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  2. There are seven continents in the world: Africa; Antarctica; Asia; Australia; Europe; North America; South America; 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.

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      Asia is the largest and most populous of earth's continents...

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  3. 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 ...

  4. Jan 5, 2024 · Demographics. Distribution of the global population by continent 2023. Published by. Einar H. Dyvik , Jan 5, 2024. In the middle of 2023, about 60 percent of the global population was living in...

  5. Jan 29, 2024 · 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.

  6. 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....

  7. Jun 12, 2019 · Asia is the world's most populous and most extensive continent, accounting for 60% of the global population and 30% of Earth’s land mass. As of 2019, the continent had an estimated population of 4.58 billion people.

  8. 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.