List of sovereign states and dependent territories in North America by population density

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RankCountryPopulationArea (km2)Density
— Bermuda 65,36553.31,226
8 Barbados 279,254431647
— Puerto Rico 3,916,6329,104430
— Martinique 432,9001,100393
— Aruba 71,566193370
23 El Salvador 6,704,93221,040318
— Virgin Islands 108,708352308
26 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 117,534389302
28 Haiti 8,121,62227,750292
29 Saint Lucia 166,312616269
— Guadeloupe 448,7131,780252
32 Jamaica 2,731,83210,991248
— Netherlands Antilles 219,958960229
36 Trinidad and Tobago 1,088,6445,128212
43 Dominican Republic 8,950,03448,730183
— Cayman Islands 44,270262168
47 Antigua and Barbuda 68,722443155
51 Saint Kitts and Nevis 38,958261149
— British Virgin Islands 22,643153147
55 Guatemala 14,655,189108,890134
— Anguilla 13,254102129
73 Cuba 11,346,670110,860102
80 Dominica 69,02975491
— Montserrat 9,34110291
91 Costa Rica 4,016,17351,10078
107 Honduras 6,975,204112,09062
117 Mexico 106,202,9031,972,55053
— Turks and Caicos Islands 20,55643047
127 Nicaragua 5,465,100129,49442
132 Panama 3,039,15078,20038
143 United States 298,212,9009,629,09131
— Saint-Pierre and Miquelon 7,01224228
152 The Bahamas 301,79013,94021
171 Belize 279,45722,96612
185 Canada 32,805,0419,984,6703
— Greenland 56,3752,166,0860.03
— Navassa Island 05.20

Sources: Wikipedia (List of countries and dependencies by population density)

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