The world’s population reached over 7 billion inhabitants in 2011. In mid-2015, it
was estimated at 7,376,471,982. Asia is the most populated continent, followed by Africa and America, which surpassed one billion inhabitants as well in 2011. The
population density does not correspond to the order by population, because although Asia is the continent with more inhabitants per area, the one that follows is neither
Africa nor America, but Europe.
