North America

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North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It can also be considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean, and to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea.

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 across 23 independent states, representing about 7.5% of the human population. Most of the continent's land area is dominated by Canada, the United States, and Mexico, while smaller states exist in the Central American and Caribbean regions. North America is the third largest continent by area, following Asia and Africa, and the fourth by population after Asia, Africa, and Europe.

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List of Countries in North America Country or territory Area (km2) Population (2008 est.) Population density (per km2) Capital North America  Bermuda (UK) 54 65,000 1203.7 Hamilton  Canada 9,984,670 33,573,000 3.4 Ottawa  Greenland (Den.) 2,166,086 57,000 0.026 Nuuk (Godthåb)  Mexico 1,964,375 112,322,757 57.1 Mexico City Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Fr.) 242 6,000 24.8 Saint-Pierre  United States 9,629,091 311,630,000 32.7 Washington, D.C. Caribbean  Anguilla (UK) 91 15,000 164.8 The Valley  Antigua and Barbuda 442 88,000 199.1 St. John's  Aruba (Neth.) 180 107,000 594.4 Oranjestad  Bahamas, The 13,943 342,000 24.5 Nassau  Barbados 430 256,000 595.3 Bridgetown  Bonaire (Neth.) 294 12,093 41.1 Kralendijk  British Virgin Islands (UK) 151 23,000 152.3 Road Town  Cayman Islands (UK) 264 56,000 212.1 George Town  Clipperton Island (Fr.) 6 0 0.0  —  Cuba 109,886 11,204,000 102.0 Havana  Curaçao (Neth.) 444 140,794 317.1 Willemstad  Dominica 751 67,000 89.2 Roseau  Dominican Republic 48,671 10,090,000 207.3 Santo Domingo  Grenada 344 104,000 302.3 St. George's  Guadeloupe (Fr.) 1,628 401,784 246.7 Basse-Terre  Haiti 27,750 10,033,000 361.5 Port-au-Prince  Jamaica 10,991 2,719,000 247.4 Kingston  Martinique (Fr.) 1,128 397,693 352.6 Fort-de-France  Montserrat (UK) 102 6,000 58.8 Plymouth; Brades  Navassa Island (US) 5 0 0.0  —  Puerto Rico (US) 8,870 3,982,000 448.9 San Juan  Saba (Neth.) 13 1,537 118.2 The Bottom  Saint Barthélemy (Fr.) 21 7,448 354.7 Gustavia  Saint Kitts and Nevis 261 52,000 199.2 Basseterre  Saint Lucia 539 172,000 319.1 Castries  Saint Martin (Fr.) 54 29,820 552.2 Marigot  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389 109,000 280.2 Kingstown  Sint Eustatius (Neth.) 21 2,739 130.4 Oranjestad  Sint Maarten (Neth.) 34 40,009 1176.7 Philipsburg  Trinidad and Tobago 5,130 1,339,000 261.0 Port of Spain  Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 948 33,000 34.8 Cockburn Town  United States Virgin Islands (US) 347 110,000 317.0 Charlotte Amalie Central America  Belize 22,966 307,000 13.4 Belmopan  Costa Rica 51,100 4,579,000 89.6 San José  El Salvador 21,041 6,163,000 293.0 San Salvador  Guatemala 108,889 14,027,000 128.8 Guatemala City  Honduras 112,492 7,466,000 66.4 Tegucigalpa  Nicaragua 130,373 5,743,000 44.1 Managua  Panama 75,417 3,454,000 45.8 Panama City Total 24,500,995 541,720,440 22.9

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