List of North American countries by population

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	13 Oct 2021

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. 77.6 % North American population population resides in these two countries. 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 ten most populous countries globally as it hosts the United States of America and Mexico, the world's 3rd most and 10th 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 40 would increase, and eight countries would decrease in 2021 compared to 2020. United States's population would increase by 1.91 mn, followed by Mexico (1.33 mn). Puerto Rico (-33k) is the top decliner, followed by Cuba (-9k).

Guatemala would have the highest population growth rate of 1.87% in 2021. Eleven 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. Puerto Rico would have the lowest population growth rate of -1.14%, which is 3rd lowest in the world.

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 (2021)		Growth Rank
Code	Country/Region	2020	2021	North America	World	North America	World	Net	%	North America	World
AIA	Anguilla	15,002	15,125	0.00254	0.00019	38	224	123	0.82	17	128
ATG	Antigua and Barbuda	97,928	98,728	0.0165	0.00125	27	201	800	0.82	18	130
ABW	Aruba	106,766	107,195	0.0180	0.00136	25	197	429	0.40	27	167
BHS	Bahamas	393,248	396,914	0.0665	0.00504	18	178	3,666	0.93	13	115
BRB	Barbados	287,371	287,708	0.0482	0.00365	20	184	337	0.12	33	194
BES	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	26,221	26,445	0.00443	0.00034	37	221	224	0.85	16	123
VGB	British Virgin Islands	30,237	30,423	0.00510	0.00039	36	220	186	0.62	20	148
CYM	Cayman Islands	65,720	66,498	0.0111	0.00084	29	205	778	1.18	9	94
CUB	Cuba	11,326,616	11,317,498	1.90	0.144	6	84	-9,118	-0.08	35	207
CUW	Curaçao	164,100	164,796	0.0276	0.00209	22	192	696	0.42	24	162
DMA	Dominica	71,991	72,172	0.0121	0.00092	28	204	181	0.25	30	181
DOM	Dominican Republic	10,847,904	10,953,714	1.84	0.139	7	85	105,810	0.98	12	111
GRD	Grenada	112,519	113,015	0.0189	0.00144	23	195	496	0.44	23	161
GLP	Guadeloupe	400,127	400,013	0.0670	0.00508	17	177	-114	-0.03	34	204
HTI	Haiti	11,402,533	11,541,683	1.93	0.147	5	82	139,150	1.22	8	93
JAM	Jamaica	2,961,161	2,973,462	0.498	0.0378	13	137	12,301	0.42	26	165
MTQ	Martinique	375,265	374,743	0.0628	0.00476	19	179	-522	-0.14	36	210
MSR	Montserrat	4,999	4,981	0.00083	0.00006	41	231	-18	-0.36	39	222
PRI	Puerto Rico	2,860,840	2,828,246	0.474	0.0359	14	141	-32,594	-1.14	41	233
BLM	Saint Barthélemy	9,885	9,909	0.00166	0.00013	39	228	24	0.24	31	182
KNA	Saint Kitts and Nevis	53,192	53,546	0.00898	0.00068	32	211	354	0.67	19	145
LCA	Saint Lucia	183,629	184,401	0.0309	0.00234	21	189	772	0.42	25	163
MAF	Saint Martin (French part)	38,659	39,239	0.00658	0.00050	34	215	580	1.50	5	72
VCT	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	110,947	111,269	0.0187	0.00141	24	196	322	0.29	28	178
SXM	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	42,882	43,421	0.00728	0.00055	33	213	539	1.26	7	89
TTO	Trinidad and Tobago	1,399,491	1,403,374	0.235	0.0178	15	154	3,883	0.28	29	180
TCA	Turks and Caicos Islands	38,718	39,226	0.00658	0.00050	35	216	508	1.31	6	85
VIR	United States Virgin Islands	104,423	104,218	0.0175	0.00132	26	199	-205	-0.20	37	214
BLZ	Belize	397,621	404,915	0.0679	0.00514	16	176	7,294	1.83	2	58
CRI	Costa Rica	5,094,114	5,139,053	0.861	0.0653	11	123	44,939	0.88	14	119
SLV	El Salvador	6,486,201	6,518,500	1.09	0.0828	10	112	32,299	0.50	22	156
GTM	Guatemala	17,915,567	18,249,868	3.06	0.232	4	67	334,301	1.87	1	56
HND	Honduras	9,904,608	10,062,994	1.69	0.128	8	92	158,386	1.60	3	64
MEX	Mexico	128,932,753	130,262,220	21.8	1.65	2	10	1,329,467	1.03	11	106
NIC	Nicaragua	6,624,554	6,702,379	1.12	0.0851	9	110	77,825	1.17	10	97
PAN	Panama	4,314,768	4,381,583	0.734	0.0556	12	128	66,815	1.55	4	69
BMU	Bermuda	62,273	62,092	0.0104	0.00079	30	206	-181	-0.29	38	220
CAN	Canada	37,742,157	38,067,913	6.38	0.483	3	38	325,756	0.86	15	122
GRL	Greenland	56,772	56,868	0.00953	0.00072	31	209	96	0.17	32	187
SPM	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,795	5,771	0.00097	0.00007	40	230	-24	-0.41	40	223
USA	United States of America	331,002,647	332,915,074	55.8	4.23	1	3	1,912,427	0.58	21	153
	North America	592,072,204	596,591,192		7.58			4,518,988	0.76

Projected population (UN)

Code	Country/Region	1950		2000		2050		2100
Code	Country/Region	Population	Rank	Population	Rank	Population	Rank	Population	Rank
AIA	Anguilla	5,122	36	11,247	38	16,522	38	13,635	38
ATG	Antigua and Barbuda	45,515	27	76,007	27	110,901	24	102,048	25
ABW	Aruba	38,052	28	90,866	26	108,709	26	102,235	24
BHS	Bahamas	79,090	21	298,045	18	463,329	17	460,116	17
BRB	Barbados	210,990	17	271,511	19	277,019	20	214,788	20
BES	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	7,129	34	14,387	37	29,699	37	32,606	36
VGB	British Virgin Islands	7,437	33	20,313	35	31,540	36	24,857	37
CYM	Cayman Islands	6,416	35	42,305	32	84,657	28	102,667	23
CUB	Cuba	5,919,989	4	11,126,423	5	10,162,395	8	6,671,461	9
CUW	Curaçao	100,181	19	132,147	22	175,723	22	175,041	21
DMA	Dominica	51,099	25	69,650	28	70,872	29	51,345	31
DOM	Dominican Republic	2,364,649	7	8,471,317	6	12,795,809	7	11,012,548	7
GRD	Grenada	76,681	22	102,837	25	115,561	23	86,183	26
GLP	Guadeloupe	209,999	18	422,048	16	386,919	18	338,669	18
HTI	Haiti	3,221,270	5	8,463,802	7	14,877,785	5	14,760,450	5
JAM	Jamaica	1,402,903	11	2,654,698	14	2,960,321	13	1,793,106	13
MTQ	Martinique	222,003	16	387,016	17	331,959	19	234,041	19
MSR	Montserrat	13,524	32	4,925	41	4,144	41	2,878	41
PRI	Puerto Rico	2,218,005	8	3,668,955	12	2,445,387	14	1,216,779	14
BLM	Saint Barthélemy	1,996	40	7,416	39	10,828	39	10,139	39
KNA	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,053	26	44,083	31	56,156	30	43,395	32
LCA	Saint Lucia	82,783	20	156,737	21	182,127	21	122,091	22
MAF	Saint Martin (French part)	2,999	39	28,935	34	50,821	34	60,194	29
VCT	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	66,997	24	107,787	24	109,118	25	74,618	27
SXM	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,490	41	32,564	33	55,024	31	69,222	28
TTO	Trinidad and Tobago	645,626	15	1,267,159	15	1,343,781	15	968,826	15
TCA	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,044	37	20,171	36	50,270	35	53,609	30
VIR	United States Virgin Islands	26,792	30	108,730	23	86,214	27	40,462	34
BLZ	Belize	68,915	23	247,310	20	571,048	16	620,439	16
CRI	Costa Rica	945,683	13	3,962,369	11	5,772,686	12	4,797,969	11
SLV	El Salvador	2,199,903	9	5,887,930	9	6,936,792	10	4,766,079	12
GTM	Guatemala	3,114,956	6	11,650,744	4	26,920,714	4	31,270,073	4
HND	Honduras	1,546,719	10	6,574,510	8	13,830,802	6	14,325,309	6
MEX	Mexico	27,944,671	2	98,899,845	2	155,150,814	2	141,509,942	2
NIC	Nicaragua	1,294,994	12	5,069,310	10	8,531,045	9	8,124,405	8
PAN	Panama	859,658	14	3,030,333	13	5,852,939	11	6,439,999	10
BMU	Bermuda	37,256	29	65,017	29	53,278	33	36,933	35
CAN	Canada	13,733,398	3	30,588,379	3	45,669,453	3	56,953,224	3
GRL	Greenland	22,993	31	56,177	30	53,298	32	40,524	33
SPM	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,567	38	6,298	40	5,257	40	3,984	40
USA	United States of America	158,804,397	1	281,710,914	1	379,419,097	1	433,853,891	1