North America.
NORTH AMERICA
URBAN
AREA (SQ MI) POP. %
POP. RISE
COUNTRY POPULATION %/YEAR CAPITAL
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 170 37 ST. JOHN'S
100,000 1.3
BAHAMAS 5,359 89 NASSAU
300,000 1.0
BARBADOS 166 50 BRIDGETOWN
300,000 0.6
BELIZE 8,865 50 BELMOPAN
300,000 2.3
CANADA 3,849,670 79 OTTAWA
32,600,000 0.3
COSTA RICA 19,730 59 SAN JOSE
4,300,000 1.3
CUBA 42,803 76 HAVANA
11,300,000 0.4
DOMINICA 290 71 ROSEAU
100,000 0.8
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 18,815 64 SANTO
9,000,000 1.7 DOMINGO
EL SALVADOR 8,124 59 SAN
7,000,000 2.0 SALVADOR
GRENADA 131 39 ST.
100,000 1.2 GEORGE'S
GUATEMALA 42,042 39 GUATEMALA
13,000,000 2.8 CCTV
HAITI 10,714 36 PORT-AU-
8,500,000 2.3 PRINCE
HONDURAS 43,278 47 TEGUCIGALPA
7,400,000 2.5
JAMAICA 4,243 52 KINGSTON
2,700,000 1.3
MEXICO 756,062,062 75 MEXICO
108,300,000 1.7 CITY
NICARAGUA 50,193 59 MANAGUA
5,600,000 2.4
PANAMA 29,158 62 PANAMA
3,300,000 1.7 CITY
SAINT KITTS & NEVIS 139 33 BASSETERRE
50,000 1.0
SAINT LUCIA 239 28 CASTRIES
200,000 1.5
SAINT VINCENT 151 45 KINGSTOWN
& THE GRENADINES 100,000 1.1
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 1,981 74 PORT-OF-
1,300,000 0.6 SPAIN
UNITED STATES 3,717,796 79 WASHINGTON,
299,100,000 0.6 D.D.
COUNTRY MAJOR LANGUAGES
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA English
local dialects
BAHAMAS English
Creole
BARBADOS English
BELIZE English
Spanish
Mayan & Garifuna
CANADA English
French
COSTA RICA Spanish
English
CUBA Spanish
DOMINICA English
French patois
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Spanish
EL SALVADOR Spanish
Nahua
GRENADA English
French patois
GUATEMALA Spanish
Amerindian dialects
HAITI Creole
French
HONDURAS Spanish
Amerindian dialects
JAMAICA English
Creole
MEXICO Spanish
Mayan
other indigenous languages
NICARAGUA Spanish
English
Amerindian dialects
PANAMA Spanish
English
SAINT KITTS & NEVIS English
SAINT LUCIA English
French patois
SAINT VINCENT English
& THE GRENADINES French patois
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO English
Hindi
French & Spanish
UNITED STATES English
Spanish
others
POLITICAL SYSTEM &
COUNTRY HEAD OF GOVERNMENT
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA Dominant party
Prime Minister BALDWIN SPENCER
BAHAMAS Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister PERRY CHRISTIE
BARBADOS Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister OWEN ARTHUR
BELIZE Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister SAID MUSA
CANADA Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister STEPHEN HARPER
COSTA RICA Presidential-legislative democracy
President OSCAR ARIAS SANCHE2
CUBA Communist one-party state
President FIDEL CASTRO
DOMINICA Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister ROOSEVELT SKERRIT
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Presidential-legislative democracy
President LEONEL FERNANDEZ
EL SALVADOR Presidential-legislative democracy
President ELIAS ANTONIO SACA
GRENADA Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister KEITH MITCHELL
GUATEMALA Presidential-legislative democracy
President OSCAR BERGER PERDOMO
HAITI Dominant party (transitional)
President RENE PREVAL
HONDURAS Presidential-legislative democracy
President MANUEL ZELEYA
JAMAICA Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister PORTIA SIMPSON MILLER
MEXICO Presidential-legislative democracy
President FELIPE CALDOERON (6)
NICARAGUA Presidential-legislative democracy
President ENRIQUE BOLANOS
PANAMA Presidential-legislative democracy
President MARTIN TORRIJOS
SAINT KITTS & NEVIS Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister DENZIL DOUGLAS
SAINT LUCIA Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister KENNY ANTHONY
SAINT VINCENT Parliamentary democracy
& THE GRENADINES Prime Minister RALPH GONSALVES
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister PATRICK MANNING
UNITED STATES Presidential-legislative democracy
President GEORGE W. BUSH
DATE LITERACY PER CAPITA
OF ORIGIN RATE (%) GDP
% POP. LIFE
COUNTRY UNDER 15 EXPECTANCY HDI
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 1981 86 $11,000
28 69/74 0.797
BAHAMAS 1973 95/97 $20,200
29 67/73 0.832
BARBADOS 1966 99/99 $17,000
22 70/74 0.878
BELIZE 1981 94/94 $6,800
41 67/74 0.753
CANADA 1867 99/99 $34,000
18 77/82 0.949
COSTA RICA 1821 96/96 $11,100
28 77/81 0.838
CUBA 1902 97/97 $3,500
20 75/79 0.817
DOMINICA 1978 94/94 $5,500
28 71/77 0.783
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1844 85/85 $7,000
33 66/69 0.749
EL SALVADOR 1821 83/78 $4,700
36 67/73 0.722
GRENADA 1974 96 $5,000
32 NA 0.787
GUATEMALA 1821 78/63 $4,700
43 63/71 0.663
HAITI 1804 55/51 $1,700
42 51/54 0.475
HONDURAS 1821 76/76 $2,900
42 67/74 0.667
JAMAICA 1962 84/92 $4,400
31 69/73 0.738
MEXICO 1810 94/91 $10,000
32 73/78 0.814
NICARAGUA 1821 67/68 $2,900
40 66/70 0.690
PANAMA 1903 93/92 $7,200
30 73/78 0.804
SAINT KITTS & NEVIS 1983 98 $8,800
29 68/72 0.834
SAINT LUCIA 1979 90/91 $5,400
28 72/77 0.772
SAINT VINCENT 1979 96/96 $2,900
& THE GRENADINES 31 68/74 0.755
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 1962 99/98 $16,700
25 67/73 0.801
UNITED STATES 1776 99/99 $41,800
20 75/80 0.944
(6) Calderon is to succeed Vicente Fox on Dec. 1, 2006.
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