent by population is Asia, followed by Africa. The third most populous continent is Europe. The fourth most populous is North America, and then South America. In sub-Saharan Africa, the largest age group are denarians (in their teens). In north Africa, the largest age group are vicenarian (in their twenties). In Europe, most...
Geologists use the term continent to mean continental crust, a platform of metamorphic and igneous rock, largely of granitic composition. Continental crust is less dense and much thicker than oceanic crust, which is why it "floats" higher than oceanic crust on the underlying mantle. This explains why the continents form high platforms surrounded by...
A craton is an old and stable part of the continental lithosphere. It is the Earth's two topmost layers, the crust and the uppermost mantle. There are various hypotheses of how cratons have been formed.. Continents may have been formed by giant meteorite impacts in the first billion years of Earth's existence.The question is not yet settled. What i...
Asia is the largest and most populous continent and is a continent in the seven continent system. Asia consists of forty-nine countries as per the United Nations along with many other highly autonomous regions and disputed areas that are often generalised as countries of their own. The 49 countries are:
FlagEnglish Names [4] [10] [11] [12]Capital [12] [13] [14]Population 2021 [7] [8]140,099,46222,790,974310,312,99241,463,265Africa 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%).
