List of continents by population
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This is a List of continents by population.
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[edit] Regional and continental (sub)totals from 1950 to 2010
See also: United Nations geoscheme
[edit] Regional and continental (sub)totals in 2010
| Continent or region | Population 2010 |
%± 2000-2010 |
|---|---|---|
| World | 6,895,889,000 | +12.6% |
| Asia | 4,164,252,000 | +12.0% |
| Southern Asia | 1,704,146,000 | +16.7% |
| Eastern Asia | 1,573,970,000 | +5.3% |
| Africa | 1,022,234,000 | +26.0% |
| Americas | 934,611,000 | +12.0% |
| Europe | 738,199,000 | +1.6% |
| South-Eastern Asia | 593,415,000 | +13.3% |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 590,082,000 | +13.2% |
| Northern America | 344,529,000 | +10.0% |
| Eastern Africa | 324,044,000 | +28.8% |
| Western Africa | 304,261,000 | +29.1% |
| Western Asia | 231,995,000 | +25.8% |
| Northern Africa | 209,459,000 | +18.9% |
| Middle Africa | 126,689,000 | +31.7% |
| Central Asia | 60,726,000 | +9.7% |
| Southern Africa | 57,780,000 | +12.3% |
| Oceania | 36,593,000 | +17.5% |
[edit] Africa
| Year | Eastern Africa | %± | Middle Africa | %± | Northern Africa | %± | Southern Africa | %± | Western Africa | %± | Total Africa |
%± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 64,757,000 | — | 26,116,000 | — | 52,982,000 | — | 15,588,000 | — | 70,451,000 | — | 229,895,000 | — |
| 1960 | 81,887,000 | +26.5% | 32,013,000 | +22.6% | 67,493,000 | +27.4% | 19,724,000 | +26.5% | 85,611,000 | +21.5% | 286,729,000 | +24.7% |
| 1970 | 107,628,000 | +31.4% | 40,749,000 | +27.3% | 86,943,000 | +28.8% | 25,454,000 | +29.1% | 107,374,000 | +25.4% | 368,148,000 | +28.4% |
| 1980 | 143,575,000 | +33.4% | 53,391,000 | +31.0% | 113,072,000 | +30.1% | 33,000,000 | +29.6% | 139,766,000 | +30.2% | 482,803,000 | +31.1% |
| 1990 | 192,801,000 | +34.3% | 71,676,000 | +34.2% | 146,188,000 | +29.3% | 42,093,000 | +27.6% | 182,529,000 | +30.6% | 635,287,000 | +31.6% |
| 2000 | 251,584,000 | +30.5% | 96,187,000 | +34.2% | 176,166,000 | +20.5% | 51,442,000 | +22.2% | 235,722,000 | +29.1% | 811,101,000 | +27.7% |
| 2010 | 324,044,000 | +28.8% | 126,689,000 | +31.7% | 209,459,000 | +18.9% | 57,780,000 | +12.3% | 304,261,000 | +29.1% | 1,022,234,000 | +26.0% |
[edit] Americas
| Year | Latin America and the Caribbean |
%± | Northern America | %± | Total Americas |
%± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 167,368,000 | — | 171,615,000 | — | 338,983,000 | — |
| 1960 | 220,058,000 | +31.5% | 204,318,000 | +19.1% | 424,376,000 | +25.2% |
| 1970 | 286,377,000 | +30.1% | 231,284,000 | +13.2% | 517,661,000 | +22.0% |
| 1980 | 362,326,000 | +26.5% | 254,454,000 | +10.0% | 616,780,000 | +19.1% |
| 1990 | 443,032,000 | +22.3% | 281,162,000 | +10.5% | 724,194,000 | +17.4% |
| 2000 | 521,429,000 | +17.7% | 313,289,000 | +11.4% | 834,718,000 | +15.3% |
| 2010 | 590,082,000 | +13.2% | 344,529,000 | +10.0% | 934,611,000 | +12.0% |
[edit] Asia
| Year | Central Asia | %± | Eastern Asia | %± | Southern Asia | %± | South-Eastern Asia | %± | Western Asia | %± | Total Asia |
%± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 17,499,000 | — | 672,432,000 | — | 489,573,000 | — | 172,905,000 | — | 50,979,000 | — | 1,403,389,000 | — |
| 1960 | 24,403,000 | +39.5% | 801,489,000 | +19.2% | 595,613,000 | +21.7% | 219,336,000 | +26.9% | 66,841,000 | +31.1% | 1,707,682,000 | +21.7% |
| 1970 | 33,177,000 | +36.0% | 984,073,000 | +22.8% | 745,655,000 | +25.2% | 285,163,000 | +30.0% | 86,925,000 | +30.0% | 2,134,993,000 | +25.0% |
| 1980 | 41,312,000 | +24.5% | 1,178,587,000 | +19.8% | 944,653,000 | +26.7% | 359,012,000 | +25.9% | 114,021,000 | +31.2% | 2,637,586,000 | +23.5% |
| 1990 | 50,411,000 | +22.0% | 1,359,149,000 | +15.3% | 1,195,985,000 | +26.6% | 445,361,000 | +24.1% | 148,575,000 | +30.3% | 3,199,481,000 | +21.3% |
| 2000 | 55,361,000 | +9.8% | 1,495,281,000 | +10.0% | 1,460,201,000 | +22.1% | 523,831,000 | +17.6% | 184,369,000 | +24.1% | 3,719,044,000 | +16.2% |
| 2010 | 60,726,000 | +9.7% | 1,573,970,000 | +5.3% | 1,704,146,000 | +16.7% | 593,415,000 | +13.3% | 231,995,000 | +25.8% | 4,164,252,000 | +12.0% |
[edit] Europe
| Year | Europe | %± |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 547,287,000 | — |
| 1960 | 603,854,000 | +10.3% |
| 1970 | 655,879,000 | +8.6% |
| 1980 | 692,869,000 | +5.6% |
| 1990 | 720,497,000 | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 726,777,000 | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 738,199,000 | +1.6% |
[edit] Oceania
| Year | Oceania | %± |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 12,675,000 | — |
| 1960 | 15,773,000 | +24.4% |
| 1970 | 19,506,000 | +23.7% |
| 1980 | 22,970,000 | +17.8% |
| 1990 | 26,967,000 | +17.4% |
| 2000 | 31,130,000 | +15.4% |
| 2010 | 36,593,000 | +17.5% |
[edit] Source
- All figures come from the United Nations' World Population Prospects, the 2010 Revision
