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Brazil is the largest country in South America, covering a little less than half of the continent's land area and encompassing around half of the continent's population. [59] The remaining countries and territories are divided among four subregions : the Andean states , Caribbean South America , The Guianas , and the Southern Cone .
This is a list of continental landmasses, continents, and continental subregions by population. For statistical convenience, the populations of continental landmasses also include the populations of their associated islands .
Where the Americas are viewed as a single continent (America), it is divided into two subcontinents (North America and South America) [66] [67] [68] or three (Central America being the third). [ 69 ] [ 70 ] When Eurasia is regarded as a single continent, Asia and Europe are treated as subcontinents.
This article includes a list of continents of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP), the market value of all final goods and services from a continent in a given year. The GDP dollar estimates presented here are calculated at market or government official exchange rates .
The border between North America and South America is at some point on the Darién Mountains watershed that divides along the Colombia–Panama border where the isthmus meets the South American continent (see Darién Gap). Virtually all atlases list Panama as a state falling entirely within North America and/or Central America. [116] [117]
Europe's eastern frontier is usually delineated by the Ural Mountains in Russia, which is the largest country by land area in the continent. ... Europe-South America:
The top three largest countries in the world are Russia, Canada and the United States of America, according to the World Atlas. The U.S. and China have been head-to-head for the position of the ...
South America ranks fourth among all continents in area (after Asia, Africa, and North America) and fifth in population (after Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America). [1] The border between North and South America is at some point in the Isthmus of Panama.