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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 (km²) Notes
1  Canada 9,984,670
2  United States 9,629,091
3  Mexico 1,964,375
4  Nicaragua 130,373
5  Honduras 112,492
6  Cuba 109,886
7  Guatemala 108,889
8  Panama 75,417
9  Costa Rica 51,100
10  Dominican Republic 48,671
11  Haiti 27,750
12  Belize 22,966
13  El Salvador 21,041
14  The Bahamas 13,943
15  Jamaica 10,991
16  Trinidad and Tobago 5,130
17  Dominica 751
18  Saint Lucia 539
19  Antigua and Barbuda 442
20  Barbados 430
21  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 389
22  Grenada 344
23  Saint Kitts and Nevis 261
Total 24,500,995

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 nor historically under the control of the United States.

Rank Territory Area (km²) Notes
1  Greenland (Denmark) 2,166,086
2  Puerto Rico (United States) 8,870
3  Guadeloupe (France) 1,628
3  Martinique (France) 1,128
4  Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom) 948
5  Curaçao (Netherlands) 444
6  United States Virgin Islands (United States) 347
7  Bonaire (Netherlands) 294
8  Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) 264
9  Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) 242
10  Aruba (Netherlands) 180
11  British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 151
12  Montserrat (United Kingdom) 102
13  Anguilla (United Kingdom) 91
14  Saint Martin (France) 54
15  Bermuda (United Kingdom) 54
16  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 34
17  Sint Eustatius (Netherlands) 21
18  Saint Barthelemy (France) 21
19  Saba (Netherlands) 13
20  Clipperton Island (France) 6

Transcontinental countries

Panama is not regarded as a transcontinental country but the country is sometimes included in South America due to being part of Colombia prior to its secession in 1903. The island of Trinidad is sometimes included in South America, which then makes Trinidad and Tobago a transcontinental country .

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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