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This is an alphabetical list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas.It comprises three regions, Northern America (Canada and the United States), the Caribbean (cultural region of the English, French, Dutch, and Creole speaking countries located on the Caribbean Sea) and Latin America (nations that speak Spanish and Portuguese).
[6] [7] [8] When viewed as a single continent, the Americas or America is the 2nd largest continent right after Asia, and is the 3rd largest continent by population. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World .
For a table of sovereign states and dependent territories in North America with geographical data such as area, population, and population density, see North America: countries and territories. Geologically, North America is joined with South America by the Isthmus of Panama to form the Americas.
North America occupies the northern portion of the landmass generally referred to as the New World, the Western Hemisphere, the Americas, or simply America, which, in many countries, is considered a single continent [50] [51] [52] with North America a subcontinent. [53] [54] [55] North America is the third-largest continent by area after Asia ...
The following is an alphabetical list of countries in the Americas grouped by UNSD geoscheme subregion and (if applicable) intermediate region. [1] The continent of North America comprises the intermediate regions of the Caribbean, Central America, and Northern America.
List of countries and dependencies by area; List of countries and dependencies by population; List of countries and dependencies by population density; List of countries by past and projected future population; List of countries by population in 1900; List of countries by population in 2005; List of countries by population in 2010
Central America—the southern region of the North American continent, comprising Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. [16] Sometimes, Central America may be defined to only include the five countries which gained independence as the United Provinces of Central America. This definition excludes Belize and ...
In Ibero-America (Spanish and Portuguese speaking American countries), the Americas are considered a single continent (America), and Central America is considered a subregion of the continent comprising the seven countries south of Mexico and north of Colombia. [citation needed]