Largest Continents in Area
1. Asia - (44,391,162 square km)
2. Africa - (30,244,049 square km)
3. North America - (24,247,039 square km)
4. South America - (17,821,029 square km)
5. Antarctica - (14,245,000 square km)
6. Europe - (10,354,636 square km)
7. Australia - (7,686,884 square km)
Largest Continents in Population
1. Asia - 4,001,623,990 (Over 4 billion)
2. Africa - 934,499,752
3. Europe - 729,871,042 (including all of Russia)
4. North America - 522,807,432
5. South America - 379,919,602
6. Australia - 20,434,176
7. Antarctica - No permanent residents but up to 4000 researchers and personnel in the summer and 1000 in the winter.
Plus, there are more than 15 million people who don't live on a continent. Almost all of these people live in the island countries of Oceania, a world region but not a continent.
reference: http://geography.about.com/od/lists/a/largecontinent.htm
