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  1. 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 ...

  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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  4. Jan 5, 2024 · In the middle of 2023, about 60 percent of the global population was living in Asia. The total world population amounted to 8.1 billion people on the planet.

  5. 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....

  6. The world's human population now exceeds 7.5 billion, but all those people are not distributed evenly over the available land. For instance, fewer humans live in deserts than along coastlines, and more people live in cities than in rural areas. You get the idea.

  7. 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.

  8. Earth has a human population of over 8 billion as of 2024, with an overall population density of 50 people per km 2 (130 per sq. mile). Nearly 60% of the world's population lives in Asia, with almost 2.8 billion in the countries of China and India combined. The percentage shares of China, India and rest of South Asia of the world population ...

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