North America

North America runs from the Arctic islands of Canada and Greenland through the United States and Mexico to Central America and the Caribbean. The Rockies, the Great Lakes and the Mississippi basin dominate its interior.

Our atlas lists 42 countries and areas in North America, together covering about 24,244,540 km² (9,360,865 sq mi) with roughly 613.3 million people.

Countries and areas

Largest cities

• Mexico City · 12.3 million
• New York City · 8.8 million
• Los Angeles · 3.8 million
• Toronto · 2.8 million
• Brooklyn · 2.7 million
• Chicago · 2.7 million
• Queens · 2.3 million
• Houston · 2.3 million
• Santo Domingo · 2.2 million
• Havana · 2.2 million
• Tijuana · 1.9 million
• Iztapalapa · 1.8 million
• Montréal · 1.8 million
• Puebla · 1.7 million
• Phoenix · 1.7 million
• Ecatepec de Morelos · 1.6 million
• Santiago de Querétaro · 1.6 million
• León de los Aldama · 1.6 million
• Philadelphia · 1.6 million
• San Antonio · 1.5 million
• Ciudad Juárez · 1.5 million
• Manhattan · 1.5 million
• Zapopan · 1.5 million
• San Diego · 1.4 million

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