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41 countries and territories

How many countries are in North America?

North America has 23 UN member states. Counting the territories travelers count on their own, Globestamp lists 41 countries and territories in North America.

UN member states
23
Countries and territories
41
International arrivals
359 milliona year, summed, latest figures
Largest
Canada9,894,454 km² (3,820,267 sq mi)

Caribbean 28

Central America 8

Northern America 5

Not UN members, but counted

18 of North America’s 41 are not UN member states: Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Sint Maarten, Turks and Caicos Islands and United States Virgin Islands. Most travelers count them on their own, and so does Globestamp’s list of 250. Count by the UN’s 193 instead and they drop out. See territories that count and how many countries there are.

North America, most visited first

#CountryVisitors a yearStampRegion
1United States’s stamp in GlobestampUnited States165 million (2019)InkNorthern America
2Mexico’s stamp in GlobestampMexico97.4 million (2019)InkCentral America
3Canada’s stamp in GlobestampCanada32.4 million (2019)MetallicNorthern America
4Dominican Republic’s stamp in GlobestampDominican Republic7.5 million (2019)FoilCaribbean
5The Bahamas’s stamp in GlobestampThe Bahamas7.3 million (2019)FoilCaribbean
6Puerto Rico’s stamp in GlobestampPuerto Rico4.9 million (2019)Colour-shiftCaribbean
7Cuba’s stamp in GlobestampCuba4.3 million (2019)Colour-shiftCaribbean
8Jamaica’s stamp in GlobestampJamaica4.2 million (2019)Colour-shiftCaribbean
9Costa Rica’s stamp in GlobestampCosta Rica3.4 million (2019)Colour-shiftCentral America
10El Salvador’s stamp in GlobestampEl Salvador2.6 million (2019)Colour-shiftCentral America
11Guatemala’s stamp in GlobestampGuatemala2.6 million (2019)Colour-shiftCentral America
12Panama’s stamp in GlobestampPanama2.5 million (2019)Colour-shiftCentral America
13Cayman Islands’s stamp in GlobestampCayman Islands2.3 million (2019)Colour-shiftCaribbean
14Honduras’s stamp in GlobestampHonduras2.3 million (2019)Colour-shiftCentral America
15United States Virgin Islands’s stamp in GlobestampUnited States Virgin Islands2.1 million (2019)Colour-shiftCaribbean
16Sint Maarten’s stamp in GlobestampSint Maarten2 million (2019)HologramCaribbean
17Aruba’s stamp in GlobestampAruba2 million (2019)HologramCaribbean
18Belize’s stamp in GlobestampBelize1.7 million (2019)HologramCentral America
19Turks and Caicos Islands’s stamp in GlobestampTurks and Caicos Islands1.6 million (2019)HologramCaribbean
20Nicaragua’s stamp in GlobestampNicaragua1.5 million (2019)HologramCentral America
21Curaçao’s stamp in GlobestampCuraçao1.3 million (2019)HologramCaribbean
22Saint Lucia’s stamp in GlobestampSaint Lucia1.2 million (2019)HologramCaribbean
23Saint Kitts and Nevis’s stamp in GlobestampSaint Kitts and Nevis1.1 million (2019)HologramCaribbean
24Antigua and Barbuda’s stamp in GlobestampAntigua and Barbuda1 million (2019)HologramCaribbean
25Barbados’s stamp in GlobestampBarbados966,000 (2019)HologramCaribbean
26Haiti’s stamp in GlobestampHaiti938,000 (2019)HologramCaribbean
27Bermuda’s stamp in GlobestampBermuda805,000 (2019)HologramNorthern America
28Grenada’s stamp in GlobestampGrenada526,000 (2019)HologramCaribbean
29Trinidad and Tobago’s stamp in GlobestampTrinidad and Tobago480,000 (2019)PrismCaribbean
30Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’s stamp in GlobestampSaint Vincent and the Grenadines392,000 (2019)PrismCaribbean
31Dominica’s stamp in GlobestampDominica322,000 (2019)PrismCaribbean
32British Virgin Islands’s stamp in GlobestampBritish Virgin Islands302,000 (2019)PrismCaribbean

Questions people ask

How many countries are in North America?

North America has 23 UN member states. Counting the territories travelers count on their own, Globestamp lists 41 countries and territories in North America.

What is the most visited country in North America?

United States, with 165,478,000 international arrivals in 2019 by UN Tourism’s count. Countries count arrivals differently, so treat the order as a rough rank.

What is the least visited country in North America?

Of the places with figures, British Virgin Islands: 302,400 international arrivals in 2019. A few territories, such as Anguilla and Caribbean Netherlands, have no published figure.

What is the largest country in North America?

Canada, at 9,894,454 km² (3,820,267 sq mi). The smallest is Sint Maarten, at 23 km² (9.0 sq mi).

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