Europe has about 10,180,000 square kilometers (3,930,000 sq. Miles) and is the second largest continental world in the world after Australia. With a population of 731 million (or 11% of the world's population), Europe is the third largest continent after Asia and Africa. Africa is the second largest and second largest continent of the world after Asia. It has an area of 30.2 million square kilometers (11.7 million square miles) and is 1 billion people. Africa covers 20.4% of the total land area, and accounts for about 14.72% of the total population. Here is a list with interesting geographic information about these continents:
- Switzerland has four official languages: German, French, Italian and Roman.
- The Danube River passes through four European capitals: Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest and Belgrade.
- Luxembourg is the country with the highest level of steel production per capita in the world - about 4 tons of steel for each inhabitant.
- The Belgian city of Antwerp is one of the most important diamond trading centers in the world.
- The Öresund bridge connects Sweden and Denmark, and it is the longest road and railway bridge in Europe (7.8 km or 4.8 miles).
- From a height of 3.718 m (12.198 feet), Mount Teide, located on the Canary Island of Tenerife, is the steepest hill in Spain.
- Germany borders with nine neighboring lands: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland.
- 65% of the total area of Sweden is covered with forests, and 15% of its territory is located north of the Arctic Circle.
- Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean. This island has an area of 25,711 square kilometers (9,927 square miles) and a population of 5 million people.
- 10% of the population of Turkey lives in the European part of Turkey, which is only 3% of its total area.
- The Luntsberg railway tunnel in Switzerland is the longest land tunnel of the world (its length is 34.57 km or 21.48 miles).
- 19% of all electricity in Denmark is represented by wind energy.
- Kaliningrad region is a province of Russia, located between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea.
- You can find four European countries in the top ten of the world's largest gross domestic product ratings: Germany, France, the UK and Italy.
- France is the most visited country in the world, and its capital is the most visited city in Paris.
- Africa is the only continent stretching from the northern temperate climate to the southern temperate zones.
- Libya has the longest official name of the country: The great socialist peoples of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
- With 9.4 million square kilometers (3.6 million square miles), the Sahara is the world's largest desert. Its area is comparable to the territory of Europe or the United States of America.
- The three main rivers of Africa: the Nile, Congo and Niger.
- Lake Chad, in Central Africa, has an average depth of 1.5 meters.
- The official language of Angola is Portuguese.
- National parks make up about 3% of the total area of South Africa.
- Burkina Faso used to be called the Republic of Upper Volta.
- Cairo, the capital of Egypt, is the most populated city in Africa.
- The lowest point in Africa is Lake Assal in Djibouti, with 156 m (512 ft) below sea level.
- With an area of 10,380 square kilometers (4,007 square miles), the Gambia is the smallest country on the African continent.
- 50% of Uganda’s population is less than 15 years old.
- South Africa has three capital cities: Cape Town is the legislative capital, Pretoria is the administrative capital, and Bloemfontein is the judicial capital.
- Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, was founded in 1822 and was named after the United States President James Monroe.
- More than 60% of the population of Ethiopia are Christians.
- Bir-Tavil is a region on the border between Egypt and Sudan, and it is the only piece of land on Earth that is not claimed by any country.
