Total current population for North America in 2025 is 383,161,331, a 0.55% increase from 2024.

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<li>Total population for North America in 2024 was <strong>381,048,005</strong>, a <strong>1.59% increase</strong> from 2023.</li>
<li>Total population for North America in 2023 was <strong>375,077,354</strong>, a <strong>0.75% increase</strong> from 2022.</li>
<li>Total population for North America in 2022 was <strong>372,275,216</strong>, a <strong>0.52% increase</strong> from 2021.</li>
</ul>Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

North America population growth rate for 2023 was 0.75%, a 0.23% increase from 2022.

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<li>North America population growth rate for 2022 was <strong>0.52%</strong>, a <strong>0.32% increase</strong> from 2021.</li>
<li>North America population growth rate for 2021 was <strong>0.20%</strong>, a <strong>0.79% decline</strong> from 2020.</li>
<li>North America population growth rate for 2020 was <strong>0.99%</strong>, a <strong>0.43% increase</strong> from 2019.</li>
</ul>Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

The average for 2023 based on 24 countries was 0.31 percent. The highest value was in the USA: 4.2 percent and the lowest value was in Antigua and Barbuda: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

The average for 2023 based on 24 countries was 0.67 percent. The highest value was in Canada: 2.93 percent and the lowest value was in Puerto Rico: -0.45 percent. The indicator is available from 1961 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Population growth (annual %) in North America was reported at 0.52905 % in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. North America - Population growth (annual %) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on May of 2025.

Prior to the arrival of European explorers in the Americas in 1492, it is estimated that the population of the continent was around sixty million people. Over the next two centuries, most scholars agree that the indigenous population fell to just ten percent of its pre-colonization level, primarily due to the Old World diseases (namely smallpox) brought to the New World by Europeans and African slaves, as well as through violence and famine.

Distribution

It is thought that the most densely populated region of the Americas was in the fertile Mexican valley, home to over one third of the entire continent, including several Mesoamerican civilizations such as the Aztec empire. While the mid-estimate shows a population of over 21 million before European arrival, one estimate suggests that there were just 730,000 people of indigenous descent in Mexico in 1620, just one hundred years after Cortes' arrival. Estimates also suggest that the Andes, home to the Incas, was the second most-populous region in the Americas, while North America (in this case, the region north of the Rio Grande river) may have been the most sparsely populated region. There is some contention as to the size of the pre-Columbian populations in the Caribbean, as the mass genocides, forced relocation, and pandemics that followed in the early stages of Spanish colonization make it difficult to predict these numbers.

Varying estimates Estimating the indigenous populations of the Americas has proven to be a challenge and point of contention for modern historians. Totals from reputable sources range from 8.4 million people to 112.55 million, and while both of these totals were published in the 1930s and 1960s respectively, their continued citation proves the ambiguity surrounding this topic. European settlers' records from the 15th to 17th centuries have also created challenges, due to their unrealistic population predictions and inaccurate methodologies (for example, many early settlers only counted the number of warriors in each civilization). Nonetheless, most modern historians use figures close to those given in the "Middle estimate" shown here, with similar distributions by region.

The average for 2023 based on 24 countries was 50.82 percent. The highest value was in Puerto Rico: 52.88 percent and the lowest value was in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 49.01 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

The average for 2023 based on 24 countries was 37.14 percent. The highest value was in Saint Lucia: 80.83 percent and the lowest value was in Bermuda: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

North America population density for 2022 was 20.76, a 0.52% increase from 2021.

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<li>North America population density for 2021 was <strong>20.65</strong>, a <strong>1.19% increase</strong> from 2020.</li>
<li>North America population density for 2020 was <strong>20.41</strong>, a <strong>0.99% increase</strong> from 2019.</li>
<li>North America population density for 2019 was <strong>20.21</strong>, a <strong>0.56% increase</strong> from 2018.</li>
</ul>Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Population ages 50-54, female (% of female population) in North America was reported at 6.278 % in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. North America - Population ages 50-54, female (% of female population) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) in North America was reported at 15.86 % in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. North America - Population ages 65 and above, male (% of total) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

The world's population first reached one billion people in 1803, and reach eight billion in 2023, and will peak at almost 11 billion by the end of the century. Although it took thousands of years to reach one billion people, it did so at the beginning of a phenomenon known as the demographic transition; from this point onwards, population growth has skyrocketed, and since the 1960s the population has increased by one billion people every 12 to 15 years. The demographic transition sees a sharp drop in mortality due to factors such as vaccination, sanitation, and improved food supply; the population boom that follows is due to increased survival rates among children and higher life expectancy among the general population; and fertility then drops in response to this population growth. Regional differences The demographic transition is a global phenomenon, but it has taken place at different times across the world. The industrialized countries of Europe and North America were the first to go through this process, followed by some states in the Western Pacific. Latin America's population then began growing at the turn of the 20th century, but the most significant period of global population growth occurred as Asia progressed in the late-1900s. As of the early 21st century, almost two thirds of the world's population live in Asia, although this is set to change significantly in the coming decades. Future growth The growth of Africa's population, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, will have the largest impact on global demographics in this century. From 2000 to 2100, it is expected that Africa's population will have increased by a factor of almost five. It overtook Europe in size in the late 1990s, and overtook the Americas a decade later. In contrast to Africa, Europe's population is now in decline, as birth rates are consistently below death rates in many countries, especially in the south and east, resulting in natural population decline. Similarly, the population of the Americas and Asia are expected to go into decline in the second half of this century, and only Oceania's population will still be growing alongside Africa. By 2100, the world's population will have over three billion more than today, with the vast majority of this concentrated in Africa. Demographers predict that climate change is exacerbating many of the challenges that currently hinder progress in Africa, such as political and food instability; if Africa's transition is prolonged, then it may result in further population growth that would place a strain on the region's resources, however, curbing this growth earlier would alleviate some of the pressure created by climate change.

The average for 2023 based on 24 countries was 62.87 percent. The highest value was in Bermuda: 100 percent and the lowest value was in Saint Lucia: 19.17 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

The average for 2023 based on 24 countries was 11.27 percent. The highest value was in Puerto Rico: 24.24 percent and the lowest value was in Honduras: 4.29 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

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Population, female (% of total population) in North America was reported at 50.47 % in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. North America - Population, female (% of total) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

The statistic presents the infant and toddler population in North America in 2010 and 2015. In the United States some 21.41 million people were aged between zero and four years in 2010. The age group was forecast to decline to 21.07 millions in that country by 2015. Total infant and toddler population amounted to 23.22 million people in North America in 2010.

This data set includes cities in the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. These cities were collected from the 1970 National Atlas of the United States. Where applicable, U.S. Census Bureau codes for named populated places were associated with each name to allow additional information to be attached. The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) was also used as a source for additional information. This is a revised version of the December, 2003, data set.

This layer is sourced from maps.bts.dot.gov.

Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) in North America was reported at 18.29 % in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. North America - Population ages 0-14, male (% of total) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on May of 2025.

The statistic depicts the smartphone user penetration rate in North America, as percentage of the total population, from 2011 to 2018. The smartphone penetration rate is forecast to reach 64 percent by 2017.