Europe is the 2nd smallest continent in the world, but based on it's population, it ranked 3rd. Only two continents have more people than Europe, what are they?

The two continents that have larger populations than Europe are Asia and Africa.

Explanation:

Europe is a very small continent when compared with the larger ones. Despite this, it has a population that is larger than continents that are larger. The only two continents that have larger populations are the two largest, Asia and Africa, while North America and South America despite being larger have smaller populations.

Europe's high population density is the result of good natural conditions for humans to prosper, but also because the continent, in general, is well developed. North America and South America will probably surpass Europe's population in the future, with North America especially having a big gap to cover. The reason why these two continents have smaller populations than Europe is because of the mass dying out of native populations when Europeans arrived, and that they have been replaced with a much smaller number of new settlers and relatively recently.