Number of inhabitants per continent

The next schedule shows the number of inhabitants per continent (2011).

	population in millions			proportion
Asia	4216			60	%
Africa	1072			15	%
Europe	740			11	%
South America	585			8	%
North America	344			5	%
Australasia	39			1	%
Antartica	0			0	%
World	6996			100	%