Europe's Land Share: 2% of World, Not a Quarter

Europe's land area is ~10.2 million km², about 2% of Earth's total land (148.9M km²)—not 25%. Continental ranking by area:

1. Asia (44.6M)
2. Africa (30.3M)
3. North America (24.7M)
4. South America (17.8M)
5. Antarctica (14.2M)
6. Europe (10.2M)
7. Australia (7.6M)

Europe punches above its weight in population (9.5%), GDP (25%), and historical influence, but geographically it's the second-smallest continent.