List of North American countries by area

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Below is a list of all the North American countries, in order of geographical area. North America's total geographical area is 24,500,995 km2.[1]

Countries[]

Rank Country[2][3] Area Notes
km2 sq mi
1 Canada 9,984,670 3,855,100
2 United States 9,629,091 3,717,813
3 Greenland 2,166,086 836,330
4 Mexico 1,964,375 758,449
5 Nicaragua 130,373 50,337
6 Honduras 112,492 43,433
7 Cuba 109,886 42,427
8 Guatemala 108,889 42,042
9 Panama 75,417 29,119
10 Costa Rica 51,100 19,700
11 Dominican Republic 48,671 18,792
12 Haiti 27,750 10,710
13 Belize 22,966 8,867
14 El Salvador 21,041 8,124
15 The Bahamas 13,943 5,383
16 Jamaica 10,991 4,244
17 Trinidad and Tobago 5,130 1,980
18 Dominica 751 290
19 Saint Lucia 539 208
20 Antigua and Barbuda 442 171
21 Barbados 430 170
22 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389 150
23 Grenada 344 133
24 Saint Kitts and Nevis 261 101
Total 22,319,941 8,617,777

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Territories[]

These territories, also located in North America, are not sovereign nations but are either former colonies of European countries still under control of Denmark, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom; or historically under the control of the United States.

Rank Territory Sovereign state Area Notes
km2 sq mi
1 Greenland Denmark 2,166,086 836,330
2 Puerto Rico United States 8,870 3,420
3 Guadeloupe France 1,628 629
3 Martinique France 1,128 436
4 Turks and Caicos Islands United Kingdom 948 366
5 Curaçao Netherlands 444 171
6 United States Virgin Islands United States 347 134
7 Bonaire Netherlands 294 114
8 Cayman Islands United Kingdom 264 102
9 Saint Pierre and Miquelon France 242 93
10 Aruba Netherlands 180 69
11 British Virgin Islands United Kingdom 151 58
12 Montserrat United Kingdom 102 39
13 Anguilla United Kingdom 91 35
14 Saint Martin France 54 21
15 Bermuda United Kingdom 54 21
16 Sint Maarten Netherlands 34 13
17 Sint Eustatius Netherlands 21 8.1
18 Saint Barthelemy France 21 8.1
19 Saba Netherlands 13 5.0
20 Clipperton Island France 6 2.3

Transcontinental countries[]

The island of Trinidad is sometimes included in South America.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Continent Map | Map of Continents | Continent Size, Populations, Number of Countries - Worldatlas.com". www.worldatlas.com.
  2. ^ https://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/UNGEGN/docs/9th-uncsgn-docs/UNGEGN%20WG%20Country%20Names%20Document%20-%20August%202009.pdf
  3. ^ "Publications Office – Interinstitutional Style Guide – Annex A5 – List of countries, territories and currencies". publications.europa.eu.
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