general data on the americas
country capital total area (km²) population (8)
Anguilla (1)The Valley9110,424
Antigua & BarbudaSaint John's44065,647
ArgentinaBuenos Aires2,766,89034,672,997
Aruba (6)Oranjestad19367,794
Bahamas, TheNassau13,940259,367
BarbadosBridgetown430257,030
BelizeBelmopan22,960219,296
BoliviaLa Paz / Sucre (7)1,098,5807,165,257
BrazilBrasilia8,511,965162,661,214
British Virgin Islands (1)Road Town15013,195
CanadaOttawa9,976,14028,820,671
Cayman Islands (1)George Town26034,646
ChileSantiago756,95014,333,258
ColombiaBogota1,138,91036,813,161
Costa RicaSan Jose51,1003,463,083
CubaHavana110,86010,951,334
DominicaRoseau75082,926
Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo48,7308,088,881
EcuadorQuito283,56011,466,291
El SalvadorSan Salvador21,0405,828,987
French Guiana (2)Cayenne91,000151,187
GrenadaSaint George's34094,961
Guadeloupe (2)Basse-Terre1,780407,768
GuatemalaGuatemala108,89011,277,614
GuyanaGeorgetown214,970712,091
HaitiPort-au-Prince27,7506,731,539
HondurasTegucigalpa112,0905,605,193
JamaicaKingston10,9902,595,275
Martinique (2)Fort-de-France1,100399,151
MexicoMexico1,972,55095,772,462
Montserrat (1)Plymouth10012,771
Netherlands Antilles (6)Willemstad960208,968
NicaraguaManagua129,4944,272,352
PanamaPanama78,2002,655,094
ParaguayAsuncion406,7505,504,146
PeruLima1,285,22024,523,408
Puerto Rico (5)San Juan9,1043,819,023
St. Kitts and NevisBasseterre26941,369
St. LuciaCastries620157,862
St. Pierre & Miquelon (3)Saint-Pierre2426,809
St. Vincent & the GrenadinesKingstown340118,344
SurinameParamaribo163,270436,418
Trinidad and TobagoPort-of-Spain5,1301,272,385
Turks & Caicos Islands (1)Grand Turk43014,302
United StatesWashington, DC9,372,610266,476,278
UruguayMontevideo176,2203,238,952
VenezuelaCaracas912,05021,983,188
Virgin Islands (4)Charlotte Amalie35297,120
Total39,886,760783,861,489
source : CIA.
(1): dependent territory of the UK.
(2): overseas department of France.
(3): territorial collectivity of France.
(4): territory of the US.
(5): commonwealth associated with the US.
(6): part of the Dutch realm
(7): La Paz is the seat of government and Sucre is the legal capital and seat of the judiciary.
(8): July 1996 estimate.