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The Han Chinese are the world's largest single ethnic group, constituting over 19% of the global population in 2011.[83] The world's most-spoken
languages[a] are English (1.132B), Mandarin Chinese (1.117B), Hindi (615M), Spanish (534M) and French (280M). More than three billion people
speak an Indo-European language, which is the largest language family by number of speakers. Standard Arabic is a language with no native
speakers, but the total number of speakers is estimated at 274 million people.[84]
The largest religious categories in the world as of 2020 are estimated as follows: Christianity (31%), Islam (25%), Unaffiliated (16%) and Hinduism
(15%).[85]
Population by region
Six of the Earth's seven continents are permanently inhabited on a large scale. Asia is the most populous continent, with its 4.64 billion inhabitants
accounting for 60% of the world population. The world's two most populated countries, India and China, together constitute about 36% of the
world's population. Africa is the second most populated continent, with around 1.34 billion people, or 17% of the world's population. Europe's 747
million people make up 10% of the world's population as of 2020, while the Latin American and Caribbean regions are home to around 653 million
(8%). Northern America, primarily consisting of the United States and Canada, has a population of around 368 million (5%), and Oceania, the least
populated region, has about 42 million inhabitants (0.5%).[86] Antarctica only has a very small, fluctuating population of about 1200 people based
mainly in polar science stations.[87]
Population pyramid of the world in continental
groupings in 2023. The left and right sides of the
vertical axis represent different sexes (male and
female).
Current world population and latest projection according the UN. Population in (millions) and
percent of the global population in that year.[88]
Region 2022 (percent) 2030 (percent) 2050 (percent)
Sub-Saharan Africa 1,152 (14.51%) 1,401 (16.46%) 2,094 (21.62%)
Northern Africa and Western Asia 549 (6.91%) 617 (7.25%) 771 (7.96%)
Central Asia and Southern Asia 2,075 (26.13%) 2,248 (26.41%) 2,575 (26.58%)
Eastern Asia and Southeastern Asia 2,342 (29.49%) 2,372 (27.87%) 2,317 (23.92%)
Europe and Northern America 1,120 (14.10%) 1,129 (13.26%) 1,125 (11.61%)
Latin America and the Caribbean 658 (8.29%) 695 (8.17%) 749 (7.73%)
Australia and New Zealand 31 (0.39%) 34 (0.40%) 38 (0.39%)
Oceania 14 (0.18%) 15 (0.18%) 20 (0.21%)
World 7,942 8,512 9,687
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