Continents Ranked by Size and Population

03 Nov,2023

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Asia is by far the largest continent in the world, spanning 17.2 million square miles (44.6 million square kilometers). Being the largest geographically also puts Asia at an advantage population-wise, as having 4.6 billion of the world's 7.7 billion-person population.

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Asia

No. 2 on both lists: population and size. In area, it spans 11.6 million square miles (30 million square kilometers). Its population is estimated at 1.3 billion.

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Africa

North America is where area and population diverge in their rankings because this continent's population is not growing as fast as Asia's. North America is third in area at 9.4 million square miles (24.5 million square kilometers).

North America

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South America is the fourth-largest continent, spanning 6.9 million square miles (17.8 million square kilometers).It is fifth on the world population list, with 431 million people living there.

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South America

Based on area, Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent at 5.5 million square miles (14.2 million square kilometers). But no one has to guess that Antarctica is last on the population list, as there are no permanent residents there.

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Antarctica

By area, Europe is sixth on the list of continents, spanning 3.8 million square miles (9.9 million square kilometers). It also comes in at No. 3 on population rankings at 746 million people.

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Europe