For statistical convenience, the populations of continental landmasses also include the populations of their associated islands. It is based on estimates published by the united nations in the 2024 revision of world population prospects Un estimates (as of 2017) for world population by continent in 2000 and in 2050 (pie chart size to scale) asia africa europe central/south america north america oceania the regional makeup of the world's has changed dramatically in the past two thousand years
As of 2009, the average birth rate (unclear whether this is the weighted average rate per country [with each country getting a weight of 1], or the unweighted average of the entire world population) for the whole world is 19.95 per year per 1000 total population, a 0.48% decline from 2003's world birth rate of 20.43 per 1000 total population.
World population high, medium, and low projections of the future human world population [1] in world demographics, the world population is the total number of humans currently alive
List of north american countries by population list of oceanian countries by population list of population related meta concepts and meta lists list of south american countries by population categories Lists of countries by population lists of countries by continent List of countries and dependencies by population (united nations)this is the list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by estimated total population
