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58 Area, population and population growth. Continents and regions
Continents and regions Surface area1 in 1 000 km2. 2011 Mid-year estimates (million) Annual growth rate, per cent Per 1 000 mean population. 2011 Density per km2. 2011
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2011 2010-2015 Live births Deaths
World, total  136 127 2 520 3 024 3 697 4 442 5 280 6 086 6 896 6 974 1.1 19 8 51
Africa 30 312  224  282  364  479  636  812 1 022 1 046 2.3 34 11 35
Eastern Africa 6 361 65 82  109  146  198  256  324  332 2.6 37 10 52
Middle Africa 6 613 26 32 41 54 73 96  127  130 2.5 40 15 20
Northern Africa 8 525 53 67 86  112  144  175  210  213 1.6 23 6 25
Southern Africa 2 675 16 20 26 33 42 52 58 58 0.6 21 14 22
Western Africa 6 138 64 80  102  134  178  234  304  312 2.6 38 12 51
Latin America 20 546  167  219  285  362  444  523  590  597 1.1 18 6 29
Caribbean  234 17 20 25 29 34 38 42 42 0.7 17 7  179
Central America 2 480 37 50 68 91  113  136  156  158 1.3 20 5 64
South America 17 832  113  148  192  242  297  349  393  397 1.0 17 6 22
North America 21 776  172  204  232  256  283  315  345  348 0.9 13 8 16
Asia2 31 880 1 396 1 699 2 140 2 630 3 169 3 676 4 164 4 207 1.0 17 7  132
Eastern Asia 11 763  671  792  987 1 178 1 350 1 479 1 574 1 581 0.4 12 8  134
Southern Asia 10 791  496  617  780  978 1 226 1 485 1 765 1 790 1.4 22 8  166
Southeast Asia 4 495  178  223  286  358  440  519  593  600 1.1 18 6  133
Western Asia 4 831 51 67 88  116  154  193  232  237 1.9 23 5 49
Europe3 23 049  547  604  656  692  721  728  738  739 0.1 11 11 32
Eastern Europe 18 814  220  254  276  295  311  305  295  294 -0.2 11 14 16
Northern Europe 1 810 77 81 86 89 92 94 99  100 0.5 12 10 55
Southern Europe 1 317  109  118  127  138  143  146  155  156 0.3 10 10  118
Western Europe 1 108  141  152  166  170  176  184  189  189 0.2 10 10  171
Oceania 8 564 12.8 15.9 19.6 22.9 26.7 30.9 36.6 37.0 1.5 17 7 4
Australia and New Zealand 8 012 10.1 12.6 15.5 17.8 20.3 22.9 26.6 27.0 1.3 14 7 3
Melanesia  541 2.3 2.7 3.4 4.4 5.5 6.9 8.7 9.0 2.0 28 7 17
Micronesia 3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.2 20 5  181
Polynesia 8 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 21 6 85
1  Including freshwater (lakes). The Antarctica (14 100 km2) not included.
2  Not included Russia, included Turkey.
3  Included Russia, not included Turkey.
Source: UN, Statistics Finland and Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/  tp://www.ssb.no/ , http://www.un.org/ and  http://www.stat.fi/ 

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