Some interesting info here: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/european-countries-by-population.html A century ago, Europe accounted for 25% of the global population. Today, the continent is home to only about 10% of the global population. In 1950, Europe had 549 million people, more than twice the population of Africa. https://www.worldometers.info/population/ The current population of Africa is 1,409,317,851. The current population of Europe is 748,610,446. In 70 years the ratio has flipped.