Earth physical characteristics tables

These are tables showing the physical characteristics of Earth.

The World

## Earth dimensions

Land surface  | 149,000,000 km² (29.2% of total surface)

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Water surface  | 361,000,000 km² (70.8% of total surface)
Equatorial circumferences | 40,075 km (24,901 mi)
Meridional circumference | 40,009 km (24,860 mi)
Equatorial diameter  | 12,756.3 km (7,926.4 mi)
Polar diameter  | 12,714 km (7,900 mi)
Polar radius | 6,356.89 km (3,949.99 mi)
Volume of the Earth  | 1,080,000,000,000 km³
Mass  | 5.98x1024 kg

## Continents and population

| Size

Continents and land masses | area (km²) | percent
World | 149,000,000 | 100
Afro-Eurasia | 84,580,000 | 57
Eurasia | 54,210,000 | 36
Asia | 43,810,000 | 29
Americas | 42,330,000 | 28
Africa | 30,370,000 | 20
North America | 24,494,000 | 16
South America | 17,840,000 | 12
Antarctica | 13,720,000 | 9.2
Europe | 10,400,000 | 7.0
Oceania | 9,142,000 | 6.0
Australia-New Guinea | 8,500,000 | 5.7
Australia mainland | 7,600,000 | 5.1

| Human Population

Continents and land masses | approx. population | percent | density (h/km²)
World | 7,560,000,000 | 100 | 43.29
Afro-Eurasia | 5,400,000,000 | 84 | 63.84
Eurasia | 4,510,000,000 | 70 | 83.19
Asia | 3,800,000,000 | 59 | 86.74
Africa | 990,000,000 | 14 | 21.03
Americas | 986,000,000 | 14 | 29.17
Europe | 770,000,000 | 11 | 70.15
North America | 515,000,000 | 8.0 | 28.87
South America | 471,000,000 | 5.8 | 27.04
Oceania | 40,800,000 | 0.55 | 3.44
Australia-New Guinea | 30,000,000 | 0.5 | 3.28
Australia mainland | 23,000,786 | 0.3 | 2.47
Antarctica | 1,000 | 0.002 | ~0.00

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