The Continents: Land Area

The continents are the great land masses of the earth. There are seven continent on Earth now: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.

Continent	Area in Square Miles (Square Km)	Percent of Total Land Area on Earth
The World	57,308,738 Sq. Miles (148,429,000 Sq. Km)	100%
Asia (plus the Middle East)	17,212,000 Sq. Miles (44,579,000 Sq. Km)	30.0%
Africa	11,608,000 Sq. Miles (30,065,000 Sq. Km)	20.3%
North America	9,365,000 Sq. Miles (24,256,000 Sq. Km)	16.3%
South America	6,880,000 Sq. Miles (17,819,000 Sq. Km)	12.0%
Antarctica	5,100,000 Sq. Miles (13,209,000 Sq. Km)	8.9%
Europe	3,837,000 Sq. Miles (9,938,000 Sq. Km)	6.7%
Australia (plus Oceania)	2,968,000 Sq. Miles (7,687,000 Sq. Km)	5.2%