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Apr 27, 2024 · 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.
- Africa. Nigeria. 206,139,589. Ethiopia. 114,963,588. Egypt. 102,334,404. Dr Congo. 89,561,403. Tanzania. 59,734,218. South Africa. 59,308,690. Kenya.
- Asia. China. 1,439,323,776. India. 1,380,004,385. Indonesia. 273,523,615. Pakistan. 220,892,340. Bangladesh. 164,689,383. Japan. 126,476,461. Philippines.
- Europe. Russia. 145,934,462. Germany. 83,783,942. United Kingdom. 67,886,011. France. 65,273,511. Italy. 60,461,826. Spain. 46,754,778. Ukraine. 43,733,762.
- North America. United States. 331,002,651. Mexico. 128,932,753. Canada. 37,742,154. Guatemala. 17,915,568. Haiti. 11,402,528. Cuba. 11,326,616.
- Asia. Area: 44.6 million km² | 17.2 million sq mi. % of Earth’s land mass: 29.6% Covering a whopping 44.6 million km² (17.2 million square miles), Asia is the world’s largest continent by far.
- Africa. Area: 30.3 million km² | 11.7 million sq mi. % of Earth’s land mass: 20.2% Africa has an area of 30.3 million km² (11.7 million square miles), which covers 20.2% of the Earth’s landmass.
- North America. Area: 9.3 million km² | 24.2 million sq mi. % of Earth’s land mass: 16.4% North America is home to 23 countries, as well as Greenland, the world’s largest island.
- South America. Area: 17.8 million km² | 6.8 million sq mi. % of Earth’s land mass: 11.9% South America is the fourth-largest continent, covering an area of 17.8 million km² (6.8 million square miles).
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.
Continent Population (2023) Area (Km²) Density (P/Km²) World Population Share; 1: Asia: 4,753,079,726: 31,033,131: 153: 59.08%: 2: Africa: 1,460,481,772: 29,648,481: 49: 18.15%: 3: Europe: 740,433,713: 22,134,710: 33: 9.20%: 4: North America: 604,182,517: 21,330,000: 28: 7.51%: 5: South America: 439,719,009: 17,461,112: 25: 5.47%: 6 ...
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 ...
When looking at the size of the continents by population, the rankings of biggest to smallest continents get re-ordered. In addition to being the largest continent by land area, the largest continent by population is Asia with more than 4.46 billion people living within its boundaries.
