Northern America
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| Area | 21,780,142 km2 (8,409,360 sq mi) |
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| Population (2010) | 344,124,520[1] |
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| GDP | $16 trillion (PPP, 2008 est.)[1] |
| Major languages | English, French, Danish, Spanish, Greenlandic, and various Recognised regional languages. |
| Timezone | UTC (Danmarkshavn, Greenland) to UTC -10:00 (west Aleutians) |
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Northern America is the northernmost region of the Americas, and is part of the North American continent. It lies directly north of the region of Middle America;[2] the land border between the two regions coincides with the border between the United States and Mexico. Geopolitically, according to the scheme of geographic regions and subregions used by the United Nations, Northern America consists of:[3][4]
Bermuda, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom
Greenland, a self-governing island that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, an overseas territory of France
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[edit] Definitions
Maps using the term Northern America date back to 1755, when the region was occupied by France, Great Britain, and Spain.[5] The Solemn Act of the Declaration of Independence of Northern America in 1813 applied to Mexico. Today, Northern America includes the Canada-US dyad, developed countries that exhibit very high human development and intense economic integration while sharing many socioeconomic characteristics, including increasingly divergent demographic patterns (e.g., fertility levels).[6]
Hawaii is a US state in located in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental US on the North American mainland. Physiographically and ethnologically, the Hawaiian archipelago is often included[according to whom?] with the other Polynesian territories of Oceania. However, it is often included[according to whom?] in Northern America also since it is a state of the United States.
[edit] Countries and territories
| Country or territory | Area (km²)[7] |
Population | Population density (per km²) |
Capital |
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| Bermuda (UK) |
54 | 65,000 | 1203.7 | Hamilton |
 Canada |
9,984,670 | 33,573,000 | 3.4 | Ottawa |
| Greenland (Den.) |
2,166,086 | 57,000 | 0.026 | Nuuk (Godthåb) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Fr.) |
242 | 6,000 | 24.8 | Saint-Pierre |
 United States[8] |
9,629,091 | 311,630,000 | 32.7 | Washington, D.C. |
[edit] Demographics
| Year | Population of Northern America |
%± | Canada population, % of Northern America |
U.S. population, % of Northern America |
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| 1950 | 171,615,000 | — | 13,737,000 | 8% | 157,813,000 | 92% |
| 1960 | 204,318,000 | +19.1% | 17,909,000 | 8.8% | 186,326,000 | 91.2% |
| 1970 | 231,284,000 | +13.2% | 21,717,000 | 9.4% | 209,464,000 | 90.6% |
| 1980 | 254,454,000 | +10.0% | 24,516,000 | 9.6% | 229,825,000 | 90.4% |
| 1990 | 281,162,000 | +10.5% | 27,701,000 | 9.9% | 253,339,000 | 90.1% |
| 2000 | 313,289,000 | +11.4% | 30,667,000 | 9.8% | 282,496,000 | 90.2% |
| 2010 | 344,529,000 | +10.0% | 34,017,000 | 9.9% | 310,383,000 | 90.1% |
[edit] See also
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[edit] References
- ^ GeoHive - Population of continents, regions and countries
- ^ Gonzalez, Joseph. 2004. "Northern America: Land of Opportunity" (ch. 6). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Geography. (ISBN 1592571883) New York: Alpha Books; pp. 57-8
- ^ Definition of major areas and regions, from World Migrant Stock: The 2005 Revision Population Database, United Nations Population Division. Accessed on line October 3, 2007.
- ^ Composition of macro geographical (continental) regions, geographical sub-regions, and selected economic and other groupings, UN Statistics Division. Accessed on line October 3, 2007. (French)
- ^ Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas. 1755. Carte de l'Amerique septentrionale (Map of Northern America). Item NMC 21057: Library and Archives Canada.
- ^ Torrey, Barbara Boyle & Eberstadt, Nicholas. 2005 (Aug./Sep.). "The Northern America Fertility Divide." Hoover Institution Policy Review. No. 132.
- ^ Unless otherwise noted, land area figures are taken from (PDF) Demographic Yearbook—Table 3: Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density. United Nations Statistics Division. 2008. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2008/Table03.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
- ^ Includes the U.S. state of Hawaii, which is distant from the North American landmass in the Pacific Ocean and therefore more commonly associated with the other territories of Oceania.
