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GLOBAL STATISTICS
Composition of the Earth | Global Statistics | Glossary | Geological Periods
surface area: 510 065 600 km²
land area: 148 330 000 km²
sea area: 361 740 000 km²
population: 6 500 000 000
equatorial diameter: 12 756 km
polar diameter: 12 714 km
tallest mountain: Mauna Kea, Hawaii, 10
203 m from submarine base to peak.
lowest point on land: Dead sea shore, Israel,
395m below sea level.
deepest point in the sea: Challenger Deep,
Pacific, 11 032 m
largest desert: Sahara, North Africa, 8
400 000 km² (including Libyan and Nubian deserts).
EUROPE
area: 9 699 000km²
population: 727 100 000
population density: 30 per km²
highest mountain: El,bruz, Caucasus, 5 663m
longest river: Volga, Russia, 3 690km
largest lake: Aral Sea, Kazahkstan, 65 500km²
largest island: Great Britain, 218 041km²
highest waterfall: Utigård, Norway,
800m
ASIA
area: 43 998 000km²
population: 3 672 000 000
population density: 152 per km²
highest mountain: Everest, Tibet/Nepal,
8 848m.
longest river: Yangtze, Mongolia to China,
5 540km
largest lake: Caspian Sea, 394 299 km².
largest island: Borneo, Indonesia, 736 000km²
AFRICA
area: 29 800 000 km²
population: 794 000 000
population density: 26 per km²
highest mountain: Kilimanjaro, Tanzania,
5 894m.
longest river: Nile, 6 670km
largest lake: Victoria, Uganda-Tanzania-Kenya,
69 500km².
largest island: Madagascar, 590 000km²
highest waterfall: Tuela, Natal, 856m
NORTH AMERICA
area: 24 250 000km²
population: 314 000 000
population density: 15 per km²
highest mountain: Mount McKinley, Alaska,
6 194m
longest river: Mississippi-Missouri, Montana
to Louisiana, 5 970 km
largest lake: Superior, Canada & USA,
82 350km².
largest island: Greenland, 2 173 600km²
highest waterfall: Yossemite, California,
739m.
SOUTH AMERICA
area: 18 840 000km²
population: 519 000 000
population density: 25 per km²
highest mountain: Cerro Aconcagua, Argentina,
6 969m.
longest river: Amazon, 6 448km
largest lake: Lake Titicaca, Peru, 8135
km²
largest island: Tierra del Fuego, off Cape
Horn, 49 935km²
highest waterfall: Angel Falls, Venezuela,
979m
OCEANIA
area: 7 690 000km²
population: 31 000 000
population density: 4 per km²
highest mountain: Kosciuzko, 2 229m
longest river: Murray-Darling, Australia,
3 750km
largest lake: Lake Eyre, Australia, 9580km²
largest island: Australia, 2 941 526 km²
highest waterfall: Wallaman Falls, 300m
ANTARCTICA
area: 13 600 000km²
highest mountain: Vinson Massif, 5 140m
