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North America is a continent [b] in the Northern and Western hemispheres.[c] North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. The region includes Middle America (comprising the Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico) and Northern America.

North America covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometers (9,540,000 square miles), representing approximately 16.5% of Earth's land area and 4.8% of its total surface area. It is the third-largest continent by size after Asia and Africa, and the fourth-largest continent by population after Asia, Africa, and Europe. As of 2021, North America's population was estimated as over 592 million people in 23 independent states, or about 7.5% of the world's population.

Flag	Capital [12][14][21]	Population 2021 [7][8]	Area[a][b] [9]	Currency [12]	Map
1	Antigua and Barbuda	St. John's	93,219	442.6 km2 (171 sq mi)	East Caribbean dollar
2	The Bahamas	Nassau	407,906	13,940 km2 (5,382 sq mi)	Bahamian dollar
3	Barbados [n 5]	Bridgetown	281,200	431 km2 (166 sq mi)	Barbadian dollar
4	Belize [n 5][n 6]	Belmopan	400,031	22,966 km2 (8,867 sq mi)	Belize dollar
5	Canada [n 7]	Ottawa	38,155,012	9,984,670 km2 (3,855,103 sq mi)	Canadian dollar
6	Costa Rica [n 6]	San José	5,153,957	51,100 km2 (19,730 sq mi)	Costa Rican colón
7	Cuba	Havana	11,256,372	110,860 km2 (42,803 sq mi)	Cuban peso Cuban convertible peso
8	Dominica [n 5]	Roseau	72,412	754 km2 (291 sq mi)	East Caribbean dollar
9	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	11,117,873	48,730 km2 (18,815 sq mi)	Dominican peso
10	El Salvador [n 6]	San Salvador	6,314,167	21,040 km2 (8,124 sq mi)	United States dollar
11	Grenada [n 5]	St. George's	124,610	344 km2 (133 sq mi)	East Caribbean dollar
12	Guatemala [n 6]	Guatemala City	17,608,483	108,890 km2 (42,043 sq mi)	Guatemalan quetzal
13	Haiti [n 5]	Port-au-Prince	11,447,569	27,750 km2 (10,714 sq mi)	Haitian gourde
14	Honduras [n 6]	Tegucigalpa	10,278,345	112,090 km2 (43,278 sq mi)	Honduran lempira
15	Jamaica [n 5]	Kingston	2,827,695	10,991 km2 (4,244 sq mi)	Jamaican dollar
16	Mexico [n 7]	Mexico City	126,705,138	1,972,550 km2 (761,606 sq mi)	Mexican peso
17	Nicaragua [n 6]	Managua	6,850,540	129,494 km2 (49,998 sq mi)	Nicaraguan córdoba
18	Panama [n 6]	Panama City	4,351,267	78,200 km2 (30,193 sq mi)	Panamanian balboa United States dollar
19	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	47,606	261 km2 (101 sq mi)	East Caribbean dollar
20	Saint Lucia [n 5]	Castries	179,651	616 km2 (238 sq mi)	East Caribbean dollar
21	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	104,332	389 km2 (150 sq mi)	East Caribbean dollar
22	Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	1,422,000	5,130 km²	Trinidadian dollar
23	United States [n 7]	Washington	336,997,624	9,826,630 km2 (3,794,083 sq mi)	United States dollar