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  1. 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. Encompassing the two most highly populated countries in the world – China and India – Asia is by far the largest of the continents, with a total ...

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      Africa is the second-largest and second most populous...

    • Asia

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

    • North America

      North America is a subcontinent of the Americas and is...

    • South America

      South America is a subcontinent of the Americas located in...

    • Antarctica

      Antarctica is the world's southernmost continent resting in...

    • Central America

      This region comprises approximately 2.31 percent of the...

    • Oceania

      The wider Oceania has an estimated population of 38.82...

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      Over the next hundred years, the population of the world...

    • Latin America

      The 2016 population of over 626 million people may seem like...

  2. Jan 29, 2024 · List of continents by population. 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 ...

  3. Jun 13, 2023 · Jun 13, 2023. Whereas the population is expected to decrease somewhat until 2100 in Asia, Europe, and South America, it is predicted to grow significantly in Africa. While there were 1.4 billion ...

  4. 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%)

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  6. Distribution of the global population by continent 2023. 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 ...

  7. Jul 15, 2019 · In 2023, its population is around 1.4 billion; by 2100 it's projected to reach just under 4 billion. Over the past 50 years Asia experienced rapid population growth. In 2023, its population is around 4.8 billion. By 2050 it's expected to rise to 5.3 billion, but then fall in the latter half of the century.

  8. Mar 10, 2024 · Population by Continent (1900-2050F) Asia was the biggest driver of global population growth over the course of the 20th century. In fact, the continent’s population grew by 2.8 billion people from 1900 to 2000, compared to just 680 million from the second on our list, Africa. China was the main source of Asia’s population expansion, though ...

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