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This article is about the 7 continents of the world. In this article, you will get to know What is a continent and How the continents formed. You will see How many continents are there in the world? and also the 7 continents on the map.

Before getting to know about the 7 continents of the world, You should also know What is a Continent and How the Continents formed. So let’s know What is a Continent?

What is a Continent?

The largest area enclosing the Earth's terrain is called a Continent. Each continent has a wide area of its own and has a unique name and identity. Each continent is separated from the other by water or land.

Each continent consists of many countries.

Now we will get to know How the Continents formed?

How were the Continents formed?

During the twentieth century, geologists have accepted the plate tectonic theory according to which continents move to the upper surface of the Earth, called continental drifts. There are seven large and many small tectonic plates on the surface of the Earth. And these tectonic plates are far from each other, broken apart, which become continents in time.

In 1912, the German scholar Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental flow. According to him, in the Carboniferous era, the entire continent existed as a huge land block, which was called Pangea. The name Pangea was given by Alfred Wegener. In his book "The Origin of Continents and Oceans" he considered that all continents were at one time part of a larger continent, which he called a "supercontinent". Surrounding Pangea was a vast ocean called Panthalassa. Pangea contained an ocean extending from east to west called the Tethys Sea. To the north of the Tethys Sea was Angaraland and to the south was Gondwanaland. Asia, Europe, and North America were part of Angaraland while South America, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica were part of Gondwanaland.

Now we know What is the Continent and How the Continents were formed. So, now we can start our topic What are the seven Continents.

What are the seven Continents?

The 7 Continents of the world are Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Australia. 71 percent of the Earth is water and 29 percent land. The 7 Continents of the world are located in the land area (29%) of the Earth.

The largest continent in the world: Asia and the smallest continent in the world: Australia.

The largest Continent by Population: Asia and the Smallest Continent by population: Antarctica.

List of 7 Continents of the world with Area and Population

S.N	Continent	Area sq. km and sq. mile	Number of Countries in each Continent	Population
1.	Asia	44,579,000 km2 (17,212,000 sq mi) about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area.	49	4.5 billion (about 60% of the world's population)
2.	Europe	10,180,000 km2 (3,930,000 sq mi) 2% of the Earth's surface (6.8% of land area)	51	741 million (about 11% of the world population)
3.	Africa	30,370,000 km2 (11,730,000 sq mi) 6% of Earth’s total surface area and 20% of its land area.	54	1.3 billion ( about 16% of the world's population)
4.	North America	24,709,000 km2 (9,540,000 sq mi) about 16.5% of the Earth's land area and about 4.8% of its total surface.	23 ( 22 dependent territories)	579 million (about 7.5% of the world's population)
5.	South America	17,840,000 km2 (6,890,000 sq mi) (about 12.0% of the Earth's land area)	12 (3 dependent territories)	423 million (about 5.6% of the world’s population)
6.	Antarctica	14,200,000 km2 (5,500,000 sq mi) (about 9.2% of the Earth’'s land area)	_	4,490 (about <0.1% of the world’s population)
7.	Australia	8,600,000 km2 (3,300,000 sq mi) (about 5.9% of the Earth’'s land area)	14	39,000,000 (about 0.5% of the world’s population)

Facts about 7 Continents

As we know there are 7 Continents in the world. And the names of the seven Continents are Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, and Australia.

These seven Continents vary from each other in Area, Population and some other things. So now we will learn some interesting facts about the 7 continents.

Interesting facts about Asia

Continent of Asia

The Asian continent is called ‘The Birthplace of All the Religion’.
Asia is the largest and most populous ( 4.5 billion people) continent on the Earth.
It is located in the North-Eastern Hemisphere.
It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the west by the Ural Mountains, Caspian Sea, Black Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea.
Asia continent is called ‘Continent of Continents’.
Asia is divided into 6 sub-continents. South West Asia, Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia, India, and Southeast Asia.
The Red Sea, the Gulf of Suez, and the Suez Canal make the boundary between Asia and Africa.
The Bering strait separates Asia from North America.
Mt. Everest (on the border of Nepal and China), the highest mountain in the world, is in Asia. The Dead Sea, the lowest point on land, is also in Asia.
The Largest country in the world by population, China is also in Asia.
The Largest country in the world by area, Russia is also in Asia.
The largest city in the world by population is Tokyo in Japan.
The Smallest Country in Asia by Population and Area is the Maldives.
The biggest Island in Asia is Borneo Island in Southeast Asia.
Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia. It is the third-longest river in the world.
Mount Everest is the highest point in Asia and the world.
The biggest lake in the world, the Caspian Sea, is in Asia.
Lake Baikal, in Siberia, is the deepest lake in the world.
Gobi desert is the largest desert in Asia.
The highest plateau in the world, the Tibetan plateau is in the Asia continent.
The largest Peninsula in the World, Arabian Peninsula is in Asia.
The highest percent of rice (about 90%) is grown in Asia.
Indonesia has the largest Muslim population in the world.
Thailand is the only country in Asia that has never been colonized by Europeans.
There are 49 countries on the Asian Continent.

List of Asian Countries

S.N	Country	Capital
1	Afghanistan	Kabul
2	Armenia	Yerevan
3	Azerbaijan	Baku
4	Bahrain	Manama
5	Bangladesh	Dhaka
6	Bhutan	Thimphu
7	Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan
8	Burma (Myanmar)	Naypyidaw
9	Cambodia	Phnom Penh
10	China	Beijing
11	Georgia	T'bilisi
12	India	New Delhi
13	Indonesia	Jakarta
14	Iran	Tehran
15	Iraq	Baghdad
16	Israel	Jerusalem
17	Japan	Tokyo
18	Jordan	Amman
19	Kazakhstan	Astana
20	Korea, North	P'yongyang
21	Korea, South	Seoul
22	Kuwait	Kuwait City
23	Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek
24	Laos	Vientiane
25	Lebanon	Beirut
26	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur
27	Maldives	Male
28	Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar
29	Nepal	Kathmandu
30	Oman	Muscat
31	Pakistan	Islamabad
32	Philippines	Manila
33	Qatar	Doha
34	Russia	Moscow
35	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh
36	Singapore	Singapore
37	Sri Lanka	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Administrative), Colombo
38	Syria	Damascus
39	Taiwan	Taipei
40	Tajikistan	Dushanbe
41	Thailand	Bangkok
42	Tibet (PR China)	Lhasa
43	Timor_Leste	Dili
44	Turkey	Ankara
45	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat
46	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi
47	Uzbekistan	Tashkent
48	Viet Nam	Hanoi
49	Yemen	Sanaa

Interesting facts about Europe

Continent of Europe

Europe is the second smallest continent in the world.
Europe is the third-largest continent in population after Asia and Africa.
The European continent is located in the Northern Hemisphere.
Europe is separated from Asia by the Caspian Sea and Ural mountains.
The European continent is called the ‘Peninsular Continent’ due to being surrounded by the sea on all three sides.
There is the Arctic Ocean in the North, the Atlantic Ocean in the west, and the Mediterranean Sea in the South of the European continent.
The largest country in Europe by area and population is Russia.
The smallest country in Europe (also in the world) by Area and population is Vatican City.
The highest mountain in Europe is Mount Elbrus.
The lowest point in Europe is the Caspian Sea.
The longest river in Europe is the Volga River.
The largest desert in Europe is Oleshky.
The largest lake in Europe is Lake Ladoga.
Europe is the only continent on Earth without a desert.
The land of thousand lakes, Finland is also in Europe.
The longest mountain range, The Alps Mountain Range is in Europe.
The highest Volcano peak in Europe is Mount Etna (Italy).
The largest city in Europe is Istanbul.
Being an agricultural country, Italy is called “India of Europe”.
Switzerland is also called the ‘Playground of Europe’.
There are 51 countries on the European continent.

List of European Countries

S.N	Country	Capital city
1.	Albania	Tirana
2.	Andorra	Andorra la Vella
3.	Armenia	Yerevan
4.	Austria	Vienna
5.	Azerbaijan	Baku
6.	Belarus	Minsk
7.	Belgium	Brussels
8.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo
9.	Bulgaria	Sofia
10.	Croatia	Zagreb
11.	Cyprus	Nicosia
12.	Czechia	Prague
13.	Denmark	Copenhagen
14.	Estonia	Tallinn
15.	Finland	Helsinki
16.	France	Paris
17.	Georgia	Tbilisi
18.	Germany	Berlin
19.	Greece	Athens
20.	Hungary	Budapest
21.	Iceland	Reykjavik
22.	Ireland	Dublin
23.	Italy	Rome
24.	Kazakhstan	Nur-Sultan
25.	Kosovo	Pristina
26.	Latvia	Riga
27.	Liechtenstein	Vaduz
28.	Lithuania	Vilnius
29.	Luxembourg	Luxembourg (city)
30.	Malta	Valletta
31.	Moldova	Chisinau
32.	Monaco	Monaco
33.	Montenegro	Podgorica
34.	Netherlands	Amsterdam
35.	North Macedonia (formerly Macedonia)	Skopje
36.	Norway	Oslo
37.	Poland	Warsaw
38.	Portugal	Lisbon
39.	Romania	Bucharest
40.	Russia	Moscow
41.	San Marino	San Marino
42.	Serbia	Belgrade
43.	Slovakia	Bratislava
44.	Slovenia	Ljubljana
45.	Spain	Madrid
46.	Sweden	Stockholm
47.	Switzerland	Bern
48.	Turkey	Ankara
49.	Ukraine	Kyiv (also known as Kiev)
50.	United Kingdom	London
51.	Vatican City (Holy See)	Vatican City

Interesting facts about Africa

Continent of Africa

Africa is the second-largest continent in the world by Area and Population.
Africa is the poorest continent in the world.
Africa is called a ‘Blind Continent’.
Africa is separated from Europe by the Gibraltar Strait.
The equator passes through the continent of Africa twice.
The Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn pass through the continents of Africa.
The Limpopo River in Africa crosses the Tropic of Capricorn twice.
Africa is the second driest continent in the world after Australia.
The largest country in Africa by population in Nigeria.
The largest country in Africa by area is Algeria.
The smallest country in Africa is The Republic of Seychelles (East Africa).
Kinshasa is the largest city in Africa.
The longest river in the world, The Nile is in Africa.
The longest lake in Africa is Lake Victoria. It is the second-largest freshwater lake in the world.
The hottest desert in the world, Sahara is in Northern Africa.
Madagascar (in the Indian Ocean) is the largest island in Africa and the 4th largest island in the world.
Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) is the highest mountain in Africa.
Atlas mountain is the longest mountain range in Africa.
The largest waterfall in Africa is Victoria waterfall.
There are 54 countries in Africa.

List of African Countries

S.N	Country	Capital
1.	Algeria	Algiers
2.	Angola	Luanda
3.	Benin	Porto-Novo
4.	Botswana	Gaborone
5.	Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou
6.	Burundi	Gitega
7.	Cabo Verde	Praia
8.	Cameroon	Yaounde
9.	Central African Republic	Bangui
10	Chad	N'Djamena
11.	Comoros	Moroni
12.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Kinshasa
13.	Congo, Republic of the	Brazzaville
14.	Cote d'Ivoire	Yamoussoukro
15.	Djibouti	Djibouti (city)
16.	Egypt	Cairo
17.	Equatorial Guinea	Malabo (de jure), Oyala (seat of government)
18.	Eritrea	Asmara
19.	Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)	Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (legislative, royal)
20.	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa
21.	Gabon	Libreville
22.	The Gambia	Banjul
23.	Ghana	Accra
24.	Guinea	Conakry
25.	Guinea-Bissau	Bissau
26.	Kenya	Nairobi
27.	Lesotho	Maseru
28.	Liberia	Monrovia
29.	Libya	Tripoli
30.	Madagascar	Antananarivo
31.	Malawi	Lilongwe
32.	Mali	Bamako
33.	Mauritania	Nouakchott
34.	Mauritius	Port Louis
35.	Morocco	Rabat
36.	Mozambique	Maputo
37.	Namibia	Windhoek
38.	Niger	Niamey
39.	Nigeria	Abuja
40.	Rwanda	Kigali
41.	Sao Tome and Principe	São Tomé
42.	Senegal	Dakar
43.	Seychelles	Victoria
44.	Sierra Leone	Freetown
45.	Somalia	Mogadishu
46.	South Africa	Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)
47.	South Sudan	Juba
48.	Sudan	Khartoum
49.	Tanzania	Dodoma
50.	Togo	Lomé
51.	Tunisia	Tunis
52.	Uganda	Kampala
53.	Zambia	Lusaka
54.	Zimbabwe	Harare

Interesting facts about North America

The continent of North America

North America is the third largest continent in the world by area.
North America is the fourth largest continent in the world by Population.
It is located in the North-West Hemisphere.
North America is surrounded by the Arctic Ocean in the north, the Atlantic Ocean in the east, and the Pacific Ocean in the west.
The largest country in North America by Area is Canada.
The largest country in North America by population in the USA.
The smallest country in North America by area and population is Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Mexico City is the largest city in North America.
The Mississippi River is the longest river in North America.
The highest mountain in North America is Denali (Mount McKinley).
The largest plateau in North America is the Colorado Plateau.
The Rocky Mountains are the longest mountain range in North America.
The longest lake in North America is Lake Superior. It is also the largest freshwater lake in the world.
Canada has the longest coastline in the world.
Death Valley (USA) is the lowest point in North America.
The largest island in the world, Greenland is in North America.
Cuba is known as the ‘Sugar Bowl of the World’.
San Francisco which is famous for its software and computer industry is known as ‘Silicon Valley.
The Carcross Desert, located outside Carcross, Yukon, Canada, is often considered the smallest desert in the world.
There are 23 countries in North America.

List of North American Countries

S.N	Country	Capital
1.	Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's
2.	Bahamas	Nassau
3.	Barbados	Bridgetown
4.	Belize	Belmopan
5.	Canada	Ottawa
6.	Costa Rica	San Jose
7.	Cuba	Havana
8.	Dominica	Roseau
9.	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo
10.	El Salvador	San Salvador
11.	Grenada	Saint George's
12.	Guatemala	Guatemala City
13.	Haiti	Port-au-Prince
14.	Honduras	Tegucigalpa
15.	Jamaica	Kingston
16.	Mexico	Mexico City
17.	Nicaragua	Managua
18.	Panama	Panama City
19.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre
20.	Saint Lucia	Castries
21.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown
22.	Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain
23.	United States of America	Washington, D.C.

Interesting facts about South America

The continent of South America

South America is the fourth largest continent in the world by area and the fifth-largest continent in the world by population.
The South America continent is located in the south-western Hemisphere.
Brazil is the largest country in South America by area and population.
Suriname is the smallest country in South America by area and population.
São Paulo is the largest city in South America.
Aconcagua (Argentina) is the highest mountain in South America.
Amazon is the longest river in South America. It is the second-longest river in the world after the Nile River.
Lake Titicaca is the biggest lake in South America.
Angel Falls (Venezuela) is the highest waterfall in the world.
The longest mountain range in the world, Andes is in South America.
Angel Falls (Venezuela), the highest waterfall in the world is in South America.
The capital of Bolivia, La Paz is the largest capital city in the world.
The world's highest volcanic mountain 'Cotopaxi' is located in Ecuador.
Lake Titicaca, located on the Bolivian plateau, is the highest altitude lake in the world.
The driest place (desert) in the world, Atacama (Chile) is in South America.
There are 12 countries in South America.

List of South American Countries

S.N	Country	Capital
1.	Argentina	Buenos Aires
2.	Bolivia	Sucre (de jure), La Paz (seat of government)
3.	Brazil	Brasilia
4.	Chile	Santiago
5.	Colombia	Bogotá
6.	Ecuador	Quito
7.	Guyana	Georgetown
8.	Paraguay	Asunción
9.	Peru	Lima
10.	Suriname	Paramaribo
11.	Uruguay	Montevideo
12.	Venezuela	Caracas

Interesting facts about Australia

Continent of Australia

Australia is the smallest continent in the world.
Australia is the sixth-largest country in the world by area.
Australia is located in the Southern Hemisphere.
It is surrounded by the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
The continent of Australia is called the ‘Island Continent’.
Australia is the only place that is a Continent, Island, and Nation also.
Sydney is the biggest city in Australia.
The world's largest standing rock is Ayers Rock (Uluru) in Australia. Australia is the driest inhabited continent.
The largest Sand Island in the world is Fraser Island in Australia.
Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain in Australia.
The Great Dividing Range is the longest mountain range in Australia.
The River Murray is the longest river in Australia.
The Great Barrier Reef is the biggest coral reef system in the world, is in Australia.
There are about 10,000 beaches in Australia. This means that if you go to 1 beach here every day, it will take you 27 years to roam the entire beach.
There are only two mammals of the world laying eggs - Platypus and Echidna. They are found in Australia.
Melbourne City of Australia is called 'Sports Capital'.
New Zealand is called the ‘Britain of the south’.
Australia is called a ‘Country of thirsty land’.
Australia is the only continent in the world without an active volcano.
There are 14 countries in Australia.

List of Australian Countries

S.N	Country	Capital city
1.	Australia	Canberra
2.	Fiji	Suva
3.	Kiribati	Tarawa
4.	Marshall Islands	Majuro
5.	Micronesia	Palikir
6.	Nauru	Yaren District (de facto)
7.	New Zealand	Wellington
8.	Palau	Ngerulmud
9.	Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby
10.	Samoa	Apia
11.	Solomon Islands	Honiara
12.	Tonga	Nukuʻalofa
13.	Tuvalu	Funafuti
14.	Vanuatu	Port Vila

Interesting facts about Antarctica

Continent of Antarctica

Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent in the world. It is twice the size of the Australia Continent.
Antarctica is located in the Southern Hemisphere.
It is surrounded by the Southern Ocean.
Antarctica is called the ‘White Continent.
Antarctica is a large icy and coldest desert. It is the driest continent in the world.
This continent is also called the 'Continent dedicated to Science'.
The driest place on the earth, Dry Valley is in Antarctica.
Antarctica is the smallest continent in the world by population.
The lowest temperature recorded in the world was at the Russian Vostok station. It was - 89.6°C (-129°F).
Mount Vinson Massif is the highest mountain in Antarctica.
The Onyx River is the longest river in Antarctica (about 30 km).
Lake Vostok is the largest lake in Antarctica.
There is no Time Zone in Antarctica.
India established a center called 'Dakshin Gangotri' to study the structure, climate of this Antarctica continent.
There is no country in Antarctica.

7 continents of the world FAQs

1. What are the 7 continents of the world?

Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Australia.

2. How many countries in Asia?

There are 49 countries on the Asia continent.

3. Which country belongs to the 2 continents?

Russia belongs to Asia and the European continents.

4. What are the 7 continents and their countries?

The 7 continents are Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Australia.

5. How many countries in Europe?

There are 51 countries on the European continent.

6. How many countries in North America?

There are 23 countries in North America.

7. How many countries in South America?

There are 12 countries in South America.

8. How many countries in Africa continent?

There are 54 countries on the Africa continent.

9. How many countries in Australia?

There are 14 countries in Australia.

10. How many countries in Antarctica?

There are no continents in Antarctica.

11. Wettest place in the world.

Mawsynram in India is the wettest place in the world.

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