Seven Continents of the World - Population

Continent	Population 2020	Area (km2)	Density (P/Km²)	World Population Share
Asia	4,646,587,500	44,579,000	150	59.54%
Africa	1,345,806,400	30,370,000	45	17.20%
Europe	747,487,300	10,180,000	34	9.59%
North America	592,709,100	24,709,000	28	7.60%
South America	431,253,800	17,840,000	25	5.53%
Australia	42,758,900	8,600,000	5	0.55%
Antarctica	0	14,000,000	0	0.00%

1. Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres. It shares the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe and the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with both Europe and Africa. Asia covers an area of 44,579,000 square kilometres (17,212,000 sq mi), about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area.

Countries: 49 UN members, 1 UN observer, 5 other states

Time zones: UTC+2 to UTC+12

Largest cities: Delhi, Tokyo, Lahore, Jakarta, Baghdad, Chongqing, Mumbai, Seoul, Shanghai, Manila, Karachi, Beijing, Guangzhou, Osaka, Dhaka, Bangkok, Kolkata, Tehran, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

2. Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20% of its land area. With 1.3 billion people as of 2018, it accounts for about 16% of the world's human population. Africa's average population is the youngest amongst all the continents.

Countries:  54+2 (disputed)

Time zones: UTC-1 to UTC+4

Largest cities: Cairo, Lagos, Kinshasa, Johannesburg, Luanda, Khartoum, Dares, Salaam, Abidjan, Alexandria, Nairobi, Cape, Town, Kano, Dakar, Casablanca, and Addis Ababa.

3. Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia and is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east. Europe is commonly considered to be separated from Asia by the watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea, and the waterways of the Turkish Straits.

Countries: 50 sovereign states

Time zones: UTC−1 to UTC+5

Largest cities: Istanbul, Moscow, Paris, London, Madrid, Barcelona, Saint Petersburg, Rome, Berlin, and Milan.

 

4. North America covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometers (9,540,000 square miles), about 16.5% of the Earth's land area and about 4.8% of its total surface. North America is the third-largest continent by area, following Asia and Africa, and the fourth by population after Asia, Africa, and Europe. In 2013, its population was estimated at nearly 579 million people in 23 independent states, or about 7.5% of the world's population.

Countries: 23 sovereign states

Time zones: UTC-10 to UTC

Largest cities: New York City, Mexico CityLos Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Toronto, Dallas–Fort Worth, San Francisco Bay, Houston, Miami, and Philadelphia.

 

5. South America has an area of 17,840,000 square kilometers (6,890,000 sq mi). Its population as of 2018 has been estimated at more than 423 million. South America ranks fourth in area (after Asia, Africa, and North America) and fifth in population (after Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America). Brazil is by far the most populous South American country, with more than half of the continent's population, followed by Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela and Peru. South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

Countries: 12–14

Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Guarani, English, French, Dutch, Quechua, Aymara, Chinese, other languages.

Time zones: UTC-2 to UTC-5

Largest cities: Sao Paulo, Lima, Bogota, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, Caracas, Buenos Aires, Salvador, Brasilia, Fortaleza, Guayaquil, Quito, Belo Horizonte, Medellin, Cali, and Manaus.

 

6. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It has a landmass of 7,617,930 square kilometres (2,941,300 sq mi). megadiverse country, its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes, with deserts in the centre, tropical rainforests in the north-east, and mountain ranges in the south-east. Australia generates its income from various sources, including mining-related exports, telecommunications, banking, manufacturing, and international education. Australia is a highly developed country, with the world's fourteenth-largest economy. It has a high-income economy, with the world's tenth-highest per capita income. It is a regional power and has the world's thirteenth-highest military expenditure. Immigrants account for 30% of the population, the highest proportion in any country with a population over 10 million. Having the third-highest human development index and the eighth-highest ranked democracy globally, the country ranks highly in quality of life, health, education, economic freedom, civil liberties, and political rights, with all its major cities faring well in global comparative livability surveys.

Time zone: UTC+8; +9.5; +10; +10.5; +11

Largest city: Sydney