Which is the World’s Smallest Continent

Q. Which is the World’s Smallest Continent?

Answer: Continents are land masses that float on tectonic plates on the surface of the earth. There are 7 continents. Each continent is of different sizes depending on the area. If a landmass or total area of the land is considered, then the smallest continent is Australia. In total, it has an area of 7686884 sq km. If the ranking is done on the population, then Australia is no longer the smallest continent. Then the smallest continent becomes Antarctica. Australia boasts a population of 40 million people and when we compare that of Antarctica which has at most 4000 population with the number decreasing to 1000 during some time of the year. Often, in certain statistical considerations, Antarctica is not counted in as it is primarily a research base and no civilians are living there. So, in that case, Australia becomes the smallest continent at that time as well, since it has the lowest population in terms of other continents in the world.