A continent is any of several large geographical regions. Continents are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria. A continent could be a single landmass or a part of a very large landmass, as in the case of Asia or Europe. Due to this, the number of continents varies; up to seven or as few as four geographical regions are commonly regarded as continents. Most English-speaking countries  recognize seven regions as continents. In order from largest to smallest in area, these seven regions are Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.[1] Different variations with fewer continents merge some of these regions; examples of this are merging North America and South America into America, Asia and Europe into Eurasia, and Africa, Asia, and Europe into Afro-Eurasia.

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The seven-continent model is probably the most widely taught. There are however other ways of grouping countries into continents.



List of the seven continents
Ranked by current population

#	Continent	Population
(2024)	Area
(Km²)	Density
(P/Km²)	World Population
Share
1	Asia	4,806,898,006	31,033,131	155	58.89%
2	Africa	1,515,140,850	29,648,481	51	18.56%
3	Europe	743,230,911	22,134,710	34	9.11%
4	North America	613,149,877	21,330,000	29	7.51%
5	South America	435,611,301	17,461,112	25	5.34%
6	Australia/Oceania	46,502,478	8,486,460	5	0.57%
7	Antarctica	0	13,720,000	0	0.00%


Which continent does Russia belong to?
Russia is part of both Europe and Asia. In the 7 continent model in fact, it is not always clear where to place Russia. In the map pictured above Russia is divided into two parts (European Russia and the "Asian part" of the Russian Federation) along the Ural Mountains line, from the source of the Ural River down to the Greater Caucasus from the Caspian Sea to the Black Sea (following the modern definition of Europe as provided by the National Geographic Society). However, in the list of continents, we had to place Russia in one continent or the other, so we placed it in Europe, following the United Nations classification.

About 75% of the Russian population lives in the European continent. On the other hand, 75% of Russian territory is located in Asia.

Which continent does Hawaii belong to?
None. Hawaii is politically part of North America, but geographically it is not part of any continent.

Asia (/ˈeɪʒə/ ⓘ AY-zhə, UK also /ˈeɪʃə/ AY-shə) is the largest continent[note 1][10][11] in the world by both land area and population.[11] It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres,[note 2] about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which has long been home to the majority of the human population,[12] was the site of many of the first civilisations. Its 4.7 billion people[13] constitute roughly 60% of the world's population.[14]

Asia

#	Country	Population
(2024)	Land Area
(Km²)	Density
(P/Km²)
1	India	1,450,935,791	2,973,190	488
2	China	1,419,321,278	9,388,211	151
3	Indonesia	283,487,931	1,811,570	156
4	Pakistan	251,269,164	770,880	326
5	Bangladesh	173,562,364	130,170	1,333
6	Japan	123,753,041	364,555	339
7	Philippines	115,843,670	298,170	389
8	Vietnam	100,987,686	310,070	326
9	Iran	91,567,738	1,628,550	56
10	Turkey	87,473,805	769,630	114
11	Thailand	71,668,011	510,890	140
12	Myanmar	54,500,091	653,290	83
13	South Korea	51,717,590	97,230	532
14	Iraq	46,042,015	434,320	106
15	Afghanistan	42,647,492	652,860	65
16	Yemen	40,583,164	527,970	77
17	Uzbekistan	36,361,859	425,400	85
18	Malaysia	35,557,673	328,550	108
19	Saudi Arabia	33,962,757	2,149,690	16
20	Nepal	29,651,054	143,350	207
21	North Korea	26,498,823	120,410	220
22	Syria	24,672,760	183,630	134
23	Taiwan	23,213,962	35,410	656
24	Sri Lanka	23,103,565	62,710	368
25	Kazakhstan	20,592,571	2,699,700	8
26	Cambodia	17,638,801	176,520	100
27	Jordan	11,552,876	88,780	130
28	United Arab Emirates	11,027,129	83,600	132
29	Tajikistan	10,590,927	139,960	76
30	Azerbaijan	10,336,577	82,658	125
31	Israel	9,387,021	21,640	434
32	Laos	7,769,819	230,800	34
33	Turkmenistan	7,494,498	469,930	16
34	Hong Kong	7,414,909	1,050	7,062
35	Kyrgyzstan	7,186,009	191,800	37
36	Singapore	5,832,387	700	8,332
37	Lebanon	5,805,962	10,230	568
38	State of Palestine	5,495,443	6,020	913
39	Oman	5,281,538	309,500	17
40	Kuwait	4,934,507	17,820	277
41	Georgia	3,807,670	69,490	55
42	Mongolia	3,475,540	1,553,560	2
43	Qatar	3,048,423	11,610	263
44	Armenia	2,973,840	28,470	104
45	Bahrain	1,607,049	760	2,115
46	Timor-Leste	1,400,638	14,870	94
47	Cyprus	1,358,282	9,240	147
48	Bhutan	791,524	38,117	21
49	Macao	720,262	30	24,009
50	Maldives	527,799	300	1,759
51	Brunei Darussalam	462,721	5,270	88

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surface area.[9] With nearly 1.4 billion people as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human population. Africa's population is the youngest among all the continents;[10][11] the median age in 2012 was 19.7, when the worldwide median age was 30.4.[12] Based on 2024 projections, Africa's population will reach 3.8 billion people by 2099.[13] Africa is the least wealthy inhabited continent per capita and second-least wealthy by total wealth, ahead of Oceania. Scholars have attributed this to different factors including geography, climate,[14] corruption,[14] colonialism, the Cold War,[15][16] and neocolonialism. Despite this low concentration of wealth, recent economic expansion and a large and young population make Africa an important economic market in the broader global context. Africa has a large quantity of natural resources and food resources, including diamonds, sugar, salt, gold, iron, cobalt, uranium, copper, bauxite, silver, petroleum, natural gas, cocoa beans, and tropical fruit.

Africa

#	Country	Population
(2024)	Land Area
(Km²)	Density
(P/Km²)
1	Nigeria	232,679,478	910,770	255
2	Ethiopia	132,059,767	1,000,000	132
3	Egypt	116,538,258	995,450	117
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	109,276,265	2,267,050	48
5	Tanzania	68,560,157	885,800	77
6	South Africa	64,007,187	1,213,090	53
7	Kenya	56,432,944	569,140	99
8	Sudan	50,448,963	1,765,048	29
9	Uganda	50,015,092	199,810	250
10	Algeria	46,814,308	2,381,740	20
11	Morocco	38,081,173	446,300	85
12	Angola	37,885,849	1,246,700	30
13	Mozambique	34,631,766	786,380	44
14	Ghana	34,427,414	227,540	151
15	Madagascar	31,964,956	581,795	55
16	Côte d'Ivoire	31,934,230	318,000	100
17	Cameroon	29,123,744	472,710	62
18	Niger	27,032,412	1,266,700	21
19	Mali	24,478,595	1,220,190	20
20	Burkina Faso	23,548,781	273,600	86
21	Malawi	21,655,286	94,280	230
22	Zambia	21,314,956	743,390	29
23	Chad	20,299,123	1,259,200	16
24	Somalia	19,009,151	627,340	30
25	Senegal	18,501,984	192,530	96
26	Zimbabwe	16,634,373	386,850	43
27	Guinea	14,754,785	245,720	60
28	Benin	14,462,724	112,760	128
29	Rwanda	14,256,567	24,670	578
30	Burundi	14,047,786	25,680	547
31	Tunisia	12,277,109	155,360	79
32	South Sudan	11,943,408	610,952	20
33	Togo	9,515,236	54,390	175
34	Sierra Leone	8,642,022	72,180	120
35	Libya	7,381,023	1,759,540	4
36	Congo	6,332,961	341,500	19
37	Liberia	5,612,817	96,320	58
38	Central African Republic	5,330,690	622,980	9
39	Mauritania	5,169,395	1,030,700	5
40	Eritrea	3,535,603	101,000	35
41	Namibia	3,030,131	823,290	4
42	Gambia	2,759,988	10,120	273
43	Gabon	2,538,952	257,670	10
44	Botswana	2,521,139	566,730	4
45	Lesotho	2,337,423	30,360	77
46	Guinea-Bissau	2,201,352	28,120	78
47	Equatorial Guinea	1,892,516	28,050	67
48	Mauritius	1,271,169	2,030	626
49	Eswatini	1,242,822	17,200	72
50	Djibouti	1,168,722	23,180	50
51	Réunion	878,591	2,500	351
52	Comoros	866,628	1,861	466
53	Western Sahara	590,506	266,000	2
54	Cabo Verde	524,877	4,030	130
55	Mayotte	326,505	375	871
56	Sao Tome and Principe	235,536	960	245
57	Seychelles	130,418	460	284
58	Saint Helena	5,237	390	13

North America is a continent[b] in the Northern  and Western Hemispheres.[c] North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean. The region includes the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, the Caribbean, Central America, Clipperton Island, Greenland, Mexico, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the United States.

North America

#	Country	Population
(2024)	Land Area
(Km²)	Density
(P/Km²)
1	U.S.A.	345,426,571	9,147,420	38
2	Mexico	130,861,007	1,943,950	67
3	Canada	39,742,430	9,093,510	4
4	Guatemala	18,406,359	107,160	172
5	Haiti	11,772,557	27,560	427
6	Dominican Republic	11,427,557	48,320	236
7	Cuba	10,979,783	106,440	103
8	Honduras	10,825,703	111,890	97
9	Nicaragua	6,916,140	120,340	57
10	El Salvador	6,338,193	20,720	306
11	Costa Rica	5,129,910	51,060	100
12	Panama	4,515,577	74,340	61
13	Puerto Rico	3,242,204	8,870	366
14	Jamaica	2,839,175	10,830	262
15	Trinidad and Tobago	1,507,782	5,130	294
16	Belize	417,072	22,810	18
17	Bahamas	401,283	10,010	40
18	Guadeloupe	375,106	1,690	222
19	Martinique	343,195	1,060	324
20	Barbados	282,467	430	657
21	Curaçao	185,482	444	418
22	Saint Lucia	179,744	610	295
23	Grenada	117,207	340	345
24	Aruba	108,066	180	600
25	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100,616	390	258
26	Antigua and Barbuda	93,772	440	213
27	United States Virgin Islands	84,905	350	243
28	Cayman Islands	74,457	240	310
29	Dominica	66,205	750	88
30	Bermuda	64,636	50	1,293
31	Greenland	55,840	410,450	0
32	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,843	260	180
33	Turks and Caicos Islands	46,535	950	49
34	Sint Maarten	43,350	34	1,275
35	British Virgin Islands	39,471	150	263
36	Caribbean Netherlands	30,675	328	94
37	Saint Martin	26,129	53	493
38	Anguilla	14,598	90	162
39	Saint Barthélemy	11,258	21	536
40	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,628	230	24
41	Montserrat	4,389	100	44

South America is a continent[g] entirely in the Western Hemisphere[h] and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern subregion of the Americas.

South America

#	Country	Population
(2024)	Land Area
(Km²)	Density
(P/Km²)
1	Brazil	211,998,573	8,358,140	25
2	Colombia	52,886,363	1,109,500	48
3	Argentina	45,696,159	2,736,690	17
4	Peru	34,217,848	1,280,000	27
5	Venezuela	28,405,543	882,050	32
6	Chile	19,764,771	743,532	27
7	Ecuador	18,135,478	248,360	73
8	Bolivia	12,413,315	1,083,300	11
9	Paraguay	6,929,153	397,300	17
10	Uruguay	3,386,588	175,020	19
11	Guyana	831,087	196,850	4
12	Suriname	634,431	156,000	4
13	French Guiana	308,522	82,200	4
14	Falkland Islands	3,470	12,170	0

The continent of Australia, sometimes known in technical contexts by the names Sahul  (/səˈhuːl/), Australia-New Guinea, Australinea, or Meganesia to distinguish it from the country of Australia,[1][2][3] is located within the Southern and Eastern hemispheres.[4] The continent includes mainland Australia, Tasmania, the island of New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and Western New Guinea), the Aru Islands, the Ashmore and Cartier Islands, most of the Coral Sea Islands, and some other nearby islands. Situated in the geographical region of Oceania, Australia is the smallest of the seven traditional continents.

Australia/Oceania

#	Country	Population
(2024)	Land Area
(Km²)	Density
(P/Km²)
1	Australia	26,713,205	7,682,300	3
2	Papua New Guinea	10,576,502	452,860	23
3	New Zealand	5,213,944	263,310	20
4	Fiji	928,784	18,270	51
5	Solomon Islands	819,198	27,990	29
6	Micronesia	526,923	700	753
7	Vanuatu	327,777	12,190	27
8	New Caledonia	292,639	18,280	16
9	French Polynesia	281,807	3,660	77
10	Samoa	218,019	2,830	77
11	Guam	167,777	540	311
12	Kiribati	134,518	810	166
13	Tonga	104,175	720	145
14	American Samoa	46,765	200	234
15	Northern Mariana Islands	44,278	460	96
16	Marshall Islands	37,548	180	209
17	Palau	17,695	460	38
18	Cook Islands	13,729	240	57
19	Nauru	11,947	20	597
20	Wallis and Futuna Islands	11,277	140	81
21	Tuvalu	9,646	30	322
22	Tokelau	2,506	10	251
23	Niue	1,819	260	7

Antarctica (/ænˈtɑːrktɪkə/ ⓘ)[note 1] is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean  (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of 14,200,000 km2 (5,500,000 sq mi). Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of 1.9 km (1.2 mi).

Zokors are Asiatic burrowing rodents  resembling mole-rats. They include two genera: Myospalax and Eospalax. Zokors are native to much of China, Kazakhstan, and Siberian Russia.

The Asian golden cat (Catopuma temminckii) is a medium-sized wild cat  native to the northeastern Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and China. It has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 2025, and is threatened by poaching and habitat destruction, since Southeast Asian forests are undergoing the world's fastest regional deforestation.[1]

Colocasia is a genus[3][4] of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Some species are widely cultivated and naturalized in other tropical and subtropical regions.[1][5] The species C. esculenta (taro) is invasive in wetlands along the Gulf Coast of the United States, where it threatens to displace native wetland plants.[6]

English: Location taken: the National Arboretum, Washington DC. Names: Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott, Alcocaz, Amadoembie, Amadumbe, Amateke, Arum, Bai Bon, Black Magic, Black Taro, Bon, Bon Chin Dam, Bon Nam, Callaloo, Coco Yam, Cocoyam, Colocasia, Colocasie, Dachine, Dalo, Dasheen, Daun Keladi, Edda, Eddo, Eddoe, Eddy Root, Elephant Ear, Elephant´s Ear, Elephant´s-Ear, Elephant's Ear, Elephant's-Ear, Gabi (gulay), Giant Elephant Ear, Gölevez, Green Taro, Gwaza, Inhame, Inhame-Branco, Inhame-Da-áfrica, Inhame-Da-Costa, Kalo, Katchu, Khoai Môn, Khoai Nc, Khoai nước, Kolokasie, Kolokázie jedlá, Kolokazja jadalna, Kontomire, Madumbe, Malanga, Pheuak, Phuak (Phueak), Poi, Potato of the Tropics, Purple-Leaf Taro, Sato Imo, T´a Ro T´o Ran, Taaro, Taioba-De-São-Tomé, Talas (Indonesia), Talo, Taro, Taro Potato, Tayoba, Valgomoji kolokazija, Wild Taro, Yamswurzel, Yu, Yu Tou, Таро (растение), अरबी सब्जी, अळू, कच्छु, কচু, અળવી (વનસ્પતિ), ಕೆಸು, ചേമ്പ്, താള്, ტარო (ტროპიკული მცენარე), サトイモ, 芋, 토 Classification: Plantae > Magnoliophyta > Liliopsida > Alismatales > Araceae > Colocasieae > Colocasia > Colocasia esculenta.
Date	10 September 2005
Source	source: David Stang. First published at ZipcodeZoo.com
Author	Photo by David J. Stang

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Asia (/ˈeɪʒə/ ⓘ AY-zhə, UK also /ˈeɪʃə/ AY-shə) is the largest continent[note 1][10][11] in the world by both land area and population.[11] It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres,[note 2] about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which has long been home to the majority of the human population,[12] was the site of many of the first civilisations. Its 4.7 billion people[13] constitute roughly 60% of the world's population.[14]

Asia

#	Country	Population
(2024)	Land Area
(Km²)	Density
(P/Km²)
1	India	1,450,935,791	2,973,190	488
2	China	1,419,321,278	9,388,211	151
3	Indonesia	283,487,931	1,811,570	156
4	Pakistan	251,269,164	770,880	326
5	Bangladesh	173,562,364	130,170	1,333
6	Japan	123,753,041	364,555	339
7	Philippines	115,843,670	298,170	389
8	Vietnam	100,987,686	310,070	326
9	Iran	91,567,738	1,628,550	56
10	Turkey	87,473,805	769,630	114
11	Thailand	71,668,011	510,890	140
12	Myanmar	54,500,091	653,290	83
13	South Korea	51,717,590	97,230	532
14	Iraq	46,042,015	434,320	106
15	Afghanistan	42,647,492	652,860	65
16	Yemen	40,583,164	527,970	77
17	Uzbekistan	36,361,859	425,400	85
18	Malaysia	35,557,673	328,550	108
19	Saudi Arabia	33,962,757	2,149,690	16
20	Nepal	29,651,054	143,350	207
21	North Korea	26,498,823	120,410	220
22	Syria	24,672,760	183,630	134
23	Taiwan	23,213,962	35,410	656
24	Sri Lanka	23,103,565	62,710	368
25	Kazakhstan	20,592,571	2,699,700	8
26	Cambodia	17,638,801	176,520	100
27	Jordan	11,552,876	88,780	130
28	United Arab Emirates	11,027,129	83,600	132
29	Tajikistan	10,590,927	139,960	76
30	Azerbaijan	10,336,577	82,658	125
31	Israel	9,387,021	21,640	434
32	Laos	7,769,819	230,800	34
33	Turkmenistan	7,494,498	469,930	16
34	Hong Kong	7,414,909	1,050	7,062
35	Kyrgyzstan	7,186,009	191,800	37
36	Singapore	5,832,387	700	8,332
37	Lebanon	5,805,962	10,230	568
38	State of Palestine	5,495,443	6,020	913
39	Oman	5,281,538	309,500	17
40	Kuwait	4,934,507	17,820	277
41	Georgia	3,807,670	69,490	55
42	Mongolia	3,475,540	1,553,560	2
43	Qatar	3,048,423	11,610	263
44	Armenia	2,973,840	28,470	104
45	Bahrain	1,607,049	760	2,115
46	Timor-Leste	1,400,638	14,870	94
47	Cyprus	1,358,282	9,240	147
48	Bhutan	791,524	38,117	21
49	Macao	720,262	30	24,009
50	Maldives	527,799	300	1,759
51	Brunei Darussalam	462,721	5,270	88

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The White-winged Dove has a unique appearance with a white stripe on its wings that becomes prominent during flight. Its plumage is gray-brown with hints of pink on the chest, and it has a blue ring around each eye. 

The bird primarily lives in desert scrublands and ranges from the southwestern United States to parts of South America. Its diet includes seeds, grains, and fruits; it also feeds on the nectar of the saguaro cactus, which helps pollinate them.

The White-winged Dove's cooing sound, often mistaken for an owl's call, adds to the natural sounds of the region.

The Eurasian Collared Dove is a bird with a black crescent at the back of its neck that is native to warm, temperate, and subtropical regions of Asia. It has adapted to various environments, and its diet mainly consists of seeds and grains. 

Moreover, Eurasian Collared Doves are monogamous, laying two eggs in a cozy nest where both parents share the responsibility of incubation. 

This type of dove plays an essential role in seed dispersal and has a unique three-part coo that sounds throughout the day and night.

Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto). Lake Tuzla, Karataş - Adana, Turkey.
Türkçe: Kumru (Streptopelia decaocto).Tuzla, Karataş - Adana, Türkiye.