The largest continent, Asia covers an area of 44.6 million square kilometres (17.2 million square miles) and has a staggering population of approximately 4.6 billion people. It is characterised by ...

If you are looking at a traditional world map, you won't get an accurate ... you may not truly understand something like the size of the largest continent. If you don't have a globe handy, read ...

One sunny spot in the southern hemisphere is both the smallest continent in the world and a country in its own right.

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most-populous continent. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

It is the largest country in the world and part of Europe, as its historical, cultural, ethnic and political ties to the continent. Turkey is another transcontinental country part that lies in ...