Northern America

Not to be confused with North America.
Northern America
Area 21,780,142 km2 (8,409,360 sq mi)
Population (2015) 357,838,000
States
Dependencies
GDP $18.6 trillion
(PPP, 2013 est.)
Major languages English, French, Danish, Spanish, Greenlandic, and various recognised regional languages
Timezone UTC (Danmarkshavn, Greenland) to
UTC -10:00 (west Aleutians)
Largest urban agglomerations

Northern America is the northernmost region of the Americas, and is part of the North American continent. It lies directly north of the region of Middle America;[1] the land border between the two regions coincides with the border between the United States and Mexico. Geopolitically, according to the scheme of geographic regions and subregions used by the United Nations, Northern America consists of[2][3] Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States.

Definitions

Maps using the term Northern America date back to 1755, when the region was occupied by France, Great Britain, and Spain.[4] The Solemn Act of the Declaration of Independence of Northern America in 1813 applied to Mexico. Today, Northern America includes the Canada-US dyad, developed countries that exhibit very high Human Development Indexes and intense economic integration while sharing many socioeconomic characteristics.[5]

Countries and dependent territories

Country or territory Area
(km²)[6]		 Population Population density
(per km²)		 Capital
 Bermuda 53.2 64,237 1,275 Hamilton
 Canada 9,984,670 35,540,419 3.4 Ottawa
 Greenland 2,166,086 56,370 0.026 Nuuk
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 242 6,080 25 Saint-Pierre
 United States[7] 9,826,675 319,406,000 32.7 Washington, D.C.

Demographics

YearPopulation of
Northern America		%±Canada population,
% of Northern America		U.S. population,
% of Northern America
1950 171,615,000 — 13,737,000 8.0% 157,813,000 92.0%
1960 204,167,000 +19.0% 17,909,000 8.8% 186,177,000 91.2%
1970 231,029,000 +13.2% 21,439,000 9.3% 209,486,000 90.7%
1980 254,217,000 +10.0% 24,516,000 9.6% 229,588,000 90.3%
1990 280,633,000 +10.4% 27,662,000 9.9% 252,848,000 90.1%
2000 313,724,000 +11.8% 30,702,000 9.8% 282,896,000 90.2%
2010 344,129,000 +9.7% 34,126,000 9.9% 309,876,000 90.0%
2015 357,838,000 +4.0% 35,940,000 10.0% 321,774,000 89.9%

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Gonzalez, Joseph. 2004. "Northern America: Land of Opportunity" (ch. 6). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Geography. (ISBN 1592571883) New York: Alpha Books; pp. 57-8
  2. ↑ Definition of major areas and regions, from World Migrant Stock: The 2005 Revision Population Database, United Nations Population Division. Accessed on line October 3, 2007.
  3. ↑ Composition of macro geographical (continental) regions, geographical sub-regions, and selected economic and other groupings, UN Statistics Division. Accessed on line October 3, 2007. (French)
  4. ↑ Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas. 1755. Carte de l'Amerique septentrionale (Map of Northern America). Item NMC 21057: Library and Archives Canada.
  5. ↑ Torrey, Barbara Boyle & Eberstadt, Nicholas. 2005 (Aug./Sep.). "The Northern America Fertility Divide." Hoover Institution Policy Review. No. 132.
  6. ↑ Unless otherwise noted, land area figures are taken from "Demographic Yearbook—Table 3: Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density" (PDF). United Nations Statistics Division. 2008. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
  7. ↑ Includes the U.S. state of Hawaii, which is distant from the North American landmass in the Pacific Ocean and therefore more commonly associated with the other territories of Oceania.
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