Table 1. Percentage of population per continent and countries per continent
Continent No. countries Population No. countries/ continent included in survey % Population represented from continent % Countries per continent represented
Africa 54 1,037,524,058 4 34.2 7.4
Asia* 44 4,307,107,875 9 70.3 20.4
North America** 23 544,620,340 7 52.8 30.4
South America 12 400,067,694 2 60.3 16.7
Europe 47 816,426,346 6 32.2 12.8
Oceania 14 35,426,995 2 78.2 14.3

*Russia and the Middle East are included as part of the Asian continent geographically

**Central America and the Caribbean are included as part of the North American continent geographically

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