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  1. List of continents and continental subregions by population. This is a list of continents and continental subregions by population. World population by continent, 2021. Asia (59.4%) Africa (17.6%) Europe (9.4%) North America (7.5%) South America (5.5%)

    • Matt Rosenberg
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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.
  2. 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.

  3. 7 Continents. 7 continents. 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.

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