List of North American countries by population

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

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.

Population (UN)

Code	Country/Region	Population		Share (%)		Rank		Growth (2025)		Growth Rank
Code	Country/Region	2024	2025	North America	World	North America	World	Net	%	North America	World
AIA	Anguilla	14,598	14,728	0.00239	0.00018	38	225	108	0.73	14	120
ATG	Antigua and Barbuda	93,772	94,209	0.0153	0.00114	26	201	429	0.46	18	143
ABW	Aruba	108,066	108,147	0.0175	0.00131	24	197	51	0.05	26	170
BHS	Bahamas	401,283	403,033	0.0653	0.00490	17	178	1,665	0.41	20	150
BRB	Barbados	282,467	282,623	0.0458	0.00343	20	186	129	0.05	27	171
BES	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	30,675	31,338	0.00508	0.00038	36	222	623	1.99	1	49
VGB	British Virgin Islands	39,471	39,732	0.00644	0.00048	35	218	234	0.59	16	132
CYM	Cayman Islands	74,457	75,844	0.0123	0.00092	28	205	1,369	1.80	2	58
CUB	Cuba	10,979,783	10,937,203	1.77	0.133	8	88	-43,539	-0.40	34	196
CUW	Curaçao	185,482	185,487	0.0300	0.00225	21	190	-32	-0.02	28	173
DMA	Dominica	66,205	65,871	0.0107	0.00080	29	206	-371	-0.56	35	203
DOM	Dominican Republic	11,427,557	11,520,487	1.87	0.140	6	85	90,722	0.79	13	117
GRD	Grenada	117,207	117,303	0.0190	0.00143	23	195	87	0.07	25	169
GLP	Guadeloupe	375,106	373,791	0.0606	0.00454	18	180	-1,330	-0.36	33	195
HTI	Haiti	11,772,557	11,906,095	1.93	0.145	5	82	132,353	1.11	10	94
JAM	Jamaica	2,839,175	2,837,077	0.460	0.0345	14	141	-2,901	-0.10	29	182
MTQ	Martinique	343,195	340,439	0.0551	0.00414	19	181	-2,748	-0.81	38	220
MSR	Montserrat	4,389	4,359	0.00071	0.00005	41	233	-27	-0.62	36	206
PRI	Puerto Rico	3,242,204	3,235,289	0.524	0.0393	13	135	-10,171	-0.31	32	193
BLM	Saint Barthélemy	11,258	11,414	0.00185	0.00014	39	228	151	1.32	6	78
KNA	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,843	46,922	0.00760	0.00057	32	211	77	0.16	24	163
LCA	Saint Lucia	179,744	180,149	0.0292	0.00219	22	191	370	0.20	22	161
MAF	Saint Martin (French part)	26,129	24,941	0.00404	0.00030	37	223	-1,091	-4.38	41	237
VCT	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100,616	99,924	0.0162	0.00121	25	200	-683	-0.68	37	210
SXM	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	43,350	43,923	0.00712	0.00053	34	214	556	1.27	8	83
TTO	Trinidad and Tobago	1,507,782	1,511,155	0.245	0.0184	15	155	2,694	0.18	23	162
TCA	Turks and Caicos Islands	46,535	46,855	0.00759	0.00057	33	212	311	0.66	15	125
VIR	United States Virgin Islands	84,905	84,138	0.0136	0.00102	27	202	-737	-0.88	39	222
BLZ	Belize	417,072	422,924	0.0685	0.00514	16	177	5,756	1.36	5	76
CRI	Costa Rica	5,129,910	5,152,950	0.835	0.0626	11	127	22,410	0.43	19	148
SLV	El Salvador	6,338,193	6,365,503	1.03	0.0773	10	113	26,204	0.41	21	151
GTM	Guatemala	18,406,359	18,687,881	3.03	0.227	4	70	280,711	1.50	4	71
HND	Honduras	10,825,703	11,005,850	1.78	0.134	7	87	179,669	1.63	3	67
MEX	Mexico	130,861,007	131,946,900	21.4	1.60	2	11	1,066,570	0.81	12	114
NIC	Nicaragua	6,916,140	7,007,502	1.14	0.0851	9	109	90,586	1.29	7	80
PAN	Panama	4,515,577	4,571,189	0.740	0.0555	12	129	55,046	1.20	9	86
BMU	Bermuda	64,636	64,555	0.0105	0.00078	30	207	-93	-0.14	30	186
CAN	Canada	39,742,430	40,126,723	6.50	0.487	3	38	360,694	0.90	11	106
GRL	Greenland	55,840	55,745	0.00903	0.00068	31	210	-103	-0.18	31	189
SPM	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,628	5,574	0.00090	0.00007	40	231	-57	-1.02	40	224
USA	United States of America	345,426,571	347,275,807	56.3	4.22	1	3	1,804,475	0.52	17	140
	North America	613,149,875	617,311,580		7.50			4,060,167	0.66

Estimated and Projected population (UN)

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