How Many Countries Are in North America?

There are 23 sovereign countries in North America, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago.

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres. The 23 countries are located in three regions like Northern America, Central America, and the Caribbean. There are 2 countries in Northern America, 8 countries in Central America, and 13 countries in the Caribbean region. The Insular Caribbean is also the island-based portion of the Caribbean region, comprising thousands of islands, cays, and archipelagos in and around the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It has the same 13 sovereign countries as the Caribbean region.

North America covers about 24.7 million square kilometers. It makes up about 16.5% of the Earth’s land area and 4.8% of its total surface area. It is the third-largest continent by area, after Asia and Africa. It is also the fourth-largest continent by population, after Asia, Africa, and Europe.

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Complete List of North American Countries

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No.	Flag	Country	Capital	Region	Total Area (km²)	Population(2026 est.)	Language	Currency	Calling Code	ISO Code
1		Canada	Ottawa	Northern America	9,984,670	41.4 million	English, French	Canadian dollar (CAD)	+1	CA
2		United States	Washington, D.C.	Northern America	9,833,517	349.6 million	English (no official language at federal level)	US dollar (USD)	+1	US
3		Mexico	Mexico City	Central America*	1,964,375	133.3 million	Spanish; Indigenous languages have national-language status	Mexican peso (MXN)	+52	MX
4		Belize	Belmopan	Central America	22,966	430,271	English	Belize dollar (BZD)	+501	BZ
5		Costa Rica	San José	Central America	51,100	5.2 million	Spanish	Costa Rican colón (CRC)	+506	CR
6		El Salvador	San Salvador	Central America	21,041	6.4 million	Spanish	US dollar (USD)	+503	SV
7		Guatemala	Guatemala City	Central America	108,889	19.1 million	Spanish; Indigenous languages are spoken	Guatemalan quetzal (GTQ)	+502	GT
8		Honduras	Tegucigalpa	Central America	112,777	11.2 million	Spanish	Honduran lempira (HNL)	+504	HN
9		Nicaragua	Managua	Central America	130,370	7.0 million	Spanish	Nicaraguan córdoba (NIO)	+505	NI
10		Panama	Panama City	Central America	75,417	4.6 million	Spanish	Balboa (PAB), US dollar (USD)	+507	PA
11		Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John’s	Caribbean	442.6	95,000	English	East Caribbean dollar (XCD)	+1-268	AG
12		Bahamas	Nassau	Caribbean	13,880	404,628	English	Bahamian dollar (BSD)	+1-242	BS
13		Barbados	Bridgetown	Caribbean	430	283,000	English	Barbadian dollar (BBD)	+1-246	BB
14		Cuba	Havana	Caribbean	110,860	10.9 million	Spanish	Cuban peso (CUP)	+53	CU
15		Dominica	Roseau	Caribbean	751	66,000	English	East Caribbean dollar (XCD)	+1-767	DM
16		Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	Caribbean	48,671	11.6 million	Spanish	Dominican peso (DOP)	+1-809, +1-829, +1-849	DO
17		Grenada	Saint George’s	Caribbean	344	117,425	English	East Caribbean dollar (XCD)	+1-473	GD
18		Haiti	Port-au-Prince	Caribbean	27,750	12.0 million	Haitian Creole, French	Haitian gourde (HTG)	+509	HT
19		Jamaica	Kingston	Caribbean	10,991	2.8 million	English	Jamaican dollar (JMD)	+1-876, +1-658	JM
20		Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	Caribbean	261	47,022	English	East Caribbean dollar (XCD)	+1-869	KN
21		Saint Lucia	Castries	Caribbean	617	180,650	English	East Caribbean dollar (XCD)	+1-758	LC
22		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	Caribbean	389	100,000	English	East Caribbean dollar (XCD)	+1-784	VC
23		Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	Caribbean	5,130	1.5 million	English	Trinidad and Tobago dollar (TTD)	+1-868	TT

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North America also includes dependent territories, overseas areas, and integral parts of countries located primarily outside the continent. Under this classification, there are nine dependent territories, including Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Montserrat, Navassa Island, Puerto Rico, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands.

Other territories and integral areas associated with North America include Aruba, Bonaire, Clipperton Island, Curaçao, the Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saba, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten. San Andrés and Providencia, which are part of Colombia, may also be included depending on the geographic classification used.

Bajo Nuevo Bank and Serranilla Bank are disputed areas. Different countries claim ownership of them. For more details about their political and administrative status, see the list of sovereign states and dependent territories in North America.

North America Countries by Population

The United States is the most populous country in North America, followed by Mexico and Canada. Saint Kitts and Nevis is the continent’s least populous sovereign country. Population sizes vary widely across Northern America, Central America, and the Caribbean. See the table above to compare the populations of all 23 countries.

Canada is the largest country in North America by total area, and Saint Kitts and Nevis is the smallest sovereign country in the continent.

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