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{{For|a more detailed list of populations by continental regions and subregions|List of continents and continental subregions by population}} |
{{For|a more detailed list of populations by continental regions and subregions|List of continents and continental subregions by population}} |
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The following table provides areas given by the ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'' for each continent in accordance with the seven-continent model, including [[Australasia]] along with [[Melanesia]], [[Micronesia]], and [[Polynesia]] as parts of Oceania. It also provides populations of continents according to {{UN_Population|Year}} estimates by the [[United Nations Statistics Division]] based on the [[United Nations geoscheme]], which includes all of Egypt (including the [[Isthmus of Suez]] and the [[Sinai Peninsula]]) as a part of Africa, all of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Indonesia (including [[Western New Guinea]],) Kazakhstan, and Turkey (including [[East Thrace]]) as parts of Asia, all of Russia (including [[Siberia]]) as a part of Europe, all of Panama and the United States (including [[Hawaii]]) as parts of North America, and all of Chile (including [[Easter Island]]) as a part of South America. |
The following table provides areas given by the ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''{{better source needed}} for each continent in accordance with the seven-continent model, including [[Australasia]] along with [[Melanesia]], [[Micronesia]], and [[Polynesia]] as parts of Oceania. It also provides populations of continents according to {{UN_Population|Year}} estimates by the [[United Nations Statistics Division]] based on the [[United Nations geoscheme]], which includes all of Egypt (including the [[Isthmus of Suez]] and the [[Sinai Peninsula]]) as a part of Africa, all of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Indonesia (including [[Western New Guinea]],) Kazakhstan, and Turkey (including [[East Thrace]]) as parts of Asia, all of Russia (including [[Siberia]]) as a part of Europe, all of Panama and the United States (including [[Hawaii]]) as parts of North America, and all of Chile (including [[Easter Island]]) as a part of South America. |
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