Asia is the largest and most populated continent on the Earth. Asia is connected on its western border to Europe and Africa to the south west. South of Asia is the Indian ocean and Australia, to the east is the Pacific ocean and North America. To the north is the Arctic Ocean. Asia is comprised of forty-eight nations and has a population of four billion people.

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Population:
1950.......................................................................1,436,631,509
1975.......................................................................2,411,912,250
2000.......................................................................3,678,483,540
2008.......................................................................4,053,868,153
60.4% of world population
2025.......................................................................4,813,550,076

Area: 30,947,538 Sq. Miles

# of countries: 48

% of Earth covered: 21.4%