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)
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	5.98x10^24 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