Which country in North America has the largest area?

Canada has the largest area in North America: 9,984,670 km². Next come the United States (9,826,675 km²) and Mexico (1,972,550 km²).

Which country in North America has the smallest area?

Saint Kitts and Nevis, with 269 km².

What is the typical area of a country in North America?

The median of the 23 countries in North America is 22,966 km²: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

Total area — land and inland water — in square kilometres. Source: Wikidata. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Countries in North America by area

Total area — land and inland water — in square kilometres. 23 countries in North America, highest first. Wikidata

See it on the map

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Highest

9,984,670 km²

Canada

Median country

22,966 km²

half above, half below

Lowest

269 km²

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Countries in North America by area, Wikidata
#	Country	Area	Region
1	Canada	9,984,670 km²	Northern America
2	United States	9,826,675 km²	Northern America
3	Mexico	1,972,550 km²	Central America
4	Nicaragua	120,340 km²	Central America
5	Honduras	112,492 km²	Central America
6	Cuba	109,884 km²	Caribbean
7	Guatemala	108,889 km²	Central America
8	Panama	74,177 km²	Central America
9	Costa Rica	51,180 km²	Central America
10	Dominican Republic	48,671 km²	Caribbean
11	Haiti	27,750 km²	Caribbean
12	Belize	22,966 km²	Central America
13	El Salvador	21,041 km²	Central America
14	Bahamas	13,878 km²	Caribbean
15	Jamaica	10,992 km²	Caribbean
16	Trinidad and Tobago	5,128 km²	Caribbean
17	Dominica	751 km²	Caribbean
18	Saint Lucia	617 km²	Caribbean
19	Antigua and Barbuda	440 km²	Caribbean
20	Barbados	439 km²	Caribbean
21	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389 km²	Caribbean
22	Grenada	349 km²	Caribbean
23	Saint Kitts and Nevis	269 km²	Caribbean

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed. Highest first.

Place	Area	Status
Greenland	2,166,086 km²	Territory of Denmark
Puerto Rico	9,104 km²	Territory of United States of America
Curaçao	444 km²	Territory of Netherlands
Turks and Caicos Islands	417 km²	Territory of United Kingdom
US Virgin Islands	346 km²	Territory of United States of America
Cayman Islands	264 km²	Territory of United Kingdom
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242 km²	Territory of France
Aruba	179 km²	Territory of Netherlands
British Virgin Islands	151 km²	Territory of United Kingdom
Montserrat	102 km²	Territory of United Kingdom
Anguilla	91 km²	Territory of United Kingdom
Bermuda	53 km²	Territory of United Kingdom
Saint Martin	53 km²	Territory of France
Sint Maarten	34 km²	Territory of Netherlands
Saint Barthélemy	24 km²	Territory of France

Questions

Which country in North America has the largest area?: Canada has the largest area in North America: 9,984,670 km². Next come the United States (9,826,675 km²) and Mexico (1,972,550 km²).
Which country in North America has the smallest area?: Saint Kitts and Nevis, with 269 km².
What is the typical area of a country in North America?: The median of the 23 countries in North America is 22,966 km²: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?: Total area — land and inland water — in square kilometres. Source: Wikidata. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Source: Wikidata. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.