List of countries in the Americas by population explained

This is a list of countries and dependent territories in the Americas by population, which is sorted by the 2015 mid-year normalized demographic projections.

Table

Rank	Country (or dependent territory)	Population (2023)	% of pop. (2022)	Average relative annual growth (%)^[1] (2022)	Average absolute annual growth (2015)^[2]	Date of last figure	Source
1		339,979,847	32.41	0.75	2,377,000	March 24, 2023	Official population clock
2		217,637,297	20.82	0.86	1,750,000	,	Official population clock
3		130,000,000	12.32	1.08	1,293,000	March 2, 2020	Official estimate
4		52,049,498	4.99	1.16	555,000	June 25, 2021	Official population clock
5		46,208,747	4.48	1.09	463,000	July 1, 2021	Official estimate
6		38,395,507	3.75	0.79	279,000	March 24, 2021	Official estimate
7		34,035,304	3.23	1.10	338,000	July 1, 2021	Official estimate
8		28,705,000	2.80	1.37	414,000	July 1, 2021	Official estimate
9		19,678,363	1.92	1.05	187,000	June 30, 2021	Official estimate
10		18,697,380	1.73	1.57	252,000	,	Official population clock
11		17,109,746	1.67	2.93	461,000	July 1, 2021	Official estimate
12		12,797,257	1.15	0.25	28,000	July 1, 2021	Official estimate
13		11,743,017	1.14	1.73	179,000	July 1, 2020	Official estimate
14		11,193,470	1.09	2.31	248,000	December 31, 2019	Official estimate
15		10,535,535	1.03	0.98	97,000	July 1, 2021	Official estimate
16		10,200,000	0.92	2.29	200,000	July 1, 2021	Official estimate
17		7,353,038	0.71	1.58	109,000		Official estimate
18		6,825,935	0.66	2.37	151,000	June 30, 2012	Official estimate
19		6,527,691	0.63	0.92	59,000	2016	Official estimate
20		5,163,038	0.50	1.63	78,000	June 30, 2015	Official estimate
21		4,278,500	0.41	1.37	51,000	May 22, 2018	Official estimate
22		3,554,915	0.34	-1.13	-40,000	July 1, 2014	Official estimate
23		2,900,000	0.26	0.26	7,000	December 31, 2014	Official estimate
-	(US)^[3]	2,700,000	0.31	0.18	6,000	June 30, 2016	Official estimate
24		1,366,725	0.13	0.52	7,000	2015	Official estimate
25		743,699	0.07	0.00	0	September 15, 2012	Final 2012 census result
26		590,100	0.05	1.08	6,000	August 13, 2012	Final 2012 census result
27		419,199	0.04	0.25	1,000	January 1, 2017	Official estimate
-	Guadeloupe (France)	405,000	0.03	-0.52	-2,000	January 1, 2017	Official estimate
28		393,450	0.03	2.50	9,000
-	Martinique (France)	383,000	0.03	1.34	5,000	2015	Official estimate
29		288,000	0.02	0.35	1,000	May 1, 2010	2010 census result
-	French Guiana (France)	262,000	0.02	2.75	7,000	January 1, 2017	Official estimate
30		178,696	0.01	0.58	1,000	May 10, 2010	Preliminary 2010 census result
-	(Kingdom of the Netherlands)	156,223	0.01	0.64	1,000	January 1, 2014	Official estimate
31		113,000	0.01	1.85	2,000	2015	Official estimate
-	(Kingdom of the Netherlands)	111,904	0.01	0.00	0	2014	Official estimate
32		110,696	0.01	0.00	0	April 1, 2010	2010 census result
-	(US)	104,000	0.01	0.00	0	May 12, 2011	Final 2011 census result
33		99,337	0.00	1.14	1,000	May 27, 2011	Final 2011 census result
34		72,000	0.00	0.00	0	May 14, 2011	Preliminary 2011 census result
-	(UK)	64,958	0.00	0.00	0	May 20, 2010	Final 2010 census result
-	(UK)	64,055	0.00	3.51	2,000	December 31, 2014	Official estimate
-	(Denmark)	56,421	0.00	0.00	0	July 1, 2015	Official estimate
35		54,000	0.00	0.00	0	May 15, 2011	2011 census result
-	(UK)	42,953	0.00	2.63	1,000	February 1, 2014	Official estimate
-	(Kingdom of the Netherlands)	40,614	0.00	5.71	2,000	January 25, 2012	Preliminary 2012 census result
-	Saint Martin (France)	34,065	0.00	0.00	0	January 1, 2017	Official estimate
-	(UK)	30,000	0.00	3.33	1,000	July 12, 2010	2010 census result
-	(Kingdom of the Netherlands)	25,157	0.00	4.00	1,000	January 1, 2015	Official estimate
-	(UK)	15,000	0.00	0.00	0	May 11, 2011	Final 2011 census result
-	Saint Barthélemy (France)	10,124	0.00	0.00	0	January 1, 2017	Official estimate
-	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	5,985	0.00	0.00	0	January 1, 2017	Official estimate
-	(UK)	5,000	0.00	0.00	0	May 12, 2011	2011 census result
-	(UK)^[4]	3,398	0.00	0.00	0	April 15, 2012	Final 2012 census result
-	(UK)^[5]	20	0.00	0.00	0	January 1, 2018	Final 2012 census result
	Total	1,022,380,830	100.00	0.99	9,588,000

See also

• List of countries in the Americas by life expectancy

Notes and References

1. It corresponds to the following formula: projection₂₀₁₅/projection₂₀₁₄x100-100.
2. It corresponds to the calculation: ₂₀₁₅*annual_growth/100.
3. Commonwealth of the United States since July 26, 1952.
4. Islands claimed by Argentina. Possessed by the British from 5 January 1833, it was briefly captured by the Argentine forces during the Falklands War (April 2-June 14, 1982)
5. Islands claimed by Argentina. Possessed by the British from 1908, it was briefly captured by the Argentine forces during the Falklands War (April 2-June 14, 1982)