Area and Population
See also: List of continents by populationThe following table summarises the area and population of each continent using the seven continent model, sorted by decreasing area.
| Continent | Area (km²) | Area (mi²) | Percent of total landmass |
Total population | Percent of total population |
Density People per km² |
Density People per mi² |
Most populous city (proper) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 43,820,000 | 16,920,000 | 29.5% | 4,164,252,000 | 60% | 95.0 | 246 | Shanghai, China |
| Africa | 30,370,000 | 11,730,000 | 20.4% | 1,022,234,000 | 15% | 33.7 | 87 | Lagos, Nigeria |
| North America | 24,490,000 | 9,460,000 | 16.5% | 542,056,000 | 8% | 22.1 | 57 | Mexico City, Mexico |
| South America | 17,840,000 | 6,890,000 | 12.0% | 392,555,000 | 6% | 22.0 | 57 | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Antarctica | 13,720,000 | 5,300,000 | 9.2% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | Villa Las Estrellas, Chilean claim |
| Europe | 10,180,000 | 3,930,000 | 6.8% | 738,199,000 | 11% | 72.5 | 188 | Moscow, Russia |
| Australia | 9,008,500 | 3,478,200 | 5.9% | 29,127,000 | 0.4% | 3.2 | 8.3 | Sydney, Australia |
The total land area of all continents is 148,647,000 square kilometres (57,393,000 sq mi), or 29.1% of earth's surface (510,065,600 square kilometres / 196,937,400 square miles).
A rough estimate of the total population of all the continents is 7,000,000,000.
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