Countries in the Americas:

There are 35 countries in the Americas today, according to the United Nations. The full list is shown in the table below, with current population and subregion (based on the United Nations official statistics).

Not included in this total of "countries" and listed separately are:

Other entities, such as overseas territories, Crown Dependencies, autonomous regions and special administrative regions

#	Country	Population 2026	Subregion
1	United States	349,035,494	Northern America
2	Brazil	213,562,666	South America
3	Mexico	132,997,658	Central America
4	Colombia	53,936,226	South America
5	Argentina	46,003,734	South America
6	Canada	40,467,728	Northern America
7	Peru	34,922,148	South America
8	Venezuela	28,633,711	South America
9	Chile	19,945,850	South America
10	Guatemala	18,967,978	Central America
11	Ecuador	18,444,506	South America
12	Bolivia	12,749,291	South America
13	Haiti	12,037,506	Caribbean
14	Dominican Republic	11,609,500	Caribbean
15	Honduras	11,184,760	Central America
16	Cuba	10,892,659	Caribbean
17	Nicaragua	7,097,329	Central America
18	Paraguay	7,095,279	South America
19	El Salvador	6,391,254	Central America
20	Costa Rica	5,174,789	Central America
21	Panama	4,625,718	Central America
22	Uruguay	3,382,537	South America
23	Jamaica	2,833,404	Caribbean
24	Trinidad and Tobago	1,513,268	Caribbean
25	Guyana	840,890	South America
26	Suriname	645,256	South America
27	Belize	428,644	Central America
28	Bahamas	404,628	Caribbean
29	Barbados	282,724	Caribbean
30	Saint Lucia	180,488	Caribbean
31	Grenada	117,362	Caribbean
32	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	99,244	Caribbean
33	Antigua and Barbuda	94,626	Caribbean
34	Dominica	65,511	Caribbean
35	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,992	Caribbean

Other entities

#	Country	Population 2026	Status
1	Puerto Rico	3,222,688	Commonwealth and unincorporated territory of the United States
2	Guadeloupe	372,453	Overseas region of France
3	Martinique	337,711	Overseas region of France
4	French Guiana	318,872	Overseas region of France
5	Curaçao	185,440	Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
6	Aruba	108,164	Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
7	U.S. Virgin Islands	83,400	Unincorporated territory of the United States
8	Cayman Islands	77,196	British Overseas Territory
9	Bermuda	64,459	British Overseas Territory
10	Greenland	55,629	Self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark
11	Turks and Caicos Islands	47,148	British Overseas Territory
12	Sint Maarten	44,447	Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
13	British Virgin Islands	39,936	British Overseas Territory
14	Caribbean Netherlands	31,913	Special municipalities of the Netherlands
15	Saint Martin (French part)	23,898	Overseas collectivity of France
16	Anguilla	14,817	British Overseas Territory
17	Saint-Barthélemy	11,550	Overseas collectivity of France
18	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,513	Overseas collectivity of France
19	Montserrat	4,328	British Overseas Territory
20	Falkland Islands	3,465	British Overseas Territory

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