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World map showing nominal GDP of countries for the year 2010 according to the IMF.
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This article includes a list of Continent's of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP), the market value of all final goods and services from a continent in a given year. The GDP dollar estimates presented here are calculated at market or government official exchange rates.

The figures presented here do not take into account differences in the cost of living in different countries, and the results can vary greatly from one year to another based on fluctuations in the exchange rates of the country's currency. Such fluctuations may change a continents ranking from one year to the next, even though they often make little or no difference to the standard of living of its population. Therefore these figures should be used with caution.

Comparisons of national wealth are also frequently made on the basis of purchasing power parity (PPP), to adjust for differences in the cost of living in different countries. (See List of countries by GDP (PPP).) PPP largely removes the exchange rate problem, but has its own drawbacks; it does not reflect the value of economic output in international trade, and it also requires more estimation than GDP per capita. On the whole, PPP per capita figures are more narrowly spread than nominal GDP per capita figures.

The first list includes 2010 data estimatesn1 for members of the International Monetary Fund. The second list shows the World Bank's mostly 2010 estimates, and the third list includes mostly 2010 estimates from the CIA World Factbook.


Area and population

See also: List of continents by population
Comparison of area and population

The following table summarises the area and population of each continent using the seven continent model, sorted by decreasing area.[1]

Continent Area (km²) Area (mi²) Percent of
total landmass 		Total population Percent of
total population 		Density
People per
km² 		Density
People per
mi² 		Most populous
city (proper)
Asia 43,820,000 16,920,000 29.5% 4,164,252,000 60% 95.0 246 Shanghai, China
Africa 30,370,000 11,730,000 20.4% 1,022,234,000 15% 33.7 87 Lagos, Nigeria
North America 24,490,000 9,460,000 16.5% 542,056,000 8% 22.1 57 Mexico City, Mexico
South America 17,840,000 6,890,000 12.0% 392,555,000 6% 22.0 57 São Paulo, Brazil
Antarctica 13,720,000 5,300,000 9.2% 1,000 0.00002% 0.00007 0.00018 Villa Las Estrellas, Chilean claim
Europe 10,180,000 3,930,000 6.8% 738,199,000 11% 72.5 188 Istanbul, Turkey
Australia 9,008,500 3,478,200 5.9% 29,127,000 0.4% 3.2 8.3 Sydney, Australia

The total land area of all continents is 148,647,000 square kilometres (57,393,000 sq mi), or 29.1% of earth's surface (510,065,600 square kilometres (196,937,400 sq mi)*).

A rough estimate of the total population of all the continents is 7,000,000,000.


GDP (Nominal) by Continents

See also: List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)
List by the International Monetary Fund (2010)[2] List by the World Bank (1990-2010)[3] List by the CIA World Factbook (2000-2010)[4]
Rank Country GDP (millions of US$)
 World 62,911,253[5]
1 Africa 5,878,629n2 2010
2 Asia 5,497,813 2010
3 Europe 3,309,669 2010
4 North America 3,309,669 2010
5 Oceania 2,246,079 2010
6 South America 3,309,669 2010
Rank Country GDP (millions of US$) Year
 World 63,044,068 2010
1 Africa 5,878,629n2 2010
2 Asia 5,497,813 2010
3 Europe 3,309,669 2010
4 North America 3,309,669 2010
5 Oceania 2,246,079 2010
6 South America 3,309,669 2010
Rank Country GDP (millions of US$) Year
 World 63,170,000 2010
1 Africa 5,878,629n2 2010
2 Asia 5,497,813 2010
3 Europe 3,309,669 2010
4 North America 3,309,669 2010
5 Oceania 2,246,079 2010
6 South America 3,309,669 2010

GDP Per Capita (Nominal) by Continents

List by the International Monetary Fund (2010)[6] List by the World Bank (1990-2010)[7] List by the CIA World Factbook (2000-2010)[8]
Rank Country GDP (millions of US$)
 World 62,911,253[5]
1 Africa 5,878,629n2 2010
2 Asia 5,497,813 2010
3 Europe 3,309,669 2010
4 North America 3,309,669 2010
5 Oceania 2,246,079 2010
6 South America 3,309,669 2010
Rank Country GDP (millions of US$) Year
 World 63,044,068 2010
1 Africa 5,878,629n2 2010
2 Asia 5,497,813 2010
3 Europe 3,309,669 2010
4 North America 3,309,669 2010
5 Oceania 2,246,079 2010
6 South America 3,309,669 2010
Rank Country GDP (millions of US$) Year
 World 63,170,000 2010
1 Africa 5,878,629n2 2010
2 Asia 5,497,813 2010
3 Europe 3,309,669 2010
4 North America 3,309,669 2010
5 Oceania 2,246,079 2010
6 South America 3,309,669 2010

Notes

1. ^ Estimated by IMF staff.
2. ^ Figures exclude Taiwan, and special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
3. ^ The Eurozone in 2010 was 16 of 27 European Union countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.
4. ^ Data include the French overseas departments of French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Réunion.
5. ^ Excludes Kosovo.
6. ^ Hyperinflation and the plunging value of the Zimbabwean dollar makes Zimbabwe's nominal GDP a highly inaccurate statistic.
7. ^ Excludes data for Transnistria.
8. ^ Includes Former Spanish Sahara.
9. ^ Data are for the area controlled by the Government of the Republic of Cyprus.
10. ^ Covers mainland Tanzania only.
11. ^ Excludes Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

References

  1. ^ "Total Population – Both Sexes". World Population Prospects, the 2010 Revision. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2011. (Per linked individual article definitions, North America includes UN population estimates for North America, Central America and Caribbean; Australia includes Australia and Papua New Guinea.)
  2. ^ Nominal GDP list of countries for the year 2010. World Economic Outlook Database-September 2011, International Monetary Fund. Accessed on September 26, 2011.
  3. ^ Data refer mostly to the year 2010. World Development Indicators database, World Bank. Accessed on September 29, 2011.
  4. ^ Field listing - GDP (official exchange rate), CIA World Factbook. Accessed on September 26, 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Nominal 2010 GDP for the world and the European Union". World economic outlook database, September 2011. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  6. ^ Nominal GDP list of countries for the year 2010. World Economic Outlook Database-September 2011, International Monetary Fund. Accessed on September 26, 2011.
  7. ^ Data refer mostly to the year 2010. World Development Indicators database, World Bank. Accessed on September 29, 2011.
  8. ^ Field listing - GDP (official exchange rate), CIA World Factbook. Accessed on September 26, 2011.

See also

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