North America

34 countries in World Bank data. The continent figure is the median of its countries - the World Bank does not publish continental totals, and its own regions do not match continents.

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Map of North America

 

Boundaries: Natural Earth, simplified · sources and licences

Countries

latest available value
Antigua and Barbuda94,20924,81977.81.58-3.80
Aruba108,78538,59176.51.61-5.15
Bahamas403,03339,45574.71.379.23.64
Barbados282,62328,36576.31.716.52.52
Belize422,9247,86573.72.028.90.93
Bermuda64,555142,25082.51.41-4.14
British Virgin Islands39,732-77.41.05-2.33
Canada41.7 mn55,69882.11.256.914.01
Cayman Islands75,844104,29380.51.53-5.00
Costa Rica5.2 mn19,97081.01.326.81.63
Cuba10.9 mn9,60578.31.451.71.91
Curaçao156,26322,83377.01.40--
Dominica65,87110,98971.31.48-1.27
Dominican Republic11.5 mn11,05973.92.225.12.99
El Salvador6.4 mn5,76772.31.773.31.51
Greenland56,83158,49970.31.71-10.45
Grenada117,30312,10775.41.47-1.50
Guatemala18.7 mn6,59872.72.292.61.11
Haiti11.9 mn2,69465.12.6314.90.30
Honduras11 mn3,59873.02.484.91.14
Jamaica2.8 mn8,00371.61.353.32.84
Mexico131.9 mn13,88975.31.892.73.64
Nicaragua7 mn3,17375.12.215.00.83
Panama4.6 mn19,79079.82.118.42.74
Puerto Rico3.2 mn40,62081.90.926.04.82
Saint Kitts and Nevis46,92225,22372.31.53-2.88
Saint Lucia180,14914,74672.81.399.51.71
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines99,92412,56271.41.7618.01.31
Saint-Martin24,94121,66880.42.67--
Sint Maarten43,92342,97876.51.44--
Trinidad and Tobago1.4 mn18,96773.61.543.319.58
Turks and Caicos Islands46,85537,50778.21.45-4.92
United States341.8 mn90,02778.91.634.213.62
United States Virgin Islands103,79244,32180.81.9711.40.00
Sources: World Bank, UN agencies and others Sources and licences

North America compared with the world

median country vs world
Indicator Year North America median World
Population
Population 2025 342,828 8.2 bn
Population density · /km² 2023 247.5 62.1
Population growth · % 2025 0.44 0.91
Life expectancy at birth · years 2024 75.8 73.5
Fertility rate 2024 1.56 2.19
Birth rate · ‰ 2024 11.3 16.3
Infant mortality · ‰ 2024 11.4 27.7
Urban population · % 2025 73.3 57.8
Population aged 65 and over · % 2025 12.2 10.4
Population living in cities (Degree of Urbanisation) · % 2025 29.6 44.8
Population living in towns and semi-dense areas (Degree of Urbanisation) · % 2025 43.0 35.6
Population living in rural areas (Degree of Urbanisation) · % 2025 23.8 19.6
Human development
Human Development Index (HDI) 2023 0.789 0.756
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI) 2023 0.620 0.590
Planetary pressures-adjusted Human Development Index (PHDI) 2023 0.670 0.680
Gender Inequality Index (GII) 2023 0.343 0.455
Economy
Gross domestic product · US$ 2025 25.9 bn 118.4 tn
GDP per capita · US$ 2025 13,889 14,406
GDP per capita, purchasing power parity · int. $ 2025 25,894 25,704
GNI per capita (Atlas method) · US$ 2025 12,705 14,244
Real GDP growth · % 2025 2.7 2.9
Inflation, consumer prices · % 2025 1.5 3.0
Trade (exports plus imports) · % 2025 75.7 68.5
Exports of goods and services · % 2025 33.5 29.5
Foreign direct investment, net inflows · % 2024 2.9 1.4
Manufacturing, value added · % 2025 12.3 14.9
Agriculture, forestry and fishing, value added · % 2025 3.9 4.0
Tax revenue · % 2024 14.2 13.8
Central government debt · % 2019 55.3 -
Military expenditure · % 2024 0.9 2.5
Labour
Unemployment rate (modelled ILO estimate) · % 2025 6.0 4.8
Youth unemployment rate (modelled ILO estimate) · % 2025 13.8 13.4
Female labour force participation · % 2025 52.8 48.9
Employment in agriculture (modelled ILO estimate) · % 2025 11.4 25.8
Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person · h 2025 40.0 40.9
Youth not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15-24 · % 2025 20.5 20.0
Labour income share of GDP · % 2024 52.4 52.5
Output per hour worked (GDP, constant 2021 international $ at PPP) · $ 2025 22.8 23.3
Health
Current health expenditure · % 2023 6.3 10.1
Current health expenditure per capita · US$ 2023 584 1,317
Physicians · /1,000 2022 2.59 1.86
Under-5 mortality · ‰ 2024 12.7 37.4
Maternal mortality ratio (modelled estimate) · /100k 2023 46 197
Current tobacco use among adults · % 2024 11.4 20.3
People using safely managed drinking water · % 2024 74.9 73.7
Food
Dietary energy supply per person · kcal 2023 3,052 3,017
Average protein supply per person (3-year average) · g 2022 93.8 92.5
Average supply of protein of animal origin per person (3-year average) · g 2022 54.2 38.7
Average fat supply per person (3-year average) · g 2022 103.2 89.7
Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity (3-year average) · % 2024 27.6 26.8
Prevalence of severe food insecurity (3-year average) · % 2024 6.9 9.8
Cereal import dependency ratio (3-year average) · % 2022 74.3 -0.9
Education
Adult literacy rate · % 2024 91.9 87.7
School enrolment, secondary (gross) · % 2024 87.9 77.3
School enrolment, tertiary (gross) · % 2023 31.4 43.2
Government expenditure on education · % 2023 3.4 3.6
Expected years of schooling · yrs 2023 13.9 13.0
Mean years of schooling (adults 25+) · yrs 2023 9.9 8.8
Society
Gini index of income inequality 2018 43.7 -
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) · % 2018 1.1 11.1
Individuals using the internet · % 2024 76.2 71.2
Mobile cellular subscriptions · /100 2024 108.4 110.4
Access to electricity · % 2024 100.0 91.9
Seats held by women in national parliaments · % 2025 29.9 27.2
Refugees
Refugees hosted (under UNHCR mandate, by country of asylum) 2025 37 28.5 mn
Refugees hosted per 1,000 inhabitants · ‰ 2025 0.1 3.5
Asylum-seekers hosted (pending cases, by country of asylum) 2025 91 9 mn
Refugees originating from the country (under UNHCR mandate) 2025 367 28.5 mn
Refugees originating from the country per 1,000 inhabitants · ‰ 2025 0.8 3.5
Governance
Control of corruption · /100 2024 54.9 -
Government effectiveness · /100 2024 56.1 -
Rule of law · /100 2024 65.6 -
Regulatory quality · /100 2024 56.5 -
Voice and accountability · /100 2024 64.6 -
Political stability and absence of violence · /100 2024 79.3 -
Environment
CO₂ emissions per capita (excluding land use) · t 2024 2.74 4.69
Fossil CO₂ emissions (fossil fuels and cement) · Mt 2024 2.6 38,598.6
Share of global fossil CO₂ emissions · % 2024 0.01 100.00
Cumulative fossil CO₂ emissions since 1750 · Gt 2024 0.1 1,849.1
Total greenhouse gas emissions per capita (excluding land use) · t 2024 3.33 6.36
Renewable energy consumption · % 2021 9.7 -
Forest area · % 2023 34.0 31.1
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure · µg/m³ 2023 11.0 32.9
Level of water stress (freshwater withdrawal of available resources) · % 2022 12.1 -
Land area · km² 2023 7,000 129.8 mn
Energy
Share of renewables in electricity generation · % 2024 17.0 31.6
Share of wind and solar in electricity generation · % 2024 8.1 15.0
Share of nuclear in electricity generation · % 2024 0.0 9.0
Share of low-carbon sources (renewables and nuclear) in electricity generation · % 2024 17.0 40.6
Share of fossil fuels in electricity generation · % 2024 83.0 59.4
Share of coal in electricity generation · % 2024 0.0 34.4
Carbon intensity of electricity generation · g/kWh 2024 562 474
Electricity demand per capita · MWh 2024 2.71 3.81

The median is the middle country: half of the countries of North America are above it, half below. Unlike an average it is not pulled by one very large or very rich country. For totals (population, GDP) the world column is the world total, not comparable with the median.