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| Asia Asia is the largest continent in both size and population. It covers almost a third of the world's land area and has about three-fifths of its people. Asia extends from Africa and Europe in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. The northernmost part of the continent lies within the frozen Arctic. But in the south, Asia ends in the steaming tropics near the equator. | |
| Continent Size: |
44,579,000 sq km -- 17,212,000 sq miles |
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Land Coverage: | 30% of total land |
| Population: |
3,637,249,000 approx. |
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