7 continents of the world

The widely recognized all the 7 continents are listed by size below, from biggest to smallest.

·         ASIA includes 50 countries, and it is the most populated continent, the 60% of the total population of the Earth live here.

·         AFRICA comprises 54 countries. It is the hottest continent and home of the world's largest desert, the Sahara, occupying the 25% of the total area of Africa.

·         NORTH AMERICA includes 23 countries led by the USA as the largest economy in the world.

·         SOUTH AMERICA comprises 12 countries. Here is located the largest forest, the Amazon rainforest, which covers 30% of the South America total area.

·         ANTARCTICA is the coldest continent in the world, completely covered with ice. There are no permanent inhabitants, except of scientists maintaining research stations in Antarctica.

·         EUROPE comprises 51 countries. It is the most developed economically continent with the European Union as the biggest economic and political union in the world.

·         AUSTRALIA includes 14 countries. It is the least populated continent after Antarctica, only 0.3% of the total Earth population live here.

Continents by area from largest to smallest
Rank	Continent	Total Area (sq. km)	Total Area (sq. mi)
1	Asia	44,579,000	17,212,000
2	Africa	30,370,000	11,730,000
3	North America	24,709,000	9,540,000
4	South America	17,840,000	6,890,000
5	Antarctica	14,000,000	5,400,000
6	Europe	10,180,000	3,930,000
7	Australia	8,600,000	3,300,000