North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere. It can also be described as a northern subcontinent of the Americas, or America, in models that use fewer than seven continents.
North American countries by Population and Area
| Rank | Country (or dependent territory) |
Current population |
Official figure (where available) |
Area (km²) |
| 1 |  United States |
329,239,523 | 333,021,000 | 9,629,091 |
| 2 |  Mexico |
128,733,264 | 122,273,473 | 1,964,375 |
| 3 |  Canada |
37,279,800 | 37,279,775 | 9,984,670 |
| 4 |  Guatemala |
17,577,084 | 17,157,133 | 108,889 |
| 5 |  Cuba |
11,221,060 | 11,238,317 | 109,886 |
| 6 |  Haiti |
11,112,945 | 10,911,819 | 27,750 |
| 7 |  Dominican Republic |
10,266,149 | 9,980,243 | 48,671 |
| 8 |  Honduras |
9,012,229 | 8,576,500 | 112,492 |
| 9 |  El Salvador |
6,643,359 | 6,520,675 | 21,041 |
| 10 |  Nicaragua |
6,284,757 | 6,071,045 | 130,373 |
| 11 |  Costa Rica |
5,003,393 | 4,832,234 | 51,100 |
| 12 |  Panama |
4,158,783 | 3,764,166 | 75,417 |
 Puerto Rico (US) |
3,337,177 | 3,548,397 | 8,870 | |
| 13 |  Jamaica |
2,728,864 | 2,723,246 | 10,991 |
| 14 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
1,356,633 | 1,349,667 | 5,130 |
 Guadeloupe (France) |
405,000 | 403,314 | ||
| Martinique (France) |
383,000 | 388,364 | ||
| 15 |  The Bahamas |
422,678 | 369,670 | 13,943 |
| 16 |  Belize |
395,882 | 368,310 | |
| 17 |  Barbados |
381,320 | 277,821 | 430 |
| 18 |  Saint Lucia |
179,669 | 166,526 | 539 |
| 19 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
109,643 | 109,434 | 389 |
 United States Virgin Islands (US) |
105,000 | 106,405 | ||
| 20 |  Grenada |
103,328 | 103,328 | 344 |
| 21 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
86,295 | 85,567 | 442 |
| 22 |  Dominica |
71,293 | 71,293 | 751 |
 Bermuda (UK) |
65,000 | 64,237 | ||
 Cayman Islands (UK) |
59,000 | 58,238 | ||
 Greenland (Kingdom of Denmark) |
56,025 | 56,114 | ||
| 23 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
46,204 | 46,204 | 261 |
 Sint Maarten (Netherlands) |
39,000 | 37,224 | ||
 Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) |
37,000 | 31,618 | ||
| Saint Martin (France) |
36,000 | 35,742 | ||
 British Virgin Islands (UK) |
31,000 | 28,054 | ||
 Caribbean Netherlands (Netherlands) |
26,000 | 24,593 | ||
 Anguilla (UK) |
14,000 | 13,037 | ||
| Saint Barthélemy (France) |
10,000 | 9,131 | ||
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) |
6,000 | 6,069 | ||
 Montserrat (UK) |
5,000 | 4,922 | May 12, 2011 | |
| Total | 589,313,359 |
North and Central American population by country (top 8).
- United States (56.58%)
- Mexico (21.31%)
- Canada (6.31%)
- Guatemala (2.85%)
- Cuba (1.98%)
- Haiti (1.94%)
- Dominican Republic (1.76%)
- Honduras (1.58%)
- Other (5.69%)
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