Continent is a large portion of land surrounded by the ocean (s). Millions of years ago there was only one continent – Pangea. Over the years the portions of land (tectonic plates) have been separating.

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From the division of this terrestrial space come the six continents of the world: America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania and Antarctica (or Antarctica).

To learn more about the formation of the continents, read also the articles: Continental Drift and Pangea.

America, in turn, is divided into three: North America, Central America and South America, which are thus called sub-continents.

Main Features

Asia

The extent of Asia is so vast that almost a third of the planet’s land extent is part of that continent that contains 11 time zones.

Asia also stands out in terms of population, where the inhabitants represent almost 50% of the world’s population.

Interestingly, the country with the smallest number of inhabitants in the world is located in Asia. This is Mongolia.

List of all countries in Asia:

Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq

Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal North Korea Oman Pakistan

Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Taiwan Thailand Tajikistan Turkmenistan Turkey United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

America

In America the North is located the world’s largest island – Greenland, as well as the second largest country in the world – Canada.

In Central America, the Mayan civilization originated – an incredible society that stood out for the advances shown in art, architecture, mathematics, as well as medicine.

In America of the South, in turn, is located in the Amazon Forest, the region with the highest bio diversity of the world.

List of all countries in America, including North America and South America:

Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba

Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua

Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela

Africa

Africa is the poorest continent in the world. There are six African Portuguese Speaking Countries (PALOP): Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe.

List of all countries in Africa:

Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia

Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia

Niger Nigeria Republic of the Congo Rwanda São Tomé and Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Antarctica

Antarctica, or South Pole, is the coldest and driest place on the planet.

Note that the North Pole is not a continent since there is no land portion; it is all covered with ice, while in the South Pole the ice layer corresponds to 90% of its territory.

The fact that it has no countries, as well as the lack of population, means that Antarctica is not considered a continent for some authors.

Europe

Europe is the cradle of our culture. On this continent, the European Union (EU) is the largest global economic bloc, of which only 28 European countries (out of a total of 50 countries) are part.

List of all countries in Europe:

Albania Andorra Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece

Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Macedonia

Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City

Oceania

According to Countryaah, Australia is the largest country in Oceania, occupying 90% of its entire length. Oceania is known as the “New World”, given its discovery dating from 1770.

List of all countries in Oceania:

Australia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia

Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa

Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Transcontinentality

There are countries that are located on two continents and that is why they are called “Transcontinental Nations”. This is the case, for example, in Russia (Asia and Europe), Turkey (Asia and Europe), Egypt (Africa and Asia).

There is also a city called the continental bi – Istanbul, Turkey. It is the only city in the world divided between two continents (Asia and Europe).

There are no flags that represent each of the continents. Yes, there is an emblem on which five continents are represented.

These are the Olympic rings, which symbolize the union in sport on the African, American, Asian, European and oceanic continents.

Longer Continents

1st	Asia	45 million km
2nd	America	42 million km (North America – 23 million km; Central America – 523 thousand km; South America – 18 million km)
3rd	Africa	30 million km
4th	Antarctica	14 million km (this number increases about twice in winter, given the freezing waters)
5th	Europe	10 million km
6th	Oceania	8 million km

Most Populated Continents

1st	Asia	4 billion inhabitants
2nd	Africa	1.2 billion inhabitants
3rd	America	1 billion inhabitants
4th	Europe	800 million inhabitants
5th	Oceania	32 million inhabitants

Most Populated Countries and Their Respect Capitals

Asia

According to bridgat, Asia has a total of 50 countries, of which the 10 most populous are:

Countries	Capitals	Approximate Population
China	Beijing	1,338,612,000
India	New Delhi	1,210,193,000
Indonesia	Jakarta	237,512,000
Pakistan	Islamabad	170,600,000
Bangladesh	Dhaka	154,037,000
Japan	Tokyo	127,433,000
Philippines	Manila	96,061,000
Vietnam	Hanoi	91,519,000
Will	Tehran	75,149,000
Thailand	Bangkok	67,448,000

America

America has a total of 36 countries. Let’s look at the division by the subcontinents:

The North America has four countries:

Countries	Capitals	Approximate Population
USA	Washington	318,900,000
Mexico	Mexico City	122,300,000
Greenland	Nuuk	56,483,000
Canada	Ottawa	35,160,000

The Central America has 20 countries, of which the five most populous are:

Countries	Capitals	Approximate Population
Guatemala	Guatemala City	15,470,000
Cuba	Havana	11,270,000
Honduras	Tegucigalpa	8,098,000
El Salvador	Salvador	6,340,000
Nicaragua	Managua	6,080,000

The South America has 12 countries, of which the five most populous are:

Countries	Capitals	Approximate Population
Brazil	Brasilia	200,400,000
Argentina	Buenos Aires	41,450,000
Colombia	Bogota	48,320,000
Venezuela	Caracas	30,410,000
Peru	lime	30,380,000

Africa

Africa has a total of 54 countries, of which the 10 most populous are:

Countries	Capitals	Approximate Population
Nigeria	Abuja	173,600,000
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	94,100,000
Egypt	Cairo	82,060,000
Democratic Republic of Congo	Kinshasa	67,510,000
South Africa	Pretoria (Executive), Bloemfontein (Judiciary), Cape Town (Legislative)	52,980,000
Tanzania	Dodoma	49,250,000
Kenya	Nairobi	44,350,000
Algeria	Algiers	39,210,000
Sudan	Khartoum	37,960,000
Uganda	Kampala	37,580,000

Europe

Europe has a total of 50 countries, of which the 10 most populous are:

Countries	Capitals	Approximate Population
Russia	Moscow	143,500,000
Germany	Berlin	80,620,000
Turkey	Ankara	74,930,000
France	Paris	66,030,000
United Kingdom	London	64,100,000
Italy	Pomegranate	59,830,000
Spain	Madrid	47,270,000
Ukraine	Kiev	45,490,000
Poland	Warsaw	38,530,000
Romania	Bucharest	19,960,000

Oceania

Oceania has a total of 14 countries and more than 10,000 islands. The 5 most populous countries are:

Countries	Capitals	Approximate Population
Australia	Canberra	23,130,000
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	7,321,000
New Zealand	Wellington	4,471,000
Fiji	Suva	881,065,000
Solomon Islands	Honiara	561,231,000

Antarctica

There are no countries in Antarctica. This continent is a World Heritage Site and signatories to the Antarctic Treaty have the right to conduct investigations there.

There are 12 initial countries, a number that has been extended and includes the following nations:

South Africa	Chile	Finland	Netherlands	Turkey
Germany	China	France	Peru	Ukraine
Argentina	North Korea	India	Poland	Uruguay
Australia	South Korea	Italy	Portugal
Belgium	Ecuador	Japan	United Kingdom
Brazil	Spain	Norway	Russia
Bulgaria	United States	New Zealand	Sweden

Oceans Bathing the Continents

Here are the oceans that bathe each continent:

Continents	Oceans
Asia	Arctic, Pacific and Indian Glacier
America	Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic Glacier
Africa	Atlantic and Indian
Antarctica	Pacific, Atlantic and Indian
Europe	Atlantic
Oceania	Pacific and Indian

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