List of North American countries by population

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	21 Aug 2024

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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 mn. These two countries are home to huge 77.7% North American population population. Including these two and Canada and Guatemala, 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 most 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 28 would increase, and 13 countries would decrease in 2024. United States's population would increase by 1.9 million, followed by Mexico (1.1 million). Cuba (-42k) is the top decliner.

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba would have the highest population growth rate of 2.32% in 2024. Twelve countries/regions in North America have a growth rate above 1%. Only Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 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 -4.80%, 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 4th spot in 1950, and it will move down to 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 (2024)		Growth Rank
Country/Region	2023	2024	N America	World	N America	World	Net	%	N America	World
Anguilla	14,410	14,598	0.00238	0.00018	38	225	151	1.03	11	106
Antigua and Barbuda	93,316	93,772	0.0153	0.00115	26	201	445	0.47	18	146
Aruba	107,939	108,066	0.0176	0.00132	24	197	113	0.10	25	171
Bahamas	399,440	401,283	0.0654	0.00492	17	178	1,834	0.46	20	149
Barbados	282,336	282,467	0.0461	0.00346	20	186	183	0.07	27	173
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	29,898	30,675	0.00500	0.00038	36	222	703	2.29	1	34
British Virgin Islands	38,985	39,471	0.00644	0.00048	35	217	288	0.73	15	124
Cayman Islands	73,038	74,457	0.0121	0.00091	28	205	1,403	1.88	2	55
Cuba	11,019,931	10,979,783	1.79	0.135	7	87	-41,620	-0.38	34	199
Curaçao	185,427	185,482	0.0303	0.00227	21	190	43	0.02	28	175
Dominica	66,510	66,205	0.0108	0.00081	29	206	-296	-0.45	35	202
Dominican Republic	11,331,265	11,427,557	1.86	0.140	6	85	95,138	0.83	14	118
Grenada	117,081	117,207	0.0191	0.00144	23	195	105	0.09	26	172
Guadeloupe	376,517	375,106	0.0612	0.00460	18	180	-1,300	-0.35	33	198
Haiti	11,637,398	11,772,557	1.92	0.144	5	82	134,724	1.14	10	98
Jamaica	2,839,786	2,839,175	0.463	0.0348	14	142	-1,294	-0.05	29	179
Martinique	346,002	343,195	0.0560	0.00420	19	181	-2,763	-0.81	38	222
Montserrat	4,420	4,389	0.00072	0.00005	41	233	-32	-0.73	37	219
Puerto Rico	3,242,023	3,242,204	0.529	0.0397	13	135	-3,658	-0.11	31	187
Saint Barthélemy	11,085	11,258	0.00184	0.00014	39	229	161	1.43	5	76
Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,758	46,843	0.00764	0.00057	32	211	80	0.17	24	168
Saint Lucia	179,285	179,744	0.0293	0.00220	22	191	441	0.24	23	163
Saint Martin (French part)	27,515	26,129	0.00426	0.00032	37	223	-1,286	-4.92	41	237
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	101,323	100,616	0.0164	0.00123	25	200	-700	-0.70	36	213
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	42,749	43,350	0.00707	0.00053	34	215	589	1.36	7	80
Trinidad and Tobago	1,502,932	1,507,782	0.246	0.0185	15	155	4,053	0.27	22	162
Turks and Caicos Islands	46,198	46,535	0.00759	0.00057	33	213	329	0.71	16	125
United States Virgin Islands	85,701	84,905	0.0138	0.00104	27	202	-796	-0.94	40	227
Belize	411,106	417,072	0.0680	0.00511	16	177	5,949	1.43	6	77
Costa Rica	5,105,525	5,129,910	0.837	0.0629	11	127	23,670	0.46	19	148
El Salvador	6,309,624	6,338,193	1.03	0.0777	10	112	28,416	0.45	21	151
Guatemala	18,124,838	18,406,359	3.00	0.226	4	70	282,334	1.53	4	74
Honduras	10,644,851	10,825,703	1.77	0.133	8	88	180,623	1.67	3	66
Mexico	129,739,759	130,861,007	21.3	1.60	2	11	1,105,216	0.84	13	117
Nicaragua	6,823,613	6,916,140	1.13	0.0847	9	109	92,139	1.33	8	85
Panama	4,458,759	4,515,577	0.736	0.0553	12	129	56,178	1.24	9	89
Bermuda	64,698	64,636	0.0105	0.00079	30	207	-71	-0.11	30	186
Canada	39,299,105	39,742,430	6.48	0.487	3	38	407,892	1.03	12	107
Greenland	55,922	55,840	0.00911	0.00068	31	209	-87	-0.16	32	191
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,681	5,628	0.00092	0.00007	40	231	-52	-0.92	39	226
United States of America	343,477,335	345,426,571	56.3	4.23	1	3	1,893,998	0.55	17	140
North America	608,770,083	613,149,875		7.51			4,263,243	0.70

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