List of countries in the Americas by population

Pan-American countries by population, 2020

This is a list of countries and dependent territories in the Americas by population, which is sorted by the 2015 mid-year normalized demographic projections.

Table

Rank	Country (or dependent territory)	Population (2023)	% of pop. (2022)	Average relative annual growth (%)[1] (2022)	Average absolute annual growth (2015)[2]	Date of last figure	Source
1	United States	339,979,847	32.41	0.75	2,377,000	March 24, 2023	Official population clock
2	Brazil	217,637,297	20.82	0.86	1,750,000	June 18, 2024	Official population clock
3	Mexico	130,000,000	12.32	1.08	1,293,000	March 2, 2020	Official estimate
4	Colombia	52,049,498	4.99	1.16	555,000	June 25, 2021	Official population clock
5	Argentina	46,208,747	4.48	1.09	463,000	July 1, 2021	Official estimate
6	Canada	38,395,507	3.75	0.79	279,000	March 24, 2021	Official estimate
7	Peru	34,035,304	3.23	1.10	338,000	July 1, 2021	Official estimate
8	Venezuela	28,705,000	2.80	1.37	414,000	July 1, 2021	Official estimate
9	Chile	19,678,363	1.92	1.05	187,000	June 30, 2021	Official estimate
10	Ecuador	18,697,380	1.73	1.57	252,000	June 18, 2024	Official population clock
11	Guatemala	17,109,746	1.67	2.93	461,000	July 1, 2021	Official estimate
12	Bolivia	12,797,257	1.15	0.25	28,000	July 1, 2021	Official estimate
13	Haiti	11,743,017	1.14	1.73	179,000	July 1, 2020	Official estimate
14	Cuba	11,193,470	1.09	2.31	248,000	December 31, 2019	Official estimate
15	Dominican Republic	10,535,535	1.03	0.98	97,000	July 1, 2021	Official estimate
16	Honduras	10,200,000	0.92	2.29	200,000	July 1, 2021	Official estimate
17	Paraguay	7,353,038	0.71	1.58	109,000		Official estimate
18	El Salvador	6,825,935	0.66	2.37	151,000	June 30, 2012	Official estimate
19	Nicaragua	6,527,691	0.63	0.92	59,000	2016	Official estimate
20	Costa Rica	5,163,038	0.50	1.63	78,000	June 30, 2015	Official estimate
21	Panama	4,278,500	0.41	1.37	51,000	May 22, 2018	Official estimate
22	Uruguay	3,554,915	0.34	-1.13	-40,000	July 1, 2014	Official estimate
23	Jamaica	2,900,000	0.26	0.26	7,000	December 31, 2014	Official estimate
-	Puerto Rico (US)[3]	2,700,000	0.31	0.18	6,000	June 30, 2016	Official estimate
24	Trinidad and Tobago	1,366,725	0.13	0.52	7,000	2015	Official estimate
25	Guyana	743,699	0.07	0.00	0	September 15, 2012	Final 2012 census result
26	Suriname	590,100	0.05	1.08	6,000	August 13, 2012	Final 2012 census result
27	Belize	419,199	0.04	0.25	1,000	January 1, 2017	Official estimate
-	Guadeloupe (France)	405,000	0.03	-0.52	-2,000	January 1, 2017	Official estimate
28	Bahamas	393,450	0.03	2.50	9,000
-	Martinique (France)	383,000	0.03	1.34	5,000	2015	Official estimate
29	Barbados	288,000	0.02	0.35	1,000	May 1, 2010	2010 census result
-	French Guiana (France)	262,000	0.02	2.75	7,000	January 1, 2017	Official estimate
30	Saint Lucia	178,696	0.01	0.58	1,000	May 10, 2010	Preliminary 2010 census result
-	Curaçao (Kingdom of the Netherlands)	156,223	0.01	0.64	1,000	January 1, 2014	Official estimate
31	Grenada	113,000	0.01	1.85	2,000	2015	Official estimate
-	Aruba (Kingdom of the Netherlands)	111,904	0.01	0.00	0	2014	Official estimate
32	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	110,696	0.01	0.00	0	April 1, 2010	2010 census result
-	United States Virgin Islands (US)	104,000	0.01	0.00	0	May 12, 2011	Final 2011 census result
33	Antigua and Barbuda	99,337	0.00	1.14	1,000	May 27, 2011	Final 2011 census result
34	Dominica	72,000	0.00	0.00	0	May 14, 2011	Preliminary 2011 census result
-	Cayman Islands (UK)	64,958	0.00	0.00	0	May 20, 2010	Final 2010 census result
-	Bermuda (UK)	64,055	0.00	3.51	2,000	December 31, 2014	Official estimate
-	Greenland (Denmark)	56,421	0.00	0.00	0	July 1, 2015	Official estimate
35	Saint Kitts and Nevis	54,000	0.00	0.00	0	May 15, 2011	2011 census result
-	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	42,953	0.00	2.63	1,000	February 1, 2014	Official estimate
-	Sint Maarten (Kingdom of the Netherlands)	40,614	0.00	5.71	2,000	January 25, 2012	Preliminary 2012 census result
-	Saint Martin (France)	34,065	0.00	0.00	0	January 1, 2017	Official estimate
-	British Virgin Islands (UK)	30,000	0.00	3.33	1,000	July 12, 2010	2010 census result
-	Caribbean Netherlands (Kingdom of the Netherlands)	25,157	0.00	4.00	1,000	January 1, 2015	Official estimate
-	Anguilla (UK)	15,000	0.00	0.00	0	May 11, 2011	Final 2011 census result
-	Saint Barthélemy (France)	10,124	0.00	0.00	0	January 1, 2017	Official estimate
-	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	5,985	0.00	0.00	0	January 1, 2017	Official estimate
-	Montserrat (UK)	5,000	0.00	0.00	0	May 12, 2011	2011 census result
-	Falkland Islands (UK)[4]	3,398	0.00	0.00	0	April 15, 2012	Final 2012 census result
-	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK)[5]	20	0.00	0.00	0	January 1, 2018	Final 2012 census result
	Total	1,022,380,830	100.00	0.99	9,588,000

See also

• List of countries in the Americas by life expectancy

Notes

1. It corresponds to the following formula: projection₂₀₁₅/projection₂₀₁₄x100-100.
2. It corresponds to the calculation: ₂₀₁₅*annual_growth/100.
3. Commonwealth of the United States since July 26, 1952.
4. Islands claimed by Argentina. Possessed by the British from 5 January 1833, it was briefly captured by the Argentine forces during the Falklands War (April 2-June 14, 1982)
5. Islands claimed by Argentina. Possessed by the British from 1908, it was briefly captured by the Argentine forces during the Falklands War (April 2-June 14, 1982)

References