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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.
The United Nations geoscheme is a system which divides 248 countries and territories in the world into six continental regions, 22 geographical subregions, and two intermediary regions. [1] . It was devised by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) based on the M49 coding classification. [2] .
Jan 29, 2024 · Top three biggest subregions belong to Asia Continent : Southern Asia (2.05 bn), Eastern Asia (1.686 bn) and South-Eastern Asia (693 mn). 45.7% of the world's population lives in Southern Asia (25.24%) and Eastern Asia (20.46%). Southern Asia includes India, the most populous country and Eastern Asia includes China, the 2nd most populous country.
& The United Nations geoscheme includes the Balkan countries of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia; as well as Malta in Southern Europe. Global, continental, and subregional totals from 1950 to 2018. See also: United Nations geoscheme. Africa. Americas. North America. South America.
In order from largest to smallest in area, these seven regions are Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. [1] .
1. Eastern Asia South-Central Asia4. Asia. South-Eastern Asia. Western Asia. Central Asia. China5 China, Hong Kong SAR6 China, Macao SAR 8 China, Taiwan Province of China Democratic People’s...
updated: April 2017, Sources: Population Reference Bureau (World Population Data Sheet) United Nations Population Division
