Africa is 3 times larger than Europe.
Area: 30,370,000 km2 DESA
Population: 1,022,234,000 (2012) DESA
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most-populous continent. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers six percent of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4 percent of the total land area. Wikipedia
Area: 10,180,000 km2 DESA
Population: 738,199,000 (2012) DESA
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Wikipedia