Continents - find information on all continents in the world

Here you find a list of the 7 continents in the world at a glance.

You can sort the continents in the world: alphabetically by continents codes

by area

by population by population density

Please click on a continent name for more information on this continent and to find a list of all countries and territories in this continent.

Continents in the world
Continent	Code	Countries	Area sqkm	Population	P/sqkm
Asia	AS	51	44,579,000	4,542,480,905	101.9
Africa	AF	58	30,221,532	1,274,975,412	42.2
North America	NA	41	24,709,000	583,236,773	23.6
South America	SA	14	17,840,000	423,597,139	23.7
Antarctica	AN	5	14,000,000	170	0.0
Europe	EU	53	10,180,000	747,550,796	73.4
Oceania	OC	28	8,480,000	43,094,097	5.1
Total: 7	-	250	-	7,614,935,292	Ø 38.6

There are a total of 250 countries and territories on all seven continents in the world with a grand total population of 7,614,935,292 human beings worldwide.