Population by region

Six of Earth's seven continents are permanently inhabited on a large scale. Asia is the most populous continent, with its 4.3 billion inhabitants accounting for 60.31% of the world population. The world's two most-populated countries alone, China and India, together constitute about 37% of the world's population. Africa is the second-most-populated continent, with around 1 billion people, or 15% of the world's population. Europe's 733 million people make up 12% of the world's population(as of 2012), while the Latin American and Caribbean regions are home to around 600 million (9%). Northern America, primarily consisting of the United States and Canada, has a population of around 352 million (5%), and Oceania, the least-populated region, has about 35 million inhabitants (0.5%). Though it is not permanently inhabited by any fixed population, Antarctica has a small, fluctuating international population, based mainly in polar science stations. This population tends to rise in the summer months and decrease significantly in winter, as visiting researchers return to their home countries.

Continent	Density(inhabitants/km2)	Population (2013 estimates)	Most populous country
Asia	96.4	4,298,723,000	China (1,361,000,000)
Africa	36.7	1,110,635,000	Nigeria (173,120,000)
Europe	72.9	742,452,000	Russia (143,600,000; approx. 110 million in Europe)
North America	22.9	565,265,000	United States (317,000,000)
South America	22.8	406,740,000	Brazil (201,032,714)
Oceania	4.5	38,304,000	Australia (23,258,000)
Antarctica	0.0003 (varies)	4,490 (non-permanent, varies)	-

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