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Northern America — statistics

All indicators in the section for Northern America — the latest available values with the year shown. Click an indicator to see the trend over time and the world rank.

170 indicators ISO: SR_NAM
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 384M 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 79.2 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 1.59 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 10.4 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 8.9 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 0.57 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 80.5 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 309M 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 19.5 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 21 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 18.6 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 16.9 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 54.9 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people 1.56M 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 49.82 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 192M 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 191M 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 64.69M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 248M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 71.3M 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 76.88 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 81.72 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 11.5 2024 UN DESA
Rural population people 74.83M 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Number of immigrants people 61.2M 2024 UN DESA
Share of immigrants in the population % 15.96 2024 UN DESA
Refugees by country of origin people 4,318 2024 UNHCR
Indicator Value Year Source
Physicians per 1,000 people per 1,000 2.38 1995 WHO
Hospital beds per 1,000 people per 1,000 3.97 1996 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 4 2024 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 141.5 2023 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 79.5 2023 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Access to clean water % 99.8 2024 WHO
Access to basic sanitation % 99.5 2024 WHO
Obesity in adults % 39.3 2024 WHO
Overweight in adults % 70 2024 WHO
Underweight in adults % 2.1 2024 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Current account balance (World Bank) % -3.14 2023 World Bank
Remittances received US$ 11.28B 2023 World Bank
Remittances paid US$ 112B 2023 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Agricultural land share % 26.67 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 10.58 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.5034 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 128.8 2023 FAO
Agricultural land km² 4.78M 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 190M 2023 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Forest cover % 36.61 2023 FAO
Forest area km² 6.57M 2023 FAO
Protected areas % 13.2 2023 World Bank
PM2.5 air pollution µg/m³ 6.9 2023 WHO
Land area km² 17.94M 2023 FAO
Surface area km² 25.47M 2023 FAO
Population in cities over 1 million people 179M 2025 UN DESA
Population living in slums % 0.2 2022 World Bank
Population below five meters above sea level % 1.93 2015 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
CO2 emissions Mt 5,438.07 2024 OWID
CO2 emissions per capita t/person 14.11 2024 OWID
Cumulative CO2 emissions Mt 470,545.61 2024 OWID
CO2 emissions from coal Mt 761.56 2024 OWID
CO2 emissions from oil Mt 2,434.34 2024 OWID
Share of global CO2 emissions % 14.088 2024 OWID
Share of cumulative CO2 emissions % 25.447 2024 OWID
Contribution to temperature change °C 0.278 2024 OWID
Power sector CO2 emissions Mt 1,803.79 2024 Ember
Indicator Value Year Source
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 107.244 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 281.7 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 126.189 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 292.83 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 1,268.38 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 18,550 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Lithium production t 921 2024 USGS
Cobalt production t 4,500 2024 USGS
Graphite production t 20,000 2024 USGS
Indicator Value Year Source
Container port traffic TEU 61.24M 2019 UNCTAD
Indicator Value Year Source
Electric car sales vehicles 1.7M 2025 IEA
Non-electric car sales vehicles 15.13M 2025 IEA
Electric car stock vehicles 8.83M 2025 IEA
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 87.82 2017 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 111.1 2024 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 39.26 2024 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 24.04 2024 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 179,608 2024 World Bank
ICT service exports % 8.54 2023 UNCTAD
ICT service exports, US$ US$ 103B 2023 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 428M 2024 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 151M 2024 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Intentional homicides per 100k 5.36 2023 World Bank
Number of intentional homicides people 20,578 2023 UNODC
Homicides: male victims people 16,005 2023 UNODC
Homicides: female victims people 4,564 2023 UNODC
Homicides of men per 100,000 per 100k 8.31 2023 UNODC
Homicides of women per 100,000 per 100k 2.8 2021 UNODC

Values are given for the most recent year for which the source publishes data on this territory, so the years differ from indicator to indicator. Units of measurement are shown next to the indicator name.