Which country is the largest in North America by population?

The United States is the largest country in North America by population.

Its population exceeds that of Canada and Mexico, the continent’s other two largest countries. The United States occupies the central part of North America and also includes Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean.

The country’s population is distributed across highly varied regions, including the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the Great Lakes, the Mississippi basin, the Rocky Mountains and the deserts of the Southwest. Major metropolitan areas account for a large share of residents.

Canada is larger by total area, while the United States has the greater population. The United States is also among the world’s largest countries by area, although its exact global rank varies with measurement conventions.