Central America

The Caribbean has been included here as part of Central America.

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Central America: Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama Caribbean: Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba (formerly Netherlands Antilles) Bahamas Barbados Bonaire (formerly Netherlands Antilles) British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao (formerly Netherlands Antilles) Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Guadeloupe Haiti Jamaica Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico (United States) Saba (formerly Netherlands Antilles) Saint Barthelemy Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin Island Saint Martin (French Antilles, France) Sint Maarten (BES Islands, formerly Netherlands Antilles) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Eustatius (formerly Netherlands Antilles) Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands (United States)

What Countries are in Central America

Central America (Spanish: América Central or Centroamérica) is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast.

When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent. Central America consists of seven countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Central America is part of the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot, which extends from northern Guatemala through central Panama. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, the North Pacific Ocean to the west, and Colombia to the south-east.

Central America is an area of 524,000 square kilometers (202,000 sq mi), or almost 0.1% of the Earth's surface. As of 2009, its population was estimated at 41,739,000. It has a density of 77 people per square kilometer.