World Population
- World population: 1,650,000,000
- Africa: 133,000,000
- Asia: 947,000,000
- Japan: c. 45,000,000
- Europe: 408,000,000
- Latin-America: 74,000,000
- Northern America: 82,000,000
- Oceania: 6,000,000
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