List Of North American Countries By Area
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North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
n countries, in order of geographical area. North America's total geographical area is 24,500,995 km2.


Countries


Territories

These territories, also located in North America, are not sovereign nations but are either former colonies of
Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...
an countries still under control of the Kingdom of Denmark,
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
, the
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, and the
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
; or historically under the control of the
United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
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Transcontinental countries

The island of
Trinidad Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is often referred to as the southernmos ...
is sometimes included in
South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
.


See also

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List of North American countries by population This is a list of countries by population based on the country population estimates published by the UN, counting Greenland, which is a part of North America. The largest country by land area is Canada, and by population is the United States. Th ...
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List of African countries by area Below is a list of all countries in Africa, in order of geographical area. Algeria has been the largest country in Africa and the Arab world since the division of Sudan in 2011. Seychelles is the smallest country in Africa overall, with The Gambia ...
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List of Asian countries by area Below is a list of all the Asian countries and territories, in order of geographical area. Asia's total geographical area is 44,526,316 km². Note: Some of these countries are transcontinental or have part of their territory located in a con ...
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List of European countries by area The countries of Europe can be ordered by their geographical area. As a continent, Europe's total geographical area is about 10.18 million square kilometres. Transcontinental countries are ranked according to the size of their European part only. ...
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List of Oceanian countries by area Below is a list of all the Oceanian countries, in order of geographical area. Oceania's total geographical area is 2 (including the Oceania part of Indonesia). Countries Note: Indonesia is considered a transcontinental country, the majority ...
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List of South American countries by area Below is a list of all the South American countries, in South America of geographical area. South America's total geographical area is 17,732,850 km² or 6,846,692 mi². Countries Territories These territories, also located in South America ...


References

{{Geography country lists Countries by geographical area
North American countries Sovereign states and dependent territory, dependent territories in North America, in an inclusive definition, cover the landmass north of the Colombia-Panama border and include the islands of the Caribbean. Sovereign states All of the states ...
Area Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape A shape or figure is a graphics, graphical representation of an obje ...