Central America Map
Central America Map.
Central America is the geographic region within the American continent between North America and South America. It is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea). Politically it is divided into seven independent countries: Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama From the historical-cultural point of view, some historians delimit the region comprised by the former territories of the Captaincy General of Guatemala, that is, the current republics of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and the state of Chiapas in Mexico. From a geographical point of view, the region includes the territories located between the basin of the Atrato River and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Its territorial extension is of 522 760 km ² and its population is of 44 671 601 inhabitants approximately.
Central America is the geographic region within the American continent between North America and South America. It is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea). Politically it is divided into seven independent countries: Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama From the historical-cultural point of view, some historians delimit the region comprised by the former territories of the Captaincy General of Guatemala, that is, the current republics of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and the state of Chiapas in Mexico. From a geographical point of view, the region includes the territories located between the basin of the Atrato River and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Its territorial extension is of 522 760 km ² and its population is of 44 671 601 inhabitants approximately.
List of countries in Central America with their political seat, national territorial area, number of inhabitants and population density.
| Country | Capital | Area | Population | Density |
| Belize | Belmopan | 22,966 km² | 387 879 pop. (est. 2017) | 14.1/km² |
| Costa Rica | San Jose | 51 100 km² | 5 003 000 pop. (census 2018) | 97.9/km² |
| El Salvador | San Salvador | 21,041 km² | 6,344,722 pop. (est 2016) | 303.1/km² |
| Guatemala | Guatemala City | 108,889 km² | 17,263,239 pop. (est. 2018) | 129/km² |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa | 112,492 km² | 9,112,867 pop. (est. 2016) | 64/km² |
| Nicaragua | Managua | 130 373 km² | 6 351 956 pop. (est. 2019) | 48.7/km² |
| Panama | Panama | 75,417 km² | 4,034,119 pop. (est. 2016) | 56/km² |