North America

North America (Spanish: América del Norte or Norteamérica; French: Amérique du Nord) is the
northern continent of the Americas,[4] situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and in the western
hemisphere. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean,
on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific Ocean; South America
lies to the southeast.

North America covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometers (9,540,000 square miles), about
4.8% of the planet's surface or about 16.5% of its land area. As of July 2008, its population was
estimated at nearly 529 million people. It is the third-largest continent in area, following Asia and
Africa, and the fourth in population after Asia, Africa, and Europe.

Countries and territories

Population Population
Area
Country or territory (2008 est.)[20] density Capital
(km²)[19]
(per km²)

 Bermuda (UK) 54 65,000 1203.7 Hamilton

 Canada 9,984,670 33,573,000 3.4 Ottawa

 Greenland (Den.) 2,166,086 57,000 0.026 Nuuk

 Mexico 1,964,375 109,610,000 55.8 Mexico City

 Saint Pierre and

242 6,000 24.8 Saint-Pierre
Miquelon (Fr.)

 United States [21]

9,629,091 314,659,000 32.7 Washington, D.C.

Caribbean

 Anguilla (UK) 91 15,000 164.8 The Valley

 Antigua and Barbuda 442 88,000 199.1 St. John's

 Aruba (Neth.) 180 107,000 594.4 Oranjestad

 Bahamas, The 13,943 342,000 24.5 Nassau

 Barbados 430 256,000 595.3 Bridgetown

 Bermuda (UK) 54 65,000 1203.7 Hamilton

 Bonaire (Neth.) 294 12,093[22] 41.1 Kralendijk

 British Virgin Islands

151 23,000 152.3 Road Town
(UK)

 Cayman Islands (UK) 264 56,000 212.1 George Town

 Cuba 109,886 11,204,000 102.0 Havana

 Curaçao (Neth.) 444 140,794[22] 317.1 Willemstad

 Dominica 751 67,000 89.2 Roseau

 Dominican Republic 48,671 10,090,000 207.3 Santo Domingo

 Grenada 344 104,000 302.3 St. George's

 Guadeloupe (Fr.) 1,705 465,000 272.7 Basse-Terre

 Haiti 27,750 10,033,000 361.5 Port-au-Prince

 Jamaica 10,991 2,719,000 247.4 Kingston

 Martinique (Fr.) 1,128 405,000 359.0 Fort-de-France

Plymouth;
 Montserrat (UK) 102 6,000 58.8
Brades[23]

 Navassa Island (USA) 5[24] 0[25] 0.0  —

 Puerto Rico (USA) 8,870 3,982,000 448.9 San Juan

 Saba (Neth.) 13 1,537[22] 118.2 The Bottom

 Saint Barthélemy (Fr.) 21[24] 7,448[25] 354.7 Gustavia

 Saint Kitts and Nevis 261 52,000 199.2 Basseterre

 Saint Lucia 539 172,000 319.1 Castries

 Saint Martin (Fr.) 54[24] 29,820[25] 552.2 Marigot

 Saint Vincent and the

389 109,000 280.2 Kingstown
Grenadines

 Sint Eustatius (Neth.) 21 2,739[22] 130.4 Oranjestad

 Sint Maarten (Neth.) 34 40,009[22] 1176.7 Philipsburg

 Trinidad and Tobago

[26]
5,130 1,339,000 261.0 Port of Spain

 Turks and Caicos

948 33,000 34.8 Cockburn Town
Islands (UK)

 United States Virgin

347 110,000 317.0 Charlotte Amalie
Islands (USA)

Central America

 Belize 22,966 307,000 13.4 Belmopan

 Costa Rica 51,100 4,579,000 89.6 San José

 El Salvador 21,041 6,163,000 293.0 San Salvador

 Guatemala 108,889 14,027,000 128.8 Guatemala City

 Honduras 112,492 7,466,000 66.4 Tegucigalpa

 Nicaragua 130,373 5,743,000 44.1 Managua

 Panama [26][27]
75,417 3,454,000 45.8 Panama City

Total 24,500,995 541,720,440 22.9