Which country in North America has the largest population?

The United States has the largest population in North America: 342 million people (2025). Next come Mexico (132 million people) and Canada (42 million people).

Which country in North America has the smallest population?

Saint Kitts and Nevis, with 46,922 people (2025).

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

The median of the 23 countries in North America is 4.6 million people: 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?

Mid-year population estimate: everyone living there, whatever their citizenship. Source: World Bank, 2025. 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 population

Mid-year population estimate: everyone living there, whatever their citizenship. 23 countries in North America, highest first. World Bank, 2025

See it on the map

Map: Population — North America — 1B100M

Highest

341,784,857

United States

Median country

4,571,189

half above, half below

Lowest

46,922

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Countries in North America by population, World Bank, 2025
#	Country	People	Region
1	United States	341,784,857	Northern America
2	Mexico	131,946,900	Central America
3	Canada	41,651,653	Northern America
4	Guatemala	18,687,881	Central America
5	Haiti	11,906,095	Caribbean
6	Dominican Republic	11,520,487	Caribbean
7	Honduras	11,005,850	Central America
8	Cuba	10,937,203	Caribbean
9	Nicaragua	7,007,502	Central America
10	El Salvador	6,365,503	Central America
11	Costa Rica	5,152,950	Central America
12	Panama	4,571,189	Central America
13	Jamaica	2,837,077	Caribbean
14	Trinidad and Tobago	1,367,764	Caribbean
15	Belize	422,924	Central America
16	Bahamas	403,033	Caribbean
17	Barbados	282,623	Caribbean
18	Saint Lucia	180,149	Caribbean
19	Grenada	117,303	Caribbean
20	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	99,924	Caribbean
21	Antigua and Barbuda	94,209	Caribbean
22	Dominica	65,871	Caribbean
23	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,922	Caribbean

Territories and other places

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

Place	People	Status
Puerto Rico	3,184,835	Territory of United States of America
Curaçao	156,263	Territory of Netherlands
Aruba	108,785	Territory of Netherlands
US Virgin Islands	103,792	Territory of United States of America
Cayman Islands	75,844	Territory of United Kingdom
Bermuda	64,555	Territory of United Kingdom
Greenland	56,831	Territory of Denmark
Turks and Caicos Islands	46,855	Territory of United Kingdom
Sint Maarten	43,923	Territory of Netherlands
British Virgin Islands	39,732	Territory of United Kingdom
Saint Martin	24,941	Territory of France
Anguilla	19,079	Territory of United Kingdom
Saint Barthélemy	10,124	Territory of France
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,974	Territory of France
Montserrat	5,440	Territory of United Kingdom

Questions

Which country in North America has the largest population?: The United States has the largest population in North America: 342 million people (2025). Next come Mexico (132 million people) and Canada (42 million people).
Which country in North America has the smallest population?: Saint Kitts and Nevis, with 46,922 people (2025).
What is the typical population of a country in North America?: The median of the 23 countries in North America is 4.6 million people: 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?: Mid-year population estimate: everyone living there, whatever their citizenship. Source: World Bank, 2025. 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: World Bank. Where the World Bank has no estimate, the population is Wikidata’s. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.