Continents

Click columns to compare size, population or density; click again to reverse sorting. Geographic areas are rounded approximations from RGS teaching material. Area shares use the sum of these seven values. Oceania includes Australia and the island regions. The bars start at zero and scale to the largest value in each column.

Population and land areas come from Table 1 of the UN Demographic Yearbook 2024. Population refers to mid-year 2024 estimates. Entire countries are assigned to statistical regions: Russia to Europe, Türkiye and Kazakhstan to Asia. UN land areas therefore differ from geographic continent areas. North America combines Northern America, Central America and the Caribbean.

Density = population / UN land area, a whole-region average rather than local settlement density. Source values are rounded and derived figures are approximate. Antarctica has no permanent population and is not in the UN population totals; seasonal research staff are not presented as fixed residents. Country counts and elevation extremes require other definitions and are outside this comparison.