2026-09-06 · ~8.2 billion humans
Most humans live in Asia. Then Africa is next.
A world map drawn by people, not by countries. Asia is the majority. Africa is already larger than Europe, the Americas, and Oceania combined. Europe is a ninth.
Most humans live in Asia; the grid makes that imbalance visible as equal squares rather than as a distorted map. This grid divides world population (2026 snapshot) into colored bands — Asia, Africa, and 4 more groups — using equal squares so you compare shares, not country size on a map.
1 cell = 8.2 million people (0.1% of world population) · 1,000 cells
Context
The 2026 figures from UN World Population Prospects put Asia at 59% of world population and Africa at 18.5% — roughly 8.2 billion people in this edition's rounding.
UN World Population Prospects, rounded continental shares for the mid-2020s: Asia ~59%, Africa ~18.5%, Europe ~9%, Latin America and Caribbean ~8%, Northern America ~4.7%, Oceania ~0.8%.
Cells sum to 1,000.
UN World Population Prospects, rounded continental shares for the mid-2020s: Asia ~59%, Africa ~18.5%, Europe ~9%, Latin America and Caribbean ~8%, Northern America ~4.7%, Oceania ~0.8%. Cells sum to 1,000.
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Credit this grid as Inagrid — https://inagrid.com/e/2026-09-06-where-people-are