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  • How many Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean?

Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean:

33

There are 33 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean today, according to the United Nations. The full list is shown in the table below, with current population and subregion (based on the United Nations official statistics).

Not included in this total of "countries" and listed separately are:

  • Dependencies (or dependent territories, dependent areas) or Areas of Special Sovereignty (autonomous territories)
#CountryPopulation
(2024)		Subregion
1 Brazil 211,998,573 South America
2 Mexico 130,861,007 Central America
3 Colombia 52,886,363 South America
4 Argentina 45,696,159 South America
5 Peru 34,217,848 South America
6 Venezuela 28,405,543 South America
7 Chile 19,764,771 South America
8 Guatemala 18,406,359 Central America
9 Ecuador 18,135,478 South America
10 Bolivia 12,413,315 South America
11 Haiti 11,772,557 Caribbean
12 Dominican Republic 11,427,557 Caribbean
13 Cuba 10,979,783 Caribbean
14 Honduras 10,825,703 Central America
15 Paraguay 6,929,153 South America
16 Nicaragua 6,916,140 Central America
17 El Salvador 6,338,193 Central America
18 Costa Rica 5,129,910 Central America
19 Panama 4,515,577 Central America
20 Uruguay 3,386,588 South America
21 Jamaica 2,839,175 Caribbean
22 Trinidad and Tobago 1,507,782 Caribbean
23 Guyana 831,087 South America
24 Suriname 634,431 South America
25 Belize 417,072 Central America
26 Bahamas 401,283 Caribbean
27 Barbados 282,467 Caribbean
28 Saint Lucia 179,744 Caribbean
29 Grenada 117,207 Caribbean
30 St. Vincent & Grenadines 100,616 Caribbean
31 Antigua and Barbuda 93,772 Caribbean
32 Dominica 66,205 Caribbean
33 Saint Kitts & Nevis 46,843 Caribbean

Dependencies or other territories

#TerritoryPopulation
(2024)		Dependency of
1 Puerto Rico 3,242,204 U.S.A.
2 Guadeloupe 375,106 France
3 Martinique 343,195 France
4 French Guiana 308,522 France
5 Curaçao 185,482 Netherlands
6 Aruba 108,066 Netherlands
7 U.S. Virgin Islands 84,905 U.S.A.
8 Cayman Islands 74,457 U.K.
9 Turks and Caicos 46,535 U.K.
10 Sint Maarten 43,350 Netherlands
11 British Virgin Islands 39,471 U.K.
12 Caribbean Netherlands 30,675 Netherlands
13 Anguilla 14,598 U.K.
14 Montserrat 4,389 U.K.
15 Falkland Islands 3,470 U.K.