The area of Asia stands at 17,212,000 square miles or 44,579,000 square kilometres. When you take the area as a percentage of total area of the earth, it is the largest continent and covers about thirty per cent of the area of the earth; the area of the earth is 57,308,738 square miles.
The second largest continent in terms of area is Africa and it is about two thirds of the size of Asia; it covers about twenty percent of the size of the earth. If we take other continents in order of their size North America stands in the fourth position and then comes South America. Antarctica, Europe and Australia follow them in that order.
The second largest continent in terms of area is Africa and it is about two thirds of the size of Asia; it covers about twenty percent of the size of the earth. If we take other continents in order of their size North America stands in the fourth position and then comes South America. Antarctica, Europe and Australia follow them in that order.