Northern America

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Northern America
Northern America (orthographic projection).svg
Area 21,780,142 km2 (8,409,360 sq mi)
Population (2010) 344,124,520
States
Dependencies
GDP $16 trillion
(PPP, 2008 est.)[1]
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 America, 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 United States.

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[edit] 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]

[edit] Countries and territories

Country or territory Area
(km²)[6]
Population Population density
(per km²)
Capital
 Bermuda (UK) &1000000000000005400000054 &1000000000006500000000065,000 1203.7 Hamilton
 Canada &100000000099846700000009,984,670 &1000000003357300000000033,573,000 3.4 Ottawa
 Greenland (Den.) &100000000021660860000002,166,086 &1000000000005700000000057,000 0.026 Nuuk (Godthåb)
Flag of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.svg Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Fr.) &10000000000000242000000242 &100000000000060000000006,000 24.8 Saint-Pierre
 United States[7] &100000000096290910000009,629,091 &10000000311630000000000311,630,000 32.7 Washington, D.C.

[edit] Demographics

Year Population of
Northern America
Canada population,
% of Northern America
U.S. population,
% of Northern America
1950 171,615,000 13,737,000 8% 157,813,000 92%
1960 204,318,000 +19.1% 17,909,000 8.8% 186,326,000 91.2%
1970 231,284,000 +13.2% 21,717,000 9.4% 209,464,000 90.6%
1980 254,454,000 +10.0% 24,516,000 9.6% 229,825,000 90.4%
1990 281,162,000 +10.5% 27,701,000 9.9% 253,339,000 90.1%
2000 313,289,000 +11.4% 30,667,000 9.8% 282,496,000 90.2%
2010 344,529,000 +10.0% 34,017,000 9.9% 310,383,000 90.1%

[edit] See also

[edit] 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 (PDF) Demographic Yearbook—Table 3: Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density. United Nations Statistics Division. 2008. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2008/Table03.pdf. 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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