Study notes: North America
The big three are easy; the points are won and lost in the isthmus and the islands. Use the rounds below to drill them until they feel obvious.
Our data covers 23 countries in North America. The largest by land area is Canada and the most populous is United States.
Central America, north to south
Belize and Guatemala, then Honduras and El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. El Salvador is the only one with no Caribbean coastline.
The Greater Antilles
Cuba is the largest Caribbean island. East of it, Hispaniola is shared by Haiti (west) and the Dominican Republic (east); Jamaica lies to the south of Cuba.
Small islands, big score swings
The Lesser Antilles curve south from the Virgin Islands toward Venezuela. Learning their order — from Antigua and Barbuda down to Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago — pays off in expert practice.
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Countries of North America
Population estimates and capitals from Natural Earth; areas computed from its boundaries.
| Country | Capital | Population | Land area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antigua and Barbuda | Saint John's | 97,118 | 433 km² |
| Bahamas | Nassau | 389,482 | 12,667 km² |
| Barbados | Bridgetown | 287,025 | 389 km² |
| BelizeBorders Mexico, Guatemala | Belmopan | 390,353 | 22,780 km² |
| CanadaBorders United States | Ottawa | 37.6 million | 9,872,058 km² |
| Costa RicaBorders Panama, Nicaragua | San José | 5.05 million | 51,513 km² |
| Cuba | Havana | 11.3 million | 109,298 km² |
| Dominica | Roseau | 71,808 | 698 km² |
| Dominican RepublicBorders Haiti | Santo Domingo | 10.7 million | 48,590 km² |
| El SalvadorBorders Honduras, Guatemala | San Salvador | 6.45 million | 20,391 km² |
| Grenada | Saint George's | 112,003 | 286 km² |
| GuatemalaBorders Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Belize | Guatemala City | 16.6 million | 108,481 km² |
| HaitiBorders Dominican Republic | Port-au-Prince | 11.3 million | 26,806 km² |
| HondurasBorders Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador | Tegucigalpa | 9.75 million | 113,516 km² |
| Jamaica | Kingston | 2.95 million | 10,933 km² |
| MexicoBorders United States, Guatemala, Belize | Mexico City | 127.6 million | 1,962,276 km² |
| NicaraguaBorders Honduras, Costa Rica | Managua | 6.55 million | 129,242 km² |
| PanamaBorders Costa Rica, Colombia | Panama City | 4.25 million | 74,245 km² |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | 52,834 | 233 km² |
| Saint Lucia | Castries | 182,790 | 551 km² |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | 110,589 | 311 km² |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Port-of-Spain | 1.39 million | 5,102 km² |
| United StatesBorders Mexico, Canada | Washington, D.C. | 328.2 million | 9,439,416 km² |