Global population distribution by continent 1800-2100| ��ƽ��

Annual share of the global population living in each continent from 1800 to 2021, with projections until 2100

Characteristic	Oceania	Africa	Americas	Europe	Asia
2100	0.66%	37.83%	10.59%	5.67%	45.24%
2099	0.66%	37.64%	10.62%	5.68%	45.4%
2098	0.66%	37.45%	10.64%	5.69%	45.56%
2097	0.66%	37.26%	10.66%	5.71%	45.72%
2096	0.66%	37.07%	10.68%	5.72%	45.88%
2095	0.65%	36.87%	10.71%	5.73%	46.04%
2094	0.65%	36.67%	10.73%	5.74%	46.21%
2093	0.65%	36.46%	10.76%	5.76%	46.37%
2092	0.65%	36.26%	10.78%	5.77%	46.54%
2091	0.65%	36.05%	10.81%	5.79%	46.71%
2090	0.65%	35.83%	10.83%	5.8%	46.88%
2089	0.65%	35.62%	10.86%	5.82%	47.06%
2088	0.64%	35.39%	10.89%	5.84%	47.23%
2087	0.64%	35.17%	10.92%	5.85%	47.41%
2086	0.64%	34.94%	10.95%	5.87%	47.59%
2085	0.64%	34.71%	10.97%	5.89%	47.78%
2084	0.64%	34.48%	11%	5.91%	47.96%
2083	0.64%	34.25%	11.03%	5.94%	48.15%
2082	0.64%	34.01%	11.06%	5.96%	48.33%
2081	0.63%	33.77%	11.09%	5.98%	48.52%
2080	0.63%	33.53%	11.12%	6.01%	48.71%
2079	0.63%	33.28%	11.15%	6.03%	48.9%
2078	0.63%	33.04%	11.18%	6.06%	49.09%
2077	0.63%	32.79%	11.21%	6.09%	49.28%
2076	0.63%	32.54%	11.24%	6.12%	49.47%
2075	0.63%	32.29%	11.27%	6.15%	49.66%
2074	0.62%	32.04%	11.3%	6.18%	49.86%
2073	0.62%	31.78%	11.33%	6.21%	50.05%
2072	0.62%	31.52%	11.36%	6.24%	50.25%
2071	0.62%	31.26%	11.39%	6.28%	50.44%
2070	0.62%	31%	11.43%	6.31%	50.64%
2069	0.62%	30.74%	11.46%	6.35%	50.84%
2068	0.62%	30.47%	11.49%	6.39%	51.04%
2067	0.62%	30.2%	11.52%	6.43%	51.24%
2066	0.61%	29.93%	11.55%	6.47%	51.44%
2065	0.61%	29.66%	11.58%	6.51%	51.64%
2064	0.61%	29.39%	11.61%	6.56%	51.84%
2063	0.61%	29.11%	11.64%	6.6%	52.04%
2062	0.61%	28.84%	11.67%	6.65%	52.24%
2061	0.61%	28.56%	11.7%	6.69%	52.44%
2060	0.61%	28.28%	11.73%	6.74%	52.64%
2059	0.61%	28%	11.76%	6.79%	52.85%
2058	0.6%	27.72%	11.79%	6.84%	53.05%
2057	0.6%	27.43%	11.83%	6.89%	53.25%
2056	0.6%	27.15%	11.86%	6.94%	53.45%
2055	0.6%	26.87%	11.89%	6.99%	53.64%
2054	0.6%	26.59%	11.93%	7.05%	53.84%
2053	0.6%	26.3%	11.96%	7.1%	54.03%
2052	0.6%	26.02%	12%	7.16%	54.23%
2051	0.6%	25.74%	12.04%	7.21%	54.42%
2050	0.6%	25.45%	12.07%	7.27%	54.61%
2049	0.59%	25.17%	12.11%	7.33%	54.8%
2048	0.59%	24.89%	12.15%	7.39%	54.98%
2047	0.59%	24.61%	12.19%	7.45%	55.17%
2046	0.59%	24.33%	12.23%	7.51%	55.35%
2045	0.59%	24.04%	12.26%	7.57%	55.53%
2044	0.59%	23.76%	12.3%	7.63%	55.71%
2043	0.59%	23.48%	12.34%	7.7%	55.89%
2042	0.59%	23.2%	12.38%	7.76%	56.07%
2041	0.59%	22.92%	12.41%	7.83%	56.25%
2040	0.59%	22.64%	12.45%	7.9%	56.42%
2039	0.58%	22.36%	12.49%	7.97%	56.6%
2038	0.58%	22.08%	12.52%	8.04%	56.77%
2037	0.58%	21.81%	12.56%	8.11%	56.94%
2036	0.58%	21.53%	12.59%	8.19%	57.11%
2035	0.58%	21.25%	12.62%	8.26%	57.28%
2034	0.58%	20.97%	12.66%	8.34%	57.45%
2033	0.58%	20.7%	12.69%	8.42%	57.62%
2032	0.58%	20.42%	12.72%	8.5%	57.78%
2031	0.58%	20.15%	12.75%	8.58%	57.94%
2030	0.58%	19.88%	12.78%	8.66%	58.1%
2029	0.57%	19.61%	12.81%	8.74%	58.26%
2028	0.57%	19.34%	12.84%	8.83%	58.42%
2027	0.57%	19.07%	12.87%	8.91%	58.57%
2026	0.57%	18.81%	12.9%	9%	58.72%
2025	0.57%	18.54%	12.93%	9.09%	58.87%
2024	0.57%	18.28%	12.96%	9.18%	59.01%
2023	0.57%	18.02%	12.99%	9.27%	59.15%
2022**	0.56%	17.76%	13.02%	9.37%	59.29%
2021	0.56%	17.49%	13.06%	9.47%	59.42%
2020	0.56%	17.22%	13.1%	9.57%	59.55%
2019	0.56%	16.98%	13.14%	9.65%	59.68%
2018	0.55%	16.74%	13.17%	9.75%	59.8%
2017	0.55%	16.51%	13.2%	9.84%	59.9%
2016	0.55%	16.29%	13.23%	9.94%	60%
2015	0.54%	16.06%	13.26%	10.04%	60.1%
2014	0.54%	15.84%	13.29%	10.15%	60.18%
2013	0.54%	15.61%	13.32%	10.26%	60.26%
2012	0.53%	15.4%	13.35%	10.37%	60.33%
2011	0.53%	15.21%	13.38%	10.48%	60.4%
2010	0.53%	15%	13.41%	10.6%	60.46%
2009	0.53%	14.81%	13.44%	10.71%	60.51%
2008	0.52%	14.61%	13.47%	10.82%	60.57%
2007	0.52%	14.42%	13.5%	10.93%	60.63%
2006	0.52%	14.24%	13.52%	11.05%	60.68%
2005	0.51%	14.06%	13.54%	11.18%	60.71%
2004	0.51%	13.88%	13.55%	11.31%	60.74%
2003	0.51%	13.71%	13.57%	11.45%	60.76%
2002	0.51%	13.55%	13.58%	11.59%	60.77%
2001	0.51%	13.39%	13.59%	11.75%	60.76%
2000	0.51%	13.24%	13.59%	11.9%	60.76%
1999	0.51%	13.1%	13.59%	12.07%	60.74%
1998	0.51%	12.96%	13.58%	12.23%	60.72%
1997	0.5%	12.82%	13.57%	12.4%	60.7%
1996	0.5%	12.68%	13.56%	12.58%	60.68%
1995	0.5%	12.54%	13.55%	12.75%	60.65%
1994	0.5%	12.42%	13.54%	12.94%	60.61%
1993	0.5%	12.29%	13.53%	13.11%	60.56%
1992	0.5%	12.17%	13.52%	13.29%	60.51%
1991	0.5%	12.06%	13.51%	13.48%	60.45%
1990	0.5%	11.95%	13.52%	13.67%	60.36%
1989	0.5%	11.83%	13.54%	13.86%	60.26%
1988	0.5%	11.72%	13.56%	14.06%	60.15%
1987	0.51%	11.61%	13.6%	14.25%	60.04%
1986	0.51%	11.49%	13.63%	14.45%	59.92%
1985	0.51%	11.37%	13.65%	14.66%	59.81%
1984	0.51%	11.25%	13.68%	14.86%	59.7%
1983	0.51%	11.14%	13.69%	15.07%	59.59%
1982	0.51%	11.02%	13.71%	15.28%	59.47%
1981	0.51%	10.89%	13.73%	15.5%	59.36%
1980	0.52%	10.78%	13.73%	15.71%	59.27%
1979	0.52%	10.66%	13.72%	15.92%	59.18%
1978	0.52%	10.53%	13.71%	16.12%	59.12%
1977	0.53%	10.42%	13.7%	16.32%	59.03%
1976	0.53%	10.31%	13.7%	16.53%	58.93%
1975	0.53%	10.21%	13.7%	16.74%	58.83%
1974	0.53%	10.12%	13.72%	16.95%	58.68%
1973	0.53%	10.04%	13.73%	17.18%	58.51%
1972	0.53%	9.98%	13.75%	17.41%	58.33%
1971	0.53%	9.92%	13.76%	17.63%	58.16%
1970	0.53%	9.86%	13.76%	17.9%	57.95%
1969	0.53%	9.81%	13.78%	18.16%	57.73%
1968	0.53%	9.76%	13.81%	18.42%	57.49%
1967	0.53%	9.7%	13.82%	18.65%	57.3%
1966	0.53%	9.65%	13.83%	18.89%	57.1%
1965	0.53%	9.61%	13.83%	19.13%	56.9%
1964	0.53%	9.58%	13.84%	19.37%	56.68%
1963	0.53%	9.56%	13.85%	19.64%	56.42%
1962	0.53%	9.52%	13.84%	19.87%	56.24%
1961	0.53%	9.45%	13.76%	20%	56.26%
1960	0.52%	9.38%	13.66%	20.12%	56.32%
1959	0.52%	9.32%	13.59%	20.26%	56.31%
1958	0.52%	9.3%	13.53%	20.46%	56.2%
1957	0.52%	9.28%	13.5%	20.68%	56.03%
1956	0.52%	9.26%	13.45%	20.88%	55.89%
1955	0.51%	9.23%	13.41%	21.09%	55.75%
1954	0.51%	9.21%	13.37%	21.31%	55.6%
1953	0.51%	9.18%	13.33%	21.5%	55.48%
1952	0.51%	9.16%	13.3%	21.71%	55.32%
1951	0.51%	9.12%	13.25%	21.9%	55.22%
1950*	0.5%	9.09%	13.19%	22.09%	55.13%
1949	0.49%	9.05%	13.02%	22.15%	55.29%
1948	0.49%	8.99%	12.9%	22.27%	55.36%
1947	0.48%	8.92%	12.76%	22.35%	55.49%
1946	0.48%	8.85%	12.61%	22.46%	55.6%
1945	0.47%	8.77%	12.46%	22.58%	55.72%
1944	0.46%	8.7%	12.31%	22.67%	55.86%
1943	0.46%	8.62%	12.17%	22.74%	56.01%
1942	0.45%	8.55%	12.03%	22.82%	56.14%
1941	0.45%	8.49%	11.92%	22.9%	56.24%
1940	0.45%	8.44%	11.92%	22.95%	56.25%
1939	0.44%	8.4%	11.76%	23.06%	56.34%
1938	0.44%	8.37%	11.71%	23.13%	56.35%
1937	0.44%	8.35%	11.69%	23.21%	56.31%
1936	0.44%	8.33%	11.67%	23.29%	56.27%
1935	0.44%	8.31%	11.64%	23.36%	56.24%
1934	0.44%	8.29%	11.62%	23.44%	56.21%
1933	0.44%	8.27%	11.6%	23.51%	56.18%
1932	0.44%	8.25%	11.57%	23.59%	56.15%
1931	0.44%	8.23%	11.54%	23.66%	56.14%
1930	0.44%	8.21%	11.58%	23.69%	56.08%
1929	0.43%	8.18%	11.43%	23.77%	56.19%
1928	0.43%	8.16%	11.35%	23.81%	56.25%
1927	0.43%	8.13%	11.27%	23.84%	56.34%
1926	0.43%	8.1%	11.18%	23.87%	56.42%
1925	0.42%	8.07%	11.09%	23.91%	56.51%
1924	0.42%	8.04%	11.01%	23.94%	56.6%
1923	0.41%	8.01%	10.92%	23.97%	56.69%
1922	0.41%	7.98%	10.84%	24%	56.77%
1921	0.41%	7.97%	10.75%	24.04%	56.84%
1920	0.41%	7.96%	10.76%	24.07%	56.81%
1919	0.4%	7.96%	10.58%	24.18%	56.88%
1918	0.4%	7.97%	10.49%	24.27%	56.86%
1917	0.4%	8%	10.41%	24.38%	56.81%
1916	0.39%	8.02%	10.32%	24.49%	56.78%
1915	0.39%	8.04%	10.24%	24.6%	56.74%
1914	0.39%	8.06%	10.15%	24.7%	56.7%
1913	0.39%	8.08%	10.07%	24.8%	56.66%
1912	0.39%	8.1%	9.99%	24.9%	56.62%
1911	0.38%	8.12%	9.91%	24.98%	56.61%
1910	0.39%	8.15%	9.9%	25.01%	56.55%
1909	0.38%	8.18%	9.72%	25.08%	56.64%
1908	0.38%	8.21%	9.63%	25.09%	56.69%
1907	0.38%	8.25%	9.53%	25.09%	56.76%
1906	0.37%	8.29%	9.43%	25.08%	56.83%
1905	0.37%	8.33%	9.33%	25.07%	56.9%
1904	0.37%	8.36%	9.24%	25.06%	56.97%
1903	0.37%	8.4%	9.14%	25.05%	57.03%
1902	0.36%	8.44%	9.05%	25.04%	57.1%
1901	0.36%	8.48%	8.96%	25.03%	57.17%
1900	0.36%	8.52%	8.94%	24.98%	57.19%
1899	0.36%	8.56%	8.77%	24.98%	57.34%
1898	0.35%	8.6%	8.67%	24.94%	57.43%
1897	0.35%	8.63%	8.58%	24.9%	57.53%
1896	0.35%	8.67%	8.49%	24.86%	57.64%
1895	0.34%	8.7%	8.39%	24.82%	57.74%
1894	0.34%	8.74%	8.3%	24.78%	57.83%
1893	0.34%	8.78%	8.21%	24.74%	57.93%
1892	0.34%	8.81%	8.12%	24.7%	58.03%
1891	0.33%	8.84%	8.04%	24.66%	58.13%
1890	0.33%	8.88%	8.02%	24.61%	58.16%
1889	0.32%	8.9%	7.85%	24.61%	58.31%
1888	0.32%	8.92%	7.76%	24.59%	58.41%
1887	0.31%	8.94%	7.67%	24.58%	58.49%
1886	0.31%	8.96%	7.58%	24.57%	58.58%
1885	0.3%	8.97%	7.49%	24.56%	58.67%
1884	0.3%	8.99%	7.4%	24.55%	58.76%
1883	0.29%	9.01%	7.31%	24.54%	58.85%
1882	0.29%	9.02%	7.23%	24.53%	58.93%
1881	0.28%	9.04%	7.14%	24.51%	59.03%
1880	0.28%	9.05%	7.13%	24.45%	59.08%
1879	0.28%	9.06%	6.96%	24.44%	59.27%
1878	0.27%	9.07%	6.88%	24.39%	59.4%
1877	0.27%	9.07%	6.79%	24.33%	59.55%
1876	0.26%	9.08%	6.7%	24.27%	59.69%
1875	0.26%	9.08%	6.62%	24.21%	59.83%
1874	0.26%	9.09%	6.53%	24.15%	59.97%
1873	0.25%	9.09%	6.45%	24.09%	60.11%
1872	0.25%	9.09%	6.37%	24.03%	60.25%
1871	0.25%	9.1%	6.29%	23.97%	60.4%
1870	0.25%	9.1%	6.29%	23.87%	60.49%
1869	0.24%	9.09%	6.13%	23.82%	60.72%
1868	0.23%	9.08%	6.06%	23.73%	60.89%
1867	0.23%	9.07%	5.98%	23.64%	61.07%
1866	0.23%	9.06%	5.91%	23.55%	61.26%
1865	0.22%	9.05%	5.83%	23.45%	61.44%
1864	0.22%	9.04%	5.76%	23.36%	61.62%
1863	0.21%	9.03%	5.69%	23.27%	61.8%
1862	0.21%	9.02%	5.62%	23.17%	61.98%
1861	0.21%	9.01%	5.54%	23.07%	62.17%
1860	0.2%	9%	5.52%	22.95%	62.32%
1859	0.19%	8.98%	5.37%	22.87%	62.59%
1858	0.19%	8.96%	5.28%	22.76%	62.81%
1857	0.18%	8.94%	5.18%	22.65%	63.04%
1856	0.17%	8.92%	5.08%	22.54%	63.28%
1855	0.17%	8.9%	4.99%	22.43%	63.51%
1854	0.16%	8.88%	4.9%	22.32%	63.74%
1853	0.16%	8.86%	4.81%	22.21%	63.96%
1852	0.15%	8.84%	4.72%	22.09%	64.19%
1851	0.15%	8.81%	4.64%	22%	64.41%
1850	0.16%	8.78%	4.62%	21.89%	64.55%
1849	0.14%	8.73%	4.47%	21.85%	64.8%
1848	0.14%	8.67%	4.39%	21.81%	64.98%
1847	0.14%	8.62%	4.32%	21.78%	65.15%
1846	0.14%	8.56%	4.24%	21.75%	65.32%
1845	0.14%	8.5%	4.16%	21.72%	65.48%
1844	0.14%	8.44%	4.09%	21.69%	65.64%
1843	0.14%	8.39%	4.02%	21.65%	65.8%
1842	0.13%	8.33%	3.95%	21.62%	65.96%
1841	0.13%	8.28%	3.88%	21.58%	66.12%
1840	0.14%	8.23%	3.87%	21.52%	66.23%
1839	0.13%	8.18%	3.75%	21.49%	66.44%
1838	0.13%	8.14%	3.69%	21.43%	66.6%
1837	0.13%	8.1%	3.63%	21.37%	66.77%
1836	0.13%	8.06%	3.58%	21.3%	66.93%
1835	0.13%	8.02%	3.52%	21.24%	67.09%
1834	0.13%	7.98%	3.47%	21.17%	67.25%
1833	0.13%	7.94%	3.41%	21.11%	67.41%
1832	0.13%	7.9%	3.36%	21.04%	67.56%
1831	0.13%	7.87%	3.31%	20.98%	67.71%
1830	0.14%	7.84%	3.32%	20.91%	67.79%
1829	0.13%	7.82%	3.23%	20.88%	67.95%
1828	0.13%	7.8%	3.19%	20.83%	68.05%
1827	0.13%	7.78%	3.15%	20.79%	68.14%
1826	0.13%	7.77%	3.12%	20.76%	68.23%
1825	0.14%	7.75%	3.08%	20.72%	68.31%
1824	0.14%	7.74%	3.05%	20.69%	68.39%
1823	0.14%	7.73%	3.02%	20.65%	68.46%
1822	0.14%	7.72%	2.99%	20.62%	68.53%
1821	0.14%	7.71%	2.96%	20.58%	68.61%
1820	0.14%	7.72%	2.97%	20.54%	68.62%
1819	0.14%	7.74%	2.89%	20.47%	68.76%
1818	0.14%	7.77%	2.86%	20.42%	68.82%
1817	0.14%	7.8%	2.83%	20.36%	68.87%
1816	0.14%	7.84%	2.79%	20.3%	68.92%
1815	0.14%	7.88%	2.76%	20.25%	68.97%
1814	0.14%	7.91%	2.73%	20.2%	69.01%
1813	0.14%	7.95%	2.7%	20.16%	69.05%
1812	0.14%	7.99%	2.67%	20.11%	69.08%
1811	0.14%	8.02%	2.64%	20.08%	69.12%
1810	0.15%	8.06%	2.66%	20.03%	69.1%
1809	0.15%	8.09%	2.58%	20.01%	69.17%
1808	0.15%	8.1%	2.56%	19.99%	69.2%
1807	0.15%	8.12%	2.54%	19.96%	69.23%
1806	0.15%	8.14%	2.51%	19.94%	69.26%
1805	0.15%	8.16%	2.49%	19.91%	69.29%
1804	0.15%	8.18%	2.47%	19.89%	69.32%
1803	0.15%	8.2%	2.45%	19.86%	69.34%
1802	0.15%	8.22%	2.43%	19.84%	69.37%
1801	0.15%	8.23%	2.41%	19.82%	69.39%
1800	0.16%	8.25%	2.44%	19.82%	69.33%

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July 2022

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Worldwide

Survey time period

1800 to 2021

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*Figures from 1800 to 1949 come from Our World In Data. Figures from 1950-2100 come from UN DESA.

**Figures from 2022 to 2100 are based on the UN's World Population Prospects Report 2022 medium variant projections.

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Between 1800 and 2021, the total population of each continent experienced consistent growth, however as growth rates varied by region, population distribution has fluctuated. In the early 19^th century, almost 70 percent of the world's population lived in Asia, while fewer than 10 percent lived in Africa. By the end of this century, it is believed that Asia's share will fall to roughly 45 percent, while Africa's will be on course to reach 40 percent.

19^th and 20^th centuries

Fewer than 2.5 percent of the world's population lived in the Americas in 1800, however the demographic transition, along with waves of migration, would see this share rise to almost 10 percent a century later, peaking at almost 14 percent in the 1960s. Europe's share of the global population also grew in the 19^th century, to roughly a quarter in 1900, but fell thereafter and saw the largest relative decline during the 20^th century. Asia, which has consistently been the world's most populous continent, saw its population share drop by the mid-1900s, but it has been around 60 percent since the 1970s. It is important to note that the world population has grown from approximately one to eight billion people between 1800 and the 2020s, and that declines in population distribution before 2020 have resulted from different growth rates across the continents.

21^st century

Africa's population share remained fairly constant throughout this time, fluctuating between 7.5 and 10 percent until the late-1900s, but it is set to see the largest change over the 21^st century. As Europe's total population is now falling, and it is estimated that the total populations of Asia and the Americas will fall by the 2050s and 2070s respectively, rapid population growth in Africa will see a significant shift in population distribution. Africa's population is predicted to grow from 1.3 to 3.9 billion people over the next eight decades, and its share of the total population will rise to almost 40 percent. The only other continent whose population will still be growing at this time will be Oceania, although its share of the total population has never been more than 0.7 percent.