Demographics of North America

In 2011 the population of North America is 459 million, using a definition which includes United States, Mexico, Canada. Population growth is medium (1%), and median age comparatively high in Canada with 41 years and low in Mexico with 27.1 years.

Population

Rank	Country	Population	% of North America
1	United States	312,097,000	68.0%
2	Mexico	112,336,538	24.5%
3	Canada	34,566,000	7.5%
	Total	458,999,538	100%

Black

• Canada: 2.5% Black Canadians
• United States: 12.9% African Americans
• Mexico: 1% Afro-Mexicans

Asian

• Canada: 11% Asian Canadians
• United States: 4.2% Asian American
• Mexico: 0.1%

American Indian

• Canada: 3.3% Aboriginal peoples in Canada
• United States: 1%
• Mexico: 9.8% Indigenous peoples of Mexico

Mestizo/Métis/Mixed-race

• Canada: 1% (Métis)
• United States: Questionable, (see below)
• Mexico: 60-75% (Mestizo)

Total

• White: 81.7%
• Black: 12.9%
• Asian 11.8%
• Amerindian and Alaska native 1%
• Native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.2% (2003 est.)

Note: a separate listing for Hispanic is not included because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean a person of Spanish or Latin American descent (including persons of Cuban, Mexican, or Puerto Rican origin) living in the US who may be of any race or ethnic group (White, Black, Amerindian, etc.).

References

• https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html