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Countries of the Americas

The Americas are the lands of the western half of the world: North America, Central America, the Caribbean islands and South America. They run almost from pole to pole, from the Arctic north of Canada to Cape Horn at the tip of South America.

The region in numbers

This region has 56 entries on this site, of which 35 are member states of the United Nations. Together they hold about 1.05 billion people, roughly 13 percent of the world total, on about 42.3 million square kilometres of land. United States has the most people (about 342 million). Canada is the largest by area (9,984,670 km²), and Saint Kitts and Nevis is the smallest member state (261 km²). 2 of its member states are landlocked: Bolivia, Paraguay.

Caribbean

Central America

North America

South America

The sub-regions compared

Sub-regionEntriesPeopleShare of the regionMost people
North America7516 million49%United States
South America14438 million42%Brazil
Central America753.2 million5%Guatemala
Caribbean2844.6 million4%Haiti

Rich and poor, crowded and empty

By GDP per person among member states, the highest figures in the data are United States ($90,000), Canada ($55,700), Bahamas ($39,500), and the lowest are Haiti ($2,700), Nicaragua ($3,200), Venezuela ($3,500). A baby can expect the longest life in Canada (82.1 years) and the shortest in Haiti (65.1 years), a gap of 17 years inside one region. The most crowded member state is Barbados, with about 656 people to each square kilometre, and the emptiest is Guyana, with about 3.9. Figures are World Bank values for the year shown on each country page.

Borders, languages, money and time

Brazil has the most land neighbours in the region, 10 of them. 11 member states have no land border in the data, being islands or groups of islands: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago. The languages listed for the most places here are English (34), Spanish (24), French (13), Dutch (5). The most widely shared money is the United States dollar, the main currency of 9 entries. Clocks in the region run from UTC-11:00 to UTC+12:00, a spread of 23 hours.

Compare the countries of the Americas

CountryCapitalRegionPopulationArea km²People per km²GDP per person US$
AnguillaThe ValleyAmericas13,254102130no value
Antigua and BarbudaSaint John'sAmericas94,20944321324,819
ArgentinaBuenos AiresAmericas45,851,3782,766,8901714,898
ArubaOranjestadAmericas108,78518060438,591
BahamasNassauAmericas403,03313,9402939,455
BarbadosBridgetownAmericas282,62343165628,365
BelizeBelmopanAmericas422,92422,966187,865
BermudaHamiltonAmericas64,555531,218142,250
BoliviaSucreAmericas12,581,8431,098,580115,148
BrazilBrasíliaAmericas212,812,4058,511,9652510,713
British Virgin IslandsRoad TownAmericas39,732153260no value
CanadaOttawaAmericas41,651,6539,984,6704.255,698
Caribbean NetherlandsKralendijk, Oranjestad, The BottomAmericas18,01232855no value
Cayman IslandsGeorge TownAmericas75,844262289104,293
ChileSantiagoAmericas19,859,921756,9502617,995
ColombiaBogotáAmericas53,425,6351,138,910478,562
Costa RicaSan JoséAmericas5,152,95051,10010119,970
CubaHavanaAmericas10,937,203110,860999,605
CuraçaoWillemstadAmericas156,26344435222,833
DominicaRoseauAmericas65,8717548710,989
Dominican RepublicSanto DomingoAmericas11,520,48748,73023611,059
EcuadorQuitoAmericas18,289,896256,370717,125
El SalvadorSan SalvadorAmericas6,365,50321,0403035,767
Falkland IslandsStanleyAmericas2,63812,1730.2no value
French GuianaCayenneAmericas195,50691,0002.1no value
GreenlandNuukAmericas56,8312,166,0860.058,499
GrenadaSt. George'sAmericas117,30334434112,107
GuadeloupeBasse-TerreAmericas443,0001,780249no value
GuatemalaGuatemala CityAmericas18,687,881108,8901726,598
GuyanaGeorgetownAmericas835,986214,9703.932,414
HaitiPort-au-PrinceAmericas11,906,09527,7504292,694
HondurasTegucigalpaAmericas11,005,850112,090983,598
JamaicaKingstonAmericas2,837,07710,9912588,003
MartiniqueFort-de-FranceAmericas432,9001,100394no value
MexicoMexico CityAmericas131,946,9001,972,5506713,889
MontserratPlymouthAmericas9,34110292no value
NicaraguaManaguaAmericas7,007,502129,494543,173
PanamaPanama CityAmericas4,571,18978,2005819,790
ParaguayAsunciónAmericas7,013,078406,750177,027
PeruLimaAmericas34,576,6651,285,220279,684
Puerto RicoSan JuanAmericas3,184,8359,10435040,620
Saint BarthélemyGustaviaAmericas8,45021402no value
Saint Kitts and NevisBasseterreAmericas46,92226118025,223
Saint LuciaCastriesAmericas180,14961629214,746
Saint MartinMarigotAmericas24,9415347121,668
Saint Pierre and MiquelonSaint-PierreAmericas7,01224229no value
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesKingstownAmericas99,92438925712,562
Sint MaartenPhilipsburgAmericas43,923341,29242,978
SurinameParamariboAmericas639,850163,2703.97,070
Trinidad and TobagoPort of SpainAmericas1,367,7645,12826718,967
Turks and Caicos IslandsCockburn TownAmericas46,8559484937,507
United StatesWashington D.C.Americas341,784,8579,629,0913590,027
United States Minor Outlying IslandsnoneAmericasnone34no valueno value
United States Virgin IslandsCharlotte AmalieAmericas103,79235229544,321
UruguayMontevideoAmericas3,384,688176,2201925,216
VenezuelaCaracasAmericas28,516,896912,050313,495