Marga

Area and population The following table summarizes the area and population of each continent using the seven continent model.

Comparison of area and population Area Continent Asia Africa North America South America Antarctica Europe Australia

(km²)

Percent of total landmass

Approx. population 2008

Density People per

Percent of total population

43,810,000 30,370,000

29.5% 20.4%

3,879,000,000 922,011,000

60% 14%

km² 86.70 29.30

24,490,000

16.5%

528,720,588

8%

21.0

17,840,000 13,720,000 10,180,000 9,008,500

12.0% 9.2% 6.8% 5.9%

382,000,000 1,000 731,000,000 32,000,000

6% 0.00002% 11% 0.5%

20.8 0.00007 69.7 3.6

The total land area of all continents is 148,647,000 km², or 29.1% of earth's surface (510,065,600 km2).

Territories and regions See also: List of Asian countries by population

Subregions of Asia: Asia

Northern Asia Southeastern Asia

Name of region[13] and territory, with flag

Central Asia

Western Asia

Population (1 July 2008 est.)

Area (km²)

Southern Asia

Population density (per km²)

Capital

Central Asia: 2,724,927

15,666,533

5.7 Astana

Kyrgyzstan

198,500

5,356,869

24.3 Bishkek

Tajikistan

143,100

7,211,884

47.0 Dushanbe

Turkmenistan

488,100

5,179,573

9.6 Ashgabat

Uzbekistan

447,400

28,268,441

57.1 Tashkent

9,584,492

1,322,044,605

1,092

7,903,334

6,688.0 —

25

460,823

18,473.3 —

377,835

127,288,628

336.1 Tokyo

35,980

22,920,946

626.7 Taipei

Kazakhstan[14]

Eastern Asia: China[15] Hong Kong[16] Macau[17] Japan Taiwan[18]

134.0 Beijing

Eastern

North Korea

120,540

23,479,095

184.4 Pyongyang

South Korea

98,480

49,232,844

490.7 Seoul

1,565,000

2,996,082

17,075,40 0

142,200,000

5,770

381,371

676,578

47,758,224

70.3 Naypyidaw[21]

181,035

13,388,910

74 Phnom Penh

15,007

1,108,777

1,919,440

230,512,000

236,800

6,677,534

Malaysia

329,847

27,780,000

Philippines

300,000

92,681,453

308.9 Manila

704

4,608,167

6,545.7 Singapore

514,000

65,493,298

127.4 Bangkok

331,690

86,116,559

259.6 Hanoi

647,500

32,738,775

42.9 Kabul

147,570

153,546,901

1040.5 Dhaka

38,394

682,321

Mongolia

1.7 Ulan Bator

Northern Asia: Russia

[19]

26.8 Moscow

Southeastern Asia:[20] Brunei Burma (Myanmar) Cambodia[22] East Timor (TimorLeste)[23] Indonesia[24] Laos

Singapore Thailand Vietnam

66.1 Bandar Seri Begawan

73.8 Dili 120.1 Jakarta 28.2 Vientiane 84.2 Kuala Lumpur

Southern Asia: Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan

17.8 Thimphu

India[25]

3,287,263

1,147,995,226

Iran

1,648,195

70,472,846

300

379,174

147,181

29,519,114

200.5 Kathmandu

Pakistan

803,940

167,762,049

208.7 Islamabad

Sri Lanka

65,610

21,128,773

Armenia[26]

29,800

2,968,586

Azerbaijan[27]

46,870

3,845,127

665

718,306

987.1 Manama

9,250

792,604

83.9 Nicosia

363

1,537,269

20,460

4,630,841

437,072

28,221,181

20,770

7,112,359

Jordan

92,300

6,198,677

Kuwait

17,820

2,596,561

118.5 Kuwait City

Lebanon

10,452

3,971,941

353.6 Beirut

Oman

212,460

3,311,640

Qatar

11,437

928,635

1,960,582

23,513,330

Maldives Nepal

349.2 New Delhi 42.8 Tehran 1,263.3 Malé

322.0

Sri JayawardenapuraKotte

Western Asia:

Bahrain Cyprus[28] Gaza[29] Georgia[30] Iraq Israel

Saudi Arabia

111.7 Yerevan 82.0 Baku

3,315.7 Gaza 99.3 Tbilisi 54.9 Baghdad 290.3 Jerusalem[31] 57.5 Amman

12.8 Muscat 69.4 Doha 12.0 Riyadh

Syria

185,180

19,747,586

92.6 Damascus

Turkey[32]

756,768

71,892,807

76.5 Ankara

United Arab Emirates

82,880

4,621,399

Yemen

527,970

23,013,376

Total

29.5 Abu Dhabi 35.4 Sanaá

43,810,58 4,162,966,086 89.07 2 Note: Part of Egypt (Sinai Peninsula) is geographically in Western Asia

Territories and regions Main articles: Regions of Africa and List of African countries The countries in this table are categorised according to the scheme for geographic subregions used by the United Nations, and data included are per sources in cross-referenced articles. Where they differ, provisos are clearly indicated.

Regions of Africa: Northern Africa Western Africa Middle Africa Eastern Africa Southern Africa

Physical map of Africa

Satellite photo of Africa

Political map of Africa Area (km²)

Density Population (2009 est) except where (per noted km²)

6,384,904

316,053,651

Burundi

27,830

8,988,091[69]

Comoros

2,170

752,438[69]

23,000

516,055[69]

22.4 Djibouti

121,320

5,647,168[69]

46.5 Asmara

1,127,127

85,237,338[69]

75.6 Addis Ababa

582,650

39,002,772[69]

66.0 Nairobi

587,040

20,653,556[69]

35.1 Antananarivo

Name of region[68] and territory, with flag Eastern Africa:

Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Madagascar

Capital

49.5 322.9 Bujumbura 346.7 Moroni

118,480

14,268,711[69]

120.4 Lilongwe

2,040

1,284,264[69]

629.5 Port Louis

374

223,765[69]

801,590

21,669,278[69]

2,512

743,981(2002)

26,338

10,473,282[69]

455

87,476[69]

Somalia

637,657

9,832,017[69]

Tanzania

945,087

41,048,532[69]

43.3 Dodoma

Uganda

236,040

32,369,558[69]

137.1 Kampala

Zambia

752,614

11,862,740[69]

15.7 Lusaka

Zimbabwe

390,580

11,392,629[69]

29.1 Harare

Middle Africa:

6,613,253

121,585,754

Angola

1,246,700

12,799,293[69]

10.3 Luanda

Cameroon

475,440

18,879,301[69]

39.7 Yaoundé

Central African Republic

622,984

4,511,488[69]

7.2 Bangui

1,284,000

10,329,208[69]

8.0 N'Djamena

342,000

4,012,809[69]

11.7 Brazzaville

2,345,410

68,692,542[69]

Malawi Mauritius Mayotte (France) Mozambique Réunion (France) Rwanda Seychelles

Chad Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo

489.7 Mamoudzou 27.0 Maputo 296.2 Saint-Denis 397.6 Kigali 192.2 Victoria 15.4 Mogadishu

18.4

29.2 Kinshasa

28,051

633,441[69]

267,667

1,514,993[69]

5.6 Libreville

São Tomé and Príncipe

1,001

212,679[69]

212.4 São Tomé

Northern Africa:

8,533,021

211,087,622

2,381,740

34,178,188[69]

1,001,450

83,082,869[69] total, Asia 1.4m

1,759,540

6,310,434[69]

446,550

34,859,364[69]

78.0 Rabat

2,505,810

41,087,825[69]

16.4 Khartoum

163,610

10,486,339[69]

64.1 Tunis

266,000

405,210[69]

Equatorial Guinea Gabon

Algeria Egypt

[70]

Libya Morocco Sudan Tunisia Western Sahara[71]

22.6 Malabo

24.7 14.3 Algiers 82.9 Cairo 3.6 Tripoli

1.5 El Aaiún

Spanish and Portuguese territories in Northern Africa: Canary Islands (Spain)[72] Ceuta (Spain)[73] Madeira Islands (Portugal)[74] Melilla (Spain)[75] Southern Africa: Botswana Lesotho Namibia

7,492

1,694,477(2001)

20

71,505(2001)

797

245,000(2001)

12

66,411(2001)

2,693,418

56,406,762

600,370

1,990,876[69]

30,355

2,130,819[69]

825,418

2,108,665[69]

Las Palmas de Gran 226.2 Canaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife 3,575.2 — 307.4 Funchal 5,534.2 — 20.9 3.3 Gaborone 70.2 Maseru 2.6 Windhoek

Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Pretoria[76]

1,219,912

49,052,489[69]

17,363

1,123,913[69]

64.7 Mbabane

6,144,013

296,186,492

48.2

Benin

112,620

8,791,832[69]

78.0 Porto-Novo

Burkina Faso

274,200

15,746,232[69]

4,033

429,474[69]

322,460

20,617,068[69]

Gambia

11,300

1,782,893[69]

157.7 Banjul

Ghana

239,460

23,832,495[69]

99.5 Accra

Guinea

245,857

10,057,975[69]

40.9 Conakry

36,120

1,533,964[69]

42.5 Bissau

111,370

3,441,790[69]

30.9 Monrovia

1,240,000

12,666,987[69]

1,030,700

3,129,486[69]

1,267,000

15,306,252[69]

923,768

149,229,090[69]

410

7,637[69]

196,190

13,711,597[69]

Sierra Leone

71,740

6,440,053[69]

Togo

56,785

6,019,877[69]

30,368,60

1,001,320,281

South Africa Swaziland Western Africa:

Cape Verde Côte d'Ivoire

Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Saint Helena (UK) Senegal

Africa Total

40.2

57.4 Ouagadougou 107.3 Praia 63.9 Abidjan,[77] Yamoussoukro

10.2 Bamako 3.0 Nouakchott 12.1 Niamey 161.5 Abuja 14.4 Jamestown 69.9 Dakar 89.9 Freetown 106.0 Lomé 33.0

9

Countries and territories North America is often divided into subregions but no universally accepted divisions exist. Central America comprises the southern region of the continent, but its northern terminus varies between sources. Geophysically, the region starts at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico (namely the Mexican states of Campeche, Chiapas, Tabasco, Quintana Roo, and Yucatán[15]). The United Nations geoscheme includes Mexico in Central America; conversely, the European Union excludes both Mexico and Belize from the area. Geopolitically, Mexico is frequently not considered a part of Central America.[16]

Northern America is used to refer to the northern countries and territories of North America: Canada, the United States, Greenland, Bermuda, and St. Pierre and Miquelon. They are often considered distinct from the southern portion of the Americas, which largely comprise Latin America. The term Middle America is sometimes used to collectively refer to Mexico, the nations of Central America, and the Caribbean. Country or territory

Population (July 2008

Area (km²)[17]

est.)

[17]

Population density

Capital

(per km²)

Anguilla (UK)

102

14,108

138.3 The Valley

Antigua and Barbuda

443

84,522

190.8 St. John's

Aruba (Netherlands)[18]

193

101,541

526.1 Oranjestad

Bahamas

10,070[19]

307,451

Barbados

431

281,968

654.2 Bridgetown

22,966

301,270

13.1 Belmopan

53

66,536

153

24,041

9,984,670[19]

33,212,696

262

47,862

6

0

51,100

4,195,914

110,860

11,423,952

103.0 Havana

754

72,514

96.2 Roseau

Dominican Republic

48,730

9,507,133

195.1 Santo Domingo

El Salvador

21,040

7,066,403

335.9 San Salvador

2,166,086

57,564

0.027 Nuuk

344

90,343

262.6 St. George's

Guadeloupe (France)

1,780[20]

452,776[20]

254.4 Basse-Terre

Guatemala

108,890

13,002,206

119.4 Guatemala City

27,750

8,924,553

321.6 Port-au-Prince

112,090

7,639,327

68.2 Tegucigalpa

10,991

2,804,332

Belize Bermuda (UK) British Virgin Islands (UK) Canada Cayman Islands (UK) Clipperton Island (France) Costa Rica Cuba Dominica

Greenland (Denmark) Grenada

Haiti Honduras Jamaica

30.5 Nassau

1255.4 Hamilton 157.1 Road Town 3.7 Ottawa 182.7 George Town 0.0 — 82.1 San José

255.1 Kingston

1,100[20]

436,131[20]

1,923,040[19]

109,955,400

102

5,079

5

0

960

225,369

120,254[19]

5,785,846

48.1 Managua

78,200

3,309,679

42.3 Panama City

8,870[19]

3,958,128

446.2 San Juan

21

7,492

356.8 Gustavia

261

39,817

616

159,585

259.1 Castries

54

29,376

544.0 Marigot

Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)

242

7,044

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

389

118,432

5,128

1,047,366

430

22,352

9,826,630[19]

303,824,640

33.2

346[19]

109,840

317.5

Martinique (France) Mexico Montserrat (UK) Navassa Island (USA) Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)[18] Nicaragua Panama[18][22] Puerto Rico (USA) Saint Barthélemy (France) Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin (France)

Trinidad and Tobago[18] Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) United States[23] U.S. Virgin Islands (USA)

396.5 Fort-de-France 57.2 Mexico City 49.8

Plymouth; Brades[21]

0.0 — 234.8 Willemstad

152.6 Basseterre

29.1 Saint-Pierre

304.5 Kingstown 204.2 Port of Spain 52.0 Cockburn Town Washington, D.C. Charlotte Amalie

Total

24,646,412

528,720,588

22.9

Demographics Descendants of Indigenous peoples, such as the Quechua and Aymara, make up the majority of the population in Bolivia, Peru[18][19] and are a significant element in most other former Spanish colonies. People of European descent are a majority in Argentina,[20] Uruguay, to a lesser extent Chile immigration of European Argentina Uruguay Chile Brazil][21][22] South America is also home to one of the biggest population of Africans. This group is also significantly present in Guyana, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname and Ecuador.[23] Mestizos (mixed white and Amerindian) are the largest ethnic group in Paraguay, Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. East Indians form the largest ethnic groups in Guyana and Suriname. Brazil followed by Peru also have the biggest Japanese and Chinese communities in South America.[24] Brazil is the most diverse country in South America, with large population of Whites , Blacks and Mulattos, also having a sizeable community of Middle Easterns and Asians.

Girls of European descent in Uruguay

Peruvian woman and child of Indigenous ancestry

Country or territory with flag Argentina

Area (km²)[25] (per sq mi) 2,766,890 km² (1,068,302 sq mi)

Population (July 2007 est.)[25] 40,677,348

Population density Capital per km² 14.3/km² Buenos Aires (37/sq mi)

Bolivia Brazil Chile[27] Colombia Ecuador Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)[28]

1,098,580 km² (424,164 sq mi)

9,247,816 8.1/km² (21/sq mi)

8,514,877 km² (3,287,612 sq mi)

191,908,598

22.0/km² Brasília (57/sq mi)

756,950 km² (292,260 sq mi)

16,454,143

21.1/km² Santiago (54.6/sq mi)

1,138,910 km² (439,736 sq mi) 283,560 km² (109,483 sq mi)

45,013,674 13,927,650

12,173 km² (4,700 sq mi)

3,140[29] 221,450 (Jan. 2008)[30]

Paraguay

91,000 km² (35,135 sq mi) 214,970 km² (83,000 sq mi) 406,750 km² (157,047 sq mi)

Peru

1,285,220 km² (496,226 sq mi)

28,220,764

3,093 km² (1,194 sq mi)

20

French Guiana (France) Guyana

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom)[31] Suriname

163,270 km² (63,039 sq mi)

Uruguay

176,220 km² (68,039 sq mi)

Venezuela Total

La Paz, Sucre[26]

912,050 km² (352,144 sq mi) 17,824,513

770,794 6,347,884

37.7/km² Bogotá (97.6/sq mi) 47.1/km² Quito (122/sq mi) 0.26/km² Port Stanley (0.7/sq mi) 2.7/km² Cayenne (5.4/sq mi) 3.6/km² Georgetown (9.3/sq mi) 15.6/km² Asunción (40.4/sq mi) 21.7/km² Lima (56.2/sq mi) 0/km² (0/sq mi) Grytviken

438,144 2.7/km² (7/sq mi) Paramaribo 3,477,778 26,414,815 382,426,313

19.4/km² Montevideo (50.2/sq mi) 27.8/km² Caracas (72/sq mi) 21.5/km²

Antarctic territories

Argentina

Australia

Chile

France

New Zealand

Norway

United Kingdom

Main article: Antarctic territorial claims D ate

Country

Territory

1 United British Antarctic 908 Kingdom Territory 1 New Zealand Ross Dependency 923 1 924 1 929 1 933 1 939 1 940 1 943 —

France Norway Australia Norway Chile Argentina None

Adélie Land Peter I Island Australian Antarctic Territory Queen Maud Land Antártica

Claim limits 20°W to 80°W 150°W to 160°E 142°2'E to 136°11'E 68°50′S 90°35′W / 68.833°S 90.583°W 160°E to 142°2'E and 136°11'E to 44°38'E 44°38'E to 20°W 53°W to 90°W

25°W to 74°W Argentine Antarctica Unclaimed territory 90°W to 150°W (Marie Byrd Land) (except the Peter I Island)

The Argentine, British, and Chilean claims all overlap, and have caused friction. Australia claims the largest area.

Political geography Main article: Politics of Europe See also: Demographics of Europe and List of European countries by population

Europe according to a widely accepted definition is shown in green (countries sometimes associated with European culture in dark blue, Asian parts of European states in light blue).

Modern political map

Regional grouping according to the UN

Regional grouping according to The World Factbook

European Union and its candidate countries

Council of Europe nations

Map showing European membership of the EU and NATO According to different definitions, the territories may be subject to various categorisations. The 27 European Union member states are highly integrated economically and politically; the European Union itself forms part of the political geography of Europe. The table below shows the scheme for geographic subregions used by the United Nations,[128] alongside the regional grouping published in the CIA factbook. The socio-geographical data included are per sources in cross-referenced articles. Name of country, with flag

Population (1 July 2002 est.)

Area (km²)

Population density (per km²)

Capital

28,748

3,600,523

468

68,403

Armeniak[›]

29,800

3,229,900

101 Yerevan

Austria

83,858

8,169,929

97.4 Vienna

Azerbaijanl[›]

86,600

8,621,000

97 Baku

Belarus

207,600

10,335,382

49.8 Minsk

Belgium

30,510

10,274,595

336.8 Brussels

Bosnia and Herzegovina

51,129

4,448,500

77.5 Sarajevo

Bulgaria

110,910

7,621,337

68.7 Sofia

Croatia

56,542

4,437,460

77.7 Zagreb

9,251

788,457

85 Nicosia

Albania Andorra

Cypruse[›]

125.2 Tirana 146.2

Andorra la Vella

78,866

10,256,760

43,094

5,368,854

Estonia

45,226

1,415,681

31.3 Tallinn

Finland

336,593

5,157,537

15.3 Helsinki

Franceh[›]

547,030

59,765,983

69,700

4,661,473

64 Tbilisi

Germany

357,021

83,251,851

233.2 Berlin

Greece

131,940

10,645,343

80.7 Athens

93,030

10,075,034

108.3 Budapest

103,000

307,261

70,280

4,234,925

301,230

58,751,711

2,724,900

15,217,711

64,589

2,366,515

160

32,842

65,200

3,601,138

2,586

448,569

25,333

2,054,800

81.1 Skopje

316

397,499

1,257.9 Valletta

33,843

4,434,547

Czech Republic Denmark

Georgia m[›]

Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstanj[›] Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldovab[›]

130.1 Prague 124.6 Copenhagen

109.3 Paris

2.7 Reykjavík 60.3 Dublin 191.6 Rome 5.6 Astana 36.6 Riga 205.3 Vaduz 55.2 Vilnius 173.5 Luxembourg

131.0 Chişinău

1.95

31,987

Montenegro

13,812

616,258

Netherlandsi[›]

41,526

16,318,199

324,220

4,525,116

312,685

38,625,478

123.5 Warsaw

91,568

10,409,995

110.1 Lisbon

238,391

21,698,181

91.0 Bucharest

17,075,400

142,200,000

26.8 Moscow

61

27,730

88,361

7,495,742

89.4 Belgrade

Slovakia

48,845

5,422,366

111.0 Bratislava

Slovenia

20,273

1,932,917

95.3 Ljubljana

Spain

504,851

45,061,274

Sweden

449,964

9,090,113

41,290

7,507,000

783,562

71,517,100

603,700

48,396,470

244,820

61,100,835

0.44

900

10,180,000o[›]

731,000,000o[›]

Monaco

Norway Poland Portugalf[›] Romania Russiac[›] San Marino Serbia[129] (2002Census)

Switzerland Turkeyn[›] Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City Total

16,403.6 Monaco 44.6 Podgorica 393.0 Amsterdam 14.0 Oslo

454.6 San Marino

89.3 Madrid 19.7 Stockholm 176.8 Bern 93 Ankara 80.2 Kiev 244.2 London 2,045.5 Vatican City 70

Within the above-mentioned states are several regions, enjoying broad autonomy, as well as several de facto independent countries with limited international recognition. None of them are UN members: Area Name of territory, with flag (km²)

Population (1 July 2002 est.)

Population density (per km²)

Capital

Abkhaziar[›]

8,432

216,000

29 Sukhumi

Åland Islands (Finland)

1,552

26,008

16.8 Mariehamn

1,399

46,011

32.9 Tórshavn

5.9

27,714

4,697.3 Gibraltar

78

64,587

828.0 St. Peter Port

Isle of Mand[›] (UK)

572

73,873

129.1 Douglas

Jerseyd[›] (UK)

116

89,775

773.9 Saint Helier

10,88 7

2,126,708

11,458

138,800

12 Stepanakert

3,355

265,100

78 Nicosia

3,900

70,000

18 Tskhinvali

62,04 9

2,868

0.046 Longyearbyen

4,163

537,000

Faroe Islands (Denmark) Gibraltar (UK) Guernseyd[›] (UK)

Kosovop[›] Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus South Ossetiar[›] Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (Norway) Transnistria

220 Pristina

133 Tiraspol