North America

**North America** is a large continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres of Earth. It is to the east of the Pacific Ocean, the west of the Atlantic Ocean, the south of the Arctic Ocean, and it is the northern part of the Americas. The southernmost part is Central America. It is the third largest continent in the world after Asia and Africa. North America has a population of around 528 million, and is the 4th most populous continent in the world.

North America has three subregions which are the Caribbean, Central America, and North America. Depending on how it is used, "North America" can be used to mean as the **continent** as a whole to include all 23 countries or as a **subregion** to mean Canada, Mexico, and the United States only.

Hundreds of millions of years ago, North America was part of a larger ancient supercontinent named Laurasia. A few million years ago, a new land bridge arose and connected North America to South America. Beringia connected North America to Siberia a few times during ice ages in the past 20,000 years. North America has many warm tropical islands such as the Bahamas. North America is currently north of South America.

## Countries

|Flag|Official name(s)|Area (km2 or sq mi)|Population|Density (pop. km2)|Capital|Official language(s)|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"||align="center"|Antigua and Barbuda||101,489|622|St. John's|English|
|align="center"||align="center"|Bahamas <small>Commonwealth of the Bahamas</small>||358,508|24|Nassau|English|
|align="center"||align="center"|Barbados||303,431|755|Bridgetown|English|
|align="center"||align="center"|Belize||419,137|16|Belmopan|English|
|align="center"||align="center"|Canada||38,486,736|5|Ottawa|English French|
|align="center"||align="center"|Costa Rica <small>Republic of Costa Rica</small>||5,256,612|112|San Jose|Spanish|
|align="center"||align="center"|Cuba <small>Republic of Cuba</small>||10,985,974|95|Havana|Spanish|
|align="center"||align="center"|Dominica <small>Commonwhealth of Dominica</small>||74,656|96|Roseau|English|
|align="center"||align="center"|Dominican Republic||10,790,744|188|Santo Domingo|Spanish|
|align="center"||align="center"|El Salvador <small>Republic of El Salvador</small>||6,670,304|330|San Salvador|Spanish|
|align="center"||align="center"|Grenada||114,700|477|St. George's|English|
|align="center"||align="center"|Guatemala <small>Republic of Guatemala</small>||17,980,803|133|Guatemala City|Spanish|
|align="center"||align="center"|Haiti <small>Republic of Haiti</small>||11,270,161|77|Port-au-Prince|French|
|align="center"||align="center"|Honduras <small>Republic of Honduras</small>||9,571,352|92|Tegucigalpa|Spanish|
|align="center"||align="center"|Jamaica <small>Republic of Jamaica</small>||2,830,932|232|Kingston|English|
|align="center"||align="center"|Mexico <small>United Mexican States</small>||129,875,729|87|Mexico City|Spanish|
|align="center"||align="center"|Nicaragua <small>Republic of Nicaragua</small>||6,359,689|221|Managua|Spanish|
|align="center"||align="center"|Panama <small>Republic of Panama</small>||4,404,108|66|Panama City|Spanish|
|align="center"||align="center"|Saint Kitts and Nevis <small>Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis</small>||54,817|313|Basseterre|English|
|align="center"||align="center"|Saint Lucia||167,591|586|Castries|English|
|align="center"||align="center"|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines||100,814|722|Kingstown|English|
|align="center"||align="center"|Trinidad and Tobago <small>Republic of Trinidad and Tobago</small>||1,534,937|295|Port of Spain|English|
|align="center"||align="center"|United States <small>United States of America</small>||338,946,000|15|Washington, D.C.|English Spanish|

## Related pages

- Central America
- South America

## Infobox (continent)

- **title**: North America
- **image**: Location North America.svg
- **area**: Around 24.71 million km2
- **population**: 528,720,588 (2008)
- **gdp nominal**: $20.3 trillion (201moo3)
- **gdp ppp**: $20.9 trillion (2013)
- **demonym**: North American
- **countries**: 23
- **languages**: Languages of North America, List of languages
- **time**: UTC−10 to UTC±0, UTC
- **internet**: Country code top-level domain#List of ccTLDs, North American TLD
- **cities**: List of the largest cities in North America, List of urban areas