Simple SQL joins — HackerRank -Average Population of Each Continent

Given the CITY and COUNTRY tables, query the names of all the continents (COUNTRY.Continent) and their respective average city populations (CITY.Population) rounded down to the nearest integer.

Note: CITY.CountryCode and COUNTRY.Code are matching key columns.

Input Format

The CITY and COUNTRY tables are described as follows:

Solution

use -0.5 to round to nearest integer.

SELECT continent, 
       Round(Avg(city.population) - 0.5, 0) AS p 
FROM   city 
       JOIN (country) 
         ON( city.countrycode = country.code ) 
GROUP  BY continent 
ORDER  BY p;