Continents by Population

(Last Updated On: April 16, 2021)

All of the continents are distinguished in many ways, including by Population. Some continents are larger than others by Population.

As of 2017, the worldwide population has reached more than 7.5 billion people, spanning the inhabited continents of Africa, North and South America, Asia, Europe, and Australia/Oceania. Encompassing the 2 most extremely populated nations on the planet – China and India – Asia is by far the biggest of the continents, with total inhabitants of over 4.5 billion people.

Around 40 million people reside in Australia/Oceania, the smallest continent. Australia/Oceania is an efficient instance of how the definition of a continent might be complicated, as this continent is commonly, however not all the time, thought of to incorporate the subregions of Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia, and may also be outlined as together with all the space between the Americas and Asia. If these areas are excluded and solely Australia and New Zealand are counted, the inhabitants total drops to beneath 30 million.

Notably, of all of the continents, solely Southern and Eastern Europe present damaging growth charges in 2017, with Southern Europe at -0.12% and Eastern Europe at -0.15%.

Europe as a complete has had modest inhabitants enhance of 0.08%, which is the smallest growth fee of the inhabited continents, though Western Europe continues to have a high inhabitants density of 178.31 per sq km.

In distinction, all the areas of Africa present important inhabitants growth charges, with will increase of two.5-3% throughout Central, Eastern, Western and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Let’s find below the chart of the Continents by Population

Name	2021 Population	World’s Population	Growth Rate	Density (km²)
Asia	4,678,445,024	59.41%	0.83%	145.57
Africa	1,373,480,428	17.44%	2.45%	45.30
Europe	748,787,739	9.51%	0.02%	32.52
North America	596,564,730	7.58%	0.76%	24.61
South America	434,260,151	5.51%	0.81%	24.35
Oceania	43,219,970	0.55%	1.27%	5.08

Continents by Population and subdivisions

Let’s find below the chart of Continents in the subdivision by Population

Name	2021 Population	World’s Population	Growth Rate	Density (km²)
World	7,874,965,825	100.00%	1.03%	52.87
Southern Asia	1,962,272,405	24.92%	1.13%	285.67
South-Central Asia	1,933,675,316	24.55%	1.14%	297.52
Eastern Asia	1,682,854,641	21.37%	0.28%	141.33
Sub-Saharan Africa	1,122,845,156	14.26%	2.60%	50.10
South-Eastern Asia	675,118,472	8.57%	0.97%	148.78
Latin America	616,805,553	7.83%	0.91%	30.35
The Middle East	456,104,310	5.79%	1.61%	62.53
Eastern Africa	445,671,871	5.66%	2.64%	70.06
South America	434,260,151	5.51%	0.81%	24.35
Western Africa	412,453,951	5.24%	2.64%	67.16
Northern America	371,107,709	4.71%	0.61%	17.24
Eastern Europe	293,702,191	3.73%	-0.18%	15.58
Western Asia	282,772,874	3.59%	1.56%	58.66
Northern Africa	250,635,272	3.18%	1.79%	31.70
Western Europe	196,603,216	2.50%	0.23%	177.27
Middle Africa	196,361,314	2.49%	2.92%	27.15
Central America	181,721,496	2.31%	1.14%	73.08
Southern Europe	151,945,051	1.93%	-0.18%	115.37
Northern Europe	106,537,281	1.35%	0.42%	60.86
Central Asia	75,426,632	0.96%	1.46%	18.84
Southern Africa	68,358,020	0.87%	1.27%	25.54
Caribbean	43,735,525	0.56%	0.53%	187.01
Australia and New Zealand	30,648,858	0.39%	1.08%	3.85
Melanesia	11,328,594	0.14%	1.85%	20.95
Polynesia	688,121	0.01%	0.63%	79.29
Micronesia	554,397	0.01%	1.00%	173.96