List of continents by population
This is a list of all major continents/subregions' population.Distribution of populations
| Rank | Continent | Population
2010 |
2010–2010 | % of world pop. |
| — | World | 7,576,600,514 | 1.17% | 100% |
| 1 | Asia | 4,581,757,408 | 1.04% | 59.69% |
| 2 | Africa | 1,216,130,000 | 2.57% | 16.36% |
| 3 | Europe | 738,849,000 | 0.08% | 9.94% |
| 4 | North America | 579,024,000 | 0.96% | 7.79% |
| 5 | South America | 422,535,000 | 1.04% | 5.68% |
| 6 | Oceania | 38,304,000 | 1.47% | 0.54% |
| 7 | Antarctica | 1,106 | N/A | <0.01% |
| Rank | Supercontinent | Population
2013 |
2010–2013 | % of world pop. |
| — | World | 7,123,815,000 | 1.17% | 100% |
| 1 | Afro-Eurasia | 6,151,810,000 | 1.21% | 85.90% |
| 2 | Americas | 972,005,000 | 1.03% | 13.57% |
| Rank | Subregion | Population
2013 |
2010–2013 | % of world pop. |
| — | World | 7,632,819,325 | 1.17% | 100% |
| 1 | South Asia^ | 1,749,046,000 | 1.32% | 22.91% |
| 2 | East Asia | 1,620,807,000 | 0.57% | 21.23% |
| 3 | Southeast Asia | 618,793,000 | 1.20% | 8.11% |
| 4 | South America | 406,740,000 | 1.06% | 5.33% |
| 5 | Eastern Africa | 373,202,000 | 2.89% | 4.89% |
| 6 | Northern America | 355,361,000 | 0.85% | 4.66% |
| 7 | Western Africa | 331,255,000 | 2.78% | 4.34% |
| 8 | Eastern Europe# | 294,162,000 | 0.23% | 3.85% |
| 9 | West Asia | 245,707,000 | 1.98% | 3.22% |
| 10 | Northern Africa | 210,002,000 | 1.70% | 2.75% |
| 11 | Western Europe | 192,060,000 | 0.25% | 2.52% |
| 12 | Central America† | 167,387,000 | 1.40% | 2.19% |
| 13 | Southern Europe | 155,827,000 | 0.24% | 2.04% |
| 14 | Middle Africa | 135,750,000 | 2.79% | 1.78% |
| 15 | Northern Europe* | 100,404,000 | 0.54% | 1.32% |
| 16 | Central Asia | 64,370,000 | 1.43% | 0.84% |
| 17 | Southern Africa | 60,425,000 | 0.91% | 0.79% |
| 18 | Caribbean~ | 42,517,000 | 0.71% | 0.56% |
| 19 | Oceania | 38,304,000 | 1.47% | 0.50% |
Notes:
^ The United Nations geoscheme includes Afghanistan and Iran in Southern Asia.
# The United Nations geoscheme includes Siberia in Eastern Europe.
† The United Nations geoscheme includes Mexico in Central America.
* The United Nations geoscheme includes the Baltic states and the British Isles in Northern Europe.
~ The United Nations geoscheme includes The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean.Africa
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