Statistics
Asia is approximately 17,139,445 square miles making it the largest continent in size and it is also the largest in population with 4,055,000,000 people living there.
Africa is approximately 11,677,239 square miles making it the second largest continent in size; it is also the second largest in population with 1,108,500,000 people living there.
The third largest continent in size is North America. It is 9,361,791 square miles. It is the fourth largest in population having 522,807,432 people.
South America is the fourth largest continent in size, it is 6,800,706 square miles. It is the fifth largest in population with 379,919,602 people living there.
Antarctica is the fifth largest continent in size being 5,500,000 square miles. It has the smallest population having about 4,400 people in the summer and 1,100 people in the winter.
Europe including Russia is 3,997,929 square miles making it the sixth largest continent. Although it is the sixth largest in size it is the third largest in population with 729,871,042 people living there.
Australia is the smallest continent in size being 2,967,909 square miles. It is the sixth in population having 20,434,176 people living on the continent,
The longest river in the world is the Nile River located in Egypt. It is 4,145 miles long.
The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world. It is 63.8 million square miles big.
The Caspian Sea is the largest lake in the world in both volume and surface area. It is about 5521 cubic miles of water and is 143,200 square miles long.
Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. It is located on the border between China and Nepal. It is 29,029 feet tall.
Antarctica is the largest dessert in the world .It is 5,500,000 square miles and receives less than 20 millimeters of rainfall each year.
Greenland is the largest island in the world. It is 840,000 square miles.
The Great Plains are 1.35 million square miles making them the largest plains in the world. The Great Plains are located in North America.