Important Facts about Earth

Important Facts about Earth 

Important Facts about Earth

Total Surface Area— 510,064,472 sq km
Total Land Area— 148,940,000 sq km (29.2% of Planet Earth's surface)
Total Water Area— 361,132,000 sq km (70.8% of Planet Earth's surface)
Total Population— 7.04 billion
Total Weight— 5.9722 × 1024 Kg
Total Volume— 1.08321×1012 km3
Total Age— 4.54 billion years
Surface Gravity— 32.041 ft/s2
Distance from Moon— 384,403 kmWorld Map

Distance from Sun— 150 million km
Equatorial Radius— 6,378.1 km
Mean Radius— 6,371.0 km
Polar Radius— 6,356.8 km
Orbiting Speed— 29.78 km/s
Orbiting Time— 365.256363004 days
Surface Temperature— -88/5(min/max)°C
Orbit Size around Sun— 92,956,050 miles (Semi Major Axis)
Period of Rotation— 23.934 hours
Speed of Rotation— 1670 km/hr
Distance from nearest Planet— 38 million km from Venus
Total Continent— 7 (Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Australia,Antarctica)
Total Ocean— 5 ( Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic )
UN Recognized Countries— 193
Total Seas— 137
Primary Tectonic Plates— 8 (African, Antarctic, Australian, Eurasian, Indian, North American, Pacific, South American)
Largest Continent— Asia, 43,820,000 sq km (29.5% of total World landmass)
Smallest Continent— Australia, 9,008,500 sq km
Largest Country— Russia, 17,098,242 sq km
Smallest Country— Vatican City - 0.44 sq km
Largest Ocean— The Pacific Ocean - 155,557,000 sq km
Smallest Ocean— Arctic, 14,056,000 sq km
Highest Mountain— Mount Everest, 29,029 ft - Nepal
Longest River— The Nile - 6,650 km
Largest Lake— The Caspian Sea - 371,000 sq km
Average Life Expectancy— 67.2 years