# List of sovereign states and dependent territories in North America

The following is a list of sovereign countries and dependent territories in North America, a continent that covers the landmass north of the Colombia-Panama border as well as the islands of the Caribbean.

## Sovereign states

All of the states listed here are member states of the United Nations.
| English short, formal names, and ISO | Domestic short and formal name(s) | Capital | Population 2021 | Area | Currency |
| Antigua and Barbuda ATG | English: Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's | 93,219 | 442.6 km$^2$ (171 sq mi) | East Caribbean dollar |
| The Bahamas Commonwealth of The Bahamas BHS | English: The Bahamas—Commonwealth of The Bahamas | Nassau | 407,906 | 13,940 km$^2$ (5,382 sq mi) | Bahamian dollar |
| Barbados BRB | English: Barbados | Bridgetown | 281,200 | 431 km$^2$ (166 sq mi) | Barbadian dollar |
| Belize BLZ | English: Belize | Belmopan | 400,031 | 22,966 km$^2$ (8,867 sq mi) | Belize dollar |
| Canada CAN | English: Canada French: Canada | Ottawa | 38,155,012 | 9,984,670 km$^2$ (3,855,103 sq mi) | Canadian dollar |
| Costa Rica Republic of Costa Rica CRI | Spanish: Costa Rica — República de Costa Rica | San José | 5,153,957 | 51,100 km$^2$ (19,730 sq mi) | Costa Rican colón |
| Cuba Republic of Cuba CUB | Spanish: Cuba — República de Cuba | Havana | 11,256,372 | 110,860 km$^2$ (42,803 sq mi) | Cuban peso Cuban convertible peso |
| Dominica Commonwealth of Dominica DMA | English: Dominica — Commonwealth of Dominica | Roseau | 72,412 | 754 km$^2$ (291 sq mi) | East Caribbean dollar |
| Dominican Republic DOM | English: Dominican Republic Spanish: República Dominicana | Santo Domingo | 11,117,873 | 48,730 km$^2$ (18,815 sq mi) | Dominican peso |
| El Salvador Republic of El Salvador SLV | English: El Salvador — Republic of El Salvador Spanish: El Salvador — República de El Salvador | San Salvador | 6,314,167 | 21,040 km$^2$ (8,124 sq mi) | United States dollar |
| Grenada GRD | English: Grenada | St. George's | 124,610 | 344 km$^2$ (133 sq mi) | East Caribbean dollar |
| Guatemala Republic of Guatemala GTM | Spanish: Guatemala — República de Guatemala | Guatemala City | 17,608,483 | 108,890 km$^2$ (42,043 sq mi) | Guatemalan quetzal |
| Haiti Republic of Haiti HTI | French: Haïti — République d'Haïti Haitian Creole: Ayiti — Repiblik d Ayiti | Port-au-Prince | 11,447,569 | 27,750 km$^2$ (10,714 sq mi) | Haitian gourde |
| Honduras Republic of Honduras HND | Spanish: Honduras — República de Honduras | Tegucigalpa | 10,278,345 | 112,090 km$^2$ (43,278 sq mi) | Honduran lempira |
| Jamaica JAM | English: Jamaica | Kingston | 2,827,695 | 10,991 km$^2$ (4,244 sq mi) | Jamaican dollar |
| Mexico United Mexican States MEX | Spanish: México — Estados Unidos Mexicanos | Mexico City | 126,705,138 | 1,972,550 km$^2$ (761,606 sq mi) | Mexican peso |
| Nicaragua Republic of Nicaragua NIC | Spanish: Nicaragua — República de Nicaragua | Managua | 6,850,540 | 129,494 km$^2$ (49,998 sq mi) | Nicaraguan córdoba |
| Panama Republic of Panama PAN | English: Panama — Republic of Panama Spanish: Panamá — República de Panamá | Panama City | 4,351,267 | 78,200 km$^2$ (30,193 sq mi) | Panamanian balboa United States dollar |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis KNA | English: Saint Kitts and Nevis — Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | 47,606 | 261 km$^2$ (101 sq mi) | East Caribbean dollar |
| Saint Lucia LCA | English: Saint Lucia | Castries | 179,651 | 616 km$^2$ (238 sq mi) | East Caribbean dollar |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VCT | English: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | 104,332 | 389 km$^2$ (150 sq mi) | East Caribbean dollar |
| Trinidad and Tobago Republic of Trinidad and Tobago TTO | English: Trinidad and Tobago — Republic of Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 1,525,663 | 5,128 km$^2$ (1,980 sq mi) | Trinidad and Tobago dollar |
| United States United States of America USA | English: United States of America | Washington, D.C | 336,997,624 | 9,826,630 km$^2$ (3,794,083 sq mi) | United States dollar |

## Non-sovereign territories

This section contains areas that are not sovereign states nor integral parts of the sovereign states listed above. These include dependent territories and integral areas of primarily non-North American states.

### Dependent territories

Dependencies that are not internationally recognized, or not in effect, are listed in italics.
| Flag | English short, formal names, and ISO | Domestic short name(s) | Capital | Population 2021 | Area | Currency | Sovereign state | Legal status |
| | Anguilla AIA | English: Anguilla | The Valley | 15,753 | 102 km$^2$ (39 sq mi) | East Caribbean dollar | United Kingdom | British Overseas Territory |
| | Bermuda BMU | English: Bermuda Portuguese: Bermudas | Hamilton | 64,185 | 53.3 km$^2$ (21 sq mi) | Bermudian dollar | United Kingdom | British Overseas Territory |
| | British Virgin Islands Virgin Islands VGB | English: Virgin Islands | Road Town | 31,122 | 153 km$^2$ (59 sq mi) | United States dollar | United Kingdom | British Overseas Territory |
| | Cayman Islands CYM | English: Cayman Islands | George Town | 68,136 | 262 km$^2$ (101 sq mi) | Cayman Islands dollar | United Kingdom | British Overseas Territory |
| | Montserrat MSR | English: Montserrat | Plymouth (de jure — abandoned) Brades (de facto — seat of government) | 4,417 | 102 km$^2$ (39 sq mi) | East Caribbean dollar | United Kingdom | British Overseas Territory |
| N/A | Navassa Island UM-76 | English: Navassa Island | Lulu Town (de jure — abandoned) | 0 | 5.4 km$^2$ (2 sq mi) | United States dollar | United States | Uninhabited, administrated by the United States as an unincorporated unorganized territory, claimed by Haiti |
| | Puerto Rico Commonwealth of Puerto Rico PRI | Spanish: Puerto Rico — Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico English: Puerto Rico — Commonwealth of Puerto Rico | San Juan | 3,256,028 | 13,790 km$^2$ (5,324 sq mi) | United States dollar | United States | Unincorporated organized territory and Commonwealth of the United States |
| | Turks and Caicos Islands TCA | English: Turks and Caicos Islands | Cockburn Town | 45,114 | 430 km$^2$ (166 sq mi) | United States dollar | United Kingdom | British Overseas Territory |
| | United States Virgin Islands Virgin Islands of the United States VIR | English: United States Virgin Islands — Virgin Islands of the United States | Charlotte Amalie | 100,091 | 1,910 km$^2$ (737 sq mi) | United States dollar | United States | Unincorporated organized territory of the United States |

### Integral parts of primarily non-North American states

| English short, formal names, and ISO | Domestic short name(s) | Capital | Population 2021 | Area | Currency | Sovereign state | Legal status |
| Aruba Country of Aruba ABW | Dutch: Aruba — Land Aruba Papiamento: Aruba — Pais Aruba | Oranjestad | 106,537 | 193 km$^2$ (75 sq mi) | Aruban florin | Netherlands | Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| Bonaire BES | Dutch: Bonaire Papiamento: Boneiru | Kralendijk | 20,104 | 179 km$^2$ (69 sq mi) | United States dollar | Netherlands | Special municipality of the Netherlands |
| Clipperton Island CPT | French: Île de Clipperton | N/A | 0 | 6 km$^2$ (2 sq mi) | N/A | France | Uninhabited overseas state private property of France |
| Curaçao Country of Curaçao CUW | Dutch: Curaçao — Land Curaçao Papiamento: Kòrsou — Pais Kòrsou | Willemstad | 190,338 | 276 km$^2$ (107 sq mi) | Netherlands Antillean guilder | Netherlands | Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| Federal Dependencies VE-W | Spanish: Dependencias Federales de Venezuela | Gran Roque | 2,155 | 342 km$^2$ (132 sq mi) | Bolívar soberano, Petro | Venezuela | Federal Dependencies of Venezuela |
| Greenland GRL | Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat Danish: Grønland | Nuuk | 56,243 | 2,166,086 km$^2$ (836,330 sq mi) | Danish krone | Denmark | Constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark |
| Guadeloupe GLP | French: Guadeloupe Guadeloupean Creole French: Gwadloup | Basse-Terre | 396,051 | 1,628 km$^2$ (629 sq mi) | Euro | France | Overseas department and region of France |
| Martinique Territorial Collectivity of Martinique MTQ | French: Martinique — Collectivité Territoriale de Martinique | Fort-de-France | 368,796 | 1,128 km$^2$ (436 sq mi) | Euro | France | Overseas department and region of France |
| Saba BES | Dutch: Saba English: Saba | The Bottom | 1,933 | 13 km$^2$ (5 sq mi) | United States dollar | Netherlands | Special municipality of the Netherlands |
| Saint Barthélemy Territorial Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy BLM | French: Saint-Barthélemy — Collectivité de Saint-Barthélemy | Gustavia | 10,861 | 25 km$^2$ (10 sq mi) | Euro | France | Overseas collectivity of France |
| Saint Martin Collectivity of Saint Martin MAF | French: Saint-Martin — Collectivité de Saint-Martin | Marigot | 31,948 | 53.2 km$^2$ (21 sq mi) | Euro | France | Overseas collectivity of France |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon Overseas Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon SPM | French: Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon — Collectivité d'outre-mer de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon | Saint Pierre | 5,883 | 242 km$^2$ (93 sq mi) | Euro | France | Overseas collectivity of France |
| San Andrés and Providencia Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina CO-SAP | Spanish: San Andrés y Providencia — Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina | San Andrés | 61,280 | 52.5 km$^2$ (20 sq mi) | Colombian peso | Colombia | Department of Colombia |
| Sint Eustatius BES | Dutch: Sint Eustatius English: Statia | Oranjestad | 3,138 | 21 km$^2$ (8 sq mi) | United States dollar | Netherlands | Special municipality of the Netherlands |
| Sint Maarten SXM | Dutch: Sint Maarten | Philipsburg | 44,042 | 41.44 km$^2$ (16 sq mi) | Netherlands Antillean guilder | Netherlands | Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands |

### Disputed territories

Disputed territories that are not internationally recognized, or not in effect, are listed in italics:
| Flag | English short name | English long name | Domestic short name(s) | Claimants | Legal status |
| N/A | Bajo Nuevo Bank | Bajo Nuevo Bank | Spanish: Bajo Nuevo | Colombia Jamaica United States | Uninhabited, administered by Colombia, claimed by the United States as an unincorporated unorganized territory. Also claimed by Jamaica. |
| N/A | Serranilla Bank | Serranilla Bank | Spanish: Bajo Serranilla | Colombia United States | Uninhabited, administered by Colombia, claimed by the United States as an unincorporated unorganized territory. |