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The following is a list of sovereign countries and dependent territories in North America, a continent that covers the landmass north of the Colombia-Panama border as well as the islands of the Caribbean.
All of the states listed here are member states of the United Nations.
Flag | Map | English short, formal names, and ISO [1][2][3][4] |
Domestic short and formal name(s) [1][2] |
Capital [3][5][6] |
Population 2021 [7][8] |
Area [9] |
Currency [3] |
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Antigua and Barbuda[n 1] ATG |
English: Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's | 93,219 | 442.6 km2 (171 sq mi) | East Caribbean dollar | ||
The Bahamas[n 1] Commonwealth of The Bahamas BHS |
English: The Bahamas—Commonwealth of The Bahamas | Nassau | 407,906 | 13,940 km2 (5,382 sq mi) | Bahamian dollar | ||
Barbados[n 1] BRB |
English: Barbados | Bridgetown | 281,200 | 431 km2 (166 sq mi) | Barbadian dollar | ||
Belize[n 1][n 2] BLZ |
English: Belize | Belmopan | 400,031 | 22,966 km2 (8,867 sq mi) | Belize dollar | ||
Canada[n 3] CAN |
English: Canada French: Canada |
Ottawa | 38,155,012 | 9,984,670 km2 (3,855,103 sq mi) | Canadian dollar | ||
Costa Rica[n 2] Republic of Costa Rica CRI |
Spanish: Costa Rica — República de Costa Rica | San José | 5,153,957 | 51,100 km2 (19,730 sq mi) | Costa Rican colón | ||
Cuba Republic of Cuba CUB |
Spanish: Cuba — República de Cuba | Havana | 11,256,372 | 110,860 km2 (42,803 sq mi) | Cuban peso Cuban convertible peso | ||
Dominica[n 1] Commonwealth of Dominica DMA |
English: Dominica — Commonwealth of Dominica | Roseau | 72,412 | 754 km2 (291 sq mi) | East Caribbean dollar | ||
Dominican Republic[n 2] DOM |
English: Dominican Republic Spanish: República Dominicana |
Santo Domingo | 11,117,873 | 48,730 km2 (18,815 sq mi) | Dominican peso | ||
El Salvador[n 2] Republic of El Salvador SLV |
English: El Salvador — Republic of El Salvador Spanish: El Salvador — República de El Salvador |
San Salvador | 6,314,167 | 21,040 km2 (8,124 sq mi) | United States dollar | ||
Grenada[n 1] GRD |
English: Grenada | St. George's | 124,610 | 344 km2 (133 sq mi) | East Caribbean dollar | ||
Guatemala[n 2] Republic of Guatemala GTM |
Spanish: Guatemala — República de Guatemala | Guatemala City | 17,608,483 | 108,890 km2 (42,043 sq mi) | Guatemalan quetzal | ||
Haiti[n 1] Republic of Haiti HTI |
French: Haïti — République d'Haïti Haitian Creole: Ayiti — Repiblik d Ayiti |
Port-au-Prince | 11,447,569 | 27,750 km2 (10,714 sq mi) | Haitian gourde | ||
Honduras[n 2] Republic of Honduras HND |
Spanish: Honduras — República de Honduras | Tegucigalpa | 10,278,345 | 112,090 km2 (43,278 sq mi) | Honduran lempira | ||
Jamaica[n 1] JAM |
English: Jamaica | Kingston | 2,827,695 | 10,991 km2 (4,244 sq mi) | Jamaican dollar | ||
Mexico[n 3] United Mexican States MEX |
Spanish: México — Estados Unidos Mexicanos | Mexico City | 126,705,138 | 1,972,550 km2 (761,606 sq mi) | Mexican peso | ||
Nicaragua[n 2] Republic of Nicaragua NIC |
Spanish: Nicaragua — República de Nicaragua | Managua | 6,850,540 | 129,494 km2 (49,998 sq mi) | Nicaraguan córdoba | ||
Panama[n 2] Republic of Panama PAN |
English: Panama — Republic of Panama Spanish: Panamá — República de Panamá |
Panama City | 4,351,267 | 78,200 km2 (30,193 sq mi) | Panamanian balboa United States dollar | ||
Saint Kitts and Nevis[n 1] Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis KNA |
English: Saint Kitts and Nevis — Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | 47,606 | 261 km2 (101 sq mi) | East Caribbean dollar | ||
Saint Lucia[n 1] LCA |
English: Saint Lucia | Castries | 179,651 | 616 km2 (238 sq mi) | East Caribbean dollar | ||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[n 1] VCT |
English: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | 104,332 | 389 km2 (150 sq mi) | East Caribbean dollar | ||
Trinidad and Tobago[n 1] Republic of Trinidad and Tobago TTO |
English: Trinidad and Tobago — Republic of Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 1,525,663 | 5,128 km2 (1,980 sq mi) | Trinidad and Tobago dollar | ||
United States[n 3] United States of America USA |
English: United States of America | Washington | 336,997,624 | 9,826,630 km2 (3,794,083 sq mi) | United States dollar |
This section contains areas that are not sovereign states nor integral parts of the sovereign states listed above. These include dependent territories and integral areas of primarily non-North American states.
Dependencies that are not internationally recognized, or not in effect, are listed in italics.
Flag | English short, formal names, and ISO | Domestic short name(s) | Capital | Population 2021 | Area | Currency | Sovereign state | Legal status |
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Anguilla AIA |
English: Anguilla | The Valley | 15,753 | 102 km2 (39 sq mi) | East Caribbean dollar | United Kingdom | British Overseas Territory | |
Bermuda BMU |
English: Bermuda Portuguese: Bermudas |
Hamilton | 64,185 | 53.3 km2 (21 sq mi) | Bermudian dollar | |||
British Virgin Islands Virgin Islands VGB |
English: Virgin Islands | Road Town | 31,122 | 153 km2 (59 sq mi) | United States dollar | |||
Cayman Islands CYM |
English: Cayman Islands | George Town | 68,136 | 262 km2 (101 sq mi) | Cayman Islands dollar | |||
Montserrat[n 1] MSR |
English: Montserrat | Plymouth (de jure — abandoned) Brades (de facto — seat of government) |
4,417 | 102 km2 (39 sq mi) | East Caribbean dollar | |||
N/A | Navassa Island[n 4] UM-76 |
English: Navassa Island | Lulu Town (de jure — abandoned) |
0 | 5.4 km2 (2 sq mi) | United States dollar | United States | Uninhabited, administrated by the United States as an unincorporated unorganized territory, claimed by Haiti |
Puerto Rico Commonwealth of Puerto Rico PRI |
Spanish: Puerto Rico — Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico English: Puerto Rico — Commonwealth of Puerto Rico |
San Juan | 3,256,028 | 13,790 km2 (5,324 sq mi) | United States dollar | Unincorporated organized territory and Commonwealth of the United States | ||
Turks and Caicos Islands TCA |
English: Turks and Caicos Islands | Cockburn Town | 45,114 | 430 km2 (166 sq mi) | United States dollar | United Kingdom | British Overseas Territory | |
United States Virgin Islands Virgin Islands of the United States VIR |
English: United States Virgin Islands — Virgin Islands of the United States | Charlotte Amalie | 100,091 | 1,910 km2 (737 sq mi) | United States dollar | United States | Unincorporated organized territory of the United States |
Flag | English short, formal names, and ISO | Domestic short name(s) | Capital | Population 2021 | Area | Currency | Sovereign state | Legal status |
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Aruba Country of Aruba ABW |
Dutch: Aruba | Oranjestad | 106,537 | 193 km2 (75 sq mi) | Aruban florin | Netherlands | Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands | |
Bonaire[n 5] BES |
Dutch: Bonaire Papiamento: Boneiru |
Kralendijk | 20,104 | 179 km2 (69 sq mi) | United States dollar | Special municipality of the Netherlands | ||
Clipperton Island CPT |
French: Île de Clipperton | N/A | 0 | 6 km2 (2 sq mi) | N/A | France | Uninhabited overseas state private property of France | |
Curaçao Country of Curaçao CUW |
Dutch: Curaçao — Land Curaçao Papiamento: Kòrsou — Pais Kòrsou |
Willemstad | 190,338 | 276 km2 (107 sq mi) | Netherlands Antillean guilder | Netherlands | Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands | |
Federal Dependencies VE-W |
Spanish: Dependencias Federales de Venezuela | Gran Roque | 2,155 | 342 km2 (132 sq mi) | Bolívar soberano, Petro |
Venezuela | Federal Dependencies of Venezuela | |
Greenland GRL |
Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat Danish: Grønland |
Nuuk | 56,243 | 2,166,086 km2 (836,330 sq mi) | Danish krone | Denmark | Constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark | |
Guadeloupe[n 6] GLP |
French: Guadeloupe Guadeloupean Creole French: Gwadloup |
Basse-Terre | 396,051 | 1,628 km2 (629 sq mi) | Euro | France | Overseas department and region of France | |
Martinique[n 6] Territorial Collectivity of Martinique MTQ |
French: Martinique — Collectivité Territoriale de Martinique | Fort-de-France | 368,796 | 1,128 km2 (436 sq mi) | Euro | Overseas department and region of France | ||
Saba[n 5] BES |
Dutch: Saba English: Saba |
The Bottom | 1,933 | 13 km2 (5 sq mi) | United States dollar | Netherlands | Special municipality of the Netherlands | |
Saint Barthélemy Territorial Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy BLM |
French: Saint-Barthélemy — Collectivité de Saint-Barthélemy | Gustavia | 10,861 | 25 km2 (10 sq mi) | Euro | France | Overseas collectivity of France | |
Saint Martin Collectivity of Saint Martin MAF |
French: Saint-Martin — Collectivité de Saint-Martin | Marigot | 31,948 | 53.2 km2 (21 sq mi) | Euro | Overseas collectivity of France | ||
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Overseas Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon SPM |
French: Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon — Collectivité d'outre-mer de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon | Saint Pierre | 5,883 | 242 km2 (93 sq mi) | Euro | Overseas collectivity of France | ||
San Andrés and Providencia[n 7] Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina CO-SAP |
Spanish: San Andrés y Providencia — Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina | San Andrés | 61,280 | 52.5 km2 (20 sq mi) | Colombian peso | Colombia | Department of Colombia | |
Sint Eustatius[n 5] BES |
Dutch: Sint Eustatius English: Statia |
Oranjestad | 3,138 | 21 km2 (8 sq mi) | United States dollar | Netherlands | Special municipality of the Netherlands | |
Sint Maarten SXM |
Dutch: Sint Maarten | Philipsburg | 44,042 | 41.44 km2 (16 sq mi) | Netherlands Antillean guilder | Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
Disputed territories that are not internationally recognized, or not in effect, are listed in italics:
Flag | English short name | English long name | Domestic short name(s) | Claimants | Legal status |
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N/A | Bajo Nuevo Bank[n 8] | Bajo Nuevo Bank | Spanish: Bajo Nuevo | Colombia Jamaica United States |
Uninhabited, administered by Colombia, claimed by the United States as an unincorporated unorganized territory. Also claimed by Jamaica. |
N/A | Serranilla Bank[n 8] | Serranilla Bank | Spanish: Bajo Serranilla | Colombia United States |
Uninhabited, administered by Colombia, claimed by the United States as an unincorporated unorganized territory. |
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