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These are the 2010 estimated total population figures for all North American countries & overseas dependencies, which are listed on the United Nations Population Division database. We have also included the overall % of the global population which is residing in each nation, and you can also view this exact dataset for the years 2015, 2020 and 2050. These figures were collated as part of the 2008 United Nations revision of the 'World Population Prospects', which was released in 2009. |
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| Data released by UNdata (United Nations) - June.18.2009 - Next data release 2011 |
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Country/Territory |
United Nations
Variant [1] |
% World Population |
Estimated 2010
Population [2] |
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| 1 |
United States |
Medium variant |
4.598 |
317,641,087 |
| 2 |
Mexico |
Medium variant |
1.602 |
110,645,154 |
| 3 |
Canada |
Medium variant |
0.491 |
33,889,747 |
| 4 |
Guatemala |
Medium variant |
0.208 |
14,376,881 |
| 5 |
Cuba |
Medium variant |
0.162 |
11,204,351 |
| 6 |
Dominican Republic |
Medium variant |
0.148 |
10,225,482 |
| 7 |
Haiti |
Medium variant |
0.147 |
10,188,175 |
| 8 |
Honduras |
Medium variant |
0.110 |
7,615,584 |
| 9 |
El Salvador |
Medium variant |
0.090 |
6,194,126 |
| 10 |
Nicaragua |
Medium variant |
0.084 |
5,822,265 |
| 11 |
Costa Rica |
Medium variant |
0.067 |
4,639,827 |
| 12 |
Puerto Rico |
Medium variant |
0.058 |
3,998,010 |
| 13 |
Panama |
Medium variant |
0.051 |
3,508,475 |
| 14 |
Jamaica |
Medium variant |
0.040 |
2,729,909 |
| 15 |
Trinidad & Tobago |
Medium variant |
0.019 |
1,343,725 |
| 16 |
Guadeloupe |
Medium variant |
0.007 |
467,182 |
| 17 |
Martinique |
Medium variant |
0.006 |
406,001 |
| 18 |
Bahamas |
Medium variant |
0.005 |
345,736 |
| 19 |
Belize |
Medium variant |
0.005 |
312,928 |
| 20 |
Barbados |
Medium variant |
0.004 |
256,552 |
| 21 |
Netherlands Antilles |
Medium variant |
0.003 |
200,726 |
| 22 |
Saint Lucia |
Medium variant |
0.003 |
173,942 |
| 23 |
US Virgin Islands |
Medium variant |
0.002 |
109,326 |
| 24 |
Saint Vincent & Grenadines |
Medium variant |
0.002 |
109,284 |
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Aruba |
Medium variant |
0.002 |
107,380 |
| 26 |
Grenada |
Medium variant |
0.002 |
104,342 |
| 27 |
Antigua & Barbuda |
Medium variant |
0.001 |
88,550 |
| 28 |
Dominica |
Medium variant |
<0.001 |
66,515 |
| 29 |
Bermuda |
Medium variant |
<0.001 |
64,995 |
| 30 |
Greenland |
Medium variant |
<0.001 |
57,291 |
| 31 |
Cayman Islands |
Medium variant |
<0.001 |
56,628 |
| 32 |
Saint Kitts & Nevis |
Medium variant |
<0.001 |
52,368 |
| 33 |
Turks & Caicos Islands |
Medium variant |
<0.001 |
32,990 |
| 34 |
British Virgin Islands |
Medium variant |
<0.001 |
23,276 |
| 35 |
Anguilla |
Medium variant |
<0.001 |
15,465 |
| 36 |
Saint Pierre y Miquelon |
Medium variant |
<0.001 |
6,044 |
| 37 |
Montserrat |
Medium variant |
<0.001 |
5,962 |
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[1] We have chosen to use the 'Medium Variant' from UNdata.
[2] The statistics quoted above are taken from the UNdata statistics database. UNdata quotes the original sources as being 'United Nations Population Division' (World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision). UNdata is a statistical service provided by the United Nations. All data is available free of charge and may be copied freely, duplicated and further distributed, provided that UNdata is cited as the reference. The full UNdata re-publishing policy is here. This complete dataset was last updated by UNdata on June.18.2009 & last retrieved by BlatantWorld.com on September.12.2010. UNdata give the next update as April 2011, but these release dates can often be misleading. |
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