# North America

North America

continent, subcontinent, part of the world| Part of | America  |
| Short name | 北米, 북미  |
| Dem name after | Américo Vespucio, Turtle Island, north  |
| Named by | Matthias Ringmann, Iroquois mythology, Martin Waldseemüller  |
| Country | no value  |
| Located in/on physical feature | Northern Hemisphere  |
| Coordinate location | 47°0′0″N 105°0′0″W  |
| Coordinates of easternmost point | 47°31′25″N 52°37′10″W  |
| Coordinates of northernmost point | 83°6′41″N 69°57′30″W  |
| Coordinates of southernmost point | 7°12′42″N 80°53′8″W  |
| Coordinates of westernmost point | 52°55′16″N 172°26′13″E  |
| Highest point | Denali  |
| Lowest point | Badwater Basin  |
| Dey share bother plus | South America, Eurasia  |
| Has boundary | boundary between North and South America  |
| Geography of topic | geography of North America  |
| History of topic | history of North America  |
| ‎most populous urban area | Mexico City  |
| Economy of topic | economy of North America  |
| Demographics of topic | demographics of North America  |
| Category for maps or plans | Category:Maps of North America  |

**North America** be continent insyd de Northern den Western Hemispheres. North America be bordered go de north by de Arctic Ocean, go de east by de Atlantic Ocean, go de southeast by South America den de Caribbean Sea, den to de west den south by de Pacific Ocean. Greater North America dey include de Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, de Caribbean, Central America, Clipperton Island, Greenland, Mexico, Saint Pierre den Miquelon, Turks and Caicos Islands, den de United States.

Continental North America dey cover area of about 24,709,000 square kilometers (9,540,000 square miles), wey dey represent approximately 16.5% of de Earth ein land area den 4.8% of ein total surface area. Ebe de third-largest continent by size after Asia den Africa, den de fourth-largest continent by population after Asia, Africa, den Europe. As of 2021, na dem estimate North America ein population as over 592 million people for 23 independent states insyd, anaa about 7.5% of de world ein population. For human geography insyd, de terms "North America" den "North American" samtyms dey refer to just Canada, de United States, Mexico, den Greenland.

## Definitions

### Countries, dependencies, den oda territories

| Country / Territory | Area | Population
(2021) | Population
density | Capital | Name(s) for official language(s) insyd | ISO 3166-1 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anguilla
(United Kingdom) | 91 km2
(35 sq mi) | 15,753 | 164.8/km2
(427/sq mi) | The Valley | Anguilla | AIA |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 442 km2
(171 sq mi) | 93,219 | 199.1/km2
(516/sq mi) | St. John's | Antigua and Barbuda | ATG |
| Aruba
(Kingdom of the Netherlands) | 180 km2
(69 sq mi) | 106,537 | 594.4/km2
(1,539/sq mi) | Oranjestad | Aruba | ABW |
| The Bahamas | 13,943 km2
(5,383 sq mi) | 407,906 | 24.5/km2
(63/sq mi) | Nassau | Bahamas | BHS |
| Barbados | 430 km2
(170 sq mi) | 281,200 | 595.3/km2
(1,542/sq mi) | Bridgetown | Barbados | BRB |
| Belize | 22,966 km2
(8,867 sq mi) | 400,031 | 13.4/km2
(35/sq mi) | Belmopan | Belize | BLZ |
| Bermuda
(United Kingdom) | 54 km2
(21 sq mi) | 64,185 | 1,203.7/km2
(3,118/sq mi) | Hamilton | Bermuda | BMU |
| Bonaire
(Kingdom of the Netherlands) | 294 km2
(114 sq mi) | 12,093 | 41.1/km2
(106/sq mi) | Kralendijk | Boneiru | BES |
| British Virgin Islands
(United Kingdom) | 151 km2
(58 sq mi) | 31,122 | 152.3/km2
(394/sq mi) | Road Town | British Virgin Islands | VGB |
| Canada | 9,984,670 km2
(3,855,100 sq mi) | 38,155,012 | 3.7/km2
(9.6/sq mi) | Ottawa | Canada | CAN |
| Cayman Islands
(United Kingdom) | 264 km2
(102 sq mi) | 68,136 | 212.1/km2
(549/sq mi) | George Town | Cayman Islands | CYM |
| Clipperton Island (France) | 6 km2
(2.3 sq mi) | 0 | 0/km2
(0/sq mi) | — | Île de Clipperton | CPT |
| Costa Rica | 51,100 km2
(19,700 sq mi) | 5,153,957 | 89.6/km2
(232/sq mi) | San José | Costa Rica | CRI |
| Cuba | 109,886 km2
(42,427 sq mi) | 11,256,372 | 102.0/km2
(264/sq mi) | Havana | Cuba | CUB |
| Curaçao
(Kingdom of the Netherlands) | 444 km2
(171 sq mi) | 190,338 | 317.1/km2
(821/sq mi) | Willemstad | Kòrsou | CUW |
| Dominica | 751 km2
(290 sq mi) | 72,412 | 89.2/km2
(231/sq mi) | Roseau | Dominica | DMA |
| Dominican Republic | 48,671 km2
(18,792 sq mi) | 11,117,873 | 207.3/km2
(537/sq mi) | Santo Domingo | República Dominicana | DOM |
| El Salvador | 21,041 km2
(8,124 sq mi) | 6,314,167 | 293.0/km2
(759/sq mi) | San Salvador | El Salvador | SLV |
| Federal Dependencies of Venezuela
(Venezuela) | 342 km2
(132 sq mi) | 2,155 | 6.3/km2
(16/sq mi) | Gran Roque | Dependencias Federales de Venezuela | VEN-W |
| Greenland
(Kingdom of Denmark) | 2,166,086 km2
(836,330 sq mi) | 56,243 | 0.026/km2
(0.067/sq mi) | Nuuk | Kalaallit Nunaat/Grønland | GRL |
| Grenada | 344 km2
(133 sq mi) | 124,610 | 302.3/km2
(783/sq mi) | St. George's | Gwinàd | GRD |
| Guadeloupe
(France) | 1,628 km2
(629 sq mi) | 396,051 | 246.7/km2
(639/sq mi) | Basse-Terre | Gwadloup | GLP |
| Guatemala | 108,889 km2
(42,042 sq mi) | 17,608,483 | 128.8/km2
(334/sq mi) | Guatemala City | Guatemala | GTM |
| Haiti | 27,750 km2
(10,710 sq mi) | 11,447,569 | 361.5/km2
(936/sq mi) | Port-au-Prince | Ayiti/Haïti | HTI |
| Honduras | 112,492 km2
(43,433 sq mi) | 10,278,345 | 66.4/km2
(172/sq mi) | Tegucigalpa | Honduras | HND |
| Jamaica | 10,991 km2
(4,244 sq mi) | 2,827,695 | 247.4/km2
(641/sq mi) | Kingston | Jumieka | JAM |
| Martinique
(France) | 1,128 km2
(436 sq mi) | 368,796 | 352.6/km2
(913/sq mi) | Fort-de-France | Martinique/Matinik | MTQ |
| Mexico | 1,964,375 km2
(758,449 sq mi) | 126,705,138 | 57.1/km2
(148/sq mi) | Mexico City | México | MEX |
| Montserrat
(United Kingdom) | 102 km2
(39 sq mi) | 4,417 | 58.8/km2
(152/sq mi) | Plymouth,
Brades | Montserrat | MSR |
| Nicaragua | 130,373 km2
(50,337 sq mi) | 6,850,540 | 44.1/km2
(114/sq mi) | Managua | Nicaragua | NIC |
| Nueva Esparta
(Venezuela) | 1,151 km2
(444 sq mi) | 491,610 | 427.1/km2
(1,106/sq mi) | La Asunción | Nueva Esparta | VEN-O |
| Panama | 75,417 km2
(29,119 sq mi) | 4,351,267 | 45.8/km2
(119/sq mi) | Panama City | Panamá | PAN |
| Puerto Rico
(United States) | 8,870 km2
(3,420 sq mi) | 3,256,028 | 448.9/km2
(1,163/sq mi) | San Juan | Puerto Rico | PRI |
| Saba
(Kingdom of the Netherlands) | 13 km2
(5 sq mi) | 1,537 | 118.2/km2
(306/sq mi) | The Bottom | Saba | BES |
| San Andrés and Providencia
(Colombia) | 53 km2
(20 sq mi) | 77,701 | 1,468.59/km2
(3,803.6/sq mi) | San Andrés | San Andrés | COL-SAP |
| Saint Barthélemy
(France) | 21 km2
(8.1 sq mi) | 7,448 | 354.7/km2
(919/sq mi) | Gustavia | Saint-Barthélemy | BLM |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 261 km2
(101 sq mi) | 47,606 | 199.2/km2
(516/sq mi) | Basseterre | Saint Kitts and Nevis | KNA |
| Saint Lucia | 539 km2
(208 sq mi) | 179,651 | 319.1/km2
(826/sq mi) | Castries | Sainte-Lucie | LCA |
| Saint Martin
(France) | 54 km2
(21 sq mi) | 29,820 | 552.2/km2
(1,430/sq mi) | Marigot | Saint-Martin | MAF |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon
(France) | 242 km2
(93 sq mi) | 5,883 | 24.8/km2
(64/sq mi) | Saint-Pierre | Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon | SPM |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 389 km2
(150 sq mi) | 104,332 | 280.2/km2
(726/sq mi) | Kingstown | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | VCT |
| Sint Eustatius
(Kingdom of the Netherlands) | 21 km2
(8.1 sq mi) | 2,739 | 130.4/km2
(338/sq mi) | Oranjestad | Sint Eustatius | BES |
| Sint Maarten
(Kingdom of the Netherlands) | 34 km2
(13 sq mi) | 44,042 | 1,176.7/km2
(3,048/sq mi) | Philipsburg | Sint Maarten | SXM |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5,130 km2
(1,980 sq mi) | 1,525,663 | 261.0/km2
(676/sq mi) | Port of Spain | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO |
| Turks and Caicos Islands
(United Kingdom) | 948 km2
(366 sq mi) | 45,114 | 34.8/km2
(90/sq mi) | Grand Turk (Cockburn Town) | Turks and Caicos Islands | TCA |
| United States | 9,629,091 km2
(3,717,813 sq mi) | 336,997,624 | 32.7/km2
(85/sq mi) | Washington, D.C. | United States of America | USA |
| United States Virgin Islands
(United States) | 347 km2
(134 sq mi) | 100,091 | 317.0/km2
(821/sq mi) | Charlotte Amalie | US Virgin Islands | VIR |
| Total | 24,500,995 km2
(9,459,887 sq mi) | 583,473,912 | 22.1/km2
(57/sq mi) |  |

## Demographics

### Populace

De top ten largest North American metropolitan areas by population as of 2013, dem base for national census numbers top from de U.S. den census estimates from Canada den Mexico| **Metro Area** | **Population** | **Area** | **Country** |
| Mexico City | 21,163,226† | 7,346 km2 (2,836 sq mi) | Mexico |
| New York City | 19,949,502 | 17,405 km2 (6,720 sq mi) | United States |
| Los Angeles | 13,131,431 | 12,562 km2 (4,850 sq mi) | United States |
| Chicago | 9,537,289 | 24,814 km2 (9,581 sq mi) | United States |
| Dallas–Fort Worth | 6,810,913 | 24,059 km2 (9,289 sq mi) | United States |
| Houston | 6,313,158 | 26,061 km2 (10,062 sq mi) | United States |
| Toronto | 6,054,191† | 5,906 km2 (2,280 sq mi) | Canada |
| Philadelphia | 6,034,678 | 13,256 km2 (5,118 sq mi) | United States |
| Washington, D.C. | 5,949,859 | 14,412 km2 (5,565 sq mi) | United States |
| Miami | 5,828,191 | 15,896 km2 (6,137 sq mi) | United States |

†2011 Census figures

## Economy

| Rank | Country anaa territory | GDP (PPP, peak year)
millions of USD | Peak year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | United States | 26,949,643 | 2023 |
| 2 | Mexico | 3,277,601 | 2023 |
| 3 | Canada | 2,378,973 | 2023 |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 273,703 | 2023 |
| 5 | Cuba | 254,865 | 2015 |
| 6 | Guatemala | 201,365 | 2023 |
| 7 | Panama | 190,306 | 2023 |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 141,527 | 2023 |
| 9 | Puerto Rico | 132,052 | 2023 |
| 10 | Honduras | 75,030 | 2023 |

| Rank | Country anaa territory | GDP (nominal, peak year)
millions of USD | Peak year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | United States | 26,949,643 | 2023 |
| 2 | Canada | 2,139,840 | 2022 |
| 3 | Mexico | 1,811,468 | 2023 |
| 4 | Cuba | 545,218 | 2021 |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 120,629 | 2023 |
| 6 | Puerto Rico | 117,515 | 2023 |
| 7 | Guatemala | 102,765 | 2023 |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 85,590 | 2023 |
| 9 | Panama | 82,348 | 2023 |
| 10 | El Salvador | 35,339 | 2023 |

## Culture

### Popular culture – sports

| League | Sport | Primary
country | Dem found | Teams | Revenue
US$ (bn) | Average
attendance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| National Football League (NFL) | American football | United States | 1920 | 32 | $9.0 | 67,604 |
| Major League Baseball (MLB) | Baseball | United States
Canada | 1869 | 30 | $8.0 | 30,458 |
| National Basketball Association (NBA) | Basketball | United States
Canada | 1946 | 30 | $5.0 | 17,347 |
| National Hockey League (NHL) | Ice hockey | United States
Canada | 1917 | 32 | $3.3 | 17,720 |
| Liga MX | Football (soccer) | Mexico | 1943 | 18 | $0.6 | 25,557 |
| Major League Soccer (MLS) | Football (soccer) | United States
Canada | 1994 | 28 | $0.5 | 21,574 |
| Canadian Football League (CFL) | Canadian football | Canada | 1958 | 9 | $0.3 | 23,890 |

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* Interactive SVG version of Non-Native American Nations Control over N America 1750–2008 animation