The Americas: Countries and Territories by Population

Figures as of October 8, 2026

Rank	Country / Region	Capital	Population	Area
1	United States	Washington, D.C.	≈341.8 million	≈9.37 million km²
2	Brazil	Brasília	≈214.2 million	≈8.52 million km²
3	Mexico	Mexico City	≈131.2 million	≈1.96 million km²
4	Colombia	Bogotá	≈53.4 million	≈1.14 million km²
5	Argentina	Buenos Aires	≈46.5 million	≈2.78 million km²
6	Canada	Ottawa	≈41.8 million	≈9.98 million km²
7	Peru	Lima	≈34.2 million	≈1.29 million km²
8	Venezuela	Caracas	≈28.6 million	916,445 km²
9	Chile	Santiago	≈20.2 million	756,102 km²
10	Guatemala	Guatemala City	≈18.4 million	108,889 km²
11	Ecuador	Quito	≈18.1 million	276,841 km²
12	Haiti	Port-au-Prince	≈11.9 million	27,750 km²
13	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	≈11.5 million	48,671 km²
14	Bolivia	Sucre	≈11.4 million	≈1.10 million km²
15	Honduras	Tegucigalpa	≈10.2 million	112,492 km²
16	Cuba	Havana	≈9.4 million	109,884 km²
17	Nicaragua	Managua	≈6.9 million	130,373 km²
18	Paraguay	Asunción	≈6.1 million	406,752 km²
19	El Salvador	San Salvador	≈6.0 million	21,041 km²
20	Costa Rica	San José	≈5.2 million	51,100 km²
21	Panama	Panama City	≈4.1 million	75,417 km²
22	Uruguay	Montevideo	≈3.5 million	181,034 km²
23	Puerto Rico	San Juan	≈3.2 million	8,870 km²
24	Jamaica	Kingston	≈2.8 million	10,991 km²
25	Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	≈1.5 million	5,130 km²
26	Guyana	Georgetown	956,044	214,969 km²
27	Suriname	Paramaribo	616,500	163,820 km²
28	Belize	Belmopan	418,982	22,966 km²
29	Guadeloupe	Basse-Terre	400,132	1,628 km²
30	Bahamas	Nassau	398,165	13,943 km²
31	Martinique	Fort-de-France	378,243	1,128 km²
32	Barbados	Bridgetown	261,692	430 km²
33	French Guiana	Cayenne	254,541	83,534 km²
34	Saint Lucia	Castries	184,100	616 km²
35	Curaçao	Willemstad	155,826	444 km²
36	Aruba	Oranjestad	110,625	180 km²
37	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	109,296	389 km²
38	Grenada	St. George's	109,021	344 km²
39	Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John's	106,365	442 km²
40	Cayman Islands	George Town	90,577	264 km²
41	United States Virgin Islands	Charlotte Amalie	87,146	347 km²
42	Dominica	Roseau	65,514	751 km²
43	Bermuda	Hamilton	64,055	54 km²
44	Sint Maarten	Philipsburg	58,477	34 km²
45	Greenland	Nuuk	56,945	≈2.17 million km²
46	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Basseterre	54,338	261 km²
47	Turks and Caicos Islands	Cockburn Town	50,828	948 km²
48	British Virgin Islands	Road Town	38,984	151 km²
49	Saint Martin	Marigot	38,659	53 km²
50	Caribbean Netherlands	Kralendijk	31,980	328 km²
51	Anguilla	The Valley	16,010	91 km²
52	Saint Barthélemy	Gustavia	10,562	21 km²
53	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Saint-Pierre	5,819	242 km²
54	Montserrat	Plymouth	4,386	102 km²
55	Falkland Islands	Stanley	3,662	12,173 km²

This list was last updated on October 8, 2026. Includes overseas territories and other regions as well as independent countries. Population and area are rounded in the table; the country pages show the exact figures.