Countries of the Americas Summary

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Countries of the Americas Summary

The following list summarizes the 3 major countries of North America, the 7 countries of Central America, the 13 countries of the West Indies, and the 13 countries of South America. I have included population, area, population density, the countries capitals, major language, and major religion(s).

American country tourist info by geographic area -
North America (3)
- Central America Travel Information (7)
- West Indies Travel Information (13)

South America Travel Information (13)

Countries of the Western Hemisphere Summary Chart (36)
North America (3)
	Population (1,000s)	Area	Density	Capitol City	Language	Religion (most - least)
Canada	29,123	3,851,787	8	Ottawa	Eng./Fren.	Catholic
Mexico	97,563	761,601	128	Mexico City	Spanish	Catholic
U.S.	267,955	3,623,420	74	Washington	English	Prot. - Cath.
	394,641	8,236,808	48
Central America (7)	Pop.	Area	Density	Capitol City	Language	Religion
Belize	225	8,867	25	Belize	Spanish	Catholic
Costa Rica	3,534	19,575	181	San Jose	Spanish	Catholic
El Salvador	5,662	8,260	685	San Salvador	Spanish	Catholic
Guatemala	11,558	42,042	275	Guatemala City	Spanish	Catholic
Honduras	5,751	43,277	133	Tegucigalpa	Spanish	Catholic
Nicaragua	4,386	45,698	96	Managua	Spanish	Catholic
Panama	2,693	29,761	90	Panama City	Spanish	Catholic
	33,809	197,480	171
West Indies (13)	Pop.	Area	Density	Capitol City	Language	Religion
Antigua	66	171	386	St. John's	English	Christian
Bahamas	262	5,382	49	Nassau	English	Prot. - Cath.
Barbados	258	166	1,554	Bridgetown	English	Protestant
Cuba	10,999	44,206	249	Havana	Spanish	Catholic
Dominica	83	290	287	Roseau	English	Catholic
Dominican Rep.	8,228	18,704	440	Santa Domingo	Spanish	Catholic
Grenada	96	133	722	Saint George's	English	Cath. - Prot.
Haiti	6,611	10,694	618	Port-au-Prince	French	Catholic
Jamaica	2,616	4,411	593	Kingston	English	Protestant
Saint Kitts/ Nevis	42	104	401	Basseterre	English	Protestant
Saint Lucia	160	238	672	Castries	French	Catholic
Saint Vincent	119	150	793	Kingstown	English	Prot. - Cath.
Trinidad/ Tobago	1,273	1,980	643	Port of Spain	English	C - P - H
	30,688	86,235	356
N.A. Total =	459,138	8,520,523	54
South America (13)
	Pop.	Area	Density	Capitol City	Language	Religion
Argentina	35,798	1,072,070	33	Buenos Aires	Spanish	Catholic
Bolivia	7,670	424,163	18	La Paz	Spanish	Catholic
Brazil	164,511	3,284,426	50	Brasilia	Portuguese	Catholic
Chile	14,508	292,257	50	Santiago	Spanish	Catholic
Columbia	37,418	439,513	85	Bogota	Spanish	Catholic
Ecuador	11,691	109,483	107	Quito	Spanish	Catholic
French Guiana	157	35,135	4	Cayenne	French	Catholic
Guyana	706	83,000	9	Georgetown	English	Catholic
Paraguay	5,652	157,047	36	Asuncion	Spanish	Catholic
Peru	24,950	496,222	50	Lima	Spanish	Catholic
Suriname	443	55,144	8	Paramaribo	Dutch	Catholic
Uruguay	3,262	72,172	45	Montevideo	Spanish	Catholic
Venezuela	22,396	352,143	64	Caracas	Spanish	Catholic
S.A. Total =	329,162	6,872,775	48

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This Vaughns Countries of the Western Hemisphere summary web page was updated on 2012-02-13.