Population in North America

The population of North America was 383,501,065 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Population (UN estimates) Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2025 383,501,065 People
Change from 2024 +0.6% 2024: 381,330,762 people
World, 2025 8,215,424,893 people Official aggregate

Population in North America over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population (UN estimates) (people), 2001 to 2025
Period North AmericaWorld
2025 383,501,065 people 8,215,424,893 people
2024 381,330,762 people 8,140,897,523 people
2023 376,868,838 people 8,062,923,417 people
2022 373,011,185 people 7,988,550,201 people
2021 370,404,678 people 7,919,567,995 people
2020 369,671,124 people 7,853,863,139 people
2019 367,908,829 people 7,777,162,476 people
2018 365,666,028 people 7,696,159,728 people
2017 363,217,262 people 7,613,788,655 people
2016 360,527,592 people 7,528,221,579 people
2015 357,583,083 people 7,441,084,771 people
2014 354,755,155 people 7,353,532,223 people
2013 351,870,848 people 7,265,404,737 people
2012 349,116,140 people 7,176,482,165 people
2011 346,242,415 people 7,086,704,141 people
2010 343,447,854 people 7,000,860,073 people
2009 340,465,163 people 6,916,168,196 people
2008 337,404,564 people 6,830,080,867 people
2007 334,183,103 people 6,744,049,498 people
2006 331,013,939 people 6,659,536,021 people
2005 327,822,042 people 6,575,410,029 people
2004 324,806,660 people 6,492,354,627 people
2003 321,812,780 people 6,409,352,386 people
2002 319,046,534 people 6,327,171,255 people
2001 316,051,677 people 6,244,739,668 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6% from 381,330,762 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 357,583,083 people, the figure has changed by +7.2%.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 8,215,424,893 people.

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All statistics for North America

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.TOTL · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for North America
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects