How many continents are there in the world

# Country Population (2020) Land Area (Km²) Density (P/Km²) 1 U.S.A. 331,002,651 9,147,420 36 2 Mexico 128,932,753 1,943,950 66 3 Canada 37,742,154 9,093,510 4 4 Guatemala 17,915,568 107,160 167 5 Haiti 11,402,528 27,560 414 6 Cuba 11,326,616 106,440 106 7 Dominican Republic 10,847,910 48,320 225 8 Honduras 9,904,607 111,890 89 9 Nicaragua 6,624,554 120,340 55 10 El Salvador 6,486,205 20,720 313 11 Costa Rica 5,094,118 51,060 100 12 Panama 4,314,767 74,340 58 13 Jamaica 2,961,167 10,830 273 14 Puerto Rico 2,860,853 8,870 323 15 Trinidad and Tobago 1,399,488 5,130 273 16 Guadeloupe 400,124 1,690 237 17 Belize 397,628 22,810 17 18 Bahamas 393,244 10,010 39 19 Martinique 375,265 1,060 354 20 Barbados 287,375 430 668 21 Saint Lucia 183,627 610 301 22 Curaçao 164,093 444 370 23 Grenada 112,523 340 331 24 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 110,940 390 284 25 Aruba 106,766 180 593 26 United States Virgin Islands 104,425 350 298 27 Antigua and Barbuda 97,929 440 223 28 Dominica 71,986 750 96 29 Cayman Islands 65,722 240 274 30 Bermuda 62,278 50 1,246 31 Greenland 56,770 410,450 0 32 Saint Kitts and Nevis 53,199 260 205 33 Sint Maarten 42,876 34 1,261 34 Turks and Caicos Islands 38,717 950 41 35 Saint Martin 38,666 53 730 36 British Virgin Islands 30,231 150 202 37 Caribbean Netherlands 26,223 328 80 38 Anguilla 15,003 90 167 39 Saint Barthélemy 9,877 21 470 40 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 5,794 230 25 41 Montserrat 4,992 100 50

The world has 7 continents and/or continents. That's the short answer you heard in school until mid-2022. Yet not everyone agrees on this, because we now have 8 continents and/or continents. In this article we explain what exactly a continent or continent is and why there is so much disagreement about the number of continents in our world. We also have a handy list at the bottom of this page with all 'accepted' continents in order from largest to smallest. More Worldly Articles: • • • • • • • Table of contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • What is a continent? The word continent is used to distinguish between several major land areas. They are continents of the Earth into which the entire land surface of the planet is divided. All of the Earth's continents together make up about a third of the planet's total surface. The fact is that more than two thirds of the earth's surface is covered with water. Earth's landmasses are unevenly distributed, with two-thirds of the continental landmass being located in the Northern Hemisphere (the upper half of the world, north of the equator). If you're wondering why that is, it's just a feature of our current point in the Continents How and when did continents form? The 7 continents as we know them today used to be completely different. Due to the shifting of tectonic plates (something that is still going on today), different continents have broken up or come together again. A beautiful and clearly visible example of this is the count...

7 continents of the world: The Earth consists of 71% and 29% of landmasses. These landmasses are further divided into continents. These are Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Oceania and Antarctica. Let us take a look at each of these continents and their countries. 1- Asia It is the largest continent in the world both in terms of area and population. It comprises 48 nations and 60% of the world's population. Spanning over an area of 44,579,000 sq. km., the continent borders the Pacific Ocean in the east, the Arctic Ocean in the north, the Indian Ocean in the south, and Europe to the west. The Ural Mountains separate it from Europe and the Sinai Peninsula & Red sea separate it from Africa. The continent houses the world's highest mountain ranges, two most populous countries, among other superlatives. Also Read | 2- Africa It is the second-largest continent in the world after Asia both by area and population. It comprises 54 countries and over 16% of the world's population. The continent is spread over an area of 30,370,000 sq. km. and is bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, on the east by the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, and on the south by the Atlantic and Indian oceans. All three latitudes-- the Equator, Tropic of Cancer, and Tropic of Capricorn pass through Africa. 3- North America It is the third-largest continent on the Earth in terms of area and fourth-largest in terms of population. It comprises 23 natio...