Regions in the world by population (2024)

Click on each region to view current estimates (live population clock), historical data, list of subregions and countries within the region, and projected figures. Below you will also find what the population for each region was in 1950 and what it will be (as estimated) in 2050.

# Region Population
(2024)
Yearly
Change
Net
Change
Density
(P/Km²)
Area
(Km²)
Migrants
(net)
Fert.
Rate
Med.
Age
Urban
Pop %
World
Share
1 Asia 4,806,898,007 0.6 % 28,893,521155 31,033,131 -2,335,416 1.88 32 52.9 % 58.9 %
2 Africa 1,515,140,849 2.32 % 34,370,32451 29,648,481 -644,272 4.015 19 44.5 % 18.6 %
3 Europe 745,083,824 -0.07 % -519,05134 22,134,900 1,566,027 1.402 43 75.6 % 9.1 %
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 663,466,072 0.69 % 4,574,55533 20,139,378 -382,944 1.799 31 85.2 % 8.1 %
5 Northern America 385,295,105 0.62 % 2,392,36321 18,651,660 1,654,440 1.594 39 82.2 % 4.7 %
6 Oceania 46,088,716 1.15 % 525,9295 8,486,460 142,167 2.137 33 66.1 % 0.6 %

World Population by Region in 1950

#RegionPopulation
(1950)
World
Share
1 Asia 1,368,075,415 54.9 %
2 Europe 548,867,473 22 %
3 Africa 227,776,419 9.1 %
4 Northern America 168,009,338 6.7 %
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 167,782,158 6.7 %
6 Oceania 12,582,044 0.5 %

World Population by Region in 2050

#RegionPopulation
(2050)
World
Share
1 Asia 5,280,378,401 54.6 %
2 Africa 2,466,647,618 25.5 %
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 730,056,747 7.6 %
4 Europe 703,027,759 7.3 %
5 Northern America 426,579,885 4.4 %
6 Oceania 57,688,178 0.6 %