Continents
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)
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)
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)
information directly from http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/contnent.htm
1 Asia
2 Africa
3 north America
4 south America
5 Europe
6 Australia
7 Antarctica
1. Asia - 4,001,623,990 (Over 4 billion)
2. Africa - 934,499,752
3. Europe - 729,871,042 (including all of Russia)
4. North America - 522,807,432
5. South America - 379,919,602
6. Australia - 20,434,176
7. Antarctica - No permanent residents but up to 4000 researchers and personnel in the summer and 1000 in the winter.
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