Size |
continent |
area (km²) |
percent |
World |
149,000,000 |
100 |
Afro-Eurasia |
84,580,000 |
57 |
Eurasia |
54,210,000 |
36 |
Asia |
43,810,000 |
29 |
Americas |
42,330,000 |
28 |
Africa |
30,370,000 |
20 |
North America |
24,494,000 |
16 |
South America |
17,840,000 |
12 |
Antarctica |
13,720,000 |
9.2 |
Europe |
10,400,000 |
7.0 |
Oceania |
9,142,000 |
6.0 |
Australia-New Guinea |
8,500,000 |
5.7 |
Australia mainland |
7,600,000 |
5.1 |
|
Human Population |
continent |
approx. population |
percent |
density (h/km²) |
World |
6,641,000,000 |
100 |
43.29 |
Afro-Eurasia |
5,400,000,000 |
84 |
63.84 |
Eurasia |
4,510,000,000 |
70 |
83.19 |
Asia |
3,800,000,000 |
59 |
86.74 |
Africa |
990,000,000 |
14 |
21.03 |
Americas |
886,000,000 |
14 |
29.17 |
Europe |
770,000,000 |
11 |
70.15 |
North America |
515,000,000 |
8.0 |
28.87 |
South America |
471,000,000 |
5.8 |
27.04 |
Oceania |
40,800,000 |
0.55 |
3.44 |
Australia-New Guinea |
30,000,000 |
0.5 |
3.28 |
Australia mainland |
23,000,786 |
0.3 |
2.47 |
Antarctica |
1,000 |
0.002 |
~0.00 |
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