Graphical view at evolution of population by continent

population by continent

year	regions
year	Africa	Asia	Europe	Latin Am. & Caribbean	Northern America	Oceania	World
1750	106,000,000	502,000,000	163,000,000	16,000,000	2,000,000	2,000,000	791,000,000
1800	107,000,000	635,000,000	203,000,000	24,000,000	7,000,000	2,000,000	978,000,000
1850	111,000,000	809,000,000	276,000,000	38,000,000	26,000,000	2,000,000	1,262,000,000
1900	133,000,000	947,000,000	408,000,000	74,000,000	82,000,000	6,000,000	1,650,000,000
1950	229,895,000	1,403,388,000	547,287,000	167,368,000	171,614,000	12,675,000	2,532,227,000
2000	811,101,000	3,719,044,000	726,777,000	521,429,000	313,289,000	31,130,000	6,122,770,000
2050	2,191,599,000	5,142,220,000	719,257,000	750,956,000	446,862,000	55,233,000	9,306,128,000
2100	3,574,141,000	4,596,224,000	674,796,000	687,517,000	526,428,000	65,819,000	10,124,926,000
source: pre-1950 - "The World at Six Billion", United Nations, 1999. source: 1950-2100 - UN, Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2011). World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision. note: up to 2000 are estimates and 2050/2100 are projected populations in the medium-fertility variant.

year	regions
year	Africa	Asia	Europe	Latin Am. & Caribbean	Northern America	Oceania	World
1750	13.40%	63.46%	20.61%	2.02%	0.25%	0.25%	100.00%
1800	10.94%	64.93%	20.76%	2.45%	0.72%	0.20%	100.00%
1850	8.80%	64.10%	21.87%	3.01%	2.06%	0.16%	100.00%
1900	8.06%	57.39%	24.73%	4.48%	4.97%	0.36%	100.00%
1950	9.08%	55.42%	21.61%	6.61%	6.78%	0.50%	100.00%
2000	13.25%	60.74%	11.87%	8.52%	5.12%	0.51%	100.00%
2050	23.55%	55.26%	7.73%	8.07%	4.80%	0.59%	100.00%
2100	35.30%	45.40%	6.66%	6.79%	5.20%	0.65%	100.00%
source: pre-1950 - "The World at Six Billion", United Nations, 1999. source: 1950-2100 - UN, Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2011). World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision. note: up to 2000 are estimates and 2050/2100 are projected populations in the medium-fertility variant.