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, dependencies) and Areas of Special Sovereignty (autonomous territories)
# Country Population
(2025) 		Subregion
1 Brazil 212,812,405 South America
2 Mexico 131,946,900 Central America
3 Colombia 53,425,635 South America
4 Argentina 45,851,378 South America
5 Peru 34,576,665 South America
6 Venezuela 28,516,896 South America
7 Chile 19,859,921 South America
8 Guatemala 18,687,881 Central America
9 Ecuador 18,289,896 South America
10 Bolivia 12,581,843 South America
11 Haiti 11,906,095 Caribbean
12 Dominican Republic 11,520,487 Caribbean
13 Honduras 11,005,850 Central America
14 Cuba 10,937,203 Caribbean
15 Paraguay 7,013,078 South America
16 Nicaragua 7,007,502 Central America
17 El Salvador 6,365,503 Central America
18 Costa Rica 5,152,950 Central America
19 Panama 4,571,189 Central America
20 Uruguay 3,384,688 South America
21 Jamaica 2,837,077 Caribbean
22 Trinidad and Tobago 1,511,155 Caribbean
23 Guyana 835,986 South America
24 Suriname 639,850 South America
25 Belize 422,924 Central America
26 Bahamas 403,033 Caribbean
27 Barbados 282,623 Caribbean
28 Saint Lucia 180,149 Caribbean
29 Grenada 117,303 Caribbean
30 St. Vincent & Grenadines 99,924 Caribbean
31 Antigua and Barbuda 94,209 Caribbean
32 Dominica 65,871 Caribbean
33 Saint Kitts & Nevis 46,922 Caribbean

Dependencies or other territories

# Country Population
(2025) 		Dependency of
1 Puerto Rico 3,235,289 U.S.
2 Guadeloupe 373,791 France
3 Martinique 340,439 France
4 French Guiana 313,666 France
5 Curaçao 185,487 Netherlands
6 Aruba 108,147 Netherlands
7 U.S. Virgin Islands 84,138 U.S.
8 Cayman Islands 75,844 U.K.
9 Turks and Caicos 46,855 U.K.
10 Sint Maarten 43,923 Netherlands
11 British Virgin Islands 39,732 U.K.
12 Caribbean Netherlands 31,338 Netherlands
13 Anguilla 14,728 U.K.
14 Saint Barthelemy 11,414 France
15 Montserrat 4,359 U.K.
16 Falkland Islands 3,469 U.K.