North America is made up of 23 independent countries. These include the three largest and most well-known countries—Canada, the United States, and Mexico—as well as 20 other countries primarily located in Central America and the Caribbean. The full list of countries is:

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belize
• Canada
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• El Salvador
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Trinidad and Tobago
• United States of America

This count includes countries from the Caribbean and Central America, which are geographically part of the North American continent