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POPULATION TABLE
Continent or Land Area Population Population Population
Region (1,000 mi2) % of Earth 1900 1950 2000
North America 9,400 16.2 106,000,000 221,000,000 305,000,000
South America 6,900 11.9 38,000,000 111,000,000 515,000,000
Europe 3,800 6.6 400,000,000 392,000,000 510,000,000
Asia (including 17,400 30.1 932,000,000 1,591,000,000 4,028,000,000 Russia)
Africa 11,700 20.2 118,000,000 229,000,000 889,000,000
Oceana (including 3,300 5.7 6,000,000 12,000,000 32,000,000 Australia)
Antarctica 5,400 9.3 Uninhabited - -
World total 57,900 1,600,000,000 2,556,000,000 6,279,000,000
(Source: Bureau of the Census, U.S. Dept. of Commerce.)
Use the world population and land area table in the text for exercises 1 to 10. Round answers to the nearest tenth or tenth of a percent.
2. (a) What is the population of Europe in 2000?
(b) What is the total area of Europe?
4. Compare the population per square mile in Asia to the population per square mile
in North America for the year 2000.
6. What is the percent increase in the population for all six inhabited continents,excluding Asia, from 1950 to 2000?
8. What was the percent increase in the population in South America from 1900 to 2000?
10. (a) What was the mean population of the six continents or land masses that were habitable in 2000?
(b) What was the mean population in 1950?
(c) What was the percent increase in the mean population from 1950 to 2000?
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