Treemap · world population

Eight billion people, six rectangles

Area is people. Asia alone is nearly six in every ten of us; Oceania is a sliver you could mistake for a border. Hover any region.

Eight billion people, six rectangles Treemap of world population by region in 2023 from UN data; Asia dominates with about 59 percent of the total. Asia 4.78B · 59% Africa 1.48B · 18% Europe 0.75B · 9% North America 0.61B · 8% South America 0.43B · 5% OC AREA = POPULATION · OUR WORLD IN DATA (UN WPP), 2023 · 8.09 BILLION TOTAL