North America
continent on the Earth's northwestern quadrant
North America is a large continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres of Earth. It is to the east of the Pacific Ocean, the west of the Atlantic Ocean, the south of the Arctic Ocean, and it is the northern part of the Americas. The southernmost part is Central America. It is the third largest continent in the world, after Asia and Africa.
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Area | 24,709,000 km2 (9,540,000 sq mi) |
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Population | 528,720,588 (2008) |
Population density | 21.4/km2 (55/sq mi) |
GDP (nominal) | $20.3 trillion (201moo3) |
GDP (PPP) | $20.9 trillion (2013) |
Demonym | North American |
Countries | 23 countries |
Dependencies | 22 dependencies |
Languages | List of languages |
Time zones | UTC−10 to UTC |
Internet TLD | North American TLD |
Largest cities | List of urban areas |
Hundreds of millions of years ago, North America was part of a larger ancient supercontinent named Laurasia. A few million years ago, a new land bridge arose and connected North America to South America. Beringia connected North America to Siberia a few times during ice ages in the past 20,000 years. North America has a population of 527 million and is the 4th most populous continent in the world.
List of CountriesEdit
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Barbados
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Canada
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Grenada
- Greenland
- Guatemala
- Guadeloupe
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Iceland Geologically located in Europe and North America
- Jamaica
- Martinique
- Mexico
- Montserrat
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Sint Maarten
- Saint Martin
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United States
- US Virgin Islands
- San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic