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  1. North America is the fourth most populous continent after Asia, Africa, and Europe. [127] Its most populous country is the U.S. with 329.7 million persons. The second-largest country is Mexico with a population of 112.3 million. [128] Canada is the third-most-populous country with 37.0 million. [129]

  2. With an estimated population of 580 million and an area of 24,709,000 km 2 (9,540,000 mi 2 ), the northernmost of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere [1] is bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the west; the Atlantic Ocean on the east; the Caribbean Sea on the south; and the Arctic Ocean on the north. The northern half of North America is ...

  3. The history of North America encompasses the past developments of people populating the continent of North America. While it was commonly accepted that the continent first became inhabited by humans when individuals migrated across the Bering Sea 40,000 to 17,000 years ago, [1] more recent discoveries may have pushed those estimates back at ...

  4. North America is a large continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres of Earth. It is to the east of the Pacific Ocean, the west of the Atlantic Ocean, the south of the Arctic Ocean, and it is the northern part of the Americas. The southernmost part is Central America. It is the third largest continent in the world after Asia and Africa.

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    Official Name (s)
    Area (km2 Or Sq Mi)
    Population
    1,707,000 km 2 (659,000 sq mi)
    733,475
    0.3
    442 km 2 (171 sq mi)
    101,489
    622
    Bahamas Commonwealth of the Bahamas
    13,880 km 2 (5,360 sq mi)
    358,508
    24
    Barbados Republic of Barbados
    430 km 2 (170 sq mi)
    303,431
    755
    • Around 24.71 million km2
    • 528,720,588 (2008)
    • $20.3 trillion (201moo3)
    • 21.4/km² (55/sq mi)
  5. 4 days ago · Show More. North America. North America, third largest of the world’s continents, lying for the most part between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer. It extends for more than 5,000 miles (8,000 km) to within 500 miles (800 km) of both the North Pole and the Equator and has an east-west extent of 5,000 miles.

  6. North America is a continent [1] in the Earth 's Northern and Western Hemispheres. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the south and west by the North Pacific Ocean; South America lies to the southeast. North America covers an area of about ...

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