List of North American countries by population

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	06 Feb 2024

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 77.5 % North American population population. Including these two and Canada and Guatemala, top four make up close to 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. 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 33 would increase, and eight countries would decrease in 2024. United States's population would increase by 1.8 mn, followed by Mexico (923 k). Cuba (-21 k) is the top decliner.

Honduras would have the highest population growth rate of 1.53 % in 2024. Six countries in North America have a growth rate above 1%. None of the countries are on the list of the world's top 50 fastest-growing nations. United States Virgin Islands would have the lowest population growth rate of -0.72 %.

The ranking of the top three countries will remain the same until 2100. Cuba was at 4th spot in 1950, and it will move down to 9th 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
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Population (UN)

Code	Country/Region	Population		Share (%)		Rank		Growth (2024)		Growth Rank
Code	Country/Region	2023	2024	North America	World	North America	World	Net	%	North America	World
AIA	Anguilla	15,899	15,936	0.00262	0.00020	38	226	40	0.25	24	167
ATG	Antigua and Barbuda	94,298	94,816	0.0156	0.00117	27	202	516	0.54	16	144
ABW	Aruba	106,277	106,177	0.0175	0.00131	24	199	-117	-0.11	35	204
BHS	Bahamas	412,623	415,223	0.0683	0.00511	17	178	2,593	0.62	15	136
BRB	Barbados	281,995	282,309	0.0464	0.00348	20	187	296	0.10	33	185
BES	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	27,148	27,272	0.00448	0.00034	37	223	120	0.44	22	158
VGB	British Virgin Islands	31,538	31,763	0.00522	0.00039	36	222	224	0.70	13	126
CYM	Cayman Islands	69,310	69,885	0.0115	0.00086	29	206	567	0.81	9	111
CUB	Cuba	11,194,449	11,174,587	1.84	0.138	7	86	-21,027	-0.19	37	208
CUW	Curaçao	192,077	192,965	0.0317	0.00238	21	190	871	0.45	20	156
DMA	Dominica	73,040	73,368	0.0121	0.00090	28	205	325	0.44	21	157
DOM	Dominican Republic	11,332,972	11,434,005	1.88	0.141	6	83	99,871	0.87	7	106
GRD	Grenada	126,183	126,887	0.0209	0.00156	23	194	684	0.54	17	146
GLP	Guadeloupe	395,839	396,346	0.0652	0.00488	18	179	512	0.13	32	183
HTI	Haiti	11,724,763	11,867,030	1.95	0.146	5	81	142,902	1.20	6	82
JAM	Jamaica	2,825,544	2,824,738	0.464	0.0348	14	140	-1,171	-0.04	34	196
MTQ	Martinique	366,981	366,416	0.0602	0.00451	19	181	-581	-0.16	36	207
MSR	Montserrat	4,386	4,372	0.00072	0.00005	41	233	-20	-0.46	40	220
PRI	Puerto Rico	3,260,314	3,268,802	0.537	0.0403	13	136	7,689	0.23	26	171
BLM	Saint Barthélemy	10,994	11,019	0.00181	0.00014	39	230	20	0.18	29	179
KNA	Saint Kitts and Nevis	47,755	47,847	0.00787	0.00059	32	212	86	0.18	30	180
LCA	Saint Lucia	180,251	180,805	0.0297	0.00223	22	191	533	0.29	23	165
MAF	Saint Martin (French part)	32,077	32,337	0.00532	0.00040	35	221	252	0.78	11	117
VCT	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	103,698	103,683	0.0170	0.00128	25	200	140	0.14	31	182
SXM	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	44,222	44,309	0.00729	0.00055	34	214	93	0.21	27	174
TTO	Trinidad and Tobago	1,534,937	1,538,200	0.253	0.0189	15	154	2,967	0.19	28	176
TCA	Turks and Caicos Islands	46,062	46,431	0.00763	0.00057	33	213	369	0.80	10	113
VIR	United States Virgin Islands	98,750	98,055	0.0161	0.00121	26	201	-709	-0.72	41	226
BLZ	Belize	410,825	416,656	0.0685	0.00513	16	177	5,807	1.39	3	70
CRI	Costa Rica	5,212,173	5,246,714	0.863	0.0646	11	123	33,926	0.65	14	131
SLV	El Salvador	6,364,943	6,396,289	1.05	0.0788	10	112	30,786	0.48	19	151
GTM	Guatemala	18,092,026	18,358,430	3.02	0.226	4	70	278,984	1.52	2	62
HND	Honduras	10,593,798	10,759,406	1.77	0.133	8	87	165,149	1.53	1	60
MEX	Mexico	128,455,567	129,388,467	21.3	1.59	2	11	922,903	0.71	12	125
NIC	Nicaragua	7,046,310	7,142,529	1.17	0.0880	9	105	95,396	1.34	4	74
PAN	Panama	4,468,087	4,527,961	0.745	0.0558	12	128	59,334	1.31	5	77
BMU	Bermuda	64,069	63,935	0.0105	0.00079	30	207	-142	-0.22	38	210
CAN	Canada	38,781,291	39,107,046	6.43	0.482	3	38	324,542	0.83	8	109
GRL	Greenland	56,643	56,789	0.00934	0.00070	31	209	136	0.24	25	170
SPM	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,840	5,815	0.00096	0.00007	40	231	-26	-0.45	39	218
USA	United States of America	339,996,563	341,814,420	56.2	4.21	1	3	1,803,056	0.53	18	147
	North America	604,182,520	608,160,046		7.49			3,957,896	0.65

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	5,017	37	11,047	38	15,294	38	9,532	38
ATG	Antigua and Barbuda	45,435	27	75,055	27	99,030	25	76,501	25
ABW	Aruba	38,797	28	89,101	26	94,185	26	60,188	27
BHS	Bahamas	81,644	21	325,014	18	450,625	17	402,810	17
BRB	Barbados	210,548	18	264,657	19	267,788	20	203,022	20
BES	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	6,989	34	13,960	37	28,735	37	28,971	36
VGB	British Virgin Islands	7,358	33	20,104	35	34,768	36	31,668	35
CYM	Cayman Islands	6,912	35	39,658	32	77,633	27	78,712	24
CUB	Cuba	5,926,645	4	11,105,791	5	10,028,085	8	6,478,341	9
CUW	Curaçao	100,067	19	141,424	22	204,084	21	193,807	21
DMA	Dominica	50,188	25	68,346	28	74,167	29	52,912	29
DOM	Dominican Republic	2,381,740	7	8,540,791	6	13,180,541	7	11,908,081	7
GRD	Grenada	77,020	22	107,432	25	136,253	23	115,630	23
GLP	Guadeloupe	215,261	17	424,067	17	388,861	18	318,692	18
HTI	Haiti	3,247,231	5	8,360,225	7	15,087,520	5	16,109,408	5
JAM	Jamaica	1,407,470	11	2,612,205	14	2,493,823	14	897,072	15
MTQ	Martinique	231,994	16	432,543	16	330,121	19	230,357	19
MSR	Montserrat	12,989	32	5,138	41	3,781	41	2,575	41
PRI	Puerto Rico	2,229,742	8	3,827,108	12	2,727,624	13	1,274,146	13
BLM	Saint Barthélemy	2,007	40	7,082	39	10,210	39	5,153	39
KNA	Saint Kitts and Nevis	47,254	26	45,461	31	46,882	33	35,941	33
LCA	Saint Lucia	86,695	20	159,500	21	177,856	22	121,531	22
MAF	Saint Martin (French part)	2,978	39	29,610	34	35,453	35	34,465	34
VCT	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	61,538	24	113,813	23	101,691	24	72,701	26
SXM	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,458	41	30,489	33	38,947	34	26,082	37
TTO	Trinidad and Tobago	648,616	15	1,332,203	15	1,485,139	15	1,055,540	14
TCA	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,036	36	18,744	36	52,865	32	55,676	28
VIR	United States Virgin Islands	27,070	30	108,185	24	77,519	28	37,962	31
BLZ	Belize	69,116	23	240,406	20	538,838	16	562,797	16
CRI	Costa Rica	948,487	13	3,979,193	11	5,702,525	12	4,533,000	11
SLV	El Salvador	2,182,409	9	5,958,482	9	6,636,854	10	4,284,249	12
GTM	Guatemala	3,099,869	6	11,735,894	4	24,600,727	4	26,170,739	4
HND	Honduras	1,557,932	10	6,656,725	8	14,258,514	6	15,166,663	6
MEX	Mexico	27,600,133	2	97,873,442	2	143,772,364	2	115,626,629	2
NIC	Nicaragua	1,330,442	12	5,123,222	10	9,094,641	9	9,138,044	8
PAN	Panama	861,079	14	3,001,731	13	5,736,121	11	6,206,167	10
BMU	Bermuda	37,142	29	61,371	29	56,041	30	36,985	32
CAN	Canada	13,743,069	3	30,683,313	3	45,890,819	3	53,903,779	3
GRL	Greenland	23,119	31	56,184	30	53,997	31	40,586	30
SPM	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,473	38	6,274	40	5,165	40	3,615	40
USA	United States of America	148,281,550	1	282,398,554	1	375,391,963	1	394,041,155	1
	North America	216,904,521		486,083,543		679,488,046		669,631,881