Continent Populations (2026)

Population Data Comparison (mid 2026)

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Rank	Continent	Total	Male	Female	Sex Ratio	Growth rate	Birth rate	Death rate	Fertility rate	Life exp., total Life expectancy	Life exp., male	Life exp., female	Median Age	Urbanization	Density, people / km2 Density, people/km2
1	Asia	4786M	2445M	2341M	1.04	0.93%	14.53	7.53	2.02	74.54	72.57	76.61	32.94	54.24%	151.61
2	Africa	1519M	759M	759M	1	3.18%	30.30	7.25	3.99	65.42	63.57	67.29	19.45	46.74%	50.47
3	Europe	742M	358M	382M	0.94	-0.18%	9.46	11.50	1.64	79.84	76.85	82.97	43.05	76.29%	32.25
4	North America	517M	255M	262M	0.97	0.49%	12.72	8.52	1.81	78.92	76.50	81.42	36.18	83.42%	23.96
5	South America	450M	222M	229M	0.97	0.96%	13.65	6.96	1.82	77.27	74.13	80.45	33.27	85.73%	25.43
6	Central America	54M	26M	27M	0.97	2.53%	18.52	5.24	2.24	76.70	73.74	79.65	26.89	63.94%	102.61
7	Oceania	47M	24M	24M	1	1.25%	15.63	6.96	2.22	79.07	77.39	80.85	32.93	67.20%	5.57
8	Caribbean	45M	22M	22M	0.98	0.75%	14.84	8.50	2.01	74.28	71.88	76.74	32.50	73.98%	18.58