Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres. It shares the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe and the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with both Europe and Africa.

Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres. It shares the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe and the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with both Europe and Africa.

ASIA

Earth's largest and most populouscontinent, located primarily in theEasternandNorthernHemispheres. It shares the continental landmass ofEurasiawith the continent ofEuropeand the continental landmass ofAfro-Eurasiawith both Europe andAfrica. Asia covers an area of 44,579,000 square kilometres (17,212,000sqmi), about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area. The continent, which has long been home to the majority of thehuman population,was the site of many of thefirst civilizations. Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population, but also dense and large settlements, as well as vast barely populated regions. Its 4.5 billion people (as of September2018) constitute roughly 60% of the world's population.