SNAPSHOTContinental Population in the Second-Wave Era and Beyond

(Note: Population figures for such early times are merely estimates and are often controversial among scholars. Percentages do not always total 100 percent due to rounding.2)

EurasiaAfricaNorth AmericaCentral/South AmericaAustralia/
Oceania		Total World
Area (in square miles and as percentage of world total)
21,049,000 (41%)11,608,000 (22%)9,365,000 (18%)6,880,000 (13%)2,968,000 (6%)51,870,000
Population (in millions and as percentage of world total)
400 B.C.E.127 (83%)17 (11%)1 (0.7%)7 (5%)1 (0.7%)153
10 C.E.213 (85%)26 (10%)2 (0.8%)10 (4%)1 (0.4%)252
200 C.E.215 (84%)30 (12%)2 (0.8%)9 (4%)1 (0.4%)257
600 C.E.167 (80%)24 (12%)2 (1%)14 (7%)1 (0.5%)208
1000 C.E.195 (77%)39 (15%)2 (0.8%)16 (6%)1 (0.4%)253
1500329 (69%)113 (24%)4.5 (0.9%)53 (11%)3 (0.6%)477
1750646 (83%)104 (13%)3 (0.4%)15 (1.9%)3 (0.4%)771
20135,041 (70.4%)1,110 (15.5%)355 (5%)617 (8.6%)38 (0.5%)7,162