Countries In North America
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The following is a list of
sovereign countries The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership with ...
and
dependent territories A dependent territory, dependent area, or dependency (sometimes referred as an external territory) is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a sovereign state and remains politically outside the control ...
in
North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ...
, a continent that covers the landmass north of the
Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...
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Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...
border as well as the islands of the
Caribbean The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...
.


Sovereign states

All of the states listed here are
member states A member state is a state that is a member of an international organization or of a federation or confederation. Since the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) include some members that are not sovereign states ...
of the
United Nations The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...
.


Non-sovereign territories

This section contains areas that are not sovereign states nor integral parts of the sovereign states listed above. These include
dependent territories A dependent territory, dependent area, or dependency (sometimes referred as an external territory) is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a sovereign state and remains politically outside the control ...
and integral areas of primarily non-North American states.


Dependent territories

Dependencies that are not internationally recognized, or not in effect, are listed in ''italics''.


Integral parts of primarily non-North American states


Disputed territories

Disputed territories that are not internationally recognized, or not in effect, are listed in ''italics'':


See also

* Flags of North America * List of currencies in the Americas * List of North American countries by GDP (nominal) *
List of North American countries by GDP (nominal) per capita This is a list of North American nations ranked by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita in nominal terms, which are calculated at market or government official exchange rates. The figures provided are 2019 estimates from the IMF See also * L ...
* List of North American countries by GDP (PPP) *
List of North American countries by GDP (PPP) per capita This is a list of North American nations by GDP per capita. All figures are based on the gross domestic product (at purchasing power parity) per capita, i.e., the purchasing power parity (PPP) value of all final goods and services produced within ...
* List of predecessors of sovereign states in North America * List of sovereign states and dependent territories in South America * List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas


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