Earth physical characteristics tables

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These are tables showing Composition and structure of Earth;

The World
The World

[edit] Earth dimensions

Physical feature
Superficial area 510,000,000 km² (196,950,000 Sq. miles)
Land surface 149,000,000 km² (57,510,000 Sq. miles) (29.2% of total surface)
Water surface 361,000,000 km² (139,440,000 Sq. miles) (70.8% of total surface)
Equatorial circumferences 40,077 km (24,902 miles)
Meridional circumference 40,009 km (24,860 miles)
Equatorial diameter 12,756.3 km (7,926 miles)
Polar diameter 12,714 km (7,899.988 miles)
Polar radius 6,356.89 km (3,949.99 miles)
Volume of the Earth 1,080,000,000,000 km³ (260,000,000,000 cubic miles)
Mass 5.98x1021 tonnes (6.592x1021 U.S. tons)

[edit] Continents and population

Size
continent 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
continent approx. population percent density (h/km²)
World 6 641 000 000 100 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 886 000 000 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

[edit] See also