2003 World Population Info.

(from the 2004 World Almanac)

 
Continent
Land Area (sq. km)
Population
% World Pop
Asia:

31,000,000 (21.4%)
3,737,000,000
60.7%
Africa:

29,800,000 (20.5%)

823,000,000
13.4%
Europe:

22,800,000 (15.7%)
729,000,000
11.8%
North America:

21,400,000 (14.8%)
486,000,000
7.9%
South America:

17,500,000 (12.1%)
351,000,000
5.7%
Australia*:

8,400,000 (5.8%)
31,000,000
.5%
Antarctica:

14,000,000 (9.7%)
uninhabited
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World Totals:

145,000,000 sq, km

6,157,000,000
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*includes Oceania

World population now is over 6 billion after doubling in the last 40 years.  

Leading Countries in Population and Area:

Population:
#1 CHINA (1,304,196,000)

#2 INDIA (1,065,462,000)

#3 UNITED STATES (294,043,000)

followed by Indonesia, Brazil and Pakistan

Land Area:

#1 Russia (over 17 million sq. km)

followed by China, Canada, the United States, and Brazil

Languages:

Mandarin Chinese is the world's most widely spoken language (874 million speakers)
Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu, with 426 million speakers), second
Spanish (358 million speakers), third
English (341 million speakers), fourth

Source: Ash, Roger, The Top 10 of Everything. Dorling Kindersley, 2003.
 

The above information came from the following source:

The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2004 (p 855)

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