Regions in the world by population (2025)

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
(2025)
Yearly
Change
Net
Change
Density
(P/Km²)
Area
(Km²)
Migrants
(net)
Fert.
Rate
Median
Age
Urban
Pop %
World
Share
1 Asia 4,835,320,060 0.59% 28,422,053 156 31,033,131 −2,389,647 1.87 32.5 53.6% 58.74%
2 Africa 1,549,867,579 2.29% 34,726,730 52 29,648,481 −377,785 3.95 19.3 45% 18.83%
3 Europe 744,398,832 −0.09% −684,992 34 22,134,900 1,478,090 1.41 42.8 75.9% 9.04%
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 667,888,552 0.67% 4,422,480 33 20,139,378 −406,036 1.78 31.7 85.5% 8.11%
5 Northern America 387,528,403 0.58% 2,233,298 21 18,651,660 1,556,592 1.59 38.7 82.5% 4.71%
6 Oceania 46,609,644 1.13% 520,928 5 8,486,460 140,121 2.13 33.4 66.2% 0.57%

World Population by Region in 1950

# Region Population
(2025)
World
Share
1 Asia 1,368,075,415 54.87%
2 Europe 548,867,473 22.02%
3 Africa 227,776,419 9.14%
4 Northern America 168,009,338 6.74%
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 167,782,158 6.73%
6 Oceania 12,582,044 0.50%

World Population by Region in 2050

# Region Population
(2025)
World
Share
1 Asia 5,280,378,401 54.64%
2 Africa 2,466,647,618 25.52%
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 730,056,747 7.55%
4 Europe 703,027,759 7.27%
5 Northern America 426,579,885 4.41%
6 Oceania 57,688,178 0.60%