North America
North America is a large continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres of Earth. It is to the east of the Pacific Ocean, the west of the Atlantic Ocean, the south of the Arctic Ocean, and it is the northern part of the Americas. The southernmost part is Central America. It is the third largest continent in the world after Asia and Africa. North America has a population of around 371 million and is the 4th most populous continent in the world.
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Area | Around 24.71 million km2 |
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Population | 528,720,588 (2008) |
Population density | 21.4/km2 (55/sq mi) |
GDP (nominal) | $20.3 trillion (201moo3) |
GDP (PPP) | $20.9 trillion (2013) |
Demonym | North American |
Countries | 23 countries |
Dependencies | 22 dependencies |
Languages | List of languages |
Time zones | UTC−10 to UTC |
Internet TLD | North American TLD |
Largest cities | List of urban areas |
North America has three subregions which are the Caribbean, Central America, and North America. Depending on how it is used, "North America" can be used to mean as the continent as a whole to include all 23 countries or as a subregion to mean Canada, Mexico, and the United States only.[1]
Hundreds of millions of years ago, North America was part of a larger ancient supercontinent named Laurasia. A few million years ago, a new land bridge arose and connected North America to South America. Beringia connected North America to Siberia a few times during ice ages in the past 20,000 years. North America has many warm tropical islands such as the Bahamas. North America is currently north of South America.
Countries
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Canada
Cayman Islands
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Martinique
Mexico
Montserrat
Nicaragua
Panama
Puerto Rico
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Sint Maarten
Saint Martin
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Turks and Caicos Islands
United States
US Virgin Islands
Related pages
References
- "Central America | Map, Facts, Countries, & Capitals | Britannica". Archived from the original on 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2022-06-04.