Asia, great Asia

Basic information about Asia Continent:

· Population: 3,335,672,000
· Density: 193.5 per square mile
· Literacy: 65.5%
· Birth Rate: 27 people a year per 1,000 people
· Death Rate: 9.25 people a year per 1,000 people
· Growth Rate: 1.8%
· Main Languages: Chinese, Hindi, Bengali, Japanese, Punjabi, Javanese, Korean
· Principal Religions: Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Shintoism, Taoism, Zoroastrianism
· Largest Cities: Seoul, Bombay, Jakarta, Tokyo, Shanghai

Asia is also the largest continent in size and population with a population that is over half the Earth's population most is in China.

Asia is a continent that has been very important to the World. People have been living there for thousands of years. In fact, the first traces of civilization began in Mesopotamia, a part of Asia. Asia is the continent with the huge country of China. In the 15th and 16th century, a great monument in China was being built. It is called the Great Wall of China. The Great Wall is the only man made super structure that can be seen from space. It is also a monument of human advancement considering that it was built in times before our major technological ages.