Information about Continents

Continents BY SIZE

1 Asia (44,579,000 sq km)

2 Africa (30,065,000 sq km)

3 North America (24,256,000 sq km)

4 South America (17,819,000 sq km)

5 Antarctica (13,209,000 sq km)

6 Europe (9,938,000 sq km)

7 Australia/Oceania (7,687,000 sq km)

BY POPULATION 2005 est.

1 Asia (3,879,000,000)

2 Africa (877,500,000)

3 Europe (727,000,000)

4 North America (501,500,000)

5 South America (379,500,000)

6 Australia/Oceania (32,000,000)

7 Antarctica (0)

NUMBERS OF COUNTRIES

1 Africa (53)

2 Europe (46)

3 Asia (44)

4 North America (23)

5 Oceania (14)

6 South America (12)

7 Antarctica (0)

Continent

Area (km)

Approx.
population
2002

Percent of
total
population

Density
People Persquare
Kilometre

Asia

43,810,000

3,800,000,000

60%

86.7

Africa

30,370,000

922,011,000

14%

29.3

Americas

42,330,000

890,000,000

14%

20.9

North America

24,490,000

515,000,000

8%

21.0

South America

17,840,000

371,000,000

6%

20.8

Antarctica

13,720,000

1,000

0.00002%

0.00007

Europe

10,180,000

710,000,000

11%

69.7

Oceania

9,010,000

33,552,994

0.6%

3.7

Australia-New Guinea

8,500,000

30,000,000

0.5%

3.5

Australia mainland

7,600,000

21,000,000

0.3%

2.8