North America Political Map

North America Political Map

North America Political Map

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North America is the northern continent of the Americas, 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.

List of countries in North America with their political seat, national territorial area, number of inhabitants and population density.

CountryCapital AreaPopulationDensity
Antigua and BarbudaSt. John's 440 km²100,963 pop. (est.2016) 186/km²
Bahamas, TheNassau 13,880 km²392 718 pop. (est. 2016) 25.21/km²
BarbadosBridgetown 439 km²277,821 pop. (2010 census) 660/km²
BelizeBelmopan 22,966 km²387 879 pop. (est. 2017) 14.1/km²
CanadaOttawa 9 984 670 km²37,067,011 pop. (est. 2018) 3.92/km²
Costa RicaSan Jose 51 100 km²5 003 000 pop. (census 2018) 97.9/km²
CubaHavana 109 884 km²11 221 060 pop. (census 2017) 102.3/km²
DominicaRoseau 750 km²73,543 pop. (est. 2016) 105/km²
Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo 48,671 km²10,735,896 pop. (est. 2018) 220/km²
El SalvadorSan Salvador 21,041 km²6,344,722 pop. (est 2016) 303.1/km²
GrenadaSaint George 348.5 km²107,317 pop. (est. 2016) 825.1/km²
GuatemalaGuatemala City 108,889 km²17,263,239 pop. (est. 2018) 129/km²
HaitiPort-au-Prince 27,750 km²10,847,334 pop. (est. 2016) 382/km²
HondurasTegucigalpa 112,492 km²9,112,867 pop. (est. 2016) 64/km²
MexicoMexico City 1,972,550 km²123,675,325 pop. (est. 2017) 61/km²
PanamaPanama 75,417 km²4,034,119 pop. (est. 2016) 56/km²
Saint Kitts and NevisBasseterre 261 km²54,821 pop. (est. 2016) 164/km²
Saint LuciaCastries 617 km²178,015 pop. (est. 2016) 300/km²
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesKingstown 389 km²109,643 pop. (est. 2016) 307/km²
Trinidad and TobagoPort of Spain 5,131 km²1,359,193 pop. (est. 2018) 264/km²
United StatesWashington D. C. 9,833,520 km²327,167,434 pop. (est. 2018) 32.8/km²