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Global view centered on North America. North America is the third largest continent, and is also a portion of the second largest supercontinent if North and South America are combined into the Americas and Africa, Europe, and Asia are considered to be part of one supercontinent called Afro-Eurasia.
It is the third-largest continent by size after Asia and Africa, and the fourth-largest continent by population after Asia, Africa, and Europe. As of 2021, North America's population was estimated as over 592 million people in 23 independent states, or about 7.5% of the world's population.
This is a list of continental landmasses, continents, and continental subregions by population. For statistical convenience, the populations of continental landmasses also include the populations of their associated islands .
Skyline of Los Angeles, the second-largest city in the United States third-largest city in North America. Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina and the ninth most populous city in the Americas, also located in the center of a metropolitan area home to about 15 million people. Built in 1960, Brasília is the capital and third-largest city in ...
Where the Americas are viewed as a single continent (America), it is divided into two subcontinents (North America and South America) [66] [67] [68] or three (Central America being the third). [ 69 ] [ 70 ] When Eurasia is regarded as a single continent, Asia and Europe are treated as subcontinents.
Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water. This list includes entries that are not limited to those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which covers sovereign states and dependent territories.
Canada is the largest country in North America and the Western Hemisphere. Saint Kitts and Nevis is the smallest country in North America overall, while El Salvador is the smallest country on the mainland. Greenland is a dependent territory of Denmark, but would be the third-largest country in the continent.
It is the third-largest continent by size after Asia and Africa, and the fourth-largest continent by population after Asia, Africa, and Europe. As of 2021, North America's population was estimated as over 592 million people in 23 independent states, or about 7.5% of the world's population.