Asia

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The biggest continent. Asia covers more than 44 million square kilometres, which is about 30% of all the land on Earth!

Most people live here. Around 4.7 billion people call Asia home, roughly 60% of everyone on the whole planet.

Home of first cities. Asia was the site of many of the world's very first civilisations, where early people built some of the earliest towns.

A big slice of Earth. Asia makes up about 8% of Earth's total surface area, counting both land and water.