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==Population by region==
{{further|Demographics of the world}}
Six of the Earth's seven [[continent]]s are permanently inhabited on a large scale. Asia is the most populous continent, with its 4.64&nbsp;billion inhabitants accounting for 60% of the world population. The world's two most populated countries, India and China, together constitute about 36% of the world's population.
Africa is the second most populated continent, with around 1.34&nbsp;billion people, or 17% of the world's population.
Europe's 747 million people make up 10% of the world's population as of 2020,
while the [[Latin American]] and [[Caribbean]] regions are home to around 653 million (8%). Northern America, primarily consisting of the United States and Canada, has a population of around 368&nbsp;million (5%),
and Oceania, the least populated region, has about 42&nbsp;million inhabitants (0.5%).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/population-by-region/ |title=Regions in the world by population (2020) |access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref> [[Antarctica]] only has a very small, fluctuating population of about 1200 people based mainly in polar [[Research stations in Antarctica|science stations]].<ref name=AntarcticCIA/>
[[File:Population pyramid of the world in continental groupings 2023.svg|thumb|300x300px|[[Population pyramid]] of the world in continental groupings in 2023. The left and right sides of the vertical axis represent different sexes (male and female).]]
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|+Current world population and latest projection according the UN. Population in (millions) and percent of the global population in that year.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/wpp2022_summary_of_results.pdf|title=World Population Prospects 2022. Summary of Results|location=New York|author=United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs}}</ref>
! Region !! 2022 (percent)!!2030 (percent)!!2050 (percent)
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| [[Sub-Saharan Africa]] || '''1,152''' (14.51%)||'''1,401''' (16.46%)||'''2,094''' (21.62%)
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| Northern Africa and Western Asia || '''549''' (6.91%)|| '''617''' (7.25%)|| '''771''' (7.96%)
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| Central Asia and [[United Nations geoscheme for Asia#Southern Asia|Southern Asia]] || '''2,075''' (26.13%)||'''2,248''' (26.41%)||'''2,575''' (26.58%)
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| Eastern Asia and Southeastern Asia || '''2,342''' (29.49%)||'''2,372''' (27.87%)||'''2,317''' (23.92%)
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| Europe and [[North America|Northern America]] || '''1,120''' (14.10%)||'''1,129''' (13.26%)||'''1,125''' (11.61%)
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| Latin America and [[the Caribbean]] ||'''658''' (8.29%)||'''695''' (8.17%)||'''749''' (7.73%)
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| Australia and New Zealand || '''31''' (0.39%)||'''34''' (0.40%)||'''38''' (0.39%)
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| Oceania || '''14''' (0.18%)||'''15''' (0.18%)||'''20''' (0.21%)
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| World || '''7,942'''||'''8,512'''||'''9,687'''
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Population by region (2020 estimates)
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! scope="col" | Region
! scope="col" | Density<br /><small>(inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>)</small>
! scope="col" | Population<br /><small>(millions)</small>
! scope="col" | Most populous country
! scope="col" | Most populous city (metropolitan area)
|-
| Asia
| style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:4641054775/44579000 round 1}}
| style="text-align:right" | 4,641
| data-sort-value="14118e5" |1,439,090,595 {{ndash}} '''{{flag|India}}'''
| data-sort-value="135e5" |13,515,000 {{ndash}} {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Tokyo|Tokyo Metropolis]]<br/>(37,400,000 {{ndash}} {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Greater Tokyo Area]])
|-
| Africa
| style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:1340598147/30221532 round 1}}
| style="text-align:right" | 1,340
| data-sort-value="211e6" | {{0|0,}}211,401,000 {{ndash}} {{Flag|Nigeria}}
| data-sort-value="95e5" | {{0}}9,500,000 {{ndash}} {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Cairo]]<br/>(20,076,000 {{ndash}} {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Greater Cairo]])
|-
| Europe
| style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:747636026/10180000 round 1}}
| style="text-align:right" | 747
| data-sort-value="146e6" | {{0|0,}}146,171,000 {{ndash}} {{Flag|Russia}}, approx. [[European Russia|110&nbsp;million in Europe]]
| data-sort-value="132e5" |13,200,000 {{ndash}} {{flagicon|Russia}} Moscow<br/>(20,004,000 {{ndash}} {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Moscow metropolitan area]])
|-
| Latin America
| style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:430759766/17840000 round 1}}
| style="text-align:right" | 653
| data-sort-value="214e6" | {{0|0,}}214,103,000 {{ndash}} {{Flag|Brazil}}
| data-sort-value="122e5" | 12,252,000 {{ndash}} {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[São Paulo|São Paulo City]]<br/>(21,650,000 {{ndash}} {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Greater São Paulo|São Paulo Metro Area]])
|-
| Northern America<ref group="note">Excludes Mexico, Central America and the [[Caribbean]], which are included here under Latin America.</ref>
| style="text-align:right" | {{#expr: 368869647/24709000 round 1}}
| style="text-align:right" | 368
| data-sort-value="332e6" | {{0|0,}}332,909,000 {{ndash}} {{Flag|United States}}
| data-sort-value="88e5" | {{0}}8,804,000 {{ndash}} {{flagicon|United States}} New York City<br/>(23,582,649 {{ndash}} {{flagicon|United States}} [[New York metropolitan area]]<ref name=CityPopulation.de>{{cite web |url=http://citypopulation.de/en/usa/combmetro/ |title=USA: Combined Metropolitan Areas |publisher=CityPopulation.de |date=August 2021|access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>)
|-
| Oceania
| style="text-align:right" | {{#expr:42677813/8525989 round 1}}
| style="text-align:right" | 42
| data-sort-value="25e6" | {{0|0,0}}25,917,000 {{ndash}} {{Flag|Australia}}
| data-sort-value="54e5" | {{0}}5,367,000 {{ndash}} {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Sydney]]
|-
| [[Antarctica]]
| style="text-align:right" | ~0
| style="text-align:right" | 0.004<ref name="AntarcticCIA">{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/antarctica/ |title=Antarctica |work=The World Factbook |date=19 June 2014|access-date=18 March 2015}}</ref>
| data-sort-value="0" | N/A<ref group="note">The [[Antarctic Treaty System]] limits the nature of national claims in Antarctica. Of the [[territorial claims in Antarctica]], the [[Ross Dependency]] has the largest population.</ref>
| data-sort-value="1258" | {{0|00,00}}1,258 {{ndash}} {{Flagicon|Antarctica|variant=Bartram}} [[McMurdo Station]]
|}