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)Antigua and Barbuda  101,489 622 St. John's EnglishBahamasCommonwealth of the Bahamas  358,508 24 Nassau EnglishBarbados  303,431 755 Bridgetown EnglishBelize  419,137 16 Belmopan EnglishCanada  38,486,736 5 Ottawa EnglishFrenchCosta RicaRepublic of Costa Rica  5,256,612 112 San Jose SpanishCubaRepublic of Cuba  10,985,974 95 Havana SpanishDominicaCommonwhealth of Dominica  74,656 96 Roseau EnglishDominican Republic  10,790,744 188 Santo Domingo SpanishEl SalvadorRepublic of El Salvador  6,670,304 330 San Salvador SpanishGrenada  114,700 477 St. George's EnglishGuatemalaRepublic of Guatemala  17,980,803 133 Guatemala City SpanishHaitiRepublic of Haiti  11,270,161 77 Port-au-Prince FrenchHondurasRepublic of Honduras  9,571,352 92 Tegucigalpa SpanishJamaicaRepublic of Jamaica  2,830,932 232 Kingston EnglishMexicoUnited Mexican States  129,875,729 87 Mexico City SpanishNicaraguaRepublic of Nicaragua  6,359,689 221 Managua SpanishPanamaRepublic of Panama  4,404,108 66 Panama City SpanishSaint Kitts and NevisFederation of Saint Christopher and Nevis  54,817 313 Basseterre EnglishSaint Lucia  167,591 586 Castries EnglishSaint Vincent and the Grenadines  100,814 722 Kingstown EnglishTrinidad and TobagoRepublic of Trinidad and Tobago  1,534,937 295 Port of Spain EnglishUnited StatesUnited States of America  338,946,000 15 Washington, D.C.  EnglishSpanish

 Related pages
 Central America
 South America

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Category:Laurasia