North America

Geographic Properties

Total Area: 9.46 million mi²

Highest Feature: Denali
Highest Elevation: 20330 feet
Highest Point Coordinates: 63.07°N, 151°W
Lowest Feature: Badwater Basin
Lowest Elevation: -280 feet
Lowest Point Coordinates: 36.24°N, 116.8°W

Demographics

Population: 592 million people (2021 estimate, 7.6% of world population)
Population Density: 62.7 people/mi²

Cultural Properties

Languages
- English: 47%
- Spanish: 40%
- Haitian: 1.7%
- French: 1.5%
- Chinese: 0.75%
- Jamaican Creole English: 0.55%
- Tagalog: 0.36%
- Mandarin Chinese: 0.35%
- Yue Chinese: 0.33%
- Vietnamese: 0.27%
note: There are a total of 132 recognized languages in North America

Religions
- Christianity is the predominant religion in most North American countries, with a majority of the population adhering to this faith in nations such as Anguilla (91%), Antigua and Barbuda (93%), and Aruba (96%)
- Spiritism has a presence in several countries, including Anguilla (5.5%) and Antigua and Barbuda (3.7%)
- The Bahá'í Faith is practiced in a range of countries, with notable percentages in Anguilla (1%) and Antigua and Barbuda (0.99%)
- Islam is another religion that is practiced across the continent, with communities in Anguilla (0.55%) and Aruba (0.25%)
- Hinduism is present in smaller percentages across various countries, including Anguilla (0.2%) and Aruba (0.16%)
- Other religions such as Buddhism, Chinese Universism, and Judaism are present in smaller percentages across different countries

Capital Cities

- Antigua and Barbuda, Saint John's
- Bahamas, Nassau
- Barbados, Bridgetown
- Belize, Belmopan
- Canada, Ottawa
- Costa Rica, San Jose
- Cuba, Havana
- Dominica, Roseau
- Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo
- El Salvador, San Salvador
- Grenada, Saint George's
- Guatemala, Guatemala City
- Haiti, Port-au-Prince
- Honduras, Tegucigalpa
- Jamaica, Kingston
- Mexico, Mexico City
- Nicaragua, Managua
- Panama, Panama City
- Saint Kitts and Nevis, Basseterre
- Saint Lucia, Castries
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Kingstown
- Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain
- United States of America, Washington, D.C.

Economic Properties

Gross Domestic Product - GDP
- Total: $27.29 trillion/yr
- Median: $5.371 billion/yr
- Highest: United States ($23.32 trillion/yr)
- Lowest: Saint Pierre and Miquelon ($48.3 million/yr)

UN Human Development Index

- United Nations (Global): 0.728
- North America: 0.754 (based on 2015 estimate)
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