60% of the world's people live in the 50 countries of Asia, which take up 30% of the world's land area. Source: World Book Online.
In the photos on the left are two extremely famous Asian people, Mahatma Gandhi and Malala Yousafzi. Read about one of them, or find a biography of someone else using this database link to search by nationality.
0.27% of the world's people live in the approximately 30,000 Pacific Islands, but they speak 20% of the world's languages. Source: World Book Online.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, actor
Kyla Ross, gymnast
Jason Momoa, actor
On the left are three Americans of Pacific Islander descent. Read about one of these people, or find a biography of someone else using this database link to search by nationality.