List of North American countries by population

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	26 Sep 2025

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The United States of America is the most populous country in North America, followed by Mexico. These two countries have a total number of humans above 100 million. These two countries are home to 77.6% of the huge North American population. Including these two and Canada and Guatemala, the top four make up over 87%.

Most North American countries/regions have a low population, as only eight countries have a population above 10 million, and 26 countries/dependent territories have a population below one million. 28 smallest countries/territories only contribute 1% of the North America population. The least populous country in North America is Saint Kitts and Nevis. Montserrat is the least populous region in North America.

Two North American countries are in the list of the top 20 most populous countries globally, as it hosts the United States of America and Mexico, the world's 3rd and 11th most populous countries. The other North American country in the top 50 world population ranking is Canada.

Out of 41 countries/territories, the population of 27 would increase, and 14 countries would decrease in 2025. The United States's population would increase by 1.8 million, followed by Mexico (1.1 million). Cuba (-44k) is the top decliner.

Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba) would have the highest population growth rate of 1.99% in 2025. Ten countries/regions in North America have a growth rate above 1%. Only the Caribbean Netherlands is on the list of the world's top 50 fastest-growing nations. Saint Martin (French part) would have the lowest population growth rate of -4.38%, the lowest in the world.

The ranking of the top four countries will remain the same until 2100. By 2050, Honduras will replace Haiti in the 5th spot. Cuba was at the 4th spot in 1950, and it will move down to the 10th spot in 2100.

In 1950, Antigua and Barbuda was the least populous country in North America. Now Saint Kitts and Nevis will remain the least populous country until 2100.

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Population (UN)
Country/Region	Population		Share (%)		Rank		Growth (2025)		Growth Rank
Country/Region	2024	2025	N America	World	N America	World	Net	%	N America	World
Anguilla	14,728	14,817	0.00239	0.00018	38	225	70	0.47	14	137
Antigua and Barbuda	94,209	94,626	0.0153	0.00114	26	201	405	0.43	18	140
Aruba	108,147	108,164	0.0175	0.00130	24	197	-18	-0.02	26	173
Bahamas	403,033	404,628	0.0653	0.00487	17	178	1,527	0.38	20	150
Barbados	282,623	282,724	0.0458	0.00341	20	187	73	0.03	27	172
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	31,338	31,913	0.00508	0.00038	36	222	526	1.65	1	62
British Virgin Islands	39,732	39,936	0.00644	0.00048	35	218	174	0.44	16	139
Cayman Islands	75,844	77,196	0.0123	0.00093	28	205	1,336	1.73	2	56
Cuba	10,937,203	10,892,659	1.77	0.131	8	90	-45,550	-0.42	34	201
Curaçao	185,487	185,440	0.0300	0.00223	21	190	-61	-0.03	28	174
Dominica	65,871	65,511	0.0107	0.00079	29	206	-350	-0.53	35	208
Dominican Republic	11,520,487	11,609,500	1.87	0.140	6	84	87,304	0.75	13	117
Grenada	117,303	117,362	0.0190	0.00141	23	195	30	0.03	25	171
Guadeloupe	373,791	372,453	0.0606	0.00449	18	180	-1,346	-0.36	33	198
Haiti	11,906,095	12,037,506	1.93	0.145	5	82	130,468	1.08	10	94
Jamaica	2,837,077	2,833,403	0.460	0.0341	14	142	-4,447	-0.16	29	186
Martinique	340,439	337,711	0.0551	0.00407	19	183	-2,708	-0.80	38	224
Montserrat	4,359	4,328	0.00071	0.00005	41	233	-36	-0.83	36	226
Puerto Rico	3,235,289	3,222,688	0.524	0.0388	13	135	-15,033	-0.47	32	206
Saint Barthélemy	11,414	11,550	0.00185	0.00014	39	228	121	1.05	6	97
Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,922	46,992	0.00760	0.00057	32	212	63	0.13	24	166
Saint Lucia	180,149	180,488	0.0292	0.00217	22	191	307	0.17	22	162
Saint Martin (French part)	24,941	23,898	0.00404	0.00029	37	223	-994	-4.16	41	237
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	99,924	99,245	0.0162	0.00120	25	200	-677	-0.68	37	216
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	43,923	44,447	0.00712	0.00054	34	214	492	1.11	8	89
Trinidad and Tobago	1,511,155	1,513,268	0.245	0.0182	15	155	1,532	0.10	23	169
Turks and Caicos Islands	46,855	47,148	0.00759	0.00057	33	211	276	0.58	15	125
United States Virgin Islands	84,138	83,400	0.0136	0.00100	27	204	-739	-0.89	39	228
Belize	422,924	428,644	0.0685	0.00516	16	177	5,685	1.33	5	77
Costa Rica	5,152,950	5,174,789	0.835	0.0623	11	127	21,268	0.41	19	147
El Salvador	6,365,503	6,391,253	1.03	0.0770	10	113	25,297	0.40	21	148
Guatemala	18,687,881	18,967,978	3.03	0.229	4	69	279,482	1.47	4	70
Honduras	11,005,850	11,184,760	1.78	0.135	7	87	178,152	1.59	3	65
Mexico	131,946,900	132,997,658	21.4	1.60	2	11	1,034,945	0.78	12	115
Nicaragua	7,007,502	7,097,329	1.14	0.0855	9	108	89,068	1.25	7	81
Panama	4,571,189	4,625,718	0.740	0.0557	12	129	54,012	1.17	9	85
Bermuda	64,555	64,459	0.0105	0.00078	30	208	-98	-0.15	30	185
Canada	40,126,723	40,467,728	6.50	0.488	3	38	321,315	0.79	11	113
Greenland	55,745	55,629	0.00903	0.00067	31	210	-129	-0.23	31	192
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,574	5,513	0.00090	0.00007	40	231	-63	-1.14	40	230
United States of America	347,275,807	349,035,494	56.3	4.20	1	3	1,714,898	0.49	17	136
North America	617,311,580	621,279,954		7.48			4,060,167	0.66

Estimated and Projected population (UN)
Country/Region	1950		2000		2050		2100
Country/Region	Population	Rank	Population	Rank	Population	Rank	Population	Rank
Anguilla	5,002	37	11,177	38	14,552	38	9,309	38
Antigua and Barbuda	45,444	27	74,912	27	95,055	26	67,975	26
Aruba	42,738	28	88,761	26	100,002	25	75,169	24
Bahamas	83,487	21	323,835	18	424,265	17	384,955	17
Barbados	209,917	18	262,063	19	264,216	20	194,698	20
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	6,995	35	14,233	37	34,742	36	27,860	36
British Virgin Islands	7,372	33	20,241	35	40,340	35	27,890	35
Cayman Islands	7,002	34	39,674	32	103,959	24	118,031	22
Cuba	5,924,511	4	11,109,109	5	9,381,999	8	5,577,282	10
Curaçao	101,770	19	145,529	22	173,498	21	120,454	21
Dominica	50,196	25	68,511	28	63,192	29	49,110	29
Dominican Republic	2,379,894	7	8,584,190	6	12,996,293	7	11,674,910	7
Grenada	77,261	22	107,451	25	113,243	23	73,887	25
Guadeloupe	215,515	17	419,567	17	326,318	18	244,457	18
Haiti	3,265,707	5	8,303,151	7	14,710,862	6	15,151,093	6
Jamaica	1,407,206	11	2,607,826	14	2,454,940	14	1,066,774	13
Martinique	232,070	16	421,382	16	282,070	19	209,808	19
Montserrat	12,944	32	5,029	41	3,692	41	2,783	40
Puerto Rico	2,229,089	8	3,809,866	12	2,503,994	13	995,625	14
Saint Barthélemy	2,006	40	7,082	39	12,789	39	9,239	39
Saint Kitts and Nevis	47,232	26	45,248	31	44,249	34	30,239	34
Saint Lucia	92,991	20	158,616	21	172,081	22	108,207	23
Saint Martin (French part)	2,984	39	29,996	34	18,795	37	20,004	37
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	61,663	24	113,545	23	88,942	27	64,218	27
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,450	41	30,773	33	51,017	31	42,279	30
Trinidad and Tobago	648,774	15	1,319,774	15	1,399,800	15	898,355	15
Turks and Caicos Islands	5,038	36	18,730	36	50,988	32	38,672	31
United States Virgin Islands	27,081	30	108,579	24	71,225	28	61,961	28
Belize	69,073	23	240,799	20	516,627	16	447,373	16
Costa Rica	926,758	13	3,937,739	11	5,354,150	12	3,776,474	12
El Salvador	2,183,506	9	5,943,366	9	6,663,346	10	5,073,225	11
Guatemala	3,097,198	6	11,697,592	4	24,670,857	4	25,912,091	4
Honduras	1,558,938	10	6,577,773	8	14,846,779	5	17,029,977	5
Mexico	27,587,939	2	98,625,552	2	148,946,274	2	130,248,836	2
Nicaragua	1,331,439	12	5,022,633	10	8,756,430	9	8,611,722	8
Panama	860,850	14	3,010,369	13	5,630,680	11	5,904,927	9
Bermuda	37,214	29	61,550	29	56,937	30	35,667	33
Canada	13,741,747	3	30,891,803	3	45,621,882	3	53,612,234	3
Greenland	23,209	31	56,209	30	49,898	33	37,230	32
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,489	38	6,293	40	4,258	40	2,013	41
United States of America	154,202,680	1	281,484,131	1	380,846,910	1	421,278,889	1
North America	222,818,375		485,804,657		687,962,143		709,315,901